To the Missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission,
Elder Holland has said that "we invite people to church so that they can "SEE" the kingdom of God. Our finding efforts have dramatically improved which is a credit to your faith and commitment. This needs to continue, but unless our effort to get people to church similarly improves, our increased commitment to find will yield very little improvement in the number of people coming into the safety of covenants. People won't get baptized unless they come to church no matter how many people we find and teach.
With this in mind, we would like to request that we do something different this weekend. We want you working to find and teach on Saturday until 5pm. After 5pm through the rest of the evening, we want you to give ALL of your time (this may mean no meals with members) to doing all you can to get people committed to attend church. EVERY active investigator in your area book needs to have a visit from you or a member with the intent to commit them to attend church on Sunday. Given that this is the Christmas season, more people will be willing to come, but we need to do our part to get them there or get them brought to church by members.
We want every district leader to review this in district meeting tomorrow and then be actively on the phone Saturday evening from 5pm - 9pm to make sure everyone in the district is getting commitments to church. No district leader should be surprised at 9pm about how many are committed to attend because they should be actively making sure we are doing all we can to get them there. Get members involved. Set goals as a district for how many investigators you will be trying to get to church and then work until you get them committed. Be persistent and promise blessings. Miracles will take place and many will feel like they have come home once they walk through the chapel doors. EVERY ZONE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR AT LEAST 20 INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH THIS WEEK!
When they come, their lives will change forever. We promise you that as we give the same level of commitment to getting people to church that we are giving to finding, we will reap the fruit of the harvest that we are sewing!
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
Elder Holland has said that "we invite people to church so that they can "SEE" the kingdom of God. Our finding efforts have dramatically improved which is a credit to your faith and commitment. This needs to continue, but unless our effort to get people to church similarly improves, our increased commitment to find will yield very little improvement in the number of people coming into the safety of covenants. People won't get baptized unless they come to church no matter how many people we find and teach.
With this in mind, we would like to request that we do something different this weekend. We want you working to find and teach on Saturday until 5pm. After 5pm through the rest of the evening, we want you to give ALL of your time (this may mean no meals with members) to doing all you can to get people committed to attend church. EVERY active investigator in your area book needs to have a visit from you or a member with the intent to commit them to attend church on Sunday. Given that this is the Christmas season, more people will be willing to come, but we need to do our part to get them there or get them brought to church by members.
We want every district leader to review this in district meeting tomorrow and then be actively on the phone Saturday evening from 5pm - 9pm to make sure everyone in the district is getting commitments to church. No district leader should be surprised at 9pm about how many are committed to attend because they should be actively making sure we are doing all we can to get them there. Get members involved. Set goals as a district for how many investigators you will be trying to get to church and then work until you get them committed. Be persistent and promise blessings. Miracles will take place and many will feel like they have come home once they walk through the chapel doors. EVERY ZONE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR AT LEAST 20 INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH THIS WEEK!
When they come, their lives will change forever. We promise you that as we give the same level of commitment to getting people to church that we are giving to finding, we will reap the fruit of the harvest that we are sewing!
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
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