NASW JUNE 2020 NEWSLETTER

Zoom meeting on helping Missionaries was great!

No matter what the title is, "Helping Missionaries to onboard a new member to the ward",  "Learning how to effectively work with the Missionaries, thus raising their convert retention numbers", it was apparent that whatever we do to help the Missionaries work in the field be saved, retained, and cherished after dedicating two years of their lives to this "marvelous work and a wonder", is it is greatly appreciated by: missionaries, parents of missionaries, Bishops, Mission Presidents, companions of missionaries affected by depression, new members who need a leg up when reaching out to make friends, and people who love people and enjoy being a part of a ward family!

We got some great questions

1.   Can you open/permit the "Chat" feature.  Not everyone has it.

Yes we will learn how to do it.  It’s very difficult to chat back while presenting. The print was so fine it and it was a little far away from us that we couldn’t see what people are saying without squinting.

2.   Just a reminder if you could number the pages for reference.  Also, if you make changes, annotate a V. 1,       V. 2, etc. and/or change the colors and design so that everyone is aware this an update.

I can do that But sometimes the changes in because of stupidity and that’s all  Like a ridiculously misspelled word.

3.  One slide commented that the Bishop gathered information from the Ward and sent it to the Stake President. Not aware that any of this is being nor why.

Bishops have never had a “ward plan” until 2019. So then how do they communicate that to their stake president so that he can communicate to the area president that all of his Wards are complying and are doing well? They need an annual planner so we created one that makes it real easy for them to find out what each faction of the auxiliaries are doing for a Family History each quarter that’s all they need to do

 

Look for Ward Annual family history planner

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8vGUOoWZ8

2020 Ward Annual Family History Planner

https://1drv.ms/x/s!BDS2RGb0p-4PoGezZVKLhlMRAwQz?e=EoNYxG

We received word from a few Presidents that they would like to know how people are coming along with family history in the Ward.  Without a lot of work, you can implement these tools and have really valuable conversations with your leaders that they can report to their Area Presidency.

Instead of replying, "Great, just great!" when your Stake President says, "How is your Ward doing with Family history?" You could now have at your fingertips, "Our consultants made contact with 30 families last month and gave them ideas for family nights, they helped 5 families prepare fan charts for their home, two of our consultants are working with the Elders and people being taught to build a tree and have names even before they are baptized.  We are doing great!"

What a difference you could make!

In the matching video call how do use the ward and your family history on our YouTube.com

4.   I am an avid researcher.  Being a convert helps.  The FamilySearch FamilyTree (FSFT) program is growing and becoming very complex.  Unless the user is a very computer-literate (I like to think I am), it is simply too much for anyone over the age of 40 to learn (and that doesn't include the time to learn - just the complexity).  I have simply sat and worked with older members, using the Helper function, and researched and printed out the names for them.  They have time to attend.  I wonder when and if the ability to use the program is going to become universal.  Clearly the complexity to deal with billions of individuals is important for the future; however......

ANSWER:

The consultant planner ceased to be the plan for Consultants to use to analyze peoples trees when somebody realized that ANY member could use the Consultant planner to find opportunities for success for temple ordinances. (I’ll bet they read one of my troubleshooting videos).  Non-members cannot use the consultant planner/helper resource because it shows ordinances and they are not allowed to see those until they become a member. Yes, family search is incredibly complex for for very new members and very young learners. That’s why we suggest they put the first four generations into Ancestry and link them to family search it’s just use more user-friendly and easier to navigate.

5.   I am wondering about Elder Ballard's Instructions on getting the Stake Training/meetings accomplished.  Until this letter came out, many of wondering just what the Stake duties were.

ANSWER: 

We have org charts for every auxiliary showing the duties for each person based on the handbook but since it’s a chart it’s easier to understand for some people it’s located in the temple and family history leader folder on our OneDrive that I gave you. Did I give it to you?

 

  I am excited to see the Stake RS Presidency involved.  The sisters get the job done (I have seven daughters).  

ANSWER:  Yes relief Society is one of the auxiliaries where the relief Society president, JUST LIKE THE WARD,  has one counselor over missionary work and has another counselor over Temple and Family History are org chart very carefully tells each one is. No, we didn’t say it’s that has to be the first counselor over a Family History and has to be the second counselor over to the family history the handbook just says a counselor so the RS Pres can use her best judgment for that

6.  I am wondering what has happened to this page.  In the past, all the icons shown were posted by each member.  Then, last Fall, the green Temple icons were taken away.  Then they were put back.  Now, it doesn't even seem to be updating.   Link:  https://www.familysearch.org/campaign/patrons

ANSWER: 

This was a very interesting episode in family history. It did list the green temples  for everyone, however, it’s possible that this could’ve been a scenario that some very eager temple and family history consultant ran up to someone and said ,”Hey how are you?  You have 12 temple opportunities why aren’t to going to the temple?"  That probably didn't happen like that.  But with the entire ward's info at your fingertips, we wondered if there was a privacy issue there..  

The temples were really cute and a great little set of icons to give the bishop an idea as to who’s doing their work and who is it but as he is not allowed to keep quotas or numbers on those type of things and since that is kind of a breach of privacy on the part of someone who’s not the bishop telling another person how many temple ordinances they have I’ll bet they put the Kabash on it

7.  In our Stake (four Wards, three branches), there is ONE Ward Family History Plan complete. I am hoping the "new" links to Stake supervision will help.  And it's not like the FHC Director and the other Assistant and I aren't pushing the issue.

THAT'S OK - MAYBE FAMILIES ARE WORKING MORE IN THEIR HOMES.  WE WANT ACTIVITY OF ANY KIND.  IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR MENTAL OUTLOOK TO KEEP BUSY AND FAMILY HISTORY IS A FUN WAY TO DO IT.

 

8.   The links on on the PC in your Library.  That would be great to have. 

Links to Family History for NASWfamilyhistory.  Please download to your desktop and save it as another name.  If you use our products, you should keep our name on them as we use information from Family Search, the Handbook 2020, and Roots Tech - all years.  You are not required to use any of our materials.  If they help you understand your calling better or help your ability to lead your people, that is all that is important.  Ted and Karen Meyer

One Work - Family History and Missionary Work

We met with the Zone missionaries last month virtually in an effort to teach them how to work with the Temple and Family History Leaders and Consultants. We met in the Mission President's office, he introduced us and our Elder was also online to watch our presentation. 

This weekend we did part two and that was to show the Leaders how they can use the Missionaries, Consultants in working together with people being taught before baptism to get names, build a tree with the goal of a fan chart. During the teachings, the consultant is there with the FTM and becomes the new person's friend so that they can work on the goal of names, tree, baptism, then within 60 days go to the temple with their own names. 

We have been training this way for 3 years as in all of our meetings it was verbal but not in writing anywhere. We had a chance meeting with Elder Bednar who answered our prayer, as he had vocally and very succinctly reiterated, "...go to the temple within 60 days with their own names!" On the stage after the presentation, we thanked him for that, and Elder Hamilton, my former stake president, asked us to send our One Work to him.

 

We hope you enjoy this and if it is something you also believe strongly in, you may use our examples. We are giving this Saturday night on a Zoom as many have requested a repeat meeting. It gives suggestions and ideas that we have seen work. Have a great weekend.

 

Br. and Sr. Meyer,

Please email us if you are unable to get on the zoom this weekend.  All of our Stakes are in Arizona so since it is primarily for them, we are using Arizona time.

Here is our presentation.  If you watch this ahead of our presentation, you may have questions at the end.  We welcome our Stakes!

You can't click on this to get there you must copy and paste it into your browser.  For some reason, blogger blocks it thinking you are looking for a page on blogger.

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