SetADate with Faith
1. Prayerfully
SETADATE by which time you will invite a non-member to
meet with the missionaries. Make the date within the next
60 days. If you have faith and a sincere heart a date will
come to you that will feel right. Use
Church
functions such as a Family Home Evening, Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School, Priesthood,
Relief Society, any activity that will help introduce someone to the
Church and its members. Out of these functions will come the
opportunity to refer someone to the missionaries.
You don't have to be thinking of anyone in particular when you set your date. In
fact, it may be someone you do not know right now. DON'T WORRY! We know from many wonderful experiences that the
Lord will help you as you pray diligently. He
will put people in your path ready to hear the gospel and who will respond to “will
you” questions, such as “Will you come with me and my family to our Ward
Birthday Picnic next Wednesday evening?” Seek
guidance and direction from our Heavenly Father as you practice how to invite using
“will you” questions, and He will not let you down.
2. Prayerfully CHOOSE
a friend you already
know to continue to work with.
Someone
who you have:
-
Discussed the Gospel with or have shown a Church film
-
Given a Book of
Mormon or other Church material, or have taken to a church meeting
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Invited to a Family Home Evening or gone on an
activity with
This may be someone in your circle of influence that you
have been feeling guilty about. DON'T FEEL GUILTY ANYMORE!
Continue to love them in old and new ways but don't feel
pressured to make them members of the Church.
The faith-filled act of having a SETADATE ensures that
new ideas will come into old relationships or new people will appear in your life and you
will then have abundant opportunities to share the Gospel in the easiest
ways. Of course, we
feel the easiest way we know is to bring them to a Church function or into your home for a
Family Home Evening.
3.
SHARE
the date you have chosen with your family and
significant others (close friends, leaders). These
are people who already pray daily for your success and adding your SETADATE to their
prayers is a further act of faith. Visual reminders are an excellent way to keep your mind focused on your
date. Perhaps a large piece of
paper with your SetADate on it posted at your home, cubicle at work, or in your planner,
will do. Be creative!
4. INVITE
those the Lord puts in your path to come to a
Church function. This is an easy and natural
way we in the Church have to share the Gospel. Your
family, leaders and friends will do all they can to invite the Spirit into each meeting or
gathering you attend with a non-member friend. Use
F. O. R. M..
as a means to get by the fear of
inviting. Memorize the steps: Family:
Ask questions about their family, such as, “How many in your family?”
Occupation:
Ask questions to find out where they or their
parents work. Recreation:
What do they do when they aren’t at their
job? By the time you have had a short
discussion about these three things, you will know enough about them to finish with the
– Message:
This is a “will you” question. “Will you and your family come to a picnic
our church is having this Wednesday evening?” This
is the only part that takes some forethought. You have to be aware of what is coming up in your Ward or Stake.
Listen for announcements in Sacrament meeting each
week, and make a note of what events are coming up you can use as you
invite.
Remember…SETADATE,
Choose, Share, and Invite.
The easy way to do missionary work!
My
Set-A-Date is: ____________________________
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