A Guide to Missionary Service Preach My Gospel

1 Preach My GospelA Guide to Missionary Service Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name,that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost (3 Nephi 27:20).(D&C 50:14)Name: Mission and Dates of Service : List of Areas: Companions:Names and Addresses of People Baptized and Confirmed: Preach My Gospel (D&C 50:14)Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City, UtahCover: John the Baptist Baptizing Jesus 1988 by Greg K. OlsenCourtesy Mill Pond Press and Dr. Gerry Hooper. Do not copy. 2004 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reservedPrinted in the United States of AmericaEnglish approval: 01/05 Preach My Gospel (D&C 50:14)First Presidency Message .. vIntroduction: How Can I Best Use Preach My Gospel ?

2 Vii1 What Is My Purpose as a Missionary ? .. 12 How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach? .. 173 What Do I Study and Teach? .. 29 Lesson 1: The Message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ .. 31 Lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation .. 47 Lesson 3: The Gospel of Jesus Christ .. 60 Lesson 4: The Commandments .. 71 Lesson 5: Laws and Ordinances .. 824 How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit? .. 895 What Is the Role of the Book of Mormon? .. 1036 How Do I Develop Christlike Attributes? .. 1157 How Can I Better Learn My Mission Language? .. 1278 How Do I Use Time Wisely? .. 1379 How Do I Find People to Teach? .. 15510 How Can I Improve My Teaching Skills? .. 17511 How Do I Help People Make and Keep Commitments?

3 19512 How Do I Prepare People for Baptism and Confirmation? .. 20313 How Do I Work with Stake and Ward Leaders? .. 213 Index ..225iiiFirst Presidency MessageDear Fellow Missionary :We compliment you on the great opportunity you have to be a is no more compelling work than this, nor any which brings My Gospelis intended to help you be a better-prepared, morespiritually mature Missionary and a more persuasive teacher. We urgeyou to use it daily in your personal and companion preparation, and inyour district meetings and zone conferences. Study the referencedscriptures and learn the doctrines and challenge you to rise to a new sense of commitment to assist ourFather in Heaven in His glorious work. Every Missionary has animportant role in helping to bring to pass the immortality and eternallife of man (Moses 1:39).

4 The Lord will reward and richly bless you as you humbly and prayerfullyserve Him. More happiness awaits you than you have ever experienced asyou labor among His First PresidencyvNotesIntroductionIntroduction : How Can I Best UsePreach My Gospel ? Preach My GospelUse Preach My Gospelto meet your needs as amissionary. You can spend an entire study session onjust a few paragraphs or an entire chapter. You canstudy chapters in order or plan another sequence thatbetter meets your needs. This flexibility allows youto study what you need when you need it and asdirected by your mission of the chapters in Preach My Gospelwill helpprepare you to fulfill your purpose as a , as you begin to study chapter 3, you maysense a difference in approach.

5 Most of the chaptersare addressed to you. Chapter 3 is addressed to a moregeneral audience. You learn the doctrines in chapter3 (a) to strengthen your own Gospel knowledge andtestimony and (b) to teach others and prepare themto make and keep commitments and covenants. The doctrines in some of the other chapters may also help you teach investigators andnew members. For example, chapter 4, How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit? may help you teach some investigators about how to gain a testimony by the power ofthe Holy Ghost. Chapter 5, What Is the Role of the Book of Mormon? may help youresolve an investigator s concerns about reading the Book of Mormon. Ideas from chapter2, How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach? may help new converts gain morefrom their study of the Book of My Gospelfocuses on the fundamentals of Missionary work.

6 It does not answerevery question or situation you will encounter. You will be most effective as you follow theSpirit, search the scriptures, keep the commandments, and apply what you the chapters throughout your mission. Apply what you learn. Evaluate your who strive to prepare themselves daily and seek to improve regularly willreceive direction from the Holy Ghost and see blessings in their Missionary LessonsYou have the flexibility to teach the lessons in whatever way best helps people fullyprepare for their baptism and confirmation. Your purpose is not only to cover the material;it is to help others come unto Christ through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism,receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.

7 Rarely should a lesson goover 45 minutes. You may find that time may only allow shorter teaching visits. In thiscase, you may need frequent, short teaching visits covering smaller portions of can teach the lessons in many ways. Which lesson you teach, when you teach it, andhow much time you give to it are best determined by the needs of the investigator andthe direction of the Spirit. Do not memorize the entire Study, Companion Study, District Meetings, and Zone ConferencesEffective study during your mission will help you fulfill your purpose as a missionaryand strengthen your testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Four of your most importantstudy opportunities are personal study, companion study, district meetings, and zoneconferences.

8 Your daily schedule includes time for personal and companion study every you learn in personal study will help youin companion study, district meeting, and zoneconferences, where you can teach one anotherthe doctrine of the kingdom (D&C 88:77). Whatyou gain from your study sessions and districtmeetings will help you teach with spiritual StudyThe purpose of personal study is to strengthenyour knowledge and testimony of the restoredgospel and help you prepare to meet the needsof those you teach. In your personal study, focuson the standard works and the approvedmissionary library: Jesus the Christ Our Heritage Our Search for Happiness True to the FaithMissionary Daily Schedule*6:30 , pray, exercise (30 minutes), and prepare for the :30 :00 Personal study: the Book of Mormon, other scriptures, doctrines of the missionarylessons, other chapters from Preach My Gospel ,the Missionary Handbook, and theMissionary Health :00 study: share what you have learned during personal study, prepare to teach,practice teaching, study chapters from Preach My Gospel ,confirm plans for the :00 Begin proselyting.

9 Missionaries learning a language study that language for anadditional 30 to 60 minutes, including planning language learning activities to useduring the may take an hour for lunch and additional study, and an hour for dinnerat times during the day that fit best with their proselyting. Normally dinner should befinished no later than 6:00 :00 Return to living quarters (unless teaching a lesson; then return by 9:30) and plan the nextday s activities (30 minutes). Write in journal, prepare for bed, :30 Retire to bed.*In consultation with the Presidency of the Seventy or the Area Presidency, your mission president may modifythis schedule to meet local viiiNotesIntroductionYou can make personal study effective as you: Read from the Book of Mormon and other scriptures.

10 Study the doctrines of the Missionary lessons. Study other chapters from Preach My StudyThe purpose of companion study is to (1) build unity in your companionship in orderto teach by the Spirit and (2) focus on the progress of those you teach. You can makecompanion study effective as you: Share insights with each other from personal study. Prepare for specific teaching appointments, member visits, finding opportunities, andother activities. Study material that helps you teach, find, and work more the people with whom you are working. Make plans to apply what you arelearning. Throughout the day, continue to discuss the principles, goals, skills, and plans fromcompanion MeetingsThe purpose of district meeting is to teach one another the doctrine of the kingdom (D&C 88:77).