Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God (D&C 18:10)
“Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.” (Elder Russell M. Nelson Ensign, Nov 1989)
Instructions:
1. Complete three selections from any of the 2011 or 2010 experiences.
2. Complete the service project.
3. Fill out the evaluation form and give it to your Ward Relief Society President.
2011-2012 INDIVIDUAL WORTH PERSONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPERIENCES
1. Choose five people that you know or don’t know well. List two qualities that you admire about each one of them. Tell or write a note telling them how much you appreciate the qualities that they have.
2. Read D&C 88:74 and D&C 109:8-9, Many times disorganization hinders our growth and development. Choose something in your life that needs to be organized and do it. You could choose from organizing a part of your home, your clothes, your daily planning, your preparing for your Church calling, your scripture study, etc. Write down you accomplishment in your journal or share with a friend or family member.
3. President Thomas S. Monson said,
“Your patriarchal blessing is your passport to peace in this life. It is a Liahona of light to guide you unerringly to your heavenly home.”
Read "The Stake Patriarch" by Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve (Ensign, Nov 2002) and "Your Patriarchal Blessing - A Liahona of Light" by President Thomas S. Monson (Ensign, Nov 1986). These two inspired leaders teach us about why our Patriarchal Blessing is so important and how the Lord selects a Patriarch.
4. Participate in a Ward choir, teach a class in Relief Society, Young Women or Primary or teach a talent or skill at enrichment night. Record in journal or share with a friend how this experience helped develop your sense of individual worth and the worth of others.
5. Elder L. Tom Perry said:
“One of the challenges of this mortal experience is to not allow the stresses and strains of life to get the better of us—to endure the varied seasons of life while remaining positive, even optimistic.”
Read Elder Perry’s talk "Let Him Do With Simplicity" (Ensign, Nov 2008) This uplifting talk helps to remind us about the importance of using the counsel of our Heavenly Father and our Prophets to simplify our lives. Choose one way to simplify your life and put it into action.
6. President Gordon B. Hinckley has said, “Every new convert needs three things:
“A friend in the Church to whom he can constantly turn, who will walk beside him, who will answer his questions, and who will understand his problems.
An assignment. Activity is the genius of this Church. It is the process by which we grow. Faith and love for the Lord are like the muscle of my arm. If I use them, they grow stronger. If I put them in a sling, they become weaker. Every convert deserves a responsibility…
Every convert must be nourished by the good word or God (Moroni 6:4). It is imperative that he or she become affiliated with a priesthood quorum or the Relief Society, the Young Women, the Young Men, the Sunday School, or the Primary. He or she must be encouraged to come to sacrament meeting to partake of the sacrament to renew the covenants made at the time of baptism.” "The Work Moves Forward" by Gordon B. Hinckley (Ensign, May 1999)
This also applies to other members of the Church. Make a concentrated effort to meet and get to know new members of your ward. Make certain that you greet them on Sundays and at any other occasion. Do this for two months. Write down five things you have learned about each one.
7. The Relief Society is a world-wide organization to help women discover their divine nature and individual worth. Pick two sisters in your ward that you do not know well. Visit them and learn more about them. Visit them at least twice. In your journal record the talents and interests that you discovered about each one.
8. We are so blessed to have living prophets here upon this earth. President Marion G. Romney said,
“It is an easy thing to believe in the dead prophets, but it is a greater thing to believe in the living prophets.”
President Romney also recalled that President Heber J. Grant told him,
“My boy, you always keep your eye on the president of the church and if he ever tells you to do anything, and it is wrong, and you do it, the Lord will bless you for it. But you don’t need to worry. The Lord will never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray.”
"Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet" (Liahona, June 1981) and (Conference Report, Oct. 1960, page 78)
Read D&C 1:37 . Watch General Conference or read the conference talks and choose something from one of the talks that you feel would benefit your spiritual growth. Practice this ideal for one month and record you feelings, success, or your failure in your journal.
Service Project –
Elder Derek A. Cuthbert of the Quorum of the Seventy said the following:
“Over the years, many people, have asked me, “Elder Cuthbert, how can I become more spiritual?” My reply has always been the same: “You need to give more service.
Service changes people. It refines, purifies, gives a finer perspective, and brings out the best in each one of us. It gets us looking outward instead of inward. It prompts us to consider others’ needs ahead of our own. Righteous service is the expression of true charity, such as the Savior showed.”
There are many ways to give meaningful service to others. If you need ideas, your Relief Society President may know of service opportunities in the ward or stake. (No time measurement is given for this service project because service opportunities vary in length and intensity. Please use your judgement as a guide.)
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2010 -INDIVIDUAL WORTH PERSONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPERIENCES
1. You are a daughter of Heavenly Father, who knows and loves you. Read Psalm 8:4-6, Jeremiah 1:5, John 13:34, D&C 18:10, and Abraham 3:22-23 and “Sugar Beets and the Worth of Souls,” By Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, July 2009. Write in your journal how these scriptures and words of our Prophet teach you that Heavenly Father loves you and is mindful of you.
2. Read D& C 18:10, D&C 121:45, “Concern for the One,” by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, Ensign, May 2008. and “The Weak and the Simple of the Church,” by President Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Do all you can to build others and make them feel of worth. Everyday for three weeks notice the worthwhile qualities and attributes of others. Acknowledge them verbally or in writing. If you visit teach someone who is not attending Church. Prayerfully and lovingly invite them back. In your journal write what you have learned about the worth of individuals and how your own confidence grows when you build others.
3. Read the Guidebook for Parents and Leaders of Youth and apply it by helping your children, grandchildren or other young person earn all or part of their Young Women Personal Progress or Young Men Duty to God. Note: Completing this experience also qualifies as a service project.
In your own home or other setting, plan and present a family home evening lesson about what your personal righteousness experience has taught you about individual worth, and how this knowledge builds and strengthens you and helps you to feel the Lord’s love for you.
Select and complete one additional personal righteousness experience from the following or write one of your own or study a General Conference talk and apply a principle taught.
4. Participate in a Ward choir, teach a class in Relief Society, Young Women or Primary or teach a talent or skill at enrichment night. Record in journal how this experience helped develop your sense of individual worth and the worth of others.
5. Every week the members of each Ward are asked to prayerfully seek out and invite families and individuals to their homes for the Missionaries to teach. Make a commitment for at least one day for three weeks (need not be consecutive) to have a family or individual in your home for the Missionaries to teach. Write in your journal how through this process your faith and confidence were increased and you felt the love of the Lord in your Life. Record large and small blessings received.
6. Read and study your patriarchal blessing or prepare to receive if you do not have one. Discuss with a family member, friend or leader how your patriarchal blessing has guided your life. Blessings are contingent upon actions we take or covenants we make and keep. If there are any actions not completed in your patriarchal blessings create a plan to accomplish them. Record your thoughts in your journal. If you have not received a patriarchal blessing find out what they are, why they are important and what you must do to prepare to receive one.
7. Spiritual gifts are blessings or abilities given by the power of the Holy Ghost. Read 1 Corinthians 12:4-12; 1 Corinthians 13; Moroni 7:12-13; Moroni 10:8-18; and D&C 46:11-26. Ask a family member, a friend and a leader to write down positive qualities the Lord has given you. List your gifts in your journal, and write how you can continue to develop these gifts to serve the Lord, your family and others.
8. Help a child earn all or part of the Faith in God (girls/boys) award in Primary. Note: Completing this experience also qualifies as a service project.
9. Increase your goal setting and achieving skills. Read D&C 88:119.In your journal record a list of what you would like to accomplish and become during your life. Think about the important areas of your life such as spiritual, family, social, educational, financial, health and physical. Write a plan to achieve your goals.
Service Project –
Elder Derek A. Cuthbert of the Quorum of the Seventy said the following:
“Over the years, many people, have asked me, “Elder Cuthbert, how can I become more spiritual?” My reply has always been the same: “You need to give more service.
Service changes people. It refines, purifies, gives a finer perspective, and brings out the best in each one of us. It gets us looking outward instead of inward. It prompts us to consider others’ needs ahead of our own. Righteous service is the expression of true charity, such as the Savior showed.”
There are many ways to give meaningful service to others. If you need ideas, your Relief Society President may know of service opportunities in the ward or stake. (No time measurement is given for this service project because service opportunities vary in length and intensity. Please use your judgement as a guide.)
