Compassionate Service

I've talked about it before and I'm sure I'll talk about it again. I'm the compassionate service supervisor in my singles ward and I've found it very difficult to figure out what we are suppose to be doing. We're having a meeting tomorrow to talk about how best to do this calling. This is a hand out I made for them giving some ideas of where to start.

Things you should definitely do
1.      Pray
•         Pray for yourself to know the needs of the sisters
•         Pray for the girls by name. Pick a couple each week to
focus on. Do NOT underestimate the power of prayer.

2.       Get to know the girls
•         There are only 10-12 girls in your district. Pick a different
girl (or two) a week/2 weeks/month, to get to know. If nothing
else, learn her name and say hi to her at church.
•         Visit the girls. Pick a different girl every week and
visit. Take the Visiting Teaching supervisor for your district
with you if you want.
•         Send cards, emails, and texts to the girls you know.

3. Work with your Visiting Teaching counterpart. Two heads
are better than one.

Things you could do
1.       Get-togethers
•         Once a month (or how ever often you think) have a
district activity; something low key where the girls can come if
they are able and get to know each other (and you can get to
know them as well).
Examples: Craft night/afternoon, breakfast, dinner,
movie night, etc.

  2. Whatever the Lord tells you. That is truly your best
resource.

Thoughts from October General Conference I felt were applicable to Compassionate Service
• Observe and then serve. Sister Burton

We can only know the needs of the individual sisters
through prayer, getting to know them, and observing
what they specifically need.


Keep the lower lights burning. President Packer
o There are sisters who are struggling and searching
for a way back, who are feeling through the dark
to find their own testimony. Be the lower light,
reflecting the Savior’s bright light to guide them
where they need to go.

Be anxiously engaged. Elder Ballard
o “Over its short lifetime of just a few weeks to four
months, a single honeybee’s contribution of honey
to its hive is a mere one-twelfth of one teaspoon.
Though seemingly insignificant when compared to
the total, each bee’s one-twelfth of a teaspoon of
honey is vital to the life of the hive. The bees depend
on each other. Work that would be overwhelming
for a few bees to do becomes lighter because all of
the bees faithfully do their part”.

Become a disciple

•  “Making the covenant to be a disciple of Christ is the beginning of a lifelong process, and the path is not always easy. As we repent of our sins and strive to do what He would have us do and serve our fellowmen as He would serve them, we will inevitably become more like Him. Becoming like Him and being one with Him is the ultimate goal and objective—and essentially the very definition of true discipleship”.