- Encourage every youth and adult member to have a church account.
- Make an impact. Click on “Get Involved” on Family Search home page and participate in Indexing, Quick Name Review, or Full Name Review.
- Individual YM/YW classes to have activity at the new Family Search Center.
- Coordinate two to three youth baptism events during year.
YM/YW to schedule appointments.
Encourage youth to research names to take to the temple.
Obtain names from other ward members when additional names are needed. - Coordinate quarterly sealing appointments. (To include both couples and singles)
- Identify monthly “Ward Temple Day.” Normally, 3 rd Tuesday of month. Members choose the ordinance and time they can attend.
- RS Presidency to organize additional special daytime RS temple outings as needed.
- Increase number of members submitting names for temple ordinance work.
- Provide parents and, where necessary, youth leaders with information to be shared with their sons and/or daughters as they move into the Priesthood and Young Women areas. This information will include:
Create a Church Account
Identify and print an ancestor card needing Baptism & Confirmation.
Familiarize them regarding Ordinances Ready in Family Search
Show them their Family Tree
This to be coordinated with Primary President and via activity days groups. - As individuals and families, upload a story, a picture, a memory, or history item of a family member in Family Search.
- As information is available from the church, track measurable data to review ward progress.
Families should also track data for their family goals and periodically review their individual
plans. - Send out monthly “Temple & Family History Newsletter”.
- Encourage Elders quorum and Relief Society to include Temple & Family History information in
their correspondence to their respective groups. - During the year, have a combined Elders Quorum and Relief Society meeting to focus on Temple
& Family History items. To be held on a 5 th Sunday. Topic to be determined by the Elders
Quorum President and the Relief Society President.
As President Russell M. Nelson taught in April 2020:
“I promise that as you increase your time in temple and family history work, you will increase and improve your ability to hear Him.”
As you review the above ward plan, consider how you might help in meeting these objectives. While some of the items will be coordinated by the committee, others are personal, and you can determine plans that are best for you and your family.