Come, Follow Me
January Week 3: Developing Christlike Love through Service

“January Week 3: Developing Christlike Love through Service,” Come, Follow Me: For Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthood Quorums (2015), 6–7

“January Week 3,” For Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthood Quorums, 6–7

Charity

January Week 3

Developing Christlike Love through Service

Share Experiences

Presidency member, group leader, or an assistant (5–10 minutes)

As disciples of Jesus Christ and priesthood holders, we can strengthen each other by sharing how the gospel has blessed us and our families during the week. Sharing these experiences is one way to invite the Spirit into our meetings. For example, when have we or someone we know done the following? How did we feel? What did we learn?

  • Invited others to come to Christ

  • Seen the hand of the Lord in our lives

  • Defended the truth

  • Served someone in need

  • Ministered through home teaching

  • Acted on what we learned in last week’s meeting

My Experiences

Learn Together

Adviser or quorum member (20–25 minutes)

Help quorum members learn together by using the following suggestions, ideas from this week’s study outline in Come, Follow Me for individuals and families, or your own ideas:

  • The “Attribute Activity” in Preach My Gospel (page 126) could help quorum members identify opportunities to develop charity and love. Quorum members could read a scripture listed in the activity and share with the quorum what it teaches about charity. They could also ponder and record what they will do to more fully develop charity.

  • How can we apply what we learn from the video “Seven Days of Service”? (LDS.org). What made this service activity successful? How were the young men and others blessed through service? As a quorum, what service could we provide, and when could we perform it? (See also For the Strength of Youth [2011], 32–33.)

  • What do we learn from Matthew 25:31–46 that could help us in our priesthood service? What words and phrases in these verses inspire us? Invite quorum members to share when they have experienced this type of service. (See also “Walking the Savior’s Path of Charity,” chapter 20 in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Howard W. Hunter [2015], 255–66.)

  • All of us know someone who could benefit from our service. Who can we identify as a quorum? As appropriate, quorum members could discuss these individuals’ needs and make a plan to meet them. The service category on the Youth Activities website (lds.org/youth/activities) can be a helpful resource for service activity ideas.

My Impressions

Plan to Act

Presidency member, group leader, or an assistant (5 minutes)

Quorum members can plan how to act on impressions by discussing questions like those below. Tell them that they will have time to share their experiences in next week’s quorum meeting.

  • How can we apply what we have learned today in our lives and in our priesthood assignments?

  • Whom do we feel impressed to serve as a result of our experience today? What will we do to serve them?

My Assignments