Lesson 5: Ministering

You may teach this lesson in its entirety or separate it into shorter segments. Adapt the lesson to your local circumstances and the needs, ages, and understanding of your quorum or class presidency.

Jesus Christ Taught Us How to Minister

To help quorum or class presidency members see Jesus Christ as their example of ministering, you could invite them to talk about His teachings and example of service (see Luke 10:25–37; 3 Nephi 17:5–10). Explain that ministering is caring for someone as the Savior would. When has someone done this for you, and how did it make you feel? How does Christ’s example apply to our efforts to minister to our quorum or class members? To others?

We Can Minister to Those around Us

To help presidency members receive inspiration on how to minister to the members of their quorum or class, invite them to discuss each person by name (the secretary can obtain a class roster from the Member Tools app or the ward clerk). The following questions can help:

What do we know about them?
What are their unique strengths and challenges?
What can we do that might help them (for example, in service and activities and Sunday meetings)?

Ask presidency members to also consider how they can encourage quorum and class members to use their strengths and talents to minister to others, both inside and outside their quorum or class.

Invite the quorum or class presidency to act on what they feel inspired to do. They may want to review and modify plans made in their most recent presidency meeting to include their new plans. Make sure they understand that sensitive information shared about individuals should be kept confidential.

Supporting Resources

“Understanding Your Call to Serve with Love”
General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, chapter 21, ChurchofJesusChrist.org
2 Corinthians 6:4–7; Mosiah 18:8–9; Doctrine and Covenants 84:106
“We Are Strong Together”