Action Partners

Read:With the help of others, you can accomplish great things. For example, missionaries have companions for support. In our groups, we have “action partners.” Each week we will choose and work with an action partner. Action partners help each other keep commitments by:

Calling, texting, or visiting each other during the week.
Talking about what we learned in the group.
Encouraging each other to keep commitments.
Counseling together about challenges.
Praying for each other.

Discuss:How has someone helped you accomplish something difficult?

Read:Being an action partner is not hard or time consuming. To start the conversation, you could ask:

What did you like about our last group meeting?
What good things have happened to you this week?
How have you used the My Foundation principle this week?

The most important part of the discussion will be helping each other keep commitments. You could ask:

How are you doing with your commitments?
If you haven’t kept some of them, do you need help?
How can I best support your efforts?

Activity (5 minutes)

Step 1: Choose someone in the group to be your action partner.

You may change partners each week if desired.
Generally, action partners are the same gender and are not family members.

Action partner’s name

Contact information

Step 2: Write how and when you will contact each other.