“My Covenant Path,” My Covenant Path (2020)
“My Covenant Path,” My Covenant Path
My Covenant Path
Welcome to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints family! You are on a path that will bring you many new experiences. As your sisters and brothers, and as your friends, we want to help you walk this path so that you stay anchored to your faith in Jesus Christ and feel at home in the Church.
We know that following the Lord’s covenant path will be unique to you, but as a starting point we have listed here key experiences you are likely to have. If you are a new member, you can have nearly all of the experiences listed in this guide within one year of your baptism and confirmation. Receiving your endowment and being sealed to your family can happen early in your second year of membership.
If you have been a member longer than a year, you can enjoy all these experiences as soon as you are ready. Perhaps you have already started having some of these experiences; if so, this guide will help you refine what you are doing now. Remember, the order and pace you follow should be based on your individual circumstances, readiness, and desire.
As you go through this guide, you will see that each experience description includes action items and a bulleted list of resources you can study. These action items and resources can be very helpful to you as you move forward on your path.
Let’s begin!
To the ministering brothers and sisters and the missionaries:
Your role in helping new or returning members of the Church is simple but very important. Your most important opportunity is to be their genuine friend. You will also be a mentor and a guide to them during the first two years of membership.
This resource will help you in this important role. Read through each experience in this resource individually with new or returning members, and assist them in completing the actions. For the actions that begin with “Learn about,” you will review and discuss the resources that are listed with the new or returning member. Do all you can to help him or her feel God’s love, feel your love, and stay on the covenant path.