Final Activity

Go Forward and Serve

Ponder:Based on the scriptures and quote on the right, how does losing ourselves in the service of others actually save us?

“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”

Matthew 16:25

“When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.”

Mosiah 2:17

“The purpose of both temporal and spiritual self-reliance is to get ourselves on higher ground so that we can lift others in need.”

Robert D. Hales, “Coming to Ourselves: The Sacrament, the Temple, and Sacrifice in Service,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2012, 36

Read:Now that you have completed My Foundation, we invite you to consider again the counsel in principle 7. President Uchtdorf said:

“Selfless acts of service and consecration refine our spirits, remove the scales from our spiritual eyes, and open the windows of heaven. By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer, we often find the answer to our own.”

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Waiting on the Road to Damascus,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2011, 76

Discuss:How can service to others open the “windows of heaven” in your life?

Practice:Create a plan with your group or family to do one of the following:

1. Perform a service project in your community. You might serve the sick at a hospital, take food to an orphanage, or choose another activity.

2. Visit the closest Church family history center with your family. Prepare your family history using the booklet My Family: Stories That Bring Us Together. Then go to the temple and perform sacred ordinances for family members who have died.

3. Volunteer in a self-reliance center or serve as a group facilitator. Individually mentor someone on their path to self-reliance.