What to expect
Each week we gather to build the skills, habits, and confidence that go into preparing for a mission — through discussion, practice, and time together as a group. Come as you are and bring a friend.
Course schedule
Two sessions run across the school year. Tap a session to see its weekly schedule.
“Why Should I Serve a Mission?”
Goal: Help youth develop (1) a desire to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, including through a mission, and (2) an understanding of how sharing the Gospel can bless every aspect of their lives.
Why Serve a Mission? Becoming a Disciple of Jesus Christ
Lesson 1: We Invite Others to Come Unto Christ
Receiving Your Own Witness: Is the Lord Calling Me?
Lesson 2: Introduction to Preach My Gospel
How Missionary Service Changes You Forever
Lesson 3: Fulfill Your Missionary Purpose
Developing Faith Through Sacrifice
Lesson 4: Search the Scriptures & Put on the Armor of God
Learning to Hear the Spirit Before Your Mission
Lesson 8: Seek and Rely on the Spirit
Becoming More Like the Savior Through Service
Lesson 10: Seek Christlike Attributes
The Blessings of Missionary Service Throughout Your Life
Lesson 11: Help People Make and Keep Commitments
Overcoming Fear, Doubt, and Inadequacy
Lesson 12: Adjusting to Missionary Life
Preparing Spiritually, Emotionally, and Temporally
Lesson 13: Go Forward in Faith
Sharing the Gospel Now
Lesson 5: Study and Teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
God Has a Plan for Me
Skill Practice 3: Teach People How to Pray
“Here Am I, Send Me”
Testimony Meeting & Course Review
Weekly commitments (Fall)
Each class aims to close with one invitation, such as:
- Pray about serving a mission
- Read one chapter of Preach My Gospel
- Bear testimony to someone
- Fast for personal revelation
- Attend the temple
- Share the gospel once
- Meet with the bishop about a mission
- Begin a mission preparation journal
- Memorize key scriptures
- Create a personal preparation plan
“How Can I Effectively Prepare For and Serve a Mission?”
Goal: Help youth develop (1) practical skills to share the gospel, on a mission or not, and (2) a spiritual understanding of how sharing the Gospel can bless every aspect of their lives.
Missionary Purpose Review (Recap Fall)
Lesson 3: Fulfill Your Missionary Purpose; PMG Ch. 1: We Invite Others to Come to Jesus Christ
Teaching Simply By the Spirit
Lesson 5: Study and Teach the Gospel; PMG Ch. 10: Teach by the Spirit
Using the Scriptures Effectively
Lesson 5; PMG Ch. 10: Use the Scriptures; Skill Practice 2
How to Ask Inspired Questions and Testify Naturally
Lesson 5; PMG Ch. 10: Share Your Testimony; Skill Practice 4
Lesson 1: The Message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Lesson 6: Practice Teaching; PMG Ch. 3
Lesson 2: Heavenly Father’s Plan of Salvation
Lesson 6: Practice Teaching; PMG Ch. 3
Lesson 3: The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Lesson 6: Practice Teaching; PMG Ch. 3
Lesson 4: Becoming Lifelong Disciples of Jesus Christ
Lesson 6: Practice Teaching; PMG Ch. 3
Helping People Make and Keep Commitments, Including Baptism
Lesson 7: The Invitation to Be Baptized and Confirmed; PMG Ch. 3, 11 & 12
Companionship Unity, Obedience, Planning and Goal Setting
PMG Ch. 8
Practical Preparation for Missions
Lesson 12: Adjusting to Missionary Life
“Go Forth and Serve”
Testimony Meeting & Course Review
Practical activities (Spring)
- Teaching a five-minute lesson
- Giving a one-minute testimony
- Practicing invitations
- Teaching with only the scriptures
- Practicing first contacts
- Handling difficult questions
- Teaching through role play
- Companion planning
General approach
Returned missionaries are invited most weeks for a short discussion of their mission and a testimony related to that week’s topic — for example, “Why I Decided to Serve,” “My Hardest Week,” or “What I Wish I Had Known at 16” in the fall, and demonstrated teaching or practiced first contacts in the spring.
Fall classes build toward weekly commitments that lead to a mission; spring classes build in hands-on practice to prepare for one.
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