H for Happiness at Home

 

The A-Z of Ministering by Duncan Horne

Ministering describes the collective and organised effort in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where members keep in regular contact with one another to offer spiritual support and welfare assistance

"H" post

Everything we do in church is designed to create happiness at home. The home and family is central to God's plan of happiness for us. As we live through the covid era, individual and family responsibility for spiritual conversion has shifted away from the church, and to the home.

But that doesn't mean we are left alone. The church has ministers and missionaries assigned to help watch over the church and ensure that members are happy at home.

As a minister, we could ask ourselves, "what can I do to invite people to be more happy at home?"

Perhaps you could share a church video, a quote from a leader, or something you have learned in your gospel study, or emphasise the necessity of individual/family prayer and scripture study.

Where possible, you can informally meet in members' homes for short visits to speak of the gospel and be a friend to them, and help their home to be a place where the Spirit dwells.