Just Serve

Read Mosiah 2:17 and Matthew 25:40, then explain to a leader how these scriptures redefine service as worship and discipleship. (TLX 1.0)

Observe your home, church, school, or neighborhood and identify four real service needs, explaining how each was discovered through observation rather than suggestion. (TLX 1.2)

Interview two individuals who have served in demanding situations.

• Identify what personal cost each service required.
• Explain what made continuing difficult.

Select one service need involving direct interaction with people and define what meaningful help looks like from their perspective. (TLX 1.2)

Design a service action that requires personal sacrifice.

• Identify what comfort, time, or preference you must give up.
• Explain why this sacrifice is necessary to truly help.

Identify two foreseeable obstacles and explain how you will act righteously when they arise. (TLX 1.4)

Personally carry out the planned act of service without delegating core tasks. (TLX 1.7)

Sustain effort long enough to experience fatigue, frustration, or inconvenience and continue without complaint. (TLX 1.8)

Adapt to an unexpected challenge during the service.

• Explain what changed.
• Describe how you adjusted rather than quitting or reducing effort.

Serve in a way that intentionally avoids recognition or praise. (TLX 1.6)

Immediately after service, explain to a leader what you gave up, what was hardest, and why the sacrifice mattered. (TLX 1.6)

Using Moroni 7:45, explain how charity was tested or strengthened through this experience. (TLX 1.2)

Describe one specific change in how you now view people in need or service opportunities. (TLX 1.1)

Explain how this experience prepares you to serve as a husband, father, or leader. (TLX 1.2)