Willow Crest 

 
Ward Mission Plan
2021
The Savior’s great commission​: Matthew 28:19-20  
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: 
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. 

Purpose:​ Find opportunities to share the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ with those we 
meet, study with, live with, work and socialize with so that they can claim the blessings of 
church participation and receive the blessings of eternal life. 
 
Goal 1:​ Everyone will meet and know  To help us accomplish our goal, we will seek out and make 
their neighbors on all sides of their  an effort to introduce ourselves to at least 1 neighbor each 
homes.  month that we don’t already know. Learn their names, what 
they do and find out ways that we can help them.   
(active members, non-active members, 
and non-members) 

Goal 2:​ Each family has their own  To help us accomplish our goal, families create a plan of 
“mission plan.” Focus on sharing the  simple ways they can share the gospel as a family. Create 
gospel in simple ways!  goals for what they can do together. As a family, what can 
you do to ​#lighttheworld​ all year long? 
 
(Members don’t need to knock on doors. They can do simple 
things like make brownies and give them to a new move in, write a 
card to someone they are thinking about or something that only 
they as a family could do.)  

Goal 3:​ The ward will provide one  To help us with this goal, the ward missionaries will visit 
teaching opportunity each week for  with members and non-members and seek good teaching 
the full-time missionaries.   opportunities that we can text/email to the Full-time 
(We would focus our efforts on referring a  missionaries. 
non-member, part-member family)   If the members of the ward council or other members of 
the ward have referrals they can also text the full-time 
 
missionaries or contact Brother Proud, Ward Mission 
Leader.  

Goal 4: Everyone​ welcomes visitors  Where possible, a visitor to the church (non-member or 
without hesitation.  member of the church) should never leave without being 
  welcomed by or introduced to at least 10 people. This needs 
to be the efforts of all members, more than just the ward 
leaders or ward missionaries.   

Goal 5: ​Invite others to come and help.  To help us with this goal, we will build stronger relationships 
Elder Uchtdorf teaches us that we can  with our neighbors and ministering families to be able to 
invite others to come and help us serve  know their needs and invite those around us to “Come and 
help.” (We should especially include the invitation to 
together. 
non-members.) 
  
Ideas for each organization to do to help missionary work in our ward  
Bishopric 
● Introduce ourselves to every family in the boundaries 
● Invite missionaries to youth activities 
● Invite missionaries to service projects 

Elders’ Quorum 
● Work with Relief Society Presidency to inform members of the Ward Mission Plan 
● Work with Ward Council to clean up the unassigned ministering record and continually 
update 
● As a quorum, review the Ward Mission Plan and Elder Uchtdorf’s Talk “Missionary Work: 
Sharing What is in Your Heart. 
● Get to know all neighbors on all sides of our homes. 
 

Relief Society 
● Work with Elders Quorum Presidency to inform members of the Ward Mission Plan 
● Work with Ward Council to clean up the unassigned ministering record and continually 
update 
● Review the Ward Mission Plan and Elder Uchtdorf’s Talk “Missionary Work: Sharing What 
is in Your Heart. 
● Get to know all neighbors on all sides of our homes. 
 

Young Men & Women 

● Know everyone on their rolls 
● Have 2 youth as friends for each inactive and non-member 
● Get all of the youth on the gospel living app - share an uplifting thought, picture, video 
once a week 
● Meaningful service project once a month 
 

Primary 
● Know everyone on their rolls 
● Visit every primary family over the course of the year 
● Encourage primary teachers to have contact with their class once a month 
 

What can I do personally to help facilitate the ward mission?   

● Meet your neighbors on all sides of your house - Get to know them 
● Seek daily acts of service you can do for others 
● Introduce yourself to someone that you don’t know at church 
● Plan a block party for your neighbors 
● Create text group with all your neighbors - include inactives and non-members 
● Take a treat to a new neighbor