-John- > Play more, work less. And when you play, make sure it is a joint > outing between you and your wife and children, and those of > another elder in the quorum. Invite another elder with his > family to your house for dinner, or if that is too much work, > just invite them for a two family ice cream social. [...] if > necessary, pass around a sign up sheet like we do with the > missionaries. The point is, two families cannot become close if > they never spend any time together.
I believe what you've written here. It sounds right to me -- it has the ring of truth. So how is it implemented? Suppose I've been tasked with building quorum brotherhood. Do I just start making as many friends as I can? Honestly, I can't adequately maintain the friendships I have now -- and I'm out of work! I suppose the first thing is to get everyone on board the idea, that is, convert everyone to the idea that it's important to be a quorum brotherhood and that means spending time together. But I don't know a half-dozen men in my quorum that spend as much time with their families as they would like, much less with other friends. Seems like we should be *working* together, as well as playing. But when the quorum members work all over the place as happens in modern society, that doesn't lend itself well to spending work time together. I'm at something of a loss for ideas on how to bring such a thing about. > We all have the same 24 hours every day. Nobody is too busy to > make and build friendships if that is what they value. How we > spend that 24 hours each day reflects our personality and > priorities. True enough, but we don't have the tools (skills) necessary to build such friendships, or if we do, we don't know how to use them. Has anyone successfully led a quorum to become truly tight-knit, something beyond a group of mutually-acquainted (or not) men who vaguely like each other (or at least those they know)? Stephen ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
