Sunday Priesthood Meeting 1-24-10

In this meeting we started by discussing how we should review our chats.  Some important things we brought up:

• Look for our effective use of questions
• Are we using our scriptures effectively?
• Look not only at the depth of the question, but also the breadth of it as well
• Am I fishing with the right bait?
• Do I have a wide spectrum of bait?
• Am I linking to the individual with emotional ties?

Brother Swift:

• Gave the example of a drastic change in how people ate movie popcorn
• A commercial talked about the grams per ounce of bad stuff, and had a physical demonstration to show how bad it was
• This helped to make the facts sticky
• Not all truth is sticky
• How can we make the answers and the message we give sticky?
• Focus on the core issues
• Ex:  Q: What is a Prophet?  A: Someone who gives us direction from God, like Noah.  Do you think it would be important to follow Noah if you lived in his time?

Brother Thomas

• Symbols and words produce feelings in us
• Use Elders, so we can feel like Elders, not guys
• There is nothing difficult.  You either can do it, or you cannot, some things just take more time.