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|Pray/Prepare |

|Make a prayer list with the missionaries |

|Make a list of LDS scriptures to incorporate in every day conversations |

|Pray with the missionaries to find roads to tract where people are prepared |

|Pray for specific people, for specific things |

|Pray every day for a month for a missionary experience |

|Pray for a date to have someone meet the missionaries |

|Carry a prayer card with you and add names often |

|Prepare a spiritual thought or LDS scripture and share it with a nonmember |

|Memorize a LDS scripture per week to share on demand |

|Pray daily to give away a copy of the Book of Mormon |

|Memorize the Book of Mormon principle in the Standard Discussions |

|Read the Book of Mormon every day, looking for missionary experiences |

|Learn a basic First Discussion |

|Say a LDS prayer with a nonmember (meal time) |

|Study and memorize the Articles of Faith, share one per week with nonmembers |

|Keep a spiritual thought in an envelope everywhere you go |

|Do a Book of Mormon marking activity |

|"A walk through the Book of Mormon" - personalize it so people won't think it's just another good book |

|Practice steps from Elder Jay E. Jensen: There is a God, We are mortal and fallen (we need help), no unclean thing can dwell with |

|Him, we die, we will be resurrected, there will be a judgment, Jesus is our only hope, prophets point the way. |

|Invite |Activities |

|Invite friends to dinner with the missionaries |Shovel the walks or mow the lawn of neighbors and perform other |

|Invite friends to church activities |charitable acts |

|Invite your friends over when the missionaries are there |Become sincerely interested in neighbors (i.e. Go to Little |

|Offer to have missionaries teach investigators in you home |League Games, recitals, etc.) |

|Invite another family to come to family activities and Family |Organize a service project and invite friends to participate |

|Home Evening |Have your children (if applicable) make missionary name tags and |

|Call and invite a less active member to a Quorum, Primary, |wear them to school (or to a friend's house) and explain |

|Mutual, or Relief Society Activity |Get to know someone's interests and plan appropriate activities |

|Offer to hold a cottage meeting at your home |Get to know all of your neighbors |

|Call and fellowship one of the investigators that the |Share your talents with the community |

|missionaries are working with |Do holiday lessons |

|Offer to help one of your friends to their genealogy at the |Tailgate/BBQ parties |

|genealogy center in the chapel |Tract with the missionaries |

|Invite a friend to attend a baptismal service |Take the missionaries to visit friends |

|Invite a friend to attend a wedding reception held in the chapel |Potluck Dinner with members and investigators |

|Bring a friend to English class |Go caroling with church hymns |

|Choose your favorite church video and invite your friend to come |Hold a movie night with proselyting videos |

|over and watch it with you |Go on splits with the missionaries |

|Take a friend on a trip to the temple |Meet your neighbor with a gift |

|If the phone rings during Family Home Evening, invite them over! |Joint service with the missionaries |

|Ask a friend if they've ever seen missionaries before |Organize a block party |

|Invite a friend to share their talents with you |Do service with a friend for someone else |

|Invite friends to a missionary Sunday |Organize an activity to unify the ward/branch |

|Invite a less active member over for dinner at your home |Decorate a jar of candies, or a box with some scriptures in it |

|Call an old friend |Make a snow sculpture of the temple in the front yard |

|Invite an acquaintance to play basketball at the church with the |Fence building (service projects) |

|missionaries |Make family T-shirts |

|Highlight your favorite scriptures in the Book of Mormon and ask |Hold a potluck dinner with a spiritual thought afterwards |

|a friend to read them |Take a picture of your family in front of the temple. Put one up |

|Ask a "Will you" question to invite one of your friends to |in your home and another in your wallet/purse to show your |

|participate in the church |friends |

|Invite a friend to attend church or a fireside with you | |

|Be An Example |Items to Give |

|Love others, even the grouchy and mean. Be nice. Be warm. See |Put your picture and your testimony in a Book of Mormon and give |

|others as God sees them. Be like Christ. |it to a friend |

|Put a picture of the temple up in your home |Write your testimony in a card and have the missionaries deliver |

|Share your testimony with your friends |it to a friend |

|Keep a copy of the Book of Mormon where friends can see it |Give a friend a picture of your family, a temple, and a |

|Keep a Book of Mormon and a Bible in the car, at work, and |Proclamation of the Family |

|everywhere else you go |Give a friend a Lamb of God card |

|Sit with a nonmember or less active member at church |Include Lamb of God cards in cards for special occasions |

|Share your conversion story |Give a copy of the Book of Mormon or a church video to a friend |

|"I like my church because..." (Tie it into a related topic) |for a special occasion |

|Talk about Jesus Christ and ask questions to find out their |Give those around you articles from church literature that apply |

|beliefs and feelings |to their lives (Church News, Ensign, etc) |

|Put a copy of the Book of Mormon on the coffee table (in a |Give church materials as "Thank You's" for service rendered |

|strange language to spark attention!) |Buy a friend a church magazine subscription |

|Politely decline alcohol, coffee or tea and then explain why |Use creativity in making a note with an image of the church and a|

|Play a song from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for a friend |spiritual thought for the missionaries to give to one of their |

|"What did you do this weekend?" Talk about a subject/feeling you |investigators |

|had at church |Leave church material in waiting rooms/public areas |

|Mention missionaries in conversations with friends and family |Give away one copy of the Book of Mormon every two months |

|Ask a friend to write down all of their blessings and compare |Give away a pamphlet |

|lists |Give an animated video of a Book of Mormon story along with the |

|Talk about their heritage and talk about genealogy, help them |Book of Mormon and invite to watch and read |

|learn more () |Send a family newsletter to nonmembers with a spiritual thought |

|Be an example of hard work and excellency in all that you do |on it |

|Don't stop people in your home when they begin looking at church |Bake cookies during family home evening and give to a nonmember |

|materials |Check up on those people to whom you have already given pamphlets|

|Use religious words (i.e. "church", "missionary", "Bible", "Book |Give your friends Mormon Ads to put in their homes |

|of Mormon", etc) |Mail a Book of Mormon to a friend |

|Talk about eternal friendship with one of your friends |Wrap a Book of Mormon in gold wrapping paper and give it to a |

|Share a child's missionary stories |friend |

|Put yourself in situations to share the gospel (scriptures laying|Make a treat and give it to a friend with a spiritual thought |

|out, etc) |Give the Church's Internet addresses to a friend ( |

|Share the history of the church (Legacy) |and ) |

|Have a proclamation where people can see it (The Living Christ, |Make a Book of Mormon kit (pamphlets and videos) |

|Family) |Give a framed "Proclamation to the Family" at a baby shower or |

|Share a scripture you read in the morning like you would a movie |wedding |

|line (just relate it to something that happened) |Give a potted flower and relate it to Alma 32 |

|Ask a friend about his/her beliefs |Give a friend a balloon with a scripture inside |

|Carry a picture of your family and the temple close together and |Give away a framed religious picture |

|show it often |Give someone a tie and invite them to church |

|Ask to see pictures of a fellow worker's family |When going out to eat, leave a tract or pamphlet with the tip |

|Make a transition in a conversation from family to church |Take advantage of the season (give holiday gifts, etc) |

|Talk about your own mission (if applicable) |Make and give out a package of different pamphlets about families|

|Ask someone if they've seen the temple |Offer the Book of Mormon as a way to sleep better |

|Read from the Book of Mormon during your lunch break. Listen to | |

|church music when others are around | |

|Talk to someone on the Metro/Bus | |

|Share an uplifting scripture to someone who's having a rainy day.| |

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