Our Goal

Bishop Schnieber kicked off 2008 with a new challenge to each member of Waveny Park Ward. This goes right along with the goal of the Stake which is to get familiar with "Preach My Gospel". We can do this! Actually, we are going to do it before the year is half over. The Bishop would like each of us will deepen our understanding of and commitment to the Savior by way of a thoughtful and thorough reading of The Book of Mormon.

The goal is an increased closeness to the Savior (and also an increased testimony of the prophet).

The strategy is reading this wonderful and inspired work daily. It simply oozes with inspired writings about Christ's mission among his peoples.

The tactics will be played out as each of us determines when, where, and how we study The Book of Mormon. Early morning; writing a journal of our learnings and growth; underlining topics in various colors; reading every Book of Mormorn scripture reference as we work our way through Preach My Gospel; rereading the book in the language of our mission (if we've gone to a foreign language mission), etc. These are all up to each of us to figure out.

Daily reading is required. Quiet time in a place where one can be undisturbed is also key to success.

The decision to commit to follow through. This is the first step. Making the commitment inviolate is hard, but very powerful.

Let's not be deterred!Let's share our insights and inspiration with each other.

Here's how it will work. We will start reading NOW, tomarrow which is Monday January 21st and our desired end date will be August 30. Reading One Chapter each day from now until then. You are certainly welcome to read more quickly, but this challenge is so that we can really get to know the stories and gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon and it's teachings. Blogs from ward members will be posted each week and you are welcome to add comments. Comments can be posted as anonymous or you can put your name if you like. Just click on the comments link below and it will show you what to do.