I was told in training that the most important predictor of a young man's future activity in teh church, whether he goes on a mission or not, is testimony.
Yet I have observed that the curriculum for the YM has an extremely small focus on testimony.
I thought it would be interesting to do a monthly series where we invite an elder or high priest to come in and discuss, for the lesson, how he came to have a testimony. Hopefully there would be a wide range of open and honest approaches.
Unfortunately, my inspiration is a violation of church policy. That is, I have invented a new curriculum that is not approved, and would supplant the one that has been inspired by God, through his authorities.
Again, we live in a church that feels like McDonalds sometimes, and has no suggestion box.
Hopefully my stake will not repeat its performance of a few years ago, in stake conference meetings, saying that there were exactly ZERO missionaries in the field from my stake.
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