Gathering Israel with FamilySearch Centers - For Local Church Leaders
Family history and temple work blesses both those whose work is done and those doing the work. FamilySearch centers are a unique tool that can be used to further that work. They offer Church members an opportunity to help other members, friends, and neighbors discover their place in the global family tree and to help build it.
Local Church leaders can use centers as a way to encourage service and engagement by members. They can also use them as a way to connect with others in their communities to build bridges of understanding and to offer positive experiences in dedicated Church buildings.
We will discuss what centers uniquely offer and how leaders can use centers to meet local goals.
Audience:
- Priesthood and Relief Society leaders
- T&FH consultants and leaders
- Centers have a unique place in the work of salvation:
- They provide meaningful opportunities for members to serve members of their community and each other.
- They offer a valuable service to visitors and provide opportunities for community members to spend time in dedicated Church buildings.
- They invite the public to contribute to the pedigree of mankind in the FamilySearch tree.
- Centers operate under the direction of priesthood keys and should be a tool used for meeting local stake or district goals. Center supervision, staffing, and facility choices should be made with local goals in mind.
- Centers will most effectively support the stake or district's goals in the work of salvation by:
- Thoughtful selection and communication of goals
- Delegation to the high council and/or stake consultants for execution and center oversight
- Prayerful selection of center staff who will focus on providing good experiences center visitors and addressing their interests
Additional Experiences
Germans in the Land of Israel – Sources at the Israel State Archive
This webinar will present the information available for Germans who lived in Israel, Jews and non-Jews alike, available at the Israel State Archive.Prussia established its first consulate in Jerusalem in 1842. The Consulate operated with a short break from 1917 to 1925 due to WWI until the outbreak of WWII. Documents were abandoned and a part of them was seized by Israeli police in 1955 when they were sold by the kilo and the State Archive acquired more documents later. The collection of these rescued documents is available at the Israel State Archive and a copy at the Political Archive in Berlin. The collection includes documentation of passport and visa matters, tax matters, relationship with the Ottoman empire, documents from the Spanish consulate which represented Germans from 1917 to 1925, records of the Tempelgesellschaft from Baden-Wurttemberg, a messianic Christian group that established several colonies in the land, conscription lists for WWI and WWII including CVs and photos, records on the immigration of German Jews who had to register at the consulate after fleeing Germany and so much more. This collection is an invaluable source researching Jewish and non-Jewish Germans in the Land of Israel.