PPI

It doesn’t have to be, and it varies from ward to ward – both in whether or not it’s done and in how it’s done.

I like the idea of Home Teachers reporting on their families and not reporting stats, since it can keep it personal and person-focused, but I’m not a fan of asking each person what’s going on in their homes. That can be handled properly by a focus on only serious issues that require help of some sort, and that information can be gained from good Home Teachers. I also am not in favor of seeing face-to-face meetings as necessary. Phones, email, Skype, etc. are part of our world, and we ought to use them to cut down on travel and non-necessary meetings.

Frankly, the more intrusive instances I have seen (and tried to correct) have happened because the leader is an micro-manager and/or because the Home Teachers don’t inform the leaders about serious problems.

If you don’t want to participate, don’t. If anyone pushes back, tell the leadership that you don’t want to add another meeting that keeps you away from your family and are fine with them getting info from your Home Teacher(s). Anyone who argues with that . . . (I won’t complete that sentence, since I know some people will argue with it.)

What is it any of my elder’s quorum presidents business what I do in my home?

none, even if they think they have keys or think God is directing them and they have your best interests at heart…none.

You can try to appreciate their intentions, but hold your ground on what you feel is right for you and your home.

I also have found how busy they are, it usually doesn’t stick for long, as they aren’t 100% with their responsibilities. Try to avoid the appointments before you have to just come out and decline. If you would rather go to them, don’t answer anything more than you want to. Yes/No answers and a smile works too.

I used to hold them as a priesthood leader cuz the manual said so. I found the brethren that did not do hometeaching hated them. Eventually, they would stop agreeing to come even though I was reportedly not abrasive about them.

So, I did it backwards. I did it only with the ones who were willing to hold one, most of whom were doing some or all of their hometeaching. In other words, I focused on strengthening the strong, rather than trying to change people who weren’t into it.

Ultimately, it’s your choice whether you participate in one or not. If my priesthood leader was condescending, I would tell the appointment booker “I did this much home teaching, here are the needs of the families….you can use the time to PPI other brethren”. If he pressed, I would push back, politely and assert myself.

The first cultural article of faith is:

“We believe in meetings.”

My favorite quote about meetings is:

“It takes a **** fine meeting to be better than no meeting.”

I have to ask if you can provide a source for the following as I heard it came from Brigham Young and I looked and couldn’t find it. (My library is pretty small.)

“It takes a **** fine meeting to be better than no meeting.”

The

first cultural article of faith is:

“We believe in meetings.”

My favorite quote about meetings is:

“It takes a **** fine meeting to be better than no

meeting.”

“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has

not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word

would be “meetings”

– Dave Barry

Not true, meetings helped stop the Cold War from hotting up and eventually ended it.

I was also branch secretary of a society, and someone kept on canceling our meetings. The result was chaos.

Amen, SD. Exactly.