Mike was asked to participate in Concilio today. He had 45 minutes for each session and he did 3 sessions. His topic assigned to him by the assistants to the president was, "Ways to Help Ward Councils".
I was busy cooking so I did not get to hear his whole presentation, but part of it was "Why does the Lord use councils?"
He asked them to define synergy and one Elder came up with a really good concept. You take one ox and he can pull 7 times his own weight. You would think then that if you put two oxen together you would get double that making it 14 times. Actually, synergy is created and they can pull 17 times their own weight combined.
Mike described it this way. You have the Bishop and he is represented as Flour. You have the counselor and he is represented as Salt. Then you have the High Priest Group Leader and he is represented as water. When you mix all those together, you get a cracker.
He then handed out a cracker to everyone.
But, what happens when you had the Relief Society president (yeast), the Primary president (sugar), Ward Mission leader (cinnamon), Young Men, Young Women leaders (walnuts). You end up with a something much more enjoyable....
Audible gasps were heard as he pulled out the hidden cinnamon rolls I had made. As he passed out the cinnamon rolls, he asked, "What does the icing represent?" The icing "on the cake" so to speak is the confirmation of the Holy Ghost that all that has been discussed in the council has been done under the influence of the Spirit.
Hopefully, whenever they eat a cinnamon roll, they will recall the importance of councils and why everyone is needed.
I love this Idea!!!
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