Pacific Area – Fifth Sunday Instruction for Adults and Youth – Sunday 29 June 2025

Using Ordinances Ready for Temple and Family History

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Pacific Languages (Samoan, Tongan, French)

Fifth Sunday Instruction for Adults and Youth

Goal:
‘Gathering individuals and families to the ordinances of the temple’ is part of the Pacific Area Focus to strengthen faith in Jesus Christ, one by one. This instruction emphasises the importance of temple and family history work and instructs members how to use Ordinances Ready to submit names for temple ordinances.

Objectives:

  • Emphasise the Pacific Area Focus of ‘Gathering individuals and families to the ordinances of the temple’.
  • Teach the principles of temple and family history work, with a focus on the role of the Ordinances Ready tool.
  • Members will feel inspired to make this a lifelong endeavour in submitting names and taking them to the temple.

·  By the end of the session, ensure that every adult and youth:

  1. Understands and knows how to submit a name to take to the temple using Ordinances Ready.

  2. Has successfully submitted a name, becoming a submitter.

Prior Preparation:

  • TV or projector and screen to show the ‘Ordinances Ready’ video
  • A copy of the 2025 Pacific Area Focus document
  • In preparation for this fifth Sunday instruction, we invite ward councils to meet, discuss and plan the following, well before the end of June.
  1. Engage the ward Temple and Family History Committee to lead the discussion, including the youth who are part of the committee.
  2. Invite all members to have a FamilySearch account that is connected to their Membership Number and to download the Family Tree app on their smartphone.
  3. Ensure they can sign in to the Family Tree app (some members may need help with this prior to the day).
  4. The ward council to become familiar with navigating their way around the app.
  5. Specifically, engage youth and YSA in the lead up to the 5th Sunday so that all are prepared to participate
  • Download the video 'How to Use Ordinances Ready', narrated by Elder Meurs to show during the instruction
  • The following leaders should have become familiar with this outline so they can each present their parts of the instruction:
    • Bishop
    • Elders Quorum presidency counsellor responsible for Temple and Family History in the ward/branch
    • Relief Society presidency counsellor responsible for Temple and Family History in the ward/branch
    • Youth who are part of the Temple and Family History committee in the ward/branch
       
  • All members of the Ward Temple and Family History Committee to view and become familiar with the video and printed instructions on ‘How to Use Ordinances Ready’
  • Print copies of the handout Instructions on ‘How to Use Ordinances Ready’ to be handed out
    (attached with these outline)

Instruction Outline and Activities:

1. Welcome and Introduction (10 minutes)
To be led by the Bishop:

  • Display the Area Focus document and explain that today we are going to discuss how we can help others come  unto Christ by gathering to the ordinances of the temple.
  • Read this quote from Elder Kevin S. Hamilton of the Seventy, Executive Director of the Family History Department:
    “President Nelson has taught that the temple is “nourished by names”. It’s up to us to make sure our temples are well nourished with the names needed so our ancestors can receive their ordinances and members can enjoy the blessings of the temple throughout their lifetime”.  (‘An Unprecedented Time for Temple and Family History Work’ Liahona August 2024)
  • Discuss the importance of family history, emphasizing that it connects us to our ancestors and fulfills the commandment to 'turn the hearts of the children to their fathers' (Malachi 4:6) by helping deceased ancestors receive the saving ordinances they did not receive on earth.
  • Share a brief personal experience/testimony of the blessings received through participating in temple and family history work.

2. Instruction: How to Use Ordinances Ready (20 minutes)
Led by the Temple and Family History Committee Members (with assistance from Young Men and Young Women):

  • Explain that qualified names ready for temples ordinances are submitted from FamilySearch.
  • Describe how Ordinances Ready helps us find and submit these names for temple ordinances, e.g., baptism, confirmation, initiatory, endowment, and sealing to spouse and parents. Ordinances Ready helps find qualified names from these sources in this order:
    1. Our own family tree
    2. Our ward and stake member’s family trees
    3. Global family trees
  • Demonstration:
    1. Show the video 'How to Use Ordinances Ready'
    2. Ask each member to go to the Family Tree app on their phone or FamilySearch.org on their computer
    3. Sign In to FamilySearch
    4. Go through the 7 steps of using Ordinances Ready on their devices (display on screen or provide handouts for guidance)

3. Closing Remarks and Invitation to Become a Regular Submitter (5 minutes)
Led by the Bishop or Ward Temple and Family History Committee Members.

  • Bear testimony of the importance and blessings of temple and family history work.
  • Discuss how becoming a regular submitter can assist us all in gathering individuals and families to the ordinances of the temple.
  • Invite all members to become regular submitters and take the names of those individuals to the temple.
  • Invite all to show a family member or someone you minister to, how to become a submitter.
  • Emphasize making temple and family history work a lifelong experience.

How to Use Ordinances Ready

Take out your mobile phone with the Family Tree application already installed and follow the seven simple steps to use Ordinances Ready:

  1. Go to the Family Tree application on your phone
  2. Select the Temple icon on the bottom of the screen
  3. Select the Ordinances Ready button which will pop up
  4. Select either Male or Female and then the Type of Ordinance you wish to perform. example Baptism and Confirmation, Initiatory or Sealing to Parents or Spouse
  5. The application will then find individuals needing ordinances from your Reservation List or through other Temple opportunities.
    Tap on the View button, to view the people their details and your relationship to them
  6. Tap Continue when you have selected those people for who you wish to perform ordinances
  7. You can then View, Save, Print the cards or take the QR code or number to the Temple.
     

Also, while in this application you have the opportunity to schedule an appointment at the Temple.

(These instructions are written for Apple IOS devices. Similar steps exist for Android devices).