One of the principles of leadership mentioned in the North American Southeast Area Training for Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society presidencies conducted on December 5, 2009 was ministering. We were counseled to follow the example of the Savior in reaching out "one by one" (3 Nephi 18:36) to bless the lives of those we serve. "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister" Matthew 20:28. Our prophet, President Thomas E. Monson exemplifies this principle. He reaches out and greets each one. His life is filled with examples of ministering.
We were reminded that, "You are called to represent the Savior. Your voice to testify becomes the same as His voice, your hands to lift the same as His hands. His work is to bless His Father's spirit children with the opportunity to choose eternal life. So, your calling is to bless lives. That will be true even in the most ordinary tasks you are assigned and in moments when you might be doing something not apparently connected to your call. Just the way you smile or the way you offer to help someone can build their faith". Henry B. Eyring, "Rise to Your Call," Ensign, Nov 2002, 75
The training continued with these challenges: make sure you meet and greet each of the children "one by one"; call them by name; they are part of the Rising Generation and some of them need rescue so ask yourself, "where are the children?"; and minister unto every child, "one by one".
