Senior Missionary Coordinator responsibilities: transcript
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Yeah. You know that feeling—
when things don’t line up?
It can be an inconvenience.
But what if you were
in charge of a large group of people?
A simple inconvenience
could be a huge disaster.
That's why you're here.
The role of senior missionary
coordinators is rather simple.
There are some 31,000 senior
service missionaries that serve
in over 1,200 Church operations.
You just have to connect each person
to the right place,
all with proper approvals from stakes,
operation managers, and Quorum
of the Seventy. Oh, too much all at once?
Yeah, let me back up.
Think of the senior service
missionary program as the tracks
of a transit system, an intricate
network crisscrossing a city,
connecting people to places.
The service mission office
operates this system under the direction
of the Quorum of the Seventy,
who function like a board of directors.
The train cars represent the various
operations of the Church,
such as the bishops’ storehouse,
a family history library,
or the pathway program.
The operation manager,
or the engineer of the train, needs
to keep the operation functioning
efficiently by keeping seats filled
with the right number of passengers
representing service missionaries
who can perform the tasks needed.
The seats inside each operation
represent a unique service opportunity
to be filled by senior
service missionaries.
This requires careful coordination.
Otherwise, some operations would have
people standing around with nothing
to do, while other operations
would not have enough senior
service missionaries to meet their needs.
Additionally, members wanting to serve
would not know of opportunities.
Making sense? Good. Now it's up
to you to help fill those seats.
To find the right people, you need
to rely on the local stakes and wards.
Each stake president knows his members.
He knows their talents and capabilities.
He's sort of like the conductor.
If he's aware of the task needed,
he'll issue a calling to a member
who can fill the seat of an operation.
Individuals who want to serve
can also find senior service
mission opportunities online and submit
a recommendation for a calling.
Again, this requires careful coordination.
So how do you align the right people
with the right service opportunities?
Yes, you're the glue
that ties it all together.
You're like the superintendent
of the whole transit system.
You know the system, you know the
operations with their needs, and you know
stakes with members anxious
to serve. Together with stakes
and operation managers,
you coordinate the recommendations
to fill empty seats.
You're the one point of contact
between stakes and operations.
Once the Area Seventy,
Area Presidency, and/or
department leadership
approve the plan,
the coordinators put the plan into action.
Because the process is always
in constant motion,
with passengers constantly
being called and released,
senior missionary
coordinators work continuously
with the service
missionary management system,
stakes, and operation managers
to ensure that each seat is filled
with the correct senior service missionary
and to make adjustments as needed.
With your service
as senior missionary coordinators,
the Church can efficiently run operations
that enrich the lives of others.
These service opportunities bless
the lives of not only those needing help,
but those willing to help.
And that is one trip
you don't want to miss.
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