Prayer Meeting

Training Blog

Family History help available

whenever & wherever you need it!

Prayer Meeting Training

• Every shift at the Family History Library begins with a Prayer meeting, including training on how to become a better Family History missionary, volunteer, or consultant.
• Have you ever watched one of these trainings and wanted to review it again?

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• Have you ever wondered where these trainings can be accessed?
• Did you know they are available for you to view and even share in your wards or stakes if you’d like?

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Prayer Meeting Blog

Terry Allen, a valuable volunteer here at the Library, has created a blog where all the Prayer meeting trainings are stored and organized in an easy to use fashion.

The URL is: ofslpmt.blogspot.com

O-Ogden

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Prayer Meeting Blog

If you forget the URL, you can easily access the blog from the Ogden Family Search library web-site.

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Just click on Training/(Prayer Meeting) Topics and it will take you straight to the blog.

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Prayer Meeting Blog Shortcut

While at the Library, you can simply view the blog by clicking on the computer shortcut.

It is # 8 on the left hand side labeled Library Resources.

Prayer Meeting Training Blog is the last choice on the list. Click on that, and it will take you to the blog.

Prayer Meeting Blog Shortcut

When you click on # 8 Library Resources, it will bring up one of these two menus, depending on the view. Prayer Meeting Training Blog is last on the list.

Prayer Meeting Blog

This is what the blog looked like.

Prayer Meeting Blog

The blog WAS organized by:

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• Topics in

Alphabetical Order

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• Months in Chronological Order

But now...

Prayer Meeting Blog

The maximum number of topics has been reached, so we have been looking for a better way to make it searchable with no limits! We found it just a few days ago!!

The New Look!

A new feature has been added, which is, “Search This Blog”. Now you can easily search the blog for anything, without having to scroll through topics or trying to remember what month the presentation was in.

The New Look!

See the difference?

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The topics are gone, and replaced with the Search This Blog feature.

Prayer Meeting Blog

Why is the blog useful to me?

So many reasons!

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• What if a patron comes in and wants to use the microfilm scanner, but I don’t know how to use it? The step by step instructions with pictures are right there.

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• What if a patron needs to know how to handle a family member that was stillborn or a child that died young, but I don’t remember the rules? The answers are right there.

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• What if I need to teach a Sunday School class on Family History? There are countless presentations to choose from that are ready to go! What an amazing resource!

Lets Practice!

Please have a staff member come up and practice

accessing the blog from the Library web-site.

(Best to open this in a new tab)

http://ogdenfsl.org/

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Have a staff member choose a topic, and then try out the new Search This Blog feature and see what comes up.

(FYI, there are not presentations available for all topics)

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Other Helpful Blogs

On the homepage of the Ogden FamilySearch Library, it has a tab for other useful blogs.

Other Helpful Blogs

Here’s the list of blogs found on the Ogden FamilySearch web-site

FamilySearch Blog

You can access the Family Search blog by clicking on Blog at the bottom of the home page.

FamilySearch Blog

Other Helpful Blogs

• Who has used the Prayer Meeting Training blog before? What did you use it for? (Ask Staff)

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• What are some of your favorite Family History blogs that you’ve found valuable? (Ask Staff)

In Conclusion

One more time..

The Prayer Meeting Training blog is ofslpmt.blogspot.com.

Write it down! Add it to your Favorites or Bookmarks Bar.

It is an awesome resource!

We hope it will help you in your Family History goals and service.