Let's be (build) a missionary (by Cummings)

Let's be (build) a missionary!
(Cummings)

Scatter these props throughout the room:
white shirt (representing ~ purity, keeping our bodies clean)
pants (representing ~ pray always)
socks & shoes ~ (representing service)
tie ~ (representing keeping the commandments, obedience)
suit jacket ~ (representing The Holy Ghost)
name tag ~ (representing a testimony)
scriptures ~(representing of READING the scriptures)
haircut ~ (representing blessings being promised to us)

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SING: I hope they call me on a mission

Let a brother come up to the front ~ preferably a stake missionary (but any brother can do!!!) (He is wearing a T-shirt and very modest shorts. NOT LOOKING LIKE A MISSIONARY!)

You sure don't look like a missionary! Let us help you look more like a missionary physically, and maybe we can discover ways to live worthily along the way. When I think of a missionary, I definitely think "white shirt". Does anyone in here see a white shirt that we can use?

(The brother now dress in the white shirt)

There is a scripture in the pocket of the white shirt. Maybe someone can read it fore us?

READ D&C 38:40-42

"A voice of warning", what do you think that means?

Who is commanded to be a voice of warning?
What does it mean to "bear the vessels of the Lord"?
What do you have to be in order to do this? (clean)
"Clean" means "pure". White is the color that best symbolizes purity.

So this white shirt is a symbol of purity, of keeping our bodies clean.
SING - The Lord Gave Me a Temple

Now you need to cover your knees. Does anyone see a spare pair of pants our missionary here can use?
There is a scripture in the pocket of the pants, who will read it for us?
READ Psalms 55:17
Missionaries pray a lot! So what does that mean we, too, have to do?.... (pray)
So these pants is a symbol of prayer
SING: I Pray in Faith

We need to find some socks & shoes for our missionary. Any one got any idea where to find some?
I wonder: how many pairs of shoes does a missionary wear out while on a mission?
There is a scripture in the socks.... who will read for us?
READ 3 Nephi 12:41

Who knows what "twain" means?
So what does that scripture mean? (To go the second mile) Now lets look up the second scripture... Mosiah 2:17 and let us read that one as well.

So these socks and shoes is a symbol of service
SING - Go the Second Mile p. 167

What else can we add? Yes, a cool tie! Could someone please find a tie?
There is a scripture on the back of the tie.... who will read for us?
READ Proverbs 6:20-21

What do you think the first part of that scripture means?
What about verse 21, When we are obeying our parents, who else are we also obeying?
So, if we do not obey our parents, then we also are not being obedient to our Father in Heaven, right?
Who do you know that was born of goodly parents and is a GREAT example of obedience to the commandments that we just LOVE to sing about?

So this tie is a symbol of obedience and keeping the commandments
SING - Nephi's Courage p. 120

Are you ready to go on a mission now?
The brother: Actually, for some reason I feel, I don't know, insecure or something. I feel like I need something more around me. If I had a suit jacket, that would bring me a lot of comfort. As missionaries, we had to wear our jackets almost all of the time.

Who can find me a suit jacket that might fit our missionary?

In the jacket sleeve there is a scripture.
READ John 14:26

How is the Holy Ghost like a comforter?
Why is it important to have the Holy Ghost with us?
How would we feel if we didn't have the Holy Ghost with us?
What can we do to keep the Holy Ghost around us?
Does anyone have an example of a time when they felt the Holy Ghost?

So this suit jacket is a symbol of The Holy Ghost
SING - The Still Small Voice p.106

Well, kids? What do you think? Does he look like a missionary? EXACTLY like a missionary? What is missing? A name tag???? Anyone see one????
On back of Name Tag is a scripture.
READ D&C 115:4-5 & 76:22
So this name is a symbol of a testimony
Okay, we know that full-time missionaries wear this tag.

Does every missionary have to wear one?
Can we be a missionary if we don't have a name tag?

(Find a STORY from Friend)

Do you think it is possible for us to bear our testimony without even opening our mouth?

SING - The Church of Jesus Christ p.77
Now you look like a fine missionary, but your hands are empty. What are missing? Yes, the scriptures.

Well, what does the scripture say on the scriptures?

READ 2 Timothy 3:15

What do you think this scripture means? So, even the very young children can search the scriptures?

So the scriptures is a symbol of READING the scriptures
SING - "Search, Ponder and Pray" p.109

Has he done everything he needs to go on a mission?
SONGLEADER: for some reason there are a pair of scissors over here... and they even have some scriptures attached for us to look up...
READ 1st Corinthians 11:14 & D&C 84:80
So a haircut is a symbol of blessings being promised to us
SING: Keep the commandments