{"id":1289,"date":"2017-12-04T22:41:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2017-12-27T00:22:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T00:22:36","slug":"family-history-service-ideas-to-light-the-world-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/family-history-service-ideas-to-light-the-world-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Family History Ideas to &#8220;Light The World&#8221; through service to others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/association.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Family History Guide Association<\/a>\u00a0invites you to join us in serving others during the month\u00a0of December in a special initiative sponsored by\u00a0 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints entitled,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormon.org\/christmas\/25-ways-25-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Light The World &#8211; 25 Ways in 25 Days:<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;The teachings of Jesus Christ show us a pattern of service for our lives. Apply these 25 teachings over the 25 days of Christmas to brighten the world around you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Check out<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1292 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8116-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8116-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8116-768x817.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8116-963x1024.jpg 963w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_8116-1200x1277.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFamilyHistoryGuide\/?ref=gs&amp;fref=gs&amp;dti=137013286814727&amp;hc_location=group\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=1653263274902508&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A137013286814727%2C%22dti%22%3A137013286814727%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">The Family History Guide<\/a>\u00a0Activities Page for fun and meaningful family history service ideas to calendar during the month of December for<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/act-family.html#a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAMILIES<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/act-singles.html#a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SINGLES,<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/act-youth.html#a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YOUTH,<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thefhguide.com\/act-children.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0CHILDREN.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->From the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormon.org\/christmas\/25-ways-25-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIGHT THE WORLD<\/a>\u00a0web page:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Each Christmas, we celebrate the life of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. By following His teachings, we let his light shine\u2014in our lives and in the lives of others. This year, use this calendar\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormon.org\/christmas\/25-ways-25-days-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 Days 25 Ways Calendar<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<em>for inspiration as you plan your Christmas activities to help #LightTheWorld by serving those in need.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please share your ideas and experiences with us, and we will post some of ours. Follow what others in the world are doing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormon.org\/christmas\/light-the-world\">here.<\/a>\u00a0You can also share what you are doing by using the hashtag #LightTheWorld.<\/p>\n<p>Read this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/blog\/en\/friday-december-1\/\">FamilySearch Blog Post<\/a>\u00a0to learn about this\u00a0suggestion for a family history service on December 1st:\u00a0\u00a0<i>How you can light the world &#8211;\u00a0<\/i>Take some time to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/indexing\/my-indexing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">index a batch<\/a>\u00a0today, or gather with friends or family to index together. Learn more about indexing and use the tracker to chart your progress using The Family history Guide\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-5-indexing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a>\u00a0for indexing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Merry Christmas!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Family History Guide Association\u00a0invites you to join us in serving others during the month\u00a0of December in a special initiative sponsored by\u00a0 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints entitled,\u00a0Light The World &#8211; 25 Ways in 25 Days:\u00a0&#8220;The teachings of Jesus Christ show us a pattern of service for our lives. 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