Family Mission Statement

Jeff and I wrote a Family Mission Statement. We used a variety of resources to put this together. We are going to work on memorizing it in 2016. I hope that this can be a tool to help all of us stay on track. We are so busy and I want to make sure that what we spend our time doing, thinking and becoming is in line with what we really believe.

The Murray Family

Motto: We Stick Together

Mission Statement

Our home is a school; here we will learn about the gospel, life skills, hard work, and respect. With utmost diligence, we will strive to live in accordance with our faith and beliefs. We will draw strength and light from these principles:

• Choices have a direct bearing on happiness, the well-being of family and friends, and those within your sphere of influence.
• The authority of the Holy Priesthood has sealed us together as a family. Make every effort to keep your covenants.
• Fight feelings of entitlement.
• Seek for truth. Strive for knowledge about your Heavenly Parents, Savior Jesus Christ, family, other cultures, and the Earth.
• We have a responsibility to the Earth. We are accountable to God as stewards of His creations. Your actions affect the quality of life for future generations.
• Be a traveler not a tourist.
• Building a testimony takes time; keeping one takes continual effort.
• Respect is imperative.
• Serve, teach, and love by the direction of the Spirit.
• We worship a fourth-watch God. We will not assume that He is not there, or He is not listening, or He doesn’t care, or we are not worthy. We will assume that we may not yet have reached the fourth watch.
• Our ship is tight like a dish. It will not sink.
• Take ownership of your mistakes. Don’t be ashamed of an apology or too proud to offer one.
• The answers are always in the scriptures.
• Hard work will never leave you with regret.
• Focus on the doctrine and principles of the gospel. Endeavor to keep your heart and mind centered upon Jesus Christ. He is the exemplar.
• Living with more kindness, more integrity, more laughter, more creativity, and more fresh air will always make you feel better.
• Material blessings carry with them the responsibility to work and serve.
• Our legacy is that we loved each other well.