RACE

A scripture that kept coming to my mind when we were talking about RACE is D&C 132:8, which reads, "Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith the Lord God, and not a house of confusion." The BYUSA mission teaches us that we are trying to build Zion communities, and Zion is a place that is done the way the Lord would have it. Through this scripture we learn that the Lord wants a house of order, and in order to keep things that way, we need to have planned ahead.

RACE helps us accomplish just that. I think that RACE is a tool that is as useful as we make it. I personally think it's a great idea because it forces us to plan ahead and seek out all options before we create our action plan. I rarely have my best ideas the first time around, and RACE helps me to create an organized plan so I can do my best in my programs. I also think that by understanding RACE, I can be more effective as a leader because once I understand it I can help others to understand it. If everyone is planning ahead and uses this tool then I think that it will save everyone a lot of stress and headaches down the road. :)

I plan to use RACE in my programs (True Blue Tuesdays, the "Redefine Service" campaigns, Service Squad, and the Brigham Awards). I am excited to get all my PDs on board and going. I sat in on the basecamp training with the Activities area today and got excited about that program. I think that basecamp and RACE together will make for some very effective programs! I like basecamp because we all can be on the same page, and I think that if we use RACE to its full capacity it could work the same way. I liked the way that Activities set up the RACE sheet as a Google Doc so everyone can see the edits. I'm going to be working with Dallin in the next few days to get that template set up on my programs as well because I think that will be very useful. I'm glad that we got the RACE lesson so early in the term so we can implement it.