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Lesson Title: "The Blessings of the Temple" (page 50)
OTHER RESOURCES:
OBJECTIVE:
Each young woman will understand that temple attendance brings great blessings.
PREPARATION:
- Prepare four wordstrips:
- The temple is a haven of peace.
- The temple is a sanctuary of service.
- The temple is a house of covenants.
- The temple is a place of revelation.
- Display several pictures of temples.
- If it is available in your area, show "Temples Are for Eternal Covenants," on Family Home Evening Video Supplement 2 (53277).
- Prepare to talk about the feelings you have when you are inside the temple. Or ask a ward member to tell the young women about his or her feelings.
- Assign young women to present any scriptures, stories, or quotations you wish.
ATTENTION GETTER:
Write the following on the chalkboard seven or eight times:
The temple is ________________________________.
Ask the young women to describe the temple and its purposes by finishing the sentence
in as many ways as they can-for example, a beautiful building, a place of worship, the house
of the Lord, a place I love to go, a place to learn, a place where we perform ordinances for
the dead, a place where we make covenants.
Wordstrips
President Gordon B. Hinckley, First Counselor in the First
Presidency, said that the temple is "a symbol of strength, a haven of peace, a sanctuary
of service, a school of instruction, a place of revelation, … a house of covenants" ("The
Salt Lake Temple," Ensign, Mar. 1993, p. 4). Place the four wordstrips on the chalkboard
as you read this statement. Explain that this lesson will discuss these four ideas.
LESSON:
Lesson 14 at lds.org
CONCLUSION:
Teacher presentation
Explain to the young women that in the near future they will have the opportunity to be
interviewed by their bishop and stake president. If they are worthy, they and their priesthood
leaders will sign a small piece of paper-their temple recommend. This recommend will be a
symbol of their worthiness to enter the house of the Lord to receive the endowment and
participate in other holy ordinances.
Explain that the young women should plan to participate regularly in temple ordinances.
They will receive blessings and insights that will guide them in troubled times.
President Harold B. Lee said: "When you enter a holy temple, you are by that course
gaining fellowship with the Saints in God's eternal kingdom, where time is no more. In the
temples of your God you are endowed not with a rich legacy of worldly treasure, but with
a wealth of eternal riches that are above price" ("Enter a Holy Temple," Improvement Era,
June 1967, p. 144).
HANDOUT:
Make a white bag out of lace for them to put their future temple clothes in. Tell them to
keep it in their drawer so that everytime they take out a slip or a pair of nylons they will see
it. (Another good reminder)
It is very simple to make. Buy some of the lace by the yard that you would use to
make a table cloth. Cut it into a 16" x 32" piece. (Or whatever size you want) Fold it
the long way almost in half. Leave 4" on the end for the flap. Pin on both sides. Sew
or serge both sides. Hem the remaining end 1/2". Turn inside out. Fold flap over. Iron.
Ta da you are done.
MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEAS:
- With other young women in your ward or branch, participate in baptisms for the
dead at the temple nearest to you.
- As a service to ward members, offer to care for young children while their parents
attend the temple.
- As a class or with your family, try to learn as much as you can about the temple nearest
to you. When was it dedicated? Could you talk with someone who attended the dedication,
or could you read about the dedication? Do you know any of the blessings that were
pronounced during the dedicatory prayer?
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