Lesson 16

Lesson Title: "Temple Endowment"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 3 at lds.org.

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will better understand the purposes of the temple and the temple endowment.

PREPARATION:

1. Picture 11, The Interior of a Temple, located at the back of the manual. Provide other pictures of temples if you desire.
2. Obtain an unusual tool or implement.
3. Optional: Write the seven statements about the purposes of temples on slips of paper to hand out to class members.
4. As a teacher I would suggest reading the above articles. There is much information in them that would be valuable.

ATTENTION GETTER:

Object lesson:
Show the young women an unusual tool or implement. Choose one that they are not familiar with. Let them guess what it may be used for. Then briefly explain its use and value. Explain that the young women probably had not realized how valuable this tool was until they learned of its use. The temple endowment could be likened to a tool. We cannot realize its great importance and use in our lives until we learn its purpose.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Tell the young women that Heavenly Father wants each of them to receive the blessings of the temple endowment. The instruction and covenants received in the temple will greatly strengthen them in righteous living and help them prepare for eternal life. Express your desire that each young woman will live worthy to receive this ordinance.

HANDOUT:

I think the young women would benefit from having a copy of the article found above. The information is invaluable.