Lesson 17

Lesson Title: "The Purpose of Covenants and Ordinances"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 1 at lds.org. With Ensign, New Era, and Friend references

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will understand how making covenants and receiving ordinances influence her life.

PREPARATION:

1. Pictures 11, Baptism (62018); 12, Sacrament (62021); and 13, Temple, located at the end of the manual.
2. Cut a ladder out of paper, or prepare to draw it on the chalkboard, leaving room on the rungs to write.
3. Assign young women to read the following scriptural references: Enos 1:15-17; Doctrine and CovenantsD&C 82:10; Doctrine and CovenantsD&C 84:19-22; Moses 6:58-59; Luke 22:19-20; fifth article of faith Articles of Faith 1:5.
4. Optional: Write each of the three discussion questions on pages 74-75 on separate sheets of paper. Include the scripture references and the quotation that accompanies each question.
5. If it is available in your area, prepare to show “Temples Are for Eternal Covenants,” in Family Home Evening Video Supplement 2 (53277).

ATTENTION GETTER:

Help the young women learn how important it is to understand fully the agreements we make with others.

To do this, ask each young woman to imagine that someone has offered her a job after school three days a week. The salary is good, but the employer has agreed to pay her only whenever he can.

• Would you want to enter into this kind of agreement? Why or why not?
  
• What do you need to know before you enter into an agreement with another person?

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Suggest that each young woman use the time during the sacrament to consider the covenants she has made at baptism and to plan how she can keep them more fully in the coming week.