Three Ideas to Help Teach About the Priesthood
1- The PriestHOOD
Display the following words:
- Motherhood
- Fatherhood
- Childhood
- Neighborhood
Ask: What do you think the Suffix “hood” means?
Answer: Hood = Added as a suffix to a word it shows a current condition or state
- Motherhood = A condition or state of being a Mother
- Fatherhood = A condition or state of being a Father
- Childhood = A condition or state of being a child
- Neighborhood = The condition or state of being neighbors in a proximity
Ask: What is does Priesthood mean?
Answer: The quality or state of being a Priest.
Ask: What is a Priest?
Look Up: “Priest” in the Bible Dictionary.
- Note the first sentence
- Therefore, Priests are mediators between us and God. Through their various (and very organized) duties, they help save us.
Priesthood = The condition or state of being mediators between man and God and helping save us.
List: All of the duties you can think of for Priesthood holders (in general and by office). Discuss how each of these duties helps fulfill their duty as a “Priest”.
Ask Young Men: When you understand your duty as a “Priest” (a mediator), how does this effect your attitude about assignments that may seem insignificant to you?
- Talk about all of their regular duties from the Sacrament, fast offerings, setting up chairs, caring for the widows, etc.
Ask Young Women: When you understand the responsibility your father, brothers, and friends have, what specific things can you do to help them?
- Talk about specific things they can do both in the home, at school, and with their friends.
- Consider how they will be remembered by their friends if they do these things
- Consider their future husbands and how they hope the girls around them are positive influences.
2- Understanding the name of the Melchizedek Priesthood
Ask: Why do we call the Greater Priesthood the Melchizedek Priesthood and have we always called it that?
Answer: D&C 107:1-5
Ask: Who was Melchizedek?
Activity: Draw a picture of a prophet on the board. Name him Melchizedek. Look up the following references writing everything you learn about him around him on the board:
- Bible Dictionary: Melchizedek
- JST Genesis 14:25-40
- Alma 13:14-19
- “None Were Greater” : A Restoration View of Melchizedek by Dennis A. Wright
- Melchizedek, The Friend, April 1994
Consider: If the real name of the Priesthood (D&C 107:3) is substituted by Melchizedek’s name, what kind of a Priesthood holder must he have been?
Consider: If the real name of the Priesthood is substituted “out of respect or reverence to the name of the Supreme Being, to avoid too frequent repetition of his name…” (D&C 107:4) by Melchizedek’s name, what does that teach us about using these sacred names of God and His Son?
3. Use this Priesthood Quiz
- Either give this quiz exactly as it is printed out, or use the answers to create your own activity
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I just wanted to say thank you for the innumerable ideas you have given me as a young women leader in our ward. Your ideas are fresh and so youth-oriented and a great help.
Thank you so much.
I don’t see where the quiz is posted, am I missing it? Thanks!
I think I found it. Thanks for the great resources!
Thank you for ideas and clarity about the priesthood. I’m teaching this lesson in a YSA ward on Sunday and this is the perfect breakdown for my investigators!