Lesson 47: “To Keep Them in the Right Way" Moroni Teaches on Sacrament, A Friend, A Responsibility, and Nourishing by the Good Word of God.
Attention Activity:
Have class members write down everything that they did this week to get ready to come to Church today. Starting with when Church ended last week, what all do you have to do to be ready to come back in a week? (You might offer a treat to the person who comes up with the most if you are teaching a younger class. You can also talk about all the things you have to do to get others ready if you are teaching an older class.) Take some time to discuss answers.
Class Discussion:
Moroni gives us a slightly different list of things that we need to do to be ready for Church. “Based on what you know, what do we find in the first 6 chapters of Moroni?” (Give some hints until they mention the sacrament prayers.) Turn to the Sacrament prayers in Moroni 4 and 5. (You might take a minute here and point out in chapter 1 that Moroni wasn’t planning on writing any more. He thought that the end of the Book of Ether was it. But because he isn’t dead, and he has a little space, he decided to write some more. Obviously God wanted us to have this information!) Moroni is going to teach us what we need to do to get ready for the sacrament. Go to Moroni 6:1 and find out the first thing that we needed to do to be ready this week for the sacrament. (The answer is, “brought forth fruit meet that they were worthy of it.” Point out that he is talking about baptism. As the sacrament is the renewal of the baptismal covenant, the preparation ought to be the same.) The answer here is a lot of scripture talk that we don’t use much anymore. Take a minute to discuss what that means. You may want to use the foot note that takes you to TG Baptism, Qualifications for. You can simply discuss it as a class, or if you need to get the students more involved, put them in a group or pair them up and have them look in the Topical Guide for what some of the qualifications are. Now look in verses 2-3 for the rest of the list of things we need to do to prepare for taking the sacrament. Ask, “What are some of the things that you did this week to prepare yourself in this way? What are some of the things that you can do next week to be more prepared to take the sacrament?”
The next thing that Moroni teaches us is what we do once we get to church. Find as many things as you can in verses 6-9 that we should do in church. Take time to discuss the answers. You may ask, “Which item that Moroni lists is one of your favorite parts of church?” (You may point out that these verses match up perfectly with what President Hinckley said every convert needs, a calling, a friend, and nourishment with the good word of God.) I would also point out here that Moroni now uses three chapters to talk about us renewing our baptismal covenant. Particularly in chapter 6 he talks a lot about repentance and forgiveness. Church has never been a place for people to come and show off how righteous or smart they are, but rather a place to come, with humble hearts, admitting shortcomings and hoping to improve.
Application:
What are some things that we can do to be better prepared for the sacrament next week. When has church been a help to you in your efforts to improve your life? What are the best ways you have found to focus on self-improvement while at church?
Have class members write down everything that they did this week to get ready to come to Church today. Starting with when Church ended last week, what all do you have to do to be ready to come back in a week? (You might offer a treat to the person who comes up with the most if you are teaching a younger class. You can also talk about all the things you have to do to get others ready if you are teaching an older class.) Take some time to discuss answers.
Class Discussion:
Moroni gives us a slightly different list of things that we need to do to be ready for Church. “Based on what you know, what do we find in the first 6 chapters of Moroni?” (Give some hints until they mention the sacrament prayers.) Turn to the Sacrament prayers in Moroni 4 and 5. (You might take a minute here and point out in chapter 1 that Moroni wasn’t planning on writing any more. He thought that the end of the Book of Ether was it. But because he isn’t dead, and he has a little space, he decided to write some more. Obviously God wanted us to have this information!) Moroni is going to teach us what we need to do to get ready for the sacrament. Go to Moroni 6:1 and find out the first thing that we needed to do to be ready this week for the sacrament. (The answer is, “brought forth fruit meet that they were worthy of it.” Point out that he is talking about baptism. As the sacrament is the renewal of the baptismal covenant, the preparation ought to be the same.) The answer here is a lot of scripture talk that we don’t use much anymore. Take a minute to discuss what that means. You may want to use the foot note that takes you to TG Baptism, Qualifications for. You can simply discuss it as a class, or if you need to get the students more involved, put them in a group or pair them up and have them look in the Topical Guide for what some of the qualifications are. Now look in verses 2-3 for the rest of the list of things we need to do to prepare for taking the sacrament. Ask, “What are some of the things that you did this week to prepare yourself in this way? What are some of the things that you can do next week to be more prepared to take the sacrament?”
The next thing that Moroni teaches us is what we do once we get to church. Find as many things as you can in verses 6-9 that we should do in church. Take time to discuss the answers. You may ask, “Which item that Moroni lists is one of your favorite parts of church?” (You may point out that these verses match up perfectly with what President Hinckley said every convert needs, a calling, a friend, and nourishment with the good word of God.) I would also point out here that Moroni now uses three chapters to talk about us renewing our baptismal covenant. Particularly in chapter 6 he talks a lot about repentance and forgiveness. Church has never been a place for people to come and show off how righteous or smart they are, but rather a place to come, with humble hearts, admitting shortcomings and hoping to improve.
Application:
What are some things that we can do to be better prepared for the sacrament next week. When has church been a help to you in your efforts to improve your life? What are the best ways you have found to focus on self-improvement while at church?
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