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Lesson 180 · Building Self-Reliance
Providing for Ourselves and Caring for Those in Need
Help students understand how becoming self-reliant enables them to help others as the Savior would.
Teach from the manual first
The lesson comes from the Church’s seminary manual
Use the official lesson as written. These activities take a few minutes to open or review class, and the send-home card helps families reinforce what was taught.
As we develop self-reliance, we can better serve others like the Savior would.
New Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2027). Follow your coordinator’s pacing guide.
Open class
Empty shelves
Use with the lesson’s person-in-the-pit drawing and President Romney’s statement.
Review
Prepared to help
The handout’s scriptural examples: the youth Jesus, the good Samaritan, Joseph of Arimathæa, the sheep and the goats.
Send home
Fill your shelves
Send this to your class chat after the lesson. Students and parents can open the story and resources at home, alone or with family.
“For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:”Matthew 25:35
Ask: Who do you want to be ready to help someday, and what could you build now?
Try: Pick one way to become a little more self-reliant this week so you’re ready to help someone else.
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