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Lesson 202 · Temple Preparation
The Ordinances of Salvation and Exaltation
Help students understand the essential ordinances that qualify us for eternal life with our heavenly parents.
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.
Essential priesthood ordinances give us greater access to God’s power and prepare us to return to God’s presence.
New Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2027). Follow your coordinator’s pacing guide.
Open class
Emma’s questions
The lesson’s opening scenario. Students post the questions Emma might ask, then answer them at the end.
Review
Covenant path check
The lesson’s definitions, the list of essential ordinances, John 3:5 and Doctrine and Covenants 84:20–21.
Review · 6 roundsCovenant Path Check
Six quick, reverent rounds on covenants, ordinances and the power of godliness.
Open →
Category review · 2 class wallsToward the Temple
Category review for Lessons 201–204, from the manual’s Assess Your Learning ideas.
Open →Teacher note: Temple ordinances and covenants are sacred. These activities stay within what the lesson and its scriptures say. Encourage students to take personal questions to their parents and bishop.
Send home
The power of godliness
Send this to your class chat after the lesson. Students and parents can open the story and resources at home, alone or with family.
“Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest.”D&C 84:20
Ask: How have covenants and ordinances already blessed your life or your family’s?
Try: Ask a parent or leader about an ordinance they remember receiving and what it has meant to them.
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