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Lesson 204 · Temple Preparation
Participating in Temple and Family History Work
Help students assist the Savior in His work of redeeming the dead.
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.
We become more like the Savior when we assist Him in His work of redeeming the dead.
New Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2027). Follow your coordinator’s pacing guide.
Open class
Confidence check
The lesson’s 3-point scale, answered anonymously so the class can see where it stands.
Review
Saviors on Mount Zion
John 5:25, 1 Peter 3–4, Doctrine and Covenants 138 and Elder Cook’s statement.
Review · 5 passagesSaviors on Mount Zion
How the Savior reaches those who died without the gospel, and how we help.
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
Find one ancestor
Send this to your class chat after the lesson. Students and parents can open the story and resources at home, alone or with family.
“The dead who repent will be redeemed, through obedience to the ordinances of the house of God,”D&C 138:58
Ask: Who is one ancestor you’d like to learn about?
Try: With a parent, open FamilySearch Family Tree and find one ancestor who may need temple ordinances.
Weak Things is not made, approved or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These free activities support, and do not replace, the official seminary lessons and materials.