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Lesson 207 · Teachings of Church Leaders
Template for Teaching Messages from Church Leaders
Give teachers a pattern for teaching any message from a Church leader: begin, study, deepen and apply.
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.
Studying messages from inspired leaders often helps students recognize and follow the Savior’s voice and deepen their conversion to Him.
New Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2027). Follow your coordinator’s pacing guide.
Open class
Build the lesson
A teacher tool. Pick any October 2026 talk and the builder lays out the template’s four steps with the sketch note ready to project.
Review
Deepen
The Ten-Word Summary works with any talk. Use it in the template’s “deepen understanding” step.
Deepen · class wall + voteTen-Word Summary
Students summarize the talk in ten words or fewer, then vote on the summary that captures it.
Open →
Category review · class wallTalk in a Sentence
Category review for Lessons 205–208.
Open →Teacher note: The manual suggests teaching Lesson 208 first if you haven’t used this template before.
Send home
Act on one invitation
Send this to your class chat after the lesson. Students and parents can open the story and resources at home, alone or with family.
“Whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.”Doctrine and Covenants 1:38
Ask: What did the Lord’s servant invite you to do in today’s talk, and what blessing did they promise?
Try: Make a plan to act on one invitation this week, and tell someone when you do it.
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