It was my turn to give the lesson today in Priest Quorum. It is my second attempt at this so I really am just getting used to it. I have spent many years teaching Gospel Doctrine in several wards, but the Young Men are a little different to approach.
The topic of the lesson was the Sacrament. The manual is new this year and is designed for all Young Men's Quorums from 12 (Deacon) to 18 (Priest). It's a great manual with wonderful resource and lesson suggestions that I followed pretty strictly, but I felt that I needed to lead the discussion in a way that would cause the Priests to ponder a little more about the Meaning and Significance of the Sacrament.
As we talked about the sacrament prayers and discussed the special language of these covenants I could see in the response of some of the Young Men that they were seeing these things in a different way.
As we read and discussed the Last Supper and Christ's introduction of the Sacrament to His Apostles the spirit in our meeting was tangible. As the Young Men realized that they are acting FOR Christ in their administering the emblems of the sacrament I believe they began to look at their responsibilities in a new way!
At the close of the lesson our Bishop gave a few remarks about the reverence that should accompany this ordinance and gave a very spiritual example of how we should present the Prayers on the sacrament.
All in all it was an enjoyable and spiritual meeting for me and I think for the Priests too.
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