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How to Prepare a Sacrament Meeting Talk
Prepare your own talk instead of reading another person’s talk.
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Use one or more scriptures.
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Invite the Spirit as you prepare. Invite the spirit into your sacrament meeting by bearing testimony of what you believe to be true.
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Think of a personal story that relates to the gospel principle you have been assigned to talk about. What did you learn from that experience? How did it help you?
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Practice, practice, practice. Be sure your talk stays within the given time limit.
Preparation Tools
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Narrow your topic.
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Decide what you want the congregation to know, believe, feel and do.
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Write your message.
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Create an introduction and a conclusion.
Your talk is not about you.
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You are bringing a gift.
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You are getting up to answer a silent prayer about how a person can get closer to God.