In Remembrance of Me, by Walter Rane

May 29–June 4

Matthew 26; Mark 14; John 13

“In Remembrance”

Read Matthew 26; Mark 14; and John 13, and ponder the thoughts and impressions that come to your mind. What messages would bless members of your class?

Invite Sharing

Invite class members to share something they learned this week that helped them find more meaning in the sacrament. What did they do and how did it affect their experience partaking of the sacrament?

Teach the Doctrine

Matthew 26:20–22

We must examine our own lives to determine how the Lord’s words apply to us.

• We hear many gospel lessons in our lives, but sometimes it’s tempting to assume those lessons apply mostly to other people. A discussion about Matthew 26:20–22 can help us overcome this tendency. What lessons can we learn from how the disciples applied the Savior’s words to themselves? If any class members read President Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s reference to this account in his message “Lord, Is It I?,” they could share insights they gained (Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2014, 56–59).

Matthew 26:26–29

The sacrament is an opportunity to remember the Savior.

• How would class members explain the sacred ordinance of the sacrament to someone who isn’t familiar with it? Perhaps you can create a list together of questions that someone might have about the sacrament, such as “Why did the Savior give us the sacrament? Why are bread and water such powerful symbols of Jesus Christ? What do we promise as we partake of the sacrament? What promises do we receive?” Class members could look for answers in the following resources: Matthew 26:26–29; Doctrine and Covenants 20:75–79; and Gospel Topics, “Sacrament” (topics.ChurchofJesusChrist.org). You might also share the insights from Elder D. Todd Christofferson in “Additional Resources.”

  

  The sacrament helps us remember Jesus Christ.

• Class members may benefit from hearing each other’s ideas about how to remember the Savior during the sacrament and throughout the week (see Luke 22:19–20; Doctrine and Covenants 6:36–37). Perhaps you could invite them to share what helps them and their families remember the Savior and keep their covenants. They could also share what they do to make the sacrament a sacred experience.

John 13:1–17

The Savior is our example of humbly serving others.

• To help your class members ponder the significance of Jesus washing His disciples’ feet, you could invite a class member to play the role of Peter and be interviewed by the rest of the class. Class members could search John 13:1–17 and think of meaningful questions they could ask Peter to learn about his experience. What do we learn from this account that might affect how we serve others?

John 13:34–35

Our love for others is a sign that we are true disciples of Jesus Christ.

• How might you inspire class members to be more loving? Perhaps you could ask them what traits they notice when they meet someone who is a follower of Christ. You could invite them to search John 13:34–35 to learn how the Savior’s true disciples can be identified. What can we do to make love the defining characteristic of our discipleship? Perhaps you could discuss how loving others is a way of testifying of Jesus Christ. How can we do this in our families, on social media, and in other settings?

• As a class, you have learned a lot about the Savior’s life this year, including many examples of how He showed His love for others. One way to help class members ponder the commandment in John 13:34 could be to write As I Have Loved You on the board and to ask class members to list examples they recall from the New Testament that illustrate Jesus’s love. Then you could write Love One Another on the board and ask class members to list ways we can follow His example of love. Class members might find ideas in one of the videos listed in “Additional Resources.”

Additional Resources

“Internalize the qualities and character of Christ.”

Elder D. Todd Christofferson taught, “Figuratively eating [the Savior’s] flesh and drinking His blood [means] to internalize the qualities and character of Christ, putting off the natural man and becoming Saints ‘through the atonement of Christ the Lord’ [Mosiah 3:19]. As we partake of the sacramental bread and water each week, we would do well to consider how fully and completely we must incorporate His character and the pattern of His sinless life into our life and being” (“The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2017, 37).

Videos about love on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

• “Love One Another”

• “Families Sacrifice, Give, and Love”

• “Preparation of Thomas S. Monson: He Learned Compassion in His Youth”

Improving Our Teaching

Look through God’s eyes. Strive to see your class members as God sees them, and the Spirit will show you their divine worth and potential. As you do this, you will be guided in your efforts to help them (see Teaching in the Savior’s Way, 6).