Seminary
Luke 12–17; John 11

Luke 12–17; John 11

Overview

The Savior taught the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son. He also healed ten lepers and raised Lazarus from the dead. This week includes a doctrinal mastery review to help students apply doctrinal mastery passages.

Prepare to Teach

The following information provides teachers with ideas of what may need to be prepared in advance for each lesson.

Luke 15

Lesson purpose: This lesson can help students to recognize and feel how much Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love and value them and all others.

  • Student preparation: Encourage students to study one or all of the parables in Luke 15 prior to class. Invite them to consider what the parables teach about God’s love.

  • Materials: Some food and money or a drawing of them

  • Video: “The Prodigal Son” (5:33)

  • Videoconference teaching suggestion: After students have drawn the shepherd and sheep or the father hugging his son and written words and phrases around their drawings, invite a student to hold their drawing up to the screen and share something from it that is especially meaningful to them. Ask the class to set their view to speaker so they can see who is speaking. This will help them see the drawing being shared.

Luke 17:11–19

Lesson purpose: This lesson can help students feel and express gratitude to Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and others.

  • Student preparation: Invite students to come prepared to share a recent experience when they felt gratitude toward Heavenly Father or Jesus Christ. Alternatively, students could create a list describing what Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have done for them.

  • Handout: The handout on reading carefully and visualizing

  • Videoconference teaching suggestion: After students carefully read Luke 17:11–14, it may be helpful to post in the chat feature the questions in the handout about reading carefully and visualizing. If students will try to answer these questions in small groups using the breakout room feature, invite them to copy and paste the questions into a different document. In many videoconference apps, students do not have access to the chat feature for the class while in breakout rooms.

John 11:1–46, Part 1

Lesson purpose: This lesson can help students identify truths about Jesus Christ and principles that can guide them through life’s challenges.

  • Student preparation: Invite students to study John 11 and look for principles that could help them receive the Savior’s help in their trials. They could do this on their own or with their families. Invite them to come prepared to share what they found.

  • Video: “Lazarus Is Raised from the Dead” (7:51)

  • Videoconference teaching suggestion: Consider inviting one or two students who have experienced significant challenges to share about those challenges at the beginning of class if it is appropriate and they feel comfortable doing so. As they search John 11:1–46 in class, invite them to share principles they think could help with such challenges. Alternatively, a couple of students could have friends or family members come on to the video with them to share challenges they have experienced.

John 11:1–46, Part 2

Lesson purpose: This lesson will give students the opportunity to teach a principle that can help them and others receive the Savior’s help during life’s challenges.

  • Student preparation: Invite students to think about what they learned from the account of Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and the Savior in John 11:1–46. Tell them they will have the opportunity to teach about a principle they learned from this account. Invite them to come prepared with ideas about how they might teach that principle effectively.

  • Videoconference teaching suggestion: Consider placing students in breakout rooms based on the principle they would like to teach. Students could prepare a brief lesson, and then as many groups as possible could present their lessons to the class.

Doctrinal Mastery Review 7

Lesson purpose: This lesson will give students opportunities to practice applying some of the doctrine they have studied this year to their lives.

  • Student preparation: Invite students to select one doctrinal mastery passage they feel is difficult to apply to their lives and one they feel is easy to apply. Invite them to be prepared to explain why.

  • Videoconference teaching suggestion: Students could imagine that they are online missionaries and role-play teaching the family (represented by the teacher or others invited to participate in this activity). Use the video and chat features as if this were an actual online missionary appointment.