Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Welcome to this training video for early morning seminary teachers! In this session, we explore the essential principles of effective lesson preparation, specifically focusing on the best sources to use to inspire and uplift your students.
Key Topics Covered in This Training:
- Primary Sources for Preparation: We discuss why the study of the standard works and the words of living prophets must be your primary focus. We highlight President Ezra Taft Benson's powerful counsel that "there is no satisfactory substitute" for the scriptures, and that they should always be your original sources when deciding what to teach
- Unlocking the Power of the Curriculum: Learn how the official seminary curriculum is designed as your main resource, providing vital background information, context, General Authority comments, and suggestions for how to teach the scripture block. We emphasize President Henry B. Eyring's assurance that the curriculum is carefully reviewed by those called by the prophet to ensure doctrinal correctness. Furthermore, we discuss his promise that sticking to the curriculum's content and sequence will actually "unlock our unique teaching gifts, not stifle them"
- Navigating Additional Resources: Discover the appropriate way to use supplementary materials, such as Church magazines and general conference teachings, to bring clearer understanding to the scriptures. We also cover important cautions against using unestablished outside resources to speculate or sensationalize. Ultimately, this section reminds teachers that even if an outside idea has been published before, the most important goal of every lesson is to build students' faith and testimony.
Welcome to this training video for early morning seminary teachers! In this session, we explore the essential principles of effective lesson preparation, specifically focusing on the best sources to use to inspire and uplift your students.
Key Topics Covered in This Training:
- Primary Sources for Preparation: We discuss why the study of the standard works and the words of living prophets must be your primary focus. We highlight President Ezra Taft Benson's powerful counsel that "there is no satisfactory substitute" for the scriptures, and that they should always be your original sources when deciding what to teach
- Unlocking the Power of the Curriculum: Learn how the official seminary curriculum is designed as your main resource, providing vital background information, context, General Authority comments, and suggestions for how to teach the scripture block. We emphasize President Henry B. Eyring's assurance that the curriculum is carefully reviewed by those called by the prophet to ensure doctrinal correctness. Furthermore, we discuss his promise that sticking to the curriculum's content and sequence will actually "unlock our unique teaching gifts, not stifle them"
- Navigating Additional Resources: Discover the appropriate way to use supplementary materials, such as Church magazines and general conference teachings, to bring clearer understanding to the scriptures. We also cover important cautions against using unestablished outside resources to speculate or sensationalize. Ultimately, this section reminds teachers that even if an outside idea has been published before, the most important goal of every lesson is to build students' faith and testimony.
