How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?
(Lesson-match Interactive Activities)

Youth Doctrinal Class - Sunday School, Young Men, Young Women, Aaronic Priesthood

ACTIVITIES FOR Youth Doctrinal Classes - New Testament - April

YOUTH CLASSES

 

APRIL 9, 2023
TOPIC #1

Easter

HOW CAN I STRENGTHEN MY TESTIMONY OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST?

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April 23, 2023
TOPIC #2
Matthew 18; Luke 10

HOW CAN I SHOW GREATER LOVE TO THOSE AROUND ME?

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PART 1
How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?

LESSON-MATCH ACTIVITIES

At the beginning of the meeting, repeat together the Young Women Theme or the Aaronic Priesthood Quorum Theme. Then lead a discussion about the work of salvation and exaltation using one or more of the questions below or questions of your own (see General Handbook10.211.2). Plan ways to act on what you discuss.

YOUTH DOCTRINAL CLASS - April 23, 2023 How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?

(1) Live the gospel.
What recent experiences have brought us closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?

I Honor Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost (Worship Word Find)

(2) Care for those in need.
Has someone recently moved into our ward or joined the Church? How can we help them feel welcome?

"Give Service Outside Your Family" YOUTH GOAL PLANNER

(3) Invite all to receive the gospel.
What activities are coming up that we can invite our friends to attend?

LDS PRESS interview tools

(4) Unite families for eternity.
What efforts can we make to record our personal histories?

Meet My Ancestors Spotlight

PART 2
How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?

LESSON-MATCH ACTIVITIES

Teach the Doctrine

Prepare Yourself Spiritually

After Jesus taught a “certain lawyer” the importance of the two great commandments—loving God and loving our neighbor—the lawyer asked, “Who is my neighbour?” (see Luke 10:25–29Matthew 22:35–40). In response, the Savior shared a parable about a Samaritan who risked his life to care for a wounded Jewish man, took the man to a shelter to be cared for, and paid for the cost of his recovery. The Samaritan did not focus on the differences between himself and the man, who was considered an enemy by his people, or judge him or find reasons not to help. He served the man in need, despite personal inconvenience and sacrifice, thereby showing love for the man and for God. As you ponder the Savior’s teachings in Luke 10:25–37, think about what it really means to “love … thy neighbour as thyself” (verse 27).

How will you help those you teach understand that when they serve those around them, they are showing their love for God? What might inspire them to love and serve others? As you prepare, you might review President Russell M. Nelson’s message “The Second Great Commandment” (Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 96–100).

YOUTH DOCTRINAL CLASS - April 23, 2023 How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?

  • Share and discuss with class or quorum members the statement by President Russell M. Nelson found in “Supporting Resources.” You could invite class or quorum members to review one or more of the general conference messages cited in this outline, looking for teachings that can guide us in our efforts to love others. They might focus on the following: examples of how we can serve from “The Second Great Commandment” by President Nelson; sections III, and VI in President Oaks’s message “Loving Others and Living with Differences”; and the story about rabbits and the counsel to youth from “Hearts Knit Together” by Elder Gary E. Stevenson. You could also read together Mosiah 2:17 and Moroni 7:45–48. It might be helpful to write the teachings discussed by the youth on the board. Then the class or quorum could counsel together about specific ways they can better apply these teachings to their relationships with family members, with friends, and within their communities, even when people seem difficult to love.

  • The efforts of class or quorum members in the work of salvation and exaltation will be more meaningful and joyful when they are inspired by love. To help them see how each aspect of the work of salvation and exaltation (see General Handbook1.2) is motivated by love, write the four aspects on the board. Then ask the youth to discuss how having a heart full of love for others can change how they participate in each aspect. They may have experiences from their own lives or the lives of others they could share.

Be a Good Example HAPPY CAMPER (backpack decisions)

Charity Challenge (Moroni 7:45 5-Ways Planner)

YOUTH TEACH THIS ACTIVITY TO CHILDREN

I Can Share and Care Good Samaritan Show-and-Tell

Service – Serve with Style fashionable match game

PART 3
How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?

LESSON-MATCH ACTIVITIES

Learn Together

To begin a discussion about showing greater love for those around us, you could ask class or quorum members to share what they learned about loving others from the parable of the good Samaritan, found in Luke 10:25–37. What do we learn about the relationship between the first and second great commandments from Luke 10:27 and President Dallin H. Oaks’s statement in “Supporting Resources”? The following ideas can help you continue a discussion about showing greater love to those around us.

  • Jesus Christ is our great example of showing love for God by serving others, and class or quorum members will be inspired by studying His example. Invite each person to reflect on the mortal life of Jesus Christ and choose an experience from His life that shows His great love for other people. Ask each person to share the experience they chose, along with why it is meaningful to them. Invite those you teach to think of one way they would like to follow the Savior’s example of love. They could also share their thoughts about someone they know who follows this example.

YOUTH DOCTRINAL CLASS - April 23, 2023 How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?

Go Bananas! Over Service Action and Reaction Match Game

Love Yourself and Others (Matthew 22:36-39 Service Challenge tent-card)

Mosiah 2:17 Serve God by Serving Others

Home is Heavenly peacemaker tent-card

Act in Faith

Encourage class or quorum members to ponder and record what they will do to act on the impressions they received today. If they would like, they could share their ideas. Invite them to think about how acting on their impressions will strengthen their relationships with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Spread My Wings GOAL Tracker & Mirror Motivators

Supporting Resources

 

  • President Dallin H. Oaks taught: “Our zeal to keep [the] second commandment must not cause us to forget the first, to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. … We must try to keep both of the great commandments. To do so, we walk a fine line between law and love—keeping the commandments and walking the covenant path, while loving our neighbors along the way. This walk requires us to seek divine inspiration on what to support and what to oppose and how to love and listen respectfully and teach in the process. Our walk demands that we not compromise on commandments but show forth a full measure of understanding and love” (“Two Great Commandments,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 73–75).

  • President Russell M. Nelson taught: “Latter-day Saints … truly seek to live the first and second great commandments. When we love God with all our hearts, He turns our hearts to the well-being of others in a beautiful, virtuous cycle. … Giving help to others—making a conscientious effort to care about others as much as or more than we care about ourselves—is our joy. Especially, I might add, when it is not convenient and when it takes us out of our comfort zone. Living that second great commandment is the key to becoming a true disciple of Jesus Christ” (“The Second Great Commandment,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 97, 100).

The Greatest CommandmentJesus declares the first and great commandment is to love God with all your heart. Mark 12:28-34

April 23, 2023 YOUTH DOCTRINAL CLASS “How Can I Show Greater Love to Those around Me?” for Aaronic Priesthood Quorums & Young Women – Come Follow Me – Lessons (Easter), Activities and Goals

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