Teaching Priesthood This Week

[Clark Addison]

I am not a huge fan of using the Gospel Principles manual in Priesthood. We have a pretty good instructor in our group who keeps things interesting, but you can tell that he sometimes struggles. Unfortunately, he is out of town this week, and asked me to substitute Friday afternoon.

Ugh. The lesson is "The Life of Christ". This is obviously not a narrow topic, but asking a bunch of questions like "Why did Christ organize his church?" isn't going to lead to a very good discussion. A lesson on "The Life of Christ" demands a lot more time than I have been able to give it. Maybe I should just dismiss them early for Father's Day.

As is my custom, I'll be checking CUF during sunday school, so feel free to share any ideas here.

[Katy Lied]

The lesson asks an interesting question:

What did Jesus Christ inherit from his father? What did he inherit from his mother?

You can combine it with a Fathers Day theme.

Do you think that Mary was foreordained to her role as the mother of the only begotten? Is she an eternal partner of God, or is she an earthly vessel only used to birth Jesus Christ? Did she choose this role in the premortal life? Did she choose it again on earth? Or did she just wake up pregnant one day?

Ooops. Veering off to the radical path again.