When you are teaching the gospel at home or at church, it is important to continually work to improve your teaching. This constant search for improvement can help you to reach out to specific class members, and to share the messages that your class or family needs to hear. We often reflect on what we could have done better when the lesson went poorly, but we should also examine our teaching when the lesson went well. Make a note of the things that seemed to make the lesson go well, and note the areas that could use improvement. The church … Continue reading →

Proper preparation is one of the keys to successfully teaching the gospel. This applies to gospel teaching at home and at church. Often when we think about preparation our minds jump to the perfect handout or goodies to go with the lesson. We may be thinking of the elaborate centerpiece, instead of the actual lesson that we are teaching. When you begin to prepare a lesson you first need to prepare yourself. You can do this through reading the scriptures, praying, and pondering. You should strive to have the Spirit with you, before you sit down to prepare, and before … Continue reading →

When it comes to teaching the gospel effectively it is important to use a variety of methods to teach your lessons. No one learns the same way, and so it is important to present more than one method in each lesson, and to mix it up each week. Additionally these methods can be applied to the teaching you do at home as well. You can find more teaching methods in the Teaching No Greater Call book offered by the church. One method that I like to use is asking questions. I believe that this allows the learner to really apply … Continue reading →