Fairfield Ward Young Men’s
Thank you for accepting this calling to lead others to Christ through testimony, discussion, stories, prayers, and service. We know you will be able to influence others for good as you prayerfully prepare your lessons each week. Think of the important charge you have been given, a partnership with God. He wants you to provide the doctrines of Christ each week to your class. 
Wednesday Night Activities
As we strive to provide meaningful activities to all of our Young Men, I feel impressed that we need to begin planning, and executing our Wednesday night meetings as Quorums. If you’re not trained in the patrol method please contact Brother Cruze since he has information on an upcoming Scout Leader training. We are advisors to the Quorums; the Lord expects each Deacon, Teacher and Priest in a leadership position to fulfill that role. We should not, and cannot take over for the Young men. We are to train and coach the President, Counselors and Secretary in each Quorum so they plan the activities. Our strongest desire is to give each young man an environment where he can build the leadership skills needed for later in life; Mission, Temple Marriage, Husband, Father, and other callings in the Church.
Preparation
A chef takes days to prepare a large and satisfying meal for his guests, and so we ask you to prepare during the week, each week, so that each student will leave your classroom spiritually satisfied and fed. This should involve reading the lesson each Sunday or Monday for the next week, and reading it again during the week while studying the scriptures listed in the lesson. During the week, and as you study, the Holy Spirit will talk to you, and give you impressions on presenting the lesson. Please follow this special advice since there is usually a reason, often unknown to us, that the Holy Spirit needs you to present the lesson that way. Begin each study session with prayer and end in meditation, thinking about each student and his or her needs, strengths, and weaknesses. We know the Lord will bless you as you prepare and deliver a Spirit filled lesson.

Presentation
1.	Please try to use a variety of teaching methods. Refer to 'Teaching, No Greater Call' for specific examples. Use different aids to get the Spirit into the lesson and deliver your point. 
2.	The following will help you teach Gospel principles and bring the Spirit to the room: Pictures, Music, Visual aids, Chalkboard lists and drawings, Testimony, Object lessons, and Thought questions. 
3.	Stories from the book should be shared and not read, this will allow the students to see your face and feel the weight of your testimony. It also helps the student understand that you are interested in them since you took the time to prepare this story so that you could relate, not read, it.
4.	Don't worry if you don't get all the way though the lesson each week. It is much more important to have the classroom filled with the Spirit and to deliver the special sections as revealed to you by the Holy Spirit than to simply finish the lesson. Along with this idea it is important to not rush through the lesson just to get to the end, if a good discussion blossoms during the second section of the lesson don't stop it just to get to sections 3, 4 or 5. As you seek guidance from the Lord, he will help you. The sections he reveals to you that your class needs might not always be the first section, but the last or a middle section.