Deacons
What ordinance do deacons help with each Sunday?
Passing the sacrament.
What ordinance do teachers help prepare each week?
Preparing the sacrament.
What ordinance can priests perform that deacons and teachers cannot?
Bless the sacrament.
Who holds the keys of the Aaronic Priesthood in a ward?
The Bishop
What priesthood is higher than the Aaronic Priesthood?
Answer: The Melchizedek Priesthood.
What is one way deacons help the bishop in the ward?
Collect Fast Offerings
How old are young men usually when ordained teachers?
14 years old.
At what age are young men usually ordained priests?
16 years old
Who holds the keys of the Aaronic Priesthood in a stake?
The stake president.
What is the Melchizedek Priesthood sometimes called?
The higher priesthood
What age are young men usually ordained deacons?
12 years old
What responsibility do teachers have toward members of the Church?
Watch over the Church and strengthen them.
Priests can also perform what ordinance to help others become members of the Church?
Baptism
What does it mean to “hold the keys”?
The right to direct the use of the priesthood.
What offices are in the Melchizedek Priesthood?
Elder, high priest, patriarch, seventy, apostle.
Besides passing the sacrament, what can deacons also help with during sacrament meeting?
Preparing the sacrament table / helping with reverence.
Teachers can pass the sacrament like deacons, but what extra responsibility do they have?
Preparing the bread and water for the sacrament.
Priests have the authority to ordain others to which offices?
Deacon and teacher
True or False – Deacons, teachers, and priests hold priesthood keys.
False (they have authority, but not keys).
What blessing do worthy priesthood holders prepare themselves to receive in the temple?
All temple ordinances and covenants
Name one other responsibility deacons have outside of Sunday meetings.
Service, being a good example, helping with ward duties.
Who do teachers assist in their priesthood duties?
The priests and the bishop.
Priests also assist the bishop in what important way related to members?
Preaching, teaching, and missionary work.
Who holds all the keys of the priesthood on the earth today?
The President of the Church.
The Prophet President Nelson
What saving ordinances require the Melchizedek Priesthood?
Gift of the Holy Ghost, temple ordinances, priesthood blessings.