🎙 PEEL Podcast – Season 3, Episode 2
Mark Mason and Will Perez walk through this week’s seminary lessons, showing how the PEEL model (Prepare, Engage, Empower, Learn) helps students take responsibility for their learning while staying centered on Jesus Christ.

Episode Breakdown:
(00:00) Introduction – This week’s four lessons
(01:06) D&C 107:1–20 – Priesthood power comes directly from Jesus Christ; Christ-centered teaching questions and activities
(08:35) D&C 107:21–100 – Apostles as special witnesses of Christ; scriptures that strengthen student confidence in their witness (D&C 107:23; Acts 1:21–22; 1 Cor. 15:5–8; Eph. 2:19–20; 4:11–14)
(15:24) Doctrinal Mastery Practice #8 – Acquiring spiritual knowledge (Act in Faith • Examine with an Eternal Perspective • Seek Truth from Divinely Appointed Sources); guiding students with empathy through sensitive questions
(21:56) Trusted Sources – Introducing official church resources on women, priesthood, and leadership, including the Gospel Topics entry “Women in the Church”
(23:19) Life Prep 168 – Turning to divinely appointed sources; a hurricane water contamination parable that illustrates why trusted voices matter
(28:15) Conclusion – Encouragement and programming note

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⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Welcome back & introduction to PEEL
04:28 Doctrine and Covenants 103
10:57 The Camp of Israel — Student-Led Mini-Lessons
17:47 Life Prep Lesson 169 — Focusing on Christ in the Scriptures
24:33 Doctrine and Covenants 105 & Wrap-Up

🎙 Season 3, Episode 1— PEEL: Prepare, Engage, Empower, Learn
This episode introduces the PEEL pattern and explores lessons from Doctrine andCovenants 103, the Camp of Israel, Life Prep 169, and D&C 105.

📘 Lessons Included:

Doctrine and Covenants 103

• Invite students before class to reflect on commandments or standards they may struggle with, using For the Strength of Youth.
• Anchor in D&C 103:5–8: faith in Christ increases willingness to obey.
• Share Elder Gary E. Stevenson’s “Leave the Party” story to illustrate peer pressure and choices.
• Teach the “chain of influence”: thoughts → desires → beliefs → actions → becoming.
• Reflection: Where am I in this chain today? How can the Savior strengthen me?

The Camp of Israel — Student-Led Mini-Lessons

• Trust students by assigning three to prepare one “experience” at home.
• Each student shares, asks two questions, states a principle, and bears testimony.
• Rotate between student-led teaching and curriculum video segments.
• Teacher consolidates and testifies.
• Emphasis: students learn best when they act, teach, and testify.

Life Prep Lesson 169 — Focusing on Christ in theScriptures

• Address the challenge: many youth see scripture study as “stories” instead of discovering Christ.
• Outcomes: identify a title of Christ, connect it to an attribute, explain how it deepens their relationship.
• Share the parable of Mr. Anderson — moving from knowing a name to truly knowing someone.
• Apply to Christ: recognizing His names, titles, and attributes reveals His character and draws us closer to Him.

Doctrine and Covenants 105 & Wrap-Up

• Context: after Zion’s Camp, the Lord reassured the Saints in D&C 105.
• Principle: blessings come to those who hear and obey Him.
• Reinforce the PEEL framework: Prepare, Engage, Empower, Learn.
• Close with encouragement for teachers and testimony of the Savior.

🗣 General ConferenceVoices:

• D. Todd Christofferson, “Lifelong Disciples of Jesus Christ,” Religious Educators Conference, June 12, 2025
• Clark G. Gilbert, “The Power Is in Them,” S&I Annual Training Broadcast, January 23, 2025
• Gary E. Stevenson, “Be Valiant in Courage, Strength, and Activity,” General Conference, October 2012

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🎙 CARE Episode 18 – D&C 49–50, Part 2

As the school year comes to a close, Mark Mason and Will Perez help you finish strong and prepare for the summer. This episode guides seminary teachers through challenging doctrines in Doctrine and Covenants 49 and 50—how to teach about marriage and family in diverse classroom settings, how to help students recognize truth and avoid deception, and how to empower them to teach by the Spirit.

You’ll also find encouragement and tools for final learning assessments and a call to use the summer to reach out and enroll every potential student.

(00:00) Introduction & Overview
(01:22) D&C 49 – Teaching Marriage in a Diverse Classroom
(10:41) D&C 50 Part 1 – Recognizing and Avoiding Deception
(27:12) D&C 50 Part 2 – Teaching and Learning by the Spirit
(34:30) Clarifying the Learning Assessment
(38:05) Summer Outreach & Boosting Enrollment

• Elder D. Todd Christofferson, “Why Marriage, Why Family,” General Conference, April 2015
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/04/why-marriage-why-family

• Elder Gary E. Stevenson, “Deceive Me Not,” General Conference, October 2022
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/14stevenson

• President Russell M. Nelson, “Make Time for the Lord,” General Conference, October 2021
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/46nelson

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