Identify the doctrine (seeing an object lesson):
Show the children something that is powered by electricity. Then show that it cannot work without the proper power.
Have a child hold up a picture of Christ ordaining His Apostles.

• Explain that Christ’s Church cannot work without the power of the priesthood. Have the child hide the picture behind his or her back.
• Explain that after Christ’s Apostles died, the priesthood authority was lost.

Have another child show a picture of the restoration of the priesthood. Testify that God restored the priesthood through Joseph Smith.

Encourage understanding (singing and playing a matching game):
Ask someone to read D&C 107:1, and have the children listen for the names of the two priesthoods. Place on the board a picture of the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood and a picture of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
Write Aaronic or Melchizedek above the corresponding picture. Discuss who restored, or brought back, each
of these priesthoods to Joseph Smith (see Joseph Smith—History 1:72).
Show the children several pictures of priesthood ordinances, such as baptism, confi rmation, passing the sacrament, blessing the sacrament, and healing the sick. Invite the children to pass the pictures as they sing “The Priesthood Is Restored” ( CS, 89). Stop the music randomly, and ask the children holding the pictures to stand by the words Aaronic or Melchizedek to show the power required to perform that ordinance. Repeat as
time allows.
Encourage application (writing a thank-you note)
Have the children think of how the priesthood has blessed them. Invite them to make a thank-you card or picture to give to a priesthood holder they know (such as a bishop, teacher, father, or missionary).