Category Archives: I Love to See the Temple

May 6 2022

Temple: Songs

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I Love to See the Temple

Friend October 2021 “I Love to See the Temple: I Can Play It” Music and music video

Friend September 2019 Make a booklet by cutting out the cards and attaching them together with string.

Friend Jan 1993

Song “I Love to See the Temple” Visual Aids and teaching ideas

I Love to See the Temple Review

The Spirit of God

Families Can Be Together Forever

Teach Me About the Temple

Friend October 2017 “Teach Me About the Temple” Music and music video

I see the light of the temple at night.  As it shines it reminds me I must prepare so that I can go there, And I need someone to guide me. 

I see the light of the temple at night, And its glow is a symbol, Helping me think of the safety and peace That come from the holy temple.

Please teach me about the temple. Please show me how to prepare. Then all of my life I will try To be worthy to enter there. Please teach me about the temple. I want to know so that someday I may go.

Thy Holy Temple

Friend July 2022 “Thy Holy Temple” Music and Music Video

1. Thy temple shines with heav’nly light Against the darkness of the night. My heart rejoices at the sight.

I love Thy holy temple. Each time I see Thy temple shine, I think of promises divine And all the blessings that are mine. I love Thy holy temple.

2. Thy temple stands majestically, Inviting me, reminding me To be the best that I can be.

I love Thy holy temple. For temple blessings I’ll prepare. I’ll seek Thy ordinances there. With Thee I’ll covenant in prayer. I love Thy holy temple. I love Thy holy temple.

Jul 23 2011

I Love to See the Temple Review

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I Love to See the Temple – Review

Preparation

  • Copy the desired amounts of each of the review word pages (see presentation for more info on amounts needed.)  Cut apart the small word strips and put each set in a baggie. Cut the page with the song title on it in half.  Cut out the large word boxes and be prepared to put them on the chalk board with magnets or tape.

Presentation

Senior  Primary
Put the temple visual aid on the board with all the windows open (include boy and stepping stones). Have the children sing both verses of the song. Watch to see what parts they are having troubles with. Review those parts and then close the windows. Give each child (or have them work in pairs or groups) a baggie full of words and the half sheet of paper. Give them three minutes to put the lines in the correct order on their paper. Have available some glue sticks for those that finish early.  Have them lightly glue their word strips on their paper. (For those that don’t have the time to glue their word strips, they can take them home in their baggie and glue them at home if they desire.) When the time is up, post each of the large word boxes next to their matching visual aid on the temple, going in order. (Reopen the windows as you go.)

Junior Primary

Put the temple visual aid on the board with the windows open (include the boy and stepping stones). Attach the big word boxes to a seperate board in mixed up order (do only one verse at a time). Have a child choose one of the word boxes. Read it out loud for all the non-readers, and then have them put it next to its matching visual aid. Or… point to the visual aids in order, read the line choices to the children, and choose a volunteer to find its matching line.

Jul 1 2011

I Love to See the Temple

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I Love to See the Temple

Preparation

  • Print the I Love to See the Temple Visuals.
  • Cut out the temple pieces. You will need to leave the top white edges on all the pieces and the right white edge on the right-sided pieces. Arrange the pieces in the correct order and then glue each piece together (the white edges will give you edges to glue each piece to).
  • Cut open the windows on the temple with an exacto knife as shown on the visual. Fold the back edge of the windows so they can open and close.  Cut out the window pictures and tape each picture to the back of its appropriate window slot.
  • Cut open the door and crease its back edge so it will open and close. Glue a light yellow background behind the door.
  • To trace the sign’s shape around the words that will be on it, center the words over the sign shape on the temple, then trace the outside shape around the words, and then cut it out. Cut the sign in half so one side says “Holiness to the Lord” and the other says “House of the Lord”.
  • Close the windows and doors with sticky tack.
  • Cut out around the boy, the girl figure, and the walking stones. (Optional:  Put magnets on the back of the these pieces.)
  • Items needed: a black marker and magnets or tape.

 

Presentation

Put the picture of the temple on the chalkboard. Post or show the visuals as you discuss each of the following lines of the song:

I love to see the temple – Put the picture of the boy to the left of the temple.

I’m going there someday – Ask the children what age they must be to attend the temple for the first time, and ask what they will do there. (Twelve and baptisms for the dead) Open the window where the baptismal font is.

To feel the Holy Spirit, to listen and to pray – Open the window of the girl praying. Explain that the temple’s sacredness and its peaceful atmosphere is maintained so that the things of the Spirit can be felt abundantly.

For the temple is a House of God – Post the “House of the Lord” on the bottom of the sign area. Explain that these words are etched into the outside of each of the temples. The temple is a house of God. It is a place where his spirit can dwell and a place where he instructs his children.

A place of love and beauty – Open the window to the picture of the celestial room, and point out how beautiful the insides and outsides of temples are. Also point out the heart that is in the picture. Explain that the heart is to help remind them that the temple is a place of love. We feel love from our Heavenly Father as we participate in saving ordinances he provides for our salvation.  We also feel love for our ancestors as we do service for them in the temple

I’ll prepare myself while I am young. This is my sacred duty – Ask the children what things they need to do in order to prepare to go to the temple. Responses might include: pay tithing, attend church, be baptized, be honest, gain a testimony, obey the Word of Wisdom, etc. Write their responses on the walking stones, and put the stones on the board to make a path from the children to the temple. Ask the children why it is their sacred duty to prepare themselves to go to the temple. (If we wish to return to live with our Heavenly Father we must go to the temple so that we can receive certain necessary saving ordinances found only in the temple.)

Second Verse

I love to see the temple. I’ll go inside someday – Open the temple doors. Discuss when they will be able to go to the temple for the first time as adults, such as when they are married or going on a mission.

I’ll covenant with my Father. I”ll promise to obey – Open the window to the words “Covenant, Promise, Obey”, and explain that we make sacred covenants in the temple. Covenants are promises we make with the Lord. The covenants we make help us achieve exaltation, but we must obey the promises we make if we wish to receive the promised blessings.

For the temple is a holy place – Put the top half of the sign on that says “Holiness to the Lord,” and explain that these words are also etched onto the outside of temples. Explain that the temple is a holy place with holy purposes.

Where we are sealed together – Open the window that shows the couple in white.

As a child of God I’ve learned this truth, a family is forever  – Show the picture of the girl, and then open the window and show the family.

 

Note: All the pictures come from church produced materials.