LDS Seminaries Will Soon Add Life Preparation Lessons

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has announced new life preparation lessons as part of their seminary curriculum. There will be 36 lessons each year starting in some areas of the United States and Canada this month followed by a global rollout in January 2025. Church Commissioner of Education Clark G. Gilbert shared, “the key is to provide life preparation resources that are anchored in Jesus Christ and grounded in the scriptures.”

A press release from the Church stated, “The enriched seminary lessons will help students handle challenging life circumstances, fulfill their divine identity and potential, become self-reliant, develop healthy habits, succeed in school, pursue additional education, prepare for missionary service and make and keep covenants in the temple.”

“Our focus is to develop disciples of Jesus Christ,” said Elder Clark G. Gilbert, Church Commissioner of Education. “Therefore, the key is to provide life preparation resources that are anchored in Jesus Christ and grounded in the scriptures. We would be missing the mark if life lessons on emotional resilience and college preparation failed to teach students to involve the Lord in their learning. We are teaching a generation to look to the Savior in every aspect of their development.”

The enriched seminary lessons will help students handle challenging life circumstances, fulfill their divine identity and potential, become self-reliant, develop healthy habits, succeed in school, pursue additional education, prepare for missionary service and make and keep covenants in the temple. This more comprehensive approach will better prepare youth to face the complexities of the modern world while staying grounded in scripture — ultimately leading students to deepen their conversion to Christ.

“By incorporating Life Preparation lessons in our seminary curriculum, we hope to unlock a spiritual reservoir unlike any we have seen before,” said Chad Webb, administrator of Seminaries and Institutes. “Our hope is to help prepare a generation of youth to know how to study the scriptures and be riveted to the teachings of living prophets — a generation of emotionally resilient youth who have the skills and capacity to succeed in school, become righteous fathers and mothers and lead in the Church and their communities.”