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This devotional address entitled Jesus Christ, the Master Teacher, was given on May 20th of

2025 by Sarah K. Clark, then dean of the McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University.

It's an honor to stand before you today

and to fill of your energy and spirit.

Dear students, we love you deeply here at BYU.

And we are committed to your eternal success.

We've eagerly awaited your arrival,

and we pray daily for each of you.

We take seriously our responsibility to offer you a faith-filled, Christ-centered, prophetically guided education.

Please know that when you step on to this campus, you are stepping on to sacred ground.

I also want to wish a very warm welcome to any new

freshman that might be here today. You hold a special place in my heart. I know this new chapter

will bring challenges, but that's often when God shows up most clearly in our lives. Watch for him.

If you let him, he will guide you throughout your journey here at BYU.

I vividly remember one experience from my own freshman year at the University of Arizona.

It was a bright, sunny day, and I was nervously preparing for my first finals.

I stopped by the Institute of Religion

to study and while walking down the hall I ran into my friend from my astronomy class.

When I told him that I was studying for our final that day, he looked at me in shock and said,

Sarah, that final was Monday.

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