To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
I heard about a Relief Society recently, where many of the sisters were active in various activities. They had a book club, an exercise group, a scrapbooking group, many groups where sisters happily congregated together sharing interests. I’m glad to hear sisters are involved with one another, because I feel that has been lost to […]
For several years now, we have been using the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church manuals for our Sunday lessons. I have heard countless opinions about this manual, the most common one being they are difficult to teach. So, the question is: Are these lessons doing what they were meant to? Are we getting […]
Women in the Relief Society are expected to live up to their privileges. First of all, what are our privileges? I happened to be in the temple while thinking about this, so it was easy to focus and see clearly. I began thinking about the privilege of being a daughter of God and what that […]
Here’s another interesting article from the Women’s Exponent. Things really haven’t changed at all over the years. GIRLS, KEEP GOOD COMPANY Girls, make it a point of your everyday life to choose your companions. It matters not how poor and uneducated you may be, if you will, you may always be choice of your associates. […]
Back in the old days, I imagine women attended meetings, announced a project to work on, and everyone committed to it, or raised their hands to volunteer. Everyone dug in to make the project work, helped where they could, and ultimately it began running itself, so the women were free to begin working on another […]
This photo shows the Retrenchment Dress required by each young woman to wear. The dress was designed by Brigham Young and worn by his daughters. They didn’t like it much, but what could they do? If you can track down a copy of the video, “Pioneers in Petticoats”, you’ll be able to see the Retrenchment […]
“Following is a list of guidelines for additional meetings as outlined in Sister Beck’s talk: The ward Relief Society president should oversee all Relief Society meetings. The Relief Society president should counsel regularly with her bishop regarding how these meetings can meet the needs of individuals and families in the ward. Plans should be consistent […]
In the Women’s Exponent, they’ve recorded many of the minutes of various Relief Society and Retrenchment meetings. Typically, they will record who spoke at the meeting and how many were in attendance. I finally found one where they tell us what was actually discussed! Now we can do a comparison. “The Lord poured His Spirit […]
This is a talk given by President Boyd K. Packer called, “The Golden Years”. This one addresses how useful the older generation is, and should feel. Pres. Packer tells of attending a meeting where there seemed to be a majority of elderly people in the congregation. He was very impressed with this attendance. The stake […]
How important is your practice hymn time in Relief Society? Are you learning any new hymns? Are you learning the histories of these hymns and their composers? How about a spiritual thought from the references attached to each hymn? What about having musical numbers? Are you hearing enough from all the talented sisters in your Relief Society; even […]
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