To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
How do we demonstrate our discipleship? The word discipleship is well chosen. As sisters, we serve. That is what we do. But, as we’ve learned more about the history of our organization, we have learned that we save lives too; often by serving. So, as disciples of Christ, how do we represent Him through our […]
Today our guest post comes from Amaryah Cannon: I have always loved visiting teaching, and I know that it is a central part of our work as disciples of Christ. Visiting teaching not only allows us to make friends with sisters in our wards, but also gives us opportunities to serve one another and […]
Almost one hundred years ago, the Relief Society began holding a Visiting Teaching Meeting, where visiting teachers were required to come and be trained. Guidelines from the Relief Society Handbook were discussed. Questions were answered. Completion was marked off, and the sisters were energized to continue on to the next month. Not all sisters were […]
While serving my mission, we missionaries were asked to spend our time working with in-actives and reactivate them. In my last area, my companion and I were given a list of names of inactive members to visit. One inactive we were working with was a lady named Gerri. Gerri was a sweet woman who had […]
Sister Beck once described Visiting Teaching as an extension of the Lord’s hands to help lift, serve, and love one another. Hearing that description helped broaden my own understanding for this program and encouraged me (without the guilt) to reach out to the sisters whom I’ve been called to lift, serve and most importantly, love. […]
LOVE, WATCH OVER, AND STRENGTHEN The General Relief Society announced they were going to be emphasizing Visiting Teaching for the rest of the year. I imagine this will continue with the new Relief Society Presidency. I like this approach. In order to reach people, you need to go after the heart first, and that is […]
Do you truly believe you are Guardians of the Hearth? Do you take that role seriously, and seek to establish, nurture, and defend the family from this position? The world would have you scoff at that notion. It would convince you that “men and women have been socialized to perform certain gender specific roles”. It […]
I thought, in honor of our Visiting Teaching message this month, I would look through the Ensign and find stories about visiting teaching. I went through the motions of family life day after day but felt increasingly alone. One day, my visiting teachers called. They shared with me a lesson on reading the scriptures. I […]
This month’s visiting teaching message is reminding us how to be better visiting teachers. They use the word “Watchcare”. That is a sweet term, isn’t it? We must watchcare over one another. Before you set out to do your visiting teaching, be sure to read Chapter 7, Pure Religion, in Daughters in my Kingdom. This […]
As you read through our Visiting Teaching message this month, I hope Eliza R. Snow’s quote strikes a chord in every one of us, as sisters in the kingdom: “If any of the daughters and mothers in Israel are feeling in the least circumscribed [limited] in their present spheres, they will now find ample scope […]
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