{"id":10019,"date":"2018-11-29T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T01:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/?p=10019"},"modified":"2018-11-29T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T01:32:07","slug":"relief-society-more-than-two-times-monthly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/29\/relief-society-more-than-two-times-monthly\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief Society: More Than Two Times Monthly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Just think, Relief Society class will be held only two times each month. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hopefully, you have read enough on my website to see that this isn\u2019t a good or bad thing, but in order to obey our prophet and help him gather Israel, Relief Society leaders will need to catch the vision and gather sisters in with more purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Have you taken a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/handbook\/handbook-2-administering-the-church\/families-and-the-church-in-gods-plan?lang=eng\">Handbook 2<\/a> lately? You don\u2019t have to be in a Relief Society presidency to read through it. Because it\u2019s online, it\u2019s easy for the church to update it with all the changes we\u2019re going through. Read through it and find out where your gifts and talents might be useful to help move Relief Society to action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There will be no more Council Sundays unless the president chooses to turn one of the two Sundays into a council meeting, which she might do. But in either of these meetings, this is what the handbook states we should be doing:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cDuring the meeting, sisters conduct business, study the gospel of Jesus Christ, counsel together, and organize to meet local needs.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/handbook\/handbook-2-administering-the-church\/relief-society?lang=eng#9.4\">9.4.1<\/a>)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The options listed can help us organize our purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Conduct Business<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What business might Relief Society have? If you read on in the Handbook, it gives several ideas. Your Relief Society will fall apart if you just stay with two hour-long meetings per month. You must consider additional Relief Society meetings to fill the needs of your sisters. The handbook suggests additional meetings such as service projects and education classes and other projects that will pull your sisters together. Interest in what projects and classes will serve your Relief Society best might be discussed, as well as announcements of when and where they will be held.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Study the Gospel of Jesus Christ<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Again, two Sundays per month are not enough to make an impact on a person\u2019s life. We are now home-centered, church-supported, and so, teaching will now be conducted at home. What better way to spend our Sunday class time sharing<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0meaningful and spiritually uplifting reports and testimonies\u00a0from the various\u00a0groups that get together in those additional activities.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Additional meetings, outside of class, can include discussion groups, groups reading the Book of Mormon together, church book groups, etc. Sisters will appreciate efforts when Relief Societies offer a place to feel the spirit during the week and throughout the month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Counsel Together<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I\u2019m not sure the council meetings were terribly successful. But we can continue to practice in week-day gatherings together. It\u2019s hard to get away from \u201cteaching mode.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/study\/ensign\/2017\/11\/come-follow-me-for-melchizedek-priesthood-and-relief-society\/first-sunday-council-meetings?lang=eng\">Come Follow Me<\/a> suggests, \u201cThe leader introduces an issue for discussion and invites everyone to share thoughts and experiences, as guided by the Spirit.\u201d The issue or topic might be what service project to do next, how are women depicted in the scriptures, when is Relief Society most fulfilling to us. We want the discussion to bring us together with commonality and spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Organize to Meet Local Needs<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It is impossible to fully organize in a forty-minute period of time, let alone twice a month. If Relief Societies really want to engage in a purpose to make change happen around them, they will need to allow ample time to organize, get together, throw around ideas, settle on a plan of action, and then act. Some ideas will be to help sisters manage their households better, some ideas will bring their Relief Societies together in an act of service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Don\u2019t let the two-times a month limit you and dissolve any feeling of unity between you and your sisters. Open up your options by meeting during the week. Not everyone will be able to attend, but that\u2019s where social media can be used for good. And urge your sisters serving in the Primary and Young Women\u2019s (including the young women) to join you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Many hands make light work, so involve all the sisters, so everyone feels included. Use the gifts and talents of your sisters, find out what their interests and specialties are and use them to change the world. This is how we begin to see how we can gather Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just think, Relief Society class will be held only two times each month. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? 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