{"id":10668,"date":"2019-07-11T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/?p=10668"},"modified":"2019-07-07T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T16:27:26","slug":"the-overwhelming-lot-of-a-relief-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/11\/the-overwhelming-lot-of-a-relief-society\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overwhelming Lot of a Relief Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asks a lot of its members. I made a list just to see how overwhelmed I can feel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Daily and Family Prayer<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Family Home Evening<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Personal and Family Scripture Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Family Council<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Financial and Debt Management<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Provident Living<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tithing and \u201ca generous\u201d Fast Offering<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Food Storage<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Emergency Storage<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gardening and Home Maintenance<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Activities that Strengthen Marriage and Family<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Teaching Children the Gospel through Example and Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Family History<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Temple Attendance<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ministering<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Missionary Work<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sacrament Meeting Attendance<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sabbath Observance<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Word of Wisdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Everything mentioned in the For Strength of Youth Pamphlet<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Calling(s)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Service<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Did I miss anything? Probably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Why do you suppose the church asks us to do so much? And what do we do with this overwhelming list? And how much help do we get from our wards and branches?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What is that old adage? If you want something done, ask a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the early days of the church, it was the women who saw a need and pushed the idea until something was done. (Think of Emma having to clean a room full of tobacco stains.) In the Salt Lake Valley, it was the Relief Society that started hospitals, schools, stores, and organizational structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/manual\/handbook-2-administering-the-church\/title-page?lang=eng\">Handbook 2<\/a> outlines what the Relief Society should be doing as an organization. If followed, we can tackle this giant, largely ignored, list and participate in the gathering of the Saints in preparing for the coming of the Lord. The Handbook offers some great guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sunday Relief Society meetings are to help \u201cwomen learn doctrines and principles of the gospel that will help them increase their faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and help those in need\u201d (9.4.1).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Relief Society activities are designed \u201cto supplement the instruction in Sunday meetings. \u2026 These may include service, classes, projects, conferences, and workshops. In these meetings, sisters learn and accomplish the charitable and practical responsibilities of the Relief Society. They learn and practice skills that will help them increase their faith and personal righteousness, strengthen their families and make their homes centers of spiritual strength, and help those in need. They learn and apply principles of provident living and spiritual and temporal self-reliance. They also increase in sisterhood and unity as they teach one another and serve together (9.4.2).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A bishop may have goals he wants the ward to work on specifically for certain months or a given year. This is an easy thing for Relief Society to focus on, but the handbook offers essential ideas. \u201cLeaders also give priority to the following topics: Marriage and Family, Homemaking, Self-Reliance and Provident Living, Compassionate Service, Temple and Family History, and Sharing the Gospel. (I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/2012\/11\/05\/relief-society-additional-meeting-ideas\/\">an article<\/a> offering several ideas under each of these categories.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If we follow these Handbook suggestions, we will be able to put quite a dent in the above list. Can you imagine actually feeling good and accomplished rather than overwhelmed with guilt?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Granted, many of these items listed are long-term and never-ending. But they do get easier once proper habits are put in place. But, if we truly set forth to master a good portion of church expectations, we will be <em>able<\/em> to avoid being overwhelmed and influenced by the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asks a lot of its members. I made a list just to see how overwhelmed I can feel. 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