{"id":11810,"date":"2024-03-18T09:48:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T15:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?p=11810"},"modified":"2024-03-18T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:42:27","slug":"thoughts-on-the-relief-society-broadcast-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/18\/thoughts-on-the-relief-society-broadcast-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the Relief Society Broadcast 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you missed the Relief Society Broadcast, you can listen and read the transcript here<\/a>. I invite, and encourage, you to watch it. It\u2019s easy to glaze over it as just a nice meeting, but they gave us some great and meaningful direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Relief Society Presidency spoke, as well as our dear prophet. Here are some of what they said to us, along with my thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sis. Johnson said that \u201cwe all belong to a society of women divinely instituted to bring the love and relief of Jesus Christ to others.\u201d Specifically, they had the Primary and Young Women presidents say that they too are still a part of Relief Society even though they are serving outside of the Relief Society hour on Sunday. Sometimes we forget about these sisters, or worse, these sisters simply feel forgotten. They also pointed out that they meet all together, and have their offices together, in the Relief Society building. They meet and work together toward a common purpose. Are they offering this information as a suggestion of unity and combined efforts within ward units? After all, we are all on the same team.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you read through the transcript, I find it interesting that they didn’t break it up into who was speaking. The message comes across as one voice. Again, I see a message there. We are to be unified.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of them said, <\/span>\u201cAs we develop our covenant relationship with God, all our other relationships in our lives will be elevated.\u201d <\/span><\/span>It made me think of the way we use our time. Sometimes, our priorities are a little mixed up, but when we put God first, everything in our lives either falls out of the way or becomes more focused. Ultimately, as consecrated sisters, we are to put the Lord and His work first. By doing so, together, we can change the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

This short list was repeated several times by each of them:<\/span><\/p>\n