{"id":9996,"date":"2018-11-27T11:59:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/?p=9996"},"modified":"2018-11-27T11:59:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:59:26","slug":"transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/27\/transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It still amazes me how timely these talks are, in regard to what we\u2019re experiencing today. The session this week covers the General Relief Society meeting in October 1981, and guess what the first talk is about? Transition!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As we all look forward to next year\u2019s new schedule, we are going to be adapting to a major transition. I have full confidence in what the Brethren are asking us to do, but I worry about those we will lose in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Looking back to how Pres. Nelson presented all these changes, first,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">we transitioned to Ministering, then to \u201cNo lesson, more discussion,\u201d now to Home-centered gospel study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ministering<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/study\/general-conference\/1981\/10\/relief-society-in-times-of-transition?lang=eng\">Barbara B. Smith<\/a> talks about the importance of sisterhood. She says, \u201cSecure friendships and faith can make good transitions possible.\u201d What is ministering, but a place to strengthen friendships, help one another discuss the changes, and even figure out how to transition our thinking, and action, in the best way?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I worry about those people who are being forgotten because of this change from Visiting Teaching\/Home Teaching to Ministering. Because there is no \u201clesson\u201d to give, people are finding it difficult to offer anything. As we can see, the church is pulling out of the spoon-feeding business. It\u2019s our turn to develop ways to reach\/love people best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">No Lesson, More Discussion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We\u2019ve now had some time to figure out how best to teach on Sunday. Again, this is a slow transition into a new concept. A teacher simply needs to understand the doctrine(s) to be addressed in class and open the room up to a discussion\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">of the doctrine(s). There is no longer any need for \u201clesson prep,\u201d because we are talking about doctrines we should already be familiar with. Now we simply open up a discussion to share deeper, or more personal, understandings from one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sister Smith urged, 37 years ago, \u201cevery position in Relief Society should help a sister not only to serve\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">but to grow.\u201d We grow through personal experience or hearing someone else\u2019s personal experience. That is a great way for the Holy Ghost to actually be the teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I might also label this section, \u201cLess Lesson, Act on Action.\u201d With the new two-hour block, we are definitely going to lose the sisters who still believe Relief Society is only a Sunday class. Relief Society presidents will need to make sure all sisters know they are a part of the Relief Society and that means Relief Society needs to become an Action Group. Again, Sister Smith says something of note. \u201cWe can heighten our sensitivity to our neighbor\u2019s needs, increasing our capacity to serve. And perhaps we may need to draw back a bit from other preoccupations that may not be as worthy of our time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If Relief Society offers less activity, sisters will fill it with more worldly activity. Don\u2019t let that happen! Involve sisters with opportunities for more discussion, more service, and more action. (And please don&#8217;t interpret this &#8220;time&#8221; as creating busy time. I have some ideas I&#8217;ll offer in a future post.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Home-Centered Gospel Study<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Home-centered teaching is not new. This is how Abel was taught the gospel; Isaac and Jacob, Nephi, Jacob, the Stripling Warriors, and countless others learned the gospel from their parents. In most of these cases,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0there was no church organization to do the teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This idea harkens back to a Patriarchal society, where fathers preside over the home and both fathers and mothers teach with power. In this same session, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/study\/general-conference\/1981\/10\/the-honored-place-of-woman?lang=eng\">Ezra Taft Benson<\/a> said,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWoman was given to man as an helpmeet.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0That complementary association is ideally portrayed in the eternal marriage of our first parents\u2014Adam and Eve. They labored together; they had children together; they prayed together, and<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0they taught their children the gospel together. This is the pattern God would have all righteous men and women imitate.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Of course, not every home has a father or mother. That\u2019s when Relief Society hovers over to offer ministering opportunities, where sisters can still support this pattern.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Don\u2019t be afraid of the transitions that are being asked of us. Do you see how a pattern is developing? This is all part of a grand plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It still amazes me how timely these talks are, in regard to what we\u2019re experiencing today. The session this week covers the General Relief Society meeting in October 1981, and guess what the first talk is about? Transition! 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