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The motto of the Relief Society, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:8, is "Charity never faileth." [9] The purpose of Relief Society reads, “Relief Society helps prepare women for the blessings of eternal life as they increase faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and His Atonement; strengthen individuals, families, and homes through ordinances and covenants; and work in unity to help those in ...
Early Relief Society meetings were generally held semi-monthly. One meeting per month was devoted to sewing and caring for the needs of the poor. At meetings members might receive instruction, discuss elevating and educational topics, and bear testimony.
Prior to the 1980s, meetings were held throughout the week. For example, in a local ward, the Relief Society may have met on Monday mornings, Primary and choir practice on Tuesday, Young Women and Young Men on Thursday, ward activities and events on Friday, and service projects on Saturday.
Since January 2019, each ward will hold a teacher council meeting quarterly during the 50-minute class time. [13] A ward will typically hold teacher council meeting for Relief Society, Young Women and priesthood teachers on a first or a third Sunday and for Sunday School teachers on a second or a fourth Sunday.
Although the proclamation was presented at the Relief Society meeting, it was written without any input from the church’s general Relief Society presidency. [2] Indeed, in 2017, Dallin H. Oaks gave a talk in General Conference suggesting the text of the proclamation was composed solely by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ...
As needed, the meeting can be expanded and invite other appropriate individuals to address issues thought to be especially sensitive. A ward council meets regularly and typically includes the bishopric, ward clerk, executive secretary, and presidents of the elders quorum, Relief Society, Young Women, Primary, and Sunday School organizations ...
The charity organization called Relief Society began in the early 1950s. In a normal Latter-day Saint church meeting, the Relief Society meetings serves as one hour of the three hour block, where women meet together and are taught lessons about various topics concerning Jesus Christ by another member of the Relief Society who is assigned to teach.
The Relief Society Documents Project is a project by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to publish historical documents regarding the history of the church's organization for women, the Relief Society.