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Worship services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) include weekly services held in meetinghouses on Sundays (or another day when local custom or law prohibits Sunday worship) in geographically based religious units (called wards or branches). Once per month, this weekly service is a fast and testimony meeting.
The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, and has more than 7 million members in over 188 countries and territories. [1]
In 1891, the Relief Society became a charter member of the National Council of Women of the United States and it was called the National Women's Relief Society. [42]: 114 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.
The LDS Church considers humanitarian work to be an essential part of its mission to bless humanity. [citation needed] In 1842, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, organized the Women's Relief Society, with a primary focus to provide "relief" to suffering members and ultimately to all people.
At the church's April 1997 general conference, Smoot was accepted as the Relief Society General President, with Virginia U. Jensen and Sheri L. Dew as her counselors. [11] Smoot succeeded Elaine L. Jack, who had served since 1990. Smoot was the first president to call an unmarried woman (Dew) as a member of the Relief Society General Presidency ...
Ruth Fox (née May; November 16, 1853 – April 12, 1958) was a 19th-century English-born American women's rights activist in the Territory of Utah. Fox was a poet, hymn writer, and a leader of youth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
The Relief Society is the church's women's organization. Founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, and with the motto "Charity Never Faileth", [173] the organization today includes more than 5.5 million women in over 170 countries. [174] Every Latter-day Saint woman age 18 or older is a member of the Relief Society. [175]
"Relief Society History Chronicled in New Book", mormonnewsroom.org, 19 February 2016. Tad Walch, "Women hired by LDS Church History Department making huge strides in Mormon women's history", Deseret News, 7 February 2016.