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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. [31]: 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.
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.
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 ...
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.
[12]: 26 The First Presidency under Heber J. Grant sent a letter to stake president Ezra Taft Benson in Washington, D.C., advising that if two Black women were "discreetly approached" they should be happy to sit at the back or side so as not to upset some white women who had complained about sitting near them in the Relief Society church meetings.
This list of General Presidencies of the Relief Society includes the General President and the counselors of the Relief Society General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. No.
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Society Documents Project is a project by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to publish historical documents regarding the history of the church's organization for women, the Relief Society.