What do we do at these meetings?
From the Handbook
9.4.2 To supplement the instruction in Sunday meetings, Relief Society sisters may participate in additional meetings. These may include service, classes, projects, conferences, and workshops. In these meetings, sisters learn and accomplish the charitable and practical responsibilities of the Relief Society.They learn and practice skills that will help them increase their faith and personal righteousness, strengthen their families and make their homes centers of spiritual strength, and help those in need. They learn and apply principles of provident living and spiritual temporal self-reliance. They also increase in sisterhood and unity as they teach one another and serve together.
In the April 2012 Relief Society training, Sis. Rebecca Thompson ,General RS Board Member taught:
"If we are supplementing Sunday instruction and if we are using these meetings to learn, practice and apply principles, then we won't be using these meetings to entertain.
Think about the last meeting you had:
In the April 2012 Relief Society training, Sis. Rebecca Thompson ,General RS Board Member taught:
"If we are supplementing Sunday instruction and if we are using these meetings to learn, practice and apply principles, then we won't be using these meetings to entertain.
Think about the last meeting you had:
What was your focus?
What work did you have your sister engaged in?
How did your sisters feel when she left?
What happened to her when she got home? Was her faith increased? Did she go home with skills to strengthen her family?
Was relief provided to her or others?
As you counsel with your Bishop about these meetings, don't ask him What do you want us to do? Instead ask:
What are your concerns?
What are your goals for the ward?"
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