To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
When our children were young, we used to play a made-up game for FHE. At dinnertime, my husband would announce, “Let’s play Nephites and Lamanites tonight!” and a whoop would rise to the rafters while I would silently moan unnoticed and ignored. The family would divide into two teams. It wasn’t about being on the good team […]
Make plans now to attend the General Women’s meeting this Saturday, March 29, 2014, beginning at 6:00 MDT. Remember, all women from age 8 to ageless are invited. This is going to be an historic event. It will be the largest group of women gathered together in history. You’ll want to be a part of […]
The Church announced that this year all women, from eight years of age and up, would meet together for both spring and fall Women’s meetings. I’m so glad of this change! This should have been done a long time ago, so I’m happy it’s finally happened. So, why did they decide to include the eight […]
This is a record written by “Aunt Rhoda”, the sister of Willard Richards, the apostle, and first cousin of Brigham Young. She was born on August 8th, 1784, at Hopkinton, Mass., and leaves this record at the age of ninety-three: During the early years of my life I was much afflicted with sickness, but, through […]
When my children were small I thought it was terribly romantic to have an old-fashioned Christmas and leave a fresh orange in their stockings. I hoped they would feel the appreciation and gratitude of bygone years. It took me a while to figure it out, but the appreciation and gratitude finally came when I began […]
I’m kind of amazed at the answer I receive when I ask friends what their Relief Societies are doing. The typical answer is, “Oh, not much. We have dinner together; nothing special.” If you understand the history of this organization, you will begin to understand the destiny and responsibility that lies at our feet. In […]
The following story is about Louisa Free Lee Wells, who crossed the Plains with one of the first companies of pioneers. Louisa Free was a young girl in Nauvoo who became one of the many wives of John Doyle Lee (infamous for his involvement and execution over the Mountain Meadows Massacre). Even though he was […]
The following is Bathsheba W. Smith’s record of crossing the Plains. You will see that this was a woman used to the finer things in life; yet, she too had to face the hardships of the trek across the Plains. We often don’t realize that most of the pioneers were city-folk roughing it for the […]
Eliza R. Snow, ever the poet and optimist, writes her account of the first months after settling in the Salt Lake Valley: Our first winter in the mountains was delightful; the ground froze but little; our coldest weather was three or four days in November, after which the men plowed and sowed, built houses, etc. […]
When my husband and I were first married we belonged to a ward that was affectionately referred to as “Newly wed and Nearly dead”. It’s funny, now years later, we are in a similar ward where we are closer to the nearly dead members. Oh well, what goes around comes around, right? There are a […]
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