History of Relief Society
Today's Relief Society
Important Dates
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The first General Relief Society President of the church.
Who is Emma Smith?
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The Relief Society motto.
What is "Charity Never Faileth?"
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The date the Relief Society was organized.
What is March 17, 1842?
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The original name of the Relief Society organization.
What is The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo?
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The name of the current General Relief Society President.
Who is Linda K. Burton?
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The year that visiting teaching began.
What is 1843?
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The Relief Society Magazine was discontinued and replaced with this publication in 1971.
What is the Ensign?
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The total number of Relief Society members in the world.
What is 5.5 million members?
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This sister served for 29 years as the General Relief Society President, the longest serving president to date.
Who is Belle S. Spafford?
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The president of the church that started the Relief Society organization.
Who is Joseph Smith?
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The name of the first counselor of today's General Relief Society Presidency.
Who is Carole M. Stephens?
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The date of the first General Relief Society Meeting.
What is September 16, 1978?
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In the beginning, these two attributes were required of sisters to be accepted into the Relief Society.
What is goodness and virtue?
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The name of the second counselor of today's General Relief Society Presidency.
Who is Linda S. Reeves?
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The location and date that "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" was first read publicly by President Hinckley.
What is the General Relief Society Meeting on September 23, 1995?
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