RELIEF SOCIETY HISTORY
HYMNS/SCRIPTURES SIGNIFICANT TO RS
HISTORIC SITES
FUN FACTS
RELIEF SOCIETY TODAY
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This prophet said, “I now turn the key to you in the name of God and this Society shall rejoice and knowledge and intelligence shall flow down from this time—this is the beginning of better days.”
Who is the Prophet Joseph Smith?
100
As members of Relief Society, "we'll comfort the weary and strengthen the weak." That line comes from this hymn.
What is As Sisters In Zion?
100
The Relief Society was organized in this town and state.
What is Nauvoo, Illinois?
100
In 1867, this church leader calls on bishops to reestablish the Relief Society in every ward.
Who is Brigham Young?
100
She is the current General Relief Society President.
Who is Jean B. Bingham?
200
She was the first Relief Society President.
Who is Emma Smith?
200
In Mosiah 18:9, Alma taught that we should bear one another's ___________.
What are burdens?
200
The Relief Society was organized on the upper floor of this building.
What is Joseph's Red Brick Store?
200
In 1913, the Relief Society comes up with this motto?
What is Charity never faileth?
200
She is the First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency and adviser for the communications committee.
Who is Sharon Eubank?
300
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the RS sent this crop to survivors. In 1907, it was sent to China during a famine. In 1918, the RS sold over 200,000 bushels of this crop to the US government to help the military and those starving in Europe after WW I.
What is wheat?
300
The Relief Society theme "Charity Never Faileth comes from these books in the New Testament and Book of Mormon.
What is 1 Corinthians (13:4-8) and Moroni (7:46)?
300
The idea of an organized women's society began with a group of sisters who wanted to help with the building of this temple.
What is the Nauvoo temple?
300
There were this many women who attended the organization meeting of the Relief Society.
What is 18-20 women?
300
She is Second Counselor of the Relief Society General Presidency.
Who is Reyna I. Aburto?
400
This is the date that the Relief Society was organized.
What is March 17, 1842?
400
This former Relief Society General President wrote 10 songs that are currently in our hymn book.
Who is Eliza R. Snow?
400
In the 1870s and 1880s, several women traveled east to obtain medical training to improve Utah's mortality rate. On July 17, 1882, this building—staffed primarily by women and funded by the Relief Society—opened in Salt Lake City.
What is Deseret Hospital?
400
These two items make up the Relief Society Emblem.
What are the sego lily and wheat sheaf?
400
Sister Reyna I. Aburto was born in this country.
What is Nicaragua?
500
Early Relief Society members traveled to Washington D.C. to advocate for these rights/privileges?
What is the right to vote/women's suffrage?
500
These are two of the songs written by the second General Relief Society President.
What are Again We Meet around the Board; Awake, Ye Saints of God, Awake!; Behold the Great Redeemer Die; Great Is the Lord; How Great the Wisdom and the Love; In Our Lovely Deseret; O My Father; The Time Is Far Spent; Though Deepening Trials; Truth Reflects upon Our Senses.
500
Women of the Church from around the world donated funds to construct this building, which was completed in 1956 in Salt Lake City.
What is the Relief Society Building?
500
She served as the General Relief Society President for the longest amount of time.
Who is Belle S. Spafford?
She served from 1945 to 1974 (29 years)
500
This is the number of sisters that belong to the Relief Society.
What is over 7 million?