RELIEF SOCIETY HISTORY
THE 1ST RS MEETING
HYMNS/SCRIPTURES SIGNIFICANT TO RS
RELIEF SOCIETY TRIVIA
MISCELLANEOUS
100
This prophet said, "And now I 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 this Society."
Who is President Joseph Smith?
100
The Relief Society is the oldest and largest women's organization in the world. It was officially organized on this date.
What is March 17, 1842?
100
As members of Relief Society, "we'll comfort the weary and strengthen the weak." That line comes from this Hymn.
What is "As Sister's in Zion"?
100
The Relief Society Motto
What is "Charity never Faileth"?
100

In the bible dictionary this is "the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love."

What is the definition of Charity?

200

The name of the newpaper owned and run by women

What is the Exponent?

200
This temple was being built when the Relief Society was organized.
What is the Nauvoo Temple?
200
In Mosiah 18:9 Alma taught that we should "bear one anothers________, to mourn with those that mourn, comfort those that stand in need of comfort"
What are Burdens?
200
The Relief Society colors.
What is Gold and Blue?
200
These women are eligible to be members of the Relief Society.
Who are women 18 years of age and older, and all women who are married?
300
These circumstances initiated the organization of the Relief Society. It was a desire of the sisters to unite together to do this.
What is to make work clothes for those working on the temple?
300
She was the first General Relief Society President.
Who is Emma Smith?
300

Baptist gospel singer who converted to the church and has sung with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Who is Gladys Knight?

300
The Relief Society Emblem
What is the Sego Lily/Wheat Sheaf? (The sego lily was selected because of its usefulness in sustaining life along pioneer settlements. It is an appropriate symbol of purity, beauty, patience through winter and darkness, and storing of strength for the time of blossoming. The wheat sheaf has been used as an emblem along with the sego lily, symbolizing storing of grain against time of need.)
300

Ezra Taft Benson and Gordon B. Hinckley's official biographer

Who is Sheri Dew?

400
The Relief Society loaned this to the church during the drought of 1879.
What is wheat? (30,000 bushels of wheat were loaned)
400

Made the declaration - ‘The Church was never perfectly organized until the women were thus organized’ 

Who is Joseph Smith, Jr?

400

Sisters who were organized in choirs to provide unity and comfort during the Great Depression and WWI

What is the "Singing Mothers?"
400

The current Relief Society General President

Who is Jean B. Bingham ?

400

The sister who lived with Joseph Smith and Emma, saw the Urim and Thummim, and was given the option of being sealed to the Smiths as a daughter.

Who is Jane Manning James?

500

This is the first hospital with an all female board of directors as well as primarily female doctors and midwives.

What is The Deseret Hospital?

500
This was the actual official name of the Relief Society when it was first organized.
What is The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo?
500
This sister, who was a member of the original organization of the Relief Society wrote 10 songs that are currently in our hymn book. Including "How Great the Wisdom and the Love", "O My Father", and "In our Lovely Deseret."
Who is Eliza R. Snow?
500
The Relief Society theme "Charity Never Faileth" comes from a scripture in this book of the New Testament.
What is 1 Corinthians? Corinthians 13: 4-8, Another reference is Moroni 7:46
500

The name of the store started in 1937 by the seventh Relief Society President, President Robison, to support the self-sufficiency of the sisters.

What was Mormon Handicrafts?

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