Duncan Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 Does anyone know when and why the Church ditched Relief Society General Conferences?
Tacenda Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) 12 hours ago, Duncan said: Does anyone know when and why the Church ditched Relief Society General Conferences? Did they have those? I know they have General Women's Session now. I'll have to check into that. Sounds awesome of course. Also, they have BYU Women's Conference. Maybe the church thought that was enough. ETA: Then there is this, I remember that. But Relief Society Conference? http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765608071/More-than-20000-women-gather-for-LDS-Churchs-General-Relief-Society-Meeting.html Maybe you are talking about this change? http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865614355/LDS-Church-confirms-womens-meeting-now-part-of-general-conference.html Edited March 17, 2017 by Tacenda
Duncan Posted March 17, 2017 Author Posted March 17, 2017 Just now, Tacenda said: Did they have those? I know they have General Women's Session now. I'll have to check into that. Sounds awesome of course. Also, they have BYU Women's Conference. Maybe the church thought that was enough. ETA: Then there is this, I remember that. But Relief Society Conference? http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765608071/More-than-20000-women-gather-for-LDS-Churchs-General-Relief-Society-Meeting.html Maybe you are talking about this change? http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865614355/LDS-Church-confirms-womens-meeting-now-part-of-general-conference.html I think it morphed into the Women's meeting, maybe in the '70's? I have a picture from 1962 of a "relief society general conference" but maybe it was misidentified?
Tacenda Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Duncan said: I think it morphed into the Women's meeting, maybe in the '70's? I have a picture from 1962 of a "relief society general conference" but maybe it was misidentified? I found this excerpt on this link: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Relief_Society_Magazine I was too young to know much about it, but remember seeing the magazine and remember fondly the cupcake sells that the RS would provide in order to pay for things. They were their own entity back then. Also, I bolded the last portion as well...I wish they would bring this back. The Relief Society Magazine was the official monthly publication of the women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1915 to 1970. It preserved the history of the Relief Society for those years, with reports of each annual general Relief Society conference held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, and with the talks of General Authorities and the Relief Society presidencies given at those conferences. It also contains articles of particular interest to the women of the Church, such as gospel topics, prose and poetry, housekeeping aids, recipes, pictures, and descriptions of Relief Society activities from near and far. Some space each month was devoted to the progress of women worldwide. It also published the Relief Society lessons, which were written by authorities in various fields such as the scriptures, art, architecture, social sciences, economics, the Constitution of the United States, world governments, and literature. Edited March 17, 2017 by Tacenda 1
Duncan Posted March 17, 2017 Author Posted March 17, 2017 Just now, Tacenda said: I found this excerpt on this link: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Relief_Society_Magazine I was too young to know much about it, but remember seeing the magazine and remember fondly the cupcake sells that the RS would provide in order to pay for things. They were their own entity back then. Also, I bolded the last portion as well...I wish they would bring this back. The Relief Society Magazine was the official monthly publication of the women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1915 to 1970. It preserved the history of the Relief Society for those years, with reports of each annual general Relief Society conference held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, and with the talks of General Authorities and the Relief Society presidencies given at those conferences. It also contains articles of particular interest to the women of the Church, such as gospel topics, prose and poetry, housekeeping aids, recipes, pictures, and descriptions of Relief Society activities from near and far. Some space each month was devoted to the progress of women worldwide. It also published the Relief Society lessons, which were written by authorities in various fields such as the scriptures, art, architecture, social sciences, economics, the Constitution of the United States, world governments, and literature. oh nice! Thank you!!!
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