Our Meetings Are More Than Classes

Young Women and Relief Society meetings help daughters of God fulfill their divine and eternal mission. Here they learn about the great responsibilities He has given them in their homes, in the Church, in their communities, and in the world. They discuss gospel principles in ways that highlight their strengths and unique contributions in the Lord’s kingdom. Filled with His Spirit, they serve others, bear one another’s burdens, and strengthen one another by sharing experiences and testimonies. This is not a class or club or community organization. This is a vital working meeting of covenant-keeping daughters of God.

Regarding the important work that covenant-keeping daughters of God perform, President Russell M. Nelson made this powerful plea: “The kingdom of God is not and cannot be complete without women who make sacred covenants and then keep them, women who can speak with the power and authority of God! …

“… We need women who know how to make important things happen by their faith and who are courageous defenders of morality and families in a sin-sick world. We need women who are devoted to shepherding God’s children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly” (“A Plea to My Sisters,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2015, 96).

As daughters of God fulfill this work, they find themselves drawing closer to Christ. Their conversion to His gospel deepens. Their desires, attitudes, and actions align more closely with Heavenly Father’s will. They become happy and confident, and they delight “to act … and not to be acted upon” (2 Nephi 2:26). They strive to obey the promptings of the Holy Ghost, resist temptation, and “do many [good] things of their own free will” (D&C 58:27). They become “saint[s] through the atonement of Christ” (Mosiah 3:19).