Category Archives: Relief Society Lessons

Relief Society Lesson 16: The Church of Jesus Christ in Former Times

This is the outline that I would follow if I were teaching the lesson. I have a personal theory that every lesson is, at root, about at least one member of the Godhead. Some focus more on Christ, some focus … Continue reading

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Relief Society Lesson 15: The Lord’s Covenant People

by Kelly Ann For this lesson, I have made a list of questions (some taken from the lesson itself) to help stimulate thought prior to and potentially generated discussion in Relief Society.  I hope the teachers find this useful and … Continue reading

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Relief Society Lesson 14: Priesthood Organization

One of our readers, Alyssa, emailed us her idea of how to approach this lesson. (Thank you, Alyssa!) She writes: When I’ve taught this lesson in the past, I usually do most of it straight—basically following the outline of the … Continue reading

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RS Lesson 13: The Priesthood

This lesson consists of four questions that the manual recommends assigning to small groups and have them answer the questions. That’s a quick way to get the lesson done if someone is running short on time and could be effective. I’ve … Continue reading

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Relief Society Lesson 12: The Atonement

by Vada (Note = Author’s thoughts and words are in italics, while direct quotes from the lesson manual or scriptures are not italicized.) The Atonement The first section of the manual gives a nice introduction to the lesson and its … Continue reading

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Relief Society Lesson 11: The Life of Christ

by Kelly Ann Here are my thoughts on the various sections – mostly questions to lead class discussion as this topic is something people generally know more about.  I would focus on different sections and/or questions depending on the class … Continue reading

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RS Lesson 10: Scriptures

As I prepared this lesson, I feel like the first few sections will be pretty quick discussions unless you have a ward full of brand-spankin’ new converts who didn’t get taught about the four books of scripture during their missionary … Continue reading

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RS Lesson 9: Prophets of God

This lesson provides a wonderful opportunity to have an open and enlightening conversation about prophets. This is one of the most basic principles of the gospel, one that gets taught from the earliest days in Primary. That being said, the … Continue reading

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RS Lesson #8: Praying to Heavenly Father

Prayer.  In a year where we are returning to “Gospel Principles,” this is THE gospel principal.  It’s the earliest lesson in primary (“Fold your arms and close your eyes”) and yet as we grow older, the conversation only grows richer, deeper, … Continue reading

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Relief Society Lesson 7: The Holy Ghost

We had some miscommunication about which volunteer would put up the lesson this week, so I thought I’d throw a question out there that might be interesting to discuss. I’m hoping that another blogger or two will add to this … Continue reading

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