The Del Mar Ward - A Legacy of Sisterhood!

To celebrate the founding of the Relief Society, the Del Mar Ward Relief Society recently made 100 chemotherapy turbans for cancer patients. During this activity, sisters worked side-by-side, for the common goal of completing a wonderful service project. These activities typify what the Relief Society can do best...organizing and gathering together to help and serve others.

The following videos touchingly portray, honor, and spotlight Latter-day Saint women:

http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#courage

http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#daughters-of-god

http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#the-women-in-our-lives

From the inspirational words of Julie B. Beck, October 2011 General Conference:
Every day, Relief Society sisters around the world experience the entire range of mortal challenges and experiences. Women and their families today live face to face with unrealized expectations; mental, physical, and spiritual illness; accidents; and death. Some sisters suffer loneliness and disappointment because they do not have families of their own, and others suffer from the consequences of poor choices made by family members. Some have experienced war or hunger or natural disasters, and others are learning about the strain of addictions, unemployment, or insufficient education and training. All of these difficulties have the potential to bleach the bones of faith and exhaust the strength of individuals and families. One of the Lord’s purposes in organizing the sisters into a discipleship was to provide relief that would lift them above “all that hinders the joy and progress of woman.”¹⁶ In every ward and branch, there is a Relief Society with sisters who can seek and receive revelation and counsel with priesthood leaders to strengthen each other and work on solutions that are applicable in their own homes and communities.

I hope my granddaughters will understand that through Relief Society, their discipleship is extended and they can become engaged with others in the kind of impressive and heroic work the Savior has done. The kind of work the sisters of this Church are asked to do in our day has never been too modest in scope or inconsequential to the Lord. Through their faithfulness, they can feel His approval and be blessed with the companionship of His Spirit.

My granddaughters should also know that the sisterhood of Relief Society can provide a place of safety, refuge, and protection.¹⁷ As our times become ever more difficult, the faithful sisters of Relief Society will unite to protect the homes of Zion from the shrill voices of the world and the predatory and provocative influence of the adversary. And through Relief Society, they will be taught and strengthened and taught and strengthened more, and the influence of righteous women can bless many more of our Father’s children.