December – Relief Society Lesson – The Godhead

Show video – God is our Father

We began this year with this lesson, and because of some changes from the stake we are ending the year with the same lesson.

When we had this lesson in January I told you that I felt strongly that the goal of these lessons for us this year needed to be that by the end of the year we would know, really know that our Father in Heaven loves us.

For me, this year has been quite a journey. I have learned a great deal

Show video – Good tidings of great joy: The Birth of Jesus Christ

Our lesson today is on Building the Kingdom and as I've thought about this I realized we could talk about a million different things. We could talk about missionary work, teaching our families, being good examples and neighbors, learning more about the gospel, serving others, temple work, all kinds of things. But what kept coming back to me was that none of this happens unless you have a testimony of Jesus Christ

November Relief Society Lesson – Spiritual and Temporal Self Reliance

Show video “They that are wise”.

When I was younger and had much yet to learn, I thought of the story of the 10 virgins as a story of meanness and selfishness. It came across to me as, we've got ours, you go get yours, of not sharing and not helping, and how could those who wanted to be with the bridegroom so badly just be turned away like that? And he says you know me not?

Now in Mr. Dalleys class I got pretty good grades in

This has been a hard lesson for me, whether it was because I have so much to learn about becoming Christ-like or Satan really wanted to test my ability to become Christ-like, I don't know. But it has been quite a struggle to learn and then decide what we needed to talk about today.

One of the things that I found helpful was learning yet again, that we are not expected to be perfect, just moving forward. As mortals we learn line upon line, precept upon precept. In that way we learn at

August Relief Society Lesson – Commandments

Standards for salvation are called commandments, which are given by our Father in Heaven. These standards apply to all parts of our lives and at all times. They are not selectively applied at a certain time or in a certain situation. The commandments define the tolerances required to qualify for exaltation.

Tolerance in the worldly term is to accept someones choices or behavior no matter what the consequences. Tolerance in the engineering term is a

July Relief Society Lesson – Marriage and Family

Show video of families singing Our Father has a Family

OUR FATHER HAS A FAMILY – IT'S ME IT'S YOU ALL OTHER TOO, WE ARE HIS CHILDREN

We are going to begin this lesson by talking about the “all others too” part of that sentence. Which means we are going to talk about family history.

We all benefit from doing family history work. We learn of our ancestors, their stories, their hardships, the things they overcame and it helps us to grow and learn