“Who Do I Work With?” My Calling as a Stake Relief Society President (2020).
“Who Do I Work With?” My Calling as a Stake Relief Society President.
My Calling as a Stake Relief Society President
Who Do I Work With?
Stake Relief Society Presidency and Secretary
You serve in a presidency with two counselors. The counselors in your presidency and the stake Relief Society secretary will support and sustain you. Give your counselors and secretary opportunities to serve and grow by delegating responsibilities to them. As your presidency counsels together and seeks to follow the example of the Savior, you will gain insights and inspiration about how best to minister to one another and to those you serve. (See General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9.5; 6.7.1.1.)
Ward Relief Society Presidencies
Build sincere relationships with the ward Relief Society presidencies in your stake, and love them as the Savior would. As a stake Relief Society presidency, you are a resource for ward Relief Society presidencies, providing ongoing teaching, support, and encouragement. You have the opportunity to conduct stake Relief Society leadership meetings, where you instruct ward leaders in their duties and teach them leadership skills.
Stake President
Your presidency meets regularly with the stake president to counsel about stake Relief Society matters. In these meetings you discuss the needs of ward Relief Society leaders and the sisters in the stake. (See General Handbook, 9.5.)
Stake Council
You are a member of the stake council. As a member of the stake council, you have the responsibilities outlined in General Handbook, 29.3.8.
A stake council meeting should be a revelatory experience. Elder David A. Bednar taught the following about ward council meetings, and the principle also applies to stake council meetings: “We’ve been talking about a revelatory experience with the members of the ward council. And if members of councils, if members of families, as they come together, would think in terms of ‘I’m preparing to participate in a revelatory experience with my family’ instead of going to a meeting—a revelatory experience with the members of the ward council—I think we would prepare and act much differently” (in M. Russell Ballard, in “Panel Discussion” [worldwide leadership training meeting, Nov. 2010], broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org).
If you are unable to attend a stake council meeting, invite one of your counselors to attend in your place.