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Legacy of service: Commemorating 170 years of Relief Society

Published: Saturday, March 17, 2012 | Read story
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Sisters Barbara W. Winder, Elaine L. Jack, Mary Ellen W. Smoot, Bonnie D. Parkin, all past Relief Society general presidents, and Sister Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president, stand together in the Relief Society Building on March 14.   (Photo by Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
Photo by Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Sisters Barbara W. Winder, Elaine L. Jack, Mary Ellen W. Smoot, Bonnie D. Parkin, all past Relief Society general presidents, and Sister Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president, stand together in the Relief Society Building on March 14.
Just as Joseph Smith spoke to the sisters many times in the early days of the Church — admonishing them to provide service and relief, increase faith and personal righteousness, and help their children to know what ways to go — so do the leaders of the Church today.