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I’m not familiar with group Visiting Teaching. What is that? That’s not the same as having a companion right?
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There used to be a Welfare Committee meeting that was held, usually monthly. That meeting is no longer held.
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No. Some units were combining groups of women into Visiting Teaching groups instead of visiting sisters individually in their homes. That practice has always been discouraged and has been specifically prohibited in the new handbook.
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Did they say anything about cub scouts? How about Young Men/Scouts?
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There also is no mention of Board Meetings in Primary. No mention of Teacher Training other than the Presidency is responsible.
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Ah — I totally missed the teacher training omission. Thanks!
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I can’t find anywhere in the handbook where it states that Relief Society secretaries do not attend meetings where a presidency is mentioned, or that they don’t conduct meetings or teach lessons. Can you point me to the page in the handbook that mentions this? Thanks!
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The responsibilities of auxiliary secretaries are spelled out in the handbook. The handbook outlines those responsibilities, which do not include teaching or conducting. For example, the handbook states that a member of the Relief Society presidency conducts or teaches RS on the first Sunday of the month. The secretary is not a member of the presidency; therefore, she does not teach or conduct.
If a presidency is invited to attend a meeting, the secretary is not included unless specifically invited. If you’re unsure if a secretary should attend a meeting, you should ask. Using the term presidency to include a president, counselors, and secretary is a common mistake in the church. The “Presidency” of an auxiliary organization has never included the secretary; it is made up of a president and counselors only.
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At the World Wide Training Meeting, at which time leaders were given the new handbook, we were also instructed not to make copies of any portion of the handbook or distibute portions of it. This site is not a church authorized site and so those quoting portions of the handbook, or copying sections to this online site are out of line and directly disregarding the instruction we received in that meeting at the time we were all (World Wide) given the handbooks. If someone has a question about the handbook they should be going to their priesthood leaders in their own ward or branch, not to online unauthorized sources.
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Not sure why you felt the need to make this comment. At the meeting we were instructed to utilize the handbook and quote it. The entire handbook is online. It’s not a top secret document in any way.
Clearly the leaders want us to use the handbook. Not every one has a copy. It’s obvious distribution is intended to be for all church members so they don’t bother Salt Lake with so many questions and so we can fix some of the silly things we do in our meetings and activities. If the information doesn’t get out there, no one can be helped.
Don’t see a problem.
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Thank you so much for all your hard work. Jenny, you are amazing!
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I thought I’d mention here to think about the First Presidency. We all know the First Presidency to be made up of the Prophet and his counselors — never secretaries. The secretaries to the First Presidency do not sit on the stand, conduct general conference or other meetings, or teach. All presidencies in the church are patterned after this one.
I hope this doesn’t make secretaries feel any less important. Secretaries are vital to the mission of the church — I’ve been one twice, and I loved it. Not being part of the presidency does not mean the calling of secretary is less important. It’s just a clarification.
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