Jessica Nelson - Identity, Roles, and Responsibilities

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

With recent changes to the way we organize priesthood quorums and Relief societies we may ask ourselves, what are the purposes of these organizations? Julie B. Beck provides straightforward and thoughtful answers in her 2012 BYU devotional. Join hosts Shalyn Back and Katie Perez along with special guest Jessica Nelson to learn more. Full Discourse https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/at-the-pulpit/part-4/chapter-51?lang=eng "As the Prophet Joseph Smith began establishing the church in this dispensation, the Lord directed him to follow similar inspired patterns. When he set the course for the Relief Society, he told the sisters they were organized “under the priesthood after the pattern of the priesthood.” This gave the sisters official responsibilities in the restored church and the authority to function in those responsibilities. This was a pattern similar to that given to a president of a quorum of elders, who was to counsel with his presidency." - Sister Julie B. Beck

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0:00.0	Have you ever sat through a Relief Society lesson? Heard an inspirational story about a woman
0:08.8	who was born decades or even centuries before you, then wondered how in the world could her
0:14.4	life possibly be relevant to yours? Well, that's what this podcast is all about. You'll hear parts of
0:20.4	some prominent talks given by women throughout the history of the church.
0:23.8	Hopefully, along the way, you'll be able to see how their experiences can apply to you.
0:30.3	Welcome to the Latter-day St. Women Podcast.
0:33.1	I'm your host, Shailen Back, and today we have two guests with us today.
0:37.0	The first is Jessica Nelson.
0:38.9	She's a historian and volume editor for the Joseph Smith Papers.
0:42.4	Hi, Jessica.
0:43.4	Hi, thanks for having me.
0:44.8	And we also have Katie with us today, Katie Perez.
0:47.7	She is a stay-at-home mom of two kids, and she's read this book, and we're so excited to
0:52.9	have her.
0:53.9	So hi, Katie. Hi. Thanks for having me.
0:56.3	Today we're discussing the talk why we are organized into quorums and relief societies. And this is
1:01.8	by sister Julie B. Beck. And this talk is included in At the Pulpit, which is a compilation of
1:07.3	talks and discourses given by Latter-day St. Women throughout the history of the restoration.
1:12.5	So today we just want to talk a little bit about Julie B. Beck, who she is, why she gave this talk
1:17.8	and why it's important to us. So what do we know about Sister Beck? In the early years of
1:23.9	Sister Beck's life, she went with her family to Brazil where her father presided over the
1:29.0	Brazil mission. At that time, there was only one mission. And so at that early stage of her life,
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