Mormons Update Women's Meeting
Associated Press 26Sep99 N1
Mormons Update Women's Meeting

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- At the annual General Relief Society Meeting on Saturday night, the LDS Church announced that the monthly 'homemaking meeting' will now be called the 'Home, Family and Personal Enrichment meeting.' The change starts January 1st. According to Sister Virginia Jensen, first counselor in the Relief Society Presidency, the focus of the meetings will also change, and include practical skills like home repair and gardening.

Also announced in the meeting was a new declaration for the Relief Society which emphasized support for the traditional family and the priesthood.