Relief Society lessons flourish when doctrine becomes personal and actionable. This guide follows Elder Cuvelier’s talk point-by-point and equips you to lead a spiritually rich, discussion-driven class. For each section you’ll find:

• Powerful quotes to anchor doctrine and spark conversation
• 10 Engaging questions to draw learners into the scriptures and the covenant path
• 5 Simple object lessons (quick, low-prep visuals) to make principles tangible
• 10 Personal sharing prompts to invite testimony and real-life application

Use all sections for a full-length lesson or select those your sisters most need now.

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Section 1 — Identity and the Name We Answer To

Anchor Quotes

• “President Russell M. Nelson taught… the first thing He would make sure we understand is our true identity: we are children of God, children of the covenant, and disciples of Jesus Christ. Any other designation will ultimately let us down.”
• “Brothers and sisters, by which name are you called?”
• “Jesus called His followers by many names… Friends… Saints… The light of the world.”

Doctrinal focus: Your truest identity is God-given; the name of Christ supersedes every lesser label.

10 Engaging Questions

1. Which part of President Nelson’s identity triad do you most need to remember this week—and why?
2. What happens when a lesser identity (job, role, politics, pain) becomes your primary identity?
3. Which name Jesus uses for disciples most resonates with you right now (friend, saint, light)?
4. How does being “children of the covenant” reshape how we see setbacks or sin?
5. When have you felt tension between worldly names and Christ’s name?
6. What practices help you hear the Lord say who you are—louder than the world?
7. How do temple covenants reinforce identity daily, not just ceremonially?
8. What does Relief Society look like when every woman is treated first as “disciple”?
9. How do we help youth build identity in Christ before the world names them?
10. What boundaries or choices protect your spiritual identity?

5 Object Lessons

1. Name Tag Stack: Write varied labels (Mom, Nurse, Runner, Political Party). Place “Disciple of Christ” on top—everything else sits beneath.
2. Phone Contact List: Show “Not Mother” vs. true names—whose voice names you?
3. Mirror + Post-it: Cover mirror with labels; remove them to reveal “Child of God” taped behind.
4. Jersey vs. Covenant Ring: A team jersey changes; a ring (covenant) signifies enduring belonging.
5. Passport Case: Earthly identities grant temporary access; covenants grant access to God’s kingdom.

10 Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A time a worldly label failed you—and covenant identity steadied you.
2. How a temple experience clarified who you are to God.
3. A scripture that re-names you when you forget.
4. The name of Christ changing how you speak at home or work.
5. A boundary you set to protect your divine identity.
6. A calling that taught you “disciple first.”
7. A hymn/line that resets your identity.
8. How you taught a child or youth to hear God’s naming voice.
9. When Relief Society felt like a safe place to be “child of God.”
10. What “Any other designation will ultimately let us down” means in your life.

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Section 2 — Scriptural Foundations: Taking Upon Us the Name of Christ

Anchor Quotes

• King Benjamin: “There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh… take upon you the name of Christ… he shall know the name by which he is called.”
• Acts/Book of Mormon: Believers “were called Christians” and covenant people “the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters.”
• “Those who take upon themselves the name of Christ become His disciples and witnesses.”

Doctrinal focus: To bear Christ’s name is covenantal: faith in Him, baptism, the Holy Ghost, and a life of witnessing.

10 Engaging Questions

1. What does it mean that God “shall know the name by which [we are] called”?
2. How do baptism and sacrament prayers teach us to carry Christ’s name?
3. What distinguishes “calling ourselves Christian” from “being called Christian” by God?
4. Where do you most feel invited to witness of Christ “at all times and in all things”?
5. How does the gift of the Holy Ghost enable us to carry His name without hypocrisy?
6. How does “children of Christ” deepen “children of God”?
7. Why must discipleship be public (witness) and private (holiness)?
8. What does a ward look like when members consciously “retain His name written always” in their hearts?
9. How do you renew your willingness to take His name each Sabbath?
10. What practices help you “hear and know the voice by which ye shall be called”?

5 Object Lessons

1. Baptismal Covenant Card: Read the sacrament prayer phrase “take upon them the name” and highlight “always remember Him.”
2. Name Badge + Oil Vial: Witness (badge) and ministration (oil) go together under His name.
3. Signature Line: Sign your name; then sign “In the name of Jesus Christ”—which signature directs your choices?
4. Lantern: A light labeled “Christian”—when filled (Holy Ghost), it shines; without oil, label means little.
5. Seal/Embossing: Press an embossing seal onto paper—bearing His name leaves a real impression.

10 Personal Sharing Prompts

1. Your baptism day memory that still shapes you.
2. A sacrament moment when “take upon His name” felt new.
3. When the Spirit prompted you to witness—and you did.
4. A time your quiet witness mattered more than you knew.
5. An instance you felt “known” by Christ.
6. How the temple changed your sense of belonging to His name.
7. A title or habit you laid down to honor His name.
8. Teaching a child the meaning of “Christian.”
9. A scripture that helps you retain His name in your heart.
10. A recent prompting that sounded like His voice.

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Section 3 — What It Means in Practice: Covenants, Prophets, and Lifelong Discipleship

Anchor Quotes

• “What does it mean to be called by the name of Christ? Making and keeping covenants… always remembering Him… standing as witnesses… serving… being a light.”
• “This is a lifelong pursuit… Joseph Smith: ‘no man ever arrived in a moment.’”
• “Line upon line, precept upon precept… Redemption only cometh in and through the Holy Messiah.”
• King Benjamin: “Remember to retain the name [of Christ] written always in your hearts… that ye hear and know the voice.”

Doctrinal focus: Discipleship is steady, covenantal apprenticeship under living prophets—daily remembering, obeying, and serving.

10 Engaging Questions

1. Which covenant promise do you most lean on to live His name?
2. How does “line upon line” protect us from discouragement?
3. Where do living prophets help you hear the Shepherd’s voice above other voices?
4. Which commandment most helps you “remember Him” on ordinary days?
5. What does “stand as a witness” look like in digital life?
6. Why is service an essential expression of bearing His name?
7. How do you keep discipleship central amid “competing voices and influences”?
8. What’s one habit that writes His name on your heart (not just on your calendar)?
9. How do repentance and the Holy Ghost keep the name fresh—not faded?
10. Where do you feel invited to “stand with prophets and apostles” this month?

5 Object Lessons

1. Dry-Erase vs. Permanent Marker: Writing Christ’s name on a heart cut-out—temporary vs. indelible practices.
2. Metronome: Small, steady beats (daily disciplines) make lifelong music.
3. Noise-Canceling Headphones: Prophetic counsel filters competing voices so we hear the Shepherd.
4. Apprentice Tools: Discipleship is skilled, hands-on training—scriptures, temple, sacrament.
5. Heart Locket: Place a tiny paper “Jesus Christ” inside—kept close, not displayed only.

10 Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A prophetic message that changed your pattern of living.
2. A “line upon line” moment that took months to ripen.
3. A daily practice that helps you always remember Him.
4. A time you stood as a witness even when awkward.
5. Where repentance revived your discipleship.
6. How ministering taught you the Savior’s way.
7. A choice you made to mute competing voices.
8. A time obedience lit your path when outcomes were uncertain.
9. A small, consistent discipline that bore outsized fruit.
10. How you teach children/youth to love the Lord’s voice.

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Section 4 — The Gassner Story: Bearing His Name by Doing Good to the One

Anchor Quotes

• “My great-grandfather was changed forever because a humble branch president answered the Savior’s call.”
• In two hours the branch president secured work and housing: not a checklist—simply living the gospel (Alma model: liberal to all, in and out of the Church).
• “You can count the seeds in an apple, but you can’t count the apples from one seed.”
• “Joseph Smith: ‘A man filled with the love of God… ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.’”

Doctrinal focus: Wearing Christ’s name means seeing and lifting the one—practical, immediate, covenant kindness with multigenerational impact.

10 Engaging Questions

1. What did the branch president understand about discipleship and the name of Christ?
2. Why do practical helps (work, housing) count as pure religion?
3. Where in your town is the “funeral home upstairs” church—unlikely places God is working?
4. What small seed of kindness might yield apples you’ll never see?
5. How can Relief Society operationalize “liberal to all… in and out of the Church”?
6. What keeps us from acting within “two hours” like that branch president did?
7. How can we discern between rescuing and empowering when we help?
8. What does it look like to be called “Christian” by those who don’t yet believe?
9. How do we involve youth in this kind of immediate discipleship?
10. What systems could your ward council build to “not send any away”?

5 Object Lessons

1. Apple & Seeds: Pass an apple; ask sisters to count seeds vs. future apples—impact beyond sight.
2. Two-Hour Timer: Set a timer—what could your quorum/class do for someone before it dings?
3. Open Door Key: A simple key labeled “Job/Housing/Meal”—practical keys open spiritual doors.
4. Blank Checklist: Title it “Things Not on a Checklist” and list spontaneous promptings you’ll act on.
5. Map & Pin: Place a pin where one act of service changed a lineage (your ward’s “Bern Temple story”).

10 Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A time someone lifted you with very practical help.
2. An “apple seed” act you did that later multiplied.
3. A moment you were “liberal to all” and felt the Spirit confirm it.
4. A person outside the Church you now see as “your stewardship.”
5. How ministering visits turned into meaningful problem-solving.
6. When you acted quickly on a prompting and saw God’s timing.
7. A Relief Society service that impacted a family tree.
8. Your own “funeral home upstairs” sacred space story.
9. The name outsiders would use for your discipleship—and why.
10. One doable “two-hour” plan you feel prompted to attempt this week.

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Section 5 — Defined by Ordinances, Covenants, and Doing Good in Christ’s Name

Anchor Quotes

• “Perhaps the greatest sermons are the ones we never hear but see in quiet deeds.”
• “They did not send away any… whether out of the church or in the church.”
• “John: ‘The world itself could not contain the books that should be written.’”
• “In the end, our identity isn’t defined by the world. Our discipleship is defined by the ordinances we receive, the covenants we keep, and the love we show.”
• “He is the One who said, ‘I have called thee by… name; thou art mine.’”

Doctrinal focus: Christ’s disciples are known to Him by name; we show His name through covenant faithfulness and Christlike love that does not send any away.

10 Engaging Questions

1. What “unwritten sermons” of Christ have you witnessed in your ward?
2. How do ordinances and covenants define your discipleship more than titles or opinions?
3. Where does “not sending away any” stretch you the most?
4. How can a ward be both doctrinally clear and radically welcoming?
5. What does it look like to do good “in His name” at scale (systems) and at the one (spontaneity)?
6. How can we keep a record (even small) of Christlike deeds to remember His goodness?
7. What does “thou art mine” suggest about worthiness, repentance, and persistence?
8. Which covenant blessing helps you persist in doing good when it’s unnoticed?
9. How can Relief Society be an engine of both conversion and belonging?
10. If Jesus wrote one more book of His deeds in your ward, what chapter would you hope to appear in?

5 Object Lessons

1. Blank Journal Labeled “If the Books Were Written”: Invite sisters to write this week’s unseen mercies/ministries.
2. Door Wedge: A wedge labeled “Covenants” keeps our door open—“send none away.”
3. Temple Recommend Holder: Our discipleship is defined by covenants (who we are), not applause (what others say).
4. Name Engraver/Tag: Christ engraves our names on His palms—let His name mark our deeds.
5. Two Baskets: “Worldly titles” vs. “Ordinances & Covenants”—which basket are you adding to?

10 Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A quiet deed you witnessed that preached Christ to you.
2. How an ordinance anchored you in a hard month.
3. A person you refused to “send away” and what changed.
4. A time doing good felt explicitly “in His name.”
5. The most meaningful phrase to you from Isaiah 43:1 (“thou art mine”).
6. How a temple pattern is shaping your weekday discipleship.
7. Where you’re learning to balance boundary and welcome.
8. A moment you felt personally called by name by the Lord.
9. A practice to notice and record God’s works among you.
10. Your next step to let love—not labels—define you.

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Conclusion: Teaching With Power in Relief Society

This lesson plan helps you walk sisters through Elder Cuvelier’s message in five movement-steps:

1. Identity in Christ above every other label
2. Covenantal taking of His name
3. Daily discipleship through prophets, covenants, and remembering
4. Doing good to the one with generational impact
5. Discipleship defined by ordinances, covenants, and Christlike love

Each section supplies scripture-anchored quotes, conversation-catalyzing questions, simple visuals, and testimony-inviting prompts. As you prayerfully choose the pieces your sisters most need, expect more than a discussion: expect the Spirit to rename, re-commit, and re-send disciples who truly bear the name of Christ—known to Him, called by Him, and gladly acting in His name.

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