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Autn:ID - 175971
Welfare
Parents have a sacred responsibility to look after the physical and spiritual welfare of their children. As children grow older, they become more responsible for their own welfare.
Gospel Library > Gospel Topics
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Autn:ID - 171361
Welfare Square: Place of Hope for the Needy
He has seen firsthand how the welfare program changes people’s lives. “Welfare Square gives people hope and a place where they can feel good about themselves and others and it opens up opportunities for people to have a better future,” says Goodrich. One of the largest storehouses is located at Welfare Square in Salt Lake City.
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Autn:ID - 145354
“I Was an Hungred, and Ye Gave Me Meat”
Gordon B. Hinckley
Last year there were 563,000 days of donated labor in welfare facilities. This is the Rupert Idaho Welfare Farm, and those who are working here today are volunteers.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona
> May 2004
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Autn:ID - 144107
The Perpetual Education Fund
Gordon B. Hinckley
They are more likely to find themselves in need of welfare help. The operation of employment centers will rest with the welfare program.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona
> July 2001
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Autn:ID - 166910
A Provident Plan—A Precious Promise
Thomas S. Monson
Let us, for a moment, review the moorings, the underpinnings, even the foundation of the welfare program. What a blessing was mine to learn daily at the feet of such a master teacher and principle architect of the welfare program.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> May 1986
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Autn:ID - 168411
The Law of the Fast
L. Tom Perry
In this session of general conference this afternoon, we have been reviewing welfare principles as they have been revealed to us for our application over the last fifty years. There is one additional principle basic to this whole welfare plan which I would like to discuss with you this afternoon.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> May 1986
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Autn:ID - 167550
The Responsibility for Welfare Rests with Me and My Family
James E. Faust
The bedrock principle of which I speak is that the responsibility for welfare rests with me and my family. The purpose of the welfare program is to care for the poor and the needy and make the members of the Church, by their obedience to gospel principles, strong and self-reliant.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> May 1986
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Autn:ID - 134777
Guiding Principles of Personal and Family Welfare
Thomas S. Monson
Out of the meeting came a modern day application of eternal principles in what has come to be known as the welfare plan of the Church. Programs and procedures used to implement welfare principles have been modified, and they likely will continue to change from time to time to meet changing needs.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> September 1986
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Autn:ID - 171062
Boston Globe Reports on Church Welfare Program
The Church welfare program is a unique system that provides temporary relief while helping people to become self-reliant. The Globe article stated: “The facility, called a bishop’s storehouse, is a key part of a vast Mormon welfare system that is largely without parallel in the world of religion.” A comprehensive media package covering the Church’s welfare program is available on Newsroom: Click here to read the Boston Globe article in its entirety.
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Autn:ID - 169202
God Loves and Helps All of His Children
Keith B. McMullin
I would like to give my fast offering to the Welfare program of the Church.”10 The Church welfare plan is God-inspired. President Thomas S. Monson has said: “Welfare principles … do not change.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> November 2008
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Autn:ID - 168218
Welfare Principles to Guide Our Lives: An Eternal Plan for the Welfare of Men’s Souls
Robert D. Hales
The welfare plan builds a Zion people. 1. The welfare plan builds faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> May 1986
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Autn:ID - 167843
Principles and Programs
Glenn L. Pace
He said, “Brother Pace, do you know anything about welfare? One Saturday morning I was on my way to fulfill an assignment on a welfare farm.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> May 1986
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Autn:ID - 152371
God Loves and Helps All of His Children
Keith B. McMullin
I would like to give my fast offering to the Welfare program of the Church.”10 The Church welfare plan is God-inspired. President Thomas S. Monson has said: “Welfare principles … do not change.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona
> November 2008
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Autn:ID - 170892
Church Welfare Program Helps People Help Themselves During Tough Economic Times
Charlene Cummings from Leonardtown, Maryland, learned firsthand how the Church welfare system can change lives. Such a system endures today, a two-way system where one helps another in need and they both benefit. “If you build self-reliance in people,” noted Dennis Lifferth, managing director of the Church’s welfare program, “everybody grows; it is the essence of the welfare plan.
News Releases & Stories
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Autn:ID - 171179
Welfare and Self Reliance
Funding for the welfare program is provided by donations from Church members. In some locations with high concentrations of Church members, welfare facilities may be substantial.
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Autn:ID - 171753
New Harrisville Welfare Services Center Dedicated
Bishop Richard C. Edgley, First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has dedicated a new welfare services center in Harrisville, Utah. The 54,817 square-foot facility will house multiple Church welfare services, including the Deseret Industries and LDS Family Services, as well as Church Distribution Services and a humanitarian service room, which will open in October.
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Autn:ID - 166932
And Who Is My Neighbor?
H. David Burton
A briefing on humanitarian assistance was recently given to the General Welfare Committee of the Church. Laura Ridge-Cosby, San Diego, California, in an unsolicited card received by Welfare Services. 2.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> May 2008
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Autn:ID - 144203
And Who Is My Neighbor?
H. David Burton
A briefing on humanitarian assistance was recently given to the General Welfare Committee of the Church. Laura Ridge-Cosby, San Diego, California, in an unsolicited card received by Welfare Services. 2.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona
> May 2008
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Autn:ID - 168139
“I Was an Hungred, and Ye Gave Me Meat”
Gordon B. Hinckley
Last year there were 563,000 days of donated labor in welfare facilities. This is the Rupert Idaho Welfare Farm, and those who are working here today are volunteers.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign
> May 2004
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Autn:ID - 144373
“And the Lord Called His People Zion”
Spencer W. Kimball
When viewed in this light, we can see that Welfare Services is not a program, but the essence of the gospel. See D&C 104:15–18.) These principles govern welfare services activities.
Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona
> December 1984
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