Fast offerings are for providing immediate, temporary aid to meet physical needs like housing, food, or medicine. Priesthood leaders can use fast offering funds to help those with immediate needs. Long-term needs should be addressed with other resources. The document provides details on fast offerings and assistance for leaders.
Fast offerings are for providing immediate, temporary aid to meet physical needs like housing, food, or medicine. Priesthood leaders can use fast offering funds to help those with immediate needs. Long-term needs should be addressed with other resources. The document provides details on fast offerings and assistance for leaders.
Fast offerings are for providing immediate, temporary aid to meet physical needs like housing, food, or medicine. Priesthood leaders can use fast offering funds to help those with immediate needs. Long-term needs should be addressed with other resources. The document provides details on fast offerings and assistance for leaders.
Fast offerings are for providing immediate, temporary aid to meet physical needs like housing, food, or medicine. Priesthood leaders can use fast offering funds to help those with immediate needs. Long-term needs should be addressed with other resources. The document provides details on fast offerings and assistance for leaders.
fast-offering-related assignments and duties Fast offerings are for when people need include: immediate, temporary aid in meeting physical needs. These could be housing, food, medi- 1. Preparing medical fast-offering requests up cine, or other necessities. A priesthood leader to $10,000. can use fast-offering funds to help those with 2. Reviewing fast-offering use and training immediate needs. Long-term or chronic needs needs or other action. should be addressed with other tools found within this guide. Who is this for?
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Description is priesthood leaders at the ward or branch Many guides exist to help Church leaders give level who give help to those in need. Ward and fast offerings and assist those in need: stake council members may also use these re- 1. General Handbook: Serving in The Church sources to support bishops as they give others of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2020), assistance. 22.6.4.5, “Fast Offerings,” How it works ChurchofJesusChrist.org 2. Self-Reliance Plan form A priesthood leader will usually not give funds Church members in need fill out this form to the recipient directly. More precise informa- on their own or with the aid of a mentor. tion is given in the resources listed below. The form helps members assess their These guides and forms are available online. needs, income, and expenses and find re- Providing in the Lord’s Way is also in print and sources within the Lord’s storehouse. It will can be ordered at store.ChurchofJesusChrist also help them decide what service they can .org. give in return for assistance received and make their own plan for becoming more Where to learn more self-reliant. General Handbook, 22.6.3, “Principles and 3. Providing in the Lord’s Way Guidelines for Rendering Assistance” This in-depth booklet details the doctrine, ChurchofJesusChrist.org/study/manual/ the principles, and the duties of leaders general-handbook/22-providing-for-temporal regarding self-reliance and providing wel- -needs?lang=eng#title_number53 fare assistance. Self-Reliance Plan 4. Welfare and Self-Reliance Leader Resources ChurchofJesusChrist.org/topics/welfare/leader This website gives leaders a place to find -resources/topics training materials and other aids. These in- clude handbooks, online links, Self-Reliance Providing in the Lord’s Way Plan forms, and information relating to ChurchofJesusChrist.org/bc/content/ldsorg/ welfare duties. topics/welfare/summary-leaders-guide-to -welfare.pdf Welfare and Self-Reliance Leader Resources ChurchofJesusChrist.org/callings/welfare-self -reliance