by Sister Diane Burgoon, Stake Self-Reliance Group Coordinator, 330-430-9912, diane.burgoon@yahoo.com
Self-Reliance Groups
Thanks to all who participated in the new Emotional Resilience groups and in the Personal Finance group. There is so much helpful information, and I am sure that everyone gained insightful knowledge to further them toward their goals of self-reliance.
We will be starting new virtual groups in January, so please let me know if you are interested in any of the following groups:
- Emotional Resilience
- Personal Finance
- Starting and Growing My Business
- Find a Better Job
- Education for Better Work
- Life Skills (for older youth and young single adults)
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
Without self-reliance one cannot exercise these innate desires to serve. How can we give if there is nothing there? Food for the hungry cannot come from empty shelves. Money to assist the needy cannot come from an empty purse. Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And most important of all, spiritual guidance cannot come from the spiritually weak.
Marion G. Romney, “The Celestial Nature of Self-Reliance,” Ensign, Nov. 1982, 93
Whatever causes us to be dependent on someone else for decisions or resources we could provide for ourselves weakens us spiritually and retards our growth toward what the gospel plan intends us to be.
Dallin H. Oaks, “Repentance and Change,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2003, 40
Self-reliance is the ability, commitment, and effort to provide the spiritual and temporal necessities of life for self and family. As members become self-reliant, they are also better able to serve and care for others.
Handbook 2
Contact your ward Self-Reliance Specialist, or myself (contact information in header above), for more information on joining a self-reliance group or Pathway. If you have any other questions or concerns, please let me know.
For more information on becoming or helping others become more self-reliant, see: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/self-reliance/blog
The Lord has declared, It is my purpose to provide for my saints. D&C 104:15
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