Abuse
Further Study
- Gospel Study: Abuse
Guides
- Handbook 1, 17.3.2; 17.1.26; 7.2-7.5
- Preventing and Responding to Spouse Abuse
- Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse
- Responding to Abuse: Helps for Ecclesiastical Leaders
- Responding to Abuse: Helps for Bishops (DVD)
Handouts/Presentations
- LDS Family Services (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
Messages from Church Leaders
- “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
- “School Thy Feelings, O My Brother,” Thomas S. Monson, October 2009 general conference
- “The Tongue of Angels,” Jeffrey R. Holland, April 2007 general conference
Video Media
- Video: Protect the Child
Messages from Church Leaders
“Protect the Children,” Dallin H. Oaks, October 2012 general conference
Addiction
Guides
- Handbook 1, 6.7.1; 17.2.11
- Addiction Recovery Program Guide
Internet Tools
Messages from Church Leaders
- “The Power to Change,” James E. Faust, October 2007 general conference
Video Media
- Mormon Messages: Addiction—You Will Be Freed
- Mormon Messages: Watch Your Step
Bishops' Storehouse/Commodities
Guides
- Handbook 1, 5.1.1
- Preach My Gospel: Chapter 4 - Recognizing the Spirit (on regarding how temporal matters are discerned through the Spirit)
- Worldwide Leadership Training: February 2011 - “Working with the Ward Council”
- Worldwide Leadership Training: 2009 - “The Welfare Responsibilities of a Bishop,” Bishop H. David Burton
Handouts/Presentations
- The Bishops' Storehouse (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
Internet Tools
Messages from Church Leaders
- “Providing in the Lord’s Way,” Dieter F. Uchtdorf, October 2011 general conference
Community Resources
Forms
Guides
- Handbook 1, 5.2.4
- Handbook 2, 6:2:4; 6.2.5
- Worldwide Leadership Training: 2009 - “The Welfare Responsibilities of a Bishop,” Bishop H. David Burton
Internet Tools
Emergency Preparedness
Further Study
- Gospel Study: Emergency Preparedness and Response web page
Guides
Internet Tools
- Guidelines for Disaster Cleanup and Church Volunteer Safety
- Guidelines for Ward and Stake Emergency Plans
- Guidelines for Emergency Communication
- FAQs on Emergency Communication
- Guidelines for Use of Meetinghouses as Emergency Shelters
Employment
Guides
- Bishop's Guide: Employment
- Career Workshop Participant Guide
- Handbook 1, 5.1.1
- Handbook 1, 17.1.30
- Self-Employment Workshop - Facilitator's Guide
- Self-Employment Workshop - Participant's Handbook
Handouts/Presentations:
- Deseret Industries (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
- Employment Resource Services (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
Internet Tools
- Career Workshop
- Coaching Techniques
- Employment Resources and Job Search Tips
- Helping Members Develop a Career Plan
- Identifying Resources That Exist in the Ward
- LDS Employment Resource Center
- LDS Jobs Website
- Self-Employment Workshop
- Deseret Industries
Messages from Church Leaders
- “Providing in the Lord’s Way,” Dieter F. Uchtdorf, October 2011 general conference
- “This Is Your Phone Call,” Richard C. Edgley, April 2009 general conference
Finances
Further Study
- Gospel Study: Finances
Guides
- Family Finance Workshop: Facilitator's Guide
- Family Finance Workshop: Participant's Guide
- Family Finance Workshop: Spending Register
- “Managing Family Finances,” Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood: Basic Manual for Priesthood Holders, Part A: Lesson 21
Handouts/Presentations
- Pamphlet: All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Finances
- Pamphlet: One for the Money: Guide to Family Finance
Internet Tools
Messages from Church Leaders
- “Constancy amid Change,” N. Eldon Tanner, Liahona, Feb 1982
- “Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts,” Joseph B. Wirthlin, Liahona, May 2004
- “Temporal Wealth and the Kingdom of God,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young
Video Media
- Mormon Messages: Becoming Provident Providers
Food Storage
Further Study
- Gospel Study: Food Storage
Forms
Guides
Handouts/Presentations
- Canneries and Food Processing Plants (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
- Pamphlet: All Is Safety Gathered In: Family Home Storage
Internet Tools
Overcoming Pornography
Further Study
- Gospel Study: Combating Pornography website
Guides
- Handbook 1, 17.3.9
- Bishop's Guide: Overcoming Pornography
- Accurately Assessing the Scope of a Member’s Pornography Use
- Helping Members Develop a Plan to Overcome Pornography
- Helping Those with Pornography Problems through Repentance and Forgiveness
Handouts/Presentations
Internet Tools
Messages from Church Leaders
- “Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul,” Jeffrey R. Holland, April 2010 general conference
Video Media
- Mormon Messages: To Look Upon
- Mormon Messages: Watch Your Step
Same-Sex Attraction
Further Study
- Gospel Study: Same-Gender Attraction
Guides
- Handbook 1, 4.5.2; 6.7.2; 6.10.6; 6.13.4; 16.3.3; 17.3.6; 17.3.10
- Handbook 2, 21.4.5; 21.4.6; 21.4.10
- Manual: God Loveth His Children
Messages from Church Leaders
- Church Responds to HRC Petition: Statement on Same-Sex Attraction Church news release, 12 October 2012
- “He Heals the Heavy Laden,” Dallin H. Oaks, Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2006, 6-9
- “Helping Those Who Struggle with Same-Gender Attraction,” Jeffrey R. Holland, Liahona, October 2007
- Official Church Statement: Same-Gender Attraction, Elder Oaks and Elder Wickman interview, 2006
- “Same-Gender Attraction,” Dallin H. Oaks, Liahona, Mar 1996
- “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Self-Reliance
Guides
- The Gospel and the Productive Life: Student Manual
- The Gospel and the Productive Life: Teacher Manual
Internet Tools
Video Media
Single Expectant Parents
Guides
- Handbook 1, 17.3.12
- Handbook 2, 20.2
Handouts/Presentations
Internet Tools
- Options for pregnancy: It's about Love website
Messages from Church Leaders
- “The Sacred Responsibilities of Parenthood,” M. Russell Ballard, March 2006 Liahona
Training and Materials
Worldwide Leadership Training
View the most recent training broadcast and the archives of past training broadcasts. They include the 2009 Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting: Basic Principles of Welfare and Self-Reliance, which provided training for priesthood leaders and Relief Society presidencies on basic principles of welfare and self-reliance.
Welfare Principles Training
- Handbook 2: Administering the Church
- Providing in the Lord´s Way: Summary of a Leader´s Guide to
- Providing in the Lord´s Way: A Leader´s Guide to Welfare
- Video: Directing Welfare Work - direction for bishoprics
- Video: The Work of Welfare - ward council and member responsibilities with ward welfare needs
- Video: Welfare - the Relief Society's role in welfare
- Welfare Duties of Bishops
- Welfare Duties of Priesthood Quorums
- Welfare Duties of the Relief Society
Handouts/Presentations
- Pamphlet: Providing in the Lord's Way: A Churchwide Plan for Caring for the Poor and Needy
- Canneries and Food Processing Plants (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
- Deseret Industries (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
- Home Storage Centers (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
- Principles of Welfare (PowerPoint Handout)
- Employment Resource Services (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
- LDS Family Services (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
- Helping Others with Self-Reliance (PowerPoint Handout)
- The Bishops' Storehouse (PDF Handout | PowerPoint Handout)
Video Media
