The 75th anniversary of the welfare plan—commemorated this year—gives Latter-day Saints the opportunity to reflect on basic principles such as becoming self-reliant, caring for the poor and needy, and serving others. When we live these principles, we are better able to alleviate suffering, build character, and foster unity.
To provide in the Lord’s way, we must develop our own self-reliance and then seek to help others become self-reliant.
To provide in the Lord’s way, we must develop our own self-reliance and then seek to help others become self-reliant.
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“The real long-term objective of the welfare plan is the building of character in the members of the Church, givers and receivers, rescuing all that is finest down deep inside of them, and bringing to flower and fruitage the latent richness of the spirit, which after all is the mission and purpose and reason for being of this Church.”
—President J. Reuben Clark
