Cleveland Stake
Self Reliance Programs
The following programs are available within the Brisbane Australia Cleveland Stake. Each program generally runs once a week for 12 weeks, but can be shorter. They may be offered online or in person. You can register your interest to participate by clicking the links below.
Emotional Resilience
Help build emotional resilience in your life, including healthy thinking patterns, our body and emotions, managing stress and anxiety, understanding sadness and depression, overcoming anger, managing addictive behaviours, building healthy relationships, providing strength to others, and moving forward with faith.
Personal Finances
For those who want better control over their finances. Group members will learn how to eliminate debt, protect against financial hardship, and invest in the future. They will create a financial plan and follow a budget. Spouses are encouraged to attend together.
Starting and Growing My Business
This self-reliance group will help you learn to make wise business decisions as you start or grow a business. The goal of this group is not only to help you with your business; it is also to help you act in greater obedience and faith in the Lord and receive His promised blessings of temporal and spiritual self-reliance. Members learn key business skills such as identifying customer needs, finding customers, and keeping good business records.
Find a Better Job
For those who are looking for work or a better job. Group members will learn to identify opportunities, network, present themselves professionally, and prepare for job interviews. They will also set goals for contacts and interviews. This workbook includes the booklet My Foundation for Self-Reliance.
Education for Better Work
For those who need additional education or training to get a job. Group members will research, create, and present career and education plans. They will also spend time each week practicing skills that will help them be more effective learners. This workbook includes the booklet My Foundation for Self-Reliance.
Life Skills (Youth/ YSA)
For older youth and young single adults, Life Skills for Self-Reliance contains the most applicable content from three self-reliance manuals (Personal Finances, Find a Better Job, and Education for Better Work). This group helps participants research career and education opportunities, find and obtain employment, and learn how to manage their money. It will prepare them for missions, future education, military service, and work after high school.
My Foundation
My Foundation has been prepared to help members of the Church learn and put into practice principles of faith, education, hard work, and trust in the Lord. Accepting and living these principles will better enable you to receive the temporal blessings promised by the Lord.
Eat Healthy and Be Active
The Eat Healthy and Be Active programme was born. Extensive research was done and a prevention manual was written with a Pacific look and feel, which brought together the doctrine of the Word of Wisdom, words of the Church leaders and medical science. The program arms participants with information necessary to make informed choices regarding food and physical activity to reduce the risk of diabetes, while tracking personal progress over the 12-week course.
Success in School Begins at Home
Targeted at parents to help encourage and support their children with education. The purpose of this program is to help parents create a home environment that will help children succeed in school. It contains ideas and suggestions based on gospel principles and educational evidence.