Funeral expenses paid by ward
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:35 pm
In our ward, we have had multiple funerals this year that have required the financial assistance of the ward. Assistance provided has included flowers for the service, clothing for the deceased, food for an after-service meal for the family, and a couple other items that aren't coming to me right now. All of these expenses have been taken out of the ward budget.
As we're approaching the end of the year, I'm wondering if some of these expenses would have been appropriate to come out of fast offering funds. Since these are expenses spent to assist individual members who couldn't otherwise afford them. The only input I can find in the Church handbooks is from 18.6.7:
Thanks!
As we're approaching the end of the year, I'm wondering if some of these expenses would have been appropriate to come out of fast offering funds. Since these are expenses spent to assist individual members who couldn't otherwise afford them. The only input I can find in the Church handbooks is from 18.6.7:
Is there specific guidance on how to handle funeral expenses? From experience, what has been the common procedure?In some cases, bishops can arrange with morticians to provide respectable burial services at cost when expenses are paid from fast-offering funds.
Thanks!