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Ministry Leader's Aids
Notes, ideas and materials for
Good $ense Ministry Leader's:
Recommended
Book List
At an annual Good
$ense gathering of stewardship leader's, the question, "What
are your favorite books on the topic of stewardship?" was
asked. HERE
is a list of the recommendations.
Financial
Service Providers - MS Word, 41.5KB
This five-page document contains the following assistance
should you decide to provide a referral list of financial service providers:
1) Release Form - a sample form to edit and use when receiving
referral requests; 2) Sample Letter - a letter to edit and use
when providing your referral list (we also recommend providing documents
#4 and #5); 3) Financial Planner Referral List - a sample of
information a referral list might contain; 4) Interview Outline
- an form to use when interviewing a prospective Financial Planner; 5)
Selection of a Financial Planner - some helpful thoughts to consider
when choosing a Financial Planner.
The
Stewardship Dilemma
WCA News, the official
newsletter of the Willow Creek Association, devoted an entire issue to
stewardship. Packed with interesting and helpful articles--Dick
Towner shares solid financial stewardship principles; you will read about
the impact of a stewardship ministry as well as local churches experiences.
Ideas
For Stewardship Ministry Websites
If you're looking for
ideas to promote your stewardship ministry on your church's main
website, see what Springcreek Community Church, in
Garland, Texas is doing! Their site provides an overview of
the G$ ministry, lists all of its offerings with the ability to
register for classes or budget counseling. Our thanks to Gina
Buser for submitting this.
Teacher's Aids
Notes, ideas and materials for Good $ense Teacher's:
Name
Badges For Participant's - MS Word,
286KB
This document, created
by Carol Smidt of Cross Road Church UMC in Jacksonville, Florida,
is easy to use to make professional looking name tags for participant's
attending your workshops. Simpy insert their name, print,
cut and place into name badge holders.
Leader
/ Teacher Notes - PDF, 71.8KB, 7 pages (Revised
12-06-06)
How
to Consolidate PowerPoint Slides - PDF, 41KB, 1 page
Updated
statistics for the Leader's Guide and the Participant's
Guide
Seven
Session Format - PDF, 220 KB, 9 pages
This format can
be used if the course is being taught by a teacher, rather
than using the teaching DVD, in Sunday School and small group
settings. It contains discussion questions and suggestions
for homework.
Credit Card
Math
Here
is an interesting chart of total interest cost based on minimum
monthly payment and percent interest charged on a $5,000 credit
card balance.
Supplement
for "Debt Reduction" - Workshop Content
In Session 3, after
completing the Debt Repayment example in the content and before
the video, you may want to mention that recent Federal legislative
pressure on Credit Card companies to help cardholders get
out of debt sooner by increasing the amount of the minimum
monthly payment is causing some companies to raise the minimum
to 3% and 4% of the outstanding balance. Here
is an example of the debt reduction schedule utilizing a 4%
of balance repayment -- to print and review with your workshop
participant's; and here
are PowerPoint slides showing this example.
Personal
Action Step Reference Log
- MS Word, 26.0KB, 3 pgs (10-04)
This is a convenient tool for
participant's to use for a quick reference summary of all the action steps
encountered in the Budget Course and provides an excellent overview of
those steps.
Good
Sense MAP (Money Action Plan) - MS Word, 191KB, 5 pgs
(10-04)
This tool was developed by
Greg Sargent, WellSpring Community Church in Liberty Township, Ohio,
for participant's following the Budget Course Workshop to keep them
involved and working the process.
Leader
/ Teacher Notes - PDF, 65.2KB, 7 pages (Revised
7-06)
Summary
of Bankruptcy Law Effective 10-17-05 -
PDF, 18.1KB, 1 page
Position
Paper on Bankruptcy
This is an excellent
church position paper on bankruptcy used at Perimeter Church
in Duluth, GA.
Supplement
for "Debt Reduction" - Workshop Content
In Session 5, after
completing the Debt Repayment example in the content and before
the video, you may want to mention that recent Federal legislative
pressure on Credit Card companies to help cardholders get
out of debt sooner by increasing the amount of the minimum
monthly payment is causing some companies to raise the minimum
to 3% and 4% of the outstanding balance. Here
is an example to print and review with your workshop participant's,
and here
are PowerPoint slides of this example.
Credit Card
Math
Here
is an interesting chart of total interest cost based on minimum
monthly payment and percent interest charged on a $5,000 credit
card balance.
Dealing
with Counselor Discouragement - PDF, 20.4KB,
2 pages
How
to Consolidate PowerPoint Slides -
PDF, 41KB, 1 page
Some
Perspectives On Credit Counseling Agencies - PDF, 11KB,
2 pages
Session
4 - Role Play Notes for Leonard and Moore - PDF, 41KB,
1 page
Session
5 - Utilizing the Consumer Debt Reduction Calculator to Help
Clients - PDF, 6KB, 1 page
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