Ideal for weekend seminars, Sunday school classes, or retreats. *Small groups of 4 to 9 members *Large groups of 10 to 100 or more Format options include: *One-day seminar *Friday night/Saturday seminar *Two 3 1/2 -hour sessions *Six 50-minute sessions *One-, two-, or three-day retreats Good $ense Sessions 1.The Financial Dilemma 2.Earning, Giving, and Saving 3.Saving and Debt 4.Spending 5.Balancing the Plan and Record Keeping 6.Record Keeping and Commitment Everyone in Your Church Can Experience the Joy of Financial Freedom These are the words people most often use to describe the Good $ense Budget Course---a proven resource for changing hearts and lives in the area of finances. Field tested for more than sixteen years at Willow Creek and other churches, Good $ense can help relieve the crushing stress and anxiety caused by consumer debt, restore marriages torn by conflict over money, heal wounded self-esteem and shattered confidence resulting from poor financial decisions, and remove stumbling blocks to spiritual growth. Good $ense will help the people in your church discover tools and develop skills that enable them to control their finances rather than allowing their finances to control them. They'll receive practical help and guidance to: *Prioritize financial goals *Develop a personalized spending plan *Identify action steps to reduce expenses *Reduce debt . . . and much more More than just a learning experience about budgets and finances, this course enables participants to reflect on their relationship to money and how it impacts their relationship to God. No matter what their circumstances---financial crisis or abundance---Good $ense can help everyone in your church . . . *Discover how to become a diligent earner, generous giver, wise saver, cautious debtor, and prudent consumer *Learn how to resist the pull of the culture and draw closer to the mind and heart of God *Experience the joy of becoming financially faithful as well as financially free Grace. Joy. Freedom. Everything you need to conduct 6 life-changing sessions is right here. The Good $ense Budget Course kit includes: 1 -- Leader's guide 1 -- Participant's guide 1 -- PowerPoint CD-ROM 1 -- 45-minute segmented video in both VHS &amp; DVD formats All items except DVD also sold separately. www.GoodSenseMinistry.com

Good Sense Budget Course: Biblical Financial Principles for Transforming Your Finances and Life

Towner, Dick

Tofilon, John

Zondervan

Everyone in Your Church Can Experience the Joy of Financial Freedom The Good $ense Budget Course helps participants discover tools and develop skills that enable them to control their finances, rather than allowing their finances to control them. Participants get practical help and guidance to: Prioritize financial goals Develop a personalized spending plan Identify action steps to reduce expenses Reduce debt, and much more! More than just a learning experience about budgets and finances, the course enables participants to reflect on their relationship to money and how it impacts their relationship to God. No matter what their circumstances--financial crisis or abundance--Good $ense can help everyone in your church to: Discover how to become a diligent earner, generous giver, wise saver, cautious debtor, and prudent consumer Learn how to resist the pull of the culture and draw closer to the mind and heart of God Experience the joy of becoming financially faithful as well as financially free The result is a congregation whose finances---and lives---are characterized by grace, joy, and freedom. Everything You Need Is Right Here! The Good $ense Budget Course includes one each of the following: Leader's Guide Includes complete teaching text leader notes, teaching tips, and more Participant's Guide Provides step-by-step guidelines through six sessions, individual and group activities, and resources for next steps 45-minute segmented video Includes inspiring testimonies, powerful dramas, and person-on-the-street interviews to punctuate course teaching and encourage group discussion CD-ROM Feature an easy-to-use PowerPoint presentation to enhance teaching points in each session. Also includes reproducible forms. Life-changing, comprehensive, and ready to teach! Ideal for weekend seminars, Sunday school classes, or retreats Small groups of 4 to 9 members Large groups of 10 to 100 or more Can be presented in several formats: One-day seminar Friday night/Saturday seminar Two 31/2 -hour sessions Six 50-minute sessions One-, two-, or three-day retreats

Good Sense Budget Course Leader's Guide: Biblical Financial Principles for Transforming Your Finances and Life

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Grace. Joy. Freedom.Are those the first words that come to mind when you think of finances? They could be! Grace, joy, and freedom are words people most often use to describe their experience of Good $ense―a proven, biblical resource for changing hearts and lives in the area of finances.In the Good $ense Budget Course you’ll discover tools and develop skills to help you control your finances so you finances don’t end up controlling you. You’ll get training in biblical financial principles as well as help and guidance to:Prioritize financial goalsDevelop a personalized spending planIdentify action steps to reduce expensesReduce debt, and much more!More than just a learning experience about budgets and finances, the course also enables you to reflect on your relationship to money and how it impacts your relationship to God. No matter what your circumstances―financial crisis or abundance―Good $ense can help you:Discover how to become a diligent earner, generous giver, wise saver, cautious debtor, and prudent consumerLearn how to resist the pull of the culture and draw closer to the mind and heart of GodExperience the joy of becoming financially faithful as well as financially freeThe result is a God-honoring financial lifestyle characterized by grace, joy, and freedom.

Good Sense Budget Course Participant's Guide: Biblical Financial Principles for Transforming Your Finances and Life

Good Sense Budget Course Video: Biblical Financial Principles for Transforming Your Finances and Life

Everyone in Your Church Can Experience the Joy of Financial Freedom The Good $ense Budget Course CD-ROM enhances learning in each of the six Good $ense sessions. It includes: * PowerPoint presentations: o Notes and outlines for each session o Financial sayings * Reproducible handouts: o Biblical Financial Principles o Debt-Reduction Plan o Good $ense Budget Course Pre-work o Sample Good $ense Budget Course Publicity o Spending Plan o Spending Record o Course Evaluation This CD-ROM is intended for use with the Good $ense Budget Course---a complete, 6-session curriculum perfect for use in adult Sunday school classes, weekend seminars, retreats, and more.

Good Sense Budget Course PowerPoint--CD-ROM: Biblical Financial Principles for Transforming Your Finances and Life

There is a tremendous need for churches today to educate and assist people with managing their resources in God-honoring ways. A Good $ense Ministry does that--it can relieve the crushing stress and anxiety caused by consumer debt, restore marriages torn by the conflict over money, and heal the wounded self-esteem and shattered confidence resulting from poor financial decisions. Most significantly, a Good $ense Ministry can be used by God to remove a major stumbling block to spiritual growth and development. The Good $ense curriculum kit includes everything the local church needs to launch and lead an effective Good $ense Ministry. Based on over sixteen years of ministry at Willow Creek and other churches, Good $ense is a field-tested, proven resource for teaching, training, and changing lives and hearts in the area of finances. Good $ense Counselor Training Workshop For: Volunteer counselors Purpose: To train and equip laypersons to provide free, biblically-based, confidential counsel to assist families and individuals in addressing financial questions or difficulties Contents: This one-day, five-session workshop offers training for volunteers to become Good $ense budget counselors. Provides teaching on the foundations of the Good $ense Ministry and hands-on training in preparing for and conducting a first meeting, listening skills, counseling techniques, and more. Components: 1 Leader's Guide, 1 Participant's Guide, 1 PowerPoint CD-ROM, 1 45-minute segmented video

Good Sense Counselor Training Workshop PowerPoint CD-ROM: Equipping You to Help Others Transform Their Finances and Lives

Take the next step in helping build a church congregation whose finances--and lives--are characterized by grace, joy, and freedom as you inspire and equip leaders to launch and lead a year-round stewardship ministry.This kit includes• The entire 6-session Freed-Up Financial Living teaching on an easily implemented DVD that can be used in small groups, individually or in seminars• 3 copies of the Participant's Guide* Quick-start guide• Teaching notes and tools (downloadable)• Promotional materials (downloadable)* Money, Purpose, Joy by Matt Bell

Freed-up Financial Living Ministry Leader's Kit (Good Sense)

Plate, Shannon

Navpress Pub Group

The inclusive six-session curriculum outlines biblical essentials on earning, giving, saving, spending, and reducing debt, while providing practical tips to help participants achieve their own financial, personal, and spiritual goals--whether you're working with small groups, individuals, or in larger group settings. With updated participant materials, dramas, and teaching, Freed-Up Financial Living combines encouraging, grace-filled delivery with the right balance of biblical principles and practical application that will revitalize your approach to stewardship. Inject new life into your entire church ministry as you provide a tested platform from which people's finances can be radically transformed. Geared for small group settings, the material easily adapts to seminars or individual use. Individual Participant's Guides can be reordered as needed to introduce solid, biblical stewardship principles to a brand-new audience.

Freed-Up Financial Living Participant's Workbook: How to Get There with Biblical Principles (Good Sense)

Freed-up in Later-life Participants Guide: Planning Now for Beyond 65 (Good Sense)

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