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Use the Tip Exchange to share stewardship tips, ideas and resources you have found valuable with other stewardship leaders. It's also a great place to pick up some great ideas to enhance your own Good $ense Ministry! We would love to hear from you!  Click here to send us your tip. (Please understand that all submissions will be reviewed prior to posting and some editing may be made.)

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by Stephen Hallie (Living Hope Church, Albertville/St. Michael MN)
 I just wanted to comment on one minor thing that could enhance the course. In the budget section, it would be a good idea to add an area specifically for Pets. I know that for us, and more so for friends/coworkers of ours, pets can be a HUGE expense, similar to the "gifts" section - which is a big eye-opener when you see that for the first time. If you have pets, you know what I mean. Simply start adding up the food, vet bills, toys, beds, outfits? (Hey I don't, but some people do!), ...
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There's no good use for a credit card.
by Ken Lindberg (Our Savior Lutheran Church, Tacoma WA)
 In Session Three, we ask our learners how they feel about this bold statement: There's no good use for a credit card. I got some of the typical responses (rent a car, book a airline ticket, reserve a hotel room, etc.) but one woman said, "Well, in a pinch they work well as an ice scrapper for your windshield!"...
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Keep Your Ears Open!
by Ken and Felicia Hairr (Alpharetta, GA)
 

KEN SAYS......
Fellow Good $ense teachers and trainers, are you running out of people at your church that haven’t experienced a Good $ense workshop? We keep our ears open as we meet with people in various organizations listening for felt needs in the financial/stewardship arena. Several months back we ate lunch with a woman that runs a prison ministry in Atlanta GA and sensed such a need. We explained Good $ense to her and volunteered to teach if she would open doors for us. ...
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Workshop To Help Folks Avoid Over-Spending At Christmas
by Al Rossi (Bethel Fellowship - Philadelphia, PA)
 

These documents were used for a class we offered at Bethel last fall. Its purpose was to help people avoid overdoing it at Christmas. My partner, Frank Viola, in the Good $ense Ministry at Bethel developed it and taught it. The "zipped" folder contains four files, as follows:

  • Word document (Cash Crunch Intro) - one-page intro used for promotion
  • Word document (The Christmas Cash Crunch) - facilitator's note book <...
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