Faith & Finances
This class is different from many other financial education programs. It’s not about helping participants achieve wealth or material success. Rather, it aims to empower participants to experience restoration in their finances and in their relationships. A financial education ministry that empowers low-income people with practical money management skills, biblical stewardship principles, and supportive relationships.
Topics include
- How money affects our relationships
- How values and attitudes shape money habits
- How to overcome financial obstacles
- How to set savings goals
- How to create a basic budget
- How to save money by living simply
- How to include joyful giving in your budget
- How to avoid debt and know your credit score
- When to borrow money in healthy ways
- How to open and use a bank account
- How to prepare for emergencies
- How to stick to new money habits
Affirming Potential
Discover YOUR God-given worth and potential by evaluating the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual areas of life. Through class teaching, group discussions, and personal reflection, participants will learn to accept their past, better understand the present, and prepare themselves to embrace their future. It builds on the foundation that God has created us with intrinsic worth and unique potential. Topics include
- Community – sharing our journey with others
- Physical Needs – our stuff and needs do not define us
- Emotions – taking control rather than out of control
- Relationships – how they influence our lives
- Spirituality – what or who determines truth for us
- Dreaming – an important component in moving forward
- Life Purpose Statement – helps us define our legacy
- Setting goals and actions steps – to set and execute our plan
Participants learn how to use the AP Dream Tool, which helps individuals set and achieve goals and steps to live out their God-given potential.