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Western North Carolina UMC Clergy Leadership Program

Event Date: May 1, 2019

Western North Carolina UMC Clergy Leadership Program Reynolds Ministries and Programs United Methodist Foundation of Western North Carolina, Inc. An immersion day at The Church of the Saviour, with a focus on connecting faith and money Wednesday, May 1st Festival Center 1640 Columbia Rd NW Washington, DC   [Read More …]

Greening Your Money: A Workshop

Event Date: February 23, 2019

You shall love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your resources. Deuteronomy 6:4 Our faith traditions invite us to live out our values in the world in every aspect of our lives; but what is our money doing in the world on our behalf? What do the funds we have in savings or investments really support, and how can we ensure those dollars are helping to care for our   [Read More …]

Trip of Perspective: Haiti June 26 to July 3, 2019

Event Date: June 26, 2019

We’ll meet grassroots urban & rural leaders building inspiring, liberating community-based responses to systemic challenges. We’ll learn about Haiti’s culture, history and policies in relation to the US. Relationship-building and daily reflection will anchor our time together. In Port-au-Prince, we’ll be with dedicated young people from economically marginalized communities starting   [Read More …]

Meet Faith and Money Network Board Member Paul Taylor

As a small business owner, I was aware of the growing wealth of our family.  I was also committed to not letting affluence dominate my values and lifestyle.  What I have found most helpful in this struggle to maintain spiritual balance has been my association with Faith & Money Network.  Through trips of perspective, workshops, and wonderful personal relationships I have been helped to keep a   [Read More …]

GIVING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

“Loving God is an intentional commitment to self-sacrifice for the well-being of others.”          Rev. Mike Slaughter 2018 was a year of uncertain times, and not just for the stock market which experienced the worst year since the recession. Certainly, that was and is the situation if your job is affected by Trump’s threatened tariffs or government shutdowns, as well as for retirees whose   [Read More …]

Meet Faith and Money Network Board Member Kaci Jensen

Becoming the first of my immediate and extended family to be a doctor, expanded my financial world. I believe that God gave me this work to do, and the income comes with it. He wants me to use the income for His purposes. I was pressured by others to buy nice things in the first couple years of my full-time work. I was paying off my student debt and giving to the church. I wasn’t sure how much to   [Read More …]

A GIFT FOR ALL TIME: A GIFT FOR GOD

“After the wise men had gone, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up! Hurry and take the child and his mother to Egypt! Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill him.’”                                                 Matthew 2:13, The Poverty and Justice Bible What do you plan to give God this year? How   [Read More …]

A LIFE OF CONSCIOUS INTENTION

Read Part 1: The Early Years Part 2: Two Teachers Appear Living simply was important for both Frank and Ruth. Choosing to have a smaller home and to drive an older car, and by being generally detached from “things,” allowed a rich space to emerge from which they could give. Together they raised their three children to follow their lead. Frank related the following story about his old Dodge   [Read More …]