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Financial Peace University-2 New Life Group Offerings

This is a biblically based finance class to help you get out of debt!

Preview Class-come check it out with your family!

August 23 and 24th at 6:30 PM at OOTBWC at 516 Main Street, Hillsville

This year we will offer two classes!  You need only pick the one that suits you best!  One class for two hours a week!

START DATE:            September 13-Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm

OR

                             September 14- Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm-adults and kids!

(On Weds. evening we will offer a class for kids called Financial Peace Junior!  It’s never too early to start teaching our children about money.  The sooner they learn, the better prepared they will be!   So while Mom and Dad are in their class-the kids can be learning the same things on their level!    Donna Godwin will be teaching this class while her husband, Cort will be teaching the adult classes.  )

This course is an investment of $99.51 per family to cover all of the supplies.  This gives you a lifetime membership in FPU and you can retake the class as many times as you would like at no extra cost.  As I said, this is a wise investment in your future.  The kids class is free.  Below is a detailed list of the kit contents.

Please follow the blogpost for testimonials from previous class members, including the coordinators, Cort and Donna Godwin.  When you follow the steps, this will change the way you live and handle money!  God made us to be good stewards of his creation-including money.  See you there!!!!

Need more info?  Contact us at 1-276-766-3205- Cort & Donna Godwin

Financial Peace University is a 13-week program that encourages positive behavior with accountability and support. Personal finance is 80 percent behavior and only 20 percent head knowledge.

• Teaches financial responsibility with easy baby steps
• Helps eliminate debt using the Debt Snowball method
• Offers accountability and continued support with lifetime membership
• Trains participants to spend every dollar on paper with the zero-based budget planner
• Empowers people struggling with financial hardships by establishing a plan to take control of their finances

The Financial Peace University Member Kit includes:

Financial Peace University Workbook
13 life-changing lessons designed to be worth $2,000-$3,000 in information and education!

All 13 Lessons on CD
Listen to the lessons anytime, or use them as a refresher once you’ve completed the program

Dave’s best-selling book, Financial Peace Revisited
Over a million have benefited from these solid financial principles of common-sense money management

Financial Peace University Envelope System
Easy cash management envelope system

Budgeting Forms
Complete set of monthly budgeting forms and examples

UPDATED Financial Peace University Bonus CD
Includes financial calculator, screen saver and more!

Two Debit Card Holders
Helps you stop busting your budget!
Tip Cards
Easy reference guides for you to use when you go out
Member Resource Center
Information about how to get started in the MRC, a free online tool with exclusive clips, stories, assignments, forums, and much more

August 16, 2011 Posted by imagebearer | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Meet a growing, ‘Facebooking’ church

I am overwhelmed with what God is doing in Hillsville Virginia. Many years of prayer and preparation, many people putting in lots of work and worship, God is working in mighty ways.

Check out this article from ReThink Church.org

Click Here To Read The Entire Article: meet-growing-facebooking-church

Out of the Box Worship Center in Hillsville, Va., is living up to its name. Holston Conference has labeled it “one of the fastest new-church starts in United Methodism.” So, how is this small-town church, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, growing so rapidly? Two words: social media.

August 16, 2011 Posted by imagebearer | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Follow me…no, not Jesus, follow me…

I hope the title caught your attention and caused you to read, please keep reading.

In the sermon series that I am currently preaching “World Changers” I am talking about people God has used through the years to make a great impact on the world. We are spending four weeks looking at the lives of John Wesley, Charles Finney, Charles Spurgeon, and D.L. Moody.

The thought came to me that people would wonder why we are taking so much time to talk about people and not about Jesus, so let me explain.

The Bible teaches us as Christians we are to follow Christ. Matter of fact we are to follow Christ to such an extent that others can follow us. Look at Philippians chapter with me for just a moment.

Philippians 3: 7-21 NLT

⁷ I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. ⁸ Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ ⁹ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. ¹⁰ I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, ¹¹ so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!

¹² I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. ¹³ No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

¹⁵ Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. ¹⁶ But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.

¹⁷ Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. ¹⁸ For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. ¹⁹ They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth. ²⁰ But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. ²¹ He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.

Paul said his greatest desire was to know Jesus Christ and the power of His resurrection. His focus was on Christ, his conduct was to follow Jesus Christ. He had decided there was no value in anything earthly, only value in Christ. Based on this Paul said, “Follow Me”. Or follow my example. Paul stated he was not perfect but he was striving to be like Christ and so should we.

We as Christians should be able to look at others and say follow me because I am following Christ. This is not being prideful in any way. We are not to hide our good works, Jesus said not to brag about them. We are not to hide that we give, we are not to do it for the praise of people. We are to let our light shine for the world to see and then invite others to follow us. Remembering all the time that we will make mistakes, we are not perfect, but we are forgiven, followers of Christ.

By the way, when you follow me, you should be following the one I am to model.

Follow!

Ronnie

August 16, 2011 Posted by imagebearer | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment