Future Events
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OPEN MIC NIGHT Feb 17 at 8 pm in FH: OPEN MIC
Faith 101 Starting Feb 29 at 7 pm in FH: Faith 101
Otterbein Choir Coming on Mar 11: Otterbein Choir
Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace University” Will Start on Feb 19: Financial Peace University
OPEN MIC
Faith 101
Otterbein Choir
On Sunday March 11 we will be hosting the Otterbein University Choir that will be presenting a concert in our sanctuary. It is a tremendous opportunity for us to be able to offer to the community an amazing choir. Our primary responsibility will be to house these 52 singers. If you are able to house one or some of the singers please contact John and Irene Siegler at irenesigler@gmail.com.
Financial Peace University
STARTING FEBRUARY 19 thru MAY 13 , DAVE RAMSEY’s “FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY” WILL BE HELD AT OUR CHURCH. Click Link Below For Enrollment Information:
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University Course Information for FPC Strasburg
From An Article in The January 19, 2012 Edition of The “STRASBURG WEEKLY NEWS”
Church Offers Financial Ministry to Public: Financial Peace Comes to Strasburg
What would your life look like if you had no debt and were really in control of your money? That may be hard to envision in today’s difficult economic times, but that is the question asked by Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, which will be coming to Strasburg, under the sponsorship of First Presbyterian Church and the leadership of Financial Peace Coordinator Steve Echternach.
On Sunday, February 5, at noon, and Tuesday February 7 at 7pm in the Parlor, a preview of the class will be offered to the community for all those who would like to see what is offered. Financial Peace University will then begin in rooms 3 and 4 of the church from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, and will continue on Sunday afternoons for thirteen weeks. The class teaches a monthly spending plan, ways to stay out of debt for good, explores setting financial goals and communicating about money. It is anticipated the class Will be life-changing by focusing on getting control of your money, by helping you to stop struggling to make ends meet, by showing you how to tell your money what to do, and by changing your family’s future – learn how a good money plan can strengthen your marriage and unlock the power of giving to change a community.
A trained counselor/coach, Echternach attended the Dave Ramsey counselor school in Tennessee as a ministry of First Presbyterian church. “Having served as a police officer for twenty-nine years, I have seen a lot of domestic-related issues and financial struggling, particularly in light of the current economy, and I see this as an opportunity to give back to the community in an area that I see as a weakness.”
“This is common sense awareness,” says Echternach. “People don’t live within their means. This class is not just intended for those who are in financial debt, but for anybody who wants to take a fresh look at how they want to do their finances.” The class is for those in trouble, but also for those who may not be in trouble financially, but struggling, and for anyone who wants to Improve or tune up their financial awareness.
There is a twist to this class, however; it is not the typical financial information with which we are bombarded by the media and by financial gurus; the twist is that this is finance covered by a Christian biblically-based concept. “Imagine what the people of God could do for the kingdom of God if the people of God were debt-free,” says Ramsey, a personal money management expert, national radio personality and author of the New York Times best-sellers, The Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace and More Than Enough. By age 26 he had established a $4 million real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age 30. He has since rebuilt his financial life and now devotes himself full-time to helping ordinary people understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right–financially, emotionally and spiritually.
The thirteen-week Financial Peace University class is offered at $93 per family unit and includes a workbook audio CD library, Ramsey’s best-selling book Financial Peace, budgeting forms, cash management envelope system, debit card holders and other helpful tools. More information regarding Financial Peace University is available at daveramsey.com.
In addition to the thirteen- week class, individual counseling is available as a ministry through First Presbyterian Church. The Financial Peace class is for anyone, but you may also make arrangements for individual counseling by a Dave Ramsey-trained counselor. If you have questions regarding the class or would like to make arrangements for individual counseling, contact the church office at 687-6030.
If you have too much month left at the end of the money, Financial Peace University may be the answer to understanding how to get out of debt, stay out of debt and build for your future.
