Good $ense leads to Success

Good $ense Course a Success
On February 23 and 24, Peoples teamed with the New England United Methodist Foundation to sponsor a Good $ense Personal Financial Management course. While the program had been well advertised, folks who had a close association with Peoples primarily attended the course. Mr. and Mrs.Curtis Schubert had read about the program on the NEUMC Catalyst and joined this class as part of a mini-vacation. The course, which originally was encouraged by Shirley Wallace, brought Gary Melville, the Director of the Development for the Foundation to Peoples as the instructor. In addition to the Schuberts the following folks were actively engaged in the program; Madolyn Dalpee,
Priscilla Dreyman, Betty Lane, Barbara Lee, Tom and Barbara Nelson, Keith and Becky Snoddy, Art and Marlene Tordoff, and Fred and Linda Wade. Two other folks were not in attendance, but received the workbook. Those in attendance were grateful to Rosemary Herd for coordinating food for the occasion. Attendees also thank Brad Morrision, Barbara Nelson and Marlene Tordoff for supplying some of the food.
The program focused on six themes, which included the following: becoming a diligent earner, a generous giver, a wise saver, a cautious debtor and a prudent consumer. As a sixth theme participants were given and shown a number of practical ways of being accountable or good stewards of what the Lord has provided each of us. While the program appealed to the personal nature of the subjects, the course itself allowed for friendships among participants to build. Much was shared about each other and the various locations that we are at on our life journeys.
While not everyone gained the same as each other during the program, all who attended came away from the experience positively and willing to recommend the program to others of any age. Most of those that participated, I’m sure, felt that while everyone deemed the experience very helpful, the program would best perhaps meet the needs of folks that are just getting started in adult life and through the middle age years.
As a spin off of this program Discipleship may, with the NEUMC sponsor a program on estates and wills in the fall. If that is an area of interest please indicate your interest in such a program to the Pastors or a member of the Discipleship team such as Art Tordoff, Rosemary Herd, Earle Harvey or Merrill Kaiser.