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Restoration

Staff — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:10:13 +0000

It’s what we do. Reclaiming a greenspace in the Lyrewood community to enable them to have places for the kids to have camps and play. There will be work crews organized for the next few weekends call the NW Campus to get in on the service.

Video: Robert looking forward into 2011

Staff — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:52:02 +0000

Ransomed Heart Podcasts

Staff — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:32:06 +0000

On a very semi-regular schedule that isn’t very.. the guys at Ransomed Heart put out a podcast. As regular as they aren’t they are always insightful, pointed, and relevant. Right now is a perfect example of that. The Audio podcast here is on the stages of masculinity from Fathered by God. These only tend to be around for a limited time so download them quickly and keep them in your library. As of now, in iTunes, you can get “Boyhood,” “Cowboy,” and “Warrior.”

Their Audio podcast

http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/john-eldredge-ransomed-heart/id260843816

Video podcast

http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/john-eldredge-ransomed-heart/id268652141

Walking With God podcast

http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/walking-with-god/id276662787

Financial Freedom in 7 Steps

Staff — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:06:49 +0000

Dave Ramsey is the inventor of the 7 steps to financial peace. I’m a graduate and I can tell you that there is no better feeling than when you realize you could (if you wanted/needed to) you could pay your bills by delivering pizza. That you no longer have to suck up to your boss because you have to keep your job, you can now give your real professional opinion and live with the consequences. The feeling that if someone came to you with a true need you could, without thinking about it– Meet that need in a big way. Or, the peace of mind when Jesus calls you are in a position to say, “Yes!” Get started today. Its never too late and there is no debt too large.

From Dave’s blog…

Get out of debt the same way you learned to walk—one step at a time. Dave has taught these principles to millions via radio, books, Financial Peace University, live events and online.

Three quick ways to get started on Dave’s Plan:

The Total Money Makeover Book – Dave’s NY Times bestseller
Dave’s Starter Pack – Two best-selling books, two DVD lessons and a starter envelope system
Online Tools – Budgeting, commercial-free mp3s, and more! Free 7-day trial to MyTotalMoneyMakeover.com.

Here’s the process:

Baby Step 1

$1,000 to start an Emergency Fund

An emergency fund is for those unexpected events in life that you can’t plan for: the loss of a job, an unexpected pregnancy, a faulty car transmission, and the list goes on and on. It’s not a matter of if these events will happen; it’s simply a matter of when they will happen. Learn more

Baby Step 2

Pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball

List your debts, excluding the house, in order. The smallest balance should be your number one priority. Don’t worry about interest rates unless two debts have similar payoffs. If that’s the case, then list the higher interest rate debt first. Learn more

Baby Step 3

3 to 6 months of expenses in savings

Once you complete the first two baby steps, you will have built serious momentum. But don’t start throwing all your “extra” money into investments quite yet. It’s time to build your full emergency fund. Learn more

Read steps 4-7 at Dave’s blog…

Fathered by God Series

Staff — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:19:47 +0000

The next few months of Momentum will feature material from Fathered by God. Each month Robert will focus on each stage of manhood and we’ll explore where God can fill voids or help us to mentor other men on their masculine journey.

This is a book about what it looks like to become a man, and–far more to our need–how to become a man. There is no more hazardous undertaking, this business of “becoming a man,” full of dangers, counterfeits, and disasters. It is the Great Trial of every man’s life, played out over time, and every male young and old finds himself in this journey. Though there are few who find their way through. Our perilous journey has been made all the more difficult because we live in a time with very little direction. A time with very few fathers to show us the way.

Order the book or small group DVD series here.