Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Large sheet of mural paper Color markers and/or paints and brushes Newsprint, markers, and tape Music player and instrumental selections Optional: An object to pass from speaker to speaker during discussion...
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or an LED/battery-operated candle A chime or a small bell Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: An object to pass from speaker to speaker during discussion...
Take time to reflect on your position in the world and how it influences your interpretations, values, and understanding of money and wealth: Where do you live and where have you lived in your life? What is your race and/or ethnicity? What is your social and economic status now? What was it at...
Values-Based Financial Planning Information and Tools Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin, and Monique Tilford, Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence (Penguin Books, 2008). Free practical financial planning tools developed by Joe...
You shop at a big box store where the prices are lowest. You drive a gasoline-powered vehicle. Your employer’s retirement fund invests in companies that operate in countries with oppressive laws or policies. You work for a company that gives financial support to political causes that are in...
Based on the work of William Strauss and Neil Howe, in Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 (New York: Quill, 1992) and Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation (New York: Vintage Books, 2000). This handout originally appeared in Workshop 15 of the Tapestry of Faith...
From The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge: 5 Principles to Transform Your Relationship with Money by Ted Klontz, Brad Klontz, and Rick Kahler (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, 2008). Used with permission. Ebenezer Scrooge’s money scripts You can’t trust anyone with your money.
Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Faith, Dreams, and Values Leader Resource 3, Big Money Picture Scenarios Newsprint, markers (three bold colors), and tape Preparation for Activity Review Handout 3. Copy it for all participants. Choose two or three scenarios from Leader...
Activity time: 75 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the 2012 documentary DVD Wants and Needs: A Generational Study on Economic Depressions (56.41) DVD player and large monitor or projection screen Simple refreshments such as lemonade and popcorn Preparation for Activity Obtain a copy of th...
Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Money Proverbs A small basket or bowl Preparation for Activity Print Leader Resource 2. Cut apart the money proverbs as indicated and place the strips in a small basket or bowl. Description of Activity Pass the basket of money...
As a group or individually, create a series of short testimonials about hopes and dreams for the congregation. Lift up ways in which the hopes and dreams participants hold for the congregation are connected to financial practices. Come together to share testimonials....
Make time for reflection and discussion with your co-facilitator after the conclusion of the workshop. Consider the following questions: What worked well in today’s workshop? How can these elements or approaches be repeated or amplified in the future? What was most challenging? What could be done...
Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Taking It Home handout A copy of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity Customize Taking It Home and make copies for all participants.
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Writing paper and pens Preparation for Activity Write the following questions on newsprint, and post: What money scripts, money proverbs, or generational attitudes do you see reflected in your own attitudes toward money?
Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Generations Theory Summary Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Read Handout 2 and copy it for all participants. List group reflection questions on newsprint, and post....
Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity List of patterns and themes from Activity 1 Handout 1, Money Scripts of Scrooge and Cratchit Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Make copies of Handout 1 for all participants....