Budget Guy

For six years, our Budget Guy made us laugh while teaching us how to handle money God's way. While he's no longer writing new columns, he's still available for chats. If you are interested in contacting the Budget Guy directly, please email budgetguy AT shpc.org. All correspondence is confidential, and consultations are free!

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Worksheets: Liabilities | Monthly Spendable Income | Monthly Spending (Basic) | Spending - Needs vs. Wants | Summary of Current Financial Position

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Heard about the Charitable IRA Rollover option? Now there's a way to give some of your IRA distribution to SHPC! Contact finance AT shpc.org or your financial adviser for more details.

Classes

Check our Adult Ministries section for these and other financial classes:

Financial Worksheet

The Texas Presbyterian Foundation, an organization that works with endowment groups like ours, has given us permission to share this terrific form, Important Information Needed at My Death  The title may sound grim, but it's really a place to jot down critical items and their storage locations in case others need to track down the information. (To download this Microsoft Excel-based form, right-click on the link and select "Save Target As.")

Caring Forever Endowment Fund

Please consider continuing your support for our annual awards by contributing to Caring Forever. Your contribution will be invested in a permanent fund and only the investment earnings will be spent. So your contribution will stay in the Endowment Fund forever, generating the dollars that will be used for the awards each year. Your contribution to Caring Forever will still be helping others 25, 50, even 100 years from now!

[ Mother's Day Gift Form]

Awards are given each spring to a person or organization (not a member or part of SHPC) who will use the money for mission or education. Past awardees & projects include:

Have questions? Just ask an Endowment Committee member (Gaston Broyles, Deb Erlanson, Beaman Floyd, Marilyn Wade, or Doug Wilkins).