In preparation for the February session:
1.    Write your 3, 6, 9, and 12-month goals for 2015
2.    Purchase these two paperback books by Michelle Singletary: The 21 Day Financial Fast: Your Path to Financial Peace and Freedom and Spend Well, Live Rich.
(Be sure to get the updated version with the PBS logo on the cover.)
3.    Bring swimwear for a health/wealth outing near the Ministry Center following February’s workshop about the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare.

In preparation for the March session:

1.  Think about a financial decision that you regret.

2.  Be prepared to talk about a financial decision you need to make in 2016.

In preparation for the April session:
1.  Review your 3-month goals, which will be discussed in the Partner Group Session.
2.  Net Worth Statement

      Excel Version | PDF Version

3.  Prepare a draft of your monthly budget for discussion in your group meeting. (See budget template at www.prosperitypartnersministry.org).
4.   Download handouts: Eight Steps to Smart Decision Making & Six Missteps to Bad Financial Decisions

In preparation for the May session:
1.   Bring your final budget for discussion in your group meeting.
2.  Be sure to have “The 21 Day Financial Fast.”

3.  Compile all your financial documents: income, expenses and debt.

4.  Documents needed for budgeting:
 Budget Template Instructions

  All-In-One Sample Budget 

   Excel Version | PDF Version       

All-In-One Fillable Budget 
 (Use this version to plug in your own figures) 
    Excel Version | PDF Version

In preparation for the June session:

1.  Be prepared to share your experiences from the 21-day financial fast.

2.  Documents needed following May’s session:

Debt Dash Plan  
Word Version | PDF Version

30-Day Spending Journal  
Word Version | PDF Version

 21 Day Financial Fast Daily Journal Page  
Word Version | PDF Version

 Quickclaim Deed  
Word Version | PDF Version

3.  Be sure to bring your children age 8 and older or any other child or young adult to the June session.

In preparation for the July session:
1.   Review your 6-month goals to be discussed in your partner group, including an update of your debt dash.
2.   Pull your credit reports at annualcreditreport.com. Get a free credit score at creditkarma.com
(No credit card information required).

In preparation for the Sept. session:
1.   Nothing. Just have fun and relax in August. But be ready to get back to work in September.

**VACATION**

In preparation for the October session:

1.  Be ready to review your progress with maintaining your budget. 

2.  Pull together your retirement account information. Do you know what you’re investing in?

In preparation for the November session:
1.    We are having a regifting party. Bring any UNWRAPPED, NEW gift that you have around your house that you received but haven’t used. Please DO NOT buy anything!

In preparation for the December session:
1.    Write a testimony about what you learned and accomplished in Prosperity Partners in 2016. Email it to prosperitypartners@fcbglenarden.org
2.   Please submit your nomination for Junior/Senior Partner of the Year (We’ll honor them with a gift!).