When the Fort Worth ISD approached TBA concerned about the achievement gap of students and their desire to start Freedom Schools, we stepped up to the plate. Two Freedom Schools were held during the summer of 2012 at Trimble Tech High School and Rising Star Baptist Church. These two schools were funded by a grant from AT&T and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Working with Dr. Danna Diaz, we learned that another AT&T grant would not be available during the summer of 2013. We felt that God wanted us to start more Freedom Schools, but how would they be funded. After much prayer, God brought the Rainwater Foundation to us. He worked it all out for them along with a gift from the Baptist General Convention of Texas to fund Freedom Schools at Rising Star Baptist Church and Travis Avenue Baptist Church. The Fort Worth ISD had funds to continue the school at Trimble Tech High School.

Our God is amazing and concerned about our students. So this summer 150 students will receive 6 weeks of concentrated help with literacy, self-esteem and encouragement.

Please be in prayer as Program Directors and Servant Leaders are secured. Also, please pray that the students who need the most help will be able to attend so they can thrive.

To learn more about the Children's Defense Fund Freedom School program, go to Freedom School Information.

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How to Accumulate Riches for the Right Reasons (Part 5)

C�mo Acumular Riquezas con Motivos Sanos (Parte 5)

By Gary Crowell, CPA, CCA

 

Recommended Actions

Acciones Recomendadas

 

• Concentrate in accumulating assets, not liabilities. Wealthy people acquire assets. Poor people and the middle class acquire liabilities thinking that they are assets. An asset is something that puts money in your pocket. A liability is something that takes money out of your pocket.
• Concentrarse en acumular los activos, no los pasivos. Los ricos adquieren activos.  Los pobres y la clase media adquieren pasivos que piensan son activos.  Un activo es algo que pone dinero en su bolsillo.  Un pasivo es algo que saca dinero de su bolsillo.

• At least once every six months make a total review of your investments to make sure you have the adequate mix for your life circumstances.
• Por los menos una vez cada seis meses hacer una revisi�n total de sus inversiones para asegurar que tiene la mezcla adecuada para su circunstancia de vida.

• Don't wait to start investing because the day you wait is a day lost to earn.
• No espere comenzar a invertir porque cada d�a de espera es un d�a perdido para ganar.

• Look for trustworthy professionals that are specialists in investments. Your ability to contract high quality financial advisors is directly related with the propensity to accumulate wealth.
• Busque personas profesionales de mucha confianza que son especialistas en las inversiones.  Su habilidad para contratar asesores financieros de alto nivel est� directamente relacionada con su propensi�n a acumular riqueza. 

• Observe the trends in the economy to be a step ahead when the next hot investment comes your way.
• Ser observador de las tendencias de la econom�a para que est� un paso m�s adelante cuando llegue la pr�xima inversi�n caliente.

• Limit the expenses of investments and maintenance of accounts.
• Limite los gastos de inversi�n y mantenimiento de sus cuentas. 

• Associate with people that are truly successful with a positive attitude.
• Asociarse con personas que son verdaderamente exitosas con actitud positiva. 

• Accumulate more and more assets while controlling liabilities and expenses, so you can afford the luxury of considering more speculative investments.
• Acumule cada vez m�s activos, controlar pasivos y gastos, as� que le permite el lujo de considerar inversiones m�s especulativas.

• Discover the difference between your profession and your business (build and protect your assets column). (Ray Kroc-McDonalds)
• Descubrir la diferencia entre su profesi�n y su negocio (construir y guardar bien su columna de activos). (Ray Kroc-McDonalds)

• To be financially secure, you need to take care of your own business. Your business rotates around your assets column, instead of your income column. Wealthy people concentrate on their assets column while the rest concentrate on their income tax return.
• Para afianzarse financieramente, uno necesita atender su propio negocio.  Su negocio gira alrededor de su columna de activos, en lugar de su columna de ingresos.  Los ricos se concentran en su columna de activos mientras todos los dem�s se centran en su declaraci�n de renta.

• Provide a reward for yourself for having invested and developed a real asset.
• Provea una recompensa a s� mismo por haber invertido y desarrollado un activo real. 

• Focus on opportunities, not obstacles. Look at the growth potential, not the loss potential. Think about rewards, not risks.
• Enfocarse en las oportunidades, no en los obst�culos. Mire el crecimiento potencial, no la p�rdida potencial.  Piense en los premios, no en los riesgos.

• Be willing to accept a regular job in a business to learn more about that job with the idea of investing.
• Estar dispuesto a aceptar un trabajo corriente en un negocio donde quiere aprender m�s de ese negocio con fines de inversiones.

• To sell is the name of the game for the wealthy. Promote yourself and the value you offer to the market.
• Vender es el nombre del juego para la gente rica.  Promocione a s� mismo y el valor que ofrece al mercado.

• Wealthy people think long term. They find a balance between their expenses to enjoy life today and the investments to ensure their financial situation in the future. To increase wealth, one must earn more or live with less.
• La gente rica piensa en el largo plazo.  Ellos encuentran un equilibrio entre sus gastos para disfrutar la vida hoy con las inversiones para asegurar su condici�n econ�mica para el futuro.  Para aumentar sus riquezas, uno debe ganar m�s o vivir con menos. 

• To generate wealth, minimize your taxable income and maximize your non-taxable income (wealth appreciation/capital with no flow of funds).
• Para generar riqueza, minimice su ingreso imponible y maximice su ingreso no imponible (apreciaci�n de la riqueza/capital sin flujo de fondos).

 

• Financial goals from "Extraordinary Wealth Gatherers" as well as "Sub Gatherers of Wealth"
• To be wealthy before retirement
• To increase their wealth
• To become wealthy through capital valorization
• To increase their capital by conserving the value of their assets at the same time.

• Metas Financieras de los "Prodigiosos Acumuladores de Riqueza" tanto como los "Sub Acumuladores de Riqueza":

• Ser ricos antes de retirarse.
• Aumentar su riqueza
• Hacerse ricos mediante la valorizaci�n del capital.
• Incrementar su capital conservando al mismo tiempo el valor de sus activos.

• Sell your intellect.  The forces of the market may take away your business, but no one can take away your intellect.
• Venda su intelecto.  Quiz� las fuerzas del mercado pueden quitarle su empresa, pero nadie le puede quitar el intelecto.

• Remember:  The greater your bank of financial resources, the greater your potential to give to God's Kingdom work.  Fortunate indeed is the man who honors God with all his resources.

•  Recuerde: A m�s recursos econ�micos Ud. tiene, mayor su potencial para dar para la obra del Reino de Dios.  Afortunado de verdad es el hombre que honra a Dios con todos sus recursos.

Does it feel like you are just going through the motions? Keeping all the different plates spinning and trying to keep people happy is exhausting for you. It is time to refocus! Come join what 150 other pastors and leaders have discovered has been a pivotal experience in their ministry. re:FOCUS is not just any leadership conference. It is a life changing experience that allows you to focus in on God and His plans for your life, while you build lasting relationships with pastors and other leaders you can trust. 

Make your plans now. The next date is April 8-12, 2013. Yes, it is a week. We have found for pastors to truly let the pressures of life go and hear God clearly speak to them, it takes time. This is a two year journey. It isn't a quick fix. You won't have a notebook that will sit on your shelf and an experience that quickly fades from your memory. This process requires commitment and time on your part. It includes four week-long retreats (two a year - April and October), monthly peer group meetings and a book to read each six months. You will approach your relationship and dependency on God differently. You will approach your family differently. You will lead your church and ministry differently. Come join the journey!

Tarrant Baptist Association is hosting a Church Unique Co::Lab beginning Tuesday, February 19.  A Co::Lab experience is different from an onsite consultation.  A pastor and up to three other leaders from his church meet together with leaders from six to ten other churches in six monthly sessions.  Your team will receive instructions and materials to facilitate the process in your church. 

 

Church Unique will provide you with confidence in articulating the identity and direction of your church.  Your leadership team will experience strategic unity.  Together you will develop your church's

• Kingdom Concept
• Mission
• Values
• Strategy
• Measures
• Vision Proper

Future meetings are scheduled for March 19, April 16, May 14, June 18, and July 23.  Each Co::Lab session meets from 1PM-5PM. 

 

Contact David Bowman for more details or to sign up.

[email protected]

817-927-1911.217

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2013 Empower Evangelism Conference March 4-6, 2013 at the Irving convention Center at Las Colinas.

The conference will feature: Danny Akin, Doran Bugg, Don Cass, Kevin Hamm, Ronnie Hill, Robert jeffress, Carol Kent, Keet Lewis, Kathy Litton, Mark Lowery, Fred Luter, Christy Nockels, Judge Paul Pressler, Shane Pruitt, Bill Stafford, Ed Stetzer, Glynn Stone, Pam Tebow, David Wheeler, Tim Whedbee, and Josh Wilson

Visit www.sbtexas.com/evangelism or call the SBTC office at 877.953.SBTC (7282) for more information