wfn.org | Church uses money-managing camp to train kids and attract adults

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>3028 Edition

>March 8~14, 2010

Church uses money-managing camp to train kids and attract adults

>Reported by Chen Wei-Chien

>Written by Lydia Ma

Learning how to manage money responsibly is an important part of a  child’s 
character

development and Shuei-Nan Credit Union in Taichung recently  included this 
topic in its

character education camp so that children can learn early on how  to be 
responsible stewards.

Shuei-Nan Credit Union incorporated Biblical teachings about  managing money in 
materials

used for a children character education camp. The Credit Union is  an affiliate 
organization of

the Shei-Nan Presbyterian Church. Beginning March 6, they will  co-host a 
12-week Saturday

camp focusing on Biblical principles for managing money. So far,  more than 30 
kids have

registered and most of them aren’t churchgoers.

According to Shuei-Nan Credit Union President, Elder Hsiao  Yung-shin, the 
organization has

always been concerned about the needs of local residents and has  organized 
several events

in the past. The goal of this year’s camp is to help parents  train their 
children in the area of

managing money using Biblical principles as reference.

Elder Hsiao stressed that basic principles about managing money  can be found 
in the Bible

and both adults and children would benefit from learning them.  Parents must 
learn to

differentiate a child’s wants from a child’s needs, and  children must learn to 
save up money.

However, he also emphasized the ultimate purpose of organizing  Saturday camps 
is to

introduce people to Christianity and invite them to church. The  camp merely 
uses sound

principles from the Bible as a tool for evangelism. It is also a  means to 
eventually lead children

>to Sunday schools.

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