in
this issue
Your Monthly Money Journey
This month, you identify your money facts,
the specifics about your financial resources.
This is an
excellent opportunity to gather together in one file or notebook the
information that pertains to your financial life. This process
enables you to see the whole picture - perhaps for the first
time.
Before you "count the money," take time to "count
your blessings:"
- Intangible riches of family, friends and community
- Your spiritual connections
- Your health and environment
Financial awareness checklist
The goal is to find out
what you know and where you need to find out more. Simply answer yes
or no about whether you have and know these resources:
- A banker
- A broker
- An attorney
- An accountant
- If you could borrow money in your own name?
Do
you ...
- Review your credit report?
- Make your own investment decisions?
- Understand the tax return you sign?
- Understand your retirement benefits?
- Have an IRA?
- Know the specifics of your insurance coverage?
- Have a will?
Collect your financial records
- Financial accounts and investments
- Loans and mortgages
- Real estate and valuable personal property
- Retirement and insurance documents
Step back and
review
What gaps in your financial information do you want to
fill in?
How are you feeling now as you start to get clearer
about your basic financial facts?
Next month:
Uncover your "money feelings," the
feelings that come up when you work with your financial
information.
Can't wait till next month?
Speed
ahead on your Money Journey using A Woman's Book of Money &
Spiritual Vision. The book is featured on our
website, with links to booksellers and the publisher.
Want to share your money journey with others?
We
recommend forming a group of 12 to 15 members, and meeting for 6 or
7 sessions. To help you create a productive and enjoyable
experience, we're creating materials to assist group leaders.
Email us for study group details
Quick Links...
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| Welcome to this month's newsletter on money and spirit.
Coming May 31-June 4: "A Woman's Worth: Faith, Money
& Power," offered as part of the conference, The Cost of
Discipleship: Faith, Money & Possessions, in Montreat, NC.
Click
here for details.
Register now for our July
24-31 program at the Chautauqua Institution, "Aligning the
Spiritual & Financial Aspects of Your Life." Click
here for details.
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Share Your Personal "Aha!" about Money
& Spirit
Have you recently seen a new connection between your financial
life and your core values? Whether you choose to get involved
with Women's Perspective through a book group, a retreat, a
workshop or a transformational travel trip, your experience
will be full of these connections.
This participant in a midwestern Money & Spirituality
book group shares her journey over the past six
months:
"I'm finally getting it! I deserve prime
time. My time IS valuable, and I no longer have to accept
under- earning or allowing others to make me lose focus on my
goals for myself."
We invite you to share with us and our readers a time when
you had such an "aha!" moment about money and spirit. There's
no need to identify yourself; just tell us about your
experience and your feelings.
Click here to share
your experience »
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Money & Spirit Around the Globe
Peace X Peace Film Airs June 11
Did you know that
women are more likely than soldiers to be the casualties of
war? Women around the world are standing up for peace. Peace X
Peace has produced a moving documentary film that follows
women peacemakers from four different conflict/crisis zones:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Burundi.
Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Jessica Lange, this
film redefines the role of women in war.
A special one
hour version of Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines
is scheduled to air on PBS on June 11 at 10 pm ET (check your
local listings). The show is optional programming for PBS
stations nationwide, with the decision of whether or not to
air it made by the 300+ member stations. If your local PBS
station is not carrying this important film, call them! Click here
for more information.
Parliament of the World's Religions, July 7-
13
To be held in Barcelona, this international
interreligious gathering invites you to encounter the vast
diversity of the world's religious, spiritual and cultural
traditions. This event is a source of inspiration for all
people who want to become catalysts for the transformation of
the world. Click
here for more information.
Women's Global Connection Conference, July 29-
31
"Enlarging the Conversation: Building Community
Leadership in a Global Society" is the theme of this year's
conference, which will take place in San Antonio, Texas.
Topics include ways women are needed for solving problems, for
bridging conflict and for economic development in the context
of globalization. This event offers the possibility for
virtual participation by Internet website for selected
presentations. Click
here for more information.
Gather the Women Congress Meets October 15-
17
Over 600 women from 50 countries will attend this
interactive learning event, and you're invited to join them.
Women's Perspective will be among the many partners that will
offer workshops, programs and inspiration during the weekend.
The site is the beautiful Omni Mandalay Hotel, located just
minutes from the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas airport. Click
here for more information.
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Thanksgiving 2004: Join WP in Africa
 (left) A typical garden
on the outskirts of Kisumu, Kenya.
You're invited
to join Women's Perspective on a sojourn to Africa to attend
the International HIV/AIDS Widows Conference in Kisumu, Kenya,
to teach and be taught by widows of HIV/AIDS. The tentative
dates for the trip are November 20 - December 6, 2004.
During this year's conference, Widows of Destiny, the
Women's Perspective group will talk with more than 200
attendees about "Financial Destiny." This is a key topic for
HIV/AIDS widows, who typically are economically disadvantaged
and without family or community support.
In 2002, we attended this moving three-day conference,
learning about the toll that HIV/AIDS has taken on women,
their families and entire villages. We worked with African
women in small groups, finding ways to harness our resources
to help them better their lives.
Let us know if you'd like to be on the mailing list about
this trip to receive details as they become available.
Join Kenya Trip Email
List »
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2004 Workshops Near You
A participant from a recent workshop in White Plains, NY tells
us:
"As a result of this workshop, I was finally
willing to face the ways I have been both responsible and
resistant to dealing with money. I am now motivated to move on
in earnest."
You can give yourself a real gift by attending a Women's
Perspective workshop. Our interactive program is based on A
Woman's Book of of Money & Spiritual Vision by
Rosemary Williams and Joanne Kabak. You'll uncover your
financial facts and feelings and create a plan to align your
financial life with your core values.
Click for details and register today
Montreat,
NC: May 31-June 1, A Woman's Worth: Faith, Money
& Power, a workshop at The Reclaiming the Text
Conference, The Cost of Discipleship: Faith, Money &
Possessions, Montreat Conference Center
Chautauqua,
NY: July 24-31, Aligning the Spiritual &
Financial Aspects of Your Life, Chautauqua Institution
Darien,
CT: Sept. 18-19, joint workshop with Jean Bolen,
Goddess Archetypes, Money and Women: Tapping into Financial
& Spiritual Wisdom, Convent of St. Birgitta
Westfield,
MA: Oct. 2, Life, Values, Money - Connecting Your
Wallet to Your Soul, Genesis Spiritual Life Center
Click for
the Women's Perspective calendar »
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