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Glad Tithings is a newsletter of Christian Stewardship Ministries, a nonprofit public foundation. To receive Glad Tithings regularly, send your name and address (with a zip code) to CSM. Gifts are tax deductible, greatly needed and deeply appreciated. The ministry's annual cost per person is approximately $15. Any portion of this newsletter may be quoted or reproduced without further permission, provided excerpts are in context, by adding the following credit line: "Reprinted from Christian Stewardship Ministries' newsletter Glad Tithings, Fairfax, Virginia," and furnishing a copy to CSM.

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"On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made." I Corinthians 16:2

CSM Spring Banquet Features Howard Dayton On March 12

If you don't already have your tickets for the March 12 spring fundraising banquet, call CSM today at 703-591-5000. Enjoy a delicious dinner at the McLean Hilton beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Then comes the real treat. Hear Howard Dayton, founder and president of Crown Ministries, share his vision for financial freedom for Christians. If you want to know how to apply biblical principles of financial management or if you struggle with anxiety due to financial pressure, debt or the inability to give at the level you believe God desires, you will want to hear what Howard has to say.

The spring fundraiser supports Christian Stewardship Ministries in its mission of helping God's people learn the biblical principles needed to manage their time, their money, and their lives. By investing in CSM, you can help thousands regain control of their lives and finances and begin living according to God's plan-free from debt, procrastination, overcommitment and anxiety. This is also an excellent opportunity to bring financially generous friends who would like to know more about CSM's work.

Change Your Life Through LMS Beginning in April

Always broke? Always late? Always in disarray? Get your priorities straight and put your life in order-from now on.

CSM is beginning a new round of its life-changing 13-week Life Management Study classes in April. Discern God's plan for your life and learn to manage your time more effectively. Classes begin the week of April 19 with days and locations to be set based on the needs of students and availability of trained leaders. Ken Smith will lead a pastor's group tentatively scheduled to meet Thursday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Call the CSM office immediately at 703-591-5000 to reserve a place in a LMS class.

Have you already taken LMS and put the principles of scripture-based time management into practice? Then CSM needs you as a leader to guide others seeking God's direction. Graduates of the course may sign up for CSM's Saturday, April 17, leadership training workshop from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Please phone the CSM office right away if you think God may be calling you to lead an LMS class.

Organizations sponsoring LMS classes during the winter session include Church of the Apostles, Hope Christian, Jerusalem Baptist, New Life Covenant, St. Paul's Episcopal (Haymarket), Truro Episcopal and Fairfax Adult Detention Center.

LMS participants meet in small groups with a trained leader for 13 two-hour weekly sessions and spend 20 to 30 minutes daily on homework. Course materials include a copy of Ken Smith's book It's About Time, a student manual and workbook, worksheets and a certificate. Course cost is $95.