Glad Tithings

Family newsletter of Christian Stewardship Ministries

"Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy." (1 Cor. 4:2)
* December 2000 * Vol 19 No 4

Principle In Practice

Ministry News

Prayer Corner

Joyful Dividends

About CSM

Stay in Touch with CSM

Want to be sure you're on top of the latest CSM news and events? Visit our website at http://www.csmin.org. The site offers one-stop service for registration for in-person Life Management Study classes or the Internet class, information on upcoming events, the web version of Glad Tithings. Send CSM an email or a question for our call-in counseling radio program, "Life Management with Ken Smith," or sign up to receive email bulletins from the ministry. You'll also find a list of businesses that support the ministry and directions to the Fairfax, Virginia, office. Got some great ideas for expanding or improving the website? Send them to our webmaster D.J. Chuang.

Note that CSM has ventured into e-commerce with an online bookstore. Our featured items for Glad Tithings readers include The Disciplined Life by Richard Foster, a guide to addressing problems that hamper successful Christian living and Life's Little Instruction Book, a compendium of more than 500 suggestions, observations and reminders on how to live a happy and rewarding life by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Each is $5, plus postage. Or order both for $8.50, plus postage. Great gift items for someone special on your Christmas list!

Order materials at http://www.csmin.org or use the ministry's toll-free number-1-800-IDL-TIME. You can also use the toll-free number to arrange personal telephone counseling with Ken Smith. Or if you're in the Washington metropolitan area, dial the local number-703-591-5000. We welcome your calls and your suggestions.

Joyful Dividends

From a Website Visitor

I really like the way your website is set up. It shows the blinded world the way to see our Light.

Joey Wayt

From a Glad Tithings Reader

Hello in the Name of the Lord!

I receive the publication Glad Tithings and enjoy it very much. I am writing this note to advise you of my change of mailing address...I would appreciate it if you would make this change so I don't miss a single issue of your newsletter.

Thank you and may God bless you!

In Christ's Name,
Melissa Barker
Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee

From a Reader of It's About Time

This book has changed by life more than any other book except the Bible. I would be interested in maybe purchasing 30 copies and teaching a class at my church-an outline or teacher's guide could be helpful God bless you and your ministry.

Kent Amick
Eden, North Carolina

Pat Inman: Updating CSM

If you've taken a class, made a contribution or agreed to pray for Christian Stewardship Ministries during the past six months, Pat Inman would recognize your name. Pat volunteers six hours each week in the CSM office updating the database and paying bills.

Pat and her husband Jim lead the Crown Ministries studies at Church of the Apostles in Fairfax, Virginia. They learned about CSM three years ago when some of their students needed additional help with finances, and they accompanied them to Ken's financial counseling sessions.

"From Ken we saw how important it is to treat one another in a Godly fashion," Pat says. She was encouraged and impressed by the godliness, kindness and compassion Ken showed to those who were struggling with financial issues that others might find simple and easy to manage. "I am grateful to be able to work with someone like Ken who exhibits such a high degree of honesty and integrity. I am challenged by that." Pat says she learned through CSM that "Change is a process; it's rarely immediate. We need to be patient with ourselves and with one another."

A Christian as long as she can remember, Pat made her commitment public when she was in the fourth grade. However, she feels she's grown into a much more intimate relationship with the Lord over the past 10 years. Through her husband, she has come to see God as "more merciful and accepting than the God I knew before."

In addition to volunteering at CSM, Pat prepares taxes for H&R Block and works part-time in the finance office at Church of the Apostles. She and Jim live in Lorton, Virginia.