10/21/2026
Hey family and friends! We're hosting a 12-month financial literacy course at God's House, and I wanted to personally invite you to be part of it!
One thing I've realized is that you can work extremely hard, make good money, and still struggle financially simply because you were never taught how to properly manage it.
It will be hosted with financial expert Kevin K Benavides LUTCF, & LACP from Benavides Financial Group LLC
And the truth is, most of us were never taught these things growing up. We learned how to work, earn a paycheck, and pay bills, but not necessarily how to budget, build savings, manage credit, invest, or plan for our financial future.
That's one of the reasons we're doing this.
We're calling the course **Financial Foundations: From Stress to Stability**, and over the next 12 months, we're going to meet once a month and walk through different areas of personal finance.
We're going to talk about things like:
✅ How to create a budget that actually works for your household.
✅ How credit works and what you can do to improve it.
✅ How to get out of debt and avoid getting trapped in it again.
✅ How to save money and build an emergency fund.
✅ How to understand taxes, insurance, and your paycheck.
✅ How investing works and how to start preparing for retirement.
✅ What you should know before buying a home or making other major purchases.
✅ How to create a real financial plan for yourself and your family.
And much more!
**The goal isn't to get rich. It's to gain understanding and learn how to be better stewards of what God has already entrusted to us.**
I really believe that a lack of financial knowledge has caused a lot of unnecessary stress in people's lives, marriages, and families. Sometimes it's not that we aren't making enough money. It's that we haven't learned how to properly manage what we're making.
And that's something we can change through education and putting what we learn into practice.
Our first class is **Wednesday, November 18, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM**, in Tinley Park, Illinois. We'll have Kevin Benavides joining us to help kick things off.
Each month, we'll cover a different subject, starting with the basics and gradually building on what we've learned. By the end of the 12 months, the goal is for everyone to have a better understanding of their finances and a practical plan for the future.
You don't have to be a member of God's House to come. This is open to our friends, families, and anyone in the community who wants to learn.
And please don't feel like you need to have your finances together before attending. That's the whole point of the course! We're all learning, and there's always room to grow.
I would especially encourage young adults, married couples, parents, and anyone who's been wanting to get a better handle on their finances to consider joining us.
Feel free to invite a friend or family member who you think would benefit from this too.
I'm really looking forward to what we'll learn together over these next 12 months!
You can read more about the course and register here:
[https://welovegodshouse.org/financial-literacy-course](https://welovegodshouse.org/financial-literacy-course)
