David and Debbie Bragonier created this live church-wide seminar based off their book, Getting Your Financial House in Order. It is designed to give churches flexibility in topics and presentation. The seminar takes the biblical principles needed for financial freedom and uses a word picture of building a house to illustrate them.

The theme of the seminar uses different rooms of a house to represent different financial topics. The visual pictures and analogies along with the clearly communicated biblical principles and practical applications, all come together to deliver a fun, exciting and memorable, life-changing, as well as marriage strengthening, seminar.

Seminar Financial Topics include:

• Entry Hall covers “Stewardship” vs. “Ownership”
• Master Bedroom is the “Financial Communication” between couples session
• Laundry Room is for discussing and cleaning up Debt (including the topic of home ownership)
• Children's Bedroom covers Children & Money
• Dining Room discusses Giving, Tithes & Offerings and Charitable Contributions
• Kitchen covers Budgeting & Cash Management controls

Who should attend?

Almost all of the congregation or organization: adults, seniors, young career aged, young adults, college aged and teens, and engaged couples.  No one ever “arrives” when it comes to matters of stewardship. Many will learn how to avoid or eliminate the pitfalls leading to financial bondage and marital stress. All will learn how to be increasingly financially free in order to better serve God. In addition to the biblical principles and practical applications learned by the attendees, each year many people receive Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, and others recommit their life to Christ’s Lordship during this seminar.

Suggested Formats and Times:

A live seminar taught by David Bragonier, CEO/Executive Director of Barnabas. Debbie, upon request may also potentially be included. Seven or more hours of presentation material is the recommended minimum. Often chosen presentation formats include the following formats:

• Friday/Saturday Format
  • Friday 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Saturday 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
• All Day Saturday Format
  • 8:30 am - 4:30 pm (with a 1-hour lunch break)
• Sunday/Monday Format (our most popular format with the largest audiences):
  • Dave preaching during all Saturday / Sunday morning worship service(s)
  • Seminar: Sunday evening 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (or afternoon times can be selected)
  • Seminar continues Monday evening 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Note: If the church wants to add a 3-hour detailed budgeting session, then a Tuesday evening is added.

Formats, times and financial arrangements are all flexible and determined upon a church by church basis. We strive to make live seminars possible for every church, no matter whether they have 50 or 5,000 people attending. Our goal is to provide a fun and excitingly memorable seminar that delivers biblical financial principles to your congregation and teach practical applications.