APRIL 2017 Relief Society Activitiy

"STRENGTHENING MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES THROUGH Financial Management in their Homes"

Purpose: To help sisters understand the importance of handling money with husband.

Lesson: We use Lesson 8: Managing Family Finances from MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL

Their are two principles in the lesson;

  • Proper financial management is essential for a happy marriage.
  • Husbands and wives should work together to follow basic principles of money management.
Discussions:
Few of the Sisters would not agree to budget money together with husband. Their are lots of reasons behind it which includes culture and tradition. It was a fun listening each sisters way of handling finances at home.

I like how our 1st Counselor point it out that although we already have our own system to manage finance for our family, because most sisters find it more convenient to budget money alone without involving the husband and children, she asked this question, "Why do you think the leaders of the church counsel us to work together as family in managing our finances?" She continued with, "Their is wisdom in this counsel." 

I think this is important. In my observation from my personal experience and from other sisters experiences, I notice marriages were damaged when couples do not agree on money management. Here are the things that I noticed and the thoughts I had during the activity:

  • First, if couples do not agree on paying tithing. It is the first disagreement that happened. Faith is not strong in the first place. Everything follows with it. We cannot be sealed in the temple together or we cannot renew our temple recommend together.
  • 2nd, how to spend the money. Each spouses has its own personal desires & interest of what to buy. If we buy without counseling each other and children wanted something without counseling as family trouble comes in. I know you know what I mean for all the spouses and parents out there.
  • 3rd, would be the consequences for the first and second thing we fail to do. What are these possible consequences? Children were not able to learn how to be self reliant if parents will not teach children how finances runs the home. Mothers keeps on murmuring because of she is the only one who carries the burden of budgeting the money. Here comes the husband who doubted where his salary was spent to.
I know their are thoughts that were not shared during the activity because of time. But I'm sure the lesson would help us ponder the counsel of the leaders for us.


GIFTS: After the lesson, we give away wooden piggy bank. It was a challenge we give to brothers and sisters to use the piggy bank if we wanted to buy something. Each piggy bank should have a purpose. For example, I wrote in my piggy bank "FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS".


Thank you for coming! 

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