For those of you that are Dave Ramsey students, you probably appreciate the value of an Emergency Fund. This is useful when the car breaks down or you lose your job or if the furnace dies…in January. But what about those smaller emergencies that you haven’t planned for? When you have unexpected company and need to buy extra groceries or you finally run our of printer ink or the school fee you forgot about?
These aren’t exactly emergency-fund worthy so how do we care for them. Most churches just allow all their programming staff to pad their budgets to be prepared. Actually, if you’re the one program that fails to pad your budget, what do you do when the unexpected happens? I like Steve Stroope’s strategy of removing the padding and creating a simple process for when programs have an unexpected expense or opportunity. In this video, I illustrate the strategy:
Useful Links
- Dave Ramsey: Budgeting Tips: https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/the-truth-about-budgeting
- Dave Ramsey: Making a Budget: https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/how-to-make-your-budget-better
- Steve Stroope on RightNow Media: https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Content/Speaker/999387