values will influence your giving—where you’ll give
and where you won’t.
3. Take a family field trip. Take a day and visit three or four
ministries in your local community. These may include
an urban ministry, an after-school education program,
and a homeless shelter. Expose your children to a vari-
ety of causes. Select one to support.
4. Make a gift to a needy family or individual. Do you
know of a family or individual in need? Cancer?
Medical disability? Single mom in need of reliable
transportation?
5. Look for a leverage gift. This may be a gift where you
make a “matching grant” (someone matches your gift).
Or it may be a gift that funds technology, grant writing,
or even the creation of a business to fund a ministry.
6. Consider giving stuff. It may be as simple as cleaning out
closets. It may be more elaborate such as giving a vehi-
cle, giving artwork, or giving part of your ownership
interest in a business or real estate.
7. Meet with other families on the journey. Find out how
others approach generosity training and practical
giving considerations.
A few more generosity pointers:
1. Whatever you do, make it fun! Giving should not be
a chore. Change it up. Maybe you can make a theme
for the year or the month. Perhaps support summer
missions by meeting with every student going on a trip.
2. It’s not just about the money. Volunteer together. Serve
somewhere. Clean up a local school property or a
neighborhood. Give time. Give talent; do you have a
special skill to offer?
3. Go on a missions trip together. It may be domestically, or
it may be internationally. Get out of your comfort zone,
and see a part of the world you’ve never seen.
4. Obey the nudge. If you feel a nudge from God, go ahead
and make the gift. Don’t rationalize it away. Let your
kids feel the nudge as well.
5. Don’t think your kids are too young! We’ve found that
children as young as five years old can participate in the
giving process, albeit with smaller amounts.
Practicing generosity together as a family is an excellent
opportunity to train the next generation to have compas-
sion and take action to meet others’ needs. Raising children
to be generous with all the resources entrusted to them—
including truth—is good for our children, our families, our
communities, and our nation. ■
Bill High practiced law for 12 years before becoming the CEO of The Signatry. As CEO, he
has spent over 18 years helping families live simply and give generously. He specializes
in coaching families, individual givers, and financial advisers regarding biblical generosity
and family legacy. He and his wife, Brooke, have four children and three grandchildren. He
can be found at billhigh.com.
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