Whether it's adding a child, adopting, or some other change, there can be challenges. Just because this change is a blessing, does not mean that the financial impact is simple.

• Helping you plan for the expenses of childbirth
• Planning for the cost of adoption and the unique effect adoption has on other parts of your financial life
• Working with you to update employer benefits based on family changes

Your family may feel strongly about what you give to your church and other causes. This does not mean it's always easy to balance this with other goals.

• We help you craft a family spending plan that includes a giving plan you feel is appropriate.
• How you give makes a difference to you and the recipient. We help you determine the best ways to give and maximize the impact.

The term "open enrollment" can bring stress to many people. Whether it's a new job or yearly benefits enrollment, we work with you to select the appropriate benefits for your family.

• Evaluating the benefits offered as part of a potential job change
• Assisting you with changes your company makes from one year to the next
• For a given benefit offer, deciding whether to use the employer option or seek an option on your own

Debt of any kind can seem daunting. We work with you to put together an overall view of debts your family has and how best to manage it. In some cases, this could be debt from years ago or a loan you are considering for a new home.

• Review student loan debt and help you formulate a plan to pay it down
• Does it make sense to make the suggested payment or pay additional principal?
• How does the debt you have affect things like your credit score?
• For a new loan you are considering, what are the most important things to think about?

Planning for health care can be complicated. We help you review and weigh options. Since we don't sell insurance, we are positioned to help you weigh options that will help balance health and financial impact.

• Yearly review of your employer's health coverage.
• Evaluating options such as FSAs, HSAs, or medical sharing ministries
• Options for the self-employed or small business owner

We work with you to review investment accounts and craft a portfolio to achieve your long term goals. The recommendations we make are built around diversified investments that keep costs low. As part of our Essentials package, we make recommendations that you will take and implement. If you wish for us to manage the changes for you then we can discuss our Plus package, and how it might be an option for your family's investments

• Specific investment recommendations for how to allocate investments such as retirement of education accounts
• We work with you to choose investments that are coordinated with the rest of your financial plan
• We recommend investments that help minimize the amount that goes to fees and taxes.

Taxes can seem complicated and burdensome. We work with you on tax issues throughout the year to minimize the stress around when they are due.

• Looking at your situation to help you minimize your tax burden
• Reviewing tax strategies that can help benefit your family over the long term

A career change can have an effect on your entire household. Whether it's a job change you choose or one that's chosen for you, we help you weigh and navigate the impact.

• What is the impact of the change on benefits?
• How does the salary and total compensation compare to other employers?
• If you're considering going out on your own and starting a business, we help you consider the feasibility and how it might work
• If your employment unexpectedly ends, we help you through the stressful time until you secure a new job

Retirement can seem difficult to grasp as something complicated and far away. We help you to begin saving for this goal today while still managing your family's day to day.

• Maximizing employer options such as a 401k match
• Exploring options for self-employed individuals or a parent who works part time
• Balancing the goal of retiring securely in the future with goals that affect the here and now
• Helping you decide how much to save

It can be a challenge to balance wanting to provide the best education for your children with the sticker shock we feel when we see the prices. We help you to plan for the costs for many phases of your child's learning pursuits.

• Budgeting for private or homeschool
• Choosing and funding options for college such as a 529 plan
• Discussing how aspects of your financial plan affect applications for scholarships and other opportunities.

Since our clients place a high value on the wellbeing of family, we know it's important to them to ensure that children are properly cared for if one or both parents passes. We work with you on many aspects of an estate plan and help coordinate with the attorney you have selected to prepare documents such as a will.

• Identifying needs for the appropriate amount of life insurance
• What are your priorities when you work with an attorney to craft a will
• Review financial impact of how financial accounts are set up such as beneficiaries or account titling.

• Form 1040
• Schedules A,B, and D
• Form 1040-ES

• Includes your resident state return
• Additional states can be added for an additional fee

Ecclesiastes 11 tells us to avoid planting all our seeds in one field or putting all our eggs in one basket. We ensure your portfolio is spread across many different investments to manage risk.

We select a mix of investments such as stocks and bonds using low cost ETFs as part of your portfolio.

The kinds of accounts where different investments are held can make a difference for important considerations like taxes. We implement your plan while considering this often overlooked dimension.

We regularly rebalance your portfolio to ensure you remain on track and adhere to the long term allocation we have set for you.

We allocate your investments among vehicles such as Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs with retirement in mind.

The way you invest makes a difference in how much you owe in taxes. Any investments we make for you or changes we implement are always done with consideration on how to minimize the amount that goes to taxes.

No, never. We serve as a fiduciary for our clients. That means we put the interests of our clients ahead of our own interests.

We offer investment management as a service for clients who want it, but we don't require clients to hold any investments with us.

We work with clients virtually to be compatible with the busy lives of our clients. Because of this, we're able to work with families across the United States.

If your family decides that we're not the right place or life changes, we will wish you the very best. We don't charge surrender or cancellation fees when a family ceases service with us.

No, we don't require it. We do ask prospective clients to understand that Biblical principles are the reason our company was started and heavily influence the advice and guidance we provide to clients.

No

We are not like most financial advisors that are only willing to work with you if you have a certain level of assets to manage. In fact, we offer a fee-based monthly option so you don't need to have any assets.