In September, Kurt Buhlmann (Board member of Crown Switzerland) spoke to a group of bankers and financial experts at the Zurich Stock Exchange on a Christian view on the current economic crisis. He explained the difference between God's economy and the world financial system and how getting onto God's economy can bring financial peace and prosperity.

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    * Discussion questions, reflection opportunities, and application experiences for each film
    * A Family Guide containing unique questions for family study
    * A Facilitator's Guide to help when leading a group (no training required!)
    * Special Features - Director's Cut, trailers, and behind-the-scenes footage

On 2-3 October a Speakers Training was conducted in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was attended by 14 participants, most of whom had graduated from the Leading Stewards Course done in March 2009. During the first part of the two-day training, facilitators Grozdan Stoevski (National Director, Crown Bulgaria) and Andrew Nedelchev (European Program Director) introduced the group to some basics of adult learning, keys to succesful public speaking, advice on using a PowerPoint presentation and the purpose of Crown seminars in general. Next, participants were given a somewhat condensed presentation of the whole "How Do I Make It to the End of the Month" seminar, originally written by Andres Panasiuk (Senior Vice President, Latin America & Associate Managing Director, Global Operations). During the last part of the training, each participant had a chance to give a 10 min. presentation on a previously chosen topic (based on the "Bible on Money" material).

After visiting Finland and Sweden, Dave and Ann Rae (Dave is Executive Vice President, Global Operations) flew to Riga on the evening of September 13^th. They were joined there by Andrew Nedelchev (European Program Director). The three met with the Crown Latvia Board at dinner the following day. Plans were discussed for the coming months and the future strategy of the local ministry. On Tuesday (September 15^th), Dave spoke at an outreach luncheon, organized by the local CBMC (represented in Europe by Crown Companies). The event was attended by approx. 50 business people and some government officials. In the evening Andrew Nedelchev and Dave Rae gave a presentation of Crown and taught some "Bible on Business" basics to a group of approx. 80 people, gathered in the largest Baptist church in Riga.