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When financial topics are explained clearly, confidence follows. Explore expert-led sessions on key topics and navigate your financial journey with purpose and clarity.
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Financial education from Everence

Money can feel complicated. Made Clear is the Everence webinar series designed to cut through the noise – covering everything from investing basics to retirement planning to teaching your kids about money – with space for your questions and the values that matter to you.

Join us live, or watch on your own time. Every session is free, practical, and built around real life.

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Estate Planning: Made Clear

How estate planning can spare your family confusion, conflict and costly mistakes

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Financial Planning: Made Clear

How to build a financial plan that reflects your goals, values and life

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Fraud Prevention: Made Clear

How to recognize, avoid, and recover from today's most common scams

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Charitable Tools: Made Clear

Hilarious generosity in a miserly world

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Meet your host

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Colin Saxton, Stewardship Theologian, Everence

Colin Saxton,D.Min., brings a rare combination of theological depth and practical financial wisdom to every Made Clear session. Colin has spent his career helping people think about money differently – not as a source of anxiety, but as a tool for living out their values.

In Made Clear, Colin’s role is simple: make the complex approachable, create space for real questions, and help you leave each session with clarity and confidence. Whether you’re just getting started or working through a specific financial decision, you’ll find him to be a thoughtful, unhurried guide.

WEBINAR LIBRARY

Watch on your own

Missed a session? Want to explore other topics? Our on-demand library lets you access past webinars when it’s convenient for you. Use the expand button at the bottom right of the video to watch the webinar full screen.

  • Family finances
  • Kids and money
  • Investing
  • Insurance
  • Charitable
  • Retirement
  • Medicare
  • Estate Planning
 

Your Money and Your Purpose: Made Clear

Discover how to align your financial decisions with your faith and values as we explore purposeful financial planning, charitable giving strategies, family legacy conversations, and estate planning tools in this Everence Made Clear webinar.

 

Financial Well-Being: Made Clear

This webinar focuses on financial wellness and building healthy money habits. Hosted by Colin Saxton with experts Glenn Black and Denise Wayman, the session covers key concepts including the difference between wealth accumulation and financial health, the importance of cash flow analysis, creating effective budgets, and understanding credit scores.

 

Financial planning with a purpose

Connect your life mission and finances through financial planning

 

Women, wealth, and well-being: Creating confidence through the discomfort

Gain confidence in your financial journey no matter what life stage you are in.

 

Stay a step ahead: Outsmart identity thieves and scammers

Fraud is on the rise, and scammers are finding new ways to target individuals and businesses alike. This webinar will equip you with the knowledge to spot common scams, safeguard your personal and financial information, and take proactive steps to stay secure.

 

Paying for College: Made Clear

Equip your family with practical, step-by-step guidance on saving for college, navigating financial aid, and making smart borrowing decisions to confidently fund higher education.

 

Crush your debt: Refinance your student loans

Learn how refinancing could help lower interest rates and simplify repayment. Walk through the refinancing process, highlighted key factors to consider, and provided guidance to determine if it might be the right move for their financial situation.

 

Kids and Money: Made Clear

The money habits children develop early can last a lifetime. Walk through practical, age-appropriate ways to teach kids about earning, saving, giving, and spending wisely – from their first piggy bank to their first part-time job. You'll come away with tools and conversation starters you can start using right away.

 

Money lessons for younger kids

It’s never too early to start teaching kids about financial wellness! Explore fun, age-appropriate ways to introduce key financial concepts like saving, sharing, and spending wisely.

 

Teaching teens money moxie

Preparing teens for financial independence starts with the right knowledge and skills. Discover essential money topics, including budgeting, smart spending, and responsible borrowing, to help your teen build confidence in managing their finances.

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Explore our youth program

Help your child build smart money habits! Our youth program offers Youth Savings, Student Checking, Youth Rewards, the Greenlight debit card, and our annual Youth Savings Celebration.
 

Investing: Made Clear

Get the basics to start your investment journey.

 

Invest in a better world

Learn how your investments can make a difference.

 

Necessary conversations: Let’s talk about money

Explore your relationship with money and connect your faith and finances

 

Investing 301: The ABCs of alternative investing

Take a deeper look at alternative investment options

 

Getting our lives together, giving our lives away, and giving our deaths away

Embrace these unique periods of our lives can encourage growth in our stewardship journey.

 

Impact investing: connecting your values and investments

Find your impact investments.

 

The longevity equation: Preparing for a future of long-term care together

Explore how long-term care factors into your future.

 

Annuity basics

Understand what annuities are and if they have a place in your portfolio.

 

Protecting what matters most

Learn how life insurance can be part of your financial plan.

 

The ABCs and 123s of donor advised funds

Learn why Donor Advised Funds are one of the most flexible charitable tools for strategic generosity

 

Charitable giving: You know why, we know how.

Explore why we give and how to use your assets to impact the world.

 

The 5 practices of highly impactful givers

Explore how to be intentional with your gifts and be more effective in changing lives.

 

The power of missional generosity: impacting the world through giving

Explore why we give and what inspires donors to be generous.

 

Retirement readiness: Understanding your income options

Explore retirement strategies to make retirement income last

 

Retirement income strategies

Get the information you need to make informed decisions.

 

Everything you need to know about Medicare

Medicare doesn't have to be complicated. This webinar will cover everything you need to know about Medicare.

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Learn more about Medicare

As you approach retirement, few decisions will shape your health care more than choosing how and when to enroll in Medicare. The more you know, the better prepared you'll be.
 

When to utilize an institutional trustee or executor

Learn the benefits of a corporate trustee or executor.

 

5 estate planning mistakes Christians should avoid

Examine faith driven factors impacting estate planning decisions.

 

Empower or spoil: leaving the legacy you want

Uncover the purpose and mission of having an inheritance plan.

 

What will your final statement be?

Learn how your estate can be an expression of your love.

Want to talk to someone?

If you have questions that go beyond a webinar – or if you’re ready to take the next step – we’d love to connect you with one of our financial professionals.