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Charitable Gift Annuity Letter to Congregation Members

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Dear ________________,

Have you wondered how you can support your church’s outreach as well as the ministry areas you care about most while maintaining – or even improving – the income provided by your financial assets? Consider a charitable gift annuity to support the work of ______________ Church and to continue or increase your own income.

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Choosing Jesus in a Starbucks World

“CHOOSING JESUS IN A STARBUCKS WORLD”
The Rev. Karl Travis

Matthew 4:1-11
March 10, 2008 / National Presbyterian Stewardship Conference

Being a parent has given me some small perspective on the God’s view of his children. That’s because children, like grown ups, have minds of their own. With minds of our own, we like to do what we want, not necessarily what others want.

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Congregation Survey on Planned Giving

Presbyterian Church
Planned Giving Survey

The Planned Giving Committee is interested in your views, experience and suggestions related to how we can best assist Church members with end-of-life and estate planning, as well as planned giving. Thanks for taking a few minutes to complete this informal survey, which can be anonymous if you prefer, and return it to the Planned Giving Committee.

1. How would you describe your current situation with regard to your will?
 Completed and up-to-date
 Completed, but needs updating
 I don’t have a will

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Creating a Commonwealth

Creating a Commonwealth

The History, Theology and Ethics of Church Endowments
James Hudnut-Beumler
Presented to the National Association of Endowed Presbyterian Churches
Chicago, Illinois, October 18, 1996

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Creating Endowments for Congregations: Pros and Cons

Creating Endowments for Congregations: Pros and Cons

Robert W. Bohl, Pastor
Village Presbyterian Church
6641 Mission Road
Prairie Village, Kansas 66208
(913) 262-4200

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Creating Legacies

Creating Legacies

Presented October 14, 2004, at the 20th Annual PEER Network Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
By the Reverend Dr. Robert Bohl

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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: What to Do With the Income from Permanent Funds

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: What to Do With the Income from Permanent Funds
Presenter: Kim Warner
Vice President, Texas Presbyterian Foundation

From both a Stewardship and a Marketing standpoint there are four key elements that make up a healthy and growing ministry of permanent funds:

  1. How funds are invested
  2. How much each year from the funds are expended
  3. What those funds are spent on
  4. How well this is interpreted to the congregation

Key factors under girding the above observations:

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Donation Acceptance Policy

Exhibit I
First Presbyterian Church
Endowment Donation Acceptance Policy
January 1, 2003

Purpose

The purpose of this Policy is to set forth the guidelines for accepting donations into the church’s endowment fund (the “Fund”), in order to achieve the following goals:

Maintain good relations with present and prospective donors to the Fund.

Avoid undue risk to the church that could result from accepting certain types of assets.

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Elements of A Successful Church Endowment Program

SUCCESSFUL CHURCH ENDOWMENT PROGRAMS
T. BRUCE WEAVER, JR.,TREASURER, THE P.E.E.R. NETWORK

INTRODUCTION

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Endowment Distribution Guidelines

Exhibit IV
First Presbyterian Church
Guidelines for Administering Disbursements from the Endowment
January 1, 2003

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