Newsletter Articles
The Stewarding Your Stuff newsletter articles available below contain two types of messages. The first pertains to estate planning, highlighting the importance of a good estate plan and motivating members to complete this very important task. The second type of message highlights various tax advantaged current giving possibilities. We suggest alternating between these two topics as you include these articles in your newsletter on a regular basis, at least twice a year. Alternatively, churches can communicate these messages by periodically incorporating these articles into weekly Sunday bulletins as inserts.  To acquire these documents from the website, please follow the instructions below. - Click the Image or Title
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For Christians, there is an added dimension to estate planning – recognizing that God is the owner of our estate places us in a responsible position as a steward... | | |
Straight Talk About Wills
If you die without a will or other such document, the state will decide how to disburse your estate. And if you have minor children, the state will decide who will raise them... | | |
Good Will
We like people of goodwill. They are positive, generous and enjoyable to be around. They are cheerful and optimistic. People of goodwill make life more enjoyable and satisfying for others... | | |
On Having the Will
More people make charitable contributions while they are living rather than through their wills. The truth is, most people never get around to making a will. They die, as lawyers say, “in testate"... | Back to Top | | Current Giving Newsletter Articles | | | Give Your House and Live In It Too
Don and Della heard about a special provision in the tax code allowing them to give their house to their local church through their state foundation now, get a sizable income tax deduction and still be able to live in their home for the rest of their lives. This seemed, for them, a perfect solution... | | |
Why Mary Smiled
If Mary sold the stock and gave the cash, she’d only receive the one benefit of the charitable tax deduction. But if she gave the stock to her church through the state foundation, she’d receive two benefits: the charitable tax deduction and the bypass of capital gains tax... | | |
Don’t Make These Planned Gifts at Year-End
With the hectic lives many of us lead, we may tend to put off certain things until “we have the time.” The problem with this is before we know it, the calendar runs out and we’re staring at December 31. We rush to complete the year-end gift... | | |
Guaranteed Payments for Life
The gift annuity is an arrangement under which you can make a contribution to your local church through your state foundation and receive, in turn, guaranteed payments for life. It’s a way of giving that allows you to make a substantial gift even though you may need ongoing income from your assets... | |  |
Dirt Into Treasure
Barnabus, introduced to us in Acts 4:36, provides us with a great example of a way of giving that is not widely recognized - gifting assets rather than cash. | Back to Top |
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