Planned Giving Bulletin Blurbs
Bulletin Blurbs on Wills
When you next update your estate plans, please consider continuing your lifelong stewardship by leaving a bequest to _________________.
Are your estate plans in order?
Having estate plans is a gift to your family – and helps them know what your wishes are in their time of grief. If _______________ has been important to you in your lifetime, please consider leaving a gift here as well.
Don’t leave your estate plans for the government to decide!
If you don’t have a will, the state will determine guardianship for your children and where your assets will be distributed. The state will not consider leaving a gift for ministry. Your gift to your loved ones is to decide now what you want to happen upon your death.
Who will write your will?
The state will if you don’t, and the state won’t include a bequest for your church or favorite Lutheran ministry. Contact our Metro DC Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 or alice.benson@elca.org today for a confidential no-obligation consultation.
The state’s all-purpose will probably won’t fit your needs and won’t show your love for your church or favorite ELCA ministry. Contact our Metro DC Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 or alice.benson@elca.org today for a confidential no-obligation consultation.
Do you have a will?
When you make your will, consider naming one or more ministries of the ELCA as a beneficiary. Contact our Metro DC Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 or alice.benson@elca.org today for a confidential no-obligation consultation.
Aren’t wills for rich people?
Yes, and for poor people, and everyone in between. Remember the ministries of your church through the ELCA Foundation. Contact our Metro DC Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 or alice.benson@elca.org for a no-obligation consultation.
Do you have a will? When did you last review it?
Wills need updating to meet changing family needs, to meet current laws and to remember your favorite ministry. Contact our Metro DC Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 or alice.benson@elca.org today for a confidential no-obligation consultation.
My grandfather didn’t have a will.
It took three years to settle his estate. Your will can help your family, your congregation, or other favorite ELCA ministries -- and save unnecessary expenses at the time of your death. Contact the Metro DC Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 or alice.benson@elca.org today for a confidential no-obligation consultation.
Who needs a will?
Every adult who owns anything, has children, or who cares what happens at the time of death. Also, anyone who believes in life-long stewardship and wants to remember favorite ministries of the ELCA. Contact the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 or alice.benson@elca.org today for a confidential no-obligation consultation.
Charitable Gift Annuities
Small dividend checks getting you down? Make a gift of your stock and receive fixed annuity payments at much higher rates than your current dividends. You receive an income tax deduction and the ministry of your choice receives a wonderful gift. For more information about charitable gift annuities call Alice Benson, with the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium of Metro DC, 301-963-6570.
With as little as $1,000 you can make a gift to ministry and receive annuity payments of up to 11%. Sound too good to be true? Ask about charitable gift annuities. Call the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium of the Metro DC Synod -- 301-963-6570.
Imagine! You make a gift for ministry. You receive an income tax charitable deduction. You receive annuity payments of up to 11%, depending on your age. Part of each annuity payment is tax free. Also -- you make a gift for the ministry of your choice. Find out how charitable gift annuities work. Call the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium serving the Metro DC Synod at 301-963-6570 for a no-obligation consultation.
Lower CD rates making you question how to invest? Make a gift to ministry and receive fixed annuity payments for life at higher rates than current CDs. You receive an income tax deduction and the ministry of your choice receives a wonderful gift. Learn about charitable gift annuities by calling Alice Benson of the Metro DC Synod Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium -- 301-963-6570.
Making a significant gift to ministry can increase your bottom line! By making a gift for a charitable gift annuity, you receive an income tax deduction and annuity payments for life. Plus, part of each payment is tax-free. Call Alice Benson of the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium, serving the Metro DC Synod, at 301-963-6570.
You can give to ministry and receive payments for life. Make a gift of appreciated securities or cash and you can receive an income tax deduct ion and payments at an annuity rate tied to your age. Ask about charitable gift annuities. Call Alice Benson, your ELCA Foundation regional gift planner at 301-963-6570. E-mail: alice.benson@elca.org Web site: www.elca.org/fo
Bulletin Blurbs – Life Insurance
Life insurance protects your family against a calamity. Your family includes your congregation and other ministries of Jesus Christ. Shouldn’t they be included in your protection? Adding a ministry as a beneficiary of your policy is easy. Simply call your life insurance agent and request a change in beneficiary form. Call the Metro DC Synod’s Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 if you have questions about planned giving.
Legacies. We all want to do our part to leave a legacy for family and ministry. Life insurance proceeds can establish our legacy by providing for the various ministries that are important to us. Call your life insurance agent and request a change in beneficiary form. With one easy change you can Leave a Legacy for Ministry. Call the Metro DC Synod’s Planned Giving Consortium at 301-963-6570 to learn how planned giving can help your family and ministry.
Be a tither! By changing your life insurance beneficiary designation to distribute 10% to your congregation’s mission endowment fund, you can be a tither. The endowment fund, or any other ministry of the church, greatly appreciates any and all planned gifts. Call the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium of the Metro DC Synod at 301-963-6570 to learn about other opportunities to Leave a Legacy for Ministry.
You raised your children and paid for their education, and now they hold good jobs. Your congregation and other ELCA ministries are important to you. Your family no longer needs the proceeds from your life insurance. Change the beneficiary designation partially or wholly to benefit the ministries that are important to you. Call the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium of Metro DC Synod at 301-963-6570 to learn about other ways to Leave a Legacy for Ministry.
Giving to your congregation’s mission endowment fund is easy. By calling your life insurance agent you can change the beneficiary designation to leave a percent to ministry. Call the Metro DC Regional Gift Planner of the ELCA Foundation at 301-963-6570 for more information about planned giving for ministry.
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a Legacy for Ministry – 
Gifts that Nurture the Whole Church
For more information, brochures, or to speak with someone about how the ELCA Foundation can work with you, please contact Alice Benson at 301-963-6570. E-mail: alice.benson@elca.org Web site: www.elca.org/fo
