WELS Foundation is pleased to provide a quarterly newsletter to our Foundation partners to help them nurture and assist their donors. Below are issues of the newsletter and the supporting documents for each issue.
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Below you will find issues of the Planned Giving Today newsletter, a helpful monthly resource that provides tips and information from planned giving experts. The newsletters are password protected. For additional information or to access the newsletters, please complete the Contact Us form.
We have created this planning guide especially for you, the Christian steward.
Your estate is a sacred trust that has been accumulated as a result of God’s blessings upon your labors. God is the owner of your estate. He gives you the responsible position of managing it in life and in death, and the privilege and joy of expressing your love for him and for others through your estate plans.
We pray that with God’s blessing, this booklet will give you a practical, understandable, and workable process that results in a plan with which you are comfortable. An estate plan that…
Using this Booklet
This booklet will take you through the steps of preparing an estate plan, including filling out detailed forms at the end that will be useful to your planners and family.
Go ahead and read through this booklet, completing as much of the “Information for Your Planners” forms as you can. Then contact a Christian giving counselor and he will help you complete the process. There is no cost or obligation for working with a counselor. His goal is to help you carry out your stewardship objectives more efficiently.
Please start this booklet by completing the “What Is Your Present Situation?” section on page 17.
Please note:
WELS Foundation is the foundation of choice for WELS members and ministries. It is the only foundation whose sole purpose is to facilitate donors’ desires to support WELS ministries.
After the Israelites crossed the River Jordan to enter the Promised Land, they set up a stone memorial so that future generations would know the goodness of God (Joshua 4:4-9). In the same way, WELS Foundation exists to help members whose gifts leave a monument of their faith that will be a blessing for many years to come. By establishing a planned gift, you are creating a lasting legacy by providing financial resources dedicated to the support of teaching and preaching God’s Word to future generations. As you contemplate the transition from the wilderness of life on earth to the Promised Land of heaven, what will be your memorial stone?