New web site offers information and links

Are you thinking about writing or revising your will-or establishing a revocable living trust? Would you like information about available options to:

Or would you like to know how your congregation can establish and manage a Mission Endowment Fund? Would you like ideas about how to encourage gifts to an already-established Fund?

Go to www.lutheranlegacies.org, for basic information, ways to request more information, links to ELCA ministries that sponsor the site, and another way to contact your Regional Gift Planner for personal, confidential help.

For stewards who are bullish

 If you depend on your assets for income and expect both to grow over time, consider funding a Charitable Remainder Unitrust. Unitrusts are invested for growth. If the unitrust earns more than it pays, your income will grow as well. If not, your income will decrease: no worse than your risk in the open market. Typically, younger or more aggressive investor-stewards select the unitrust option as a way to support the church with a plan that provides a good chance for growing income. Funding a unitrust can avoid capital gains tax and earn a charitable income tax deduction if you itemize.

For stewards who are bearish

If you are concerned that the bull market is getting old and might start growing bear claws, you can lock up your gains with a life income gift that pays steady, secure income based on the current value of your assets. Charitable Gift Annuities offer guaranteed, steady life income based on your assets' full current value. Capital gains and income returns are taxed favorably, and, if you itemize, you can claim a charitable deduction. Market fluctuations no longer matter; your income is guaranteed to stay the same as long as you live.

No matter whether bulls or bears prevail, your church (through the ELCA Foundation) offers life income plans to match your needs. Contact your Regional Gift Planner for personal, confidential consultation.

LPG welcomes Dakota Boys Ranch Sponsor

Dakota Boys Ranch of Minot, North Dakota, recently became the sixteenth ministry to sponsor Lutheran Planned Giving in this area. DBR has started the Voelkerding Village program in Dutzow, Missouri, offering hope and help to single mothers, young mothers-to-be and their children. For more information about DBR, and the other 15 sponsoring ministries, go to www.lutheranlegacies.org or call or write Pr. Denny Hallemeier, your Regional Gift Planner.

Correction:

The December 2000 newsletter inaccurately stated on page 2:

"Only through a Will can you . . .

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