I was fortunate to join our LWML Gift Planning Counselors, Gifts of Love Advocates and Supporters, and our Planned Giving Council last week in St. Louis, Missouri, April 10-13, 2019. These hard-working women received training and spent time preparing for the upcoming LWML Convention where they are excited about these opportunities to share information with you:

1. Contact your District President to register to attend the Thursday Gifts of Love pre-convention seminar,

2. Sign up and attend the Friday Gifts of Love luncheon,

3. Visit the Gifts of Love exhibit booth,

4. Attend the historic launch of the Legacy Circle at the kick off dinner on Saturday night. This is a special invitation dinner for those who have included LWML in your estate and/or gift plans. Contact our Gift Planning Counselors for more information. Will bequests and beneficiary designations can make a huge impact on Mites in the future to continue our mission work in the name of Christ. Many of LWML’s efforts this past biennium were linked to estate giving over the years. For example, the estate gift of 2 savings bonds years ago enabled us to move our offices and remodel with no use of Mite Box money!  

I didn’t realize how easy it is to work with an LWML Gift Planning Counselor and have them help you organize your estate. They do most of the work! Bill and I are putting our plan in place with the help of one of our Gift Planning Counselors.  We learned there are many options available to us that bless both our family and ministries. We are thrilled that our planning now will help LWML in the future to continue its important Gospel-focused work for generations to come. I encourage each of you to consider having one of our Gift Planning Counselors guide you in your planning. You’ll be glad you did, just as Bill and I are!  

Contact LWML Gift Planning Counselors for more information at www.LWMLgiftplan.org or call 1-800-741-4138.  You can also email: Pat Bilow: pat.bilow@lfnd.org; Linda Gage: linda.gage@lfnd.org; or Carol von Soosten: carol.vonsoosten@lfnd.org

Patti

All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you! They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.  Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations (Psalm 145:10-13).