We help further your resources,
so you can further God’s work.
When you need help making plans for your legacy gift, the UM Legacy Partners can help. We connect you with expert resources, including top United Methodist offices, ministries and institutions, that can help you learn about wills and trusts, as well as strategies for giving through your local church.
Elect a Legacy Leader
at Charge Conference
Local churches are encouraged to build a Legacy Giving program. Please include the Legacy Leader position among those your church elects each fall.
- - Legacy Leader Position Description (MS Word document)
- - Local Church Legacy Committee Sample Charter (MS Word document)
Legacy Building Sunday
Celebrate Legacy Building Sunday
September 14, 2008
Sunday, September 14th is Legacy Building Sunday, a day to celebrate the lives of your members who have made endowment gifts or other legacy gifts for missions, ministry, and capital projects.
We honor them for embracing John Wesley’s teachings: “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” This special Sunday also provides an opportunity to recognize and thank leaders in your church who work to make legacy giving a reality.
Legacy Building Sunday will serve to raise awareness of ways that members can establish their legacy by asking them to consider remembering your church in their will or trust or by establishing a life-income gift.