Gift Planning
Through a partnership with the LCMS Foundation Saint Paul Lutheran High School is offering FREE estate and gift planning services for Saint Paul Lutheran High School alumni, families, and friends!
For All HIS Saints (two fold) Ministry for all HIS Saints
Our ministry of training God’s children in a Christian environment to equip students for joyful, faithful service to Christ and His world calls us to serve their families by helping them in completing what God has put in their heart to do for their family and the ministries they love.
The first fold is the Gift Planning service we can provide our families to make their Gift Plan the best it can be so that it is truly a blessing and not a curse to their families. Through a partnership with the LCMS Foundation Saint Paul is offering FREE estate and gift planning services for Saint Paul alumni, families, and friends!
Imagine a future in which your God-given gifts continue to benefit your family and faith after you’re called home to Heaven. With a charitable estate plan, your assets—things like retirement accounts, your home or land—will leave a positive, lasting impact upon the people you love, but also the congregation or ministries you care about most.
- List of Gift Planning Counselors in the LCMS.
- The Gift Planning Process
- What does a Gift Planning Counselor do?
- Who do I contact to for help in completing your Gift Plan?
- Testimonies about their Gift Planning experience.
The benefits of creating a Gift Plan
Gain peace of mind
A gift plan is designed to help you provide for those you love, protect you and your family, and support the ministries you’ve cared about during your lifetime.
It’s tremendously comforting to know that, once you’re called home to Heaven, your assets, including gift you hope to provide to ministry, will be distributed in exact accordance with your wished. By creating a gift plan for the future, you’ll create peace of mind today.
The gift planning process can be complex, and unexpected taxes can reduce what you’re able to leave to your heirs or give to charity. With a well-designed gift plan, you may be able to reduce the taxes you or your heirs pay, and accomplish more with your assets. Our experienced gift planners know how to help you avoid unnecessary taxes so you can leave more to your family and to the ministries you hold dear.
Your Lifetime Plan for Giving is a spiritual stewardship journey divided into four stages.
- Discovery
- Plan Designs
- The Summary
- Implementation
What does a Gift Planning Counselor Do?
The Counselor works with individuals in your ministry who want to discover the lifetime plan that God has planted in their heart to transfer the blessings He has given them to their family and the ministries they love. Their services are at no cost to you as an LCMS member.
The Counselor begins each consultation by listening in order to understand each individual’s unique priorities. Using the information he gathers, he then guides and directs each individual in shaping a Lifetime Plan for Giving that fulfills personal and family goals.
This confidential service includes discussion of family matters and the challenges and opportunities involved in estate and financial plan development, so that the benefits and charitable planning can be understood in relation to each individual's personal goals.
The Counselor works with ministries to help encourage the generosity and the goodwill that God has given to His people so that our “For All HIS Saints Ministry ” can reflect the absolving light of our Lord in the lives of its members.
Contact our For All HIS Saints Director of Development, Kent Kunkel 660-463-2238 ext 242, kkunkel@splhs.org OR
Gift Planning Counselor, Terry Gerdts @ 314-409-5453, Terry.Gerdts@lfnd.org . They desire to see the gift plan that the Lord has placed in your heart to become a reality and help you get the joy that HE has planned for you in accomplishing HIS purposes.
For All HIS Saints (two fold) Ministry for all HIS Saints
The second fold is the For All HIS Saints Endowment Fund.
The Endowment Fund is established for growing the gift of God’s people to accomplish the specific fund purposes outlined in the For All HIS Saints Endowment Fund.
Our For All HIS Saints Endowment Fund brochure
For All HIS Saints Endowment Fund various funds
How to prepare a gift to the For All HIS Saints Endowment Fund.
Who to contact to make a gift to the For All HIS Saints Endowment Fund.