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| A LOCAL PLANNED GIVING PROGRAM
CAN HELP YOU AND YOUR CHURCH Would your church like to
begin, or revitalize, a program to develop planned gifts from
members to benefit your church? If we “plan ahead,” perhaps
members might consider a gift to your church or our National
Association to ensure their on-going programs long after the
member is there to support them.
Many of our churches have done this and you can obtain
confidential information to do it in your community by calling
our Financial Service Advisors (see Year Book for listing). They
will help you develop gifts though wills, living trusts, gift
annuities, deferred gift annuities, pooled income funds, life
insurance gifts, real estate, etc. These services were developed
for the benefit of individual church members and the local
church and can make a great difference to the member and to the
local church.
Some personal benefits can include tax deductions, avoidance of
capital gains tax, regular guaranteed income, improved income,
professional investment—and lasting satisfaction of knowing you
are helping in what you believe!
If you are interested in a program, just call one of our
Financial Service Advisors in your area!
Financial Services Committee
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REDUCED FEE BACKGROUND CHECKS
The Executive Committee has recently approved referrals to
Rapsheets, a company that does background checks for church
volunteers and staff. Special pricing allows our member
congregations to get a level one background check for less than
half the commercial price - $8.00 each rather than $19.95 (based
on date of birth and name); and a level two check, Rapfinity -
$10.00 rather than $24.95 each (based on SSN, DOB, name).
Contact:
Robert May
1.888.277.9287, ext. 121 or
901.261.2787
Email:rmay@rapsheets.com
In the near future there will also be a link to Rapsheets via
www.naccc.org, the NA website.
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| Our Christian Heritage The
great English Congregationalist R. W. Dale reminds of a
fundamental underpinning for those who exercise
responsibility/authority in the Church:
“In the Church the will of Christ is supreme. If it has rulers,
they must rule in His name and by His appointment; and their
power must come, not from the Church, but from Him. In electing
its officers the Church acts, not for itself, but for Christ. It
appoints the men [sic.] whom he has chosen, and it appoints them
to exercise an authority which He has.”
R. W. Dale,
Manual of Congregational Principles, London: Congregational
Union of England and Wales, 1920, p. 100j
Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Hall is the Association’s Historian
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