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Fund Management Board

2 Chronicles 34:17: They have paid out the money that was in the temple of the
LORD and have entrusted it to the supervisors and workers.

Mission

Fund Management mission is to provide members and friends of the

congregation a

means by which they can continue Christian stewardship and

financial support of

Trinity Lutheran Church beyond their lifetime.

Adullt Service Opportunities - Fund Management

Leadership

The Fund Management Board shall consist of six members. They shall be

elected for

a term of three years, and their terms shall be arranged so that the

terms of two

members expire each year. No member shall serve more than two

(2) consecutive

terms.

The Fund Board has the following responsibilities in relation to the funds of the

Congregational Fund:

		Receive gifts in the name of the congregation.
		Invest the monies of the Fund.
		Collect the income from the Fund.
		Pay the expenses of the Fund.
		Use the income from the Fund to accomplish the goals established for the
		Congregational Fund.
		Report to the congregation the status of the Congregational Fund.

Giving Opportunities

Congregational Fund Gifts and Contributions

Gifts and contributions from any individual, firm or corporation, in money, in

securities,

or in any other form of property, including, by way of explanation and

not in limitation,

direct gifts for the purpose of the Fund, gifts in memory of any

deceased person or in

appreciation or recognition of any living person, gifts in

the form of a devise or

bequest under Will or Trust instrument, and gifts or

proceeds or portion of proceeds

of insurance, annuity, or endowment policies

contracts, may be received by the

Fund at any time.

Gifts and contributions may be received upon special terms or conditions or

containing limitations or directions as to the investments or use of the

substance

the gift, the use or accumulation of the income provided that such

are

acceptable to

Trinity Lutheran Church. Please contact the church office for

further information.

Stewardship

Earnings of the Fund

Both the principal and income from unrestricted gifts and bequests to the Fund

are to

be used for the purposes, projects and programs recommended by the

Fund

Management Board, and approved by the Trinity Lutheran Church Council.

The Board may recommend to the Council the use of the Fund to enhance the

ministry of the Church, assist in acquiring, and constructing Church facilities,

promote

mission projects, and assist in education projects. The Board may not

use any

principal of the Fund for any purpose, project, or program

recommended by the

Board unless approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of

the Congregational meeting.

The Fund may support a new congregational program or project which would

normally

be funded by the operating budget. In the initial three (3) years of a

new

congregational program or project, the income and principal of the Fund

may be

used

on a proportionally decreasing basis so that by the third (3) year, if

not

sooner, the

new program or project is fully supported by the operating

budget.

Notwithstanding the language above, no part of the income or principal of the

Fund

shall be used for the normal operating budget of the Church.

Our Administrative Pastor or a Congregational Fund Committee member will

happy to discuss with you the various ways you might give to the

Congregational

Fund. In addition, you should contact your attorney, accountant,

trust officer,

insurance

agent or other professional advisor.

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For More Information

Our

Administrative Pastor

or a Congregational Fund Committee member will