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3 Reasons To Host A “Wills, Estates And Gift Planning Seminar”

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  1. To educate and motivate each member to plan, prepare and have a will drawn up by legal counsel.
  2. To help members learn estate planning methods which will help maximize benefits for themselves and their heirs.
  3. To encourage gifts to the ministries of the church which are planned and coordinated with the members’ objectives.

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Eastern North Dakota “US” – Stories of Shared Ministry

A new DVD, The Eastern North Dakota “US” – Stories of Shared Ministry, is now available thanks to generous people willing to share their talents. This DVD highlights some of the good work happening in the Eastern North Dakota Synod.

The two main stories on the title page of the DVD convey the mission of the Synod and that of the greater ELCA. There are 12 chapter story videos detailing some of the ministries of the Eastern North Dakota Synod. Enjoy viewing them. We want you to know the ‘Synod Stories’ to feel good about enthusiastically supporting our work together. Each congregational president has received a copy of this DVD for use in their local congregation.

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IRA Rollovers to Charity Extended Through December 31, 2009

UPDATED: January 12, 2009

Planned Giving PartnershipThe information in this article may be of great interest to you if you are over 70 1/2 years old and have one or more Individual Retirement Accounts. The information shared below may be pertinent to charitable gifts made to a variety of organizations, including annual church offerings, gifts to church endowment funds or capital campaigns, as well as gifts to the Eastern ND Synod Endowment Fund, ELCA social ministry organizations and ELCA churchwide initiatives (external link). Continue reading…

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