FUMC Heritage of Faith

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FUMC Heritage of Faith
Continuesthrough YOU
Capital Funds Campaign
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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• Mission Statement of First United Methodist
  Church of Midlothian
• Servants of God meeting the needs of others
  through the love of Jesus Christ

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• History July of 2004 The Church voiced its
  desire to progress the Jo Stephenson Challenge
  into a Capital Fund Campaign.
• The Heritage of Faith Continues is the result
  of that desire.

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• Week of Prayer
• April 3-9, 2005
• Spend the week praying about what God wants you
  to do.
• Spend time in confession ask forgiveness
• Praise God for his blessings and gifts
• Seek to glorify God in prayer

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• Ask Gods guidance as you respond to this call of
  giving
• You will not be asked for a commitment today.
  Please take this week in making a prayerful
  decision

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• Purpose To reduce the debt being carried by the
  Church.
• Family Life Center 2,025,497
• Roof 18,298
• Parsonages 135,123
• Total 2,178,918

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• Goal To gather commitments that total 500,000
  over the next three years.
• These pledges are over and above our current
  giving to the Church.
• All funds gathered in the Capital Campaign will
  be applied to the principal of our current loans.

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• All pledges/commitments are confidential
• Only the amount given will be reported on the
  personal quarterly statement supplied by the
  Church. Pledge/commitment amount will not be
  reported.
• The total amount given in the Capital Campaign
  will be reported monthly to the Church.

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You
Weekly Annually
Total Gift Units Grand Total

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You
Weekly Annually
Total Gift Units Grand Total
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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You
Monthly Annually
Total Gift Units Grand Total

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You
Monthly Annually
Total Gift Units Grand Total

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You
Givers Annually Monthly
Weekly

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• Additional Payment Options
• Automatic Bank Drafts
• Credit Card Payments
• Automatic Bank Payment

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Heritage of Faith Continuesthrough You

• Giving of appreciated assets
• Receive full tax benefit of charitable
  contributions
• Avoids costly capital gains taxes
• Give a more substantial gift to the church
• Some gift ideas
• Securities, Stocks, Bonds, Treasury Notes
• Real Estate
• Investment Interest Income, Dividends
• Consult your tax or financial advisor

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Law-Abiding CitizensLike the man in the old poem

• He said he wouldnt make a pledge unto the
  church at all,
• That he would give just when he felt the
  urgencythe call
• But still he bought a car and pledged to pay
• it off some day.
• And then a house in which to live and each month
  he would pay.
• He pledged to pay his telephone, electric and his
  gas
• He pledged to pay his water bill-he never let it
  pass.
• He pledged to pay his taxes, too. Upon his
• house and sod.
• But not one cent hed ever pledge to the house of
  God