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United News
by Howard Marchbanks
Planned giving is the process and preparation of making a gift during your life or after death.
by UCG Administrator
Our Planned Giving brochure covers many of the commonly used planned giving methods including Last Will and Testament, Will Substitutes, Qualified Charitable Distributions, Life Insurance as a Planned Gift and Trusts.
United News
by Howard Marchbanks
Many people want to incorporate charitable giving into their estate plan. For them, a charitable trust may be an effective way to achieve their goals including: to give money to charity, to provide a limited economic benefit to themselves...
by UCG Administrator
A trust is a legal entity that holds property for the benefit of another person, group, or organization. Trusts are organized in different ways, depending on their purpose.
United News
by Howard Marchbanks
Planned Giving, a part of an overall financial and estate plan, is the process that allows someone to make a charitable gift during one’s life or after one’s death. It is useful to think of planned giving as a process as opposed to a set...
Our Planned Giving brochure covers many of the commonly used planned giving methods including Last Will and Testament, Will Substitutes, Qualified Charitable Distributions, Life Insurance as a Planned Gift and Trusts. If you have...
United News
Howard Marchbanks
In recent planned giving articles in United News, we have suggested that having a Will or Trust will simplify the process of transferring what we have accumulated during our lives to our beneficiaries after our deaths in an orderly way....
How do you choose an executor/trustee? What is an executor (also known as a trustee)? It’s the person you appoint to carry out your Will or Trust. The executor/trustee, sometimes called an estate representative, is responsible for...
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Yes, the United Church of God provides information about how to donate to a planned giving program - see the information below. If you would like to contribute a one-time donation, please visit our online donation website at ...
Sermon
by Stuart Fricke
2024-03-02
Kennewick, WA
The world's landscape was planned, developed, and built with a covetous motivational force. This force originated with Satan and is his way of doing things. The way of God is centered around giving and sharing with others and relying on...
by UCG Administrator
You can bypass the probate process using a variety of legal methods (called “will substitutes”) when making a gift to the United Church of God or another cause you support.
Sermon
by Jim Moody
2020-03-07
East Texas
One of the richest and most symbolic events of the Old Testament involved Abraham, Isaac and Mount Moriah. When God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah, Abraham did not try to delay or reason with God. Abraham placed complete...
United News
Howard Marchbanks
Many times, people think that as long as they have a Last Will and Testament to take care of their estate when they die, they are done with estate planning and in good shape.
However, who will take care of your personal financial needs if you are still alive, but disabled or incompetent? Who will manage your affairs when you are physically or mentally unable to do so? This is when the other critical estate...
Sermon
by Jorge de Campos
2023-04-29
Dallas, TX
God created man with free moral agency and gave mankind His instruction manual of how to qualify to live eternally. But mankind has not trusted (has not had faith) in God’s instructions and opted to follow his own human reasoning apart...
Beyond Today Dailys
by Steve Myers
2021-02-02
We can have confidence because of the greatness of God and His care for us.
Sermon
by Rick Shabi
2024-02-10
Cincinnati East, OH
The union of man and woman as husband and wife has its origins in times predating the earth. What we experience and learn in human marriage has implications for the future and eternity that we must consider. Is your marriage maturing into...
by UCG Administrator
Planned Gifts take a number of forms. There are outright gifts of assets such as appreciated securities or real estate.
United News
Rick Shabi
At the home office, we regularly receive inquiries from members and donors asking how they can include the Church in their will or trust, or how a donation of stock, mutual fund, real estate, IRA disbursement, or other asset can be made to...
We appreciate those who consider making such a “planned gift” to the Church when they are reviewing their last wills and estates, or reviewing their portfolios. This type of giving, separate from tithes and other offerings, is called “...
United News
by Tanya Winger
The stories we tell ourselves can either expand or limit what we can achieve in our minds.
United News
by Howard Marchbanks
When asked about inheritance, what enters your mind? Maybe you think about something your grandmother or grandfather, parents, brothers or sisters may have left you after their deaths. Perhaps you are considering a gift you want to leave...

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