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COME, PAUSE, AND PRAY in the St. Paul memorial garden, a quiet place of grass, trees, and flowers. Spend time here in loving remembrance and think about where God is leading you.
From its very inception, the St. Paul building plan has contained a garden to complement our ministry of inviting people to the grace of God in Christ. it was left unfinished, however, until Louisa Slaybaugh bequeathed a generous gift to complete the garden as a memorial to her late husband Harold “Slip” Slaybaugh.
A brick walkway bordered in part by a memorial wall frames the landscaping, all a part of Louisa’s bequest.
And the garden continues to grow. Ralph Tolbert and family at the same time donated and installed the flagstone in front of the Columbarium adjacent to the garden.
You, too, can have a part in this and leave a lasting legacy of your faith for generation to come:
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The brick walkway is designed to feature laserimprinted, epoxy filled bricks, in memory or in honor of loved ones. Each brick permits either three imprinted lines of up to 14 character or two imprinted lines of up to 20 characters. We must order the memorial bricks in minimum lots of 75. Your gift of $100 will purchase a brick memorial. An order form is available in the church office.
Our garden features a memorial wall on the sanctuary side of the garden. Surrounding a bronze plazue emblazoned with the garden name, memorial plaques will commemorate gifts to the church of $5000 or more. In recent years, several families have given major gifts to the church. We desire to honor their memories with the memorial plaques. Please see any of the pastors or the chair of our Stewardship Committee about these memorial plaques.
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A simple and well-crafted wooden bench allows someone to sit, reflect, pray or meditate. Virginia Myers donated a lovely bench in memory of her loved ones for just this purpose. A brass plate on the bench denotes the gift. we invite others also to consider the donation of a memorial bench. We could use five more. Each cost $500. Please contact the church office for more information.
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COLUMBARIUM MEMORIALS |
The columbarium is a sacred place for interring the cremains of our loved ones. The durable bronze and cast aluminum structure contains 114 niches and are $750 each. An aluminum cylinder is provided for the cremains. Space on the sides of the columbarium hold memorial plaques, permanent markers placed in love. Two lines can be engraved and the donation cost is $250 per plaque. You may contact Clyde Ross of the columbarium committee for more information by calling the church office. Also, brochures on the columbarium are available in the church narthex and office.
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The notion that only the wealthy can leave a legacy is nonsense. Anyone can leave a legacy, no matter what a person’s income or assets may be. Planned gifts can be something else besides money. In fact, some of the most common gifts are stocks, IRAs, cars, and life insurance.
Another myth is that by leaving a legacy you’ll be neglecting your family after death. not really. Of course, families should be provided for first; however, what most people find is that both providing for their family and leaving a gift to charity are possible. When leaving a gift to charity, there are some things you need to know:
Planned giving is easier than you might think, even though the terminology is often intimidating. For example an “estate” often evokes images of mansions and wealth. Actually, an estate is simply a person’s possessions – and we all have those!
Let’s look at a few of those terms:
Bequest: to donate something through a will.
Non-profit organization: an organization that can solicit and receive tax-deductible donations, where all monies must balance out at the end of each year – meaning “no profit.”
Endowment: funds or property donated to an organization, group or individual.
Appreciation: a rise in value or price.
Charitable remainder trust: a set amount of money from which a certain percentage is paid to an organization every year.