What is an Enduring Gift?
An enduring or planned gift most often takes the form of a gift of cash or securities either made now or left to Port Nelson in your will. Gifts of insurance policies, real estate, RRSPs and RRIFs are also potential avenues for making a gift.
All Enduring Gifts will be invested and managed by the Trustees. An excellent alternative to a specific dollar bequest is to leave a percentage of your estate to the Church. This would not materially affect your plans to have the bulk of your estate go to your family.
Your gift will make a difference for generations to come.
How will funds from Enduring Gifts be Managed?
o The Trustees will employ a “Moderate Risk Approach”.
o Best efforts will be made to conserve the capital.
o Any capital gains will be retained within the designated pillars.
o Income from the funds within the pillars will be distributed as needed.
o Income from the funds in the various pillars will be distributed annually
You can donate to one of four donation pillars
Rekindle Pillar
Funds from this pillar are used to rejuvenate and refresh the Port Nelson facility that is extensively used by many community and outreach groups. Expenses funded from this pillar can include upgrades to the structure, retiring construction loans, technology improvements, or for purchasing audio-visual equipment.
Music Pillar
Port Nelson is blessed with a vibrant music program that involves many members of the church family and the community. Your gift to this pillar will be used to enhance the music ministry. This can include providing scholarships for young musicians, pipe organ upgrades, or to host special concerts and music programming.
Outreach Pillar
Port Nelson is known for reaching out to our Church family, our community and our world at large. Gifts to this pillar are used to help people care and look after those in need. The pillar also funds the development of children and youth programs and local/global food access initiatives. Our outreach efforts could be expanded even further with the gifts made to this pillar.
Urgent Needs Pillar
You may choose to designate your Enduring Gift to be used to fund the church’s most urgent needs. This pillar provides the Church Board with the flexibility to use these funds for whatever urgent need may arise. Requests could come from any of the of the Enduring Gifts Pillars to fund crisis situations which my arise, unplanned building expenses, Church ministry needs or to launch Port Nelson’s Ministry at home or abroad.
Regardless of the pillar(s) you choose, your gift will be cared for in the best way possible so that it blesses the lives of people.
The Port Nelson Trustees will manage the funds based on the approved Enduring Gifts policies. The Church Board will make careful and prayerful decisions how to use Enduring Gifts funds for the work of ministry.
For further information contact:
Tod Wright
tod.wright@sympatico.ca
905-639-8268
Marty Wamsley
martyjwamsley@gmail.com
905-681-6216