Stewardship Center

In an effort to provide the congregation with a better understanding of financial issues and information on ways to give a Stewardship Center has been placed in Reception Hall. This display features brochures and guides that provide a basic understanding of key financial issues.

Provided below are a list of resources:

Brochures:
• Your Guide to Outright Charitable Gifts
• Your Guide to Making a Will
• Your Guide to Gifts of Securities
• Your Guide to Gifts of Real Estate
• Your Guide to Gifts of Life Insurance
• Your Guide to Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets
• Your Guide to Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Your Guide to Charitable Gift Annuities
[Also, Questions & Answers on Gift
Annuities]
• Your Guide to Basic Estate Planning
• Your Guide to Memorials and Endowments
• Your Guide to Effective Bequests

Guide to Important Stewardship Websites
Guide to Stewardship Radio Stations
Guide to Legal Assistance
Guide to Recommended Books from the Library
Guide to Stewardship Audios of John Piper

Campaign Case Statements
Campaign Devotional/Commitment guides
PCA Foundation Brochures

Coming soon:
Ten Ways to Give to Tenth
Answers to Common Excuses for Not Giving
Codicil/Bequest Language

If you require further information, please contact Chairman of the Planned Giving Committee, Bryce Bartruff, at 856.773.4756 (o) or bryce.bartruff@actelion.com

A Few Updates

First, I would like to explain the dearth of new material on the blog this past week. Last week, my husband and I welcomed our daughter into the world and have been busy learning the ways of parenthood! We’re slowly getting into the swing of things so I wanted to get back to the blog to share some of the news from the past week and also resume sharing some of the amazing stories of the campaign that have been shared with me. Be sure to check back in soon as I plan on posting new material throughout the week.

• On February 29, the first campaign e-newsletter was sent out. If you didn’t receive it, check your spam to make sure it didn’t get accidentally filtered. And if it’s not there, please contact Dot Boersma (dboersma@tenth.org) to make sure your email is added to the database.
• Last Sunday was the Quarterly Day of Prayer. Brian Esterly had the following to say about the day: "There was a wonderful turnout of over 50 members and we had a rich time of praying for more than 75 minutes for the campaign. The spiritual formation group, led by George McFarland, had an excellent prayer guide that took us through praising God for his faithfulness and each of the six projects. I think everyone came away blessed as we were able to approach God's throne of grace and pray specifically for the spiritual journey God has put us on through this campaign." Let this congregational day of prayer inspire you to continue praying for the campaign! The spiritual formation committee has provided some items to guide you as you pray this week: for strength, energy and perseverance for the extended campaign committee as they are in the midst of a busy time, for the next round of praying tours and that the devotional study guide will be a useful resource for congregational members.
• Last week the devotional guide went out. If you didn’t receive one, please pick one up at the church. George McFarland of the spiritual formation committee shared the following post about the guide.

As Tenth Presbyterian Church moves forward with its Capital Campaign, the Spiritual Formation Committee is distributing to the congregation a 30 day devotional guide for their spiritual nourishment and instruction. In keeping with the rich history of biblical teaching and preaching at Tenth, this guide is comprised of various sermons which were preached by Dr. Philip Graham Ryken, Dr. Paul David Tripp, and the late Dr. James Montgomery Boice. All the sermons are expositions of portions of scripture that deal specifically with the idea of stewardship. The majority of sermons are taken out of the Gospel of Luke. The sermons have been divided into daily devotionals that span a total of four weeks. The length of each daily devotional is approximately two pages.

The Pastors and Elders of Tenth Presbyterian Church are encouraging the members of Tenth to read these devotionals privately as individuals, corporately with their families, and together with one another in other places of fellowship throughout the thirty days period of stewardship teaching. While the guide is formatted to be used during the month of March, it can be used during any 30-day period. Our hope is that you will go through the texts, lessons, questions, and prayers in preparation for Sunday, April 20, the day we plan to formally make financial commitments to the capital campaign. Those who read these devotionals should find them to be a rich means of instruction. The aim of the devotionals is to encourage Christian growth, by means of the word of God, in the lives of the people of God. We’re praying that the Lord will greatly use this Devotional Guide in the life of Tenth Church.

This and That

There is a lot going on so here are a few quick updates to keep you in the loop.

• So far, 34 people have signed up for the Band of Gideons! It’s never too late to join, so don’t hesitate to email George McFarland (gmcfarland@dccs.org) in order to sign-up.


• In the next few days, you can expect to receive an e-newsletter. Be sure to check it out, especially if you’d like to hear Gresham Smith’s story, pictured above during the first collection of the children’s program.


• Don’t forget to sign up for the Managing Your Money Seminar on March 1! Brochures are available at Tenth and you will be able to find more information on the blog soon.


• And finally, some food for thought recently shared with me by a member thinking about the campaign: “Keep always before your mind the greatness of your calling, that is to say, these two things: the immensity of the task before you, the infinitude of the resources at your disposal.” Benjamin Warfield, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, to his students on October 4, 1911.