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The Loaves and Fishes Society

 
The Special Gifts and Endowment Committee is pleased to announce the establishment of the Loaves and Fishes Society, the bequest program at Claremont Presbyterian Church.

For the past several years, the Committee has worked to make this program a reality. The Loaves and Fishes Society draws its inspiration from John 6:9, the multiplication of individual gifts to sustain multitudes.

A brochure explaining the mission of the Society is being mailed each February to CPC members and friends. The brochure provides general information on estate planning and the importance of including CPC in your plans. It also describes the differences between bequest gifts, which serve long-range needs, and our annual pledges, which support the daily operating budget of the Church.

If you did not receive your copy of the brochure, please pick one up in the Church office. It is intended to be a ready reference and guide for your future use.

Please contact any member of the Committee if you have questions or would like additional information.
 
The Special Gifts and Endowment Committee
of Claremont Presbyterian Church 
Stock Donations
Giving of our time, talents, and treasures is essential to the life of CPC. There are so many ways to give by voluteering to teach Sunday School, singing in the choir, working in our local missions, or simply being there to lend a hand when the sanctuary gets decorated. Pledging part of your income also helps to staff the church, fund the church programs, and allows CPC to contribute to the many missions of the PC USA around the world.
 
Sometimes contributing appreciated assets like stocks and bonds to the CPC is a more practical means of giving rather than cash. Stocks and Bonds contributed to CPC's account get sold immediately on the day of the transfer and the money is made available to the church as soon as the transaction is complete. At the link below is a sample document to initiate a stock transfer to CPC. Once the documet is filled in with the number of shares and date of transfer it should be sent to the broker who is holding the shares:
 
 
Call the CPC Sewardship Chair if you have questions regarding this type of giving.
 Third Annual Bequest Emphasis Sunday 

The Special Gifts and Endowment Committee is pleased to announce CPC’s Third Annual Bequest Emphasis Sunday, to take place on June 20.

 

During the service on that day, a presentation will be given to illustrate the importance of making special gifts to CPC, over and above our annual pledges for the operating budget. These special gifts can be made during lifetime or through our estates and can direct support to a particular part of CPC’s program and outreach or can be left unrestricted. In either case, such gifts further enrich our spiritual life here at CPC and our ministry to a needy world.

 

At the service on June 20, we will recognize the twenty-nine people who, to date, constitute the members of our Loaves and Fishes Society. This is the bequest society of CPC and is sponsored by the Special Gifts and Endowment Committee.

 

The Loaves and Fishes Society draws its inspiration from John 6:9, the multiplication of the loaves and fishes to sustain the multitudes. Everyone who includes CPC in his or her estate plan is entitled to membership in the Society.

 

If you have taken this important step and have not yet notified us, please inform one of the Pastors, any member of the Committee, or Jo Colclough in the Church office – we want to add you to our membership rolls! For more information, please pick up a copy of our Loaves and Fishes Society brochure on the patio on Sunday morning or in the Church office. The brochure provides the names of the Committee members.

 

The current members of the Loaves and Fishes Society are:

Eric Bernal                                 Eileen Jaeger                            Carol Stubblebine

Teresa Bernal                             Delores Kelley                          Craig Stubblebine

Harry Brunger                             Jeanne Kennedy                       Libbie Swartz

Doris Chambers                          Taylor Klingerman                     Roger Swartz

Gordon Douglass                        Ruth Mickel                              Kent Warner

Jane Douglass                            Kathleen Sigtenhorst                Teddie Warner

Joan Harlan                                Pieter Sigtenhorst                     Mary Wheeler

Lee Harlan                                  Betty Springer                          Dorothy Whitham

Frank Hungerford                         Stan Springer                           Rick Whitham

Chet Jaeger                                Marj Stoddard