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Permanent Endowment Fund  
and Permanent Endowment Committee
| St. Mark's Committees |

The Permanent Endowment Fund of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church provides members and friends the opportunity to make charitable gifts to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church that will become a permanent endowment for financial support and a living memorial. The Endowment Fund is intended for the long-term benefit of the church and is considered essential for the church’s long-term health. A portion of the fund, consisting principally of investment returns, may be used annually to fund unexpected needs and programs and ministries which fall outside the normal budget.

During 2011, the Endowment Committee initiated what will become an ongoing series of presentations on subjects of interest and importance to the congregation and community. The first presentation was on wills and attracted forty to fifty participants. The second (which was co-sponsored by the Health and Wholeness Ministry) discussed the general subject of Alzheimer’s disease and attracted fifty-plus participants. Future presentations will occur on a quarterly to semi-annual basis. These presentations are of general benefit and highlight the presence of the Endowment Fund and the church.

Donations are the principal source of growth of the fund. Any of the following go into the Endowment Fund of the church: 

• any unrestricted or undesignated gifts to the Endowment Fund.

• any unrestricted or undesignated gifts to the church resulting from wills, bequests or estates.

• other amounts approved by the Covenant Council.

• other undesignated memorial gifts totaling more than five hundred dollars. The five hundred dollar amount may come from one or several donors to the same memorial.

Current committee members are Bill Wickham, Dr. Ed Stephenson, Ron Hill, Ruth Kester, Scott Bauman, Jim Allison, Rich Howell, Pam Barnes and Tom Spratt. Feel free to contact any member regarding questions or comments.

Unlike many other charities, contributions to the church’s endowment fund have no overhead. Please consider contributions to our Endowment Fund.

For additional information, please contact our church office at 520.297.2062 or e-mail us.