When St. Andrew’s became a parish in 2001, provision was made in the Articles of Incorporation for the establishment of an Endowment and an Endowment Committee.

The main purpose of the St. Andrew’s Endowment is to provide income each year for Outreach outside of St. Andrew’s. Income in this instance is based upon the adjusted gross earnings of the endowment funds.

The first deposit to the Endowment was for $1,100, an excess of funds that had been contributed in 1990 to fund the completion of needlepoint kneelers at the altar rail. Other contributions to the Endowment have been made in honor of a person or occasion, or in memory of a loved one.

During the past several years, St. Andrew’s has been fortunate to have received several sizable bequests: one, from a lady in Indiana who attended St. Andrew’s in the 1970’s; another from the sister of a member of St. Andrew’s, a man who had been an acolyte here when he was a boy, who, himself, left a remembrance to St. Andrew’s.

The St. Andrew’s Endowment Committee is chaired by Martha Bollenbacher and currently has five members who are endowed not only with the investment of the funds, but with encouraging friends and members of St. Andrew’s to become members of the St. Andrew’s Legacy Society. See below for more information on our Legacy Society.

Planned Giving

• St. Andrew’s Legacy Society

St. Andrew’s has established a Legacy Society comprised of individuals who choose to remember St. Andrew’s in their estate plans. Membership in our Legacy Society is always open. Please contact Martha Bollenbacher or the church office for more information.

• How do I make a bequest?

Whether you are constructing a new will or making an addition (a codicil) to an existing will, the process is very simple.

If you already have a will, you can call, write, or meet with the attorney who prepared it (or any attorney) and request a codicil be drafted. In constructing a new will, you might want to invest some time in communicating your desires to an attorney to insure that your assets are distributed according to your wishes.

Please also contact the church office so that we may make the appropriate arrangements.

• Great news from the Colorado Episcopal Foundation!!

We’ve added two new tools to our website – the Interactive Gift Planning and Gift Planning News! These will aid parishioners all over the Diocese when creating gift planning scenarios, creating wills, give you examples through donor stories, and more! Parishioners will be able to do research from the comfort of their own homes and call us when they are ready. Also, leadership throughout the Diocese can use these tools to promote Planned Giving and enrich the Legacy Societies in their local churches.

To access these tools, go to our website www.coef.org, click on Programs and Services for Individuals, and then click on Interactive Gift Planning and/or Gift Planning News. And don’t forget to sign up for the weekly e-newsletter on the Gift Planning News page!