Overview
 Purpose:
The purpose of
the Stewardship Planning Weekend is to provide basic stewardship counsel to Christians to
facilitate effective and Christ-honoring long and short-term giving to
ministry-helping Christians accomplish to the fullest extent possible the
ministry gifting God lays upon their hearts.
Pre-meeting
Promotion:
Eternal Vision helps the local ministry promote the Planning Weekend by providing promotional materials including:
- Email blast from Pastor to all members/regular
attendees promoting event
- Announcement in all adult SS classes 3 weeks and
2 weeks from event
- Pulpit announcement 1 week from event
- Bulletin inserts 2 weeks and 1 week from event
- Appointment list maintained in church office
- Confirmation letter/call from EV to those making
appointments (Friday before)
Program:
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Psalm One Counsel: Is Your Estate
Plan Biblical?
In this
fast-paced and entertaining workshop, Attorney Davis will explain in plain
English the legal issues involved in planning your estate from a Biblical
perspective. Attorney Davis will answer
all attendees' stewardship planning questions and address the following topics in this
free seminar:
- Biblical
Estate Planning: What the Bible has
to say about your "final act of stewardship."
- What Your
Secular Attorney Will Never Tell You About Estate Planning: Insights on how secular legal advice could
prevent you from laying up treasure in heaven!
- You Can
Give More than You Think: How to
leverage a small amount of money into a large gift with a major impact on the
Lord's work.
- Keep it
Simple, Do it Right: Supporting
several different ministries during your lifetime and through your estate plan
does not have to be complicated!
- Already
Have a Will? Ways to give to the
Lord's work without changing your existing estate documents.
- Are Your
Existing Estate Documents Obsolete? Even
if you have existing estate documents like a Will or Power of Attorney, new
federal requirements may require you to update your plan to accomplish what you
truly intended.
- The
Responsibility of the Faithful Steward to Give RIGHTLY: Every Christian's responsibility to wisely
transfer God's resources into the hands of another faithful steward.
- First-hand Lessons
From the Terri Schiavo Case: What
Christians can do to prevent the tragedy of Terri's court-ordered death from
happening to their families.
Saturday: Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Attorney Davis will meet with
individuals by appointment for Biblical stewardship planning and private
counsel. Contact the host ministry office to
schedule an appointment.
Sunday: Adult Sunday School
Stop Thief! What the law of embezzlement
can teach us about Biblical stewardship
Presenter:
Attorney Matthew J. Davis, Eternal
Vision's Vice President & Corporate Counsel
Attorney Davis
spent 8 years litigating religious liberty cases and advising thousands of
Christian individuals and ministry leaders on legal issues in Christian
education, ministry employment, risk management and religious liberty as a
staff attorney for the Christian Law Association with whom he still serves of
counsel. In one of his most famous
cases, Attorney Davis worked alongside Attorney David Gibbs III in his fight to
save the life of Terri Schiavo from her court-ordered death by starvation and
dehydration. Attorney Davis now lives in
Watertown, Wisconsin where he works full time as Vice President & Corporate
Counsel for Eternal Vision, and teaches Business Law as an adjunct professor at
Maranatha Baptist Bible College. Mr.
Davis grew up in Danville, Illinois where his dad pastored for nearly 20
years. After graduating from Maranatha
Baptist Bible College with a degree in Business Management, Matt went to law
school at Southern Illinois University School of Law and is now admitted to
practice law in Illinois, Florida, and Wisconsin.
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