Ways To Give

Here is some sample bequest language.  Please feel free to change the amounts or percentages as is appropriate to your desires:

1. Bequest of Cash “I bequeath the sum of $25,000 to the St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Foundation in Lincoln, NE.”
2. Bequest of a Percent of the Estate  “I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to the St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Foundation, Lincoln, NE.”
3. Contingent Bequest  “If my brother John Doe survives me, I devise and bequeath 20% of the remainder and residue of property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located to John Doe.  If John Doe does not survive me, then I devise and bequeath 20% of my residuary estate, whether real or personal property and wherever located to the St. Mark’s Church Foundation in Lincoln, NE.”