Considering Charitable Giving After considering the needs of your family, you may wish to leave all or a portion of your estate to one or more ministries of our Church. Perhaps you will choose to remember Hope Lutheran Church. By our contribution to the Church, we have an opportunity to serve people in ways which we as individuals could never accomplish alone. Even small bequests are appreciated - just look what our Lord did with the loaves and fishes! Hope needs help for its future in Hollywood. We need help in providing a parking lot for the future of our Church and its Ministry here on this corner. Can you help us?   Talk to Pastor Mark, or send email to info@hopelutheranchurch.net. Hope Lutheran Church Has The Following Opportunities To Provide For: Remember Hope Lutheran Church in your Will. Give to Hope through Life Insurance or through Property Trust. Help reduce the principle on our church loan. Help Hope acquire property for solving our parking space problem for the future Ministry of Hope. Give to the New Hope Lutheran Church Endowment Fund, the "Life Of Hope" Fund in memory of all of Hope's members, to provide for the staffing and maintenance support of the Church, to assure financial existence of Hope Lutheran Church throughout the 21st century and beyond, in perpetuity. Give to the Endowment in loving memory of Pastor H. K. Rasbach for his wishes of specialized outreach to our community, children and church ministry. Benefits of Making a Charitable Gift You have the satisfaction of knowing that work which you supported in this life can be carried on after your death. You have a chance to say "thank you" to an organization that has been particularly helpful or meaningful to you and your family during your lifetime. You can designate your bequest as a memorial to loved ones. In the case of life income gift, you can receive income from the gift, part of which may be tax-free. Most charitable gifts are deducted from the estate before taxes, possibly resulting in reduced taxes for your heirs.