Bequest Request

A bequest, if you don't know, is simply leaving some money for the church once you die.

But how do you bring this up to the members of your church? Do you just assume that they all know about it? Do you take it for granted that when people are making their wills (again or for the first time) that they set some cash aside for the future work of the church?

I have seen plenty of bequests used to really good, greatly needed, things in churches. In fact, a stack of opportunities would be missed if an injection of funds hadn't been blessed to the church. And maybe herein lies the answer.

The use of bequests should be advertised better. Not necessarily the amount that was left, but a mentioning that this ministry prospect has been taken due to the financial gift someone has left the church.

It sure beats having a "bequest request Sunday."