Legacy Giving
What is a Legacy Gift?
A legacy gift is a special planned gift or bequest that is realized in the future through careful planning from an individual’s estate, will, or charitable trust. Legacy gifts can take many forms and ideas on how to give are shared in this brochure. Most often, planned gifts are earmarked for the general endowment or a specific endowed church fund to support the ongoing ministries of St. James Church in perpetuity. It is your legacy to your church.
All members of the St. James Church family are invited to consider making a legacy gift. All gifts, no matter the type or size, help sustain the future of St. James Church.
1844 Society
The 1844 Society was established by the Vestry to recognize and celebrate parishioners who have made a bequest or other planned gift from their estate to St James Church.
Legacy donors will receive a yearly invitation to a special event and be listed in the Annual Meeting Report, unless your preference is to be listed as anonymous. To be included in the 1844 Society, please give written notice using the enclosed form confirming your legacy gift is in place. If you have already included St. James in your Legacy Giving, then please let us know using the enclosed form. Thank you in advance for your generosity and vision. Your gift will help secure the future of St. James Church for generations to come.
St. James Episcopal Church A Legacy of Vision
In 1844, Margaret Taylor, wife of the twelfth President of the United States, Zachary Taylor, had the vision to gather a group of Episcopalians together to form a new congregation in Baton Rouge. That same year, St. James Church officially organized and received a charter of incorporation from the Louisiana legislature. Then, 50 years later in the Spring of 1895, the members of St. James Church had the vision to construct a new larger church building which remains the church we know and love today. In fact, throughout our history, the members of our parish family have always had the vision to start, sustain, and support the building up of the kingdom of God through the ministries of St. James Church.
Please email us or call the church office at 225-387-5141 to speak with Fr. Chris or Chris Harrell, the Church Treasurer about your questions.
