Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp would like to offer you a great opportunity to strengthen the financial health of your congregation and it will cost you absolutely nothing other than a little time.

***WHEN***
MAY 5-6, 2008 - 6 PM - 1 PM
MAY 6-7, 2008 - 6 PM - 1 PM
MAY 7-8, 2008 - 6 PM - 1 PM

***WHAT***
Rainbow Trail is hosting three free training and educational seminars during the week of May 5-8, 2008 for the leadership of the congregations of the Rocky Mountain Synod.  These three identical 24-hour events will introduce you to the different ways that your people can make planned gifts to your congregation and give you the tools and a plan for preparing your people to make these types of gifts.  We will give the framework to establish an endowment for your congregation.  We will also share other events that we will be hosting in the future that your members can attend that will educate them and give them help in determining the types of gifts they might make to your congregation and other organizations.

***WHY***
Rainbow Trail received a generous $50,000 Charitable Gifting grant from Thrivent for our Learning to Leave a Legacy program. Learning to Leave a Legacy is a unique program that will help to educate individuals about planned giving and the multitude of options available to them as they develop their own plans for legacy giving.  Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp along with Thrivent for Lutherans will partner with congregations and pastors in the Rocky Mountain Synod to offer retreats and other gatherings of Lutheran congregation members to inform and provide the latest information about legacy giving.

***WHO***
These educational and training seminars are geared for the Pastor and the key leadership from your congregation.  We hope that you can bring either your council president or the chair of your finance committee with you.

***WHERE***
The seminars will begin on
Monday – May 5
Tuesday – May 6
and
Wednesday – May 7
starting each evening with dinner at 6:00 pm.
Check-in will begin at 5:00 pm. We will conclude each training event at 1:00 pm the next day.
All meals and lodging will be provided at Rainbow Trail at no charge.
This is our gift to you.

***REGISTRATION***
Space is limited, so reserve your spot now for the seminar that best fits your schedule.

We ask that you RSVP no later than April 28, 2008.
However, spots will be filled on first come, first serve basis.

We hope that you will join us for one of these seminars.  I promise you it will be well worth your time and will start your congregation on the road to long-term financial health.
I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Call our Canon City office to reserve your spots for one of these events.
(719) 276.5233

Yours in Christ,

David K. Jarvis
Executive Director