Modern life is more complicated than it was for our grandparents, and maybe even our parents. Sometimes we need help with things so we may choose wisely. We could use some assistance in nurturing the legacy we are building with the everyday steps we take towards meeting goals in school, our careers and in retirement. To help us along the way, the Aldersgate Lasting Legacy team will host a series of presentations at the Aldersgate sanctuary on various topics. Details follow below.
These presentations will be live-streamed. We do hope you will join us in person so you may enjoy the light refreshments that will be served. Most speakers plan to bring handouts, so please attend in person if you’re able. This is your chance to ask experts questions in person!
Please invite your adult children to attend with you. You are welcome to bring a friend, your cousin, or a neighbor, too! We look forward to seeing one and all!
Attorneys Lorrie Benson and Andrew Louden will discuss how to gather the details of your life (including your digital footprint) so your family/estate executors can take care of your affairs.
If you missed the lecture, you can view the recording on our
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Has your house ‘outgrown’ you? Do you struggle with steps where you live now? Maybe you need more elbow room for a growing family? Please join us in the Aldersgate sanctuary on Tuesday, February 4 at 7 PM with guest speaker Jeannine Bryant, owner of SRS Changing Spaces. She has good information to help us learn about ‘rightsizing’ – having a living space that’s not too big, not too small and fits our needs. Jeannine can also assist us in learning how to let go of ‘stuff’, especially how to just get started. Old pictures unseen sitting in a drawer are not benefitting anyone, so learn how things we need to get rid of can successfully find new homes. We Americans have more ‘stuff’ than our grandparents ever had, so come and learn how to happily live with less and feel less anxious about clutter. Light refreshments will be served. This presentation will be livestreamed for those at home, and you can still submit questions online.
DUE TO POTENTIAL FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER TOMORROW NIGHT (MARCH 4, 2025), THE MARCH LECTURE HAS BEEN MOVED TO NEXT TUESDAY (MARCH 11, 2025) at 7:00pm
Never heard of the Nebraska United Methodist Foundation, even though they are situated in Lincoln? Come and join us on Tuesday, March 4 at 7 PM in the Aldersgate sanctuary where you will meet Kristine Roberts and Sharon Schmidt, the Executive Director and Director of Stewardship, respectively, from the Nebraska United Methodist Foundation (NUMF). There are many ways each of us can help our own church (Aldersgate), but how exactly can we do that via NUMF? Learn more about what Merle Summers and the Park family have done for Aldersgate and other avenues that are open to each of us to help. Some folks leave a gift from their estate, others donate while they are still alive with funds coming from a wide array of assets people hold (cattle, farmland, real estate, retirement accounts and so forth). This is your time to ask questions and learn much more about this important organization. Light refreshments will be served. This presentation will be livestreamed for those at home, and you can still submit questions online.
RMDs, QCDs and tax consequences – oh my! What to do, what to do!? Come and join us on Tuesday, April 1 at 7 PM in the Aldersgate sanctuary where you will meet D.A. (Chip) Lienemann, a retired CPA. He can answer questions about required minimum distributions (RMDs), qualified charitable donations (QCDs), how to set up a donor advised fund – including the tax implications for each. This is your time to ask questions that you were always afraid to ask or might not even know how to ask. With decades of experience, Chip can help you navigate your personal financial journey and help do it more smoothly because you will know more about what steps to take to help yourself (and your family). Light refreshments will be served. The recording of this presentation can be viewed on our YouTube Channel
Professor Julie Masters is the Terry Haney Chair of Gerontology at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) and also teaches at the University of Nebraska Lincoln (UNL). She is an expert in all thing’s gerontology, including end-of-life topics. Please join us on Tuesday, May 6 at 7 PM in the Aldersgate sanctuary where you will hear Professor Masters detail how to come up with a death plan to help your family after your death. This could include any memorial service (or not), what music you want to play, what you want the bulletin to say, what your obituary should cover, cremation (or not) and much more. Like a wedding, there are lots of details involved to take care of to plan a memorial service, et al. Julie has given this presentation many times in a humorous and interesting way (really!). Light refreshments will be served. This presentation will be livestreamed for those at home, and you can still submit questions online.
Life planning encompasses numerous aspects, many of which we might not commonly consider. Join us on Tuesday, June 3 at 7 PM in the Aldersgate sanctuary to hear retired attorney Larry Ruth discuss essential life details that deserve our attention. His talk will include topics such as establishing a Power of Attorney (POA) for healthcare and another for finances, the importance of having a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order, and the considerations surrounding the Anatomical Gift Act for organ and tissue donation. And there's much more to explore! Light refreshments will be served. This presentation will be livestreamed for those at home, and you can still submit questions online.
We understand life can be challenging, and sometimes more than expected.
Please join us Tuesday, June 24 at 7 PM in the Aldersgate sanctuary, where sisters Jill and Kendra will talk about some of their experiences after the 2022 death of their mother and their father's very unexpected death last fall.
They'll share some of what helped them manage these events while living several states away. They'll also talk about how they're juggling everything that needs to be done to settle the estates of their parents, while being helped and cared for by folks at Aldersgate UMC (where their parents were members).
Jill and Kendra grew up elsewhere, and almost everyone they know in Lincoln is connected with Aldersgate somehow – solidifying how important having a church to rely on can be.
Light refreshments will be served.
This presentation will be livestreamed for those at home, and you may still submit questions online.