“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and


Table for Ten


SHARING THAT INSPIRES AND IGNITES GENEROSITY


steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not


break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”


Matthew 6:19-21 Bernie Bostwick,


CAP®, ChFC®, Executive Vice President


A 8 • Ambassador Advisors


restaurant in New York City boasts a $25,000 frozen hot chocolate that’s topped with


edible 24-karat gold leaf. I can promise that cup is one I’ll never sip! An obsession with gold and wealth has plagued humanity since Te Fall. John Milton personified


this greed in his masterpiece Paradise Lost as ‘Mammon’, writing that this beast “admiring more the riches of Heaven’s pavement, trodden gold, than aught divine.” He admired the golden streets of Heaven more than the presence of God himself! Tis sinful battle against Mammon is one we all fight.


In the last few years, Ambassador Advisors has had the privilege of helping three ministries establish endowments, which together total close to $10 million. Tese endowments, funded predominantly by tax-efficient legacy and planned giving, create sustainability for the future of the organizations they support. Teir formation has also helped individuals Do More with what God had blessed them. Tese givers understand the future challenges of sustaining a nonprofit and want to ensure that the giving they believe in doesn’t stop because of their passing. By stewarding God’s assets to be used


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