Planned Giving Awards Program
In 2007, the Foundation establshed a Planned Giving Awards Program which annually recognizes one clergy and one lay leader who has embraced the cause of planned giving and helped others discover the benefits its brings to churches and donors. The clergy award is named in memory of our founder, Rev. Robert C. Holmes. The lay award is named in memory of Mrs. Alice W. Lockmiller, a generous benefactor and founding member of the Foundation Board of Directors.
Our honorees are:
Alice W. Lockmiller Award
2007: Gerald and Sara Smiley, First UMC Ormond Beach
2008: Ruth Cary, First UMC Orlando
Robert C. Holmes Award
2007: Rev. Richard L. Evans, First UMC Homosassa
2008: Rev. Sam Seizert, Englewood United Methodist Church