“Our high school graduating class had 33 people, and I liked that Concordia also had small classes for a personal experience,” Joy says.

“I was confirmed LCMS (Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod) in high school, and wanted to continue my faith journey,” Jimmy says. “It’s nice that faith is central at CSP.”

As the couple graduated, married and started careers, they remained active at CSP. Joy has served on the Alumni Council and Jimmy is on the Board of Regents.

They’ve always donated to the University, even when they couldn’t afford to give much. Now, almost 20 years after graduating, they contribute a more significant annual gift to Concordia.

The couple also wants to focus on Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) and CSP in their estate planning, so they reached out to gift planning counselor Matt Steiner.

“We don’t have children, so our gift will be significant, and we want to be intentional,” Jimmy says. “Matt has been so helpful. We didn’t have a will yet, and he connected us with an estate planning attorney and even went to meet him with us.”

“We’re just the stewards of God’s money,” Joy adds. “That’s why we want to give back to Concordia and other institutions we love. Working with Matt on this has been a blessing to us.”