Stewardship Pledge

STEWARDSHIP 2024-2025: THANK YOU!

We close this year’s Stewardship Campaign sincerely grateful for the generosity the 108 pledges received from members, families, and friends of the church. Collectively, as of May 31, 2024, the pledge tally is $346,436, the most money the church has seen in pledges in over 10 years! The Stewardship team of Linda Lannin, Ingrid Michaelis, and Doug Topliffe want to thank all those who were able to pledge this year, you made this stewardship campaign a financial success and a strong indication of your continued support of our church, all its programs, and missions.

Where Do I Stand?

The GOOD NEWS of 2023!

As we prepare to launch our 2024 Stewardship campaign, we’re taking a look back at 2023 to celebrate how we lived into our mission as a “Welcoming, Transforming, and Sending” congregation. The GOOD NEWS is that our church continues to make a difference in the lives of many. In this last year, we welcomed new families and new members, saw our children, youth, and music ministries grow, expanded our outreach to our community, and continued to ask, “Who is God calling us to be as a church?”

WIDENING OUR WELCOME

Our Sunday Worship continues to reach beyond our sanctuary walls as we regularly welcome new people to our church who’ve discovered us through our livestream worship, our Vacation Bible School, our “God’s Doors Are Open To All” Welcome banner, and through our work in the community. In 2023, we officially welcomed 15 new members, with more than a dozen others joining us for the first time and now attending regularly. The overwhelming reason given by those who’ve visited and continue to come has been our commitment to “welcoming all” – not just in our words but in our actions.

CHILDREN & YOUTH

In August, our Church School leaders and volunteers put on yet another successful week-long Vacation Bible School. We had over 50 participants and numerous youth and adult helpers from both our church and the surrounding communities. Our Church School program continues to grow as our current families invite their neighbors to join us as well. We are grateful to our Church School Coordinator, Larissa Riley, and our wonderful Christian Education team for all that they do!

NEW ACTING ASSOCIATE PASTOR

Also in August, we welcomed our new Acting Associate Pastor, Kevin Marsh. Kevin took over the leadership reins of our Middle School and High School Youth Groups, and our Confirmation Class. All three programs continue to thrive while providing a space for our youth to both explore their faith and serve our community. Kevin also facilitates our Racial Justice Group, assists with worship, preaching, and pastoral care, and has a passion for ministry for all ages. We’re blessed to have him and celebrate the new energy and joy he brings to our church!

OUTREACH

We continue to serve our neighbors near and far in ways that are worth celebrating. In the fall, we hosted our first post-pandemic Community Supper. Our Woman’s Association’s spring Good Stuff Sale and fall Holiday Fair (their most successful yet!) continues to support the work of numerous organizations in our community. And our home-grown Home Starter Program had its most active year yet as our volunteers assisted families transitioning into new housing. This year the team purchased an enclosed trailer (with the aid of a generous donation), rented an additional storage unit, and recruited new volunteers. Both the families we serve and the non-profit organizations we partner with have expressed their gratitude for all that we do with this much needed ministry!

MUSIC

Our wonderful music program continues to be one of the most valued and celebrated ministries in our congregation, and this year there was much to celebrate! Our Chancel Choir has grown to over 30 members, filling the chancel and our worship with their voices. Our Bell Choir is also thriving, with new members and new leadership, as our Music Director, Sara Phelps, generously offered to direct our Bell Choir when Wendy Valeri took a well-deserved step back. Sara also breathed new energy into our children and youth choirs, offering regular opportunities for our children to gather and sing after worship. And as always, we are so blessed to have Michael Havay as our organist, and all of our choir members who share their gifts with us every Sunday!

SPECIAL MINISTRIES FUND

Our recently announced “Special Ministries Fund” is an unexpected blessing worthy of celebrating! Thanks to a generous donation, we now have a $70,000 reserve to seed future ministries in our church and to support previously unfunded ministries, like our Racial Justice Group, and Technology related to ministry communications. The fund will also bolster our Adult Education offerings as we seek to grow in our hearts and minds as faithful people of God. The fund will be managed as an investment and is designated for these ministries alone and can’t be used for normal operating expenses, which means we’ll have a “self-sustaining” resource for these ministries for years to come!

Our Stewardship theme this year is: “Because of You, Our Church Changes Lives.”

As individuals we may not always recognize the impact we have in the lives of others, yet as a faith community we’re called by God to be a force of transformation in our world. Each of us, through our individual gifts and the many ways we employ them, power this sacred work. In the coming weeks, we’ll be hearing more from our Stewardship Team about the many ways we can support our church’s mission through our financial generosity. May the GOOD NEWS of this past year inspire us as we consider what we may have to give!

Sincerely,
Susan Manchester, Moderator
Doug Topliffe, Resource Ministry Coordinator
The Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Linda Lannin, Ingrid Michaelis, Stewardship Team

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