Stewardship Pledge

As we prepare to launch our 2026 Stewardship campaign, we’re taking a look back at 2025 to celebrate how we lived into our mission to be “Grounded in God’s Love, Serving Neighbors Far and Near, and Welcoming to All.” The GOOD NEWS is that our church continues to be a welcoming place for all seeking to be a part of a faith community where the gospel message is lived out, and where we work together to build a world grounded in justice, equity, kindness, and love.

WIDENING OUR WELCOME
In 2025, we officially welcomed 10 new members, with a dozen others joining us for the first time and now attending regularly. We also increased our visibility in the community with the installation of a new sign in front of our church with our “Welcoming to All” message and rainbow. Our newcomers continue to share that their primary reason for coming and staying is our commitment to this extravagant welcome – in our worship, in our service to others, and in our words and actions as people of faith. One potential “sign” of our increased visibility: we welcomed 500 people at our Christmas Eve services this year, which is close to 100 more than last year and wonderful to see!

CHILDREN & YOUTH
Our Church School and Youth programs are thriving under the leadership of our Director of Youth Ministries, Larissa Riley, as new families continue to find their way to our church. Our summer Vacation Bible School grew yet again, with 63 participants from our church and the community, including a crew of 21 teen helpers. Our Junior and Senior Youth Groups continue to grow and serve, helping with community events, church fundraisers, and in June, our SYG teens traveled to North Carolina to help with hurricane cleanup. Our nursery and pre-school and elementary classrooms are bustling on Sunday mornings as well, providing a welcoming space for our children to learn and our young parents to connect.

OUTREACH

We continue to serve our neighbors near and far in ways that are worth celebrating. Our Woman’s Association held its most successful Holiday Fair to date, bringing in over $16,000 to support our church as well as the work of numerous organizations in our community. Our Home Starter Program assisted over 100 families transitioning into new housing and accepted over 200 donations of furniture and household items. This work is made possible by the long list of volunteers who coordinate donations and deliver to the families. Our outreach also includes the countless hours devoted to those in our congregation and in the community who may need extra love and attention during tough times. So much of this work is done behind the scenes, yet the impact it has on our community is tremendous!

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! Under the leadership of our Director of Music, Sara Phelps, our Chancel and Bell Choirs continued to grow, blessing our worship with their singing and ringing. Our youth choirs offered 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. In December our Music Team and all our choirs gifted us with a wonderful Family Christmas Concert, as we opened our doors to the community and filled our sanctuary with song!

GENEROSITY

We continued to reap the benefits of the generosity of this faith community as we used monies left from our Capital Campaign to complete additional projects, as chosen by our congregation. We painted the ceiling in the sanctuary giving this sacred space a fresh look, and the parsonage received a much-needed new furnace. We also received a generous gift of $400,000 from a private group of local philanthropists, as seed money for the creation of an endowment for the long term historical and architectural preservation of our meetinghouse and parsonage. The Historic Architectural Preservation Fund encourages continued giving as well, as the fund will be available for use once it reaches $500,000.

Our Stewardship theme this year is: “Imagine Together”

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 by imagining all that we can do when we pool our efforts. 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, Stewardship Team

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