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December 18, 2006 Bishop’s Committee Meeting Summary Stewardship The current pledge drive has accumulated 41 Adult and 5 Youth Pledges for a total of $116,468.96. In addition, we currently have in excess of $6,800 in special pledge money for the Building Fund, Janitorial, and the Youth Program. This currently gives us a grand total of $121,968.96. We will need to reach a pledge commitment of $170,000.00 in order to meet our projected needs for the various ministries at St. Philip’s. Treasurer’s Report Since the arrival of Pastor Mary, attendance has increased and weekly contributions are up. The yearly total to date shows we have spent $30,000.00 less than was budgeted for 2006. However, we took in $15,000.00 less than was projected. As such we are currently running a surplus of $15,000.00 in the General Fund. St. Philip’s is continuing to pay $1,000.00 a month toward “Fair Share” to the Diocese. This is about $1,500.00 less than what we actually owe monthly. As such, the BC decided to give $5,000.00 out of the General Fund toward our “Fair Share” debt. After careful research on the part of Pastor Mary, Bob O’Brien and Marcus Granger Jones, it was determined St. Philip’s had filed inaccurate figures on its 2004 Parochial Report which is the 2006 base for the amount we are required to pay. It makes a difference of $7,700.00 less to our 2006 Fair Share total. Mary, Bob, and Marcus prepared and sent an appeal on the Fair Share 2004 income assessed to the Diocesan Finance Committee for consideration as an appeal at their December 19, 2006, meeting. The Finance Committee accepted St. Philip’s appeal, and will recommend to the Diocesan Council that our Fair Share for 2006 be reduced to a total of $27,175.00 from a previous total of $34,875.00. In preparation for the 2007 budget, Pastor Mary instructed all program leaders to include what they optimally would like to see in their programs when they make up their budget requests. Tim Johnson has collected the completed budget requests and will create a spread sheet showing the “Plan A” optimal ministry costs compared to the “Plan B” minimum ministry costs. Bill DeRouchey’s budget team will create a base-line budget based on actual current expenses. |
Who Has the Keys to the Kingdom and Who Is Watching the Door???We of St. Philip’s are a WONDERFUL group of people! We love to meet , greet and eat! We have, however, been remiss in remembering to clean up the mess, turn off the heat and lights and lock the doors!!!! WE ARE THE CARETAKERS of these buildings. Each and everyone of us is charged with the task to simply check to see that light, and heat and trash and doors are all taken care of, either by us or by someone else who says they will do it. This is a request and a plea from the retiring facilities person. I love us all, I really do and I look forward to the day when each of us remembers the little chores that will make our church a beautiful, safe and more energy-efficient place to worship and meet! With love, hugs and prayers for the future |
Worship Meeting HeldWe had the Liturgy and Children's Sunday School Meeting on Sunday after the 10 am service. Pastor Mary led the discussion, with Tod Conner serving as scribe to record all the ideas. Lucy Gowan provided a "Souper" luncheon to help fuel the discussion. Everyone had input on what they liked about worship at St. Philip's; what we did not like about worship at St. Philip's, and how to implement changes to make things better. Maxim Gowan & Marie Sanguinetti provided child care during the adult portion of the discussion. A Liturgy Team was set up and will be working to help make our worship meaningful to all. Julie O’Brien, |
