Your prayerful consideration is requested
Here's the letter which went to all members of the parish...
Dear fellow Trinitarians:
We are, indeed, growing in the grace of God. And what a blessing it is to be a part of this parish family. Our corporate and individual work and worship is vitally important to our community, our neighbors, and us.
As you know, autumn is time for the start of our Christian formation year, Fall Fest and the Ghost Walk, our annual Parish Meeting, and our Every Member Canvas for stewardship. This last event is about more than just funding the activities of our parish. It is about taking stock; it is about doing good work with what God has entrusted to us. And He has given each of us plenty to watch over.
For those of you interested in the bottom line, let us go over a few numbers for you. This current year our total budget is $448,555 with just $235,468 funded by pledges. The remainder is funded by the endowment and other sources (yes, that’s 52% of the budget funded by pledges). While we are blessed with an endowment, we cannot rely on the endowment to fund “current operations.” To be good stewards of the endowment demands that each of us be good stewards of our own resources and give as mush as we can to the work of the Church. The cost to run the Parish comes to about $8,626 a week. Our average pledge is just over $2000 which funds not even a mere 2 days of our parish life.
We encourage you to prayerfully consider your pledge for 2005. Enclosed you will find a pledge card. Please complete the card and return it to the Parish Office in the enclosed envelope. Please return the completed card even if you are not pledging a set amount of money. This is an every member canvas, and we will not succeed in the canvas without full participation from every member of the parish.
For information and updates about stewardship at Trinity, please surf to http://trinityportsmouth-stewardship.blogspot.com. If you have questions about Stewardship at Trinity, please contact the Stewardship Chair or one of the others of us.
Please submit your Every Member pledge card as soon as possible. Our Ingathering of Pledges will be on Sunday, 8 November. If we haven’t received your card by 19 October, a member of the Stewardship Committee will be contacting you.
Yours in Christ,
Father Nagy
Rector
Jack Rose, Jr.
Senior Warden
Frank Jemmison III
Junior Warden
Peter Stinson
Stewardship Chair
Dear fellow Trinitarians:
We are, indeed, growing in the grace of God. And what a blessing it is to be a part of this parish family. Our corporate and individual work and worship is vitally important to our community, our neighbors, and us.
As you know, autumn is time for the start of our Christian formation year, Fall Fest and the Ghost Walk, our annual Parish Meeting, and our Every Member Canvas for stewardship. This last event is about more than just funding the activities of our parish. It is about taking stock; it is about doing good work with what God has entrusted to us. And He has given each of us plenty to watch over.
For those of you interested in the bottom line, let us go over a few numbers for you. This current year our total budget is $448,555 with just $235,468 funded by pledges. The remainder is funded by the endowment and other sources (yes, that’s 52% of the budget funded by pledges). While we are blessed with an endowment, we cannot rely on the endowment to fund “current operations.” To be good stewards of the endowment demands that each of us be good stewards of our own resources and give as mush as we can to the work of the Church. The cost to run the Parish comes to about $8,626 a week. Our average pledge is just over $2000 which funds not even a mere 2 days of our parish life.
We encourage you to prayerfully consider your pledge for 2005. Enclosed you will find a pledge card. Please complete the card and return it to the Parish Office in the enclosed envelope. Please return the completed card even if you are not pledging a set amount of money. This is an every member canvas, and we will not succeed in the canvas without full participation from every member of the parish.
For information and updates about stewardship at Trinity, please surf to http://trinityportsmouth-stewardship.blogspot.com. If you have questions about Stewardship at Trinity, please contact the Stewardship Chair or one of the others of us.
Please submit your Every Member pledge card as soon as possible. Our Ingathering of Pledges will be on Sunday, 8 November. If we haven’t received your card by 19 October, a member of the Stewardship Committee will be contacting you.
Yours in Christ,
Father Nagy
Rector
Jack Rose, Jr.
Senior Warden
Frank Jemmison III
Junior Warden
Peter Stinson
Stewardship Chair
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