Stewardship Report as of 11 November 2004

Well, friends, here are the numbers provided to the Vestry this evening. We still have 45 current year pledgers who haven't turned in cards for this every member canvass. The news, however, is not strong:

Number of pledge cards sent: 235

Pledge cards returned to date: 111

Pledge cards indicating no pledge: 8

Pledge cards returned with pledge: 103

Total amount pledged by 94 current year pledgers: $164,071

Total amount pledged by 9 new pledgers: $11,160

Pledge from trust fund: $3,000

Number of persons increasing pledge: 35
Amount of increase in pledge: $14,279

Number of persons decreasing pledge: 14
Amount of decrease in pledge: $16,373

Overall pledged to date for 2005: $178,231

Current year (2004) total pledge: $233,194

We are $71,769 short of our goal for 2005.