Our pledge to the Diocese
Someone asked me a little bit ago how much the Parish gives to the Diocese to support the work of the Church in southern Virginia. At the time, I didn't have a number; now I do.
During 2005, we are on track to give the Diocese $30,000 out of our total budget of $447,508. That's about 6.7%.
Of note with our budget is that only about half of our total operating budget comes from current year pledges. While I don't want to say that we are living beyond our means, it is true that we are blessed with an endowment, and we are blessed that the endowment continues to grow and allow us to do things we would not otherwise be able to do. As I've told some people, we don't act like a church with only $223,000 in yearly pledges; we have programs for a church perhaps twice our size (in terms of pledges).
I guess the message is this: we ought to up our pledges so that we can pay our own way and use the endowment for non-operating costs.
And that is just my opinion... I've upped my pledge; now up yours.
;-)
During 2005, we are on track to give the Diocese $30,000 out of our total budget of $447,508. That's about 6.7%.
Of note with our budget is that only about half of our total operating budget comes from current year pledges. While I don't want to say that we are living beyond our means, it is true that we are blessed with an endowment, and we are blessed that the endowment continues to grow and allow us to do things we would not otherwise be able to do. As I've told some people, we don't act like a church with only $223,000 in yearly pledges; we have programs for a church perhaps twice our size (in terms of pledges).
I guess the message is this: we ought to up our pledges so that we can pay our own way and use the endowment for non-operating costs.
And that is just my opinion... I've upped my pledge; now up yours.
;-)
posted by Peter A. Stinson at 12:13 PM
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