3 Ways to Provide Financial Support
Our congregation, as an important part of our lives, is supported in part by our financial gifts!
We encourage members and friends to prioritize pledging to the Annual Program Fund when supporting the congregation. Having this annual financial commitment enables our leaders to create an annual budget (approved by congregational vote) and facilitates financial planning for the next fiscal year.
But we also offer other opportunities to provide financial support.
Our annual stewardship campaign supports our Program Fund, which includes all of our budgeted operating costs, including our staff’s compensation, and our facility and program expenses. Pledges to this fund tend to come out of our monthly household budgets.
We also have unexpected or strategic needs that can Make a Difference, such as a new program, a youth service trip, funding more staff time for critical ministries (such as our 1868 Circle Fund), or repairing or remodeling part of our campus. Donations tend to come from our household discretionary funds, such as windfalls, savings, or investments.
Many of our members and friends opt to include the church in their estate planning with a Legacy Gift. We have a team that can assist with that planning.