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From the Stewardship Committee
Dear Parishioner,
In preparation for the 2009 Stewardship Campaign, your Finance committee has prepared a preliminary budget for the 2010 calendar year. You may recall that the 2009 budget presented at the annual meeting in January 2009 had significant cuts to allow us to balance the income and expenses. Balancing the 2009 budget required many hours of finance committee and Vestry to determine the least offensive cuts. I am pleased to report that we are currently on track to end 2009 within that balanced budget. We are again presenting a proposed budget in advance of the stewardship campaign to inform the parish of the anticipated costs and associated income needed to run the church in a level-funded manner. The summary of the budget is presented below: Your browser may not support display of this image.
Even with cost controlling measures, this budget represents an 8.8% increase over the 2009 expenses. Based on our current membership, the pledge goal for 2010 would require a $1,731 pledge from each of the 210 pledging households, recognizing that many of you give more than that, and many of you are not able to give that amount. Please give what you can, and know that the Church is grateful for all gifts, and is a spiritual home for everyone regardless of their means. As an alternative to increasing our average pledges, we would need to increase the number of pledgers at Christ Church to help offset the increase. We are hoping that you each respect our current situation and will prayerfully consider increasing your pledge and encouraging others to make a commitment. This will allow us to continue the wonderful work we do as a parish, especially during these difficult times.
Regards,
Tim Lysaght
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