All Together Now! –The 2012-2013 Stewardship Campaign

Join Us in Celebration of our new building

We will celebrate the successful conclusion of the Annual Fund Drive with Celebration Sunday, April 29th, at 13th and Chambers!

Please fill out a pledge card and make your commitment to the support of our church for the coming year.

Members and friends will receive a pledge form, a Fair Share giving chart, and a return envelop in the mail, along with a brochure describing our programs and goals.

A few years ago this congregation made a commitment to move toward giving at the fair share level, and we urge you to give that serious consideration as you make out your pledge.

A New Era

This church year will be one of most significant in our history. We will begin the church year in a new building with the space that we need to fully support our church programs.

This new facility provides the inspiration to build a solid financial foundation for the activities—the joys, the reflections, the learning—that will fill our new space. As we are inspired by all of those who are providing their labor of love to build our new church, let us create an inspired community that fully funds the programs that we all hold so dear.

We are a compassionate and welcoming community

Community is a primary value within the church. We seek the fellowship of others and strive to provide a place that nurtures the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals. Our sustained growth and support means that this community can expand to embrace all who would join us.

We promote spiritual growth

We are a liberal religious organization that believes in the acceptance of one another and encourages a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. We support this by providing meaningful worship and lifelong religious education led by truly excellent professional staff.

We promote ethical living and social justice

We believe in living our values both within our church and outside, within the broader community, through a respect for the interdependent web of life of which we are all a part and with the goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all. We have the opportunity to renew our commitment to community outreach and social justice and seek to increase the impact of the church beyond our walls.

Giving as a Spiritual Practice

Our values are reflected in everything that we do: how we interact with one another, how we raise our children, how we live our lives. Our values are also reflected in how we allocate our precious resources of time and money. Does the way that you spend your money accurately reflect the priorities that you assign to your individual values?

Beyond a reflection of our values, the act of giving is itself a spiritual practice. To give to what you believe in is to support others in their quest for meaning. It is the spirit in which the gift is given that enhances our own well being, as well as those we help. We give not only for the direct benefit that we receive from the Church, but also for what we can contribute to others who would seek to find the Church—the community that we foster, that we cherish.

Fair Share Giving

Several years ago the congregation made a commitment to fair share giving. (See the Fair Share Guide). Are your values reflected in your pattern of giving? Where does the church fit into your overall pattern of giving? If everyone became a “sustainer,” we would have a fully funded church. This is what it will take for us to reach our pledging goal of $425,000.

What We Support

Your support helps us to provide the programs and services upon which we all rely. Some of these plans can only come to fruition if we significantly increase our funding.

New Initiatives (contingent on funding):

• Support of new building activities
• Bookkeeping and financial oversight
• Expanded adult religious education
• Expansion of support staff
• Expanded pastoral care

Ongoing Programs:

• Continued commitment to fair share compensation and retention of excellent staff

Worship and Music

• Excellent Sunday Services and guest speakers
• A superior music and choir program 

Lifespan Religious Education

• Weekly RE for 150 children and youth
• Continuing “Our Whole Lives” sexuality curriculum

Community Within

• Continued support for office assistant
• Workshops such as nonviolent communication and social justice
• Social events such as Music Soirée, Auction, Sister Circles, Men’s Group
• Shared ministry groups
• Adult Religious Education
• Building planning and coordination

Community Outreach

• Expanded Social Justice activities
• Community Offerings

Denominational Affairs

• Fair share contributions to UUA and PNWD for each member
• Chalice Lighters

Attachments:

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Automatic Withdrawal Form.pdf	60 Kb	21/02/12 08:42
Fair Share Guide.pdf	21 Kb	21/02/12 08:41
Pledge Form 2012-2013.pdf	111 Kb	21/02/12 08:41