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| STEWARDSHIP
& FINANCE |
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mission of the Stewardship & Finance committee is to
help church members focus on using their resources to serve
God, and to develop and institute a sound financial plan for
the church. |
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committee is organized into 1) a committee core, 2) subcommittees,
3) teams, and 4) task forces. The 2007 core committee members,
Walter Fales, Al Gould, Pastor Rick Vogeley, Financial Secretary
Vera Granger, Chuck Reddick, Jack Loch, Don Kelly, Bob Visser,
Shirley MacLeod, Harry Bacon and Cliff Miller, met monthly
on the 3rd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Their main activity was to review
the financial reports. |
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1) Core committee responsibilities include: |
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conducting the Operating Fund Campaign
(This fund pays all the bills to run our church for the
year.) The Pony Express campaign for the 2008 Operating
Fund was conducted this fall.
- conducting
the Building God's Vision campaign every 3 years (Previously
known as the Debt Reduction Fund, this is a separate and
dedicated fund from which we make the monthly mortgage payments.)
$429,858 is the total amount of gifts resulting from the
BGV campaign conducted October 1, 2006 - November of 2007.
- preparing
the Annual Church Budget (The Budget Team assembles
the proposed budget in December, and submits it to the Session
and the Congregation for approval each January.)
- auditing
and reviewing all Church financial records (A professional
audit is performed every 5 years and an internal review
is conducted every year.)
- conducting
Personnel Evaluations (Evaluations of all staff members
are conducted every year or on an "as-needed"
basis.)
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| 2)
Sub-committees met as necessary throughout the year: |
- Church
Endowment Fund sub-committee (chaired by Walter Fales),
established a mutual fund account with the Presbyterian
Foundation. (You can make a gift to the Endowment Fund and
your contribution will continue into the future.)
- Memorial
sub-committee (see separate report, following)
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| 3)
Teams conducting specific jobs, met as necessary and then disbanded
when their task was completed. |
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Counting Team (The counters responsibility is to count the
weekly receipts.) 2 (two) unrelated persons count the money
and deposit it into the bank. Each has a different responsibility
in the counting process. One does the manual opening of the
envelopes and actual counting of the money. The other person
inputs the data into our computerized financial record system.
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During
2007, Counting team members serving were: Phyllis Fales/Leader,
Walter Fales, Alan Gould, Chuck Reddick, Kathy Reddick, Bea
Martin, Sandy Hollenbeck, Sally Voshell and Kaye Wergedal.
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| Special
Financial Gifts were made throughout the year by using Special
offering envelopes. These were included in your 2007 envelope
pack. The Initial Offering ($2.00) paid for the cost
of the envelopes themselves. Per Capita ($20.40) paid
for TAPC's share of all administrative functions of the Presbyterian
Church U.S.A., a part of the Presbyterian Church funding for
over 150 years. (You might like to know that TAPC is required
to pay for each person on its member list, whether it receives
your share or not.) One Great Hour of Sharing supports
the Pastor's/Deacon's Discretionary Fund (a resource used to
provide immediate financial support for members or others in
need), and is administered by the Pastor and the Board of Deacons.
The Peacemaking offering was a designated denomination
offering. The Church Endowment Fund offering celebrated the
Church's birthday. And, the Christmas Joy Offering was
distributed equally to the Board of Pensions and to National
Ministries of the General Assembly to support Presbyterian racial
ethnic education. |
Respectfully
submitted,
Alan Gould. Chairperson
and Walter Fales, Treasurer |
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