November 14, 2013 Dear Friends, Remember to bring you Estimate of Giving Cards for the 2014 Church Ministry Budget to church this Sunday. You should have received one in the mail by now. Extra cards will be available at the church. If you are unable to return your card this Sunday or next Sunday, please consider mailing it back to the church or dropping it by the office. Your prayerful and faithful response will help us in planning for our ministries in the coming year. I am also asking you to consider bringing a donation for the Grandview Assistance Program food pantry with your Estimate of Giving Card. We collect items monthly for this ministry, but recently their donations have not kept up with demand and we want to do something extra for them. Our pre-school families in the Early Childhood Center have been collecting non-perishable food items for them the last two weeks, and we want to do the same for the next two weeks. Bring your donations to the sanctuary where there will be boxes to receive them. I know you are praying for the recovery and rescue efforts going on in response to the tragic typhoon which struck the Philippines. If you are considering making a financial donation toward those efforts, I want to remind you that if you donate through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) 100% of your donation will go to provide direct relief to those affected. UMCOR is uniquely positioned and responded immediately to this disaster because they have a staffed office in the Philippines. You may donate to UMCOR through the church, just designate your gift for the Philippines or through UMCOR directly. You can read the latest news about the Church’s commitment to long-term recovery efforts and/or donate to the cause at UMCOR’s website: Disaster Response, International (#982450): Typhoon Haiyan (sub-designation). You can also text the word UMCOR to 80888 to give an immediate $10 donation. Blessings, Rusty October Financial Reports Through October (83.33% of the year) we have received $283,723.23 (83.65%) of anticipated income toward our Church Ministry Budget, so our giving is on target with what we have expected to receive and has held there for most of the year. Thank you for your faithfulness. Our expenses from the Church Ministry Budget through the same period have been $280,641.81, which includes $24,409 in payments on our district and conference apportionments. We were not able to make a payment on our apportionments in October toward the remaining balance of $19,984 we hope to pay. 95 members have contributed toward their pledge to the Church Ministry Budget out of 99 who made a pledge. 16 of those have made gifts larger than the pledge they made. And 78 people have made gifts that did not make a pledge, for a total of 189 identified givers to the Church Ministry Budget. Through October (83.33% of our three-year capital campaign) we have received $503,847.50 (86.4%) of anticipated income toward our Building Fund. Thank you for your faithfulness. 107 members have made contributions toward their pledge totaling 83.6% of the total pledged out of 115 members who made a pledge. 21 members are making gifts beyond the amount they pledged and 7 members who did not make a pledge have contributed, for a total of 135 identified givers to the Building Fund. In June we converted our Construction Loan into an Amortized Loan with a principal of $829,363.80 and a monthly payment of principal and interest of $6,088.38. In addition to making the monthly payment our giving has allowed us to make an additional premium only payment of $20,000 this month leaving us a balance on the note of $792,988.63 which is ahead of our repayment schedule. Blood Drive We are hosting a blood drive this Sunday, November 17 in cooperation with the Community Blood Center in our Family Life Center. We exceeded our goal at our last drive and hope to do so again. Please plan to donate, if you are able. Taco Bar Our Ablaze youth group will be hosting a Taco Bar also this Sunday, November 17; whether you are a blood donor, or not you can help support our youth on Sunday, November 17 in the Family Life Center as well. All donations will go toward their 2014 summer mission trip to Colorado. Serving at reStart We are sponsoring lunch at reStart on Saturday, November 23. You may carpool from the church parking lot at 10:00 a.m. Food and cash donations are always appreciated. To donate, volunteer or if you have questions contact Arlene Millard at 913-345-0466. There was a great article about their new approach to the shelter ministry in today’s (11/14) Kansas City Star.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:14:12 +0000
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