Revelstoke United Church Where does my money go?

$7 $107 $39 $32 YOUR OFFERING OUTREACH MINISTRY AND MUSIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING & MAINTENANCE $107 $39 $32

TOTAL EXPENDITURES = $185 or - $85

The Situation We are spending about $185 for every $100 we collect in offerings Other sources of revenue (hall rentals and fundraising) make us $51 on top of that That means we operate at a net loss of $34

This translates into an operating shortfall (deficit) of $23,000 for this year.

80 YEARS OF SEEKING, LOVING, AND WALKING 80 MORE? How can we sustain this? 80 YEARS OF SEEKING, LOVING, AND WALKING 80 MORE? The short answer is, we can’t. Our reserve fund can sustain us for one more year. Then what?

WITH EVERY PROBLEM, THERE IS A SOLUTION. SOLUTIONS? WITH EVERY PROBLEM, THERE IS A SOLUTION. Trim Expenses Increase Revenues Change our church as we know it today.

INCREASE HOW? Increase monthly offerings Increase PAR Bequests ???

Revelstoke United Church Buy a Year

To Recap The church is spending far more than it is bringing in, to the tune of $185 for every $100 in offerings. This is unsustainable; we have, at most another year of using reserve funds to continue to operate as we do currently. How do we increase our revenues?

The 2016 Envelope Steward report: The Buy a Year Campaign The 2016 Envelope Steward report: 53 regular contributors $0 - $500 — 16 givers $501 - $1000 — 13 givers $1001 - $2000 — 17 givers $2001 - $3000 — 2 givers $3001 - $4000 — 1 giver $4001 - $5000 — 3 givers <$5000 — 1 giver Thank you to all of these people!

We are looking to raise $23,000 through one-time contributions. The Buy a Year Campaign We are looking to raise $23,000 through one-time contributions. $500 — 10 contributors $1000 — 5 contributors $2000 - $3000 — 5 contributors $Any — 33 contributors

The Buy a Year Campaign Some questions to ask: How much do we value the church as we know it today? Do we want to keep the current model? (i.e. building, minister, weekly worship, outreach) If not, what sustainable model do we envision?

The Buy a Year Campaign Next steps: 30 day campaign Letters will be sent out Talk about this! Talk about what we envision our church to be. Make your one-time contribution and mark it specifically as a “Buy a Year” contribution Progress reports each Sunday June 11: Final report, and giving your board future direction

Thank you! Buy a Year