Bill Strawbridge bnc.sbridge@gmail.com 309 258-4015 2020 BUDGET Bill Strawbridge bnc.sbridge@gmail.com 309 258-4015

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2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert

Current Budget Model Income: Expenses: Per capita Missions Dividends, Interest, & Unrealized Gain (loss) on investments Other. Expenses: Office expenses Committee meeting expenses Administration expenses Mission programs COM/CPM expenses Staff expenses

Historical Membership ____ Projected Membership ------

Presbytery of Great Rivers: Multi-Year Budget – Current Model July 30, 2019 Actual Budget Year End   2018 2019 2019 EST. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Receipts Presbytery Per Capita $ 204,358 $ 215,737 $ 195,000 $ 192,389 $ 182,690 $ 171,727 $ 160,467 $ 148,910 Interest Income $ 758 $ - $ 1,500 $ 2,800 Mission 82,550 75,000 79,000 75,849 70,568 65,578 60,558 55,599 Dividends & Unrealized Gain (Loss) (59,878) 30,000 29,803 25,481 20,772 14,383 7,571 Trust Clause Payments 12,216 12,200 - TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 240,004 $ 332,937 $ 317,700 $ 313,041 $ 293,738 $ 273,077 $ 250,438 $ 214,879 $ 20.46 $ 21.46 $ 21.71 $ 21.96 $ 22.21 $ 22.46 Synod of Lincoln Trails Per Capita 3.81 } = $12.76 General Assembly Per Capita 7.73 8.95 $ 8.95 $ 9.20 $ 9.45 $ 9.70 $ 9.95 $ 32.00 $ 34.22 $ 34.72 $ 35.22 $ 35.72 $ 36.22 Membership of Presbytery 12,286 11,083 10,641 9,900 9,200 8,500 7,800 % paying members 81.3% 90.7% 84.2% 85% Equivalent paying members 9,988 10,053 8,965 8,415 7,820 7,225 6,630  % Reduction in membership 9.8% 4.0% 7.0% 7.1% 7.6% 8.2%  Unpaid P.C. $ 21,386 $ 19,320 $ 18,299 $ 17,225 $ 16,099  Lost Income $ 35,967 $ 32,239 $ 30,305 $ 28,318 $ 26,278  Total Impact $ 57,353 $ 51,559 $ 48,604 $ 45,543 $ 42,377

Rates GA Synod $7.50 $3.81 $7.73 $3.81 $8.95 $3.81 $8.95 $3.81 GRP $20.69 $20.46 $21.46 $21.46

Presbytery of Great Rivers: Multi-Year Budget – Current Model July 30, 2019 Actual Budget Year End Expenses  2018 2019 2019 EST. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Presbytery Office * $ 44,437 $ 45,000 $ 50,420 $ 43,591 $ 38,214 $ 38,163 $ 39,661 $ 41,210 Meeting Expenses $ 6,145 $ 5,400 $ 3,500 $ 5,547 $ 5,698 $ 5,854 $ 6,015 $ 6,180 Administration Expenses $ 51,640 $ 36,250 $ 38,119 $ 43,300 $ 37,712 $ 51,682 $ 36,615 $ 41,011 Mission Programs $ 19,853 $ 79,000 $ 54,425 $ 80,000 COM/CPM Expenses $ 3,005 $ 12,700 $ 13,520 $ 17,200 Personnel $ 207,179 $ 213,778 $ 219,381 $ 231,455 $ 232,635 $ 239,899 $ 241,248 $ 248,684 TOTAL Budgeted EXPENSES $ 332,259 $ 392,128 $ 379,365 $ 421,094 $ 411,459 $ 432,799 $ 420,739 $ 434,286 Revenues in Excess of Expenses $ (92,255) $ (59,191) $ (61,665) $ (108,053) $ (117,722) $ (159,722) $ (170,301) $ (219,406) * Office savings already included.

Financial Manual The reserve funds of the presbytery shall not be allowed to go below the total of the following two amounts: budgeted amounts for salaries and related expenses (for one year); restricted funds. The presbytery may vote by a 2/3 majority to set aside this requirement.  The unrestricted funds must cover salaries & benefits.

2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert

2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert

Almost $34,000 savings by 2024

Other savings over next 5 years: Office related expenses $16,200 Committee meeting expenses $12,000 Administration expenses $13,000 Mission programs (Visioning) $75,500 COM/CPM expenses $15,000 Staff expenses (frozen) $63,000 Total $194,700

2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert

Barest Bones Required by Book of Order: Stated Clerk Needed to handle the money: bookkeeper

Volunteers, anyone?

2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting (needs GA approval) E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert

1854: Rushville Presbytery 1920s: Rock River Presbytery 1833: Schuyler Presbytery 1834: Sangamon Presbytery 1854: Rushville Presbytery 1920s: Rock River Presbytery 1976: Merger between Peoria, Alton, Bloomington, Monmouth, Springfield, (and also Rock River) Presbyteries to make Great Rivers Presbytery (Also southwestern most churches redistricted to Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery) New Jersey is merging presbyteries 9 -> 3.

2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert

2 2 2+ 1 1 2 2 2 2 Numbers indicate which presbyteries have a stated clerk and a lead presbyter. ? 2+ 2

2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert

Creating a Union with our Partners Having agreed to enter into a full communion with one another on the basis of a common calling: PCUSA United Church of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Reformed Church in America Moravian-Reformed Covenant Partnership Covenant Relationship Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad

Map: PCUSA Presbyteries

Conference Map: United Church of Christ Western Association Eastern Association Association = presbytery equivalent Conference Map: United Church of Christ

Regional Map: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Northern Illinois Synod Central/Southern Illinois Synod Their synods = our presbyteries Regional Map: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Map: Reformed Church in America

2020 Budget & Beyond! What does the future hold with our current budget model? Possibilities, Early Explorations: A. Balanced Budget B. Controlled Descent C. Barest Bones D. Redistricting E. Sharing Staff F. Union Plan G. A Highway in the Desert The back story is that the people are sitting in Babylon, and feeling like their world had been destroyed and God must have abandoned them. It's all doom and gloom. This is God's word of grace, telling them that they will not be abandoned,  God will come to them swiftly like on a super highway.  He will escort them to a new reality.

East Iowa Presbytery found that it had run out of money and had to do something different. Their plan included at its center the intention that: the Presbytery would shift its cultural focus from being a staff- driven, vertically organized entity to one in which we live together as a covenant community governed chiefly by elected groups of presbyters, a more horizontal organization in keeping with Presbyterian principles and practices, aiming to embrace and live out the central idea that we belong to one another.

What now? Discuss next steps in a few minutes… Build the 2020 budget off the “Controlled Descent” model.

Controlled descent With falling incomes, use reasonable cost controls. The following are our assumptions for the 2020 budget. Hold per capita constant for 2020 Savings on office rent, maintenance, cleaning Unpaid per capita continues to exceed $20,000 annually Visioning becomes 15% of total expenses, about an $11,000 reduction. Staff salaries frozen at current levels for one year.

Per Capita (current budget model) Generated by the generosity of churches in support of Pres., Synod, & GA. Per member charge 2019 2020 Presbytery $21.46 $21.46 Synod 3.81 3.81 General Assembly 8.95 8.95 TOTAL: $34.22 $34.22

2018 2019 2020 Change Income Actuals Budget Per Capita $ 204,358 $ 215,737 $ 192,390 ($23,347) Missions 82,550 75,000 75,850 850 Div. & Unrealized Gain(Loss) (59,878) 30,000 29,800 (200) Interest 758 - 2,800 Trust Clause Payments 12,216 12,200 TOTAL $ 240,004 $ 332,937 $ 313,040 ($ 19,897) Expenses Offices Expenses 44,437 45,000 40,196 (4,804) Committee Meetings 6,145 5,400 3,300 (2,100) Administrations Expenses 51,316 36,250 40,836 4,586 Mission Programs 20,177 79,000 66,500 (12,500) COM/CPM 3,005 12,700 14,200 1,500 Staff Expenses 207,179 213,778 227,357 13,579 $ 332,259 $ 392,128 $ 392,389 261 Revenues in Excess of Expenses ($92,255) ($59,191) ($79,349) ($20,158)

Next steps: Praise God that Christ has given us the opportunity, resources, and time to discern God’s will together. Thank you, our churches, for your continued involvement and support! Embrace Admin’s 2020 plan, while investing time for Leadership, Admin, and Visioning to help us explore the possibilities, before our current model is no longer viable. Join the conversation! Speak to nominating committee about where you might fit. Stay tuned for upcoming news on town hall opportunities. Pray – discern – pray – discuss – pray – propose – pray – act. Trust God will lead us down the super-highway to our new reality. (Isaiah 55)

Bill Strawbridge bnc.sbridge@gmail.com 309 258-4015 QUESTIONS? Bill Strawbridge bnc.sbridge@gmail.com 309 258-4015 Julio Garcia

At your tables… 1. Select 1 person to take notes. 2. Complete 1 of these sentences: “I think…” “I feel…” “I am…” 3. Make space for everyone to share! - 10 Minutes - Your words will be shared with the Leadership, Admin, and Visioning Teams