Transcript Hudson River Presbytery 2011 Budget

New Rochelle, NY
December 7, 2010
 89 congregations
 8 Hudson Valley counties
 13,930 members
 171 ministers
 2011 budget proposal = $624,400
 Staff size:1 full-time, 5 part-time, 2 volunteers
Each Ministry acts on behalf of the
whole in its area of responsibility
 Vision Ministries
 Congregation and Mission Ministries
 Vocation Ministries
 Stewardship Ministries
 Congregational Change Ministries
Congregation & Mission
Stewardship
Congregation Change
Visioning Ministries
Vocations
 Conversations about change
 Discovering God’s vision
 Evangelism initiative
Port Jervis, Marlboro-Highland, New
Hempstead
 Jill Hudson Leadership Day
100 people
 Percept profiles
 Technology in the Church Workshops
Budget = $32,200
 Peru Partnership
A team of 10 from HRP visited Peru
 October Quest
130 Pastors and Elders
 Prison Partnership
Seeking justice and building
relationships in the prison community
 Support for Mission and Education
Presbybuild, International Mission,
Social Creed
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Social Creed Initiative
Presbyterian Women
Presbybuild
Prison Ministry
48 churches, 30 sermons
 Rural Migrant Ministry
 Presbyterian Camps = $41,900
 Project Development = $6,000
Budget = $116,000
Committee on Ministry (2010)
 End of First Year Reviews
4 congregations
 Pastor Nominating Committee Support
32 congregations
 Triennial Leadership Conversations
4 congregations
 Committee on Preparation for the Ministry
Mandated psychological assessments
Book support at seminary
 Commissioned Lay Pastors
On-going Seminars includes those in-training
 Clergy Retreat
19 pastors
 Clergy Support Fund
career assessment, personal emergencies, etc.
 Healthy Congregation Mediation Team
Engagement with 6 congregations
 Sexual Misconduct Workshops
Mandated Boundary Workshops in 2011
 Healthy Congregation Workshops
3 congregations
Budget = $132,600
 Training and equipping for change
 Multi-cultural ministry
 The Clearing
5 Congregations and 7 Pastors
 Transformation Grants = $20,000
 Adaptive Change/Coaching Skills Training
30 Pastors, 10 Elders, 27 Congregations
 Yonkers Initiative Support Grant = $10,000
Budget = $60,500
Available to be disbursed in (2010):
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Challenge to Change
Peacemaking
Synod Partnership Grants
$116,450
$4,000
$30,000
with NYC and LI Presbyteries
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Self-Development of People
$11,000
from One Great Hour of Sharing
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Preaching and Worship
24 congregations
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Session Visits 20 congregations
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Head of Staff
retreat and meetings, evaluation and support
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49 Pastor-to-Pastor Conversations
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Installations and Celebrations
Jubilee River Cruise, Monroe, Hortonville, Monticello,
Germonds, Kingston, Beacon, Freedom Plains United
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Resource for: Vision, Congregational Change, COM , Stewardship,
Nominations, Personnel, Jubilee Team, Budget, Finance and
Property Committee
 Clerk of Session/Polity Questions
10-15 per week – 20 during overture season
 Annual Clerks of Session Training - Approx. 75 clerks
gathered for minutes reading and professional
development
 Training for new clerks – approx. 15 attending
 Regional Officer Training
8 church session + 1 with Deacons
2010 Worship Leadership & Preaching Training (9 hours)
for 17 Sullivan County Elders
 Preaching
24 churches; 36 services; 1 Presbytery Worship
 Special Services - Hortonville Anniversary, Suffern
Celebration, Highland Jubilee; Ordinations & Installations
 Presbytery Communications
www.hudrivpres.org
 Mission Coordination
Staff to CAMM
Peru Partnership
Other Mission Support
October Quest
 Presbytery Meeting Support
Worship preparation
Technological support
 Congregational Visits & Preaching
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Trustees
Stewardship Team
72 congregations trained
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Budget, Finance, & Property
Office rent & expenses
Technology & communications
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Nominations
Personnel Team
Staff Searches, Evaluations & Support
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Faith and Order
Committee on Representation
Budget = $283,100
What has Presbytery done to manage
resources?
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First staff salary increase in two years of 2%
Further reduction from full-time to part-time
Presbytery office closed on Friday
Increased use of Technology
Total expenses = $624,400
Increase of $13,000
Increase of $14,500
Mission Treasury
Per Capita
Other
$333,000
243,500
33,500
$610,000
Use per capita to cover 77% of operations and
administrative expenses
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Currently $26.42 – Presbytery share $16.51
Increase $1.58 next year – 2nd lowest in NE
Per capita budgeted to increase $11,500
$68,515 in unpaid per capita as of November
15
$70,075 in unpaid per capita paid by HRP in
last five years
Northern New England
Albany
West Jersey
Elizabeth
Palisades
Newton
Hudson River
Genesee Valley
42.50
41.50
38.75
36.86
28.50
29.00
28.00
25.80
 Presbytery retains 68% of mission giving;
2% forwarded to Synod of Northeast, and
30% to General Assembly
 Budget holds after decline in Mission giving
of $45,000 in 2009
 Goal: increase number of church mission
pledges from current 61 to 75
For each church in Hudson
River Presbytery to increase
its Mission Giving by 1% of
Total Church Receipts
Programs & Operations
Outreach
& Admin
Mission
333,000
Per Capita
-
Other
-
Total
333,000
243,500
243,500
15,000
18,500
33,500
Income
348,000
262,000
Expenses
283,576
340,824
610,000
624,400
% Coverage
123%
77%
98%
Surpl./Deficit
64,530
(83,500)
(14,400)
Reduced Budget Deficit Next Year
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Budget 2010
Deficit = ($19,000)
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Budget 2011
Deficit = ($14,400)
Stewardship resources to be reviewed after
mission pledges received in February –
use no endowment income
Two-step budget approval to allow for
questions, discussion, and
ownership
 1st Reading
New Rochelle, December 7, 2010
 2nd Reading and Vote
Calvary Newburgh, January 25, 2011
Calling us as members of the body of
Christ
to live resurrection
with passion and partnership
in a changing world