Transcript MVS Projects 2008 - St Mary's Church, West Moors

Stewardship
2013
Our Parish Finances ... Not Good!
• Cost of Running our Church £70,700
(Excluding Charitable Giving )
•
•
•
•
•
Income Planned Giving
Income Tax Rebate
Collections
Service Fees & Income
Shortfall 2013 (Without Fundraising)
£38,700
£9,100
£6,100
£5,500
£11,300
Shortfall of Funds!
Fundraising events are budgeted to bring
in £6,000 but are not Guaranteed
like Planned Giving
Even this leaves us £5,300 short !
We should meet church running costs
the our Planned Giving
Church costs £70,700 per annum
(Without Charitable Giving)
Income for 2013 £13,300 short
Covering the Church Costs
from Planned Giving…
The greater part of the costs of running the
parish should be covered from Planned Giving
Fundraising should be the ‘extra’ monies that
help fund the ideas from the Parish Vision Day,
resource our Charitable Giving
and maintain the Church Fabric
What do we give ? How do we
stand in the Deanery
The average weekly giving through our
Planned Giving Scheme is £8.81 per week
(and only 73 out of 146 members)
However, across the whole church community
our average weekly giving is only £5.45
Wimborne Deanery average giving ranges from
£4.27 to £13.78
We are virtually at the bottom (4th lowest)!
Balancing Values / Realistic Giving
What value do we put on our Church ?
I have to say that £2 or £3 a week is not
enough, we must look (subject to personal
circumstances) at a level of £10 per week .
Can we honestly say we give the same priority to
church as we give to all those other things in life we
value so much – Social & Leisure, Travel, Entertainment
2 x Meals at the Pub with Drinks £20, Bottle of Wine
£5, Cinema Tickets £7.50 , Packet of Cigarettes £7,
Going to Theatre from £12 to £40...
Tax Help
• Within the Planned Giving Scheme, 73
people are able to give through Gift Aid,
enabling our Treasurer to reclaim income
tax of £2.50 for every £10 given to the
church.
•
•
•
•
If you gave £10 per week = £520 a year
The Taxman adds another £130 a year
If you Gave £20 per week = £1040 a year
The taxman adds another
£260 a year
How do we cover costs from
Planned Giving
1 We all need to review can we move our giving
towards £10 a week ? Either now or over time
2 If we can all increase our giving by an average of
£10 a month Now we will move closer to covering
the cost of running the Church from Planned giving
3 It costs West Moors Parish a Minimum of £400 a
regular church worshiper. Our Share is taken from
the 5-week count held each year.
4 Some of the church members are able to give more
and do so while others’ circumstances will mean
they cannot give this amount.
5 Consider a legacy to the church in your will.
Our financial needs in moving
forward and remaining independent
Mr Gill Williams, Lay Chair of Finance,
Salisbury Diocese is saying plainly,
“Any parish not giving £10 a week average
giving, is in danger of becoming a failing
parish”
(we’re managing half that)
We need to be seen as financially strong, able
to pay our parish share and maintain and pay
what primarily covers the cost of ministry
(clergy, pension, training of curates, housing)
VISION FOR THE FUTURE
In recent weeks you will have heard about
the need for us to consider increasing our
giving to fulfil our plans and initiatives
arising from the Vision Day.
The PCC and 30 others spent a day
reviewing the present and envisioning the
future
What have we achieved since the last
stewardship
Introduced new events in our Church Hall to
develop outreach
Seen a growth in our average Worshiping
Community, but without an overall rise in our
average giving per person
Further refurbishment to the Church
If we only balance our books
we are only standing still !
What about growth
Outreach as per our
parish vision ?
OUR PLANS AND NEEDS
By increasing our giving we can…
• continue to be a vibrant, welcoming church,
providing a valuable ministry to the parish
• develop our work with families
• secure and broaden our music tradition
• improve our communications and outreach
into the community
• maintain and improve our church building,
with further improvements to fabric
• Cover our shortfall in 2013
The choice is ours
The Parish in the past two years continued to meet its financial
commitments while completing improvements to the church and
Hall. However we need to take into account we have
received large grants from Erskine Muton and a substantial
donation. Without these we would have used up all of our
reserves for these works to the fabric.
If we are to deliver the aims from our Parish Vision day, we
all need to review our Stewardship to the Church?
Our individual circumstances differ. Some of us work; others
live on a pension. Levels of earning and pension are widely
different. Additional responsibilities such as children at
university or caring for an elderly relative affect our financial
circumstances. Some of us are ‘asset rich’ but ‘cash poor’. No
one can tell us how much we should give. There are questions
and examples to help us to decide where giving figures in our
personal priorities, but the choice is ours.
What happens next ?
• When you leave Church today you will
be given a Stewardship pack .
• Please review your own stewardship ,
in the pack are reply forms , copies of
the information I have presented today
• We would like you to bring back your
reply envelopes to the Sunday Services
on the 9th June ... 8.00am or 10.00am
Please pray as you consider your response…
Any Questions ??
Please speak to a member of the Stewardship
planning team in confidence
1. Any of the Churchwardens : Noel, Gill,
Jenny or Paul
2. The Stewardship Secretary Mike Bowler
3. The Vicar (for theological guidance)
Thank you for listening this morning
Committing ourselves to giving on a regular basis helps
us to decide where our priorities lie and our Parochial
Church Council to plan with confidence