St Pauls Winlaton

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Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the
glory, the splendour and the majesty for
everything in heaven and on earth is yours. All
things come from you, and of your own do we
give you.
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Our church

• Giving
• Enables
• Ministry

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Why Money Matters?

• Because the church needs resources
• Because we are accountable to God for all he has
  given us
• As Christians we need to give

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The first thing we want to say is . . .
Thank you!
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1998

Lets go back to . . .
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Some Essentials
Increase 47.0 57.1 200
2006 0.75 4.02 0.60

• 1998
• 0.51
• 2.56
• 0.20

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More essentials!
2006 2.10 0.91 5.50
Increase 16.1 46.0 87.0
1998 1.81 0.62 2.94
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Our Church expenses have changed too!

• 1998
• 37,000

2006
Increase
but has our giving!
1998 28,000
2006
Increase
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Our Expenditure in 2006
Weekly
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Our Income in 2006
Weekly
Planned Giving X
Collections X
Fund Raising X
Church Fees X
Donations X

Hall Income X
Total X
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To Summarise
Weekly Expenditure 2006

• Weekly Income 2006

Shortfall
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Our Biggest Item of Expenditure

• The parish share

Our slice of the diocesan cake
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Why does the diocese have to raise money
through the parish share?

• Because the diocese pays for
• the costs of supporting our clergy and
• all of the costs of the other activities of
  the Church in the diocese

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Diocesan Income 2006
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Grants from Church Commissioners towards
stipends
The Diocese has few other sources of income

• Investment Income

• Fees earned by clergy from weddings and
  funerals

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How the Diocese spends the Parish Share
Not like this!
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Diocesan Expenditure 2006
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Ministry Costs

• Stipends for clergy
• Pension costs for clergy
• Housing costs
• Clergy training
• The training of future clergy

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How is our share calculated?

• The size of the slice is proportionate to the
  wealth of the parish and church attendance
• We directly support ministry in difficult and
  poor parishes
• Both testaments teach this principle

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The Diocese guarantees to pay out for its clergy
Stipend
Pension
Housing
Training
32,000 per annum
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SO if the Parish Share does not come in . . .
Eventually your clergys stipend or someone
elses, will not be able to be paid.
AND . . . There will be fewer and fewer paid
clergy to go round
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Our Giving for God

• The Three Rs

• Regular
• Realistic
• Related to what we receive

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Did you know that in All Saints . . .

• 80 people contribute regularly through the
  giving schemes.

• 7 people (9) contribute 22 of the total
  income.

• 47 of givers (38 people) contribute less than
  3 per week.

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Heres a Thought

• Isnt it funny how BIG a 5 note seems in church
  when we are about to put it on the collection
  plate . . .

• but how small it becomes when we offer it at the
  supermarket checkout

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Our Church financially may feel a bit unwell at
the moment . . .
With a financial transfusion given by you, we can
make it strong again . . .
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And the treasurer, instead of looking like this
at PCC Meetings . . .
Will look like this!
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Christ has no body now on earth but ours no
hands but ours no feet but ours. Ours are the
eyes through which must look out Christs
compassion on the world. Ours are the feet with
which he is to go about doing good. Ours are the
hands with which he blesses now.
St
Teresa of Avila
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Church name

• Giving
• Enables
• Ministry