Radical Stewardship

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Radical Stewardship

• Empowered to Make a Difference

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Stewardship and the LPLC Mission

• Your contributions support our mission
• We are called to proclaim the Gospel, advocate
  for justice , serve others in our diverse
  parish.

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Stewardship and Our Priorities

• Your contributions help LPLC
• Minister to draw inspiration from our diverse,
  highly mobile, urban community.

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Stewardship and Our Priorities

• Your contributions help LPLC
• Educate advocate for justice,
• locally globally

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Stewardship and Our Priorities

• Your contributions help LPLC
• Serve as a Reconciling in Christ congregation, a
  member of MICAH, a care for creation
  congregation

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Stewardship and Our Priorities

• Your contributions help LPLC
• Continue as a radically
• welcoming congregation

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Stewardship and Our Priorities

• Your contributions help LPLC
• Empower members to make a
• meaningful impact in the world

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Stewardship and Our Priorities

• Your contributions help LPLC
• Create a community of spiritual renewal, healing,
  learning growth for all ages

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Stewardship and Our Priorities

• Your contributions help LPLC
• Embrace the care of our own creations
  resources as a ministry to members as a
  calling.

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See How Weve Grown

• Membership Growth in 1 Year
• 41 new members joined so far in 2009
• 14 new babies more on the way!
• Current membership 468 (10)
• Current average worship attendance is 171 (18)

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Our Growth Challenges

• Huge increases in Sunday School enrollment and
  other youth programs
• Expanded staffing plan to address needs
• Hospitality
• Building maintenance
• Benevolence

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See How Weve Grown

• Growth in Giving over 3 Years
• Giving has not grown as fast as needs expenses
• Pledges from 160,600 in 2006 to 186,000 in
  2009 (about 5 per year)
• Number of pledges from 60 in 2006 to 72 in 2009
  (6 per year)
• Simply Giving from 29 in 2006 to 32 in 2009 ( 3
  per year)

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We Have Much to Be Proud of

• Although giving hasnt grown as fast as
  membership, LPLC has
• Done a good job controlling expenses
• Increased outreach served new needs
• Decreased reliance on Foundation support by
  increasing the of expenses covered by member
  giving

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What More Could We Do?

• Increase outreach hospitality activities
• Provide support to our community fellow
  congregations
• Sustain the current staffing plan our role as a
  teaching parish
• Expand improve education space

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Radical Welcoming, Radical Stewardship

• Radical welcoming has meant
• New ideas
• New members
• New blessings
• New growth

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Radical Welcoming, Radical Stewardship

• Radical stewardship means
• Going beyond our first thoughts about giving
• Everything we have is a gift from God
• We are commanded by God to be stewards of these
  gifts
• God challenges us to share our resources in new
  ways

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Radical Welcoming, Radical Stewardship

• Radical stewardship means
• Opening our hearts to what our gifts can provide-
• Care for each other
• Support for those in need
• Spreading of the word of God
• Care for creation

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Radical Welcoming, Radical Stewardship

• Radical stewardship means
• Thinking of giving as an investment in our growth
• What has God given me?
• What have I given back?
• How do my gifts empower this church?

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Radical Welcoming, Radical Stewardship

• Radical stewardship means
• Letting God guide us in our search to make a
  difference
• Trusting in what God has created at LPLC
• Trusting in God to show us how we can grow our
  gifts
• Trusting in God to work through us for greater
  good

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Our Pledges at Work What does the Money Do?
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Our Pledges at Work What does the Money Do?

• Staffing Salaries for all paid full part time
  positions, benefits, employee expenses
• Education Sunday School materials, nursery,
  adult education, Faith Library, confirmation,
  high school youth programs
• Outreach Benevolence including Eastside Senior
  Services, Luther Manor, All Peoples Food Pantry,
  MICAH hospitality advertising Care for
  Creation new member support web site support
• ELCA Tithe to the Synod
• Operational Building maintenance, utilities,
  custodial, insurance, worship expenses such as
  bulletins, banners, linens, music, communion,
  flowers

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Radical Stewardship for 2010

• Why pledge?
• Pledges help us plan
• Budgets can be established
• Plans can be implemented for maintenance,
  improvements, salaries, etc.
• Committees groups will know what they have to
  spend for the year
• Benevolence commitments can be made
• Pledges are a way for us to express our
  commitment to LPLC its ministry

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Radical Stewardship for 2010

• Goals
• Pledges
• Receive pledges from at least 50 of LPLC
  households
• Increase financial pledges by 14 to 212,000
• Increase Simply Giving by 25 to 40 givers
• Receive time talent surveys from at least 50
  of LPLC households

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How Much Should I Give?

• Weekly giving weekly income of giving
• Become a pledged giver this year at whatever
  you can afford
• If you pledge now, consider growing your pledge
  by 5 or more.

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Whats Next?

• A stewardship mailing to your home including
  pledge form
• Simply Giving forms
• Time talent survey
• Information on the web site
• Commitment Sunday November 22