Annual Giving Campaign

What Your Pledge Supports

Your pledge is by far the most important source of income for the daily operation of St. Paul’s. Filling out a pledge card to let your Vestry accurately account for income is important.

St Paul's is blessed with an endowment from which 80% of the annual disbursement pays for the upkeep of the sanctuary and parish house, and 20% goes to Outreach. Our annual commitment as parishioners is to finance the Worship budget and part of the Outreach budget.

The challenge we have is that our Annual Giving for the current calendar year 2011 is 8% less than what we need to fund the Programs that touch our hearts and the many souls served by our parish.

In 2011, $715,000 was pledged. This left a $65,000 shortfall in the Worship and Outreach budgets that was met with a one time generous $30,000 gift and significant one-time budget cutting measures. Our current programs are not sustainable at the 2011 pledge level. The biblical tithe is the standard of our giving. While circumstance may mean that you are not at that point in your giving, it is our goal.

The budget shortfall must be faced in this annual giving campaign. The gap can be significantly closed if current pledges were increased by 8%. We ask that you prayerfully consider the need and “Step Up to 8” for St. Paul's.

Thank you for your generous support of our mission here at St. Paul’s Church.