<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Committee and church leaders,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am so appreciative of all of you for all that you do. Working with what you have to create this wonderful community that means so much to me and each of us. Do you love this community as much as I do? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m asking you to please join me and other church leaders in doing what we can to ensure we have a functioning budget for next year - and we can fulfill all of your budgetary requests in the process!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please please please send this message out to your committees. <i class=""><b class="">You are the leaders in our community and we all look to you for examples of how to engage with this community fully. We count on you to let us know when to step in and step up. And we count on you to set an example for gracious and generous leadership as well.</b></i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class=""><div class="">We cannot successfully complete our Annual Budget Drive without your support! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">Example Message to Committee Members:</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear Welcoming Congregation Committee (example)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As your Committee Chair(s), we are so grateful to those of you who have already taken the time to make a pledge of support for UCM's upcoming budget year. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As we are growing, and improving our efforts to provide for our community (including increasing staff hours, providing health insurance, and giving additional support for our programs), our budget is growing, too. That’s why we set the goals this year of <i class="">increasing our pledgers by 10% and asking folks to engage with </i><a href="https://stewardshipforus.com/stewardship-resources/suggested-fair-share-contribution-guide/" target="_blank" class="">the Fair Share Guidelines</a><i class="">.</i> We believe we do have the resources in this community to support our budget - but we need everyone to get on board!</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Annual Budget Drive officially ends Sunday March 24th, <b class="">so we hope everyone can get their pledges in by then, if possible! If you need more time, we understand, and we’ll accept your pledge any time of the year. </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefa_CZJYnxWfg5hegrP50ynZIoTj4uJxRQzHgcGTnEoyXbOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank" class="">Please use this link for our online pledge form</a><b class=""> or </b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TW07ey6bIIHKDJs7CaMb4T7gZaM4bpOC/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" class="">print out this PDF</a><b class=""> and mail it, email it, or walk it in!</b></div></blockquote></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class="">In community,</div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class="">Charlotte Root on behalf of the Board and all church leadership</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<span><img apple-inline="yes" id="9BF3EF73-71BF-4207-9DAE-D24BC1AFA09E" src="cid:0C715C6E-7E1D-4EBD-B25A-54864A602754" class=""></span><font color="#531b93" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; 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