<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><blockquote type="cite" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div class="gmail-im" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4" color="#000000">Good Evening,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">Thanks to those of you who were able to attend last evening's meeting. I hope that you found the updates helpful and that you enjoyed the opportunity to visit with one another.  </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><font color="#000000">For those of you committee chairs who were unable to attend, we had updates from members of the Board and the Stewardship Committee.  Committee representatives talked about what their committees had been doing.  Also, you missed an explanation of this year's budget preparation process which is ongoing. </font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><font color="#000000">Now is the time for you to consider what activities and projects you hope to undertake in your committee and whether you would be seeking any funding from UCM to support them. </font>If you have any questions about planning for the next church year before submitting a budgetary request, please feel free to contact any member of the Executive Team (Claudia Clark, Dawn Evans, and Leslie Parr).  Here is a link to the form you should complete in order to submit a request for funding during the 2021-2022 budget year:  <a href="https://forms.gle/kCifpH3FJ5uUEev58" target="_blank" style="">https://forms.gle/kCifpH3FJ5uUEev58</a>    The form should be completed and submitted by <b style="">Friday, February 19</b>.  </font></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div class="gmail-im" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">The Finance Committee will be working with the Executive Team during the week of February 22 to assemble the budget, based in part on the forms submitted by committees seeking funding.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">The Board will consider the preliminary budget at its March 2nd meeting.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">Materials about this year's pledge drive will be mailed early in March.  At the conclusion of the pledge drive, the budget will be adjusted as necessary.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">A congregational vote on the budget will take place in May.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">Thank you for your involvement and commitment,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">Dawn Evans</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Claudia Clark</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Leslie Parr</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(53,28,117);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(53,28,117);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(53,28,117);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><br></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>