[Coc] CoC Meeting April 9 and Annual Budget Drive

Tue Apr 2 14:57:54 CDT 2019

Dear Committee Chairs and Church Leaders,

I look forward to gathering with you next Tuesday, April 9th for the
quarterly Committee of Chairs meeting! It will be a rich time of connecting
with one another and sharing updates on important matters of congregational
life. Thanks to Elaine and Janet for their leadership in organizing the
meeting thus far!

I especially wanted to highlight the message regarding our Annual Budget
Drive for 2019-2020 that Elaine had included in the previous email. We have
had good participation so far in the budget drive with 144 pledges made
totaling about 78% of the pledge income goal for the preliminary budget for
next year. About 50% of pledgers have indicated that they had made a Fair
Share pledge! We hope to reach 210 pledges and as close to $323,000 of
pledged income as possible before we begin finalizing the budget ahead of
annual meeting.

To that end, if you haven't made your pledge yet, please do so as soon as
possible! Please use this link for our online pledge form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefa_CZJYnxWfg5hegrP50ynZIoTj4uJxRQzHgcGTnEoyXbOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>*
or *print out this PDF
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TW07ey6bIIHKDJs7CaMb4T7gZaM4bpOC/view?usp=sharing>*
and
mail it, email it, or walk it in. *You can also support this effort by
sending the message below to your committee members.

Thank you for all the ways you support our church community!
Joan

*Example Message to Committee Members:*

Dear Welcoming Congregation Committee (example)

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.

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 *increasing our pledgers by 10% and
asking folks to engage with *the Fair Share Guidelines
<https://stewardshipforus.com/stewardship-resources/suggested-fair-share-contribution-guide/>
*.* We believe we do have the resources in this community to support our
budget - but we need everyone to get on board!

The Annual Budget Drive officially ended Sunday March 24th, *but you can
still make your pledge to support the 2019-2020 budget! *Please use this
link for our online pledge form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefa_CZJYnxWfg5hegrP50ynZIoTj4uJxRQzHgcGTnEoyXbOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>*
or *print out this PDF
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TW07ey6bIIHKDJs7CaMb4T7gZaM4bpOC/view?usp=sharing>*
and
mail it, email it, or walk it in. Your timely pledge will help us in
preparing a realistic budget for next church year.*

Thank you!

*Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister*
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Unitarian Church of Montpelier
ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU>

*"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each
other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks*

On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 10:43 PM Elaine Stehel via Coc <
coc at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> Dear Committee of Chairs,
>
> Janet Poeton & Elaine Stehel would like to invite you to our next
> Committee of Chairs Meeting, which will be held in the Vestry at UCM on *Tuesday,
> April 9 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. *
>
> Each year, all active Committees at UCM are asked to submit year-end
> Committee Reports, in advance of our Annual Meeting, which will be held
> this year on Sunday, May 19 @ 1:00 p.m. To give us all plenty of time to
> consult with our committee members, review our meeting minutes, etc. ... we
> would like to request that all *Committee Chairs bring with you on April
> 9th (or submit to Elaine at ucm.membership at gmail.com
> <ucm.membership at gmail.com>) a first draft of your FY 2018-19 Committee
> Report.* Please include the name of your committee; the name(s) of your
> committee members and their roles/titles; the frequency & length of your
> meetings; and pertinent information including accomplishments, initiatives,
> events, participants, topics addressed, etc.
>
> Please also take a moment to review the minutes, attached, from our
> January 15th CoC Meeting (please reply if you notice any inaccuracies, for
> example, if you were in attendance and I missed your name) -- also, *please
> note places in bold where volunteers are needed*, and reach out to people
> you know who may be interested in taking on these roles!
>
> If you have not yet read the January 13th report from Stewardship
> Consultant Mark Ewert, *please do so* -- the letter from the UCM
> Governing Board and the full report are attached -- *this is very
> important information* for each of you, our amazing volunteers, to read
> in full and discuss with each other, staff, and other volunteers! Please
> share the report with your Committees, via e-mail and/or in person at your
> next Committee Meeting.
>
> Finally, as we near the end of this Church Year and begin our preparations
> for next, be aware that our Stewardship Team members have been working
> incredibly tirelessly to raise the needed funds for UCM's FY 2020 Budget
> (beginning July 2019), and we cannot successfully complete our Annual
> Budget Drive without your support!
>
> *If you have already submitted a generous pledge to support UCM in the
> coming Church Year -- Thank you! *If you haven't yet submitted your
> pledge, please do so as soon as possible, so that the Board & Executive
> Team will be able to plan to implement the many wonderful plans & visions
> we have all requested funding to reach & achieve.
>
> Here is a letter from Charlotte Root, our Stewardship Co-Chair:
>
> Dear Committee of Chairs,
>
> We are so grateful to those of you who have already taken the time to make
> a pledge of support for this community’s upcoming budget year. You are our
> lay and professional leaders, the most influential people in our community,
> and we couldn’t do any of this without you!
>
> As we are growing and getting better at providing for our community
> (including increasing staff hours, providing health insurance, and more
> support for our programs), our budget is growing, too. That’s why we set
> the goals this year of *increasing our pledgers by 10% and asking folks
> to engage with *the Fair Share Guidelines
> <https://stewardshipforus.com/stewardship-resources/suggested-fair-share-contribution-guide/>
> *.*
>
> We believe we do have the resources in this community to support our
> budget - but we need everyone to get on board! *We’d love for you to send
> this brief message of love and encouragement to your committees so we can
> make sure we have everyone’s pledge of commitment. *
>
> The Annual Budget Drive officially ends Sunday March 24th, *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. *
>
> Example Message to Committee Members:
>
> Dear Welcoming Congregation Committee (example)
>
> 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.
>
> 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 *increasing our pledgers by 10% and
> asking folks to engage with *the Fair Share Guidelines
> <https://stewardshipforus.com/stewardship-resources/suggested-fair-share-contribution-guide/>
> *.* We believe we do have the resources in this community to support our
> budget - but we need everyone to get on board!
>
> The Annual Budget Drive officially ends Sunday March 24th, *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. *Please
> use this link for our online pledge form
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefa_CZJYnxWfg5hegrP50ynZIoTj4uJxRQzHgcGTnEoyXbOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>*
> or *print out this PDF
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TW07ey6bIIHKDJs7CaMb4T7gZaM4bpOC/view?usp=sharing>* and
> mail it, email it, or walk it in!*
>
>
> Gratefully,
>
> *Elaine Stehel | Membership Coordinator*
>
> *pronouns: she/her*
> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
> ucm.membership at gmail.com | 802.595.9801 | Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/elaine.ball.stehel> | Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/elainestehel>
>
> *"The spiritual journey involves going beyond hope and fear, stepping into
> unknown territory, continually moving forward." -- Pema Chödrön*
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