GIVE TO ALDERSGATE UMC
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms."
1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)
The theme for our 2025 Stewardship Campaign is based on the scripture passage in 1 Peter in which Peter encourages every person to put into practice the gifts God has given to serve those around us.
As we endeavor to live according to Jesus' commandment to serve others, we encourage you to use this Stewardship season to prayerfully renew your commitment to the Aldersgate mission of "courageously living God's unconditional love." Stewardship isn't just about the finances we commit to the church. It is also about using our God-given gifts to serve the church and others. As we embark on our Stewardship theme of "The Heart of a Servant," we invite you to make a commitment of your financial resources in 2025. Please consider renewing your pledge this year or making a new commitment if you have not been able to pledge in the past.
Please also consider committing your time and talents to one or more of Aldersgate's many ministries, outreach to our community, and internal church programs. Following the Stewardship Campaign, Time and Talent cards will be made available to allow you to make a commitment to contribute to the health and growth of our church as we seek to do help change hearts for God in our church and community.
Campaign Progress
23 Pledges Received as of November 14th, 2024
Goal:
$1,000,000
$159,491.72
Thank you for your contribution and commitment to Aldersgate UMC!
Our Operating Budget
The reason for making a pledged commitment is to support the annual expenses for the operating budget for the church. The operating budget is the cost of all the expenses of the church to include programs, missions, apportionments, salaries, overhead, etc. The total operating budget for 2025 is projected to be $1.583 million. We rely on pledged commitments, non-pledged donations, and other revenue to meet these expenses.
Our goal is to receive pledged commitments for a total of $1,000,000.
Note on Mission Funding in the Operating Budget
The 5% for mission expenses does not include support from the UMM and UWF support of missions. Apportionments also support missions, and there are restricted funds designated for missions. Many members of the church support missions directly.
Staff
44%
Facilities
29%
Apportionments
13%
Mission Expenses
5%
Administration
9%
You are asked each fall to make a commitment through the "Stewardship Campaign" for the upcoming year so that we can appropriately plan which missions we will be able to support, events we can plan to have, repairs we can expect to be able to make, etc. The amount you give is a personal matter. When deciding on how much to give, remember that scripture indicates that tithing is the standard and that giving one-tenth of our income to God through the church is the norm or a goal to attain.