A great big thank you to all who helped make our Craft Fair a success. Special thanks to Keith and Jacque Forsyth who pour so much care into this endeavor. Please seek them out with your personal thanks.

At the close of each year St. Andrew's prepares the operating budget for the coming year.  The budget is based on the amount pledged by the congregation.  From these pledges, leadership determines what programs we as a church can offer and the amount of staff we can maintain to lead it.  Our church receives no financial support from outside the church.  (We of course have loans, which we must pay back through the pledges of the congregation.)

Surprisingly, only half of our congregation makes a pledge each year, leaving our church to continually struggle financially.  Once a year we conduct a Stewardship Campaign to speak to those members who have not yet begun to pledge and help those giving to continue to build up to the 10% God asks from each of us.

This year's Imagine campaign focuses on thinking of your pledge as a fulfillment of your "Share."  This year's pledge cards included a chart which suggests a "Floor-of-Support" for those individuals new to giving.  This chart can also be used by those who are already giving, but struggling to determine the best next step in their growth towards 10%. 

St. Andrew's gives so much to each of us as members and to our community.  I can not Imagine what my life would be like without St. Andrew's so I ask you to Imagine what we could do with a pledge from each of our members.

Christine Lusk 

Stewardship Team