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2024 Annual Giving
An Invitation & An Opportunity
As part of our annual appeal for financial support, Pledge Packets are mailed to members and friends to inform and encourage giving to support the ministry of our church. The items in that packet are also linked at the end of this post.
Why give? One important document in the packet is a letter from our new Moderator, Susan Morrill, highlighting the recent annual meeting vote to explore some form of shared ministry with the United Parish Church of Fort Fairfield
Food for Thought
This Sunday, January 8, we give thanks and dedicate commitments of financial support for our church in the coming year. There will also be a potluck lunch following worship.
Coincidence? Not really. …
One is essentially about food and fellowship, the other financial and organizational. But both are about what we choose to give that we might nourish …
Giving as Grateful Response
From Ray Rice, Property & Finance Ministry
I want to begin by simply saying thank you. In the midst of constant change, a global pandemic, and learning how to be present in celebration in ways we might never have expected, you have responded with openness and generosity, inviting all to be together in worship. … Because of your commitment to the ministry of this congregation, we are an ever-increasing effective witness to the radical welcome of Jesus Christ. …
From Moderator Calvin Hall
I’m fairly certain that none of us enjoys paying bills. Many can’t be avoided. Some are for those things which may not seem essential but make our lives that much better. So, we prioritize, budget, save and plan, especially during challenging times.
It’s the same here at the church. … That’s where we all need to come in because we are all owners of the assets, physical and fiscal, and the money to pay the expenses comes from us. …