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New York ConferenceUnited Church of Christ
2014 Budget Presentation
Prepared by: Wayne Fuhrman, Treasurer David Losito, Manager of Finance
and Administration David Gaewski, Conference
Minister
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Presentation Goals
• What is our mission?
• What does it cost?
• How do we proceed?
Answer 3 Basic Questions
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OUR MISSION IS:
- To assist congregations in locating and securing pastoral leadership through the Search & Call process
- To train potential leaders through Leadership Development ministries
- To resource Youth & Young Adult Ministries as the church of today and tomorrow
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OUR MISSIONIS:
- To grow & strengthen our churches through Church Development & Revitalization programs
- To advocate for Peace & Justice through Justice & Witness ministries
- To witness to the world through Wider Church Ministries
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Search & Call
Finding an Interim Consultation on Search
Providing Candidates $235,635
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Leadership Development
New York School of Ministry Boundary TrainingCommunities of Practice Care for Clergy
Annual Authorized Ministry Retreats $246,498.
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Youth & Young AdultsState Youth Event Regional Youth EventNational Youth Event Youth Summits$55,681.
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Church Growth & Revitalization
• Readiness 360 Online Resource• Vitality Clusters• Revitalization Summits• Local Church Consultations• New Church Starts• New Church Adoptions
• $206,800.
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Justice & Witness Ministries$20,819.
• On the Front line with the Occupy Movement providing shelter, supplies, and strategic guidance
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Justice and Witness Ministries
• Historic lobbying for Marriage Equality
• On-going promotion of Open and Affirming Congregations
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Justice & Witness Ministries
• Attend public hearings and speak with Legislators on Environmental Justice- most recently fracking issues
• Advocacy for Just Immigration Legislation• Partner with national setting to gather
justice advocates throughout the state to coordinate our efforts and train justice advocates in each of our local settings
Wider Church Ministries$248,187.
Commission on Global Church• Encourages contact
with missionaries, and partnerships in Nicaragua, South Africa, and Palestine
• Promotes “Global Mission’ congregations
• Annual “Mission Possible” Retreats
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Wider Church Ministries
Commission on Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations• Encourages Inter-Faith Dialogue and Middle East
Peace Efforts• Supports New York State Council of Churches • Nurtures partnership with Evangelical church of
Hessen and Nassau, Germany
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Wider Church Ministries
NY Help• Provides medical clinics,
education opportunities, and community development projects in La Laguna, Honduras
• Promotes sustainable harvest project
• Visits with work groups twice a year
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New York Conference Disaster Response Program• Disaster Response Team
(DiRT) is a resource in time of disaster, like Superstorm Sandy
• Develops a network of trained disaster coordinators in local churches
• Organizes conference-wide drives to assemble disaster relief supplies to send to Church World Service
Wider Church Ministries
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WHAT DOES IT COST?
• Search & Call $ 235,635• Leadership Development $ 246,498• Youth & Young Adults $ 55,681• Church Growth &
Revitalization $ 206,800• Justice & Witness $ 20,819• Wider Church $ 248,187• Ministry Support $ 350,714 Total budget $ 1,364,334
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This is How the Pie is Sliced!
$235,63
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$246,498
$55,681 $206,800 $20,819
$248,18
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$350,714
2014 BudgetSearch & Call
Leadership De-velopment
Youth & Young Adults
Church Growth & Revitalization
Justice & Witness
Wider Church
Ministry Support
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Our Anticipated Income
• Our Church's Wider Mission(OCWM) $734,000
• UCC Covenant Share $361,790• Congregational Development $ 78,664• Leadership Development $
79,880 • Wider Church $ 26,000 • Ministry Support $ 84,000
Total Income $1,364,334
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The Income Pie
Our Church's Wider Mission(OCWM); $734,00
0UCC Covenant Share;
$361,790
Con-grega-tional Devel-
op-ment;
$78,664
Leader-ship
Devel-op-
ment; $79,880
Wider Church
, $26,000
Administration, $84,000
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UCC Covenant Share
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Covenant Share
• Affirms the covenantal relationship between the Conference and the membership
• To be fully effective, the budgeted OCWM giving must be realized and
• Each member is encouraged to contribute at least $10 to UCC Covenant Share
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Our Future
• We will continue our level of mission and service
• We will be fully staffed with an Associate Conference Minister in each region of the Conference
• We will increase our support of the Wider UCC
• We will offer financial support to NY Churches for ministry initiatives and Leadership Development