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Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory,

Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours. All things come from you, and of your own do we give you. Our church. G iving E nables M inistry. Why Money Matters?. Because the church needs resources

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Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory,

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  1. Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours. All things come from you, and of your own do we give you.

  2. Our church Giving Enables Ministry

  3. Why Money Matters? • Because the church needs resources • Because we are accountable to God for all he has given us • As Christians we need to give

  4. The first thing we want to say is . . . Thank you!

  5. 1998 Lets go back to . . .

  6. Some Essentials Increase 47.0% 57.1% 200% 2006 £0.75 £4.02 £0.60 1998 £0.51 £2.56 £0.20

  7. More essentials! 2006 £2.10 £0.91 £5.50 Increase 16.1% 46.0% 87.0% 1998 £1.81 £0.62 £2.94

  8. Our Church expenses have changed too! 1998 £37,000 2006 £ Increase % but has our giving! 1998 £28,000 2006 £ Increase %

  9. Our Expenditure in 2006 Weekly £

  10. Our Income in 2006 Weekly £ Planned Giving X Collections X Fund Raising X Church Fees X Donations X Hall Income X Total X

  11. To Summarise Weekly Expenditure 2006 £ Weekly Income 2006 £ Shortfall £

  12. Our Biggest Item of Expenditure The parish share Our slice of the diocesan cake

  13. Why does the diocese have to raise money through the parish share? • Because the diocese pays for • the costs of supporting our clergy and • all of the costs of the other activities of the Church in the diocese

  14. 14% 69% 17% Diocesan Income 2006

  15. Grants from Church Commissioners towards stipends The Diocese has few other sources of income • Investment Income • Fees earned by clergy from weddings and funerals

  16. How the Diocese spends the Parish Share Not like this!

  17. 6% 15% 79% DiocesanExpenditure2006

  18. Ministry Costs • Stipends for clergy • Pension costs for clergy • Housing costs • Clergy training • The training of future clergy

  19. How is our share calculated? • The size of the slice is proportionate to the wealth of the parish and church attendance • We directly support ministry in difficult and poor parishes • Both testaments teach this principle

  20. The Diocese guarantees to pay out for its clergy Stipend Pension Housing Training £32,000 per annum

  21. SO if the Parish Share does not come in . . . Eventually your clergy’s stipend or someone else’s, will not be able to be paid. AND . . . There will be fewer and fewer paid clergy to go round

  22. Our Giving for God The Three R’s • Regular • Realistic • Related to what we receive

  23. Did you know that in All Saints . . . • 80 people contribute regularly through the giving schemes. • 7 people (9%) contribute 22% of the total income. • 47% of givers (38 people) contribute less than £3 per week.

  24. Here’s a Thought Isn’t it funny how BIG a £5 note seems in church when we are about to put it on the collection plate . . . but how small it becomes when we offer it at the supermarket checkout

  25. Our Church financially may feel a bit unwell at the moment . . . With a financial transfusion given by you, we can make it strong again . . .

  26. And the treasurer, instead of looking like this at PCC Meetings . . . Will look like this!

  27. Christ has no body now on earth but ours; no hands but ours; no feet but ours. Ours are the eyes through which must look out Christ’s compassion on the world. Ours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Ours are the hands with which he blesses now. St Teresa of Avila

  28. Church name Giving Enables Ministry

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