Annual Parish Meeting
January 28, 2007
Contents
Front Matter
Worship Commission Report
Associate Rector's Report
Family Minister's Report
Church School
Saint Paul's Youth
Shalom
Choirmaster's Report
Organist's Report
Youth Choir Program
Acolyte Ministry
Flower Ministry
Stephen Ministry
New Member Ministry
Commission
Stewardship - A Journey of
Giving
Property Report
Episcopal Church Women
Communications
Commission
Mission Outreach
Sudanese Ministry
Trinity Church, Pass
Christian
Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality
Network
Adopt a Classroom
A Meal & More
Antiques Show & Sale
The REAPers
Christian Pathways
Parish Library
Summary Balance Sheet
Financial Summary
Our Vision
We pray that all who enter St. Paul's experience God's presence in this community of faith, a community that through Christ strives to be loving, joyous, inclusive, transforming and filled with God's Grace.
Prayer for St. Paul's
O God, our heavenly Father, make the door of St. Paul's Church wide enough to receive all who need love and fellowship and a Father's care, and narrow enough to shut out all envy, pride and uncharitableness. Make its threshold smooth enough to be no stumbling block to children, but strong enough to turn back the tempter's power. O heavenly Father, make the door of St. Paul's a gateway to thy eternal kingdom; bless every member and worker; may all that we do and say be done and said to thy honor and glory and the spreading of thy kingdom. May we continue to be thine forever and daily increase through thy Holy Spirit in love and service to others; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Mission of St. Paul's
To proclaim the Good News of God in Christ by:
- ministering to individuals within and outside the church, and inviting others to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
- serving the spiritual needs of the parish family, and providing opportunities and leadership for growth in the knowledge and worship of God.
- bearing witness to the person and teaching of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, who calls us to serve and to make responsible use of our human and material resources.
The Vision for our Ministries
- Worship will provide powerful and inspiring liturgy, music and teaching.
- Pastoral Care will be provided for all phases of our birth, life and death cycle.
- Educational programs will enable people of all ages to grow in their knowledge and love of Christ.
- Outreach programs will reflect an increasing commitment to serve the needs of others.
- Stewardship of time, talent, income, assets, and estate will reflect thankfulness for God's gifts to us.
- Our hospitality will ensure that all current and new members feel included, known and valued.
- Facilities, leaders, and staff will be accessible, supportive and program enabling.
Record of Services
January 1, 2006 through December 31,2006
| Sunday Holy Eucharists | 117 | Weekday Celebrations | 100 | |
| Total Sunday Services | 121 | Total Weekday Services | 110 | |
| Private Communions | 103 | Baptisms | 9 | |
| Confirmed | 4 | Reaffirmations | None | |
| Received | 2 | Marriages | 6 | |
| Burials | 21 | Total Attendance | 18,795 |
St. Paul's Church Staff
Clergy
The Rev. Frederic W. Reynolds, Rector
The Rev. Thomas K McCart, Associate Rector
The Rev. Leslie M. St. Louis, Family Minister
Ministry Staff
Dr. David Fetler, Choirmaster
Laura Dunbar, Youth Choir Director
Adam Peithmann, Organist
Dr David Craighead, Organist Emeritus
Barbara Warner, Coordinator of Christian Formation
Nancy Wood, Finance & Operations Manager
Lisa Hubbard, Accounting Assistant
Wayne Reinert, Member Services
Keith Thompson, Maintenance Supervisor
Louis Martin & Gum Ring Gum, Maintenance Associates
Vestry Wardens
Christopher Moore, Senior Warden
Parish Operations Commission Chair
Stan Refermat, Junior Warden
Parish Ministry Council Chair
Vestry Officers
Emily Wood, Treasurer
Lawrence McKnight, Business Manager
David Vilas, Assistant Business Manager
Charlotte Kimberly-Haag, Clerk
Vestry
Dean Arvan—Pastoral Care
John Bevier—New Member Ministry
Spencer Cook—Outreach
Mary Critikos—Christian Formation
Robert Frank—Property
Erin Glanton—Human Resources
Charlotte Kimberly-Haag—Christian Formation
Melissa Hopkins—Communications
William Hosley—Strategic Plan
Griffin Jones—Stewardship
Gail Pearson—Parish Life
Worship Commission Report
We have tried this past year to have an awareness in our worship together, to be a place and people that reflects the radical hospitality of Jesus. I was delighted to hear, after a service of baptism, one of the guests remark how graciously they were greeted, which then was consistent with their experience throughout the entire service. I was delighted to hear as well, from one of our Sudanese young men, how graciously they have been received into St. Paul's community of faith.
During 2006 we have started adding to our festive worship celebrations by having an acolyte process with symbols of a dove and streamers. We continue to expand our use and growing familiarity with service music, using compositions by Powell, Mathias, Schubert, Proulx and Willan. We are in our third year of occasionally using Eucharistic Prayers from 'Enriching Our Worship.' We continue to expand our use of flute, trumpet and drums to accompany our choirs on Sunday morning. In our second year of offering a service of Advent Lessons and Carols, we had about 100 people attend from the community, as well as the parish. We were blessed by an inspiring sermon address on Youth Recognition Sunday by graduating senior Caroline Moore.
The biggest initiative was to establish a Director of Music Search Committee, chaired by Ted Curtis. We received 44 applications from all over the country, most with superb credentials, to carry on the excellent music tradition of David Craighead and David Fetler. I expect to appoint our new Director of Music by June 2007. We will also honor David Fetler on June 3rd for his enormous contribution for over 50 years to the music and worship of St. Paul's.
Although there are many people to thank for their leadership and contributions for the ministry of worship, I particularly give thanks to Ann Buerschaper, who retires after 3 years as chair of our Altar Guild.
Thank you to our Music Staff, to David Fetler and the Senior Choir, Laura Dunbar and the Youth and Alleluia Choirs, and Adam Peithmann, Organist.
Thank you to Altar Guild Chairs Alice Eldredge and Laura Hayden; to Elmer Cheney and his ushers; to Carol Panzer for altar flowers; to Jennifer Marini and Susan Hyde for Christmas and Easter special altar arrangements; to Hank Morrow and Griffin Jones for the acolytes and torchbearers; to Kathy Hiltunen and the Eucharistic Ministers; to Nancy Curtis and Sue Jones and the Lectors; and to our Clergy, the Reverends Thomas McCart and Leslie St. Louis.
On behalf of the Worship Commission,
~ The Rev. Frederic W. Reynolds, Rector
Associate Rector's Report
From the beginning of 2006 through mid-March, I was on sabbatical. On the whole, my sabbatical time was all I prayed it would be and more. I returned refreshed and rested; I enjoyed the opportunity to reflect upon past ministries and to imagine future possibilities upon retirement; I renewed relationships and began new ones; I visited new churches and re-engaged with previous congregations. The time also allowed me the opportunity of reading a number of books, several of which led me to new levels of understanding. For example, I can no longer hold to the substitution theory of the atonement as a result of reading James Alison's On Being Liked, and my sense of the catholicity of the faith was enriched by Brian McLaren's A Generous Orthodoxy. I also enjoyed a number of murder mysteries (e.g., Anne Perry's Brunswick Gardens and other light reading; I attended several concerts, including a thrilling performance of Mozart's Requiem. And then there were the long walks, movies, visiting family, trying new recipes and much, much more. I am extremely thankful to the parish for giving me this opportunity to be renewed for my ministry with you.
Stephen Ministry continues to grow at St. Paul's. We commissioned our second class of Stephen Ministers in May (Carol Panzer, Donna Nash-Bayley, Floyd Bayley and Louise Moore), and we commissioned Sally McGucken as a Stephen Leader in September. I am grateful for the pastoral care these people (along with our other Stephen Ministers, Nancy Frank, Beverly Vaughan, Joyce Bogdanski, Jim Blake, Anna Marie Fabrowicz and Kitty MacDowell, and our Stephen Leaders, Anne Refermat and Judy Carpenter) bring to St. Paul's. You will find additional information in their report.
In March, we commissioned Jim Blake, Ray Claus, and Joanne Claus as Eucharistic Visitors. These people are charged with taking communion to people who are unable to be present for our Sunday celebration. During the year, they made twenty-two visitations; the clergy did eighty-one home communions. Both of these programs add another layer of pastoral care to the regular visits by the clergy. Since March, when we implemented a new tracking system, the clergy made more than 800 pastoral calls to 233 parishioners.
Our New Member Ministry took major steps forward in 2006 with an expanded and invigorated Greeter's guild and the implementation of a Visitor's Table, along with a 'welcome bag' of goodies! George Kittredge, chair, and Sally McGucken (Greeters), and the dedicated members of the committee are to be commended for their commitment to making St. Paul's a truly welcoming place. In addition, with the help of the Communications Commission, we invited the greater Rochester community to come to our house for Christmas through a postcard mailing to our zip code and two four-color ads in the City Newspaper. A significant number of people self-identified themselves as responders to our invitation. Hopefully, they will return to worship with us again. This ministry has resulted in sixteen people joining the St. Paul's family, and more are in the process of becoming members.
Our annual The Bible & The World lecture series, in partnership with the diocese, continues to thrive. In 2006, we were honored to have Marti Steussy, Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Her lecture, 'Genesis 1 in an Age of Science,' was engaging and led to stimulating discussion both on Sunday afternoon and with clergy of the diocese on Monday as they explored the topic of creation spirituality. This year (2007) we are excited that Walter Brueggemann will be our guest. Brueggemann is Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary and the author of more than 58 books. I am delighted to report that Phyllis Trible has accepted our invitation for 2008. Trible, an internationally known scholar and rhetorical critic, is Professor of Biblical Studies at Wake Forest University Divinity School. She is considered a leader in the text-based exploration of women and gender in scripture.
As in previous years, I continued to work closely, in addition to the groups above, with the Worship Committee, Parish Operations, Vestry, Parish Council, Altar Guild, and Episcopal Church Women during the year.
As with all clergy, ordained ministry is not limited to the parish level. In December, I accepted Bishop McKelvey's appointment to the Commission on Ministry for the diocese. Last August, I was privileged to be one of the faculty for the Mississippi Church Music Conference along with two good friends, Richard Webster (Trinity Church, Boston) and John Repulski (Christ Church Cranbook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan). As part of this national conference, I was also the guest preacher at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Jackson, Mississippi, on the Feast of the Transfiguration. I also continue to be actively involved with the Association of Anglican Musicians and the Anglican Musicians Foundation, a permanent endowment fund for the furthering of music in the Anglican tradition.
There is more that could be said. However, I trust that this brief overview will give you a sense of the scope of my ministry with you at St. Paul's. I continue to give thanks to God for this community of faith – it is a good place, filled with good people, doing good work in the name of God.
Respectfully submitted,
~ The Reverend Thomas K McCart, Ph.D., Associate Rector
Family Minister's Report
The first thing you will notice about this report is that it no longer says Curate's report. In June of this past year the title for this position was changed from Curate to Family Minister. The change in title comes with the recognition of the function of this position at St. Paul's and with some expanded responsibilities. This movement reflects a commitment on the part of St. Paul's to have a clergy person involved with your youth and family ministries who will remain for a period longer than a one to two year training period as a curate.
Both SPY and the Church School continue to grow and thrive. I am pleased to say that attendance in both these programs is up and that it appears to be that there is healthy and continued growth occurring in this demographic of our church. The activities of these groups are separately reported and I do hope you will read those reports.
Some of you attended last year's Ladies Who Lent retreat here at St. Paul's. The Episcopal Diocese of Rochester and the New York West Area Conference of the United Methodist Church cosponsored this event. It was the 'invention' of myself and the Rev. Alice K. Ford and was quite successful. We had some 50 women here for two days of study and reflection. The leaders were The Rev. Dr. Rebecca Abts Wright and The Rev. Dr. Susanna Metz, both faculty at The University of the South, and Dr. Robin Reed- Spalding of Sewanee. There are regular inquiries as to a similar event for this year and Rev. Ford and I are discussing an option for that.
In association with that event St. Paul's was invited by artist Dr. He Qi to hang a showing of his works depicting scenes from both the Old and New Testament. This came about as The Rev. Ford negotiated the use of one of his images in the promotional materials for Ladies Who Lent. Thanks to the help of Charlotte Kimberly-Haag, the prints were hung to perfection. A gallery opening (I believe a first for St. Paul's) was held with the generous help and support of members of the ECW especially June Hasty and Mary Critikos and the New Members Ministry. We had somewhere over 60 people come and visit and see the church and the art that evening, many from the neighborhood who were thrilled to be invited in and asked that we do more of this type of thing.
I continue my work with the board for Water for Sudan and I believe that in the future some mission work in the communities in which Salva is drilling wells may be of interest here at St. Paul's
While Tom was on Sabbatical I recruited and trained our first class of Eucharistic Visitors. You may have noticed that these individuals are often commissioned near the end of the service to take the elements to those who are unable to be with us on Sunday morning.
In October of last year I was invited by the regional Stephen Ministry community to give a break-out presentation at their annual gathering. I was thrilled to join them for this time together and did a presentation on prayer as a life discipline. The community has invited me back for October 2007 as their keynote speaker and I am honored and excited by this opportunity.
Finally let me update you on things of a more personal note. I have indeed begun my D. Min program. I also spent a week in June at the Cathedral College of Preachers, a division of the National Cathedral's continuing education for clergy. Here I met The Rev. Dr. David Schlafer, a professor of homiletics. After spending a week with Dr. Schlafer studying and preaching he invited me into a mentoring relationship. I believe that preaching is probably the most important thing we do as clergy and feel that this gift of time with such a mentor will bare much fruit for many years to come.
I have finished the research phase of the book on Mary and have begun to write, which is exciting for me and I have the beginnings of a children's book rambling around on Jesus' journey into the wilderness.
Yours in Christ,
~ The Rev. Leslie M. St. Louis
Church School
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Philippians 4:4
In the Classes
Church school programs have been strengthened this year in that with the exception of Middle School Class teacher Steve Bewlay, who moved to Buffalo, all the teachers have continued with their classes. We are fortunate to have Donna Nash-Bayley and Erik Warner working with high schoolers; Louise Moore and Karley Roos, with Middle School; Peter Doyle, Chris Fitzstevens, and Jessica Wood, with Lectionary Learning; and Sue Hall, Tom Milliman, Sandra Stenzel, Ashley Torres with Godly Play. Missy McMullan, Becky Hall, and Shamika Gamble continue to care for babies and toddlers. This continuity has allowed us to focus on objectives, refine curricula, and develop activities.
To the on-going programs, we have added a year-long confirmation class. Students are working with Tim Davis and Nancy Kleintop to explore church history, theology and spirituality with a view to a life-long relationship with God. Confirmation is scheduled for Pentecost, the last Sunday in May.
Each of the clergy visited classes at least twice, helping us get to know them and their role in the church.
For Neighbors
We participated with the church community in Lenten Outreach – creating a large Book of Common Prayer with the proceeds providing over 50 prayer books for the people of Trinity Church in hurricane-riddled Pass Christian, Mississippi.
During Advent we promoted a collection of food for the Southeast Ministries (SEM) Food Cupboard that helps feed people in the local area. Those who brought food put an ornament on the tree in the Parish Hall.
For the Church Community
To build the habit of sharing, Angie Jones, Chair of Stewardship, led students to consider the power of contributing a little of their money toward a whole to support St. Paul's programs. Classes take collections each week with envelopes put in the offering plate during worship.
In May students painted pots in which teachers planted spring flowers to present as favors at the Spring Breakfast. Many family members and others participated in the buffet between services.
At the Recognition Service in June, fifth grades received Bibles, gifts from St. Paul's ECW (Episcopal Church Women).
Student and adult readers, actors, and soloists joined the Youth Choir in December to present the Christmas Pageant. The pageant was followed by supper and carols in the Parish Hall. A contribution from the Antiques Show Committee supported the refurbishment of costumes and props.
These words cannot capture the wonderful spirit of the Church School. Being part of this group is a privilege and a joy.
~ Barbara Warner
Saint Paul's Youth (SPY)
It has been another busy and amazing year for Saint Paul's Youth (SPY). I hope many of you have been keeping up with our comings and goings in the SPY Corner section of the Epistle. We are consistently seeing 18-20 participants this year. The kids are eager to come and to participate, not only in the events, but also in the planning and facilitating! They often joyfully bring friends along and the word appears to be getting out there that this is the place to be!
We began the program year with a mission trip to Chebeague Island, Maine. Laura Hayden, Louise Moore and I escorted six of our youth to stay at the Hayden cottage for a week. Much of our service took place at the Island Commons, an assisted living facility. This trip was featured in the November edition of Living Water, the diocesan newsletter. The trip was a resounding success and plans are being made for a follow up trip this coming summer.
In order to welcome in our new members and to reconnect with those we had not seen over the summer, a kick off picnic the Hayden cottage on Lake Ontario. We had some forty folks in attendance and the year was off to a big start. There was wonderful food, great fellowship for the adults, as well as games and time on the water for the kids. Who could ask for anything more?
We followed that with our annual trip on the Mary Jemison, under the knowledgeable and watchful eye of Ted Curtis. This is a favorite event for SPY and there were games and good food for all to enjoy.
In the fall the SPY group convened for an overnight at Camp Cory, just outside of Penn Yan on Keuka Lake. This was an opportunity for the new SPY members to spend their first overnight with us and for all to do some outreach in the form of help with end of the year clean up for the camp. In addition to good work, there was plenty of time for flashlight tag, touch football and challenges on the climbing wall.
October saw the return of the now annual All Hallows Eve party. This is an event that SPY sponsors for the younger members of our parish family and this year the ghosts and ghoulies, princesses, fairies, dragons and the like were invited to come to church in costumes. It was a wonderful event for the entire parish.
This fall also saw SPY in service to the church with their annual bulb planting and to the greater Rochester area with our annual trip to St. Joseph's House. The St. Paul's coordinators of this outreach were very impressed with the work the kids did.
As I am sure you know, these mission trips are not without cost. The SPY group has worked diligently to raise funds for these events. More than three-fourths of the monies for these trips have come from SPY's own funds. We have also been blessed by gifts from the Antiques Show Committee and have appealed for funds to Mission One Funding.
This is an exciting and active time for SPY. Co-coordinators Louise Moore and Laura Hayden, who work tirelessly to design, facilitate and promote this ministry of the church, aptly lead SPY. We are aided in our shepherding of this amazing group of kids by Peter Doyle, Jennifer Marini and Hank and Sabrina Morrow, without whom we could not do all the wonderful things we do. This is a vibrant, vital and spirit-filled group. The Holy Spirit is doing abundant good work here. There are deep and abiding relationships amongst the kids and a growing sense of community amongst the SPY parents, who gather quarterly for a time of fellowship. I believe there is an ever-deepening sense of God's movement in our lives that is the foundation of all we do. There is wonderful fellowship and fun that happens when this group gathers, and with and through the grace of God and the tremendous efforts and abilities of those involved, great things are happening.
~ The Rev. Leslie M. St. Louis
SHALOM
Shalom, St. Paul's group for young families, provided spiritual and social support for the Christian family life. Shalom completed its 2005-2006 program year with regular monthly fellowship meetings that featured family dinners and separate programs for children, youth, and adults. Throughout the year, we provided occasional family meals for new parents at St. Paul's. In December, we sponsored Christmas gifts for Guet's family. In June, we held a cookout and picnic on St. Paul's lawn. In July, Shalom hosted the fourth annual St. Paul's Day at Seabreeze. Nancy Curtis and Angie Jones then 'retired' as Shalom coordinators and Shalom is currently inactive. Please contact Leslie St. Louis if you have ideas for ministry and fellowship opportunities for young families at St. Paul's.
~ Nancy Curtis and Angie Jones
Choirmaster's Report
The year 2006 saw an increase in the number of instrumentalists who performed preludes and postludes, as well as some anthems with the choir. In addition, the Nazareth College Bach Children's Chorus, directed by our parishioner Karla Krogstad, sang an anthem with our Youth Choir as well as a postlude selection.
The Senior Choir has continued to offer our congregation a wide variety of sacred music including solos and duets. Among the highlights were Arise, Shine, For Your Light Has Come by the American composer Ned Rorem; Prayer of St. Francis by Rene Clauson; Candlyn's Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise; Charles Wood's O Thou The Central Orb; Beethoven's Benedictus; Titcomb's Come, Ye Faithful; Balakireff's O Send Thy Light Forth; John Rutter's The Lord Is My Shepherd; Out Of The Deep by Thomas Morley; Purcell's Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Heart and my arrangement of Lord, I Want to Be A Christian, with Derrick Smith as soloist.
Long time choir member Dr. Peter Rowley wrote several anthems for us that we performed. When he passed away on March 27, 2006, our choir was honored to be able to sing his setting of Psalm 142 at his memorial service on April 22.
For our All Saints' Evensong on November 5, I was inspired to compose the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. The Preces and Responses were by John Repulski.
For the second year, our choir presented an Advent Lessons and Carols on December 3. The choir was also part of the Festival Singers who sang Handel's Messiah on December 10 with the Rochester Chamber Orchestra at the Hochstein Music School.
The Christmas Eve Service at 5:30 featured the combined choirs in my new anthem Sing Nowell, which was repeated by the Senior Choir at the 11 p.m. service. December 31 was our annual Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols which featured music by Gustav Holst, Andrew Prower's setting of The Angel Gabriel, and Hal Hopson's Come Run,Ye Shepherds.
A very busy and fruitful year.
~ David Fetler
Organist's Report
Much has been discussed about the Skinner organ at St. Paul's, such as its unique historical characteristics, use in the church, and future renovation.
Before mentioning any specifics about these discussions, it is important to first note the most important characteristic of any organ, the space it is housed in. Conversations have begun concerning a renovation to improve the acoustical quality of the sanctuary. Such a renovation would create a reverberant space which is vital to support hymn singing, choir anthems, and organ performances.
With regard to the organ itself, many individuals have expressed ideas about what the organ should look and sound like. Some ideas include restoring the organ to its early twentieth century Skinner design, retain its current voicing and/or install a modern console to facilitate organ concerts. This discussion proves that the world of organ building, design, and inevitably performance are complicated subject matters. Whatever the outcome, however, there is a bright future in store for the organ at St. Paul's and for the music ministry it supports.
~ Adam Peithmann
Youth Choir Program
In 2006 the Youth Choirs had another fine year of music making! The Youth and Alleluia Choirs began to sing as one combined ensemble on a regular basis. This has allowed the chorister to enjoy a 'larger sound' and enabled the singing of more challenging music!
The Youth Choirs continued to rehearse following the 10:00 am service on Sundays. A new addition to the Sunday routine has come to be called 'Lunch Down Under'. The choristers enjoy lunch together in the Spanish Chapel immediately following the service, and then proceed to rehearsal together. Lunch has proven to be a unique opportunity for the choristers to spend social time together outside of rehearsal.
In March 2006, the youth choirs performed an incredibly moving Evensong service, singing the music of Ralph Vaughn Williams. Cellist Brad Reynolds joined the choirs for this service, and the powerful evening service on Maundy Thursday.
In June St. Paul's youth participated in the traditional Youth Recognition Sunday service. Nate Adam (piano), and Lynn Ligammari (saxophone) performed the service music and youth choir accompaniment. The uplifting music was a highlight in the service and a fitting close to the program year!
The 2006 Christmas season provided an opportunity for the youth choirs to explore the music of John Jacob Niles. The choirs sang three of his compositions at the Christmas Pageant and Christmas Eve services. Other Christmas works included a Magnificat setting by George Dyson, and a combined anthem with the St. Paul's Senior Choir, composed by David Fetler.
Congratulations to the Youth Choirs for their hard work and beautiful singing in 2006! Well done!
~ Laura Dunbar, Youth Choir Director
Acolyte Ministry
The Acolyte Ministry supports the efforts of our parish clergy to establish an orderly, reverent atmosphere in which to worship by supplying trained Crucifers, Torch Bearers and Acolytes who assist during our liturgy.
During the year, twenty-two different Acolytes served, including four new Acolytes.
~ Griffin Jones and Hank Morrow
Flower Ministry
Our church is a beautiful place of inspiration for those who gather to praise God and be supported and be supportive of each other. The altar flowers remind us of His love, power of creation, and beauty. Those who want to remember or give thanksgiving for loved ones, donate flowers for the High and Chantry altars. How very fitting that is when we think that communion is with all Christians, whether with us at the rail, or those who have died and gone to be with Christ. The beautiful flowers on our altars brighten our worship services and the lives of shut-ins to whom the flowers are taken afterwards.
~ Carol Panzer
Stephen Ministry
Stephen Ministry continues to grow at St. Paul's. Our second class of Stephen Ministers completed 50 hours of instruction and were commissioned in May. Carol Panzer, Donna Nash-Bayley, Floyd Bayley and Louise Moore joined our first class of Stephen Ministers: Nancy Frank, Beverly Vaughan, Joyce Bogdanski, Jim Blake, Anna Marie Fabrowicz and Kitty MacDowell. Sally McGucken, a Stephen Minister for the past two years, attended a 50-hour Leaders Training Course in August and was commissioned as a Stephen Leader. Stephen Ministers are available to provide care on a one-to-one confidential basis to parishioners experiencing a challenging time in their lives.
Last Spring Stephen Ministry sponsored a lecture by Dr. Timothy Quill at St. Paul's. Dr. Quill presented the medical, legal and ethical elements associated with the end of life. Members from six area churches joined our parishioners in the audience. This fall St. Paul's Stephen Ministers sponsored a display the Diocesan Convention in preparation for hosting a regional Stephen Ministry convention at St. Paul's this fall.
We give thanks to God for the many gifts our Stephen Ministers bring to this vital ministry. On behalf of our Stephen Ministry team we thank you for your continued prayers and support. It is through your cooperation and support that this lay ministry will continue to grow.
If you would like more information about Stephen Ministry, please contact one of us or Tom McCart.
~ Anne Refermat, Judy Carpenter and Sally McGucken
New Member Ministry Commission
St. Paul's New Member Ministry Commission (NMMC) was formed during the summer of 2005. Over the past 18 months the Commission has been involved in projects designed to (1) create a greater awareness of St. Paul's within our geographic neighborhood and the greater Rochester community and (2) to enhance the opportunities for St. Paul's parishioners to become more involved in the programs and missions of our church.
Examples are the expanded Greeters Program in 2005 and the Visitor's Welcoming Table started in 2006. At the Welcoming Table, St. Paul's visitors receive a welcome bag filled with special visitor gifts, a welcome letter from the Clergy and information about our church and our programs.
This past year the Commission continued its postcard mailings to nearby residents (the feedback from visitors to the mailings has been positive), and conducted a new member wine and cheese party (May) and a new member brunch (October). With the help of the Communications Commission, we were able to place a large four-color advertisement in the City Newspaper just prior to the Christmas Season.
New member ministry is all about inviting others into our congregation, reaching out to greet those who join us, helping new members to become involved in our church activities, encouraging them in their journey into fuller membership, fellowship and leadership and supporting them in their quest to serve others.
We invite all to join us in this mission in 2007.
~ George Kittredge, Chair – New Member Ministry Commission
Stewardship – A Journey of Giving
This year, the Stewardship Committee focused on personal contact with parishioners with respect to stewardship. Fifty-six dedicated parishioners volunteered to take on this task, many of them returning from last year's campaign. Two caller training sessions were held where we focused on making face-to-face contact with as many parishioners as possible.
The Stewardship Committee created individual caller assignment sheets that included past giving information and a section to make a final disposition on the outcome of the stewardship encounter. These dispositions were assigned codes so that they could be inputted into St. Paul's database for more accurate information management.
We kicked off the 2007 Stewardship Campaign with the Stewardship Soirée, a festive event at which Clergy, Vestry, Stewardship Committee members, callers, and other committee chairs reaffirmed their commitment to St. Paul's by returning their 2007 pledge cards on the first day of the campaign.
The first mailing, which included a letter with pledge information and card, was sent in early October. Calls then began throughout October. In early December, a second mailing was sent to everyone from the first mailing who had not yet responded with a pledge. Also, throughout December Vestry members and the Stewardship Committee made a second round of calls.
Handwritten thank you notes were sent by callers regardless of the outcome of the encounter and a thank you letter was sent to pledgers from the clergy and vestry.
A Caller Feedback Session was held on January 21.
Current Pledge Analysis
2006 (final) 2007 (to date) Number of Pledging Units 333 325 Amount pledged $464,503 $469,267 Average pledge $1,395 $1,444
Thus far, we have welcomed 37 pledging units that did not pledge for 2006. We also lost 10 pledging units from the parish due to death or transfer, which accounted for $4,602 in 2006.
For four weeks in spring 2006, the Stewardship Committee sponsored the Spring Stewardship Series. The event was structured around the learning series 'Living with Money,' published by the Episcopal Media Center. Hosted by Davis Fisher, the series started with a discussion of our 'money memories,' the different experiences that shape our relationships with money. Each subsequent week, the group built on that theme, and explored what the Bible teaches relative to money, saving, spending, and our Christian duty with respect to wealth. In this way, the group examined the power and impact of money in our personal lives. This series will be repeated in 2007 during five Sundays in Lent.
~ Paul Berezney and Angie Jones
Property Report
With the dedication of the renovated Parish Hall in December 2005 we experienced our first full year with our improved facility. The Parish Hall has been used extensively for our normal program offerings as well as for outside rentals. In addition, with the improved facility and updated kitchen we brought several dinners that more recently were held at outside facilities back into our home. Even though the Parish Hall had been dedicated there were some final touch-ups that were completed in 2006 including replacement of the dish washer that had been on backorder, purchase of kitchen stools, padding the feet of the new chairs, getting the books moved back into the library, etc.
With the Sanctuary, Wainwright Hall and the Parish Hall having recently undergone major renovations, our next area of focus is the church school wing. This fall there has been significant water leakage in the second floor class rooms. The water seems to be leaking at the windows and damaging the walls around the entire perimeter. We contracted with a mason to dismantle one of the windows and found a portion of the problem. Further review of the roof identified additional sources of the water leakage. This investigation was done in late fall and we were able to perform a temporary repair to the roof. In the spring and summer we will need to do more extensive roof repair as well as address the leakage from external windows. Once the church school wing is water tight we will undertake interior painting and renovation.
Organ restoration is another area that will need to be undertaken in the coming years. As was mentioned in last year's property report our organ will celebrate it's 80th year in 2007 and while we have been diligent in ongoing maintenance, it will require a significant rejuvenation before long. In studying our options we continued meeting with Jonathan Ambrosino, the leading Skinner Organ consultant, and contracted with Dana Kirkegaard for an acoustical study of the sanctuary. In determining appropriate organ work we need to consider the acoustics of its environment.
John Bero and I along with Valerie O'Hara, President of Pike Stained Glass Studio, performed a comprehensive evaluation of our stained glass windows. Overall our stained glass windows are in fairly good condition but they do need annual attention and work. Further we should plan for significant cleaning and restoration in the coming years as there are areas that are bulging or have significant cracks.
On a more mundane note 2006 was an expensive year to light and heat the St. Paul's complex. We were blessed with a warm winter but fuel prices rose way beyond expectations. In conjunction with our Finance and Operations Manager we engaged an energy consultant and renegotiated our energy supplier. This significantly cut energy costs in late 2006 and into 2007.
Among our many blessings is an outstanding maintenance staff. Keith Thompson is in his second year leading the team. In 2006 Keith had to learn the job on his own with Louis Martin out for an extended period of time. Louis and his institutional knowledge is back full time and Gum Ring Gum (upon becoming a new citizen, Paul decided to change his name) continues to provide evening and weekend coverage. We also continue to have great contributions from parishioners. I would like to specifically mention Jack Pearson who has undertaken or lead many of the smaller but important jobs freeing up our maintenance staff for other tasks.
We ended 2006 with a wonderful gift and dedication of a new stained glass window. The Nativity Window, in memory of The Reverend Robert M. Wainwright was conceived and donated by Nancy his wife and their sons John, Andrew and Timothy. If you have not already seen the new window, look up as you exit the Porte Cochere door.
~ Bob Frank
Episcopal Church Women
Episcopal Church Women (ECW) looks to its roots circa 1860 when the wife of the rector, Mrs. Isabel Foote, organized The Parish Aid Society, the forerunner to the organization we are today. The original mission had many objectives including work (unspecified), study, outreach, mission, and pastoral care. Today our Journey focuses on essentially the same Christian issues of fellowship, pastoral care, community service, and enrichment to the members of the Parish and to the community-at-large. Principally women from St. Paul's, we have benefited by the inclusion of men from the Parish over the past several years who have and continue to participate and partake of our integrated riches. And this year we are noting the presence of women from other Episcopal churches as well as women from other faith communities. For this we are deeply pleased.
Our activities include a number of ministries, work projects, events, speaker programs, Bible study, and good old-fashioned fellowship offering opportunities to serve and to reap.
Our work in the world begins with our parish community and extends to the greater local community and global callings. While our central thrust and resource is our Time and Talent we have outreach efforts as 'Treasure' funded principally from proceeds of the Antiques Show and Christmas Bake sale. We report, happily, that the 2006 results allowed us to fund an incremental amount of $2,000 towards the major organ restoration scheduled for the near future, as well as to establish The ECW Memorial Fund for Stained Glass Restoration with seed money of $2,000. These gifts were in addition to the $4,165 distributed to local, national, and international ministries and programs.
We welcome all who share our outlook and vision.
~ Mary Critikos
Communications Commission
This past year has been a time of re-formation for the Communications Commission.
With a new brand identity in place, the commission has expanded its mission. From 'ensuring consistent and effective communication representing St. Paul's to the community,' the commission is seeking to expand its role: To ensure consistent and effective communication representing St. Paul's mission and vision to the parish, the Diocese and the community.
Working from a 'Communications Plan' drafted in 2006, the commission is seeking to re-establish itself with a commission membership focused on this expanded task.
In 2006 we have sought new Communications Commission members interested in the various areas of good communications: from photography of church events, to better use of the Bulletin and The Epistle for communications, to the development of a list-serve news service via e-mail. In 2007 we will continue to seek new commission members with these interests.
With Bill Watson as chair, the Communications Commission works closely with the Vestry under liaison leadership of Melissa Hopkins, and with the New Member Ministry under George Kittredge.
In 2006, this leadership team has revamped yellow page advertising to utilize our new brand and reach a broader audience, helped with development of a Mission Outreach brochure to provide all parishioners with information on St. Paul's outreach to the community and the world, and prepared advertisements for St. Paul's Christmas Holiday services.
In 2007 the Communications Commission's primary goal is development of a St. Paul's Style Book, or a standard procedures manual, to make sure that all elements of the St. Paul's Community will be able to take advantage of good communications to advance the mission and vision of the parish.
~ Bill Watson, for the Communications Commission
Mission Outreach
The Council of Mission Outreach leaders was re-instituted in the spring of 2006. The group identified a number of issues to address together. As a result, a publication describing the scope of Mission Outreach activity at St. Paul's was published, and more articles about Mission Outreach programs have appeared in The Epistle.
Because of an interest in learning more about potential sources of funding to support their efforts, a number of sessions were held with Nancy Wood of St. Paul's Parish, Paul Mastrodonato of Nonprofit Works, and Mel Walczak of the Monroe County Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives.
Mission Outreach activities include A Meal and More, Adopt a Classroom, Paul's Place (Rochester Area Interfaith Housing Network), St. Paul's Child Care, Southeast Ecumenical Ministries (SEM), St. Joseph's House of Hospitality, and Sudanese Ministries. The services deal with a wide variety of needs in our wider community.
~ Judy Wadsworth, Administrative Coordinator
Sudanese Ministry
The Sudanese ministry has matured into a multi-tiered service to our friends from Sudan. It is truly a rewarding ministry that St. Paul's has been instrumental in launching and sustaining.
Tutoring and Educational Support:
We have continued to supply tutoring support and assistance for the Young Men of Sudan as well as some of our Sudanese families. Volunteers have made themselves available from St. Paul's, Risen Christ Lutheran (Fairport), St. Peter's Episcopal (Henrietta), and Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran (Fairport) as well as many individuals. The program has matured in that the needs have become one-off (subject oriented and shorter term) for many of the young men, and within the GED system of support for others.
Mercy High School continues to provide tutoring support and special attention to the two young ladies attending the school, and will initiate an adult program early in 2007 that some of the Sudanese adults will attend.
Scholarships and Educational Support Through the 'Hope of Sudan':
The Hope of Sudan has been very successful this year with assistance from St. Paul's and the Diocese. We have quintupled the amount raised and have been successful in providing the following:
- 22 scholarships to the Young Men of Sudan.
- Trauma Healing Workshops using Paul Boyle – an expert from Africa who had tremendous experiential knowledge of trauma and Sudan and built credibility with the community.
- Return of Trauma Healing in 2007 and a new Leadership Conference whereby healthy young men will be trained to support and help others with trauma healing.
- Double the Scholarship offerings are in place and will be issued early in 2007.
- A new program whereby young people (girls and boys) from Kakuma refugee camp will be sponsored for education within the Kenyan Boarding School System.
- Sudanese Adults will participate with Paul Boyle this year, and we are hopeful the same positive results will flow through the whole of the community.
St. Paul's will continue to support this ministry with scholarship funds committed for 2007: Mission 1 funding for International programs; the receipts from the Linen and Fabric Room at the Antiques Show; and the church school will run a Chain of Hope program with funds raised by the youngsters going to the foundation.
The Evangelical Lutheran Bishop of Upstate New York will meet with Paul Boyle to initiate programs in Buffalo, Syracuse and other places with large Sudanese communities.
Ongoing Refugee Needs:
The St. Paul's and Hope of Sudan Email Ministry has been a huge success. Upwards of 150 people have given permission to be on a distribution list for needs as they arise. The needs range from minor, such as a need for a vacuum cleaner, furniture for a new apartment, etc., to the major, such as a job lead or the requirement for professional assistance or support.
The results have been outstanding! There are so many people involved and committed that requests are usually responded to in less than one day. We sometimes feel that it is a miracle network. People tell us they do not feel overwhelmed in participating because many hands make light work!
Moving Into Social Reform:
This next year will include a level of social reform in dealing with refugees. We have ideas based on our involvement that were included in a review with the social support community on January 11 (Catholic Family Center, and helpers such as counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, etc). Paul Boyle has some ways of addressing trauma early in the refugees' move to America which is expected to position them for greater success in the long term.
We are seeking financial backing to dedicate a social worker to the Sudanese community as a new way of addressing the issues of refugee resettlement versus immigration. This model will be tested to prove the hypothesis that addressing trauma early and building relationships and trust with refugees will most likely result in assimilation. When we raise the funds, we will seek to incorporate much of the trauma healing and diagnostic work we have learned to determine those needing health support and those who are healthy. We believe this will build relationships and advance the notion of help and its acceptance within the community. Our hope is that, as a community, the refugees will be healthier and more capable of attaining and retaining work, working within a stable family unit, and succeeding in our culture. The payback will be fewer people on public assistance and more contributing members of society.
Your Participation:
If you would like to be part of this ministry please do contact us at 585-582-2648 or jjdeluccio@rochester.rr.com. Your commitment will make a difference, whether you add yourself to the email ministry, begin a Chain of Hope in your school system, join our social reform movement or just donate. We would be pleased to have you work with us, and we can assure you your faith will grow!
~ Jerry and Ann Marie DeLuccio
Trinity Church, Pass Christian
During Lent we had several programs: Barbara Warner led the Church School in raising funds that were used to purchase 52 Books of Common Prayer that were shipped to Trinity. She also designed book plates for them (which I put in the books during my visit). We also collected home baked goods which were sent to Trinity every week through Easter. I assembled the Trinity Album - a compilation of photographs of parishioners who contributed baked goods, donations for the prayer books, etc. and art work given by our Church School children. In May I went down to Pass Christian, MS to deliver the Unusual Mission Opportunity check of $7,500, the Trinity Album and also gave them the framed Eastertide drawing that was used on our Sunday leaflets. While in Mississippi I took many photographs which I used to create a permanent display for the Parish Hall.
~ Ayanna Hofmann
Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network
at St. Paul's – Paul's Place
St. Paul's has just begun its fourth year in serving as a host congregation for the Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network.
During 2006 St. Paul's has hosted the RAIHN families for four weeks, providing over 300 bed nights and over 850 meals. In order to accomplish this it has taken an average of 50 volunteers per weekly rotation. Approximately two-thirds of those volunteers are provided by St. Paul's with the other one-third coming from the Rochester Zen Center – our support congregation.
Chris Curtis served as the Food coordinator for the first three years of Paul's Place, and we want to thank him for his faithful service. Joe and Peggy Willard have just taken over that position.
We are grateful for our many dedicated volunteers and are always looking for new ones. We are also thankful for the financial support that St. Paul's gives not only to Paul's Place, but also to the RAIHN organization through Mission I Funding. We look forward to another successful year in serving our homeless families through the generosity of St. Paul's.
~ Hank and Kathy Kingston
Adopt a Classroom
Adopt a Classroom, formerly known as Adopt a Kindergarten, is a tutoring program at Rochester City School District Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School #9 and Charles Carroll School #46.
Between mid-October and mid-May sixty volunteer tutors meet with children in eight kindergarten and first grade classrooms at Schools #9 and #46 to work on literacy and developmental skills. Although many of our volunteers are from St. Paul's, we have partnered with Christ Episcopal Church in Pittsford, St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Fairport, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Incarnate Word Lutheran Church and Downtown United Presbyterian Church to build our roster of tutors. A $25,000 gift from an anonymous donor in 2001 has provided for annual tutor training as well as educational materials and books used in the program. The fund also provides for Christmas and graduation gifts (books) for students in each kindergarten as well as cakes for each kindergarten classroom's graduation party.
Our tutors have backgrounds as educators, nurses, counselors, physicians, engineers, sales professionals, accountants, artists and community volunteers. Five of our volunteer tutors are fluent in Spanish and English. The most important quality our volunteers share is the joy of helping children develop new skills. We are a very cost-effective program. The volunteer hours the program provides are the equivalent of 1.75 full-time teacher aides. Our cost is $2,500.
This project is a wonderful example of many faith communities and wonderful people working together to help our community's children. In 2006 one of our volunteers generously provided books that were given as Christmas presents to all the students in our four first grade classrooms. St. Mary's provides a birthday book for each child in School #9. Christ Church in Pittsford provides food for each School #9 student (K-6) to take home during the February vacation. The young children in St. Luke's Family Fun group collected money from their piggy banks to provide Christmas books for two bilingual kindergarten classes and the Spanish special education class at School #9. St. Paul's Mission I budgets funding for an annual field trip and classroom materials for all kindergarten classrooms at School #9. In addition, Mission I approved two special grants for students at School #9. One grant funds a monthly social hour for students at School #9 who are selected by their teachers and peers for their 'do the right thing' behavior. The second grant provides money for classroom materials for the two first grades we now serve at School #9.
What began as the Adopt a Kindergarten project with a handful of St. Paul's volunteers and a kindergarten teacher willing to take a chance on tutors working with her class has blossomed into a program that serves more than 150 children in two city schools.
~ Liz Cook and Nicki Doolittle
A Meal & More
A Meal & More at St. Paul's supports the Meal & More program at Christ Church Downtown. They offer meals on Wednesday and Sunday each week. We bake cakes or brownies and also contribute items for the gift packages that are given to guests at Christmas time. Thank you to all who support us throughout the year.
~ June Hasty
St. Paul's Antiques Show & Sale
By any measure this year's Antiques Show & Sale was a great success. Not only was there a strong sense of cooperation between church volunteers and dealers, but the show raised $24,435; an increase of 32% compared to 2005 and 20% more than our goal. It was a job very well done by everyone who volunteered! The proceeds of the show were distributed as follows:
| Beneficiary | Amount | Beneficiary | Amount | |
| Episcopal Church Women | $6,416 | Hope for Sudan | $5,190 | |
| Book shelving | 1,000 | Reading programs | 200 | |
| Sexton's tool fund | 500 | Berea library building | 1,000 | |
| SPY mission trips | 2,000 | Water for Sudan | 1,000 | |
| Daycare scholarships | 1,000 | Marion Institute | 1,000 | |
| SEM's CHAPPs program | 1,000 | Office SW/HW upgrade | 829 | |
| Church School needs | 1,500 | New flag for Paul's Cross* | 100 | |
| School #9 | 1,500 | Two playground benches* | 200 |
* Unused money will be applied to the upgrade of the church office hardware and software.
Please contact me at 585-218-4236 or crcurtis@rochester.rr.com for the full report detailing the many successes and improvements made to the 2006 show.
~ Chris Curtis
REAPers
The REAPers discover what contemporary authors say about God and the experience of faith. In 2006 the group discussed God: Stories, edited by Michael Curtis. In addition they read the "What if all of Rochester Read the Same Book" selection Name All the Animals and attended a lecture by author Allison Smith. During Advent the group viewed an adaptation of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales and in January provided a soup and salad luncheon for themselves and St. Paul's staff.
If you enjoy talking about what you read and are free second and fourth Thursday mornings, try the REAPers in the Parlor in Wainwright Hall from 10-11:15 a.m. For the next gathering on February 8, read 'Saved' by Elizabeth Cox, the first selection of Faith: Stories, available at the Good Book Store. Following the discussions, REAPers who would like to go for lunch, meet together at an area restaurant.
~ Barbara Warner
Christian Pathways
Christian Pathways, a program of adult Christian Education, has met on Sunday mornings for over eleven years now. Everyone is welcome, either as regulars or as drop-in participants. During 2006 we worked mainly on Karen Armstrong's book The Great Transformation. Most Sundays we fill the small Conference Room, and we continue to attract those who have no other association with the parish as well as a cross-section of regular members. Pathways neither requests nor receives funding from the Parish; we are in full support of the plans to place wooden shelves in the Conference Room.
~ David and Linda White
Parish Library
The new Parish Library is a transitional project as we resume use of the Parish Hall. Many older books that have not circulated for years have been culled and are being sold. The categories have been reorganized so that each section will correspond with a specific activity in the parish. The library plan calls for all parish groups to see the library as a place to go for resources needed for their work in the parish and as a central location where they can publicize to the whole parish what the group is doing. We aim to support all aspects of parish life, but especially those areas most often cited in sermons, Bible study, the saints, social ethics, poetry and creative literature, and religions other than our own.
~ David and Linda White
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Summary Ballance Sheet
| Month Ending | Month Ending | |
| 12/31/2005 | 12/31/2006 | |
| Assets | ||
| Cash | $ 595,100 | $ 480,321 |
| Receivables/Split interest agreements | 124,200 | 164,692 |
| Investments | 14,911,535 | 16,541,932 |
| Interfund Expenses | 159,151 | - |
| Prepaid Expenses | 13,425 | 9,920 |
| Building and Reserve | 6,256,629 | 6,256,630 |
| Total Assets | $ 22,060,040 | $ 23,453,495 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Current Liabilities | $ 51,364 | $ 15,602 |
| Deferred Revenue | 98,641 | 60,476 |
| Line of Credit | 129,873 | - |
| Interfund Accounts | 159,151 | |
| Held for Organizations | 46,277 | 46,691 |
| Total Liabilities | $ 485,306 | $ 122,769 |
| Equity/Fund Balances | ||
| Operating Fund | $ 145,582 | $ 128,976 |
| Vestry Designated Funds | 9,740,211 | 10,828,406 |
| Restricted Funds | 117,442 | 268,343 |
| Endowment Funds | 5,246,660 | 5,791,015 |
| Pooled Life Income Fund | 7,663 | 7,663 |
| Plant Fund | 6,317,176 | 6,306,324 |
| Total Equity/Fund Balances | $ 21,574,734 | $ 23,330,726 |
| Total Liabilities and Equity | $ 22,060,040 | $ 23,453,495 |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Parish Budget vs. Actual
as of December 31, 2006
| 2006 | 2007 | ||
| Budget | Actual | Budget | |
| Support & Revenue | |||
| Pledge Income | $ 470,020 | $ 462,259 | $ 465,000 |
| Allowance for Uncollectible Pledges | - | - | (8,000) |
| Unpledged Contributions | 25,000 | 28,847 | 25,000 |
| Plate, Christian Ed, Seasonal | 15,500 | 9,081 | 17,500 |
| Investment Draw | 564,683 | 567,189 | 633,234 |
| Trust and Foundation Income | 22,000 | 25,385 | 26,000 |
| Rent Income | 23,000 | 16,764 | 21,000 |
| Restricted II Plate Offerings | 4,000 | 21,763 | 4,000 |
| Other Budgeted Income | 36,700 | 45,871 | 65,700 |
| Total Support and Revenue | $ 1,160,858 | $ 1,177,158 | $ 1,249,434 |
| Expenses | |||
| Mission One | $ 242,441 | $ 270,918 | $ 259,318 |
| Clergy Expenses | 307,811 | 310,855 | 329,788 |
| Property Expenditures | 174,231 | 198,666 | 201,385 |
| Music Expenses | 66,307 | 64,952 | 71,167 |
| Administration Expenses | 286,528 | 278,102 | 292,630 |
| Christian Ed Expenses | 83,540 | 80,295 | 95,146 |
| Total Church Expense | $ 1,160,858 | $ 1,203,788 | $ 1,249,434 |
| Net Revenue over Expense | $ - | $(26,630) | $ - |
Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. Amen.