Financial Realities
The First Parish of Sudbury is supported by the generosity of its members and friends. Your contributions are crucial to sustain our programs and ministries.
Each spring, a Stewardship Sampaign invites supporters to make a financial pledge for the coming fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). This year, our Stewardship Campaign kicks off on Sunday, March 4, 2012, and we hope to have received financial commitments from all our members and friends by April 1. What you give, and how much, is confidential. Whether the amount you pledge is small or large, your commitment is appreciated.
The
Fair Share Giving Guide is designed to help you consider what pledge might be right for you.
Adjusted Income Percent of Income Dollar Amount
up to $50,000 1% $500
$75,000 2% $1,500
$100,000 3% $3,000
$150,000 4% $6,000
$200,000 6% $12,000
Our Goal
Our Stewardship Goal this year is to achieve an overall 20% increase in pledge revenue. This is a significant increased but vitally needed. It will enable us to sustain our programs with no deficit financing. Just as important, it will enable First Parish to become a UUA "Fair Compensation" congregation, including offering modest cost-of-living adjustments to our dedicated staff (who haven't seen COLAs since 2008), providing them with life and disability insurance, and giving them allowances for professional education and development at the UUA recommended levels.
Economic Facts
- It costs approximately $800 per day to operate our organization.
- 127 households pledge a percentage of their income to First Parish.
- Our budget for the current fiscal year is $308,000.
- Rental and outside income provides only a small fraction of our revenue.
- First Parish receives no tax subsidies or government assistance.
What this means is that keeping First Parish healthy is all up to you. You will be contacted by a volunteer Steward who will invite you to make a pledge. Thank you for being generous!
The Stewardship Committee
Michael Tyo
Rich Davison
Craig and Alorie Parkhill
Trish Robertson
Bridget Hanson
"We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs."
Gloria Steinem
Contributing by Automatic Withdrawal
To pay a pledge with regular, automatic withdrawals directly from your checking or savings account, fill out the following form and return it to Roger Cleghorn. For questions, contact Roger at 978-262-6598 (days) or 978-443-5535 (evenings).
Calendar
Gary will lead a book discussion group starting January 8 from 7:00-8:30 pm in the Brackett Room using Huston Smith's classic The World's Religions, an eight week tour of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Primal Traditions. The class is free and open to the public, but you might want to add this book to your Christmas list if you want to participate. Please note: we will be using the non-illustrated version of Smith's book. The pictures are nice, but the text is much abbreviated in the illustrated edition.
Our speaker will be Peg Espinola, who will talk about her experiences creating her music. Have you ever wondered how Peg and other musicians come upon ideas for their compositions? Just how does the "creative process" happen for them? Peg will discuss this subject and illustrate by playing and singing some of her own songs. It should be a fascinating hour, so do join us on Tues., Feb. 28th!
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