Approved 2019Actual 2019Proposed 2020IncomeBertha Joslyn Fund$4,410.00$4,409.00$4,410.00Christian Education Fund (E. Joslyn)$3,800.00$3,743.00$3,800.00Donations & Special Offerings$1,500.00$1,352.00$1,000.00Loose Offering$2,500.00$1,588.21$2,000.00Pledged Envelope$140,000.00$135,113.31$133,000.00Rents (Church)$5,900.00$4,337.50$5,000.00Special Events$9,000.00$10,556.27$10,000.00Church Endowment$0.00$17,000.00$19,558.71TOTAL INCOME$167,110.00$178,099.29$178,768.71EXPENSESCHRISTIAN EDUCATIONBibles$35.00$0.00$35.00C.E Director$7,033.23$4,391.60$7,033.23Children's Ministry/Camp Scholarships$200.00$0.00$200.00Child Sponsorship$336.00$364.00$336.00Curriculum$100.00$203.39$100.00Curriculum Enhancement$500.00$0.00$0.00Food$100.00$0.00$100.00Nursery Attendant$960.00$740.00$880.00Supplies$200.00$203.43$200.00Youth Ministry, Workshops, Retreats$500.00$0.00$500.00Youth Mission Trip$250.00$0.00$100.00TOTAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION$10,214.23$5,902.42$9,484.23DEACONSCandle Supply$50.00$0.00$50.00Choir Director$8,117.15$8,116.16$8,947.02Choir Director Substitute$800.00$0.00$800.00Coffee/Tea$75.00$113.28$100.00Communion Supplies$50.00$0.00$50.00Floral Arts Ministry $100.00$0.00$100.00Gifts$100.00$222.47$100.00Guest Preacher Program$300.00$0.00$0.00Miscellaneous$100.00$75.00$100.00Music Programs / Supplies$100.00$536.29$100.00Organist$8,117.15$8,116.16$8,947.02Organist Substitutes$800.00$200.00$1,000.00Piano Tuning$350.00$470.00$400.00Pulpit Supply$215.00$0.00$215.00Sound System$25.00$0.00$25.00VT Conf. Annual Meeting $500.00$302.91$600.00White Meeting House Arts$50.00$0.00$50.00Youth/Bell…

Board of FinanceThe Board of Finance is proposing a 2020 budget which includes giving our five key professional employees a 1.6 percent cost of living raise in support of their continued good service. We are also increasing salaries for our music professionals to bring them in line with salaries for musicians of their caliber in…

As another year has come to an end, I am looking forward to the new year before us in regards to our liturgical floral designs. I wish to thank all who have sponsored flowers to grace our sanctuary table each Sunday. I have to thank you for giving me the freedom to use my talent…

The treasurers’ job in 2019 was a combination of smooth work and occasional anxiety when cash flow was such that we did not have enough cash on hand to pay the bills. We worked with the trustees to transfer funds from the endowment to the church account and, of course, paid all our bills on…

My daughter came home from school last week and told me that she had to write a paper on a bible verse, from some book that began with an ‘E’. She said it had something to do with knowledge and grief. Ach, I am regularly chagrined . . . . “For in much wisdom is…