January "Facts and Figures"
CONVERSIONS
Every January the Church Board establishes a conversion goal for the upcoming year. We simply go to Jesus and ask Him to use us to lead others to Him. Last year's goal was 140, and by the end of the year Jesus worked through us to bring 148 men, women and children into His family. Thanks Jesus!
This year the Board has set a goal of 150, and so may all of us be aware of the goal, but even more aware of the fact that Jesus is living in us and looking for us to talk freely about Him...how we came to know Him, grew to love Him, and desire to please Him.
We're aware of one conversion that took place during the month of January, as one young man made the decision to follow Jesus during a Wednesday night AWANA program.
Let's live for Jesus, so that when it comes time to talk about Jesus, others will see that we believe what we say.
SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
Our average attendance in January was 863 . Last January we started the year strong and averaged 901 on Sunday mornings.
Here are the weekly results from this past month...
January 3 = 871 (last year 932...-61)
January 10 = 907 (last year 743...+164)
January 17 = 843 (last year 968...-125)
January 24 = 909 (last year 938...-29)
January 31 = 788 (last year 922...-134)
Our goal for 2010 is to have an average Sunday morning attendance of 870, so we are 7 behind at this point. (Last year we ended the year with an average of 869.)
GIVING TO THE GENERAL FUND
January Giving...$94,643
Weekly Goal for 2009...$18,901
Here's the weekly breakdown for the month:
Week 1: $21,840 (YTD = +$2,939)
Week 2: $21,417 (+$5,455)
Week 3: $17,234 (+$3,788)
Week 4: $14,594 (-$519)
Week 5: $19,559 (+150)
We ended the month will all bills paid and able to carry over $50,805 to start the month of February.
Giving to the Building Fund
Once we reached the goal of $1.6 million dollars cash in hand for the building project, the Finance Committee established two new funds:
Mortgage Contingency Fund (MCF) - All money received began to go into the MCF until it reached a level of $73,500 in late November of 2009. These funds will be held in reserve in case a month (or more) comes along when our cash flow is tight and meeting our monthly mortgage payment of approximately $9,000 would be challenging. (In essence we are holding 8 full months of mortgage payments in reserve.)
Future Furnishing Funds - Once the MCF grew to $73,500, all monies began to be placed into the FFF that will go towards many of the furnishings that will be needed once we move into the new facilities...including sound equipment, foyer furnishings, auditorium seating for a few examples.
During the month of January we were able to place the following dollars into our Future Furnishings Fund:
Monthly Transfer from the General Fund: $11,500
Individual Contributions : $2,456
Memorials: $85
Fund Summary:
Building Fund: $589,218 (This will last approximately 2 more months before we will need to assume the 1.3 million dollar loan that has been approved through the Brethren in Christ Foundation.)
Mortgage Contingency Fund: $73,500
Future Furnishing Funds: $43,956