February "Facts and Figures"
CONVERSIONS
This year we are asking Jesus to use the men and women of the Five Forks Church to bring at least 150 friends, family members, or even strangers to Him.
We know that the key is a willingness to talk about the role that Jesus plays in our lives, and then live our lives in a way that backs up our words. If others see the difference He makes in our lives, then they may be open to Him and turn to Him.
In the month of February we're aware of two youth who entered into a relationship with Jesus...one young lady who turned to Jesus after a Sunday morning message, and another young lady who was introduced to Jesus by one of our youth.
With four conversions that we know of from January, we now are looking at a total of six for the year.
Let's live holy lives, and be willing to talk about how our knowledge of Jesus, our love for Jesus and our commmitment to Jesus helps us do just that.
SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
Our average attendance in February was 903. January's average attendance was 863, so we saw in increase over last month. Last February our average attendance was 904, and so we're right about where we were a year ago.
Here are the weekly results from this past month...
February 7 = Snow...services cancelled (last year 953)
February 14 = 884 (last year 975... -91)
February 21 = 893 (last year 897...-4)
February 28 = 934 (last year 793...+141)
Our goal for 2010 is to have an average Sunday morning attendance of 870. Our average attendance for the year stands at 879, so we are 9 ahead of our goal at this point. (Last year we ended the year with an average of 869.)
GIVING TO THE GENERAL FUND
February Giving...$65,828
Weekly Goal for 2009...$18,901
Here's the weekly breakdown for the month:
Week 1: Services cancelled (YTD = $-18,762)
Week 2: $14,683 (-$22,980)
Week 3: $29,977 (-$11,904)
Week 4: $21,168 (-$9,637)
Even though we lost a Sunday due to snow, we had a nice offering in week 3 to help eat into the deficit. We ended February with all bills paid, and were able to carry over $53,044 to start the month of March.
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 Furnishings Fund - 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 for a few examples.
During the month of February we were able to place the following dollars into our Future Furnishings Fund:
Monthly Transfer from the General Fund: $11,500
Individual Contributions (Red envelopes): $3,476
Memorials: $40
Fund Summary
Building Fund: $439,049 (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 (Sound System, foyer furnishings): $58,956
Auditorium Seat Fund: $65,801 ($108,054 needed, $42,253 to go.)