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Our Giving
Online Giving Now Available
Online giving through the use of a Debit Card or electronic checks is now available. You will need to create an account through West Market Connect to access this new way of making contributions. Automatic debits can be set up to make your giving easier and more consistent.
January 20th MarketPlace:
Thanks to those of you who made a special effort to complete gifts toward pledges and the Board of Trustees who released some available funds to help cover expenses related to Christian education, we have been able to meet all our commitments to local service agencies and pay in full all of our accepted apportionments to the Annual Conference and the General Church for 2009. In addition, we have also been able to pay down over $800,000 in debt through the Capital Campaign. This is an incredible way to end what has been one of our most difficult financial years ever.
Work is continuing on the 2010 Operating Budget and contacts are being made with a number of our members who have not yet made commitments for this year. If you have not completed a Commitment Card for 2010 you are asked to please do so by the end of January so that the Finance Committee can complete its work. Currently, projections show that we are about $34,000 short of what is needed to fully underwrite the proposed budget. If sufficient revenues are not raised then additional reductions in proposed expenses will have to be made to balance the budget. You can help ensure that the ministry plans for 2010 remain intact by pledging your financial support.
Thank you for your support of
West Market Street United Methodist Church.
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West Market Street United Methodist Church
Meet Your Match Capital Campaign
Click here for more information about the Meet Your Match Capital Campaign.
Giving God Your Best
How are you living out your membership vow to be faithful in upholding the church with your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your witness? Are you giving God your best?
Giving is a part of being a disciple of Jesus Christ and the ministries of your church depend on your gifts, your prayers, your presence and your service.
Front Entrance / Courtyard Project
Spirit Walk & Engraved Pavers
We hope you are as excited as we are about our "face lift" at the front entrance to the church! We have made the church entrance more attractive, more welcoming and accessible, safer, and more maintenance-friendly...at the same time showcasing one of the community's most beautiful and historic landmarks.
A special part of the project is the "Spirit Walk" along the sidewalk portion of the courtyard...where bricks will be interspersed with contrasting 8"x8" pavers, each engraved with a word reflecting one of the "Fruits of the Spirit" - Love, Peace, Joy, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control.
We have also created Memorial and Honor sections where church members may celebrate the memory or milestones (birth, baptism, marriage, service to the church, etc.), of members of one's own family or of the church family by engraving on one of the standard 4"x8" pavers.
The purchase of these engraved pavers will,
of course, help defray the considerable cost of the beautification project.
[Read more about how you can participate]
This page was last updated on January 19, 2010