Stewardship Team
We had a quarterly Stewardship Team meeting today.
By the way, there is nothing worse than feeling week-to-week financial pressure. That is how we operated our first couple years. Our future literally depended on every offering! But the tough financial times really help me appreciate God's provision now. We budget pretty aggresively from year-to-year, but God's provision always seems to exceed our vision. We're at about 120% budgeted income for 2007. Praising God for that.
Towards the end of our meeting, I got a call from Josiah. He asked me where I was and I said, "Can you tell mommy I'm in a stewardship team meeting?" He tried three times, but he just couldn't quite say "stewardship team." It was too much of a mouthful. Finally Josiah said, "Can you talk to mom? I can't say that word."
You probably had to hear it, but I definitely got a good laugh.
By the way, there is nothing worse than feeling week-to-week financial pressure. That is how we operated our first couple years. Our future literally depended on every offering! But the tough financial times really help me appreciate God's provision now. We budget pretty aggresively from year-to-year, but God's provision always seems to exceed our vision. We're at about 120% budgeted income for 2007. Praising God for that.
Towards the end of our meeting, I got a call from Josiah. He asked me where I was and I said, "Can you tell mommy I'm in a stewardship team meeting?" He tried three times, but he just couldn't quite say "stewardship team." It was too much of a mouthful. Finally Josiah said, "Can you talk to mom? I can't say that word."
You probably had to hear it, but I definitely got a good laugh.
5 Comments:
Great job, 120%! That is super. I am not at all worried about NCC finding something to do with the extra 20%. You all are so focused on ministry, you will figure it out (and have fun figuring it out).
For a long time our church had a savings account. About $25,000 for a church with a budgest of about $50,000. well, we had/got to do some renovations, and it is gone. I can not tell you how exciting it is not to have a savings account anymore. It has increased my dependecy on God to provide for us, which He has been doing a wonerful job at.
Were is the balance between have a "little" reserve and praying for a miricle every offering? I have been wondering this for a while now. Any one want to offer their two cents?
Dan,
I think we live with the tension between those two things forever :) Really appreciate the way you're wrestling with it!
I think money is a huge faith issue. If we had more money we might have less faith. Just a thought :)
Mark
Now I know where our church's 20% ended up! *grin*
But I also know that worship sessions usually break out when people are asked to give in a Godly manner:
http://fundraisingcoach.com/bible.htm
mark,
any chance you have an outline or doc that lays out the format with which you ran your meeting with?
Just looking to learn. if not no worries.
peace,
mark
mark@discoverychurch.com
Hey Mark,
I don't. We go over financials for Ebenezers and NCC. We talk about "outstanding stewardship issues" and we really praise God for His provision :)
Mark
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