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THIS IS
US
EDMONDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
THIS IS US // 2021-2022
2021 BY THE NUMBERS
276 Zoom Meetings
Our giving changes the
world. It also changes us.
96 Online & In-Person Guests
It slowly creates a total 13,724 Households served through the Edmonds Food Bank
way of life in which we 6 AA groups gathered each week
realize that everything
we have is from God, that
1081 Facebook Followers
we have been gifted and 3 Car Parades & Lots of Smiles & Gifts
are therefore called to 21,779 Unique Website Visits
pass on the gift to
someone else: to use our
6156 Online Worshippers on Website
resources wisely and 42,200 Minutes Watched on Facebook Worship Videos
generously. 31 Refugees Served
38 Children Served by our Children's Center
FROM OUR FINANCE TEAM
As you're all aware, the year has presented our church with many
challenges. To continue to fund our core work, the Administrative Team has
closely evaluated our giving this year and our plans to fulfill the church’s vision and values for
2022. All of us have been deeply affected on many levels by the ongoing Covid pandemic. And
the resulting uncertainty can produce hesitancy to financially support your church.
Remembering that God "loves a cheerful giver" and that "where there is a willingness," we trust
God through God's people to provide for our needs. That's true whether through monetary
giving or volunteering your time or prayerfully supporting the needs in our church. This church
would love to continue the many vital ministries that we are engaged in during the coming
year. To run these ministries effectively, the church needs to generate the revenue to sustain
them.
Our church’s Administrative Team encourages you to keep doing what you're doing. Also, please
keep in mind the many ways in which your gifts, like the “loaves and fishes” Jesus multiplied,
have been used to bless our neighbors in need, whether refugees, or children, or the poor. And
our giving not only blesses them, but blesses us by being Jesus’ followers in tangible ways.
We encourage congregants to give generously for the remainder of 2021 and to consider raising
your pledge for 2022. On behalf of the entire Administrative Team, I thank you for your
generosity with your time, talent, and money.
Sincerely, Tim Guirl, EUMC Finance Representative
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Our giving changes the world. It also changes us.
It slowly creates a total way of life in which we
realize that everything we have is from God, that
we have been gifted and are therefore called to
WE GIVE BECAUSE...
pass on the gift to someone else: to use our
resources wisely and generously.
Stewardship is recognizing that all we have comes
from God. It is seeing God’s hand and blessings all
around us in people, in events, and in nature. With
grateful hearts, we return to God a tithe through
giving our time, talents and treasure. We, throughout
our marriage, have tried to practice giving away 10%,
saving 10%, and living joyfully on the remainder.
Dick & Christine Gibson
Our family makes giving to EUMC a priority because it
fosters the type of spiritual community that we want
our children to grow up in. EUMC demonstrates and
encourages diversity, inclusion and the type of
unconditional love we need in the faith community so
that God's love can be felt by EVERYONE. So thankful
for this church and all the ways it continues to remind
us of God's love.
Rebecca Alfonso
We always felt it important to support the works of the
church. We receive so much more in return. A facility for
gathering, community use, pastors and staff, reaching
out to others beyond the walls of the church. All of
these services represent a Christ-like use of our
resources. It is difficult for me to imagine a more
lasting, positive use.
Floyd Barker
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OUR DREAMS IN 2022
Mission + Outreach
These gifts enable us to offer a special assistance fund to community members,
as well as provide support for the outreach ministries of Advocates for Justice,
Climate Change, Gun Violence Prevention, Immigration Justice, Refugee support,
Hunger Advocacy, Palestinian Justice, Racial Justice.
Music & Worship
We're proud to be the home of one of the finest church music departments in the
Pacific Northwest. Covid has increased the cost of providing this marvelous
ministry, from more hired musicians to new audio-visual needs. We're excited to
share our love and gifts of music with many new friends.
Pastoral Team
These gifts enable our two pastors to guide and support many of our ministries.
From preaching, supervising staff, leading classes, to offering pastoral care,
facilitating worship, advocating for justice in our community, and strengthening
our administrative processes, we're grateful to invest in our pastoral team.
Congregational Care
These gifts make possible the ministry of our congregational care team, from
library maintenance though small caring needs such as cards and postage.
Adult Spiritual Formation
These gifts support materials and supplies for the faith formation of adults.
Children, Youth & Family Ministry
These gifts support transformative ministries with our children, youth, and their
families. We support everything from snacks, art supplies, confirmation, the
Christmas Eve pageant, Club 456, nursery supplies, intergenerational events, and
youth group outings.
Administrative Ministry
These gifts provide the support structure for every single ministry we offer. From
support staff, paper, computers, and bank fees, to professional development,
insurance, bookkeeping, and advertising, these generous gifts make it happen!
Building & Grounds
These gifts enable us to have space to gather and serve our community. We
provide electricity, internet, van maintenance, upgrades to our HVAC, fire safety,
and other utilities. This enables us to share space with the Edmonds Food Bank,
AA groups, Scouting groups, and other community partners. We're honored to pay
our apportionments each year as a way to support other United Methodist
Churches and ministries around the globe.
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Children's Center
The Children’s Center is a ministry of Edmonds UMC. It
operates as a self contained not-for-profit daycare. It
supports both market based childcare and subsidized day
care to those that need it. It is challenged, like all
daycares, with hiring staff to meet the need, Covid
challenges, and affording fair wages and benefits to the
staff. Their funding is from tuition and grants. In 2021,
they received a $10,000 grant from the Kathlyn James
Endowment Fund. The church does bear the risk of cash
shortfall and in 2021 provided $20,000 additional funds
to cover some of the challenges mentioned above.
Additional funding is not planned or budgeted for 2022.
Mission/Outreach
Buildings/Grounds 9.2%
15.7%
Pastoral
17.3%
TOTAL: $1,205,000
Congregational Care
2.5%
These gifts fund our basic ability
to fulfill our mission & ministry
General Admin
34.3% Music/Worship
in 2022.
11.5%
Children/Youth/Family
9.5%
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STEP CHALLENGE
We have an interesting question to pose this year. For some, the pandemic meant their financial health took a big
hit. For others, this was not the case. In a step of bold faith and belief in the mission and ministry of Edmonds
United Methodist Church, are you in a season of life & faith where you could take one step up?
If so, we invite you to prayerfully consider completing a pledge card with a number in the next category up from
your current giving.
If you're brand new to pledging at Edmonds United Methodist, we're delighted for you to join us anywhere on the
chart that feels faithful and sustainable for you in this season. We're in this together!
12
17 $251-300
24 $201-250
44 $151-200
Number of families in
$101-150 3
the church giving at 27
that amount per month! $81-100
4 $651-700
9
4 $601-650
19 $61-80
$551-600
6 2
2 $41-60
14 $501-550 5 $1501-2000
8 $21-40
5 $451-500 $1001-1500
$1-20
6
7 $401-450 7 $901-1000
8 $351-400 $801-900
4
$301-350 $701-800
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WE GIVE BECAUSE...
We see giving as a spiritual practice. We grew up giving to the
church and confirmed early in our marriage that it was
something we wanted to continue. When we tithe, it is a ritual to
notice it's a gift for us to earn what we do and a privilege and
responsibility to give back to God. Personally, sometimes when I
haven't tithed in a bit and I'm calculating my giving, I think
"Wow, that's a lot of money, do I really want to part with it?" and
then I think, "Oh, but that means that I have been given ten
times that much in my life. I guess I really am blessed." Tithing
Dave & Brittany Dean has been a tangible way for us to trust God by giving up a
measure of this security.
After 25 of membership at another church, we visited EUMC one
June day in 1999. Together, we both felt we had arrived home. It
didn’t take us long to feel the family connection with all the
wonderful/welcoming people of EUMC. Having a home and family
means taking care of both. And then there is God, who has given
us so much. Don’t we give back when we are given such gifts?
That is why we give to our God, family and church of EUMC. We
are so blessed.
Howard & Claudia Carr
I give because I believe in the programs and positions of Edmond
United Methodist Church, and I want to help assure that its work
continues. I also believe that I am called to step up and be
counted in a number of ways, social action is one way and giving
is another. And my contribution gives me a warm feeling that I
am sharing my resources to help make other lives better.
Gayla Shoemake
We’ve continued to give our offerings each month because we
know that everything we have already belongs to God, because
we believe Jesus wasn’t kidding when he said WHOSOEVER and
because the Spirit calls us to join God and God’s people in
ministry.
Aaron & Steve Franco-Ross
THIS IS US // 2021-2022
We build the budget based on
WHAT IS A PLEDGE?
every single pledge that comes in!
What’s a pledge?
A pledge is a commitment to give a certain amount of money to the
church in 2022. Everyone is invited to fill out the enclosed blue pledge
card to turn in on Sunday, November 14 in worship or via mail. You may
also visit edmondsumc.org/pledge to download and email in your pledge
card.
Why are pledges helpful in a church?
Our budget for ministry, staff, facilities and mission is funded by the
generosity of the people in this faith community. We don’t depend on any
other income stream. Pledge cards enable us to responsibly plan for 2022.
We want to be great stewards of the gifts given so your card helps us do
that.
How much should I pledge?
Take time to pray and think about it. We encourage giving a deliberately-
chosen percentage of gross income. We are challenged to set a tithe (the
Biblical word for 10% of our income) as the giving goal in our lives. Start
where you can and begin the journey. Some fully tithe or give more than a
tithe; others take an incremental approach - increasing their gift by 1%,
2%, or 3% per year - to gradually move toward 10%.
What if my financial circumstances change? If you need to change your
commitment at any time, just let us know. Contact Denise Williams at
denisew@edmondsumc.org. Questions? Contact Tim Guirl at
t.guirl@comcast.net or 206-542-7696.
Remember! A pledge is simply a commitment to give in 2022. We're each
invited to set up our gift starting in January 2022 through one of the ways
on the Included documents.
WAYS TO GIVE
Set up an automatic recurring gift with your bank account, credit or debit
card.
Place cash or check in offering plate during Sunday worship. Mail in a
check to 828 Caspers St. Edmonds, WA 98020.
Give online with credit card via website at www.edmondsumc.org/give.
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