From the Treasurer
April comes in on a Sunday this year so be prepared for some pranks!
We have received more than $61,000 toward our 2012 budget. This is about 89% of what your budget expected. 91% of expected pledges have been received and 76% of expected nonpledged gifts have been received.
Several special gifts were received this quarter to include $554 for the Zimbabwe Orphans Endeavor, $860 dollars for the Haiti Emergency and $450 for the Montagnard Refugee Fund. Over $2,000 has been donated to the Pastors Discretionary Fund which has enabled our church to distribute more than 30 checks to those in need.
Our apportionments are on track.
As reported last month through a combination of newly installed air conditioning systems and a milder than usual winter our heating bills have been greatly reduced. Our heating expenses at this time last year were $3,384 as compared to $925 through March this year! NO JOKE here!
There has been a bit of a learning curve with the new thermostats and we appreciate your patience. Please help each other resist that temptation to “fix” the temperature yourselves.
Everyone who has a computer knows that it doesn’t take long for email from the strangest places to begin finding its way into your inbox. It is always a struggle to keep your machine “clean” and virus free. While we all share things with our family and friends, please help us by not sending those jokes/poems/stories/pictures to the church address and inadvertently moving a virus along. Thanks for this help.
Tom Schmidt
Treasurer