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Letters from the Stewardship Committee and from the Board of TrusteesFrom the Stewardship Committee
PLEDGE DRIVE 2024-2025 March 16 – April 14 STEWARDSHIP is defined as “the conducting, supervising, or managing of something, especially the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.” -Merriam-Webster dictionary. Other religious organizations make decisions from the top and dictate them down to their members, and congregants are either cajoled or guilted into making contributions, often without a clear understanding of how their funds are used. Instead, UU takes the rational, adult approach of providing an open account of the organization’s finances and respectfully reminds its members that we have a duty to help support this congregation so we can all continue to benefit from what we can offer to each other and the larger community. Of course, each of our households is unique, with differing abilities to contribute. A chart is included which provides examples of different “fair share” contributions for your consideration. Pledging not only provides for the support of the congregation, but it also serves as a spiritual discipline. Many Unitarian Universalists aim for a modern tithe—that is, giving 5 percent of income to the congregation, and another 5 percent to other organizations and causes that represent their values. With everyone doing what they can, we can continue to grow the future of UUCLV so that its beacon can burn even brighter in our desert! This year’s Pledge Drive runs from March 16 through April 14, 2024. Please use the included form (or the form on this page) to make your pledge for this upcoming fiscal year. If you’d like a personal conversation with a member of the Stewardship Team, please see Joanne Leovy or email her at [email protected]. We may also reach out to you later if we haven’t heard from you. We’re all in this together - Thank you! Your Stewardship Team From the Board of Trustees
In the vibrant tapestry of our UU congregation, a profound renewal and revival are underway. We are guided by a shared hope and longing for the thriving spiritual community that we know UUCLV can be. As we embark on this transformative journey, our aspiration is to cultivate an atmosphere where each member and friend is celebrated and their spirits nourished.
This is a rallying call to manifest a vision of unity, justice, and spiritual depth that can only be achieved with the support of our entire community. Together, through generous contributions, we can usher in a new congregational year filled with renewed purpose and energy. Our goal for the coming church year is to receive at least $150,000 in pledges – roughly $130/month from each of our 96 members. This level of pledging means that UUCLV can continue to pay its valuable staff, invite guest ministers to our pulpit, make incremental improvements to our building, and operate our food pantry. However, experience and recent memory tells us that this is not all that UUCLV can be. To operate at its full capacity, UUCLV needs to raise $250,000 in pledges annually. At the $250,000 level, UUCLV could have full-time dedicated staff for ministry and lifespan faith development, make major aesthetic improvements to our building, provide rich and meaningful spiritual guidance through religious education programming, and support additional community wellness and justice initiatives. These are lofty goals, and they represent an optimistic spirit that is inherent to UU belief, but they should not be interpreted as a push to give more than we are able. Harm to ourselves is harm to all those with whom we are interdependent – our families, friends, neighbors, and others. No member or friend of UUCLV is ever expected to financially compromise themselves for the congregation. In the coming congregational year, we will let our aspirations guide us toward a larger, more engaged membership, and to greater personal and societal impact. In so doing, we will also ensure that our little beacon in the desert is bright enough to guide all who seek its light. |
