2019 Proposed Ministry Budget

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1 2019 Proposed Ministry Budget Dear Friends, Inside this pamphlet, you will find the 2019 Proposed Ministry Budget for our church family. I would like to thank Monica Garcia, our Financial Coordinator, for her time and talent in caring for the financial stewardship of our congregation. I would also like to thank our Stewardship Team, chaired by Jim Lystlund, and Rick Elofson, our Treasurer, for their excellent work in putting together this realistic and faith-stretching ministry budget. Our 2019 Proposed Ministry Budget begins a realignment of our budgeting process and priorities with the six initiatives of the Catching the Wind, Charting the Course vision plan our church approved in October of 2017 and initiated in May of You will notice how the line items in our budget are arranged according to our six initiatives. In 2020, our budget will continue to transform as our six initiatives take root in the congregation. You will also notice that our total budget amount is lower than in This is a result of several factors. First, applying $1,000,000 of our VDOT award to paying down debt has significantly reduced our debt payment obligations for the year. Second, our staff, Vision Team, and Stewardship Team continue to use all funds given to our church ministry in thrifty ways to do maximum ministry. Finally, our Stewardship Team and staff value presenting a reasonable, balanced budget to the church that balances fiscal responsibility with realistic challenges to do greater ministry on behalf of God s kingdom. Here is what I would like us to do together: 1. Pray: Pray for God to provide the resources necessary to accomplish God s mission. 2. Read, Ask Questions, and Vote: Join us for our 2019 ministry budget town hall meeting and called church conference on Wednesday, December 12 at 6:15 p.m. in Payne Hall. 3. Commit to Giving: What is God asking you to do to support His work in our congregation? In a 2013 article, Relevant magazine noted that tithers (Give 10% or more of their income to the church) make up only 10-25% of the normal congregation. I challenge you to join my family in tithing, or making progress toward tithing to FBCNN in Onward and Upward! Randy Shepley Pastor

2 2019 PROPOSED MINISTRY BUDGET Embracing God, Equipping Christ-Followers, Engaging our World Revenues $1,287,803 This amount represents all the tithes and offerings given to our general fund including envelope offerings, loose offerings, and other offerings we receive from members and attendees. It also includes all other monies we receive from account interest and Hope 127 / Debt Retirement. Personnel and Staff Support $799,110 The Personnel and Staff Support portions of our budget cover the calling of our six ministers and support staff that lead us in Embracing God, Equipping Christ-Followers, and Engaging Our World. This year, our staff, along with our Vision and Lead Teams, has led us in beginning to fulfill the six initiatives of our Catching the Wind, Charting the Course Plan. Ministerial staff members serve as coaches for each Lead Team, and these Lead Teams have championed new and exciting initiatives in our church including Compassion Ministry, a Girl Scout Troop, Nehemiah s Nook (a 3 rd Saturday breakfast in our old building [29 th street] for homeless neighbors), a monthly men s breakfast, a church wide spiritual gifts emphasis that has led to nearly 200 adults, youth, and older children discovering their spiritual gifts, an expanded Thanksgiving worship service involving seven congregations, and a renewed emphasis on publicity and hospitality. Compassionate Mission Partnerships (CMP) $80,980 We demonstrate the compassion of Jesus by loving our neighbors on our mile, within our region, and around the world. We partner with these neighbors to transform lives, neighborhoods, and communities. Our Vision Plan challenges us to engage our world by partnering with others to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus both locally and globally. To do so, we partner with denominational groups including the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV), Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF), Peninsula Baptist Association (PBA), and the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). We also partner with local entities including THRIVE Peninsula, Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center (PPCC), and Yates Elementary School. In addition, in the hurricane season we sent money and filled flood buckets for different areas in disaster, such as North Carolina. This year we helped 30 families in our community with turkerys and food bags. The Compassionate Mission Partnership budget also helps us serve our homeless neighbors through PORT for one week every winter. It allows us to offer Operation InAsMuch days throughout the church year where all members, attendees, and community members are invited to join us in a day of serving our community. Finally, Compassionate Mission Partnership funds also help serve as seed money for mission trips. Mission trip possibilities for 2019 include a potential New York partnership, work trips to North Carolina for hurricane recovery, and a possible trip to Puerto Rico for hurricane recovery.

3 God Centered Worship (GCW) $15,718 We are embracing God in vibrant, contagious, and Spirit-led worship through multiple contexts, styles, and locations. Corporate worship at 8:30, 11:00, and 12:30 is where we meet God together as a church family. It is where we sing praise, confess sin, pray for others, and allow God s Holy Spirit to teach and convict us through the proclamation of God s word. It is where we celebrate the joy of baptism and the humility of communion. As we worship, God prepares us for the real spiritual work: living out God s love in our neighborhoods, schools, work places and world. Our God Centered Worship budget provides for music, training resources for worship leaders, Lord s Supper and Baptism resources, along with all of the tools necessary for making our worship services happen. Intentional Spiritual Development (ISD) $10,450 We develop Christ-followers of all generations through age-appropriate biblical teachings, leading to a life-long journey of obedience to Jesus guided by the Holy Spirit. Intentional Spiritual Development refers to how we strategize and develop mature followers of Jesus as a congregation. Developing children, youth, and adults into mature followers of Jesus Christ is an essential part of God s vision for our congregation. Intentional Spiritual Development involves many groups and practices: Sunday morning Bible study, small groups, retreats, men s and women s learning opportunities, Discover First classes for new and prospective members, leadership development, Wednesday night spiritual development opportunities, and whole church teaching initiatives in areas like spiritual gifts, worship, and evangelism. All of these areas require curricular resources and training materials to accomplish their goals. Investment in Next Generations (ING) $50,012 We recognize the biblical responsibility to pass on the stories and practices of faith to the next generation. Therefore, we willingly devote our prayers, time, and resources to befriend, love, and mentor the children, youth, and young adults of our congregation and community into fully devoted followers of Jesus. Children (birth 5 th grade) and Youth (6 th 12 th grade) are essential to the mission of our congregation. First, adults, according to Deuteronomy 6 and Psalm 71:17-18, bear the responsibility of passing on the stories and practices of faith to the next generations. Second, our children and youth are not merely the church of tomorrow; they are the church of today. Our children and youth grow in faith through leading in worship, serving through missions, and even serving on church teams. When we invest in our children and youth, we invest in the present and future of God s people. Young adults, including students, singles, and young couples, represent a critical ministry area at FBCNN. With so many young adults located within our 10 minute driving radius, building ways for young adults to grow with Jesus and one another is vital to our present and future. Young adults connect with Bible study groups, special events, and regular times of serving and conversation, in addition to joining the whole church family for worship. In 2019, we will

4 continue looking for new ways to invest in college and career young adults, while also investing in young couples and parents. Extend Good News Invitations (EGNI) $3,550 We intentionally build and nurture friendships with people who are not followers of Jesus and, through listening, compassion, and prayer, inviting them into relationship with Jesus. This initiative touches every area of our church. Extending Good News Invitations asks everyone who is associated with our church, Who am I inviting closer to Jesus and to connect with our church? Though this initial budget amount is modest, EGNI will help us grow our brand and marketing presence, our ability to invite others to Jesus, and our connection to communities and persons who are not followers of Jesus. EGNI has already helped initiate a Girl Scout troop that meets in our building and they have grown our brand through more consistent social media messaging. In 2019, we can look forward to Pub Theology small groups (groups for seekers that meet off-site) and a church wide emphasis on invitational evangelism. Authentic Community (AC) $18,840 We facilitate authentic connections, conversations, and care between members, participants, and neighbors. We display infectious hospitality, both inside and outside of our walls. Our Authentic Community Team provides resources for church fellowship gatherings, hospitality ministries on Sunday mornings, including our greeters, Welcome Center volunteers, and VIP parking team, and invests in a multitude of resources to insure our property and buildings provide the most hospitable environment possible for any guest who steps onto our property. In addition, Authentic Community in partnership with our deacons, compassion ministry and staff help insure that our members and friends in our congregation are cared for when they are in need. Deacons $800 Deacons are ordained as servant leaders in our congregation. In our context, deacons serve through taking up offerings in our worship services, serving communion, praying over our worship services in the prayer room at each worship service, and providing a Fall Fling event for older adults. In addition to their deacon-specific duties, you will find our individual deacons serving throughout all six initiatives and ministries of the church. Administration Church Support $48,065 The Administration Team ensures all resources of our church family are invested fully in the six initiatives God has entrusted to us. The budget for this category supports the six initiatives of FBCNN. Our website, mass s, banners, social media, postage, printing, office equipment, and other items and procedures are the materials and logistics that bring ministry initiatives into reality.

5 Property/Equipment Ministry $220,821 A significant portion of our budget goes to maintain and improve our facilities. Our facilities are essential to the six ministry initiatives of our Catching the Wind, Charting the Course vision plan. Clean, well-maintained facilities empower our members to worship and do ministry. They also present a welcoming impression to our guests as they come for Bible study, worship, preschool, children s & youth events, XYZ, and all of the other church and community activities in our facilities. Debt Retirement $38,463 As mentioned in the introductory letter above, we are grateful that the VDOT award enabled us to pay down a significant portion of our church debt. We are grateful to God and to our City Center Boulevard team for all their hard work. Making a Difference Together Weekly in 2019: Average Weekly Giving: $ 23, Average Weekly Expenses: $ 23, Here are some ways to give financially to the mission of FBCNN: Envelope offerings: Write down your complete name on an offering envelope, so our Financial Services Coordinator maintains an accounting record of your donations for the end of the year contribution statements. Online Banking: If you have Online Bill Pay through your own bank, you can set it up so your donations can come as a form of a check mailed to the church. You will only need the church address. Please specify if the donation is for anything other than General Offering. Online giving: You can go to the church website: Go to the Resources tab and click on Online Giving. Stock contributions: If you wish to give stocks to First Baptist Church, please give our account information to your broker to process the transaction. If you need more information please contact Monica Garcia at monica@fbcnn.org or at the church office number. It is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20:35 First Baptist Church Newport News Warwick Blvd., Newport News, VA staff@fbcnn.org

6 ACCOUNTS REVENUES Budget Proposed Budget Offerings Envelope Offerings 1,280,329 1,199, Loose Offerings 23,000 23,000 Total Offerings 1,303,329 1,222,203 Miscellaneous Income Interest Income 2,460 16, Misc. Income 20, Hope 127 / Debt Retirement 35,000 37, Family Night Dinners 11,900 11,900 *Note 1 Total Miscellaneous Income 69,660 65,600 Total Revenues 1,372,989 1,287,803 EXPENSES Personnel Ministerial Staff 340, ,180 Administrative Staff 128, ,657 Custodial Staff 34,931 71,450 Music Staff 64,196 42,516 Other Personnel Expenses 187, ,025 Total Personnel 759, ,829 Staff Support Personnel Cost 3,860 4, Convention Expense 1,500 1, Staff Continuing Education 1,500 1, Auto Expense Staff 2,000 2,000 Total Staff Support 8,860 9,275 Compassionate Mission Partnership Cooperative Ministries 44,000 44, Peninsula Baptist Association 16,000 16, Community Missions 5,000 5,000 *Note Baptist World Alliance 2,000 2, Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Ctr. 3,000 3, Thrive 3,000 3, Hispanic Ministry 7,980 7,980 *Note 3 Total CMP 80,980 80,980 God Centered Worship Worship Supplies Video 1,000 1, Music Ministry 10,925 10,925 *Note Music Guests - Expense Sanctuary Sound - Worship Team 2,000 2, Sanctuary Light - Worship Team Total GCW 15,638 15,718

7 Intentional Spiritual Development Sunday School 10,000 9, Discipleship Training 1,250 1, Library Total ISD 11,450 10,450 Investment in Next Generations Preschool Workers 6,324 6, Children's and Preschool Min. 15,580 15,580 *Note Student Ministry 15,700 15, Young Adult Ministry 8,408 8, Scholarships 2,000 - *Note Campus Missions 4,000 4,000 Total ING 52,012 50,012 Extend Good News Invitations Block Party/Church Picnic 3, Community Event 3,500 Girl Scouts 50 Total EGNI 3,500 3,550 Authentic Community Family Night Dinners 11,900 11, Food Services Hospitality 1,600 1, Decorations Care Groups Structures 250 Family Life and Recreation Special Events 2,500 Welcoming Team - Signage *Note 7 Welcoming Team - Coffee Bar 1,500 Welcoming Team - Welcome Center 365 Welcoming Team - Greeters 50 Welcoming Team - VIP Assistance 100 Total AC 14,075 18,840 Deacons and Conferences Deacons Total Deacons Team Administration Office Support Postage 5,500 4, Printing 9,000 10, Office Supplies 6,300 6, Office Machines 18,600 18,600 Total Office Support 39,400 38,900

8 Church Ministries Support Public Awareness Internet Web Ministry Church Envelopes Technical Services 2,000 2, Flowers Funeral Flowers Misc. Expense 3,500 4, Security Background Checks Senior Adult Activities Worship Guest - Pulpit 1,000 1,000 Total Church Ministries' Support 8,365 9,165 Total Administration 47,765 48,065 Property/Equipment Ministry Utilities 90,000 91,000 Property & Van Insurance 30,849 34, House Supplies 10,000 10, Property Maintenance 80,000 80, Van Maintenance and Operation 5,300 5,300 Total Property & Van 126, ,821 Total Property/Equipment Ministry 216, ,821 Debt Retirement Debt Interest 65, Debt Principal 96,784 Total Debt Retirement 161,941 38,463 TOTAL EXPENSES 1,372,989 1,287,803 Expenses in Excess of Revenue 0 0 **Note #1: $2,300 will be suplemented from Designated Fund: Benevolent Fund **Note #2: $3,000 will be suplemented from Designated Fund: Local Missions **Note #3: $3,000 will be supplemented from Designated Fund: Hispanic Ministry **Note #4: $3,000 will be suplemented from Designated Fund: Music Misc. Fund **Note #5: $3,400 will be supplemented from Designated Fund: Children's Program Fund **Note #6: $5,000 will be supplemented from Designated Fund: Scholarship Fund **Note #7: $2,500 Signage funded out of Contingency Fund or Hatchel Fund Above figures to supplement Budget from Designated Funds Total 22,200