Change of Fiscal Year
The financial committee with support of the church council has decided to change the church fiscal year from January – December to July –June. Listed are the primary reasons:

• The church has three major revenue sources: member contributions, rentals and preschool. By May, the preschool has a solid projection of what the enrollment will be for the new preschool year which begins in fall. The change of fiscal year allows the church council to more accurately create the preschool budget in June as opposed to creating the budget in December when enrollment is only a projection.
• Currently, the finance committee and council are required to create a budget in November and December as the current year is coming to a close. This is a very busy season with Thanksgiving and Christmas. A July to June fiscal year allows budgeting to occur in May and June, a much less busy time of year in the church.
• Currently, the annual budget is approved (at the annual meeting) in late January or February for the fiscal year. This is 4 to 6 weeks after the fiscal year has begun. This causes extra work for the bookkeeper and is not a good practice to approve a budget so late. With a July to June fiscal year, the annual meeting/budget approval could be held in late June, prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.

The plan is to make this change effective July 1. Thus, we are in the process of making a new budget. We don’t anticipate major changes from our current budget. We will present the budget to the congregation on June 20 and have a congregational meeting after church on June 27 to approve the new budget.

Change of Stewardship Year
As mentioned above, member contributions are a major revenue source for the church. Our past stewardship season has been in the fall and members pledge’s are in effect from January to December. With the change of the fiscal year, the church council requests that members continue with their current pledge through June of 2011 (as opposed to December of 2010). Our next stewardship season will be in May of next year. Our stewardship to the church is an essential piece of our relationship with God and our community. We pray that these changes will best serve the work of the Lord.
Please contact Steve Kilgore, Chris Rutter or Suzanne Harris if you have any questions or concerns regarding these changes.

Come join us as we celebrate Father’s of all kinds!

Let us praise those fathers who have striven to balance the demands of work, marriage, and children with an honest awareness of both joy and sacrifice.

Let us praise those fathers who, lacking a good model for a father, have worked to become a good father.

Let us praise those fathers who by their own account were not always there for their children, but who continue to offer those children, now grown, their love and support.

Let us pray for those fathers who have been wounded by the neglect and hostility of their children.

Let us praise those fathers who, despite divorce, have remained in their children’s lives.

Let us praise those fathers whose children are adopted, and whose love and support has offered healing.

Let us praise those fathers who, as stepfathers, freely choose the obligation of fatherhood and earned their stepchildren’s love and respect.

Let us praise those fathers who have lost a child to death, and continue to hold the child in their heart.

Let us praise those men who have no children, but cherish the next generation as if they were their own

Let us praise those men who have “fathered” us in their role as mentors and guides.

Let us praise those men who are about to become fathers; may they openly delight in their children. And let us praise those fathers who have died, but live on in our memory and whose love continues to nurture us.

Sunday, June 13th, during worship and fellowship with cake!

We’re celebrating graduations and transitions of all kinds, everything from preschool to high school (David Fong and Woudnish Yilma) college (Whitney Wu-Chu) to Master’s degrees, from new roles (Beth Rogers) to new adventures (Rev. Sally).  We will celebrate not only the graduates, but those in transition, and also their parents and loved ones.

Come and join us if you can, and spread the word to other “graduates” and invite them too!

Graduates – bring your parents and friends! We will honor you early in the service and during fellowship hour!

We will include a list of:

Your name
Your parents
Where/what you graduated from, degree info
What you are graduating into

Examples:

Graduate: Whitney Wu-Chu
Parents (if appropriate): Stella
School/degree: UC Berkeley, BA
Future plans?

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