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Up Next...

• Questions and Answers!

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Regional Assemblies 2003

• Questions and Answers

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Up Next...

• Mission, Ministry, and Budget Presentation
  Canon to the Ordinary

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Our Mission Ministry in the Diocese of
Washington for 2004
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Objectives Today

• Operating Principles Priority Areas
• Review Progress To Date
• Look at Budget Implications for 2004

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Operating Principles

• Work of bishop and diocesan staff is servant
  ministry
• Principal focus of that ministry is to support
  congregations and leaders
• Budget Development/Administration
• Transparent
• Accountable

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Established Priority Areas

• Youth Ministry
• In Congregations
• In Academic Settings
• Support for Congregations, Clergy Lay Leaders
• Local Global Mission

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Youth Ministry

• In Congregational Settings
• Established strong bonds with 52 congregations in
  the Diocese
• Visits to 33 parishes
• Diocesan Events
• November 2002 Senior High Lock-In
• 139 youth/19 congregations
• March 2003 Middle School Retreat
• 125 youth/17 congregations
• Committee on Youth Recommissioned

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Youth Ministry

• In Academic Settings
• New chaplains launched at Howard and UM
• Exploratory work-
• Georgetown
• George Washington
• Bowie State
• American University
• Support for Parish-based college ministry
• Early work on strengthening network among heads
  and chaplains of primary and secondary Episcopal
  Schools

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Congregations Leaders

• Increased Focus on Congregational Visitations
• Stewardship Conference Workshops
• Capital Campaign Support
• Improved Responsiveness in Support of
  Congregations
• Establishment of Designated Fund for
  Congregations in Transition
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  more

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Congregations Leaders

• Web Availability of Percept
• Information Technology support
• Expanded Support for Wardens Treasurers
• Re-launching of Fresh Start
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  more

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Congregations Leaders

• Expanded Opportunities for Clergy Professional
  Development
• Increased Support for Clergy Deployment Process
• Forthcoming launching of Accessibility Task Force

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Local Global Mission

• Urban Mission
• Preliminary workgroup on urban ministry
• Forthcoming appointment of Task Force
• Diocese of Honduras
• Resolution of Issues Colonia Episcopal
• Task Force preparing for 3 year renewal of
  companion relationship
• Bishop Allen invited to attend January 2005
  Diocesan Convention
  .more

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Local Global Mission

• Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA)
• December, 2002 visit to South Africa
• Appointment of South Africa Partnership Task
  Force
• Forthcoming launch of partnership between CPSA
  and Diocese of Washington
• Archbishop Ndungane to be Convention Eucharist
  Preacher (January 2004)

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2004 Budget Highlights

• Revenue
• Soper Funding Declines by 100,000
• Base Year Income (2002) Flat
• Expenses
• Assume no increases in headcount
• First full year of full staff
• Estimated increased expenses of 505,000

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Congregational Giving

• Our Funding System
• Keyed to Normal Operating Income (NOI)
• Plate and pledge
• Investment and other funds used to support
  operations
• Goal Work toward MINIMUM of 10
• Transition time needed
• To attain this average, some congregations will
  need to be giving in excess of 10
• Learning from the rest of the Church Over the
  longer term need to move beyond 10

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Aggregate Congregational Income

• How are we doing?

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Giving as a Percentage of Normal Operating Income

• How are we doing?

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Total Congregational Giving

• How are we doing?

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A Word from Diocesan Council
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Diocesan Councils Stewardship Statement

• 1. We believe God is the source of all that we
  have, that God loves us and will provide
  abundantly for all our needs. As God has so
  freely given to us, we are invited to give freely
  to the work of the kingdom within and beyond the
  Diocese of Washington.

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Diocesan Councils Stewardship Statement

• 2. As a measure of our trust in God and of our
  desire to deepen our relationship with God, we
  personally and collectively affirm the tithe as
  the minimum biblical standard of our giving to
  the church. Therefore, we pledge to tithe to our
  congregations and to challenge all congregations
  to tithe in support of the mission of the
  Diocese.

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 Diocesan Councils Stewardship Statement

• 3. We joyfully ask you to join us in this
  affirmation and commitment.

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Challenge from Diocesan Council

• Increase NOI by One Percentage Point
• Would increase revenues by 480,103
• Example
• NOI x Giving
• 2003 335,031 x 6.1 20,436
• 2004 338,000 x 7.1 23,998

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Thank You!