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Financial
Outreach
Annual Offerings
During the
course of the church year, several specific offerings are taken
up from the congregation to support various diocesan and church-wide
ministries.
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The United Thank Offering
is gathered in the spring and fall and ultimately distributed
to ministry programs throughout the Episcopal Church and
Anglican Communion.
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An offering for Episcopal
Relief and Development is taken in conjunction
with Lenten study resources, or on the occasion of specific
disasters which leave persons in need. This money is distributed
through ERD in concert with the local Anglican authorities
and ecumenical partners throughout the world.
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An offering for the Church
in Jerusalem and the Middle East is taken
during Holy Week.
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On a Sunday near the feast of Pentecost (late May/early June)
we share in a diocesan-wide offering for the
Episcopal Fund for Human Need (EFHN), which
assists parish and community ministries throughout our diocese.
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On the occasion of the bishop’s canonical visitation,
an offering is taken for the Bishop’s
Discretionary Fund, which is used to meet
emergency needs throughout the diocese.
Parish
Discretionary Funds
There are
three, under exclusive control of the clergy. They are funded
by the gifts of individual parishioners, honoraria given the
clergy at the time of sacramental ministrations, and a line
item of the parish operating budget.
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The funds are used for a variety of human needs,
both within and outside the parish.
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Rent or utility assistance, medical or pharmaceutical
assistance, gasoline or lodging needs, flowers for the funeral
of a child, as well as financial support of existing or
new outreach efforts, are among situations the Discretionary
Funds address.
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