Greetings from the Generosity & Gratitude Ministry,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This has been quite a season at WellSprings, as we\u2019re sure it\u2019s been for you, too. Sometimes it helps to take stock of all we\u2019ve done, and recognize just how much we have to be grateful for\u2014our adaptability, our tenacity, and our care for each other\u2014amidst it all. Take a moment, if you\u2019d like, to do that for yourself today. Make a list, and let yourself be grateful and astonished by it. What have you changed and created in your life in these past five months?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here at WellSprings, we\u2019ve been through a lot together. Just as many of us have had to pivot in our own lives since the start of the pandemic and the end of in-person services in March\u2014and with no advance plan or preparation!\u2014we\u2019ve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s an audacious amount of work and change we\u2019ve processed in a few short months\u2014and as a ministry, and as people, we are awed by what everyone involved with these charged-full moments has accomplished. THANK YOU!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking forward<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond this, we\u2019ve had other big wins. Thanks to our Board\u2019s quick action, we were able to secure a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program that helped ensure we could pay our staff through uncertain moments this Spring. Thanks to your continued generosity, we\u2019ve maintained a balanced budget through the year. Due to the uncertainty now and through the rest of the year, the Board is budgeting on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We understand you may be doing the same\u2014focusing on what you and your family need in the upcoming months, weeks and days. You may have the ability to plan far ahead, but you may not. As we continue to adapt as a community, it helps us to know where you are with your plans for giving, whatever those plans might be. We\u2019re asking for a sense, from you, of your plans for giving at this moment. You can do this in one of two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Realm, go to your Giving page<\/a> and click the button that says \u201c+ Pledge\u201d to fill in your plans for the coming year. Realm will give you the option, as you save your pledge, to set up an automated giving schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you prefer to give another way, or if your situation is complicated right now and you are willing to share, fill out this short survey<\/a> for the G&G Ministry. We understand that things are changing, and may continue to change, over the next year. We\u2019re here as a community, and it will significantly help our Board and Staff to navigate the coming months, as we collectively figure out how to keep our connections strong, if we know your plans. Can we afford new technology, or new staff positions, to help bring us together and engage our community more effectively? Can we invest in some short-term equipment costs for our Band, or our Production Team, to make worship online even more charged-full? There are possibilities we haven\u2019t even conceived of yet. Know that your generosity continues to nourish this community as we find our way, together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n