Greetings to WellSprings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WellSprings is a unique community. And your support is essential. This past November, the Board of Trustees reached out to us to ask for additional financial support, given budget shortfalls in the current fiscal year. Our community responded by giving $28,700 <\/strong>that greatly assisted WellSprings! Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n WellSprings celebrated its 16th birthday this year! It was fortunate in early years to be supported by major financial grants from other institutions as a startup congregation. In recent years, COVID relief funding helped support shortfalls. But now, the outside funding is no longer an option. We must develop a culture of generosity that fully supports and sustains WellSprings now and into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stewardship Ministry. <\/strong>To ensure the financial stability and growth of WellSprings, the Board has renewed the former Generosity & Gratitude Ministry and renamed it the Stewardship Ministry. The first goal is to organize a pledge drive to fund the next fiscal year beginning July 2023. Current ministry members are Majid Alsayegh and Josie Waldman as pledge drive co-chairs, Mary Alsayegh, Kathy Burke-Howe, Carol Klekotka, and Bill Cabin and Julie Choi as representatives of the Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pledge Drive.<\/strong> The Stewardship Ministry has been working diligently for the past two months on a new stewardship plan. We hope to inform our community members of the value of your support and the importance of continued support. Along with this message is an informational brochure<\/a> that describes this year\u2019s pledge drive goals, our budget by mission, the shortfall of current giving levels, and data on past giving patterns. In the past, about 20% of members have provided 80% of the overall WellSprings budget. Much broader support is needed to sustain WellSprings into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our stewardship goals are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are asking every household that is able to make a pledge to WellSprings for the fiscal year July 2023 to June 2024<\/strong>. Given the needs, we hope each household can generously commit to making a pledge in an amount greater than last year.<\/strong> If each household increased their giving by $10 per week<\/strong>, or approximately $500 per year, our budget goal can be met.<\/strong> Of course, we understand some households may be experiencing financial stress. We want everyone to understand the pledge is not mandatory but is requested from the households who are able to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To help determine your pledge amount, we invite you to reference the Suggested Giving Guide<\/a> provided by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), of which WellSprings is a member congregation. (For more on the Giving Guide, watch Josie Waldman’s message on our Pledge Kickoff Sunday, “What Would WellSprings Do?”<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ways to Pledge.<\/strong> Please submit your pledge either online, in person, or by mail by Sunday, April 16th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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