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| 725 Pine St. Winnetka, Illinois 60093 847-441-3400 |
Dear Friends and Fellow Members, If you read only one letter from our church this year, please let it be this one. The church needs our help. If Winnetka Congregational Church is going to continue to be a vital force in the lives of our families, friends, the community, and the world, it needs us to seriously reconsider our level of giving to the annual campaign. Our pastors, our executive committee, and our church council are asking us to be the responsible, engaged members we covenanted to be when we united with WCC. We all have received so much from our faith community, be it from the integrity and inspiration of our worship and music, the creativity and guidance of our church school, confirmation and youth programming, the compassion and service of our mission giving and doing, or the joy and friendship of fellowship activities. Having generously received, might we give generously in response? For membership is a two way street. While these times remain challenging
and uncertain, we request that: if you did not pledge last year, to pledge this
year; if you did not increase your pledge, to increase it this year by as
significant an amount as possible. As was stated in the Special Edition
Messenger for Finances, "…the lower 50% of pledges account for only 11% of
our pledge dollars, while the top 3% account for 35% of pledge dollars. Too much
of our annual income is coming from a very few generous members. " (A paper copy
of this Special Edition Messenger is available in the church office or
on-line. Thank you for your time and consideration. May God bless our participation in the wonderful faith community we all cherish. Your Canvass Committee Judi Archambault, Adam Brown, Harry Grace and Margo Pearson For more information on the WCC financial picture, the Council publishing this special edition of the Messenger on May 23rd. In the Messenger, we covered the important facts regarding our income and expenses. You can also find that information here. |
