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10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship
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Thought of the Week

It is vital to remind ourselves, from time to time, of two complementary sides of the one coin of our experience. On one side is the realm of what’s so: the facts, the objectively real, that which is publicly and measurably true. Let’s call this side of reality our day experience. We talk or write about it using day language – that is, normal everyday discourse. The other side of our experiential coin I call night experience. It is communicated through night language, by way of grand metaphors, poetry, and vibrant images. Our attention is focused on What does it mean? This side of our experience is subjectively real, like a nighttime dream, though not objectively real. Night language is personally or culturally meaningful. It nourishes us with spectacular images of emotional truth.

Dowd, Michael, Thank God for Evolution, p. 113-4
Stewardship, Finance and Property Committee PDF Print E-mail

The Stewardship, Finance and Property Committee is responsible for the ongoing process of stewardship education and for securing contributions to meet the financial responsibilities of the pastoral charge, and for dispersing the funds received for those purposes.  This committee is also responsible to the Church Board for the care and maintenance of the church buildings, equipment and grounds.

Functions:

  • to manage the financial welfare of the Church carefully, ethically and prudently, within the policies and practices of the United Church of Canada, and in accordance with the policies of the Church Board, maintaining accurate financial records
  • to promote and cultivate a sense of Christian Stewardship in the congregation
  • to ensure the congregation is educated about the ongoing and emerging needs of our congregation and our local and global community in co-operation with the Outreach and Social Action Committee
  • to ensure that the Mission and Service Fund donations are promptly forwarded to the United Church Mission and Stewardship Office
  • to present and report current expenditures and receipts to the Church Board, at its regular meetings
  • to prepare an annual budget using figures received from each committee, in conjunction with the Church Board and to present the budget for approval at the annual meeting of the congregation
  • to report and present a detailed and audited statement of the receipts and expenditures of the previous year at the annual meeting of the congregation
  • to ensure the upkeep, repair and renovation of the congregation’s real property, buildings, equipment, furnishings, and grounds
  • to determine the use of the building and grounds, in accordance with the policies of the Board and in consultation with the Outreach and Social Action Committee
  • to recommend rental rates for various areas of the building, in consultation with the Outreach and Social Action Committee
  • to assist the Ministry and Personnel Committee with the review, and revise as necessary the position descriptions of the custodian(s)
  • to have oversight of the Church custodian(s) in conjunction with the Ministry and Personnel Committee