Annual Report
Download our annual report that was presented at the 149th Annual Parish Meeting on January 26, 2025.
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Finance Team
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The Finance Team plays a vital role in guiding the financial health of our church. The team helps shape the annual budget, monitor financial performance, and share updates with the vestry and parish.
If you have an interest in stewardship or finance, we'd love to have you join us. The team meets about six times a year, and members also take turns assisting with the weekly collection process on a rotating basis, typically about once a month.
It's a great way to use your skills while making a meaningful contribution to our church community.
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Endowment Trustees
The Endowment Trustees provide fiduciary oversight, investment management, and stewardship of the parish's permanent funds. They ensure compliance with donor restrictions and church policy, making distributions to support ministry, capital improvements, and mission-based growth, safeguarding these assets for future generations.
If you have an interest in investments or finance and want to make a lasting impact, we'd welcome your involvement. The trustees meet approximately once a quarter.
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Wardens and Vestry
Leadership of St. Matthew’s is accomplished through the Vestry and the rector. As part of the Annual Meeting in January, parishioners are elected to the Vestry for staggered three-year terms. The Vestry is led by a Senior Warden and a Junior Warden, who also are elected at the Annual Meeting. Teens or adults can serve on the vestry and are welcome to speak to the Rector regarding that desire. Focus for the vestry is on congregational development, leadership, long-range planning, and the health and welfare of the organization. If you have time to devote to these things we would love to know. The vestry meets monthly, there are periodic training and/or education events and you are encouraged to attend church events as you are able. This is a group but there are individual tasks or responsibilities within that group as well.
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Stewardship
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Stewardship is, ideally, a year-long campaign to assure that adequate funding is available for the ongoing activities of the church. During the time of the annual campaign, the stewardship team works closely with the rector and the vestry to establish goals (dollars to be raised, degree of participation by parishioners), create a timeline, develop promotional materials, and plan and execute a calling campaign. If you are an adult with interest in marketing or non-profit fundraising, we would love to have you on the team! You will get the opportunity to work collaboratively with many and yet get to know parishioners individually. During the campaign process the time commitment is larger (20-30 hours over several weeks for planning and the same over the 2-months the campaign runs.
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