Stewardship 2012
Stewardship 2012
Stewardship 2012
Each autumn we ask people in our congregation to consider financial giving as an appropriate expression of mutuality. As a community we are utterly dependent upon one another to sustain Trinity in its worship, programs and outreach. Faithful stewardship invites and challenges us to use all of the resources we have at hand in ways that reflect our appreciation for the gifts God has bestowed upon us. This campaign is about how we use our money and time, and most importantly how we engage the world.
When it comes to supporting and growing a vibrant community there is no safety net waiting to catch us if we fall. It is all on us. We have no endowment to speak of - only a very small amount that is dedicated for support of the building and outreach. We earn income through leasing, renting and fundraising but over fifty percent of our budget comes directly from individual contributions.
The annual drive goes toward funding our worship, programs and staff. It represents the total cost of operating for a year. Our goal is $320,000 towards a budget of $645,000. This year’s campaign combines our annual stewardship drive with the second year of a three-year initiative – the One and One Third Campaign. The name of this campaign derives from our request that each member of the community increase their 2010 contribution by 1/3 for three years.
The One and One Third Campaign
“The One” - Trinity’s Annual Goal $320,000
“The One Third” - Our special 3-yr Campaign Goal $375,000
Annual Fund Components
That would be almost everything you see and hear and encounter at Trinity. From salaries for Cam, Holly and the musicians, as well as everyone else who works at Trinity, to heating the sanctuary and coordinating outreach and making Creator Quest go - it all depends upon the contributions of the congregation. What you give to the Annual Fund will determine how vibrant we are as well as how far we can reach. It is also true that there is a direct relationship between how personally invested you are in the community and how much you will deepen and grow through your participation in the community. We need us all to be giving and sharing.
One and One Third Campaign Components
We have received $255,500 in pledges and contributions towards our three-year goal for the One and One Third Campaign. In addition we have received additional state and federal grants that are enabling us to preserve the buildings. The work and the opportunities of our contributions and the grants will start soon and help to sustain as well as transform Trinity. We need the generosity of the community to continue so that we can meet both these goals - the annual and the three-year goal.
Preservation Partnership
The work scheduled to begin this fall will restore, repair and protect the fabric of this historic campus by re-grading the green space to rectify damaging drainage, replacing and/or repairing three of our four roofs, glass covering for tower window, caulking and painting of exterior windows, and renovating the undercroft (including demolition, a new HVAC, upgraded electrical system, new copper piping, and repair of masonry foundation.)
Fund to Strengthen our Spiritual Community
There are six elements of this fund: Green Initiative will better seal the buildings, as we become stronger stewards of the environment. House Church will create a new form of faith community. Covenant Partnership with Massachusetts Avenue Project will fulfill the dream that began as “WOOP”. Banta Center will repair and enhance the Marfield complex to increase our abilities to host the wider community and fund our mission. Cyber Church will invite our eight to ten thousand monthly website visitors to venture in a little further by making http://www.trinitybuffalo.org interactive. Organ Restoration will enhance worship for generations to come.
