(From Feb 2000 Nativity newsletter)
Stewardship:
We Are Growing
A recent check of the Parochial Reports that we send each year to the Diocese
reveals that we have been growing significantly. Take, for example, the total number of
baptized communicants in good standing. That figure has jumped from 39 in 1985 to 184 last
year. Pledging Units (families that have pledged to the church) has leaped from 22 in 1985
to 120 in 1998.
The amount pledged has increased from $15,390 to $161,000 and the pledges paid has gone
from $9,453 to $130,342. There have been some drops in communicants because the rolls have
been purged periodically, but the amount, pledged has risen steadily, With one exception
(1997). And interestingly, the amount paid even exceeded the pledged amount in 1997, as
you can see in the following figures:
Year |
Communicants |
Pledging Units |
Pledged |
Paid |
1985 |
39 |
22 |
$15,390 |
$9,453 |
1986 |
46 |
25 |
(Note 1) |
$9,889 |
1987 |
90 |
47 |
$33,908 |
$27,561 |
1989 |
124 |
61 |
$40,200 |
$31,828 |
1989 |
145 |
65 |
$43,844 |
$35,212 |
1990 |
144 |
76 |
$59,490 |
$42,780 |
1991 |
190 |
84 |
$71,568 |
$55,445 |
1992 |
214 |
81 |
$80,866 |
$68,095 |
1993 |
153 |
81 |
$83,414 |
$80,561 |
1994 |
139 |
87 |
$97,458 |
$80,696 |
1995 |
141 |
79 |
$112,000 |
$83,610 |
1996 |
109 |
102 |
$136,552 |
$118,052 |
1997 |
110 |
108 |
$124,000 |
$124,955 |
1998 |
184 |
120 |
$161,000 |
$130,342 |
Note 1. Pledged figures unavailable for 1986
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