New York Conference
United Church of Christ
Prepared by: Wayne Fuhrman, Treasurer
David Losito, Manager of Finance and
Administration
David Gaewski, Conference Minister
Presentation Goals
Answer 3 Basic Questions
• What is our mission?
• What does it cost?
• How do we proceed?
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OUR MISSION
IS:
- To assist congregations in locating and
securing pastoral leadership through the Search
& Call process
- To train potential leaders through Leadership
Development ministries
- To resource Youth & Young Adult Ministries as
the church of today and tomorrow
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OUR MISSION
IS:
- To grow & strengthen our churches
through Church Development &
Revitalization programs
- To advocate for Peace & Justice through
Justice & Witness ministries
- To witness to the world through Wider
Church Ministries
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Search & Call
Finding an Interim
Consultation on Search
Providing Candidates
$235,635
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Leadership Development
New York School of Ministry
Communities of Practice
Boundary Training
Care for Clergy
Annual Authorized Ministry Retreats
$246,498.
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Youth & Young Adults
State Youth Event
National Youth Event
$55,681.
Regional Youth Event
Youth Summits
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Church Growth & Revitalization
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Readiness 360 Online Resource
Vitality Clusters
Revitalization Summits
Local Church Consultations
New Church Starts
New Church Adoptions
• $206,800.
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Justice & Witness Ministries
$20,819.
• On the Front line with the Occupy Movement
providing shelter, supplies, and strategic
guidance
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Justice and Witness Ministries
• Historic lobbying for Marriage Equality
• On-going promotion of Open and Affirming
Congregations
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Justice & Witness Ministries
• Attend public hearings and speak with Legislators
on Environmental Justice- most recently fracking
issues
• Advocacy for Just Immigration Legislation
• Partner with national setting to gather justice
advocates throughout the state to coordinate our
efforts and train justice advocates in each of our
local settings
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Wider Church Ministries
$248,187.
Commission on
Global Church
• Encourages contact with
missionaries, and
partnerships in Nicaragua,
South Africa, and
Palestine
• Promotes “Global Mission’
congregations
• Annual “Mission Possible”
Retreats
Wider Church Ministries
Commission on Ecumenism and Interfaith
Relations
• Encourages Inter-Faith Dialogue and Middle East Peace
Efforts
• Supports New York State Council of Churches
• Nurtures partnership with Evangelical church of Hessen
and Nassau, Germany
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Wider Church Ministries
NY Help
• Provides medical clinics,
education opportunities, and
community development
projects in La Laguna,
Honduras
• Promotes sustainable
harvest project
• Visits with work groups twice
a year
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Wider Church Ministries
New York Conference
Disaster Response
Program
• Disaster Response Team
(DiRT) is a resource in
time of disaster, like
Superstorm Sandy
• Develops a network of
trained disaster
coordinators in local
churches
• Organizes conferencewide drives to assemble
disaster relief supplies to
send to Church World
Service
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WHAT DOES IT COST?
Search & Call
Leadership Development
Youth & Young Adults
Church Growth &
Revitalization
• Justice & Witness
• Wider Church
• Ministry Support
Total budget
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•
•
•
$
$
$
235,635
246,498
55,681
$ 206,800
$
20,819
$ 248,187
$ 350,714
$ 1,364,334
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This is How the Pie is Sliced!
2014 Budget
$350,714
Search & Call
Leadership
Development
$235,635
Youth & Young Adults
$246,498
Church Growth &
Revitalization
$248,187
Justice & Witness
$206,800
$55,681
$20,819
Wider Church
Ministry Support
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Our Anticipated Income
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Our Church's Wider Mission(OCWM) $734,000
UCC Covenant Share
$361,790
Congregational Development
$ 78,664
Leadership Development
$ 79,880
Wider Church
$ 26,000
Ministry Support
$ 84,000
Total Income
$1,364,334
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The Income Pie
Wider Church ,
Leadership
$26,000
Development,
$79,880
Congregational
Development,
$78,664
UCC Covenant
Share, $361,790
Administration,
$84,000
Our Church's Wider
Mission(OCWM),
$734,000
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UCC Covenant Share
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Covenant Share
• Affirms the covenantal relationship
between the Conference and the
membership
• To be fully effective, the budgeted OCWM
giving must be realized and
• Each member is encouraged to contribute
at least $10 to UCC Covenant Share
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Our Future
• We will continue our level of mission and
service
• We will be fully staffed with an Associate
Conference Minister in each region of the
Conference
• We will increase our support of the Wider
UCC
• We will offer financial support to NY
Churches for ministry initiatives and
Leadership Development
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