All Churches depend on a variety of financial resources to grow and maintain their ministry: pledge payments, plate collections, fees and gifts. A very large part of this mix is investment income derived from a Church’s reserve which is often called its Endowment. Unfortunately, Endowments are subject to the ups and down of the economy and steady income from this source is often unreliable.

            Since Grace Church has not been “pay as you go” operation for many, many years, we have been drawing operating income from our Endowment and as the return on our investments has shrunk, we are forced to draw from our principal. Our pledge payments and plate offerings are less than half of what is needed to keep our doors open. Frankly, this cannot continue much longer.

             There are solutions!! A novel solution, one which paid for our Edifice 80 years ago, is to name Grace Church as beneficiary in your life insurance policy. We can help you explore “Fair Share” guidelines for your pledge. You can also make a bequest of cash or investment income to Grace in your will. But one of the most important Stewardship tools we have is Evangelism. If we spread the Good News of Grace Church and attract new members to our flock, (or re-energize former members) our finances will benefit from it. We pray that you do.