MEMORANDUM
TO: Congregational Treasurer and Chief Lay Officer
FROM Susie Winterhalter, Bookkeeper
DATE: August, 2007
Greetings and Peace!
The synod office staff knows how busy congregations are at this time of year - - start-up programming, planning, and budgeting for the future. Enclosed are some tools and information that may help you as leaders in the budgeting process for your congregation. All of this information has been updated and some is currently available on the ELCA Website or swtsynod.org, your synod Website. We anticipate that it will be helpful in your planning.
The synod is also anticipating its budget discussions. To assist us in our determinations, it is necessary to have you return as soon as possible the enclosed form, “Our Congregation’s 2008 Mission Support.”
A. ELCA’s 2008 “Our Congregation’s Plan for Mission Support"
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Remittance Forms for your treasurer preaddressed to insure proper accounting of your congregation’s gifts.
Note: To hold down the cost of postage, we have enclosed one “MASTER FORM”
We ask that you make copies as needed, keeping this form as your master form.
Please include all gifts in one check and use one remittance form per check. Thank you!
SAMPLE
C. Compensation Information
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Report on Compensation – 2007-08 as approved by the Synod Council in May 2007. www.swtsynod.org
– from menu select – Documents & Forms / Compensation Guidelines 2007/2008
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May God continue to bless the ministry you provide for the congregation!
