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Starting a new year of giving
Year end statements will be mailed out during January. Be looking for those statements of charitable giving that can be used when filing your annual tax returns. In addition to your 2021 statement, contribution envelopes are now available for pick-up. If you do not find your bundle of envelopes on the table in the hallway…
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Connectional church means we are connected in our giving
Being part of a connectional church means that our giving has a greater reach. The mission of the church says to “go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19), and our apportioned giving allows us to fulfill the mission of the church without booking plane tickets! It supports the work of missionaries and missions…
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A harvest of sufficiency, contentment, and generosity
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your…
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Estate Planning
The Missouri United Methodist Foundation is offering a free, online event on June 17 at 7 PM that you might find valuable. It is a practical conversation with attorney David Holdsworth about creating wills, trusts, and estate plans. When we think about creating wills, trusts, and estate plans, there are so many questions — most…
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Money Matters
Lent: Time to go the second mile “If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them.” Leviticus 25:35a Thanks to vaccines, we can expect an end to the pandemic, but the economic recovery will linger much longer. Our government reports that half the families in our nation…
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Money Matters
A note from the Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church We celebrate the ministry of St. Andrew’s UMC for faithfully giving 100% of conference, national and global apportionments for 2020 to support United Methodist connectional ministries in our mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We give God…
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Money Matters
To the congregation, Due to your faithful giving, St. Andrew’s was able to pay all monthly expenses on time, pay all of our district apportionments, and pay 81.5% of the conference apportionments. I think this is great considering the year we have had. Thanks for making my job a little easier. May God Bless! -Barbara…
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Giving
Here’s a quick update on giving. Over $2,200 was given to the Ministerial Alliance as a result of the Singspiration hosted by the church. An offering of $1,119 was collected during Singspiration and additional funds were received in the weeks leading up to it. The Ministerial Alliance helps locals who are needing gas money or…
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AmazonSmile
The church almost received its first distribution of funds through a program called AmazonSmile. It was not so much a “swing and a miss” as it was a “foul”. AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support the church every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on…
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