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Report on Mission & Ministry

That ALL may know Christ, grow in faith, and serve others

A Message from our Senior Pastor

I hope you will be inspired by this brief

glimpse of FUMC’s missions and ministries

in 2016. We are a congregation of five core

values:

-We build loving relationships.

-We pursue spiritual growth

-We encourage authentic Christian community.

-We demonstrate purposeful Christ-centered worship.

-We are boldly missional.

In these few pages, you will see ample evidence of this.

There is much more that could be reported. This is only a taste of God’s feast. And, yet, I believe it says a lot. It says that FUMC has heard God’s call in our lives and is responding in many beautiful ways!

Godspeed,

Mark Ralls

Table of Contents Page 3 Operational Fund Revenue/Expenses Page 4 Missions

Page 5 Missions Page 6 Trustees

Page 7 Connections Page 8 Giving and Endowments

A publication of First United Methodist Church, Hendersonville, NC 28739

That ALL may know Christ, grow in faith and serve others

2016 Total Giving $1,293,535

2016 Total Expenses = $1,279,059

Net Income= $14,476

Number of pledging units 2016: 386

Average Pledge amount: $2,540

$766,071$242,606

$144,099$126,283

FUMC Operational Fund Expenses

Personnel Operational Programming UMC Apportionments

$988,830

$266,764

$23,108 $14,833

FUMC Operational Fund Giving

Pledged Unpledged Loose plate Other Revenue

Be Boldly Missional

How God Transformed our giving into real-life ministry

Missional Engagement Missions Team Budget $80,000 with an additional missional giving of $115,000 in the form of directed mission donations from individuals and groups.

• Awarded $43,000 in grants in December to nine local organizations to support 2017 missions initiatives

• Developed Meals4Missions as fund-raising vehicle for missions • Supported 510 children in six ZOE groups in Rwanda, Kenya, India and Guatemala • 68 members donated $21,680 to Water R Us during the July challenge match

fund-raiser • Raised $13,000 for Joseph's Outreach Ministries at garage sale in August. • Approved partnership with sister church Iglesia La Luz del Mundo in Cuba

FUMC members served in the following states/countries in 2016 (number in flag indicates total participants)

Costa Rica

Virginia

Belize

Cuba

India Kenya

Nicaragua

5 9

1 2

8

25

42

In kind and monetary donations collected for:

Other Interesting Information about Missions of the Church

Homeless Kits, BackPack Program, IAM, The Storehouse, Youth Souper Bowl Sunday, VBS Supplies, VBS for Safe-

light and ZOE, Youth Stop Hunger Now, Hunger Walk, Trunk or Treat, Youth Halloween Candy, Giving Tree, Harvest Dinner, Boys and Girls Club Gifting Party

Meals made for Feed the Kids in our kitchen: 1,000+ Volunteers from HVL FUMC to Joseph’s Outreach Ministry: 75

Guests Fed by Feed Thy Neighbor: 700+ Children Attending Gifting Party: 386

Bags Packed for Back Pack Ministry: 8,000+

Building Loving Relationships FUMC Campus

In 2016, our Trustees Committee worked to keep our foundation strong so that our church campus can be a home to myriads of ministries that impact people from all walks of life. By properly maintaining our facilities, we create an environment where we can successfully begin and implement God's callings of us.

Below is a sample of ministries/community groups that regularly use our church building: Weekday School, BRLC Tutoring, Noontime Meeting, Spiritual Formation Classes, Community

Basketball, Grief Rite Class, Al-Anon, NarAnon, Emmaus Groups, Chamber Singers, Girl Scouts Troop 30437, Intercessory Prayer, Choirs, Cub Scouts Pack 603, Hendersonville

Symphony Children's Choir, Hendersonville Chorale, and the United Methodist Women.

-Detailed Energy and Insurance Audits for Church -Continued focus on making campus more energy efficient with replacement of outdated AC units and implementation of light replacement program -Extensive Apartment Usage Study -Purchase and demolition of Mask Museum property -Acquisition of new screens and sound equipment and a preliminary architectural study of BCLC upgrade options -Replacement of Sanctuary Roof -Purchase of new church van through a generous donation

Projects for the past year included:

CONNECTIONS Claim Community with Christ

People reached on Facebook: 4,000+ in more than 10 countries 1,128 Email subscribers to E-connect

Congregational Care

New members 60 Baptisms 11

Confirmations 15 Average Worship Attendance

8:30 am 128 9:30 am 178 11 am 247 Total 553

Homebound Members: 63 Intercessory Prayer Chain "Pray-ers": 100+

Journey of Hope/Cancer Care Lay Ministers Trained: 6 Praying Hand Quilters distributed 15 Prayer Quilts

People Trained in "Art of Visitation": 8 Knit, Purl, Pray delivered 29 Prayer Shawls

Adult Sunday School Attendance 176 Children's Sunday School Attendance 50 Wonderful Wednesday attendance 120

VBS Attendance 105 OneYouth Sunday Night Attendance 70+

Participants in Adult Spiritual Formation Weekend 90 School of Christian Living Studies Offered 15

Participants in Women’s Retreat 47 Participants in Leadership Training Seminar 42

Pursue Spiritual Growth

GIVING AT FUMC

Endowments at FUMC

Your legacy is important to First United Methodist Church! There are many ways that you can leave a legacy to your church through Planned Giving during your life and

after your death that will have a positive impact today and for years to come!

Some of the ways you can make a gift during your lifetime include: -Pledges -Gift Annuities -Charitable Remainder Trusts -Donor Advised Investment Accounts

After Death:

-Bequests through trust and wills -Beneficiary Designations -Foundations Please consider a gift to First United Methodist Church that will sustain your church family and the missions of the church. Please contact, Greg Deeter, Church Administrator at 828.693.4275 for more information.

$404,361 Current Balance of Endowment Fund

WAYS to GIVE

Give with cash or check during our Sunday morning services or via mail

Give securely online using Access ACS on our FUMC website http://fumchvlnc.org/give or use the ChurchLife app to give from your mobile device. For more information

please contact Caroline Easley or Greg Deeter in the church office, 828.693.4275

Other important information -FUMC mails giving statements in July and October to help you track your giving, in addition to an annual statement for your tax return. You may also view your giving status by using Access ACS

-Your privacy is very important to us. While church leaders may thank you for your generosity, only those responsible for church financial information will know the specific contribution amounts and

that is held in strict confidentiality.