An Advance Commitment to
Support the 2024 Operating Budget
The annual pledge campaign is an invitation to Christ Church parishioners to join in contributing funds to: pay day-to-day bills; make community grants; maintain our historic buildings; pay for utilities and supplies; conduct Sunday School, Confirmation classes, and Youth programs; provide Bible study and many small groups; and offer daily and weekly worship services, and music for all.
We thank you for your statement of faith and commitment to our Church during this year and earnestly hope you will dedicate a portion of your 2024 household budget to Christ Church and its mission.
A Personal Perspective on Stewardship
A special message from the Senior Warden
launching the annual pledge effort for 2024.
Dear Christ Church Parishioners,
I appreciate so very much your confidence in electing me to serve as your Senior Warden at a time of exciting growth and change. Over these past several months my vantage point has enlarged and deepened and I can report to you that Christ Church is thriving in so many ways. It is thriving despite the secular headwinds that all Christian churches are facing today. Remarkably in our fractured and increasingly secular society, Christ Church is doing extremely well with new families coming to worship, with Sunday school attendance surging, and with a vast array of events and programs enriching and strengthening our sense of community and our service to others. Our music program is inspiring and second to none among our fellow churches. Our Rector and his small team are accomplishing so very much spiritually and pastorally. Father Tim is leading a vibrant and caring church while reaching out to those in distress as far away as embattled Ukraine.
A quick survey of a few recent developments tells a story of the myriad ways in which Christ Church is succeeding in its uplifting mission:
- 135 new visitors walked through the doors in the last 12 months.
- Parish groups have increased from 8 to 10 due to greater demand in subject areas and offering greater variety in programming.
- 20 parishioners signed up for a Newcomers' fall course which is a 75% increase from last year.
- The Men's Ministry has seen monthly engagements of over 30 men throughout the year.
- The Young Professionals group has seen a 50% increase in participation from last year and continues to attract new young professionals each week.
- The Lenten Series had an average attendance of 35 members each Tuesday, a 30% increase from the year before
- While programming has grown, we at the same time have added a new state of the art HVAC system and made numerous improvements and repairs to our historic campus. The building and grounds are now in the best condition they have been in decades.
- This summer 15 young adults joined the Scotland Pilgrimage and came home with meaningful and lasting memories, not to be under-estimated and reminiscent of T.S. Eliot’s poetic imploring… We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. It is no exaggeration to say that the Pilgrimage is life-shaping and a wonderful experience for all who travel that road together.
In my present capacity, I see day-to-day the importance of pledging. In our enterprise of faith and good will, like all enterprises, annual income is indispensable and makes all that we see around us possible. Now is the season to make all these things secure with your annual pledge dollars.
It is not how much some give but that all give some. The power is in the numbers and I urge you to renew your pledge, increase it if you are able, and if you are a new parishioner please help us to fund all our good works at Christ Church.
Faithfully,
Scott Campbell, Senior Warden
A Faithful Fiscal Fact
The pledge campaign for 2023 resulted in a record-setting $1,514,788 of commitments from 374 households.
Do You Know?
If you approach a pledging decision by setting aside a share of household income, this year’s pledge letter packet includes a table that may help to simplify the math.
The First Thank You for 2024
We recognize and sincerely thank Christ Church, Georgetown parishioners who have already pledged support for the 2024 operating budget. These earliest of early pledgers provide encouragement and justify optimism for another year of growth in pledging at CCG.
Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Baker
The Rev. Frederick Baldwin
Ms. Lesly Bell
Mr. Thomas L. Birch
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Bourne
Ms. Nancy Bubes
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Carlsen
Mrs. Veronica Carter
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Casey
Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Chester
The Rev. & Mrs. Timothy A. R. Cole
Mr. Henry H. Courtney
Mr. R. Emory Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Crocker
Mr. & Mrs. Eli Whitney Debevoise
Mrs. Doris Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. James Earnest
Mr. Jack Evans
Ms. Natalia Fominykh
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Foster
Mr. Eric Fraunfelter & Mrs. Harriet Sweeney
Mr. & Mrs. John Graubert
Miss Stephanie Leigh Green
Mr. Rupert Hammond-Chambers
Mr. Neal B. Herman
The Rev. & Mrs. Nathan Huddleston
Mrs. Lois Jecklin
Ms. Pamela A. Jenkinson
Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Jost
Mr. Adam Kemerer & Mr. Josiah Osgood
Ms. Diana G. Laurie
Mr. & Mrs. David Lockwood
Mr. & Mrs. I. Guyman Martin III
Mrs. Ellen Wills Martin
Mr. Colvin T. Matheson
Mr. Glenn A. Metzdorf
Mr. Floyd Norton IV & Ms. Kathleen Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Oat
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Patterson
Mr. David C. Pierce
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Platt
Mr. Allan Platt & Mr. Timothy Calvey
Mr. Brian Quintenz
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rackley
Mr. Creighton Reed
Mr. & Mrs. Clifton E. Rodgers, Jr.
Mr. Duane Roth
Mr. Richard Shewell, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Simon Sidamon-Eristoff
Ms. Alexandra Smith
Mrs. Diana Davis Spencer
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stewart
Mrs. Edward Symes III
Mr. & Mrs. Porter Wheeler
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Wilhelm III
Mrs. Rae B. Wine
Mr. John Yasuda & Ms. Janet Kim
Saint Margaret of Scotland Society
Mr. & Mrs. Newman Ainsley
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Doughty
Mr. & Mrs. R. Lincoln Foran III
Mr. & Mrs. Courtney Houston-Carter
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Peacock
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Randle
Mr. & Mrs. David Shepard
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Thorley
Mr. Robert Volmer & Ms. Taylor Cortright
Mr. & Mrs. David White
On behalf of Christ Church, Georgetown, the Stewardship Committee express sincere gratitude to those named above.
A Special Note
If you made a pledge on or before October 3, but have not been named in the list above, please contact Director of Administration Duane Roth or send an e-mail to stewardshipcommittee@christchurchgeorgetown.org so any glitch can be identified and resolved. If there is a mistake in how your name is presented, please send a message to the Stewardship Committee e-mail address above.
The Stewardship Help Desk
