Parish Pastoral Council - January 23rd 2023

To: St. Barnabas Parish Council

From: Steve Looney, chair of Finance Council,

Claire Jackson, chair of Stewardship Commission

Deacon Tom Hosty, director of operations.

Subject: Financial, Stewardship, and Operations Updates

Date: January 23, 2023

1. Financial Update: Tithing for Parish Operations

a. Overall, our parish is doing good on tithing, even though our tithing for July-

December is about $9K below budget and $32K lower than this same time last

year.

i. July: $174,896 this year; $191,373 last year; $187,768 budgeted.

ii. August: $198,529 this year; $197,273 last year; $193,556 budgeted.

iii. September: $191,540 this year; $196,827 last year; $193,119 budgeted.

iv. October: $185,941 this year; $174,299 last year; $171,016 budgeted.

v. November: $183,847 this year; $197,618 last year; $193,896 budgeted.

vi. December: $249,692 this year; $259,470 last year; $254,582 budgeted.

vii. Year to Date: $1,184,447 this year; $1.216,863 last year; $1,193,941

budgeted.

b. School fees and tuition set for 2023-24 year.

i. Participating parishioner fee - $1,600

ii. Non-parishioner tuition for one child - $6,966

2. Stewardship Update.

a. Stewardship regular communications continue.

b. Ministry leader appreciation dinner – January 19.

c. Parish Annual Report – Will not be provided to parish until January 31, but is

provided now to the Pastoral Council.

d. Covenant Renewal set for March 2023.

e. Parish-wide Covenant Renewal Celebration - April 23.

3. Operations Update: Facilities

a. Water pipe burst – Repair phase will take at least six weeks, and probably more.

b. Consulting with Archdiocese regarding bids for new HVAC for Church.