Church Financial Update

March 17, 2025

Dear Friends,

We are so grateful for the many ways you show up for Seminole Heights United Methodist Church. When we join the church, we make a promise to support the church with our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness. Your gifts of your time and your finances make everything we do possible in our church, in our community, and in our world.

Many of you make a pledge every year to make a financial gift to support the ministries of our church, and based on the amount pledged, the Administrative Committee of the church sets the yearly budget.

The Administrative Committee met at the end of 2024 and the first part of 2025 to ensure our budget is realistic and stewarding our resources well. Unfortunately, even with their intentional work, our budget for 2025 is projected to reach a $30,000 deficit.

We are reaching out to you, as a member of the church or someone who has made a gift in the past, because we want you to know the financial situation of the church, AND because we want to offer an opportunity to support our church during this time. Could you consider either making a pledge or increasing your annual pledge to help us cover some of the projected deficit? Even a small weekly or monthly increase in your giving can go a long way.

To make a pledge or increase your pledge, go to www.semheights.com/pledge, or you can fill out a pledge card in worship with your updated information. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to one of us or to our church Treasurer, Christine Messer, at christine@semheights.com.

God bless,

Katy Smith, Administrative Committee Chair

Justin Rancourt, Finance Chair