[Magdalen] State of the parish

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Our meeting is the 31. We have a newly opened thrift store and a great
rental
Hall/ parish house. We have volunteer secretarial help, supply clergy only,
and a big note on the building. I am anxious to see where we stand money
Wise!

On Sunday, January 18, 2015, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm just back from the annual meeting at church.  For months we've
> been getting weekly updates on the shortfall of income to last year's
> budget.  I guess some came in at the end and we ended up just in the
> black.  The 2015 pledge drive not only did not raise enough for the
> optimistic budget planned, it's about 30K short of meeting a bare
> bones budget.  Now the vestry has to figure out what to do.  No hints
> about dropping our associate rector's position but for their sakes I'm
> glad that her husband, our organist/choir director, is close to
> finishing his doctorate at the university here.
>
> Susan
>
> --
> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
> bills, do laundry.
>


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Marilyn Cepeda