1. St Botolph’s Church, Shepshed Sunday 1 st June 2014

2. St Botolph’s Church, Shepshed TRIO The Responsibility Is Ours

3. St Botolph’s Church, Shepshed TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours £1,983 ? £2,013 ? £2,133 ? £2,253 ? Have a guess.... How much will it cost each week to run our church in 2014?

4. Weekly expenditure 2014 Running Costs £ 348 Parish Contribution to Diocese £1,192 Wedding & Funeral Fees £ 163 Ministry & Outreach £ 152 Administration £ 278 TOTAL £2,133 TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

5. Weekly income 2014 Planned giving£ 1,000 Tax recovered £ 250 Collections & Donations£ 201 Wedding & Funeral Fees£ 308 Fundraising£ 244 TOTAL£ 2,003 TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

6. The Challenge Weekly Expenditure £ 2,133 Weekly Income£ 2,003 WEEKLY SHORTFALL£ - 130 TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

7. Parish Contribution 2014  This Parish contributes £1,192 each week towards the Diocesan costs of:  Clergy Stipends,  Stipends, national Insurance, pensions  Housing,  Buildings, maintenance, Insurance  Supporting Ministry,  Clergy conference, Director of Ordinands, pastoral Assistants, Lay Readers, ministerial Education, School for Ministry, Child Protection Scheme, Leading Your Church into Growth Courses, Certificate in Youth Ministry, Shaped by God.  Resourcing Ministry,  Rural Ministry, Area Deans, Archdeacons.  Central Costs,  Finance, legal, Communications, DAC, IT, Property Management. TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

8. Patterns of giving now 122 Households are either in the planned giving scheme or regular givers TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours No.Amount per week 62Up to £5 27£5.01 to £10 16£10.01 to £15 5£15.01 to £20 12Over £20.01 i.e. an average of £8.43 per week

9. How else do we spend? Leicester Mercury £3.00/wk A coffee out £2.50/wk TV licence £2.80/wk Bottle of wine £6.00/wk Fish & Chip Supper for 2 £7.50/wk Black Swan Homemade Pie £8.95/wk How does our giving to church compare? TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

10. To set us right for the future  We need an AVERAGE of £9.49 per household per week (i.e. an extra £1.06) to balance the books in 2014.  AND we’re not asking everyone to increase their weekly giving by the same amount because that would be unfair. TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

11. To set us right for the future The Bible teaches a fair way PROPORTIONATE GIVING Biblical tithe 10% Church of England 5% TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

12. Proportionate giving TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours Giving per £1 Weekly take home pay £50£100£200£500£1,000 1p50p£1£2£5£10 3p£1.50£3£6£15£30 5p£2.50£5£10£25£50 10p£5£10£20£50£100

13. How to give - standing orders  St Botolph’s can plan ahead  No need to hunt for the right change!  Your gift is received whether you are in church or not TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

14. How to give - envelopes TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

15. Gift Aid TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours Weekly givingAnnual amount Tax recoveredTotal annual value £5£260£65£325 £10£520£130£650 £20£1,040£260£1,300 £50£2,600£650£3,250  Extra 25p for each £1 donated  Just sign one declaration

16. Steps we can take  Review your giving: o How much do we give now? o How much is that in the £ ? o Can we increase it by 5p or 10p in the £ ? o How close to our target can we get? TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

17. Steps we can take  Give regularly: o Become a planned giver o Complete a standing order form or get a set of planned giving envelopes Remember it costs the same whether we are in church or not TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

18. Steps we can take  Give tax efficiently: o If we pay tax HMRC will refund the tax to the church - AT NO EXTRA COST TO OURSELVES TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

19. What we give....  What we give…. – is between us and God  What God expects…. – is that each of us will shoulder our responsibility as a member of our Church family to the best of our ability  Because – The Responsibility Is Ours TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

20. Responding to today TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

21. St Botolph’s Church, Shepshed Questions ? TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours

22. St Botolph’s Church, Shepshed Thank you for all your support over the years and for taking the time to listen to this presentation. Information packs are at the back of the church for you to take home. If there isn’t one addressed to you, please speak with either of the Churchwardens, Tricia Breen or Richard Rock, or contact the Parish Office 01509 502255 Your confidential replies go to the Treasurer Jill Greenwood by 15 th June If you have any queries please contact Andrew Nutter  0116 264 5322 or e-mail Andrew.Nutter@LecCofE.orgAndrew.Nutter@LecCofE.org TRIO - The Responsibility Is Ours