2027 Stewardship Campaign

(Please scroll to the bottom of this page for links to the 2027 Proposed Budget, the 2027 Stewardship Campaign Letter, and the online form where you can submit your pledge.)

But Wait, There’s More! Stewardship Travels Down Memory Lane Again

In the stewardship launch on October 18^th, we took you down Memory Lane with all the wonderful blessings that have happened with staff and buildings in the past 15 years: blessings that were possible because of congregational support.

But that is only part of the story. First Pres is much more than staff and facilities. We are also mission-driven and always looking for ways to reach out a helping hand.

• Our Care & Membership Committee stays in touch with cards, notes and visits to shut-ins and provides meals for those needing a little extra help during illness or after surgery.
• Our church supports the Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly with an annual pledge.
• Money is budgeted for Living Waters, Your Food Shelf (Camden), IHOC Hospitality Network, Interfaith Caregivers, Mission Teens, Urban Promise, Alberto & Joann Pagano Ministry, Collingswood Food Pantry, United Methodist Church Pantry
• We sponsor a class at Urban Promise and visit it regularly. We also bought books and games for this class.
• During our service Sundays, we make no-sew blankets for distribution where needed or stuff Ziploc bags with utensils and napkins for Cathedral Kitchen.
• Every summer we collect school supplies to distribute to schools whose students can’t afford all the basics.
• Every month there is an “Item of the Month” that you support with your donations and add to the mission cabinet in the parlor.
• The Merry Muckers team helped rebuild homes in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and have taken on more local projects since then, to anonymously help people who couldn’t afford needed handyman work on their homes.
• Acme and ShopRite gift cards are sold to help raise money for IHOC.
• The women’s Friendship Circle supports micro-loans to women in third world countries to help them become self-supporting. In the past they’ve collected 1200 pounds of books for BooksSmiles, gathered care packages for military families, purchased pottery from Mud Girls organization, and contributed to many other mission opportunities.
• The Deacons oversee our Fund of Compassion, a completely confidential fund that helps people with immediate need.
• We help our Crop Walk walkers with donations.
• We support the Souper Bowl of Caring every February by donating cans of soup or money toward purchases.
• We’ve donated items toward birthday cake kits that went to various food pantries. Other years we’ve collected items toward creating spaghetti dinner kits.
• There is probably much more that we are overlooking, but you get the idea!

As you pledge, we ask you to consider all the ways your support brings blessings to us not only as a church with an incredible staff and well cared-for buildings, but also to those we help every day through our missions.

Please pledge generously.

With gratitude,

Your Stewardship Committee

You can submit your pledge online by using the form below, or you can print out a Stewardship Pledge Form HERE. and return it to the church office once completed.

2027 Proposed Budget

Stewardship Letter to the Congregation