Ministry Action Plan

Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church

500 McKennans Church Road

Wilmington, Delaware 19808

www.rccpc.org

We respond to God's abundant grace and unbounded love by sharing our talents, offering our  me, and making financial contribu ons.  

The MAP Years

2014 - 2015

 

A Message from the Generosity Team  This year our team, along with the Finance Commi ee, started looking a li le differently at how we account for everyone’s contribu on to our church and our community.  Previously, we didn't seem to really capture all of the great work that Red Clay is doing.  So, we decided to create a report called a “narra ve budget”, or Ministry Ac on Plan (MAP).  What is a Ministry Ac on Plan? It’s a method of pu ng together the regular dollar figures in a way that tells the bigger story of what the congrega on is doing with own money,  me, and talent.  As we prepared for this year’s campaign, we were amazed at how our collec ve gi s are used for God’s work.  Red Clay is a generous church!  You are encouraged to read the MAP for our church and learn more about the many opportuni es of Red Clay’s ministry.   In Service,   

The Generosity Team    Michele Davis   Kim Eppehimer   Sue Gleason   Ray Krout   Curt Tompkins   Robin Wray     

Dear friends,

As you read through this booklet, we hope you

will keep this verse in mind. We worship and

serve a generous God who abounds in steadfast

love. Every ministry that we share, ever hour

that we give, and every dollar that we offer are

rooted in the very generosity of God!

Grace and peace,

Patrick and Nate

For there is no distinction between Jew

and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all

and is generous to all who call on him.

Romans 10:12

 

Instructions FOR THE USE OF THIS BOOKLET

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Read through this Ministry Ac on Plan or MAP and consider prayerfully what por on of your income you will give in support of your church’s ministry. 

Remove and review the “Propor onate Giving Work-sheet” in the back of this book to determine what is the appropriate commitment for you.   

Over the next year, watch for opportuni es to unfold with the new ministries in the contribu ons that you and others around you are making here at Red Clay.  

Church-wide Fellowship

Advent Dinner

Attic Treasures

Trunk or Treat

Ice Cream Social

Annual Picnic

Outdoor Worship

Senior Saints

We BELONG to God

 

GATHER WITH PEOPLE EVER

STRIV ING TO GROW IN OUR

RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHRIST .

WHERE DO YOU BELONG?

Life is short, and Vic and Kathy knew that a long-distance relationship was not drawing them together. So Vic quit his job and moved to Delaware to be near Kathy, and the two got engaged. Finding a church was important and immediately upon entering Red Clay, Vic felt at home when he recognized the sanctuary’s similar design to the church he had just left in New Jersey. Red Clay's vibrant Stephen Ministry appealed to Vic, also a Stephen Leader. And, as if according to His plan, that very Sunday, Patrick invited him to a new member kick-off session after the service! Stranger still, Vic met his future colleague Lee, a long-time member, that same day. And Kathy was drawn to the fellowship conversations after each service. Both loved the sermons and the relevance to their lives. They felt committed, and became members in May. Next step: wedding invitations!

We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. 8If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 14:7-8

This area of ministry includes:

2014 Annual    

Budget  

$112,989 

 ( 13% ) 

 

SOME IDEAS FOR 2015

 ‐Playground on Church grounds ‐More fellowship ac vi es  

Nurture Groups

Sunday School

Vacation Bible School

Boy Scouts

Library & Resources

Other Small Groups

Confirmation

Youth ministry

Stephen Ministry

We NURTURE faith in Christ Jesus

 

GET TO KNOW THE JOY OF A

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD AND ONE ANOTHER.

HOW’S YOUR FAITH?

Honestly I was a little nervous to go to Camp at the Eastward (CATE) with my youth group, I felt like everyone already knew everyone and I wasn’t going to fit in. But as it turned out I couldn’t have been more wrong. CATE was amazing. It gives you a week to get away from the outside world. You not only get close to all your current friends but make so many more. These friendships will last past that one week of camp and all the inside jokes will always be funny. Camp is fun, there’s no other way to put it. As Pastor Nate later talked about, It’s not that we all fit in it’s that we all somehow fit together. –RCCPC youth attending camp for the first time

Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. 6Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. 7Recite them to your chil-dren and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. 8Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, 9and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9

This area of ministry includes:

2014 Annual  

Budget 

   $186,034 

   ( 22% ) 

SOME IDEAS FOR 2015

 ‐Monthly Family Fun Event 

‐Volunteer Management Tracking 

‐Mentorship Program for Youth 

LOCAL

Food Bank of DE

Quilts for Comfort

Urban Promise

Emmanuel Dining Room

Meeting Ground

Adopt-A-Family

Friendship House

Lawton Trust

REGIONAL

Appalachian Service Project

Mission to Maine

GLOBAL

Costa Rica

South Africa

We REACH out to others in the power of the Holy Spirit

 

EXTEND THE REACH BEYOND

OUR WALLS TO EMBRACE

AND SERVE OTHERS. HAVE

YOU BEEN WAITING TO

RESPOND TO GOD’S LOVE?

One thing that specifically stuck out to me was when Enyzah said, “ Ms. Em, when you come back, I’m coming with you! My Pop Pop can buy me a ticket!” When I asked what she loved about it, she said, “It’s just so peaceful, no sirens, no gun shots, nothin’." When I asked Hasan how he felt about Oklahoma, he said, “its just so free… you can run around anywhere.” All in all, the kids loved Oklahoma and I know this trip was different because they continue to ask me when we’re going back…..every single day. Thank you so much for allowing us this opportunity with your sponsorship. It is one the kids will not forget! And who knows, we may be heading back this Spring Break! - Emily Kennedy, Urban Promise Camp Hope Director

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

John 20: 19-21

This area of ministry includes:

2014 Annual  

Budget  

  $233,398 

   ( 28% ) 

SOME IDEAS FOR 2015

  

‐Fund  Mee ng Ground’s milk supply 

‐Expand Adopt‐a‐Family to 100 people  

‐Sponsor a woman in the Empowerment 

Program at Friendship House 

WORSHIP Ushers & Communion Prep

MUSIC

Chancel Choir

Outreach Choir

Children’s Choir

Handbell Choir

SERMONS

SPECIAL OCCASIONS

Baptism

Membership

Weddings

Funerals

We REJOICE in the Good News

 

CELEBRATE THE DEPTHS OF

GOD’S GREAT LOVE FOR THE

WORLD. HAVE YOU SUNG

GOD’S LOVE TODAY?

Connie loved music. Blessed with a good voice, she loved to sing praises to the Lord. She sang for many years in the church choirs, singing solos and adding her strong voice to the others in the alto section. She even played in the bell choir for many years. When no longer able to participate, she would sit in the sanctuary and you could tell she was still singing with the choir, even if it wasn’t loud. Connie wanted the Red Clay congregation to continue to enjoy the music at the church. In her will, Connie stipulated that $25,000 from her estate was to support the music program at Red Clay. So when she passed, the church bought a portable organ for the transept, a new piano for the choir room, and equipment for youth choirs. The handbell choir bought new storage cases, new mallets and a mallet bag, and a bell tree. Connie’s wish came true, and her love of music lives on in worship at Red Clay.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 2Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. 3Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name. 5For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100

This area of ministry includes:

Annual Budget 

   $246,190 

   ( 29% ) 

 

SOME IDEAS FOR 2015

 ‐Music intro program for children with 

instruments 

‐Expand Cornerstone program 

 

2014 Vital Statistics (to date)

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Communion wafers consumed ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 2,479 

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Pieces of chicken consumed at Annual Picnic ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 270 

New families joined ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 15 

Cups of coffee  served ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ countless 

Investment in Ministries for 2014 (Budget)

Above and Beyond

Your generous support goes well beyond suppor ng the Ministry Ac on Plan with your gi s of talent and  me to help Red Clay’s many programs and ac vi es. 

Your financial support also doesn't stop with the annual Ministry Ac on Plan.  In fact, above and beyond their pledge commitments, members gave almost $79,000 in 2013 and over $52,600 in the current budget year to provide even greater support of programs like  the chess & checkers program with Urban Promise Wilmington. 

That’s an inspiring sign of your generous spirit...and of a vibrant, caring congrega on. And for that we thank you,   

The Generosity Team  

This graph illustrates how our budget and resources are allocated to support the four visions of Red Clay.  The areas of Home and Personnel are incorpo-rated into Belong, Nurture, Reach, and Rejoice to fully understand how our me, talents, and treasure (money)  in-

fluence the ministry  of church. 

 

From the Old Testament we learn that the people were to give of their ‘first fruits’.  The same principle applies to us today: to give the first fruits of our labors to God through the Church.  We should also give in propor on to what God has given to us.  Some people use the tradi-onal  the, 10% of all income, as a guide for their giving (5% to church and 5% to charity).  

Others use an hour’s earnings per week as their contribu on.  Each person must determine what is appropriate.  This worksheet offers a means of determining one’s present percentage level of pledged fi-nancial support for the local church and establishing a commitment for the coming year.  It is not to be returned to the church.  It is intended for personal use with prayerful considera on in the privacy of your home.  1.  To find your current level of local church support, divide your pledge by your current 

income for the same period.              Example:    Your figures: 

A.  Current Income  $   80,000  $     B.  Current Pledge  $      1600  $     C.  Current Percentage Level           2.0%      %   

2.  A financial commitment for the coming year might be based on one of the following op-ons: 

   Modern Day Tithe  

A.  Expected Income  $   80,000  $     B.  Tithe  to Church  $          5%             % C.  New Commitment   $     4,000  $       (mul ply line A by line B) 

   An Hour’s Wage  

A.  Weekly Income  $         800  $     B.  Hours in Work Week               40                C.  New Weekly Commitment  $           30  $       (divide line A by line B) 

 

Proportionate Giving Worksheet