First Evangelical Lutheran Church

Ellicott City, Maryland

CORRECTED Addendum to the Annual Congregational Report for 2014

Issued Sunday, May 3, 2015

Introduction 1 Congregational Trend 2007-2014 2 Treasurer’s Report 6 Financial Secretary Report 12

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Greetings fellow disciples at First Evangelical Lutheran Church! The enclosed pages serve as an addendum to the 2014 Annual report. These pages contain important data regarding membership changes, worship attendance and financial aspects of our ministry. Specifically included are:

1. A copy of our 2014 parochial report which contains membership, worship attendance other data collected and reported to the ELCA. These reports are posted on congregation pages of the ELCA website. A couple of notes regarding our 2014 parochial report:

Membership has declined over the past several years. This is a trend for practically all mainline denominations and is one of the areas being addressed by our council through its strategic planning process.

Similarly, average worship attendance has also declined over the reporting period and again is being addressed by our council through its strategic planning process.

Please note that the financial data contained in the parochial report looks somewhat different that in our internal financial reports. That is due to a difference in categorization of revenue and expenses when completing the parochial report (items which we might report separately in our financial reporting are combined when completing the parochial report).

It is a blessing to report, however, that our parochial report reveals the generosity of God’s community here! In 2014, we more than tithed our gross receipts in support of ministries outside of the congregation (Mission Support to our synod and all other benevolence).

2. The Treasurer’s Report also contains much good news.

We completed 2014 with revenue higher than expenses while accomplishing several financial goals (repaying our endowment fund and all other internal borrowing, accomplishing some deferred maintenance, and ending the year with a positive working capital balance).

3. An addition to the addendum this year is a written Financial Secretary report which shows pledge

data for our congregation. As you review this information, please make note of questions you may have. Questions may be directed to: Michelle Miles (Treasurer’s Report), Steve Erlitz (Financial Secretary Report) or Pastor Mike (Parochial Report). We’ll also have time during our upcoming Semi-Annual Meeting for questions that you may have at that time. God has truly been good to this community this past year. We look forward to continuing our journey together welcoming, growing and sharing in God’s grace. Mike Anuszewski Pastor Mike Louia Pastor Gigie Sijera-Grant President

Congregation Trend Report ELCA Research and Evaluation

Source: Annual Congregation Reports

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Congregation: First Ellicott City MD 21042 Delaware-Maryland Synod

Conference: Baltimore West Year Organized: 1875

Racial/Ethnic Composition - Congregations filing in 2009 to 2014 show Active Participants, which is NEW in 2009. All other numbers are Baptized Members.

Congregation Trend Report ELCA Research and Evaluation

Source: Annual Congregation Reports

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Congregation Trend Report ELCA Research and Evaluation

Source: Annual Congregation Reports

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Congregation Trend Report ELCA Research and Evaluation

Source: Annual Congregation Reports

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2014 VALUE OF CONGREGATIONA

Church real estate

L ASSETS

$5,705,838 All Other Assets $0

Endowment & memorial funds $390,127 Cash, savings, bonds $508,015

Total indebtedness $0 Capital improvements this year $54,274

Wheelchair accessible? No Assistive hearing devices? Yes

Braille worship materials? No Special needs outreach/support? Yes

Large print worship materials? Yes Sign language interpreters? No

Community Context: Suburb of large city within 10 miles

ZIP Codes Served: 21042 21043 21044 21045 21794 21228

** These totals include other receipts and disbursements not displayed. *** The percent change in the far right column is not a subtraction of the percents but a percent change of the two percents. **** This is average worship attendance divided by baptized membership.

The ZIP Code population data are Copyright (c) protected by Claritas Inc.

To make corrections or updates, contact the ELCA Office of the Secretary. E-mail conginfo@elca.org or call 800/638-3522 extension 2810 Forms filed electronically will be checked for errors starting in March. "Living Lutheran: Renewing Your Congregation" by Dave Daubert is resource for congregational renewal. Order ISBN #0806653345 from Augsburg Fortress at www.augsburgfortress.org.

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Treasurer’s Report

Fiscal Year 2014 completed with a positive operating balance (general income less expenses) of approximately $34,000 as reported in the spreadsheet.. Financial spreadsheet statement does not include:

Carried over balances in temporarily restricted accounts Connected Free donations Memorial gifts and bequests Unrealized gains on endowment investments

Summary comments: In 2014

Completely paid off monies borrowed from the Endowment of $92,000 (with some of that repayment in fiscal year 2013)

Repaid all internal borrowing of $116K We addressed deferred maintenance items of $53K ($30K came from Memorial Gift) Connected Free brought in $55K in addition to the general giving and is shown in the restricted funds,

separate from the general budget Temporarily restricted fund balances are:

Name of Restricted Fund 2013 Audited

Bal. 2014

change 2014 Unaudited Bal.

Memorial gifts (Note 1) 49793 -27005 22788

Pastor's discretionary 593

593

Pre-school scholarship 11019 1013 12032

Payne scholarship 12154 -405 11749

Social ministry 25977 -1886 24091

Sunday school charity 232 236 468

Youth fundraisers

3029 3029

Connected Free 71807 -27710 44097

Hoffman Estate 3961

3961

Don Miller Estate (Note 2)

225000 225000

TOTALS 175536 172272 347808

Note 1: Change for 2014 is net after contribution to flat roof repair. Note 2: Don Miller estate tentatively earmarked for repairs to 1955 building.

Working capital balances at end of 2014 (includes above temporarily restricted funds):

Checking $91K Savings (includes ear-marked bequests) $352K

Notable expenditures in 2014:

$7215 was raised and given to the Malaria Campaign $100 was raised and given to Disaster Relief $80400 given to Synod Benevolence from our budget

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Social Ministry/Christmas Baskets Description Donation Expense

Social Ministry 2710 Christmas baskets 23620 Grassroots 298 Rt. 1 Computers 3054

Christmas baskets

9934

Pangani

10000

Grassroots

332

Rt. 1 Computers

3035

Ain't Misbehaving help for Malaria Campaign 300

Soup kitchen

692

Howard Co. Link

1300

Breath of God Lutheran Church

3000

St. Dysmas

540

Interfaith Coalition for Compassion

300

Food cards, utilities, misc help

2135

Totals 29682 31568 Endowment Performance (Thrivent Fund “A”) in accordance with FLC Endowment Policy

Balance at start of year $247,459 Added during 2014 72,517 Income (realized) 10,428 Market fluctuation 6,931 Balance on 31 Dec $337,335

Connected Free Update

Funds raised $ 637,373 Funds used for mortgage principle $ 445,200 Funds used for endowment payback $92,416

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Financial Secretary Report Pledge data

Envelope numbers assigned as of 3/14/2015 - 462 Registered for Simply Giving as of 3/14/2015 - 91 Giving units without either envelope numbers or Simply Giving registration – 478 Giving units who made donations but did not pledge - 242 Giving Units who pledged + those giving but did not pledge = 242+164= 406 effective giving units.

2013 2014 2015

Gen Giving 4010,4012 $773,776.92 $752,609.46 $770,185 (Budget)

Fin Sec Total (Note 1) $651,065.79 $676,376.78 TBD

Fin Sec Total/Gen Giving (%) 84.1% 89.9% TBD

Total Pledged $470,726.00 $449,960.00 $431,020.00

Total Pledged/Gen Giving (%) 60.8% 59.8% TBD

Units Pledging 180 164 156

Met/exceeded pledge 85 101 TBD

% Meeting/exceeding pledge 47.22% 61.59% TBD

High Pledge (per yr) > $14,000.00 > $15,000.00 > $15,000.00

Mean Pledge $2615.14 $2743.66 $2762.95

Median Pledge $2001-$2500 band $2001-$2500 band $2001-$2500 band

Note (1) – This number is the total which can be matched to a donor for tax purposes (i.e., typically an envelope number)

Annual Pledge Distribution

2013 2014 2015

Less than $500 20 9 17

501-1000 16 18 15

1001-1500 37 33 29

1501-2000 14 18 13

2001-2500 21 (median) 16 (median) 17 (median)

2501-3000 23 23 16

3001-3500 4 6 7

3501-4000 9 12 9

4001-4500 5 1 3

4501-5000 7 8 9

5001-5500 8 6 7

5501-6000 2 2 2

6001-6500 5 1 2

6501-7000 2 1 2

7001-7500 0 1 0

7501-8000 1 4 3

8001-8500 2 0 0

8501-9000 1 0 0

9001-9500 0 0 0

9501-10,000 0 1 0

Greater than $10,000 3 4 5