Pensacola District Online
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
 
Connectional Mission Giving                    
 
 
Latest Report
For the most current report available click here, select district, then click on "Show Table."  
 
Connectional Giving: Thank you!
(Frank Dunnewind) Thank you for your continued support of our shared mission and ministry. Please click here to view the report of AWF Conference churches "on track" with their support of connectional giving" through July 2010.
 

2010 Connectional Mission Giving

  • Summary - Conference - Paid Per District for 2010: (Latest update: 8/31/10)
    • 60% Demopolis District ($469,854.91)
    • 54% Dothan District ($1,187,252.45)
    • 49% Montgomery-Opelika District ($1,828,761.76)
    • 47% Montgomery-Prattville District ($1,014,532.44)
    • 46% Marianna-Panama City District ($792,808.28)
    • 38% Pensacola District ($1,516,707.49)
    • 34% Baypines District ($677,329.94)
    • 29% Mobile District ($613,171.26)
  • Summary - Pensacola District - Paid Per Church through 7/30/10: Click here 
  • Detailed Statements 2010 - Pensacola District Churches:

2009 Connectional Mission Giving 

  • Summary - Conference - Paid Per District for 2009: 
    • 91% Montgomery-Prattville District ($1,898.505.92)
    • 88% Demopolis ($  687,584.57), Dothan ($1,944.601.90), Montgomery-Opelika ($2,809,954.75)
    • 69% Mobile District ($1,450,266.58)
    • 64% Marianna-Panama City District ($1,074.617.58)
    • 61% Pensacola District ($2,446,779.70), Baypines District ($1,207,994.14)
    • Conference Total: 75% Paid
  • Summary - Pensacola District - Paid Per Church for 2009: Click here
  • Detailed Statements 2009 - Pensacola District Churches: Click here
2008 Connectional Mission Giving  
  • Summary - Conference - Paid Per District for 2008:
    • 94% Montgomery-Opelika District ($2,770,447.60)
    • 94% Dothan District ($2,005,826.38)
    • 93% Montgomery-Prattville District ($1,913,827.90)
    • 90% Demopolis District ($  671,559.55)
    • 70% Marianna-Panama City District ($1,105,074.06)
    • 69% Mobile District ($1,426,486.89)
    • 66% Pensacola District ($2,561,785.65)
    • 64% Baypines District ($1,212,666.26)
    • 2008 Connectional Mission Giving - Percentage Paid Per Church in the Conference. (A couple of churches paid 100% but made the final payment after the deadline for including it in the 2008 financial records.)
  • Summary - Pensacola District - Paid Per Church for 2008: Click here
  • Detailed Statements 2008 - Pensacola District Churches: Click here 
Connectional Mission Giving Before 2008  

Again, Why Do We Pay Apportionments?

An article by the Reverend Dr. Bob McKibben.

 

"How May I Explain to My Congregation
the Increase in Our Connectional Mission Askings?"

For the formula used in determining apportionments, see the last page of The Connection (pdf).
 
Thanks to the Conference Fiscal Office for providing this information:
 
The 2010 conference budget (developed in early 2009 and approved by the annual conference in June 2009) reflected a 3.09% increase, but the only conference funding items that increased from 2009 to 2010 were the lines that provide clergy benefits, health insurance, and pension. General Church support lines did increase for 2010, but Conference leadership approved essentially a no-growth Conference budget for 2010.
 
What your church spends has an impact on what your Connectional Mission askings will be.  In addition to the membership factor, the 2010 missional giving was determined by the information reported by your church in their 2008 Local Church Report to the Annual Conference. Lines 63-71 of that report are the factors that were used. For example, if the figures your church reported for 2008 increased by 19.73%, that would, for the most part, explain an 18% increase in your 2010 missional asking. Missional, benevolence, and capital expenditures are not included in this formula.
 
The guideline for 2011 is to reduce conference budget requests by 7%.
 

New Remittance Form for 2010

In mid-January 2010 the Alabama-West Florida Conference Fiscal Office informed churches that there is now a new remittance form for sending Connectional Mission Giving (apportionments).  The letter is reprinted below. In a nutshell, all payments to Conference Missional Giving are now combined on one line, "Conference Benevolences" (fund 2105) and overpayments at year's end will be credited to the next year's givings. Payments to General, Jurisdictional, and District funds; General and Conference advances; and special offerings remain separate line items.
 
January 13, 2010
 
Dear Friends:
 
2010 begins a new decade and with it changes. One of the things that is changing is the Alabama West Florida Remittance Form. It is a whole lot easier to use. Payments to General, Jurisdictional and District Giving remain separate lines as do General and Conference Advances as well as special offerings. All payments to Conference Mission Giving will be combined on one line, Conference Benevolences, Fund 2105. We are mailing you the forms to use beginning with any 2010 payments. You will also find the form at the Alabama-West Florida web site. Select the "Forms" link and look for the 2010 Remittance Form.
 
Another change will be the process of handling overpayment of Missional Givings by individual churches. Any over payment at year end will be applied to the next year's Missional Givings. It is important for you to identify any corrections that are needed during the year but it is particularly important that you pay special attention to your November 30th statement each year; for it will be the last one we send that you can verify and be able to make corrections before year end.
 
As always, thank you for your commitment to the mission and ministries of the Alabama West Florida Annual Conference and the United Methodist Church.
 
If you have any questions, please call me.
 
Grace and Peace,
Frank Dunnewind
Conference Treasurer and Director of  Administrative Services
(888) 873-3127 (toll free)
 

Fiscal Year End Date

For the most current year check the Forms & Documents page for the most current Brochure of Reports.
 
As per the 2010 Brochure of Reports page 119 (page 121 on the pdf), the Conference Fiscal Office will close the annual financial records on the fifth working day of January. This date will be the last day that Connectional Giving (apportionment) payments can be credited to the prior year's asking. Churches sending payments AFTER December 31 must do one of the following:
  • Hand deliver payment to the Fiscal Office, 100 Interstate Park Drive, Suite 106, Montgomery, AL, anytime before 10 a.m. on the closing date.
  • Mail the payment. Regardless of the postmark date, payments received after 10 a.m. on the closing date cannot be credited to the prior year's Connectional Giving (apportionments).
  • Deposit payment in the Annual Conference account on or before 1 p.m. on the closing date at a local Regions Bank. FAX a copy of the BANK RECEIPT and a copy of the REMITTANCE BREAKDOWN to the Fiscal Office when the deposit is made. Call the Fiscal Office at (334) 274-1051 or toll-free number (888) 873-3127 to obtain the current deposit account number as well as the fax number.
The Fiscal Office must know of these deposits on the closing date. Persons without access to a fax machine should call (888) 873-3127 and report the deposit information. PLEASE NOTE: The bank's business day may end earlier than the time the bank closes. For example, often deposits received after 2 p.m. are credited to the next day's business. CONTACT THE LOCAL BANK to determine when a deposit must be made in order to be credited on the closing date.