Spiritual Gifts Commitment Forms

 Spiritual Gifts Commitment Forms are available in the church office.

  If you have not filled one out, please take the time to fill out this form

 to indicate which areas of the ministries of our church you would like

 to serve.  This information will be very valuable to the Team Leaders

 of our Ministry Teams as plans for ministries are made and carried

through during the year!  Bring this form with you on Sunday,

or turn it to Dotty in the church office.

  

Contribution and Financial News

ü          To ensure your church contributions are tax deductible, do not file your 2006 income tax return until you have received a written acknowledgment (statement) of your contributions from the church. Some of your contributions may not be tax deductible if you file your tax return before receiving this written acknowledgment.

ü          The contribution statements for the year 2006 will be mailed to you by the end of January. Please try to look over them when they come, in case there is an error that needs to be corrected. Contact Jane Newman at the church office if you have questions or concerns.

ü          Starting in 2007, the IRS says ALL contributions, no matter the amount, must have a bank record or written acknowledgment from the charity other than your personal records. If you write a check, that will be proof, but the $250 rule will still apply. If you give cash, please put it in an envelope with your name on it if you want to get contribution credit for it. Otherwise you will have no way to prove, for tax purposes, that you made a donation.

ü          There are still quite a number of persons who made a pledge to the budget for 2006 who have not returned a pledge card for 2007. It’s not too late to turn them in. These numbers are very important in the preparation of our annual church budget. The Finance Committee has the difficult duty of trying to keep our budget balanced from year to year. Please help by making your pledge to the budget.