Welcome

to the UUCP 2025-2026 Budget Drive

Everything you need to make informed decisions about how to

financially strengthen and support your church in the coming fiscal year.

In the summer of 2022, we transitioned to a 100% lay-led congregation. It could not have been possible without our members and friends who are INVOLVED. Our lay leadership has been INSPIRING. We owe a huge thanks to our leaders as well as everyone who has stepped forward and demonstrated what our covenant compels us to “help one another.” Whether serving as a Sunday Service leader or speaker, moving chairs and folding tables, making sure our facilities are INVITING, and all who walk through our front doors know they welcomed, it’s clear that this congregation is INVESTED in assuring there is a healthy presence in our community for like-minded persons.

BE  – ALL IN

This coming year’s operating budget INCLUDES –

• Maintain quality Sunday Services – with INSPIRING speakers and relevant topics. And of course
• Support great Sunday music – professional musician, as well as our in-house musical and choir talent 
• Support our Children’s Religious Education (CRE) program with the resources needed as it continues to grow INVESTING in the future of our liberal faith tradition and the wellbeing of all our youth.
• Expand technology-supported ways to access UUCP programming.
• Strengthen and protect our building and grounds
• Affirm our UU Principles by INVOLVEMENT  in the larger community through Social Justice activities.
• Continue to our mindful management of our financial resources for the coming years.

Please consider all these goals when making your financial commitment to UUCP for the coming fiscal year. Be sure to visit our Fair Share Giving guidelines to reassess whether your pledge is at its optimal level.

When you have reviewed the information in the links below and are ready to make your financial commitment to your church community, click on “I’m Ready to Pledge.” You will be taken to an online form where you will enter the amount of your pledge and affirm your membership status.

Be INCLUDED in the 2025-26 Budget Drive

Please respond by Sunday, February 23rd, 2025.

As always, if you have any questions about the budget, the church finances, or the process of entering your pledge, please contact  Finance Team Chair Laurie Winterberg or Treasurer Bradley Vinson.

*As a Unitarian Universalist Church, we are a financially independent congregation.

We receive no monies from our national organization; we are funded through pledges, donations, and fundraising at the congregational level.

How Much Does It Cost To Run UUCP?

Proposed Budget for 2025-26

2023-24 Report – Income

2023-24 Report – Expenses

Frequently Asked Questions About Budgeting and Pledging

What Does a Fair Pledge Look Like?

What Did I Pledge Last Year?

Check your SimpleChurch Giving page here. (Log in, click the circle with your initials, and go to the Giving tab.)

… or contact Treasurer Bradley Vinson

I’m Ready To Pledge

If you prefer not to respond online, here’s a printable form you can fill out and mail to the church.