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Budget Summary
2025-26 Budget Breakdown ($1.42M)
Year-to-Date Giving
Offerings: $62,056
Budget Goal: $78,449
As of April 20, 2025
Month by Week Giving
Weekly Offering Goal: $26,150
April 06: $21,707
April 13: $16,290
April 20: $24,058
As of April 20, 2025
Budget Handouts
Financial FAQs
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The church operates on a fiscal year from April 1 thru March 31.
Grace accepts offerings multiple ways: cash or check given through offering boxes in the church building and credit/debit card and ACH transactions given online through Pushpay. Giving by cash, check, or ACH is the most cost-effective way to give to Grace.
Budget
The budget starts at the committee level, where the committee works together with the staff to build a proposed budget based on historical spending and current missional needs. Once the committee approves the proposal, it is sent to the elders no later than two weeks before the Annual Meeting for their review. The Budget committee chairman will then meet with the elders and make any adjustments, if needed. Once the proposed budget is approved by the elders, it is sent to the congregation no later than one week before the Annual Meeting for their review. The proposed budget will be formally presented to the congregation at the Annual Meeting by either the deacon over finance or the Budget chairman. The congregation votes for approval at the Annual Vote.
The budget committee must “consist of at least one elder, plus a maximum of six deacons, plus at least one member at large from the congregation” (see pg. 44 of the Church Constitution). The current Chairman elected by the committee is Matthew Albright. The remaining members for the 2025-2026 ministry year are Josh Carney, Seth Coelen, Dave Hixson, Mike Hixson, Kent Hobi, Al Keim, Steve Sindelar, KJ Stambaugh, Brandon Teske, and Tyler Teske.
Progress will be posted on this page (above). You can see weekly updates through the Prepare to Worship document sent out on Fridays. Monthly giving updates are sent by email to members and regular attendees.
The Blessing Plan is simply that, a plan. Grace desires to be a faithful steward of God’s money, and one way to accomplish this is by having a plan ready to implement if God’s people give above and beyond the budget. The Blessing Plan is not a new or separate budget, but a list of additions we would like to make to the budget in a prioritized manner if we were to exceed our offering goal that year.
Staffing
Pastoral and support staff salaries are determined and recommended to the elders by the Administrative Advisory Committee.
For a full description of the Administrative Advisory Committee, see Article IX, Section 2 of the Church Constitution. Basically, the Administrative Advisory Committee or AAC is “a committee directly under the authority of the elders, with such power, rights, and duties as granted to it by the elders. Unless otherwise specifically provided by the elders, the AAC is not a decision-making body but rather an advisory body which provides recommendations to the elders regarding the following staff matters: (i) compensation and benefits; (ii) performance evaluations; (iii) administrative policies and procedures; (iv) government compliance matters; and (v) such other duties assigned by the elders.” The Administrative Advisory Committee consists of four to six members. At all times, at least one member of the AAC will be an elder of this Church (whether he currently serves or has served as elder).
Grace Church does not share the exact salaries of its staff. If you would like to further learn about how salaries are determined, please ask for our Philosophy of Compensation.
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