The income/offering to the General Fund in March again exceeds that given in March of 2022. This month’s increase amounts to almost $1,800 per Sunday. At the same time, our General Fund expenses for the month have exceeded our monthly income by about $29,000. This month’s deficit is primarily due to greater participation in our youth programs (a wonderful problem!), increased food costs for the Wednesday Night Suppers, and an additional payroll. Year-to-date General Fund giving is up over 11% from last year. Our expenses for the same period are up about 48%. The payroll timing issue will be resolved next month when the number of payrolls will again be equal.
The Building Fund giving for the month of March is up almost 14% over last March. We were just short about $1,300 in meeting our monthly mortgage payment. Year-to-date payments have exceeded our income by only $900. So we are well within our budget plan.
Thanks to all for your continued support of Zion’s ministry – financial and otherwise. It is exciting to see what is happening each week.
