Jan 20, 2026 Vestry Notes

The Vestry opened their meeting with a prayer led by Magaly Denis-Roman.  December was a remarkable month for St. George’s finances.  Treasurer Neil Marks provided a year-end summary of the finance report, noting that there was an unexpected windfall of income received in December and expects that we will end the year with a surplus rather than the budgeted deficit of over $12,000.  We have not seen a budget surplus since 2022.  The fall Stewardship campaign was a success, reaching 79 pledge units totaling $334,330; this surpasses last year’s totals.  The Music Ministry also received an additional $20,000 to support funding a section leader program.  With all this good news, the vestry revisited the 2026 budget to make adjustments. Please come to the Annual Meeting on February 1st to celebrate this good news and to hear more details!

The Vestry reviewed the revised church laws; these revisions were minor, including correcting typos and pronoun usage and memorializing the date of the Annual Meeting and Nominations Committee formation.  More will be shared at the Annual Meeting.  The agenda and planning for the Annual Meeting was finalized. The Vestry discussed setting up a communications protocol (probably via text) to share immediate information, such as the recent service cancellation due to the snowstorm.  Vestry members John Hamer and Lindsay McHugh (retiring Vestry member Amy Cox-Martins was not present as she was ill) and Senior Warden shared their reflections as their terms were coming to an end.  Dan Mitchell closed his final vestry meeting with a prayer.

December 16, 2025 VESTRY NOTES

John Hamer opened the meeting with a prayer.  Treasurer Neil Marks presented the November finance report, which showed income was trending on budget due to pledge prepayments but expected this would level off in the coming months.  Grounds/ Building and utility expenses continue to be higher than budgeted.  He also provided a Stewardship campaign update, including 73 pledges that have been received totaling $323,740 with 7 new pledges.  The year-end deficit is projected to be higher than budgeted.  Chair Aleeda Crawley provided an update on the Nominating Ministry slate and modifying the church by-laws to represent the current way of doing business more closely (i.e., use of electronic platforms as a communication tool).  Sebastian Hill closed the meeting with a prayer.