Annual Vision Meeting 2022

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Questions & Answers

Great question. It appears you are referring to 5535 – Teacher Training – Children’s Church | 5544 – Training Awana | & 5604 – Conferences and Training (a sub-account to C&C). After seeking an answer to this question from the ministry leaders responsible for these sub-accounts, here is some clarification:

5535 – Teacher Training – Children’s Church: The decrease here is in anticipation of a lower quantify food order for their annual teacher training. As they continue to fortify their volunteer base, which grew substantially in 2021, the next teacher training event will likely decrease the number of meals served.

5544 – Training Awana: Update 1/25/22 – In the past, we used to send out a group of Awana volunteers to a training event at a church in Highland. Due to disruptions caused by the pandemic, this training event is no longer offered. There are provisionary funds remaining in this sub-account in the event that some other Awana training solution surfaces this year.

5604 – Training & Conferences (sub-account of C&C) – The decrease here was in anticipation of not attending the Shepherds Conference and other conferences in 2022.

A fun note on training, aside from the training opportunities provided by our Care Groups and Adult Equipping School, we will be hosting two counseling conferences which are to be hosted on the CFBC campus this year! The men of Cornerstone will also have the opportunity to attend the 2022 Shepherds conference on the CFBC campus, as we plan on live-streaming each of the general sessions in our auditorium. We can hardly wait!

This is a wonderful question, and has been on our minds ever since we adopted the ability to give online. Online giving fees are reduced whenever someone gives online using their bank account rather than from a credit card.

You’re right, raising awareness about the impact of using credit cards for giving is very important as ONLINE GIVING FEES represent a substantial sum of money.

We are actively discussing this topic as a Finance Ministry Team.

Thank you for this question. Yes, there is a fee charged for EVERY online (digital) transaction whether it is from a checking account, debit card, or credit card. The fees we incur are as follows:

Credit Card Fee: 2.90% + $.30 per digital transaction

ACH (Debit or Bank) Fee: 1% + $.30 per digital transaction

We covet your prayers as we continue to research alternatives that would reduce the fee component of online giving.

In regards to no funds being spent from 5520 – CHILD PROTECTION, Carlos Price, our Children’s Ministry Director, expressed that keeping our children safe in our classes is of utmost importance. This is evident through our expenditures in Background Screening in 2021 totaling $2,029. You can’t see this granular detail in the 2021 General Fund report, but if you looked on page 23 in the financial packet, you can see this subaccount labeled 6052 – BACKGROUND SCREENING. We’re actually increasing the budget to this subaccount in 2022. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. The 552o – CHILD PROTECTION subaccount requires further review from our staff and ministry leaders.

We measure our online attendance as best as we can with the analytics we receive from YouTube—viewers from California,—on the day of the service—x2. We conservatively multiply each “Day of the service view” by 2 as an estimate of the likely reality. Meaning, it’s likely that 1 view doesn’t always mean 1 set of eyes. For example, there can be a family that is watching the service together from home while they’re in quarantine. That’s just the time we live in.

Thanks for asking! Tucked away in the footnotes on the final page of the Financial Packet we mention the following:

”5000 – SALARY & TOTAL STAFF COMPENSATION: Major changes occurred regarding staffing at CFBC in 2021. In January, we onboarded 33% of the new Communications Director salary (with benefits) to the General Fund. Additionally, two pre-existing staff positions underwent a transition which left each office empty—the Administrative Assistant position in April and the Church Administrator position in November. After adjusting the functions of the remaining staff, we made a decision not to immediately fill these vacated positions. Though we presently observe that all current routine tasks are adequately accounted for by the remaining staff, we will be vigilant in taking ongoing measure of our staff workload and remain open to the prospect of hiring additional operational support. We have set aside funds in the amount of $20,035.23 in the 2022 General Fund Budget, which could be applied toward obtaining additional operational support if needed. It is also important to note that the 2022 General Fund Budget now accounts for 100% of the salary occupied by Jonathan Diemel.”

We’d love to explain. Contained in the footnotes on the final page of the financial packet we state the following: ”5600 – C & C (COLLEGE & CAREER): A notable decrease is observed in 5604 – CONFERENCES & TRAINING due to the anticipated inability to attend the Shepherd’s Conference and other conferences in 2022.”

Funding in this single sub account only accounts for $1,400 of the $2,650 decrease in total funding for C&C. Hopefully this provides partial insight to this question while we surface a complete explanation.

A preliminary answer to your question is that there was a lot of activity that happened over the course of 2021 in regards to employee benefits. Specifically, in regards to the dental plan, there were a number of reductions to the benefits due to the vacating of the Church Administrator position as well as a number of dependents that were set to “age out”.

This decrease in our roster of covered personnel and dependents is the main reason for the reduction in the budget for the dental plan in 2022. Our coverage was not reduced.

Along with clipboards and pens, the 5254 – SERMON CLIPBOARDS subaccount also provides treats for the kids as a prize when they return the clipboard at the end of service.

What’s going on here are funds budgeted for pre-packaged food for all 3 Women’s Bible Study meetings due to pandemic precautions, a year-end meal for all the women, and gifts of appreciation for all who serve in Women’s leadership.

Subaccount 6056 was renamed from Special Events to Team Building. The name was changed to better capture the type of spending that had been drawn from this subaccount. An increase requested from $1,900 to $7,000 is to account for the following purchases as stated in the footnotes on our Financial Packet: “purchases related to appreciation gifts and meals for ministry leaders and volunteers, as well as seasonal staff meals, events, and training materials.”

$1,820 of the increase is essentially a transfer from 6062 – SHEPHERDING REIMBURSEMENT as also stated in the footnotes of the financial packet.