The leadership team held its first meeting this week via Zoom. This was the first planning meeting of the new year and it was very, very exciting! We talked about the schedule and the budget! Doesn’t that sound like fun?
Well it really was. We talked about some of the things we want to do, plan to do, hope to do. We imagined where we might go, people we might invite, new things we had hoped to do last year but really will get to this year. Projects we’re moving from the back burner to a place up front. With our mission plan in one hand and the calendar in the other scheduling can be an adventure.
Oh yes, the other hand held the budget worksheet. (How many hands is that? Good thing we’re a team.) Because we’re also thinking about how much money we’ve got and how we’ll spend it. How many projects can we take on and how many people can we help this year?
This was also the first time we saw the full financial report from last year. We saw how much was donated and just how generous our folks were and how many we were able to touch last year. In some cases we doubled our expectations! We set some goals based more on reality than on hope. We realized that people really DID give more to actual people and projects that truly helped than they’re willing to give to the roof, the windows, the heating, the snow plowing…
Stay tuned as we finish some of those plans. The budget will be ready next month for all to see and vote on. And as the schedule rolls out you can follow us, or better yet, join us as we adventure together in 2025.
Well it really was. We talked about some of the things we want to do, plan to do, hope to do. We imagined where we might go, people we might invite, new things we had hoped to do last year but really will get to this year. Projects we’re moving from the back burner to a place up front. With our mission plan in one hand and the calendar in the other scheduling can be an adventure.
Oh yes, the other hand held the budget worksheet. (How many hands is that? Good thing we’re a team.) Because we’re also thinking about how much money we’ve got and how we’ll spend it. How many projects can we take on and how many people can we help this year?
This was also the first time we saw the full financial report from last year. We saw how much was donated and just how generous our folks were and how many we were able to touch last year. In some cases we doubled our expectations! We set some goals based more on reality than on hope. We realized that people really DID give more to actual people and projects that truly helped than they’re willing to give to the roof, the windows, the heating, the snow plowing…
Stay tuned as we finish some of those plans. The budget will be ready next month for all to see and vote on. And as the schedule rolls out you can follow us, or better yet, join us as we adventure together in 2025.
