St. Mark Catholic Church

Annual Report FY 2018—2019

Stewardship Report of our Time Talent and Treasure

125 liturgical ministers volunteer for all of the

weekend masses.

Sacraments and Rites

61 Baptisms

64 First Communions

42 Confirmations

10 Marriages

55 Funeral Rites

The Hispanic Ministry

has 62 members who

serve at Spanish Mass

and parish-wide.

The Just Faith Ministry and 144 volunteers from our parish fed

3,200 people at Stone Church Neighborhood Dinners

145 children participated in PSR with the help of 27 catechists

Number of John Denver CDs in the Youth Office—31

65 Prayer Chain warriors, praying daily for those requesting prayers

13 Care Ministers—

Bring communion to over 200 Catholic patients a year at

Centerpoint Medical Center

Cover 8 nursing homes bringing Communion weekly to

Catholic residents

Take weekly Communion to 24 homebound individuals

50 Youth served as Peer Ministers

17 Service projects conducted

65 children enrolled in Small Wonder Preschool

Ambassadors For Christ—

Cards sent—558

Home visits—26

Hospital Care visits—19

Mardi Gras Pancake Supper—50

attendees and 10 Scout cooks

St. Joseph Table raised $19,600 this

year to help the poor.

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Letter From the Pastor

• Income: Contribution income

and development and fundraising

income were 4% below the pro-

jected budget amount.

• Small Wonder Preschool & Moth-

er’s Day Out : Actual income was

11% over the projected budget

amount. Small Wonder continues

the trend of income fully support-

ing operating expenses.

• Personnel Expenses: Personnel

expenses for clergy were higher

than budgeted due to increased

benefits costs and salaries for 2

priests. Personnel costs for lay

employees were less than budg-

eted.

• Facilities: Expenses were higher

than the amount budgeted due to

increased repairs costs . We in-

curred more HVAC and minor

building repairs costs than

planned. We also made repairs

to the south parking lot as well

as some of the concrete side-

walks and a driveway ramp.

With the cold winter utility costs

were higher than the amount

budgeted. To insure the security

of our IT network, computers and

email system we purchased addi-

tional software which put us over

the amount budgeted.

• Ministry & General Ops Expens-

es: Expenses for ministries and

general operations were slightly

higher then the amount budget-

ed. This was due to timing differ-

ences of purchases to take ad-

vantage of sales to reduce the

overall cost of operating sup-

plies. Ministry leaders continued

to practice cost saving strategies

whenever possible.

• Net Income: The combination of

decreasing contributions and

increased facility and operating

costs plus the Forward in Faith

guarantee payments resulted in

a substantial loss for Fiscal Year

2018–2019. We were able to

meet all of our financial obliga-

tions by dipping into our savings.

To regain financial health in Fis-

cal Year 2019-2020 contribu-

tions must increase to cover the

fixed and basic costs of operat-

ing a parish of this size.

• Renovation Capital Campaign:

As part of our Capital Campaign

we were required to give the dio-

cese a guarantee amount for

their Forward in Faith Campaign.

We made our last payment in July

2019.

Financial Summary Highlights

Dear People of St. Mark,

As you read the report on last year’s actuals (2018-19) and this year’s budget (2019-20),

please take note that we continue to run a deficit. This means that our income is not keeping

up with our expenses. This makes us draw down our checking account. I assure you that this is

not due to excessive spending. It’s due to a drastic drop in contributions. There are several reasons for this:

• The deaths of long-time members

• The loss of families who followed Fr. Jim to St. Mark

• Too many households giving little or nothing

• People being upset with the diocese or parish priests

Someone once said that a parish can only be as successful as its members allow. Your generosity of time talent and

treasure are what make St. Mark a vibrant faith-filled community. Start with $5 a week if you have limited means.

Give more if you have been blessed with a good income. We can turn things around if everyone contributes to the best

of his or her means.

Thank you for your spirit of generosity and faith!

In Christ,

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St. Mark Parish— Summary of Financial Information

Summary of Income and Expenses

Last FY

2018-2019

Budget

Last FY

2018-2019

Actual

This FY

2019-2020

Budget

OPERATING INCOME

Contributions - Weekly Envelope, Plate &

Online $1,280,800 $1,231,448 $1,299,350

Development and Fundraising $150,248 $144,786 $79,000

Operational Income $55,600 $64,193 $60,150

Early Childhood Tuition /Fees

(Preschool/Mother’s Day Out) $109,000 $121,282 $115,000

TOTAL OPERATING INCOME $1,595,648 $1,561,709 $1,553,450

OPERATING EXPENSES

Personnel—Clergy & Lay $813,550 $829,587 $827,524

Facilities $235,794 $263,560 $239,904

Ministry & General Operational Expense $523,604 $541,926 $425,435

Early Childhood : Personnel & Expenses $106,444 $122,454 $114,584

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $1,679,392 $1,757,527 $1,607,447

ORDINARY NET INCOME/LOSS -$83,744 -$195,818 -$53,997

124 High

Schoolers

and

Middle

Schoolers

in Faith

Formation

and 36

Search

Team

members

Countless other acts of prayer, kindness and generosity by so many!

Sharing the Gifts of the Holy Spirit