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STATE OF THE PARISH

Church of the Holy Resurrection Brookville, NY March 2, 2011

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+WHY ARE WE HERE TONIGHT?

n  Educate & Inform n  Orthodox Leadership must be informed by vision

n  Share Vision n  Vision is the picture that drives all action

n  Build Momentum n  When a vision creates effective implementation, momentum and

enthusiasm follow

All sub-bullets on this slide quoted from “Oriented Leadership: Why All Christians Need It” by Williams & McKibben, which is highly recommended reading for anybody engaged in Parish Leadership Roles

+2011 PARISH GOALS

n  Outreach

n  Transparency

n  Governance & Controls

+PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT

n  Along with Fr. John n  The ambassador of the parish

n  Create a vision for Parish with the assistance of E.C

n  Parish Council’s lead to Archdiocese

n  Develop strategy to implement vision

n  Supervise: n  Parish Development Chair

n  Outreach and Development

n  Koinonia

n  Website

n  Email

n  Meet with Past Presidents quarterly to discuss strategy and parish development

+THEMES

n  Personal Contact n  NCD

n  Stewardship visits

n  Pilot new paradigm

n  Listen

n  Engage

n  Outreach Tools

n  Koinonia

n  Web site redesign

n  Restart Town Hall Program

OUTREACH TRANSPARENCY

n  Clear communication n  Reduce opportunities for

misunderstanding n  Decisions made by the

EC – transparent to PC n  Decisions made by the

PC – transparent to Parish

n  Consensus & consistency

n  Detail financials to the community n  Line item year-end

budget n  Monthly overview n  Highlight fundraising

needs

GOVERNANCE & CONTROLS

n  Who’s who? n  Where do I go if I

need help?

n  How do I get things done?

n  How do we… n  … Reach our goals?

n  … Ensure we’re operating efficiently?

+BEYOND THE PARISH

n  Our parish has a number of parishioners directly involved with the Archdiocese n  2 members on Direct Archdiocese District Council

n  1 member on Archdiocese Council n  4 members on Archdiocese Stewardship Ministries sub-committees

n  Internet & Web Strategies (Chair) n  Parish Software (Project Manager)

n  Stewardship Public Relations n  Parish Stewardship Financial Analysis

n  Fr. John serves as the Nassau/Suffolk Inter-GOYA advisor

n  Pilot parish for Orthodox Natural Church Development n  Referenced as model parish for St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival

HOLY RESURRECTION INVOLVEMENT WITH ARCHDIOCESE

+2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

n  Vice President: Peter J. Pappas, Jr. n  Leadership Chairperson of Committees

n  Supervisors and Reports on Committees handle internal order of Parish: n  Finance

n  Committee chair n  Responsible for annual budget

n  Church Order n  Facilities

n  Repairs n  Parking

n  Etc.

+2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

n  Secretary: Stella Hetzer n  Responsible for minutes of the Parish Council meetings

n  Responsible for minutes of the Executive Committee meetings

n  Assistant Secretary: John Panagopoulos n  Assist the Secretary with mailings

n  Take minutes in the absence of the Secretary

+2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

n  Treasurer: Kyriakos Demou n  Responsible for day-to-day finances of Church n  Responsible for ongoing budget vs. actuals reporting

n  Member of the Finance Committee n  Interacts with Audit Committee n  Responsible for annual vendor review, with VP and Chairs.

n  Responsible for reviewing finances of Greek School and Sunday School

n  Assistant Treasurer: Peter Koumoulis n  Serves as co-chair of Finance Committee n  Maintains journals and ledgers n  Issues receipts in the absence of the treasurer

n  Makes deposits and generally assist the Treasurer as needed.

+PARISH ORGANIZATION

Fr. John Vlahos

Religious Education

Tina Mihaltses

St. Catherine’s Philoptochos Tina Conway

Parish Council

Executive Committee

Iconography / Recognition Peter Pappas

Seniors A. Bellidoro

M. Verveniotis

Choir Ted Brakatselos

Effie Marie Smith

Sexton Themi

Audit

Nominations & Elections

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PC President Jim Gabriel

Vision, Outreach & Development

Strategic Planning

Past Presidents

Parish Dev Vasilis Chaimanis

Mary Patestas

Vision Development Stewardship

Membership Kathy Costas

Anne Vandoros

Fair Share Stella Hetzer Tony Brigis

Stewardship Ambassador Committee

Natural Church Development Ted Brakatselos

Communication / Media

Web / E-mail Jim Gabriel

Kosta Zachariadis

Koinonia Zefy Christopoulos

Lisa DiPinto

Vice President Peter Pappas

Parish Operations

Finance Kyriakos Demou Peter Koumoulis

Facilities Jim Xanthos Cliff Hetzer

By laws John Panagopoulos Charles Chiclacos

Church Order Kyriakos Demou Paula Savvinidis

Greek School A Alexandrou (PC) A Panageas (PTA) E Horton (Director)

Youth Nickie Demos

Debbie Catacosinos

WHOM DO I ASK?

•  Fair Share Stewardship (371 Members) $23,406.50 •  Mortgage - $9,803.00

Total Avg. Monthly Revenue: $36,094.87 Total Avg. Monthly Fixed Expenses: $49,927.02

In 2010, Church needed to fundraise $13,832.15 per month to cover fixed expenses.

¹ Includes payroll expenses and benefits

•  Office Expenses - $894.20

•  Candle and Other Purchases - $919.28

•  Holiday and Memorial Donations $1,143.92 •  Maintenance and Insurance - $5,799.79

•  General Donations - $2,299.31 •  Utilities - $4,507.00

•  Tray Collections - $1,933.64 •  Archdiocese Assessment and benefits - $5,969.67

•  Candles - $7,251.50 •  Salary and Compensation¹ - $22,034.08 (6 Full/PT employees)

Average Monthly Revenue: Average Expenses Monthly:

PARISH OPERATIONS: WHAT DOES IT COST?

Summary of 2010 Monthly Fixed Operating Expenses and Revenue

+MAJOR SPECIAL EVENTS

Date Event Fundraising

March 5th Glendi ✔ (Youth)

March 27th Parade

April 29th Nameday Vespers & Lamb Roast

April 20th Nameday Liturgy & Picnic

June 10-12 Festival ✔

July Golf Outing ✔

Oct 8th Dinner Dance / Concert ✔

Fall TBD Parish Development Conference

Fall TBD St. Catherine’s Philoptochos House Tour

+Q

& A

+APPENDIX – COMMITTEE GOALS

+FINANCE COMMITTEE

n  Improved Transparency n  Finance updates on web site

n  Publish data in Koinonia

n  Quarterly updates with projections vs. budget

n  With Facilities committee, review of maintenance costs

2011 OBJECTIVES

+CAPITAL FUNDRAISING

n  Iconography n  Complete Phase 1

n  Begin planning for subsequent phases

n  Recognition

2011 OBJECTIVES

+PARISH DEVELOPMENT

n  Pilot Home Visitations

n  Develop Stewardship Ambassador Committee

n  Work with key committees to develop consistent message

n  Update & enrich ministry list

2011 OBJECTIVES

+MEMBERSHIP

n  To greet new and prospective parishioners to our Church

n  To help them feel comfortable in their new surroundings

n  To help them become actively involved in a ministry of their choice

n  Update membership packets to keep new parishioners familiar with the activities, youth groups and ministries that we offer

n  Serve as liaisons for other groups that wish to begin new ministries in connection with fellowship

n  To fuel growth and fellowship of our parish family

2011 OBJECTIVES

+YOUTH COMMISSION

n  In an easy atmosphere of fun and socializing,  our younger youth groups begin a journey of exploring Orthodoxy and the teachings of Christ.

n   The older youth groups continue in the same manner as our younger groups; but are expected  to " give back" to their Church and their community.

n   As we grow in our Parish, we find that the needs of our youth also change.  Therefore, the Joy youth group will be starting a basketball program with the hope of entering the Archdiocesan league.

2011 OBJECTIVES

+GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL

§  Educate all levels (nursery through adult including Regents) in Greek language, history and culture

§  Foster an appreciation for Greek heritage and culture

§  Use of multisensory curriculum methods

2011 OBJECTIVES