Stewardship Commission ReportSt. Luke Pastoral CouncilAnnual Report • Patrick Jendraszak • February 21, 2012

Stewardship Commission Annual Report • Patrick Jendraszak • February 21, 2012 1

Annual Stewardship CampaignSUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO NEW APPROACH

1992This is the first year that Stewardship was conducted at St. Luke (with Msgr. Tuohy.)

2009Our goal was $213,130. Our pledges were $208,733

1998The Legacy of Hope Campaign was run this year. It was our first Octoberfest

2010Our Archdiocesan goal was $213,130. Our pledges were $178,321.

2000Building God’s Kingdom was an “add-on” campaign to LOH.

2011First year with Msgr. Schaedel. Divided Archdiocesan Campaign from Parish Campaign.

This year, we joined the ranks of some twenty other parishes in dividing our annual parish

stewardship appeal with the annual archdiocesan campaign. This approach appeared to yield

substantial dividends, as we increased the overall participation of the parish in the campaign.

Actual Results

We received 698 treasure pledges in the parish campaign, the most since 2005. When combined

with the over 600 volunteers who pledged time during our first parish festival and the 120

volunteers who make pledges to assist faith formation and spiritual life ministries, this was one of

the most accomplished campaigns in our history.

In terms of the archdiocesan “United Catholic Appeal” or “Christ Our Hope” Campaign, we

were able to exceed our goal for the first time in recent memory. Our pledge goal was $213,130.

We have received, either at the parish level or at various archdiocesan events, pledges in the

amount of $231,222.

We are grateful to our fellow parishioners for their generous response to the needs of the

Church of Central and Southern Indiana.

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50th Anniversary YearCOMPLETED AND UPCOMING EVENTS

A collage of pictures from our history.

There have been a number of events celebrating our fifty year history, and many more to come.

Following is a synopsis of each event.

Jubilee Jam

Jubilee Jam was a fun-filled and interactive event for all ages. It was the first large-scale festival

that St. Luke has hosted and was requested in our Town Hall Meetings. Held in the huge lot out

front, it featured four bands, a marionette show, an area for the little tykes, professional face

painters, bumper cars, carnival games, euro-bungee, craft vendor area, and a photo booth. The

St. Luke Knights of Columbus grilled, the Saint Luke Athletic Committee sponsored a Cantina

with food and adult carnival activities, and we had our own “Parish Pub and Vineyard.” Mass was

celebrated at 5:30 PM with a standing-room-only congregation. Food Truck Vendors descended

on the property in the evening cooking up grub right from their mobile kitchens. The evening

closed with a fireworks show to mark the beginning of our Jubilation year.

Expenses for the Jam totaled $58,256.57. Revenue, including specific sponsorship of Jam items,

totaled $43,964.76. We thus had a loss of $14,291.81, which was absorbed by the overall

Anniversary Year Sponsorships.

Anniversary Year Sponsors

The Anniversary Committee, headed by Karen Melbert, solicited donors for the Anniversary

Year, with solicited funds to assist our financial aid programs for the youth, including most

importantly our school children. To date, $73,950.10 has been raised in this effort!

Casino Night

In place of the recent annual bingo nights, the Saint Luke Athletic Committee (SLAC) decided

to hold a Casino Night as part of our Jubilee Celebration. The event was run by the Sertomas (for

a fee) and was well-attended by over 200 participants. Expenses, included the cost of the

Sertomas, was $5808.93, versus revenue of $10,624. Profit for the Athletic Committee was

$4,815.07.

The Saints of Our Stained Glass Windows

As we moved into the second half of the Jubilee Year, we were able to produce and distribute a

booklet of the Saints of Our Stained Glass Windows. John Fink was the author of the text and

staff members took the photographs of each of our stained glass windows.

Car Raffle

We are currently in the process of holding our car raffle. Harkening back to the early days of St.

Luke, when Mr. Leo Barnhorst chaired an annual car raffle event, this raffle will conclude at our

Parish Picnic in June.

The car, a 2012 Fiat 500 “Pop”, is being purchased, as cost, from the O’Brien Automotive

Family at a cost of approximately $15,000. We anticipate selling 1000 tickets at $50 per ticket,

yielding a profit of $35,000.

Photo Directory

St. Luke is publishing a Pictorial Directory to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. We asked all our

members to be part of our family album on this historic occasion! Sign up was via an on-line link

or after the Masses. 539 family had their photographs taken. The history and family listing is

being completed this month and we anticipate delivery in the late Spring.

Trivia Throw Down - April 21

How well do you know your trivia? April 21 is your chance to find out! Grab your friends, make a

team, and compete against other adults to test your knowledge of everything trivial! This event

will be held in our gymnasium and should be fun for all involved.

Fun Run - June 23

Plans are currently being made for the first-ever St. Luke Fun Run. Everyone is welcome to join

in the fun: avid runners, power walkers, casual walkers, and babes in strollers are all welcome to

participate in this family friendly fitness event! More details will be forthcoming.

Closing Mass and Parish Picnic - June 24

Jean Quinn has put together a committee of long-time parishioners to host an old-fashioned

Parish Picnic here on own ground following the 11:30 Mass on Sunday, June 24, which will close

our Jubilee Year. Bishop Coyne is expected to be in attendance. Again, more details will be

forthcoming in the near future.

2012-2013 Time and TalentWE LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT YEAR

We have made many inroads this year in mobilizing our volunteer base and we hope that this

efforts will continue in the coming year.

Volunteer Leader Handbook

This year, we developed a volunteer leader

handbook, which was mailed and/or emailed to

our leadership just a few months ago.

It is kept updated on a quarterly basis and is

available for all our parish on the Parish Life

section of our web site.

This project will continue next year, and we will

attempt to make more regular contact with our

parish leaders via email and other means.

inFellowship

As part of our census and record-keeping database, we have piloted a new program at St. Luke,

called, inFellowship.

Think of inFellowship as a congregational portal; a way for your membership and the community

at large to connect with the church body, administer their personal ministry and organically

provide the information you need to better serve. It is a way for new parishioners to look at our

web site and determine what groups might interest them for their involvement in our parish

community

We have been working with a number of groups (among them, Mothers of Young Children,

Sunday Morning Religious Education, and the Christian Social Action Commission) to begin the

process of moving to this new communication tool. We will be opening its use to all of our

ministries and groups in the upcoming year.

2012-2013 TreasureSUNDAY OFFERINGS AND SOLICITATION CALENDAR

As are many of our ministries, Stewardship is currently heavily involved in planning for the

upcoming year.

Annual Stewardship Campaign

Presently, we are working on planning next year’s Stewardship Campaign. Details will be coming

at a later date.

Sunday Offerings

In conjunction with the St. Luke Finance Council, we have set a goal of increasing our Sunday

offerings for 2012-2013 by 2% over this year’s actuals. We believe that this is a realistic goal in

the current economic situation.

Solicitation Calendar

In the early 1990‘s, the Pastoral Council entrusted the Stewardship Commission with the

responsibility of recommending a solicitation schedule for the parish. The purpose of this policy

was to effect a well considered, coordinated, and balanced fund raising process at St. Luke that

does not overdo or over-emphasize fundraising, yet finds funds for activities important to our

ministries.

We are currently in the process of requesting the solicitations which our ministries wish to hold

next year. Timely submitted and properly approved fundraising events will be placed on our

annual fundraising calendar, effective July 1 of the fiscal year. Approval of fundraising events that

have not been submitted in advance of the calendar preparation has been very rare.