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GATHERED IN BAPTISM.   FED BY WORSHIP.   SENT OUT AS SERVANTS.
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visiting our website.
We'd love for you to
join us  in worship
this Sunday!
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Holy Communion
8:30 am
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Sunday School
9:30 am
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Worship Service
11:00 am
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Youth Gathering
6:00 pm

P.O. Box 3447  +  233 North Lee Street  +  Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29070

Church Phone (803) 532-4636
Church email: wittenberg@pbtcomm.net      Pastor's email: msherm1856@gmail.com
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Welcome!
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Wittenberg Lutheran Church is a congregation of the SC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
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    Regular Offering = Offering to Regular Fund + Flowers (altar, lilies, and poinsettias)
    Building Fund Offering = Offering designated to Building Fund
    Food Pantry Offering = Sunday School offering + other offering designated to Food Pantry
    Total Offering to Budgeted Operations = sum of Regular + Building Fund + Food Pantry
    Expenses Budgeted Weekly = the sum of the following from the approved budget:
           Total Budgeted (Ordinary) Expenses = $275,383
           Total Budgeted Miscellaneous Expenses = $2,000
           Total Non-Expenses (incl. transfers & principal portion of notes payable) $45,100
           TOTAL = $322,483 / 52 weeks = $6,202
    Over / (Under) = Total Offering to Budgeted Operations - Expenses Budgeted Weekly
    Other Designated Offering/Income = Offerings to Music Fund, Cemetery Fund, Bus Fund, Endowment Fund, Dorcas
    Quilters, KICS, Preschool, Youth, and Others that do not ordinarily offset our budgeted expenses.

        Please feel free to share your thoughts on this subject with members of the S&F Committee if you still have
    questions. The S&F Committee is also analyzing alternative methods to report other financial information in the
    Witness each month. We want to provide information on money received as well as expenses. We all know that the
    money we give to Wittenberg is really a gift to God. It is the duty of the S&F Committee to ensure that the financial
    matters of the church are handled properly. We also encourage Wittenberg members to give their time and talents
    to the ministry of the church as another form of Stewardship.

        S&F Committee members: Furman Cantrell, Brian Shealy, Brent Shealy, Bob Wiley, Charlie Long, Eric Dickey, Betsy
    Dority, Connie Kramer
                                                                                                                                                                     —Brian Shealy
 Several members of Wittenberg have asked members of the Stewardship & Finance Committee to
explain the Offering Reports that are in the Bulletin each week. The S&F Committee has analyzed our
reporting and has developed a new, improved format for the bulletin in an effort to more accurately
share our giving information. We begin using the new report in May.
 The S&F Committee believes the new Offering Report example shown below will provide a better
understanding of our giving totals and trends:
                                                                                           Last Week                               YTD
Regular Offering                                                            
Building Fund Offering                                                   
Food Pantry Offering
Total Offering to Budgeted Operations
Expenses Budgeted Weekly       
Over/(Under)      
Other Designated Offering/Income
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