Pledging
“Defying Gravity”
2025-2026 Annual Stewardship Pledge Drive
(July 2025 – June 2026)
At UUCW, we are dedicated to developing a sustainable operating budget. As we aspire to balance our income and expenses, we invite you to defy the gravity of our recent financial past and elevate our future with your contribution to the UUCW 2025 – 2026 pledge drive.
Your pledge maintains our place of worship, ensures that our staff is fairly compensated, and supports the strength and longevity of our church programs. Your contribution also serves the larger community through outreach programs.
Turn your pledge in by March 23, 2025. We are asking all of our beloved community to join us! No matter the amount, please fill out the form and support our mission and our future
UUCW is a place to be yourself, to share your strengths and discover new possibilities, a place to find friends and a sense of belonging. It is a place to share your story. It is also a place very much in need of financial support. It costs money to maintain our community and programs. Last year, our goal was $226,000 combined pledges and 401k QCD’s, a target we did not quite achieve, coming in at $209,000 for our total. This year, we want to fully communicate what would need to be pledged for complete sustainability, $326,000. This would allow us to live more sustainably by withdrawing only the recommended amount from our investment account.
At UUCW, we aspire to not only sustain our church, as well as to take wing and fly. Please give what you can to support this congregation and the wider world.
Sincerely,
Moira Rouse and David Schowalter
UUCW Stewardship Team
Stewardship Drive Q & As
A pledge is a promise to make a contribution to the church. The total amount pledged by everyone is used by the Church leaders to plan the programs and set a budget for the next fiscal year.
Our goal is to obtain a pledge from 100% of the members and active nonmembers of the congregation. This goal is based on fundamental fairness. We are a community of people with a vision. We understand we cannot achieve our vision alone. We rely on each other.
We understand everyone’s financial means are different. In order to successfully pursue our vision, we would like first-time pledgers to consider pledging 2% of their adjusted gross income. Another figure to consider is that the average pledge needs to be $3,260 to meet our goal.
Our staff salary levels continue to be below Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Guidelines. We did not make our fair contribution to the UUA and the District last year and we continue to struggle to fund our basic programs. We hope to prevent this from happening again by making people aware that we need pledges from everyone.
To make a payment toward your FY2025 Pledge (July 2024 – June 2025) CLICK HERE. Remember to select the “Pledges for FY2025” in the Fund drop-down menu. Thank you!