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“As you come to Him, the living stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him – you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

WELCOME

• Introductions
• Presentation Outline

– Historical Perspective – Church construction background – Financing details Pay it down, Pay it forward – Request financial support

Thank you!

You are the living stones that build our church.

“One unique circumstance that has shaped Holy Innocents is its

• location. Historically remote, the

Snoqualmie Valley communities have cultivated self-sufficient, community-oriented parishioners who rely on their

• wn initiative to get things done.”
• Most Reverend Alex J. Brunett

[excerpt from a letter to Holy Innocents in 1999)

CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND

• Only 13 of 76 applicants received a building

permit in 2003.

• Holy Innocents is #12…
• Groundbreaking of Church takes place in 2004.
• Construction begins!

WHAT HAPPENS AT HOLY INNOCENTS?

We have a place for worship and prayer…

• Sunday Mass
• Tuesday evening Mass
• Weekly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• Centering prayer
• Individual prayer and devotion
• Quincinera Celebration
• Guadalupe Mass and meal
• Stations of the Cross during Lent

We celebrate the sacraments…

• We celebrate the Sacraments
• Baptism
• Communion
• Confirmation
• Weddings

We offer comfort & healing…

• Sacrament of Reconciliation and confession
• Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
• Funerals
• Communion to the homebound

We educate our members in our faith…

• Sacramental preparation for our children and

teens

• RCIA formation for adults to become members
• f the Catholic Church
• Women’s faith sharing
• Children catechesis
• Youth group for Middle and High School

We come together for fellowship…

• Pancake Breakfasts provided by the Knights of

Columbus

• Family Ministry
• Church picnic
• Lenten Soup Suppers

We give service to those in need…

• St. Vincent de Paul: meetings, referrals
• Food Pantry: Mondays set up, Tuesdays organize,

Wednesday distribute food

• School Supplies for the Pantry Children
• Thanksgiving Meal grocery vouchers
• Christmas gift cards, gifts, and food vouchers
• Lazarus Day Center sandwich making monthly
• Bus passes and gas vouchers

We welcome the larger Snoqualmie Valley Community…

• Alcoholic Anonymous weekly meetings
• Cub Scout Pack meetings monthly, Den

meetings weekly

• City of Duvall Recycling
• A place for Non-profit organizations to hold

functions

• Occasional parking for public school functions

In order to facilitate these kind of encounters with Christ, we need and use resources. THERE ARE TWO BUDGETS: 1) OPERATING BUDGET (annual stewardship) 2) CAPITAL BUDGET (building-related such as the Living Stones campaign)

FINANCIAL FACTS

Operating Budget

• Revenue for operating

budget is received through “ordinary income” – the generous contributions of parishioners.

• Holy Innocents collects

about $31,000 per month for operating expenses.

• Operating expenses total

about $30,000 per month. Capital Budget

• Revenue for the capital

budget is received entirely through capital campaign pledges.

• These funds are directed

specifically to paying off our loan.

• These funds are over &

above regular operating expenses.

THE BUILDING LOAN

• It cost $5.1 million to build Holy Innocents

Church.

• The original loan was for $3,731,127.
• The difference between building cost and loan

was from the sale of old church, fundraising and savings.

THE BUILDING LOAN

• The loan is financed through the Archdiocese
• f Seattle at a flat interest rate of 6.75%.
• Holy Innocents is 7 years into a 30-year loan.
• The remaining mortgage is $3,310,000.
• Monthly payments are $24,200.

THE MORE WE RAISE THE LESS WE PAY

RAISING $1.5 Million

• Raising $1.5 million funds

the minimum payment.

• The minimum payment

keeps the parish on course to pay off the loan in 2037. RAISING $2 Million

• Raising $2 million will

accelerate payments and shorten term of loan by 92 months (7 ½ years!).

• Raising the $2 million can

save Holy Innocents almost $1 million interest payments.

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Payment

Interest Principal

Equal Sacrifice, Not Equal Gifts

• You will be given a campaign

brochure and pledge information

• Please take home and

prayerfully consider your gift to the campaign

• Campaign seeks an “average

gift” of $5,000

• Some can give much more

and some less

• Complete pledge card and

return within one week

• The Chart of Gifts is a guide only.
• Pledges can be made via credit card, electronic fund transfer
• r cash/check.
• Appreciated assets are welcome. Please contact Gail Dimock

at the parish office.

• Your employer may match your charitable gift in support of

the Food Bank/Outreach Center.

• Planned Giving is arranged through the Archdiocese of

Seattle.

Thank you!

You are the living stones that build our church.