Embracing into God’s family.
119
worship services
Total number of worship events offered in 2018.
24
Baptisms
Number of individuals choosing to publicly show their commitment to Christ.
27
Student Ministry
Average attendance of students on weekend
407
average weekend attendance
Average weekend attendance increased 12% from 2017.
76
commmitments
Number of those committing or recommitting their lives to Christ.
30
Young Adults
Connected Young Adults
259
first time guests
First time guests at Discovery weekend services.
203
Kids Kingdom Households
Households impacted by Kids Kingdom
Equipping to lifestyle worship
37
small groups
Number of active small groups
66%
Weekend Attendance in Small Group
Percentage of weekend attendance that participates in small group
286
connected to a group
Individuals participating in a small group
Impact Story
Lindsey Roberts
When I was a sophomore in high school, I felt like God was calling me into ministry. It terrified me. At the time, the only ministry jobs I knew of were a youth pastor and a pastor, neither of which I felt particularly inclined towards pursuing. Instead, like Jonah fleeing from Tarshish, I actively ran from the call and wound up at University of Puget Sound (UPS), where I experienced God's incredible grace and mercy.
Elevating to a life of generosity.
257
givers
Number of individuals contributing to the ministry of Discovery
207
serving
Number of individuals serving in ministry through Discovery
39
new givers
Number of new givers supporting through contributions
45
% serving per attender
Percentage of individuals serving per weekend attendance
Engaging our neighbors with Great News.
34
Missions
Participated in a mission trip
226
Followers on Instagram
35K+
Website pageviews
Pageviews of our website
150
Love Tacoma
Participated in Love Tacoma
1053
Followers on Facebook
2019 Annual Meeting
Please review and join us for our Annual Meeting on December 9, 2018 at Giaudrone Middle School to vote on the proposed budget and new church council members.
2019 Proposed Budget
| CATEGORY | 2019 Budget | 2018 Budget | 2018 Actual |
| Administration | $49,600 | $38,500 | $33,152 |
| Added space rental fees for worship practice, Students, and Young Adults | |||
| Community Life | $30,400 | $10,000 | $19,261 |
| Budgeted growth for Groups, connection events, body life | |||
| Leadership Development | $5,000 | $0 | $4,244 |
| Previously funded from Designated Initiative Fund, re added to General Operating budget | |||
| Missions Engagement | $23,000 | $30,000 | $8,416 |
| The portion of our General Operating budget for Missions Funding. This is in addition to the Missions designated budget funded by Missions month | |||
| Outreach - Marketing | $20,000 | $10,000 | $6,521 |
| Increase for growth and current costs | |||
| Staff | $446,669 | $333,480 | $277,114 |
| Notable increase for an add to staff- full time pastoral hire, increase in cost for employee benefits and new eligibility of current staff | |||
| Weekend Services | $106,674 | $98,500 | $64,968 |
| Increase for growth and current costs | |||
| TOTAL | $681,343 | $520,530 | $413,717* |
*Year To Date
Budget Callouts
Anticipated receipts and spending for 2018
We are on target to end 2018:
$537,423 | General Fund Giving
$483,120 | Expenses
2019 budget faith and forecast projection
The following are projected totals for the following categories:
$75,000 | 2018 Unrestricted Balance (estimated)
$537,000 | 2018 Giving
$69,343 | 2019 Faith and forecast increase
Church Council
The Church Council’s purpose is defined by Hebrews 10:24. We seek to be a spiritual body, spurring each other on to love and good works, acting as representatives of the Church body between business meetings. The Church Council provides balance between the Senior Pastor and the body.
We exist to share Christ with compassion and develop followers fully devoted to Christ.
2018 COUNCIL
Jon Fredricks (Senior Pastor)
Greg Stave (2015-2018) * term ending
Doreen VanderVort (2016-2019)
Rob Weideman (2017-2020)
Kathleen Johnson (2017-2020)
Charles Gore (2018-2021)
Nominees for 2019:
Gordon Grosclose
Marissa Leone
Q&A
Question:
Can you share your thoughts on the full time pastoral hire position? Maybe just a brief description of what this person would do and how this would change Jon's role. How would this person be chosen? Does the council already have someone in mind to fill this role?
Answer:
Discovery needs to grow our staff team in the near future to address both our current growth and prepare us to multiply campuses. We see a few areas that need to be addressed, but feel like the first step is to hire a campus pastor whose primary responsibilities would be to connect Young Adults/Young Families into ministry/groups & help build administrative structure supporting our current and future leaders/ministries. Jon will continue to serve as the Lead Pastor. We've recently assembled a hiring team and no, do not have anyone currently someone specific in mind.
Question:
It would be helpful to see 2018 expenses projected through the end of the year rather than just ytd, as well as explanations for those categories that are still substantially under 2018 budget. Who will be nominated to join the council this year?
Answer:
Thank you for your question. We have updated the report to help give a projected expense total for 2018. We have updated the Impact Report to include two council nominees: Gordon Grosclose & Marissa Leone. Our Annual budget is a prayer filled projection and guide from the body to the staff. However, throughout the year opportunities come and go. We ask ministries and leaders to respond to those needs with the support and oversight of the council.
Submit Questions
To ensure all questions are addressed during the annual meeting, we invite you to submit your comments and questions below. This is will allow the leadership team an opportunity to appropriately reply to everyone. Thank you.