St. Aidan's Annual Report of 2018

Worshipping Christ and shining His light to CU, Boulder, and the world since 1948.

THE RECTOR

This Annual Report is a change of pace from what we are used to. I hope you enjoy looking through it, and that you, with me, give thanks to God for the worship we share and the many many gifts and offerings that we are bringing to the world, together.

Sometimes on some Sundays (I probably won't tell you which ones), it seems that we are so broken. The roof has been leaking, there are times when my preaching is off, or when the pews are hardly crowded, and even on those Sundays, I see and hear stories shared and relationships being built among you. This is the gift of worshipping God in the person and life of Jesus, and nothing else: that God provides, when we just present what we can, leaking and broken as it is. Other Sundays are glorious, beautiful, and I can feel the Holy Spirit more closely and clearly. 

When we were gathering ideas for the best ways to show the things of God happening through St. Aidan's, it was a gift to see the good things that can happen in one year, and to see them altogether. Day to day, it is easy to forget that we are a part, from the gifts that each of us brings, of something much bigger than ourselves. 

Mostly, I want to say thank you. Thank you for your presence, for your sharing, for your leading and guiding, for your song and your prayers, and for your faith in God and for practicing that faith in the church.

Hebrews 12:1 says "...since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us." 

The Rev. Mary Kate Rejouis

"Thank you for being that cloud of witnesses, not only for me, as your Rector, but for the light that St. Aidan's is in our community and world. Surrounded by grace, we are."

Priest Associates

I officially began my ministry as a “Priest Associate” on March 1. Per my letter of agreement, I help M. Mary Kate Rejouis by assisting and occasionally presiding at Sunday and Holy Day Eucharists, preaching on occasion, assisting with liturgy planning, helping with other sacramental rites, and being on-call as needed. These responsibilities I share with M. Kay Cook, St. Aidan’s other Associate Priest. In addition, I assist M. Mary Kate with pastoral care contacts to parishioners in their homes or when they are in a hospital, rehab facility, or care center. In 2018, I made approximately 45 of these visits and phone calls.

A second focus of my ministry is to oversee the Eucharistic Visitor (EV) ministry. In the fall of 2018, we set a goal to bring Communion to our homebound members on the first Sunday of every month, knowing that scheduling flexibility would be needed on occasion. Six parishioners were served in this way over the course of 2018.

I am grateful to have the opportunity to serve St. Aidan’s church family in these and other ways.

      --Fr. Steve Wengrovius

In the past year, I was happy and grateful to share the priest associate ministry with Fr. Steve Wengrovius. My work at St. Aidan's, in addition to Sunday services and occasional preaching, includes overseeing our lay healing prayer ministry, offered on Sundays during communion. I also offer a Public Service of Healing once a month (the second Wednesday of each month), seasonal quiet days at The Little Church in the Pines, and other spiritual disciplines such as contemplative prayer and labyrinth walks.

I'm always happy organizing and directing St. Aidan's community outreach programs: our annual Mardi Gras fete and dramatic productions based on biblical and spiritual themes.

   --M. Kay K. Cook

Income and Expense 2018 and 2019

Income

Expense

Income v. Expense 2018 and 2019

$1,296 per day

How much does it take to do what we do?*

And that's just money!                                                 *based on 2019 budgeted expenses

Not included: countless volunteer gifts and hours and the church at work in the world!

83 of 100+ households...

...have made a pledge or estimate of giving for our 2019 budget. Could we get to 100% of households?

Assets and Liabilities 12/31/2018

Veterans Scholarships

$8,250

Given to  10 student Veterans at CU Boulder

The Generosity Committee chose these recipients of $2,000 each, as a tithe of the Bequest from Charlotte Irey Short, plus the income from the Yearns Fund.

A local Sudanese family with a disabled infant;

Attention Homes

Bridge House Ready to Work Program

Colorado Haiti Project

South American Missionary Society for the work of missionary Cathy Donohoe

Rector's Discretionary Account

1079 lbs. of food collected for Sister Carmen Center

1 apartment furnished for Christmas Generosity, now housing a single mother with infant twins

24 people, including 4 children, regularly serve dinner 1 night a month at Path to Home/Bridge House

Generosity--sharing God's abundance

Sources of Funds

For Clergy Discretionary Accounts--the generous gifts of parishioners and friends.

For Veterans Scholarships and other Vestry-directed giving--reloadable grocery cards, and some donations designated specifically for Veterans' support.

These People Serve the Diocese in these ways:

Jane Daniels and M. Mary Kate Rejouis are on the Board of Examining Chaplains

Jennie Garcia is the Secretary of the Colorado Vergers Guild

Nancy Hunter was a Judge on the Election Committee for the Election of a Bishop.

M. Kay Cook is the Chaplain to Retired Clergy in the Front Range Region

Neil Borman and Amy Paine served on the Board of St. Benedict's Ministry for Health and Healing

10% of our income from pledges (regular giving) and the offering plate is given to the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado to support the work of the Bishop's Office, in 2018 it was

$27,259 

Generosity--supporting the church

In 2018 we finished a 3-year, $25,000 pledge to the Diocesan Camp near Woodland Park, with our last installment of $5000

In 2-1/2 weeks this summer we raised 

$3,450

for new Choir Robes.

Thank you!

We also supported the Front Range Region of the Diocese and St. Benedict's Ministry for Health and Healing EACH with 

$2,500

Make us always thankful for your loving providence; and grant that we, remembering the account that we must one day give, may be faithful stewards of your good gifts

The Book of Common Prayer 259

Everyone shares in, and benefits from generosity.

The Vestry discerns and decides what to do with bequests given to the church.

First, the Vestry tithed, or gave 10% away outside of our church, as our faithful practice of abundance and generosity and sharing. The Generosity Committee was formed in 2018 to decide where to give these funds (see Generosity--sharing God's abundance)

Generosity--one person's bequest

In 2017, St. Aidan's received a bequest from the estate of Charlotte York Irey Short that totalled

$117,000

Charlotte York Irey Short was one of the first women faculty at CU, and founded the Dance Department out of the Physical Education Department

Charlotte died in 2016. She wrote her will with this bequest intention at least 20 years before she died.

The rest was used for:

• renovating the bathrooms during the summer. Thanks be to God. They needed it. 
• updating the furnace and adding air conditioning at the Rectory (where M. Mary Kate and her family live). Thanks be to God. It's been hot in the summers!
• remains to be used at the discretion of the Vestry

What will you leave behind?

Will you dedicate something to the glory of God and this church?

$72,000

$10,000

$7,000

we gave away $11,700

The Next Generations....looking forward

goal: to help people in a different part of the world

to raise

through bake and craft sales

total raised for the Heifer Project!!!

For example: The Kids Club set a goal to raise $ and serve others 

1

$450

$867

MISSION: Guide children to discover and know God, to worship and pray to God, and to share God’s love in their world.

developed by Christie Bloom,

Sunday School Lead Teacher

(Thanks, Christie!) 

Guide children to discover and know God by

 Stories       Wondering          Exploration

Worship and pray to God through

Chapel time       Singing worship songs       Praying for self and others

Share God’s love through

Service      Daily living           Being thankful

New in 2018!

Kids Club for 9-12 year olds

Nursery Chapel for our youngest

Re-developed curriculum for Sunday School (ages 5-8) including Chapel, Godly Play, The Jesus Storybook Bible and amazing teachers to guide and share

...then each kid also contributed $7 of their own $ so we'd have $900! 

When you are generous in supporting the church, you are making the future happen.

chapters studied by the Wednesday 10am Bible Study

New in-home Bible Studies started

Books read through at Wednesday 7am Holy Eucharist and Toast Group

bagels consumed by the above, and 78 pieces of actual toast

48

1

Joel, Genesis, Ezekiel

 624

Healing Prayers offered during Sunday 10am service

number of notes sung by the St. Aidan's Choir for Choir Anthems

172

191,300

Spiritual Growth and Discipleship

people in discernment for Holy Orders

3

gallons of soup consumed during Lent

30

I once was lost, but now I'm found/was blind, but now I see.

    --Amazing Grace, The Hymnal 671

54

Number of communions shared

Funerals

Weddings 

Baptisms

7

3

15

140

Home and hospital communion visits

Sermons preached

105

Ashes imposed on Ash Wednesday

262

Christmas Eve and Day Attendance

Easter Eve and Day Attendance

295

Cups of coffee served, more or less.

6,148

$24,000

287

43%

Facebook followers for Saint Aidan's Episcopal Church

Average open rate for weekly e-bulletin.

Grant from the Lilly Foundation for the Rector's Sabbatical

Average Sunday Attendance

2016      117

2017      122

2018      112

Lay-led Evensong on Sunday nights

20

Evening Prayer on January 1, first service of the year

Evensong on Sunday, December 30, last service of the year

Average congregation on Wednesday mornings at 7am

Candles ordered by the indefatigable Altar Guild

269

+

Betty Jane Matson

Christy Sweet Baggett

Alberta Lou Barnett

Lillian Drummonds Smith

Cleveland Mather McCarty

Shirley Ruth Morck

Shirley Mae Scarlett

Irene Drigan Seely

Rudolph John Joenk, Jr.

John Drummond Campbell

Tobias Cornelius Campbell

Virginia Wheeler Patterson

Russell Brockway

 +

May they rest in peace

and rise in glory, through the mercies of God.

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Vergers coordinate volunteers and clergy on Sundays and for special services. Trained Vergers have done at least

hours of coursework and take tests and are recognized as Fellows in the National Vergers Guild. In 2018 St. Aidan's added 

 new Vergers under the guidance of Head Verger Jennie Garcia, who also helped coordinate the National Vergers Guild Annual Conference in Denver. Together, our Vergers support

 people who serve as Clergy, Acolytes, Readers, and Eucharistic Ministers 

All of them together (almost) make the world go round!

Thanks!

2

Facts that didn't fit anywhere else

40

3

about 24

months to revise the Endowments Committee Charter,  finished on Dec. 19 

317

Free scoops of ice cream shared for Welcome CU on August 30

Endowments managed by same committee: Founders Fund, Patterson Fund for Campus Ministry, and the Yearns Bequest for the poor in Boulder County

3

Who are those people wearing black robes?

Vergers

Hours per month serving on the Vestry requires

2-5

Liters of wine used for church communions (19.5)

Quiet Days led by M. Kay Cook

4

People needed to serve

on the Vestry 

Jesus

21

very many

Clouds of incense used by St. Jude's Guild for Young Adults in the offering of Sunday Evensong and other Occasional Services 

People who came to celebrate July 4 with Holy Eucharist at the Little Church in the Pines

45

Serving on Campus

16nights x 20 students =320 meals

provided by15                         

• 2018 Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr in January
• 2018 Interfaith Vigil following the Tree of Life Synagogue Murders in October
• Received $1000 grant from the City of Boulder for January 2019 Dr. MLK Commemoration.

10

# of campus organizations St. Aidan's has partnered with in events on campus and in the community, including:

BREAD+BELONGING + TUESDAY NIGHT 6PM

CU STUDENT DINNER + CONVERSATION

MEALS PROVIDED

households and parish groups

We were founded for the CU campus, still serving the campus.......

100

% of available parking spaces sold during Fall and Spring Semesters

Christos Lectures on campus, the other given by Dr. Tiffany Beechy, Professor of English

 # of former Presiding Bishops brought in to lecture on campus in January on "Truthfulness and Vocation" for a total of 

1

2

(The (formerly) Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori)

6 Student Preachers Preached in 8 different Lutheran and Episcopal Congregations

Almost last, not least.....

Buildings and Grounds

more than we know, thanks to Facilities Staff Lou Patterson and all the mopping angels, but at least

BUCKETS OF WATER MOPPED FROM THE PARISH HALL FLOOR  after HAIL DAMAGE and before REPAIRS COULD BE MADE

31

acts of vandalism reported to police

flower bulbs planted in Chapel Garden

inches of snow required before the lot is plowed

2

light bulbs changed in 2018

46,000 steps taken in solemn procession by ministers and people of the church 

144

2

58

• painted the chapel interior
• painted the west side of the building
• bathrooms renovated and upgraded (at last!)
• new light fixtures in the chapel
• Tree Committee established by Vestry

Big Things that Got Done

Ash Trees Removed

(since 2016)

32

New Projects on the list kept by Junior Warden Cameron Trussell, and counting.........

For the Church universal, of which these visible buildings are the symbol, 

We thank you, Lord.

The Book of Common Prayer 578

and about 1000

other things got done day in and day out, mostly by volunteers

So we can serve the Community

years of meeting together

pages read in last 5 years

members, each week

For example: The Wednesday 10am Book Group 

12

15,000

12-18

26

Recitals for the

CU College

of Music

Piano Keys Tuned

Hours of Violin Lessons

Hours of Rehearsal

in the Chapel

352

600

450

A Community Place

27 one-time events

from 22 different community groups

and about 20 hours of church and community group meetings per week

Gallery Receptions

each and every year

6

The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young                                    Psalm 84:2

and 1 fabulous Dr. Sara Parkinson to coordinate them all!

We give thanks for the new households that joined us at St. Aidan's in 2018 including:

Finley Plows

Scot Malon

Fran Zankowski

Melanie Sokhey

Vivian Toan

What people think when they hear that we have Wardens, when it really means the chief lay persons in church leadership.

Thank you to these people finishing service on the Vestry:

Jennie Garcia

Carol-Anne Garrison

Zoe Panchal

And thank you for the faithful, kind, and good leadership of our wardens:

Gene Shaw, Senior Warden

Cameron Trussell, Junior Warden

What people imagine clergy do

When in fact this Annual Report took about 53 hours of the Rector's time since investing in this cool new software a few weeks ago.

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