Support FPCe
Your contributions to FPCe support many different ministries, both within the church and in the community. Take a look below to see just some of the things that your gifts helped support in 2023. Make your pledge for 2024 below, and thank you for your support of your church!
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Worship at FPCe is special! We wrestle thoughtfully with questions of life, calling, and God; we meditate, sing and pray together; we welcome everyone to worship with us just as they are—to love and be loved. Around 30% of our budget supports FPCe’s worship and music program, including our online worship services.
Worship & Music
Spiritual Formation
We come to FPCe to learn, to grow, to practice together a path of healing and wholeness for ourselves and our world. Around 12% of our budget makes possible weekly events including our always enlightening Adult Forum, the Thursdays with Jesus book discussion group, and the Wednesday evening Meditation Gathering, along with special events like our weekend Covenant Network workshop.
Service to the Community & World
Loaves and Fishes. . . Assistance and Resource Ministry . . . Shepherd’s Inn . . . Holston Camp . . . Boroko Village . . . Presbyterian Disaster Relief . . . Five Cents a Meal . . . Living Waters for the World . . . ETSU UKirk Campus Ministry. Serving others beyond our walls is the heartbeat of FPCe. About 13% of our budget supports this good work.
Through our deacons’ ministry of care, through countless acts of love and kindness, FPCe offers love, comfort and hope to everyone in our church family. And we grow closer through much-loved events in the church calendar, such as dinner on the grounds, BEANedictions, Advent Soup Supper, and an Annual Retreat. About 10% of the budget funds care and engagement of our members.
Care & Engagement
About 20% of FPCe’s budget ensures that we have a safe, sound and beautiful place to worship, study and celebrate together. But the building and grounds budget does so much more: Since we've reopened the building, it's been used by many groups outside the church, including the LGBTQ+ Social Gathering, Catholic worship with Fr. Michael, Friends of Roan Mountain, yoga and exercise classes, East TN Alzheimer's Support Group, Early Childhood Educator's Technology Training, and others.
Facilities
God lives in the details! The administrative portion of our budget—a little under 15%—covers the countless things that need to happen for our church to operate - online presence, phone & internet, copier, and staff time to manage it all.