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Quick overview of giving/offerings at Franklin Circle Christian Church
Pastor Allen Harris

1. Operating Budget – The vast majority of offerings given are for the annual operational budget of our local congregation which funds the mission and ministry of Christ. This goes to pay everything from our utility bills, to staff salaries, to the programs funded by the Mission Council.

2. Sunday School Offerings – All the money received from the Sunday School classes is collected throughout the year and at the end of the year (along with the over and above Christmas Offering) is designated by the Board for a special outreach/mission project.

3. Special Day Offerings – Six times a year we receive offerings for the work of our denomination, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). After each offering is collected, the Financial Secretary remits the offering the Church Finance Council who distributes them to the appropriate entity. They are as follows:
 

a. Reconciliation Offering (usually the end of September) – for the work of developing understanding and justice on the part of people of different races and ethnicities.

b. Thanksgiving Offering – for leadership development, much of it in our colleges, universities, and seminaries.
 

c. Christmas Offering – for the work of our Region, the Christian Church in Ohio (Disciples of Christ).
 

d. Week Of Compassion (also known as One Great Hour Of Sharing – usually received in mid-February) – for disaster relief and development projects around the world. Oftentimes people give to this offering throughout the year, especially whenever disasters happen.
 

e. Easter Offering – for the work of our denomination’s General Ministries, such as Global Ministries, Disciples Home Mission, Council on Christian Unity, Historical Society, and our ethnic constituency groups, such as Hispanic Fellowship, North American Pacific Asian Disciples, and the National Convocation (African American Disciples)
 

f. Pentecost Offering – for new congregation establishment. This offering is split between the denomination and the region.

4. Organ Fund – using the special envelopes in the pews, this helps to pay for organ maintenance and repairs.
 

5. Food Center – Oftentimes labeled “Hunger Center” or simply “Hunger” this offering goes to the Near West Food and Family Services Center, and is distributed at various times throughout the year when there is enough to send.
 

6. Emergency Fund – Throughout the year special appeals are made to ask for contributions to this fund. It is distributed at the pastor’s discretion to persons in critical need, with a priority given to church members.
 

7. Over & Above Christmas & Easter – The money received in the envelopes that are in our weekly offering envelope packets for Christmas are designated by the Board at the end of the year for special outreach/mission projects (along with the Sunday School Offering – see above). The money received in the Easter envelopes that are in our weekly offering envelope packets currently goes into the annual Operating Budget.