CONFERENCE YEAR 2013
BUSINESS
Cemetery Business Increase
Established Savings Account
Reinstated Incorporation papers for Church
1. Certified Non-profit status
Reinstated Incorporation papers for Cemetery
MINISTRY
Improvement in church morale
Increase in Praise and Worship
In Reach – Assisted with utilities
Out Reach – Provided Financial Assistance where needed, Fed the hungry
Thanksgiving Baskets
CONFERENCE YEAR 2014
BUSINESS
Cemetery Business Increase
1. More plots sold
Increase in tithers @ 1%
Local advertisement
1. Church
2. Cemetery
Easy Tithe Online Donations
PAYCHEX System - Employees
Established Savings Account
CHURCH IMPROVEMENT
Central Air system
Church phones replaced
Purchased New Computers (Desk Top & Laptop)
Doors Replaced (Handicap Accessible)
1. Fellowship Hall
2. Sanctuary
Handicap Rails Installed
1. Men’s Bathroom
2. Women’s Bathroom
Lighting of the Cross (Top of Church Building)
Sanctuary Windows Replaced
CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT
Band installed at driveway
Driveway paved
MINISTRY
Discipleship 55 Members (increase of 17 from last year 38)
Established Lay Organization
Forge to Freedom
1. Participated in Delaware Museum display
2. Included in Book of African American Churches
In Reach – Assisted with utilities
Out Reach – Food and Toiletry Supplies to Local Motel Residents
Partnered with Kent County Pregnancy Center
1. Hosted Baby Shower for one of the clients
Thanksgiving Baskets
MARCH 2014: New digital piano purchased
CONFERENCE YEAR 2015
BUSINESS
Upgrade insurance for church van
CHURCH IMPROVEMENT
Central Air/Heating System replaced – Fellowship Hall
Sanctuary Painted
Purchased Wireless Copier (fax, scan, print, and copy)
Purchased (in cash) New Pre-Owned 23 Passenger Van
1. Handicap Accessible
2. Specialized handicap seating
3. Flat screen TV
4. Bluetooth Connectivity
5. Individual Seat belts
Women’s Bathroom floor replaced
MINISTRY
In Reach – Assisted with utilities
Out Reach – Food and Toiletry Supplies to Local Motel Residents and Men’s Shelter
Special Parking Space – Presiding Elder
School Supplies to children
Donated Old Van to Sister Church
First Annual Usher’s Day
Byrd’s on cover of AME Church School Education Booklet for next quarter (Dec., Jan., Feb.)
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CONFERENCE YEAR 2016
CHURCH IMPROVEMENT
Replaced Fellowship Hall Door
Installed New Exits Signs (Sanctuary / Fellowship Hall)
Installed Carbon Monoxide Detector – Fellowship Hall
MINISTRY
In Reach – Assisted with utilities
Out Reach – Feed the Hungry increased to 150 people per quarter
Kent County Pregnancy Center – donated children’s clothes to one of the residents
Women’s Correctional Institution – Donated personal toiletries to residents
Missionaries – Thanksgiving Baskets, Adopted families for Christmas
YPD – Operation Christmas Project – Smyrna Behavioral Health Facility – visited and donated personal toiletries to residents
Provided Backpacks and School Supplies to children
Provided financial assistance to other churches