This week, we received a letter from the Alabama West Florida Conference Bishop, David Graves. He thanked Woodlawn for paying 100% of our 2017 apportionments to the United Methodist Church.
We were one of the 404 congregations that paid 100% of their conference apportionments. The money that the Conference did not spend from apportioned giving, was divided among churches, based upon the percentage each church was apportioned, number of churches paying 100%, and the amount received.
We received a check for $7,536 to put back into our church's ministry. That's amazing!
The Conference and Woodlawn want to say...
"Thank you for trusting us & let's continue to celebrate our work together!"
Your faithfulness allowed ministry to happen here locally and all over the world. You made a difference in the lives of many people. In addition, we witnessed record giving to disaster response in 2017.
What will 2018 hold? Only God knows. Yet as we remain faithful, we know the best is yet to come!