2022 Annual Report

COLLEGE CHURCH 2022 ANNUAL REPORT

HOPE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 MINISTRY STAFF

41 OTHER LEADERS

2 Josh Moody, Senior Pastor

42 Stann Leff, Executive Director, God Centered Life Ministries

4 John Seward, Executive Pastor 6 Nancy Singer, Director of Administration & Finance 8 Cheryce Berg, Director of Children’s Ministries 12 Eric Channing, Pastor of Congregational Care & Family Ministries 14 Julie Clemens, Director of Disability Ministries 16 Erik Dewar, Pastor of Worship and Music 18 Zach Fallon, Pastor of Church Plant in Atlanta 20 Baxter Helm, High School Pastor 21 Dan Hiben, Middle School Pastor 22 Tim Hollinger, Technology Director 23 Josh Maurer, Pastor of Discipleship 24 Curt Miller, Missions Pastor 26 Ben Panner, College Pastor 27 Mindy Rynbrandt, Director of Women’s Ministries 28 Wil Triggs, Director of Communications 31 COUNCIL, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES 32 Howard Costley, Chair, Council of Elders 33 Brad Bailey, Chair, Board of Missions 34 Nancy Taylor, Chair, Board of Deaconesses 35 Steve Wiper, Chair, Board of Deacons 36 Jan Jones and Chris Gottlieb, Chairs, Service & Engagement Committee 37 David Kelley, Chair, Evangelism & Culture Impact Committee 38 David Setran, Chair, Discipleship Committee 39 Meredith Sommars, Chair, Hospitality Committee

43 Lisa Kern, Librarian 44 Tony DiLeonardi, President, STARS Family Services 46 Becky Cook, Manager, STARS Resale Shop 47 Mary Quiggle, Manager, Twice is Nice Resale Shop 49 2021 ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES 55 SUMMARY OF MEMBERSHIP TRANSACTIONS 57 LEADERSHIP AND NOMINEES 61 WAYS TO GIVE TO COLLEGE CHURCH 63 FINANCIALS

MINISTRY STAFF

JOSH MOODY, SENIOR PASTOR

We are a church that believes the Bible, teaches the Bible and trusts the Bible.

Hence our slogan: proclaiming the gospel.

Dear church family, As I write, we have just looked at Psalm 60 together. There we learnt that when circumstances seem to tell you that God has rejected you, go back to God’s Word and trust in God alone. That reliance on God’s Word is a hallmark of College Church. We are a church that believes the Bible, teaches the Bible and trusts the Bible. Hence our slogan: proclaiming the gospel.

There are many people to thank. A special word of gratitude to the chair of the Elders this year, Howard Costley. It is an enormous task requiring spiritual wisdom and steadiness of character.

I’m grateful for Howard’s leadership, and the leadership of the entire Elder Council, the Deacons, Deaconesses, Missions Board, and the other committees and teams that work so hard to proclaim the gospel together. We have a great task and many wonderful servants. I thank God for each and every one of my co-laborers in the gospel. In particular, I thank God for our pastors and directors and the staff, and the leadership of John Seward, our executive pastor.

As many of you are probably aware, this year has been one of some significant personal challenges for me and my family. I went through a series of unexpected health challenges at the end of last year, and we have had two close family members die this year too. I am grateful for the support of the church community. As I traversed these various trials, I was reminded to “just trust.” Some days, we do not understand. But we always know that we can trust the One who does understand.

God willing, I will be preaching a “state of the vision” sermon as normal on the Sunday morning of the annual meeting day. To coin a phrase, the state of the vision is strong. Yes, churches across the world have been through an unprecedented sequence of testing. But no, the vision has not changed, and God’s sovereignty is not under threat. Jesus said, “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” We are seeing some remarkable stories of grace in the church, including record high membership classes and strong giving. That said, for those of us who are in the core of the church—and that will no doubt include most of those who read these words—we will need to do all we can to show those on the fringe the importance of in-person church attendance. The sheep were scattered for a significant period of time. It is time to gather—and together proclaim the gospel.

Yours in Christ, Josh

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JOHN SEWARD, EXECUTIVE PASTOR

For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; For over 30 years these words from the Song of Soloman (KJV) were used by the venerable Ernie Harwell to start each baseball season as he broadcast the Tigers’ home opener. . .words reflecting the hope and anticipation baseball fans everywhere carry into a new season.

And, as COVID lockdowns are further in our rearview mirror, and isolation is diminishing, there is a degree of hope in the air. More connecting; more gathering together; more serving side by side. The time of the singing is come.

So, as we recount this past year and look forward to the next, we do it with a perspective of hope. These words from Romans inspire us for this season and will serve as the structure for this ministry report—a report which will focus on how, in both this past year and also in this year ahead, we Rejoice in hope:

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Love one another with brotherly affection.

Outdo one another in showing honor.

Do not be slothful in zeal.

Be fervent in spirit.

Serve the Lord.

Rejoice in hope.

Be patient in tribulation Be constant in prayer Contribute to the needs of the saints.

Seek to show hospitality. . . . Rejoice in hope for how we are sprouting new ministries which are specifically structured to foster ways for us to love one another with brotherly affection; to seek to show hospitality.

We plan to continue our Tuesdays Together time this summer with inflatables for our children and knockout

basketball. But we are also planning new games for our older children like 9 Square in the Air and Gaga Ball—and new food vendors, new live music, and contests to promote and provide an easy way for us to connect together mid-week.

On Sunday mornings we’ve added two new Communities— Living Word and Life Together. New opportunities to connect with others as we gather around in community and the Word of God. We’ve also instituted open gym Saturdays for little ones and continue to have numerous weekend retreats for all different ages throughout the year strengthening our relationships with one another and with our Lord.

And our women and men continue to have midweek and weekend Bible study opportunities—times where we exhort one another in learning the truths of Scripture. Also, we will soon be learning how the Crossings building will be renovated for new ministry space for our surrounding community, for our youth, our college students and for outreach.

place over the course of a year. That equates to over 30 ministries on average for each of our ministry heads.

In a time when we hear of many ministries across the country needing to scale things back, we have been blessed here with leaders looking to do more—finding new ways to engage; and building on the successful programs built through years of refinement.

We love this body of believers and together we are committed to discover all there is to know about Jesus, to grow in our knowledge and faith, to impact the world around us—let us not be “slothful in zeal” for our calling.

And, may it all continue to be undergirded in prayer.

As we complete this year and step into a new one, we resonate with Paul’s words from Romans chapter five, verse two: Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

. . . Rejoice in hope for how we contribute to the needs of the saints through sharing our finances and our time.

A remarkable (and not well-publicized) trait of College Church is the willingness of this congregation to consider others before considering themselves, and to focus on serving others. Over the past year we have had more than 1,000 ministry roles filled by volunteers— our men, women and students giving of their time and talent for the benefit of others. Our congregation has gone above and beyond in ministering to one another, serving one another. Perhaps most remarkably, in a year when giving financially was challenging, this body of believers has been more generous than in any previous year! Also, our Care and Share fund has disbursed nearly $200,000 to help those here in the Wheaton area needing financial assistance. With such a giving and generous congregation, as we move into this new year, we do so with great hope knowing this body is focused on not only our own needs, but the needs of others. . . . Rejoice in hope for our leaders who earnestly serve the Lord; who are not slothful in zeal; and who are constant in prayer.

In a recent ministry assessment of our church, we identified over 300 specific ministry functions that take PASTO RS AND DIRECTOR S

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NANCY SINGER, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

• While our offerings were behind budget most of the year, the generosity of our congregation during the crucial December year-end time frame resulted in the highest amount ever received. During the following four months donations were lower than planned, but we ended the year with a significant surplus over our actual expenditures. For only the second time in 22 years, our giving was above budget, and the last time was 13 years ago. Praise be to God for his faithfulness.

• Dan Bauer filled the role as accounting manager in spring 2021, since Deb Carlburg, who ably filled that role for well over a decade, went to a part-time schedule as a way to prepare for actual retirement while allowing Dan to benefit from her expertise and experience.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

• Through the successful capital campaign launched in late 2020, the contributions allowed us to purchase, without any debt, the final two houses on Seminary Avenue west of the Sanctuary building. As importantly, we had sufficient funds from the campaign to pay off the $754,000 mortgage on the other houses on that street. The remaining dollars received have been set aside for seed money for the eventual plans to utilize that land in the future.

FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

• The replacement skylight was finally received and installed on the Sanctuary building in August 2021 after the derecho severely damaged the original one and the steeple nearly a year earlier. Our property insurance reimbursed us for all the damage other than

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the policy deductible. Even through this major weather damage, God’s graciousness was evident in that the roof, skylight and steeple were nearing the time for major repairs. Now they are all brand new and won’t need major maintenance for decades to come.

• Work was finished in the west end of the Crossings building and Clapham School moved into its newly designed classrooms, teacher offices and lots of other spaces giving them great amenities and room for more students. Our own student ministries are utilizing some of those spaces on Sundays and Wednesday evenings as well.

• Work was also finished in the center portion of the Crossings for the STARS Resale Shop. The staff there did an amazing job of setting up a boutique-style shop with plenty of room between the areas of neatly displayed merchandise. Sales have been much higher than in its prior location, and the frequent flooding issues at the old store from above and below are a thing of the past.

HUMAN RESOURCES

• This area has seen so many changes due to COVID protocols and testing. The ever-present new rules and regulations are always a challenge. God has also been gracious in allowing us find dedicated, qualified people to fill open positions.

I count it a privilege to serve alongside such talented and dedicated people as we labor to provide excellence in supporting the ministries of College Church.

To God be the glory.

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CHERYCE BERG, DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

I have the best job: to peek in our many children’s classrooms and hear God and his Word being proclaimed, worshiped and celebrated!

The Lord has entrusted us with approximately 450 children participating in programs run by 215 Kids’ Harbor volunteers this past year. Wow! I am joined in shepherding them by an incredible staff consisting of Angie Schroeder, Jenn Miller, Karin Tuurie, Liz Stahler, Sarah Herr and Sarah Tews, as well as the valuable superintendents who give their updates below.

If you make your way downstairs, you’ll immediately notice a newer, brighter welcome center (called the Harbor Hub), fresh floors and paint, a Bible timeline, and our favorite: a salt-water aquarium with fish named by kids! You may see our three new missions maps on the walls, missionary baseball cards, or a table of outreach ideas. Ask a child about Family Open Gym times or Crew

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Adventure Days. Hear from a volunteer about Lunch and Learn trainings, relationships built with fellow teachers, or the variety of resources available to them. Talk to a parent about our fall parenting seminar called “Show Them Jesus” or the books we’ve distributed to help with their primary role in discipleship.

However, thankfully it isn’t about us or what we can do; what is most important is God at work to share the good news of salvation through Christ with kids and their families. He has provided all these things and they are for the purpose of bringing kids to a saving knowledge and love of Jesus. “For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, ‘Let

light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Cor. 4:5-6) All praise to him!

ASHLEY GOSSELIN, nursery superintendent: Praise God

for the faithful service of those that are willing to volunteer to spend their Sunday mornings and evenings with the sweet babies and toddlers in our congregation!

We have been encouraged to see the class sizes grow over the past year as families return after a difficult couple of years. On a Sunday morning you can look through the windows into one of our rooms and see the men and women serving sitting on the floor reading to a group of children sitting around them, playing pretend in the kitchen or singing songs to the Lord. We are thankful for the sacrifice of these men and women that enables parents to attend a service knowing their children are safe and also hearing about Jesus.

SARAH MIKOLAJCZYK, preschool Bible school superintendent: Do you remember playing, giggling and having fun in Sunday Bible school? Our kids have fun when they worship! They sing loud, they sing soft. They sit, jump and stand. They use their hands to express the words of songs! Through our end-of-unit “Lighthouse” Sundays we gather together in Welsh hall to review the lessons, learn about missionaries and sing together memorized Scripture passages. These little children who are just learning to color, cut, and paste, already understand that the Bible is God’s Word to us and that

they can share with others the good news! Do you remember the Bible stories about Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses and Joshua? This year, our preschool team has been faithfully bringing those stories and many more each week to this new generation of children. We are planting seeds of understanding in these little ones for how God deserves our worship, and how God gave, provided, healed, and encouraged his people. This is so that they might know with certainty who God is, understand their need for Jesus and come to an eternal hope in him. Our numbers have continued to increase and we will be opening another preschool class this spring. Praise God for his faithfulness!

DAN BURDEN, elementary Bible school superintendent:

Praise God for the increased number of children in Kids’ Harbor this year. As we emerged from the pandemic wave, attendance climbed to near prepandemic levels (~130 kids, 1st-5th grade). It is such a joy to worship and learn together in person. We also experimented with a new format. Approximately once a month, all grade levels (1st-5th) met together in one large group for worship and teaching. We called it a Lighthouse Gathering! These mornings provided a break from the normal grade-specific activities and created space for larger corporate worship and Christcentered lessons delivered by a variety of Kids’ Harbor teaching leaders.

KRISTIE SMALLEY, preschool children’s church superintendent: Many of you, our church family, serve in children’s ministries, and we are so thankful for you!

Your service enables us to teach and minister to the children that God has placed here at our church, as well as minister to our families and those who might come as guests. Our year started with one class and due to increased number of children we added a class and divided the preschool classes into younger (2 & 3 yearolds) and older preschool (4 & 5 year-olds). We will continue over the coming year to evaluate our 11 a.m. children’s ministries in order to best teach effectively and give God all the glory. Our average number of children for the 11 a.m. preschool group is around 24. We treasure the time we spend with our children and seek your prayers that even at this tender age the Word of God will pierce their hearts. “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.”

(Psalm 31:24, KJV)

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NANCY CHASE, WOW superintendent: “So shall my Word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11) Wonders of Worship introduces children to the concept of worship and the particulars of the worship service at College Church. We attempt to allow children to participate in leading our worship service by Scripture reading, singing, the collection of offering, and presenting the ministries of church-supported missionaries. The children gain familiarity in using the Bible by memorizing the books of the Bible and by looking up the teaching passages. This year, we are studying the Lord’s Prayer line-by-line. Most weeks, pastors from College Church have taught these lessons, and thus the children have become familiar with our pastors. After a year of cancelled classes due to COVID, we were uncertain as to how many children would participate in WOW and if we could staff the ministry.

It has been our privilege to welcome an average of twenty children weekly who enthusiastically participate in the program. And with some restructuring, God has sent us enough willing and loving teachers to minister to the children. We pray that the teaching of God’s Word in WOW will bear much fruit in the lives of children and teachers alike and that the children leaving the program will feel comfortable in being full participants in our church’s worship services.

SUZANNE SHIRLEY, Kids Korner superintendent: With goldfish, graham crackers and God’s faithfulness, Kids Korner returned to its regular schedule and attendance this year. We were grateful to have Wheaton College students return to serve along with our regular teachers, which enabled us to open six total nursery and preschool classes, ending the year at 92 children registered with 60+ attending each week. As their moms studied the Storyline of the Bible and the Beatitudes in Matthew, our preschool classes visited the stories in the Old and New Testaments showing God’s faithfulness in

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redeeming his people. It has been a joy to see children once again filling up the hallways and classrooms, singing, playing, crafting, growing and learning about Jesus together.

TERRY VANSOMEREN, midweek evening boys superintendent: Boys Brigade is continuing on this year providing a fun and high-energy mid-week evening at College Church.

Attendance is somewhere between 50 and 60 on any given Wednesday. The boys in Boys Brigade have small group time, Scripture memorization, game time (with the ever-popular dodgeball) and an all-group story that ends the night on a reflective spiritual note. This fall we studied the Ten Commandments. This winter session, as we worked on cars the boys memorized verses from Proverbs. The “Shape and Race” event is an annual multi-week event that begins after Christmas and continues up to spring break. Boys learn basic skills as they design, sand, prime and paint their cars. We recognize boys in each grade with trophies for speed and style. Some of the Brigade leaders are fathers of kids in the program. But we also had some dads who have stayed with the program after their sons have moved on.

Not all boys in Boys Brigade and Tree Climbers attend other College Church programs. The casual mid-week setting is a great way for boys to invite school or neighborhood friends who would not likely come to Sunday morning Bible school. We want to be sure that each boy in the program builds relationships with Christian boys and men and learns Scripture and stories that show God’s love for them and the need for all of us to trust Jesus.

JUDY FORD, midweek evening girls superintendent: Today I was handed a beautiful card signed by our Pioneer Girls letting me know they were thinking and praying for me and my husband. You see, my husband had a heart attack, and I haven’t been able to be there for the girls and leaders. This is who they are, and it was exactly what I needed! What a blessing! These young girls are truly putting feet to their faith. Learning Bible verses, hearing Bible stories, working on fun projects are exciting, and the girls look forward to our evenings together. But here, in a real-life situation, they responded how they knew Jesus would have wanted them… with a kind and thoughtful gesture. May we all be lights in this world. I love our Pioneer Girls.

Claire Johnston, Brianna Newhouse, Hope Aviles, and Bethany Taylor, Summer Crew ’21: Our Pirate Crew told the message of Jesus Christ to multiple groups of elementary kids while having a boatload of fun last summer. Whether it was through Crew Club or Crew Adventures, kids participated in games, songs, crafts, Bible stories, prayer, and real-life application conversations to learn more about the gospel. Crew also ran a class called “I’m a Christian Now” to help upper elementary kids learn about and discuss their faith. When they weren’t preparing lessons and activities, the Crew team spent time studying the Bible using the Charles Simeon Trust lessons and studying a book called Show Them Jesus by Jack Klumpenhower to better prepare them for ministry and strengthen their walk with Jesus.

SARAH HERR, God’s Children Sing superintendent: After

a year and a half hiatus, we were elated to re-start our God’s Children Sing preschool and kindergarten classes this school year on Sunday nights during the evening service. Twenty children and six volunteers met each week, to sing, move to music, play instruments and singing games, all while learning Bible stories and worshipping God. Some highlights included playing gongs, drums, chimes and rain sticks to simulate Noah’s 40-day rainstorm and a singing game in which the children had to listen for their name to be called, as did Samuel when he was a boy listening to God’s voice. It was a blessing to make a joyful noise together each week.

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ERIC CHANNING, PASTOR OF CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND FAMILY MINISTRIES Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:3-5 The pace of change, uncertainty and unrest in our world this past year was dizzying at times. However, amid such challenges, we must remind ourselves that we have a solid foundation, built upon the rock and anchor of our souls, Jesus Christ. In the passage above, Peter reminds us that our hope is living, and it is founded upon God’s great mercy. This mercy has given us a new life in Christ. This means that no matter what happens in our lives, or within the world at large, our hope is secure. Our inheritance is imperishable. What a needed reminder for all of us as we seek to minister to one another at College Church.

Here are a few highlights from 2021-22 in the areas of ministry that I oversee: EQUIPPING

In March 2022 I had the privilege of training 25+ leaders within our church on “Caring for One Another,” using material from Ed Welch’s book with the same title.

My hope is our church would continue to live out the “one another’s” of Scripture and that we would not be intimidated to step into one another’s lives, especially as those around us go through times of difficulty and trial.

In addition, this spring Jim and Heidi Johanik joined me in leading the Becoming One class, which equips pre- and newly married couples with biblical tools for successful marriages. We had 13 couples participate in the class, the largest in 10 years, all in various ages and stages of life. Please join me in praying for these couples, that their marriages would be a living picture of the foundational marriage, the one between Christ and his bride, the church.

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PASTORAL RESIDENCY

The residency program continued to bear much fruit this past year. In December, we welcomed Josh Maurer to the full-time pastoral staff after his service as a pastoral resident for one and a half years. He and Caitlin and the kids are such a blessing to us all, and we look forward to how God will use them here in the years ahead. In February, Josue Alvarado joined the staff as a pastoral resident, and he has already brought much life and a new perspective to the staff. Looking forward, Richard Moomjian begins his residency in June. God has truly blessed us with godly men whom we are called to mentor and train, all while benefitting from their ministry among us.

DEACONESSES

The deaconesses at College Church are all-stars. Most of their work is done behind the scenes, but they serve with faithfulness, compassion, Christlike care and excellence. They serve meals at funerals, administrate Care and Share benevolence fund requests, prepare the communion elements, visit homebound congregants and so much more. What a blessing this group of hardworking, humble women are to this church.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Laurie Costley (Grief Share) and Pat Fallon (Grace Mental Health groups) provided excellent leadership over our support groups this past year.

If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, or if you or a family member are struggling with mental health issues, please reach out to us and we would love to get you involved with these ministries.

VISITATION

MEMBERSHIP

Bruce Main has done a fantastic job as the interim pastor of visitation and care for our senior adults. As a veteran pastor of 40 years, he has brought godliness, maturity, and deep care for people into every conversation and visit. In addition to Bruce, various congregants have visited homebound individuals within the congregation, and the pastoral staff and deaconesses have done the same.

We know from Scripture that the Lord is the one who builds his church. In February we were blessed with the largest membership class in recent history, with more than 65 people participating in the class.

College Church’s commitment to God’s Word is the main factor in drawing people from around the western suburbs.

FRONT DOOR MINISTRIES

This year the Front Door Ministries (greeting team, welcome center, hospitality committee, ushers and LST) worked together in fresh ways to welcome people to College Church. Our theme verse comes from Romans 15:7, “welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” It is a joy to see how these dedicated servants work hard to bless new visitors, members and anyone who comes through the doors of the church.

There’s so much more that I could report. As I close, let us rejoice in the Lord who has given us a living hope, and a future that can never be shaken.

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JULIE CLEMENS, DIRECTOR OF DISABILITY MINISTRIES

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV) What a year it has been! Our hope has always been in Christ, but our hope has also been in anticipation of seeing each other in person. We did this because a number of the STARS are immunocompromised and made this decision for the group. Many of our STARS families lived in isolation, without day programs or activities to go to. Last spring, we were limited to parking lot events with dinners in parking spots and lawn chairs set up outside cars. We expanded our music camp to six weeks on Zoom to give more opportunities for the STARS to gather. Our Sunday morning classes started meeting in person last summer, and it was so good to see everyone! One challenge we’ve had this year is finding volunteers who were willing to serve. Some of our previous volunteers didn’t return. But the Lord is faithful, and he knows our needs better than we do.

Sunday morning superintendents Dorothy Nicholson and Lin Fallon rallied the troops, and we now have wonderful volunteers who serve beautifully by coming alongside the STARS. Kathy Brinker has led the younger STARS well. Over the course of the last year, they have met via Zoom and in person to help engage more students in study of God’s Word and in prayer.

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Kristin Visconti leads STARS Choir and Praise in Action beautifully. We began meeting for both programs in the fall and the STARS were thrilled to take part in the STARS Christmas program. Over the last two years, we had families who have either moved out of state or are still at too great of a risk to meet in person. In the past, those STARS would’ve been left out, but thanks to technology, they have been able to join us. They were even incorporated into the Christmas program and will also take part in STARS Ministry Sunday.

Respite has always been a need for families affected by disability. Caring for a loved one is hard, and it doesn’t always stop when they go to sleep, or even at age 18 when other kids are going onto college or new and exciting jobs. Kathy Brinker heads up Buddy Break and has given parents the evening off while she and volunteers come alongside and care for their STARS and younger siblings. Beth Gunther leads Friday Night Fun and gathers teen through adult STARS. These two programs occur on the same evening and have themes.

I’m so pleased that these women and their volunteers don’t just baby-sit these kids, they engage them in purposeful activity and teach them about God’s Word.

We are the hands and feet of Jesus on these nights.

We recently received exciting news about STARS membership from the Council. Up until now, STARS were only allowed to apply for associate membership.

In April, the Council of Elders unanimously approved that STARS who have expressed full faith in Jesus, can apply for full membership of College Church. Our prayer is that we all see the STARS as our Lord sees them, fully gifted brothers and sisters in Christ.

Finally, the Run for the STARS committee has been meeting and race registrations are rolling in. We are so excited that the race is in person this year! Last year we had to have another year of virtual runs and had just over 300 runners.

Again, the Lord reminded me of his faithfulness with our final proceeds coming in at around $45,000. I want to encourage you, to join us for this event. Whether you volunteer or run, it’s a day that College Church can come around STARS families and encourage them that they are loved and they are not alone.

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ERIK DEWAR, PASTOR OF WORSHIP AND MUSIC

When we sing and pray in our services, we are in the presence of the One who calls out to sinners, “Come to me.”

For many of us, Jesus’ call at the end of Matthew 11 has recently captured our attention with profound meaning.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-39) These precious words have come to the forefront of our minds as of late. Books and songs have been written about them. Conversations have centered upon them.

Perhaps we have felt more heavy-laden than usual amidst all that’s happened in the world over the last 26 months. Whatever the case, Jesus is reminding us of just how kind and generous his heart is toward us.

in our services, we are in the presence of the One who calls out to sinners, “Come to me.” May we draw near to him as we participate in worship together.

I’m thankful for the Spirit-empowered work of our music staff and volunteers. Last summer, Elaine Meyer retired from her administrative role and moved into a volunteer capacity. I’m personally so thankful for her years on staff and, really glad she’s still helping in many ways around the church. Lauren Fortosis joined the music team over the summer to help with these administrative needs. What a joy to have her on staff, especially during this rebuilding year! Debbie Hollinger was also hired last summer as the new children’s choir director. She and her staff have been doing a wonderful job. I’m very grateful for Ruth Gregornik for her piano playing, and the many things she does behind the scenes; Delena Ollila for all she does in leading our Glorify! student ensembles; H.E. Singley for serving as organist, Robin Wiper for assisting in project and service planning; and Sarah Herr for leading the God’s Children Sing ministry.

A few memories from the year: • When we gathered all together in the parking lot for our One Service.

Jesus’ description of himself in these verses has deep and wonderful implications for our gathered worship.

Instead of mistaking God for an aloof being who impatiently awaits our human efforts on a Sunday morning, we meet a Savior who offers his rest, a friend who offers his invitation. Therefore, an important aspect of gathering to worship this Jesus on Sundays is to seek him together, to sit at his feet and receive from him, to find the rest he alone can offer. When we sing and pray

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• The choir was relaunched in the fall after a year and a half hiatus.

• The Glorify! student ensembles led the morning services multiple times throughout the year.

• Children’s choirs led in our morning and evening services and blessed us all with their Christmas program and spring musical.

• We enjoyed our new monthly Community Celebrations on Sunday evenings.

PASSION WEEK

• The choir worked on the Dan Forrest “Words from Paradise” project.

• Thursday Communion Service during Passion Week.

May God give us all, as worshipers at College Church, an unrivaled pursuit of the glory of Christ as the deepest joy of our souls.

The Music Committee membership included Bethany Albright, Nathan Bliss, Jay Cunningham, Scott Evangelist, Micah Lindquist, Caitlin Maurer and Erik Dewar as pastoral staff liaison.

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ZACH FALLON, PASTOR OF CHURCH PLANT IN GEORGIA

What in honor it is to be your church planter. I hope that the report below strengthens your faith in Christ and encourages you with the power of the gospel and God’s desire to see the gospel advance in our own generation.

PHASE 1 // GOD GATHERS A TEAM

Christine and I and the kiddos moved to the South Metro area of Atlanta in June 2021. We moved down with Steve and Lois Krogh, with the prospect that a local church down here in the area was prepared to welcome us and help us see a new gospel proclaiming church established. We spent the first three or four months down here getting settled in and meeting a ton of people to get a sense of what the Lord was preparing and what the spiritual needs of the area were. Having grown up here, I was already aware that there are many professing believers down here, yet there remained a need for clarity on the message of the gospel, a healthy understanding of the local church, and a commitment to training and sending gospel workers into the harvest.

Christine and I hosted many people in our home and our leadership team had interest and introduction meetings for a couple of months to see who might be interested in helping see a new, healthy church planted.

The result of those efforts was that by the end of October, 55 adults and 32 children would become the team the Lord had prepared to see this new work established. We are so grateful for these faith-filled believers!

PHASE 2 // EQUIPPING THE SAINTS

After the Lord identified this group, we then spent two months having equip meetings together. At these meetings, we went to the Scriptures together to see what the Lord’s vision is for a healthy local church. During this time, we built relationships with one another and made plans for establishing a healthy local church. We identified some leadership teams to help oversee various aspects of the ministries we intended to pursue, and we spent many evenings praying and planning for all the Lord had for us.

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PHASE 3 // PLANTING THE GOSPEL

On January 16, 2022, the day Georgia saw snow and flurries for the first time in years, 175 people gathered to worship the Lord Jesus and hear the gospel proclaimed from Galatians 1:1-5. The following week, we started our discipleship cohorts ministry, which is one of our key discipleship ministries for our members. We also started hosting monthly community groups in our homes and welcomed in many visitors the Lord was drawing to our ministry. Since then, we have had about 150 different people come through at various times to see what the Lord is doing in and through Christ Church. We hosted our first new members meeting in late February and had 20 adults participate in that. We also had another new members meeting planned for late March, and 15 people signed up for that at the time of this writing in early March. Several encouraging stories have begun to emerge. Probably the most encouraging one is a 22-year-old guy named Ben. Ben came to our church on our second Sunday through the friendly invitation of one of our members. He showed up at our church and said he did not own a Bible, so I gave him a copy of God’s Word and asked if he would be interested in reading it together. We met up later that week with a couple of young guys from our church and began to go through the Christianity Explored resource on the Gospel of Mark. By the end of that first study, Ben shared that he sensed God was calling him to trust in

PHASE 4 // ESTABLISHING NEW MINISTRIES OF EQUIPPING AND STRENGTHENING

As the Lord continues to build his church, our elders are beginning to make plans for how we can raise up ministry leaders and gospel workers and also strengthen our families and young adults that the Lord has brought to Christ Church. We are hoping that this coming fall 2022, we will be able to establish family ministries, a young adults fellowship and a ministry training track for those who sense God is calling them to serve in leadership in the local church.

GRATEFULNESS TO GOD FOR YOU

I have a hunch that this might go down as one of the most significant pictures of my life! My heart rejoices in the Lord for these two godly pillars (founding elders David Meade and Steve Krogh) and the list of these 55 precious First Members of Christ Church.

Christ. We looked at Romans 10 and right there in a coffee shop about five minutes away from where I grew up, Ben called upon the name of the Lord and confessed Jesus as Christ and Lord. Since then, we continue to meet together weekly to study the Gospel of Mark.

He had also gone through our baptism class and publicly professed his faith on March 20 along with two other people. This is a great encouragement to me.

Other testimonies we have heard from people who have engaged with our ministry is that they are so thankful that in the midst of a lot of things being done in the name of Jesus, there is a church that preaches God’s Word and proclaims the gospel. Many have also testified that they did not realize that God’s Word has so much to say about how we are to intentionally and faithfully pursue life in the local church. We are grateful to hear these kinds of testimonies.

College Church is a special local church. What the Lord is doing in you and through you is having ripple effects for the advancement of the kingdom of our Lord throughout the world, and he is establishing a new outpost for the gospel in the southeastern part of the U.S. None of this would be possible without your steadfast encouragement, your love for us and for the gospel, and your generous giving and entrustment that you have so graciously given to us. We hope to make you proud in the best sense of the word and we look forward to sharing more encouraging updates in the days ahead.

Please continue to pray that we would be found faithful to God’s Word, that we would lovingly and courageously proclaim the gospel, that the Lord would raise up a new generation on the southside of Atlanta who love Christ and count everything else as loss to know him. Your words of encouragement are food for the soul, so feel free to drop a note and check in anytime: zfallon@ christsma.org.

If you would like to see more about what’s going on with our church plant, visit our church’s website: www. christsma.org. You can also follow us on Instagram to keep an eye on what we doing: www.instagram.com/ christchurchsma.

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BAXTER HELM, HIGH SCHOOL PASTOR

God has been gracious to HYACKs this year. It’s been a season of transition with new students, a new pastor and a new meeting place, but the life-giving hope of the gospel has remained unchanged!

DISCOVER

Every Sunday night in HYACKs we gave ourselves to the faithful study of God’s Word. This year we studied Galatians in the fall and Mark in the spring. We switched off between large group gatherings at the church and small group gatherings in homes of families.

If you were walking the side streets of Wheaton on a Sunday night you would have seen the parked cars crowded together on a block. You might have heard the laugher of students echoing over a backyard bonfire, a knockout game or some volleyball shenanigans. You might have seen a lit-up living room with a group of students and adults gathered in a circle praying together and opening God’s Word. Sunday night was our front door into the HYACKs ministry. It was a place to belong, a place where students brought friends, and ultimately a place where we continued to discover the gospel message in gospel community.

GROW

On Sunday morning you could find HYACKs across Wesley Street. inside the Crossings. We were blessed to be able to meet in this new space! We rotated through the gospel rhythms we see in Acts 2:42—teaching, fellowship and worship. We went through three different series: spanning church history, Bible study principles and apologetics. We were also blessed by having College Church missionaries come to share. We ate donuts, we sang praises, we prayed together, we played ping-pong, and most importantly it was a place to grow together in the hope of the gospel.

IMPACT

On Wednesday nights you could find about 25 students and 10 adult leaders back in the Crossings for our upperclassmen discipleship group, Bridge. This year we dug into how to study God’s Word well. We worked through

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the COMA Bible reading method and synthesized the text into one main point. It was a joy to see high school students excited to grow in their handling of God’s Word, and their desire to faithfully apply it. These students helped to lead and impact their Sunday night HYACKs small groups. This group was a particular encouragement to me (like when they passed out fake mustaches for everyone to wear...how great is that!?).

What started as a year of uncertain transition has turned into a year of glimpsing God’s goodness. The most powerful moment of the year came on the last day of our spring retreat. We had been praying that students would stand and share how God had been working in their hearts that weekend. On Sunday morning we saw nearly 20 students stand up and testify to the Spirit’s work in their lives that weekend. God be praised!

Thank you, College Church, for the many ways you’ve prayed for and supported the HYACKs ministry. I also must thank our wonderful 30-person adult ministry team for serving so faithfully this year. I’d like to give a special thanks to Katie Nussbaum, Bethany Atchison, Addie Fritz, Mia Rynbrandt, Sarah Kang, Daniel Conroy and Dave Tweeten. We praise the Lord for what he’s done, and we are eager to see what he will continue to do in HYACKs!

DAN HIBEN, MIDDLE SCHOOL PASTOR

God has worked powerfully in the lives of middle school students this year Students have grown in their understanding and passion for God, they have grown in their desire to pray, some have been baptized, and many have developed a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. Here’s a quick overview of some ministry highlights from the past year.

SUNDAY FOUNDATIONS

We launched a new Sunday morning ministry this year called Sunday Foundations, with the goal of learning about the core aspects of the Christian faith. We’ve been using The New City Catechism as a guide to how we can find answers to the important questions of life in the Bible. We also have Fellowship Sunday each month, hearing testimonies about the Lord’s work in the lives of students, adult leaders and church missionaries—and, of course, enjoying lots of donuts!

KMs WEDNESDAY

KMs Wednesday continues to be our large group gathering each week. This year, we’ve played a lot of (often crazy!) group games, shared fellowship with each other, and enjoyed time studying the Bible and praying together. Each week we spend time in worship and prayer, large group teaching and small group discussion.

Some of our teaching series include the Book of Philippians, the life of Abraham in Genesis, biblical worship and the Psalms of Ascent.

PROJECT DISCIPLESHIP

In addition to our weekly large group gatherings, some students have taken the opportunity to participate in an additional small group study each semester. Groups have met throughout the year for Bible study and prayer, studying through Hebrews and 1 Kings.

RETREATS

Retreats have been a highlight of this year. Our fall retreat was at Dickson Valley Camp in October, filled

with goofy games, small group time, outdoor laser tag, and teaching from Tate Fritz about how a relationship with God brings true transformation in our lives. Our winter retreat was at Phantom Ranch Camp in March and was a great time of castle-building (ask a middle schooler!), broomball and learning a biblical understanding of identity from Emmanuel Tahear.

Of course, all this has taken place only through the dedicated team of ministry workers who have invested in students. Madi Cilley, who started working at the church in July, has excelled as our program coordinator.

Jacki Berg, who began working here in August, is an amazing ministry associate. Sadie Rynbrandt and James Hensley served faithfully over the summer as interns.

And at the core of this ministry, over 25 volunteer adult leaders have invested their time, energy, wisdom and prayers into the lives of this church’s students, teaching them to study the Bible, praying with and for them, being godly examples to them, and showing them the love of Jesus by their presence. If you know someone who has served this year in middle school ministry, thank them for their hard work and faithfulness!

On a personal note, thank you for your support of me and the middle school ministry. I’m grateful for the privilege of being able to serve at College Church as a pastor, and for the joy of working alongside so many of you in ministry. Thank you for praying for Amy and me as we married this past fall, and for your encouragement to us both. Let’s continue to pray that the year ahead may be filled with God’s blessing on our families, on our church and on our community.

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TIM HOLLINGER, TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? Romans 10:14 INVISIBLE SERVANTS

I tell our audio-visual operators that they have done their job well if no one knew they were there. The same goes for our IT team. If everything is working as expected, then you can remain focused on the worship service or ministry resource or whatever function you’re involved in that includes support from technology.

The behind-the-scenes people and resources needed to carry out our ministry objectives continues to grow as the world advances around us. For example, preCOVID, our livestream broadcast used one volunteer per service to operate the cameras. Lockdown forced us to make changes like adding song lyrics and improvements like better audio. We now have four and a half people dedicated to the livestream at 9:30; cameras, lyrics/video, a separate audio mix just for the broadcast and a director who talks into the other operators’ headsets with instructions and direction. I’m the half as I sit at my desk and monitor the livestream that is being delivered around the world and make occasional comments to the crew if something needs correction.

Pray for our AV staff and volunteers as they work to help proclaim the hope of the gospel. And consider joining our team! We need more volunteers.

Another major behind-the-scenes area is our church database. This is a software system that houses contact and demographic information on our congregants and provides services like Kids’ Harbor check-in, online giving and year-end giving statements, event registration, small group administration and more. The system we have been using has been out of development for several years and we are switching to a new system at the end of June. While some may worry about the big-brother aspect of this data, it is a vital tool in helping ministry

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leadership manage volunteers and events and examine the health of the church body through various areas of involvement. We also take protection of this data very seriously. Pray for the IT and administrative staff as they work to improve the effectiveness of these tools and enhancing your use of them.

You may not see most these servants at work, but they are here, serving on your behalf.

To God be the glory!

JOSH MAURER, PASTOR OF DISCIPLESHIP

Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Colossians 1:28 The discipleship ministries of College Church exist to facilitate, by the power of the Holy Spirit, such growth into Christ-like maturity. From Adult Communities on Sunday mornings to weekly small groups, men’s and women’s Bible studies, mentoring relationships, and more, the main goal in all of them is to mutually encourage and exhort one another to grow up into Christ, not being hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We desire to be disciples of Christ who make disciples of Christ.

This past year, 2021–2022, saw a couple significant changes for us. First, though COVID has not gone away (and likely will not), for a variety of reasons we were able to begin gathering again in greater capacities. And though we are thankful to the Lord for the opportunity technology did and will continue to afford us, we are also thankful that in-person ministry was able to resume—there simply is no replacement for being together. Second, we said goodbye to Pastor Josh Stringer and his family, as he took a new role as the senior pastor of Living Stones Church just north of Atlanta. Pastor Stringer served us faithfully as the pastor of discipleship, and we were both saddened to see him go and excited for him and his family in this new opportunity. His departure obviously left a few holes.

And I want to take some time here to thank all those who, in various ways, stepped in to fill them.

Pastoral Resident Michael Walker oversaw many of our important ministries, including Adult Communities, small groups, 20s, and the Discipleship Committee.

He did a wonderful job—thank you, Michael. Pastor Ben Panner oversaw our weekly men’s ministry and brought a renewed clarity and passion for studying the Bible together as men—thank you, Ben. Pastor Eric Channing resumed and revitalized many of our frontdoor ministries: greeters, welcome center, visitors

lunches and membership classes—thank you, Eric.

When you see these men, please thank them (“Pay . . . honor to whom honor is owed” [Rom. 13:7]). Their important work has made my transition into this role as the pastor of discipleship much smoother than it otherwise might have been.

I want to thank members of the Discipleship Committee— Dave Setran, Kayla Costley, Harry Robinson, elder liaison Jeff Oslund and pastoral liaison Michael Walker— for their ongoing work this past year. Among other things, and in concert with one of our elder initiatives, they worked hard at imagining and beginning to construct a discipleship curriculum that could be implemented in various ways across the church, providing a core body of teaching that would unite us on a solid foundation.

I also want to thank Mark Berg, one of our elders, who has been a great encouragement to me personally and professionally. Among other things, he spearheaded the creation of our newest Adult Community, Life Together, which has been very successful. We continue to dream and think about the creation of more Adult Communities that will help facilitate further community among us.

Finally, to the many volunteers apart from whom many of our ministries would simply not function, thank you.

May the Lord richly bless you as you continue serving him by so faithfully serving us.

Be encouraged, College Church, God is at work among us. And I look forward with great anticipation to what he has in store for us this coming year.

Working with you for your progress and joy in the faith.

(Phil. 1:25)

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CURT MILLER, MISSIONS PASTOR The Psalmist reminds us: Your way, O God, is holy.

What god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.

Psalm 77:13-14 To see the Lord at work is refreshing. To join him in that work is life-giving. As the pastoral liaison to the Board of Missions as well as the Evangelism and Culture Impact Committee, I count it a privilege to see how the Lord is using the people of College Church to steward resources and to make an impact for the sake of the gospel. It is an honor to work alongside a great staff and volunteer team in this effort.

During this past season, our team prayed, planned and executed projects such as the new missions wall in the fireside area outside the Sanctuary, the fall Faith and Culture series and the hosting of a group of Ukrainian pastors to explore our pastoral residency program with the goal of launching their own such program.

Other projects were less planned and more urgent such as the immediate response to the invasion of Ukraine the same week we hosted our new Ukrainian pastor friends. Prayer gatherings were quickly pulled together.

A webpage for updates was created. An ongoing prayer group was formed. For both the planned and the unplanned, we marvel at the works of the Lord, and as we join in that work, our hearts are filled with joy.

LOOKING BACK

Here’s a recap of the last year.

LOCALLY

• The Evangelism and Culture Impact Committee administered financial support to five evangelists and three partner organizations.

• The Sanctity of Life Task Force engaged the congregation with pro-life news and events and mobilized around 60 people who participated in the annual March for Life Chicago in January.

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• Two book groups gathered last fall to discuss the book Confronting Injustice without Compromising the Truth by Thaddeus J. Williams.

• You once again gave generously for the Outreach Community Center’s Christmas Store.

• Parents, grandparents, teachers and school administrators joined us for a weekend Faith & Culture Seminar, “Faith, Freedom and Schools,” in partnership with National School Project (now Decision Point).

• A number of Christianity Explored groups or individual meetings were launched in the past year, with some group participants coming to faith in Christ.

GLOBALLY

• The Board of Missions administered financial support to 93 career missionary units*, six mid-term and three short-term units, 13 partner seminaries and 10 local and international organizations. God used you to channel both financial and non-financial support to over 40 countries. Our Missions & Community Outreach Guide lists supported evangelists, missionaries, seminaries and ministry partner organizations. * A unit is defined as a single individual, couple or family.

• $54,334.78 was distributed to our missionaries for Missionary Christmas and $35,977.86 to support three Thanksgiving Eve Offering projects.

• We partnered with the Immanuel Myanmar Church (IMC) to host Bible studies, to witness the baptism of several of their youth in our Sanctuary’s baptismal pool and for our monthly Multi-Nations Fellowship.

College Church missionary Emmanuel Tahear helped plant IMC. • We partnered with the local Vietnamese church and the Burmese church for the International Thanksgiving Celebration.

• We began hosting a weekly Chinese fellowship in our building.

• We were privileged to host 47 missionaries and 13 missionary kids at the Missions & Community Outreach festival in October 2021. This was our largest group in the past seven years.

• We re-launched the All Nations Adult Community in partnership with our discipleship ministry.

• We launched the Missions Hub, a quiet workspace for missionaries on home assignment.

• Community development projects in a war-torn Middle Eastern country, a physical shelter project in Israel, and food vouchers in Lebanon • Soccer outreach to religious non-Christians in Kenya • School library books in the Dominican Republic, along with benevolence funds for national coaches and camp participants • Spanish Bibles in the Dominican Republic, and an audio Scripture/worship music project in an East Asian country

• We continued ministries such as the Missionary Preparation Program, monthly GO! Meetings, the Multi-Nations Fellowship and the International Thanksgiving Celebration to offer you opportunities to learn, prepare and engage with the world around us.

• International student ministry activities in Wheaton, along with student ministry and evangelistic activities at College of DuPage and IIT

• Prioritizing the needs of our missionary families, a task force continues to build, and improve upon, a more comprehensive and intentional flow of care for individuals, couples and families on the field and in the States.

• Assistance for Ukrainian refugees in Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and surrounding countries in Eurasia

In addition, because you gave generously and sacrificially, College Church supported the following ministry projects in the past fiscal year:

• Support for training global Christian authors and publishers in Hungary

LOOKING FORWARD

In the next fiscal year, we are praying, planning and hoping to execute the following, locally and globally: • Moving forward with our goal of planting multiple churches by 2030

• Rental of a townhome at Missionary Furlough Homes to house eight families for short-term visits

• Partnering together with Decision Point (formerly National School Project)

• 25 ministry scholarships for the 20s group, missionaries and missionary kids to participate in missions conferences and retreats

• Commissioning new missionary units (some have already been approved by the Board of Missions)

• Scholarships for local Spanish youth to attend an evangelistic youth camp in Spain • Scholarships for local Spanish youth and volunteer leaders to attend a missions-related conference in Spain • Persian ministry in London • Theological training for Urdu speaking churches in the U.S. • Disability training workshops in Africa • Translation of Greek textbooks into Spanish, theological books into Vietnamese, and evangelistic training materials into Turkish • Outreach to children and parents at an EnglishGerman day camp in Austria and a moms and tots program in Istanbul

• Sending a team (or teams) to serve Ukrainian refugees in Eastern Europe • Relaunching STAMP and World Impact (high school) teams (postponed because of COVID) • Hosting new training on evangelism, cultural topics and missions • Hosting the second in the Faith and Culture Series, the 2022 Missions and Community Outreach Festival and the International Thanksgiving Celebration.

We expect that the Holy Spirit will move in unexpected ways, leading us to become involved in opportunities that are not currently on our radar. We want to be sensitive to his leading and reliant upon his authoritative Word in all we do. Thank you for your ongoing generosity, both financially and in the giving of your lives in service.

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BEN PANNER, COLLEGE PASTOR

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:6-7 Our desire is to raise up students who are rooted in Jesus and ready to serve him. We want to help students land in the local church and find a church home here. This year we launched a semester long discipleship initiative called Rooted that is designed to help us pursue these goals.

We wanted to carve out space that fits with the student rhythms and serves as a catalyst to help students cultivate a vibrant faith in Christ and catch a vision for the local church. God has brought together two cohorts of students in the fall and spring semesters, and we are amazed at his work in and through this initiative.

Students are learning to love God by worshiping together weekly at the 9:30 a.m. service. Students are finding gospel friendships with others as we connect each week.

Students are developing biblical convictions that are intended to shape lifelong commitments through regular theological discussions over meals. As students meet with mature mentors, they are learning to embrace spiritual habits that are helping them make progress in the faith.

As we started the semester, we shared with the students some prayers and hopes for this initiative. God has been answering these prayers. Will you join us in thanking God for his work over the last year? Will you join us in praying to God for future students who will connect to this ministry?

PRAYERS

We pray that students will develop the habit of gathering for weekly corporate worship. Cultural trends push against the church and away from corporate worship. We pray for a new wave of students committed to loving God and finding renewal in him through corporate worship.

We pray that students will be convinced about God’s plan for their spiritual growth, commit to the local church and

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commit to God’s mission in the world. Our faith is weak, but God provides means for us to grow in a knowledge and love of himself. Our tendency is to live life independently, but God brings us into a family to be nurtured. Our world is dying apart from Jesus, but we have the hope of the gospel. Our church needs to grow up, but we can speak truth to build one another up in love. We pray for a new wave of Spirit-empowered students with a vibrant faith in Jesus to carry on God’s mission.

We pray that students develop habits of daily worship.

We pray that students will learn to live in gospel light with other believers and speak gospel truth to other believers.

When religious hypocrisy is rampant, we long to be an honest community that lives in the light because Jesus invites us into the cleansing light of his grace. When we are weighed down by the burdens of life, we can hear the precious promises of God from gospel friends who are seeking to mend our souls with the gospel. When we are wandering, we have the gift of gospel friendships who will snatch us away from the fire and point us again to Christ.

We pray for the next wave of students who are conformed to Jesus by living in the light of his grace and the light of his word.

We pray that students develop trust and cultivate gospel friendships with one another. We pray that students find time to reflect on their spiritual state and turn to God for renewal. When free time is hard to come by, choosing to sacrifice time for one another on overnights will sow seeds that will help real community to form and flourish.

We pray for a new wave of friendships grounded in the gospel for the good of the church.

MINDY RYNBRANDT, DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S MINISTRIES ...According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled and unfading kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:3-5 OUR HOPE IN CHRIST

There is perhaps no virtue that can transform a person’s perspective more than that of Christian hope. Not hope defined as positive or wishful thinking, rather a hope that is rooted in the belief that Christ’s work on the cross on my behalf not only changes my eternity, but also the way I live and experience life today. This concept of hope has long been the message of the church, and within women’s ministries, we’ve sought to fix our eyes upon this hope throughout this past year.

On Saturdays this year during our Women’s Monthly Gathering we’ve wrestled with the question, “How does my eternal hope change how I live my life today?” We’ve looked at how the Bible speaks to this question as applied to our work, our suffering, our relationships and our identity. Through teaching, testimonies and roundtable conversations we’ve sought to make the biblical concept of hope come alive. Intentional time set aside with sisters to ponder and reflect on our eternal hope has led to rich, personal, encouraging conversations which have proven to be high points of this past year.

topical discussions or playdates, each week moms have gathered to encourage one another to fix our gaze on the hope we have in Christ. Particularly as we emerge from the isolation of the pandemic, these gatherings have fostered much needed support and community.

At the end of February, women gathered at The Abbey Resort in beautiful Fontana, WI, to explore hope through the lens of desire. We considered what it means to submit our longings and desires to the sovereign rule of God. Through teaching, testimony, worship and fellowship we sought to explore and apply this concept of hope within the context of community. Organizing an off-site retreat amidst a COVID surge was no small feat, and I would like to extend my appreciation to the excellent retreat team for its efforts in pulling off such a special weekend.

And together, in our weekly Women’s Bible Study program, we’ve seen the hope of Christ as evidenced throughout the unfolding biblical story and through Jesus’ first words of teaching to his gathered disciples in his famous Beatitudes found in the Sermon on the Mount.

From both a bird’s-eye view and an up-close verse by verse examination, we’ve gained clarity on this living hope— experienced in part now, and forever in eternity. Perhaps because of pandemic strain, our small group leaders have consistently noted the heavy burdens many in their small groups are carrying and with the increased vulnerability, the beautiful ways in which women are coming alongside one another, linking arms, and pointing one another to Jesus.

On Mondays this year, the mentors and moms in our Mom2Mom program have gathered to encourage, support and point one another to the hope we have through Jesus as applied in the vocation of mothering. Whether for

“May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.” (Ps 33:22, NIV) As we wrap up this year of ministry and embark upon the next, may we faithfully encourage one another to cling to Jesus, our living hope.

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WIL TRIGGS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Truth often comes alive in the form of story.

So much of what Jesus taught came as parable or story or examples from life happening at the time. The sower.

The prodigal son. The good Samaritan. The widow’s mite.

Often people didn’t understand, not at first. But God is in the business of opening eyes and transforming hearts.

College Church is blessed with people, people with stories, and stories that need telling, not only to us, but also to the world around us. God is working in our midst. How can we not tell the stories of amazing grace? We can be living Good Samaritans or lost sheep or people who find the lost coin. Jesus is with us in our boats in the storms, and he can and does say “Peace. Be still.”

When we share the stories of God at work with one another, hope grows. God is not far away. He’s close.

Look at what he’s doing in Kara Beth’s life. Think about our missionaries to Ukraine and the pastors we met.

Be encouraged by Charles’s perseverance in visiting and caring for the sick. The gospel came alive in James and Jerusha and they shared that story with us. Roger journeyed to the 9-11 Memorial and he took us with him through story. This was especially true with our missionaries and visiting pastors from Ukraine in the days just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Maybe it’s because of coming out of the pandemic, but the stories we tell one another seem more powerful than ever before.

This year, we have added visual artists into our communications like never before. I’m grateful for the artists and photographers in our midst being willing to share their gifts with College Church. You’ll notice them on the cover of Connections, inside, too. And they also have been showing up on OneWord Journal. We are working toward a group to affirm, support and grow the artists here at church.

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After many years of work, the website of College Church was redesigned and launched this year. The new website reflects College Church’s “Discover, Grow, Impact” story of gospel-focused identity. Thanks to Christy Truitt for her perseverance in navigating the creation of this through the pandemic months and beyond. The site seeks to be friendly and accessible to newcomers but also offer a depth of content the we members and regular attenders want.

Thanks, too, to Christy Chiodras, Tony Visconti, Joseph Abdelmelek and our support staff ministry team in their work keeping the site up to date and using our events page to give easy and comprehensive access to upcoming events.

I’m grateful to Kathryn McBride, our creative communications coordinator, for her excellent graphic design work. Thanks goes, too, to Elaine Meyer for helping us produce worship folders every week and to Nancy Weckler for her volunteer work most every week to keep our print media available and our bookstore stocked and clean. Thanks, too, to Lenny Johncola, Debbie Keefe and Pat Fallon for their staffing and selling of books on Sunday mornings. Grateful, too, to Lorraine, for everything.

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)

CONNECTIONS 2021-2022

WEBSITE FROM APRIL 1, 2021 - APRIL 1, 2022 83,869 users 410,833 total page views 2.62 pages per user 2:08 average time on site 79.7% were new users almost a 50/50 split from male to female users 45% mobile 51% desktop 4% tablet The home page accounted for 28% of all traffic The live stream accounted for 21.48%

WAYS PEOPLE GOT TO THE WEBSITE: 33,681 organic searches 32,361 direct 16,171 paid search

5,127 1,946

referral social media

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COUNCIL, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

HOWARD COSTLEY, COUNCIL OF ELDERS CHAIR

Praise the LORD, all nations!

Extol him, all peoples!

For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Psalm 117:1 PRAISE THE LORD! (PSALM 117:1-2)

We join the psalmist in praising the Lord. We praise him for his great love and faithfulness to us as a congregation.

Great is his faithfulness!

How thankful we are to be able to worship together, to study and serve together, and to have wonderful fellowship with one another. We are thankful for the continued strong pulpit ministry and the faithful teaching of God’s Word.

We thank the Lord for our thriving children’s, STARS, youth, and many other ministries. As you read through the various pastoral and director reports in this annual report you will see God’s great faithfulness.

One of our five strategic initiatives is church planting.

Earlier this fiscal year Pastor Zach Fallon and his wife, Christine, accompanied by Steve and Lois Krogh, moved to the south metro area of Atlanta to begin a church plant work. They had their first worship service in January and already have 55 members. I should also add that in December Zach came back to College Church to sit before an ordination council who recommended him to the elders for ordination. We are thankful for God’s faithfulness in establishing this new gospel lighthouse. Our initiative is to plant several more churches this decade.

Another initiative is to provide ministry space in the eastern end of the Crossings building. The elders have appointed a task force composed of congregants, staff and elders to develop plans for the best use of this space. We look forward to their recommendations and appreciate their efforts on behalf of the church. It has been wonderful to see Clapham School and the STARS Resale Shop already using a major portion of the Crossings.

In October the elders spent a day and a half reviewing our five strategic initiatives as well as doing in depth analysis with staff on practically every ministry of College Church.

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Much preparation on the part of the pastoral staff and the elders made this a productive exercise resulting in many action points we have been working on together over the past six months. Our goal is to further strengthen vibrant ministries and to identify weaknesses in any less vibrant ones.

We have seen very large new member classes and are thankful for those who have taken this important step. Our hope is that we, as a congregation, will make our new members and visitors feel welcome from the first Sunday they visit. May we be known as a community where everyone is warmly welcomed and where they can readily find deepening Christian fellowship. This is another of our strategic initiatives.

I want to thank the pastoral staff and the support staff for their hard work and special efforts over the past two years to allow us to continue the ministries of the church. They have gone above and beyond expectations to overcome all kinds of challenges, often at significant personal sacrifice.

Thank you also to the hundreds of you congregants who faithfully serve throughout the ministries of the church.

A special thank you to retiring elders Dan Lindquist, Tad Williams and Tom Nussbaum. They have served well in a variety of roles while on the council, spending untold hours on committees and serving the congregation.

I also want to thank all of you who have given this fiscal year. As I write this report in early April, we are running significantly above last year’s giving and slightly ahead of budget. Thank you for your faithful giving.

As we reflect on the past year it encourages us for the year ahead. We have seen God’s great faithfulness and we know we can trust him to guide us, to strengthen us, and to use us as he sees fit in the days ahead.

Yes! Praise the Lord!

BRAD BAILEY, BOARD OF MISSIONS CHAIR

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:19 As my tenure on the Board of Missions comes to a close, I reflect back on the three parts that make up the missions program at College Church—the missions staff, the Board of Missions and the missionaries and partner organizations.

The missions staff—led by the Missions Pastor Curt Miller, along with Marilyn Papierski, Kathy Bailey and Jacki Berg—works tirelessly on behalf of our missionaries and missions programs. Without the dedication and commitment of the staff, there would not be a missions program as we know it at College Church. Curt’s leadership of the ministry and his commitment to excellence in every aspect of running.

It is a great example of someone using his God-given talents to effectively serve our Lord.

The Board of Missions (BOM)—the BOM consists of 15 members that serve rotating three-year terms. Each year, five members roll off and five new members join.

In my time on the board, I am amazed and awed each year of how God brings the right people to serve at the right time. There is a wide array of experiences, backgrounds, talents and gifts used by the members in service on the BOM. Board members serve on one or more of the following committees or positions: • Finance Committee • Personnel Committee • Care & Furlough Committee • Festival & Events Committee • Missions Prayer Fellowship coordinator • STAMP program liaison • World Impact program liaison • Immigrant Ministry liaison • Fellowship of Theological Training liaison • Missionary Prep Program liaison

Each board member has an integral role in effectively overseeing and, along with the missions staff, running the very large and effective missions program of College Church.

Last, and certainly the most important part of the missions program, are the missionaries themselves and the partner organizations. College Church has the best missionaries! We equip, send out, care for, financially support and consistently pray for: • 93 career missionary units (a unit describes singles, couples or families and the total number of people represented by the career units is 251) • 6 mid-term missionary units (9 people) • 3 short-term missionary units • 13 national schools and seminaries • 5 local ministries • 2 international ministry partners The missionaries and partner organization are in more than 40 countries around the world. They all have dedicated their lives to serve faithfully and help fulfill the Great Commission to “go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” (Matt. 28:19) Thank you to all the members of College Church for supporting and equipping the missions staff, the BOM and the missionaries, enabling all three parts to combine into one great missions program.

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NANCY TAYLOR, BOARD OF DEACONESSES CHAIR

The Board of Deaconesses has the privilege of offering spiritual hope, encouragement, and practical help to members of our congregation.

The Board of Deaconesses has the privilege of offering spiritual hope, encouragement and practical help to members of our congregation. We were delighted to resume meeting in person this year (rather than on Zoom) and to restart some of the activities we were unable to do during the height of COVID. This year’s board was made up of Allison Bonga, Diana Clem, Laurie Costley, Joan Engeseth, Linda Gulbransen (through November), Amy Kruis, Lindsay McCracken, Whitney McKevitt, Mary Miller, Mary Nellessen, Sarah Nelson, Angie Schroeder, Carol Taylor and Susan Zimmerman.

Each deaconess serves on two of our seven committees, but we could not do our jobs without the small army of congregants who sign up to provide meals, rides and funeral food. If you would like to be added to the list of people who receive emails about needs like this, sign up on the website at www.college-church.org/impact/ current-needs. We also rely on you to tell us about the needs of those we can serve. The “help and hope” button on the church website is our primary mechanism for responding to needs in our congregation.

At our monthly meetings, we begin by praying for needs in our congregation. As important as practical help is, the best thing we can do is pray for one another. If you’d like us to pray for you, let us know! After our prayer time, we hear updates from our elder and pastoral liaisons, chairs report on each committee’s activities from the previous month, and then we discuss any issues related to our work. Committees continue their work throughout the month as they prayerfully consider how best to respond to requests that come in. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been able to do this year.

• Each deaconess has the joy of bimonthly visits to one or two homebound congregants, and we were glad to be able to resume in-person visits this fall when it was safe to do so.

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• 244 handwritten cards were sent to express our love to people who were grieving the loss of loved ones, going through physical hardship, or rejoicing in the joy of marriage or new babies.

• Christmas cards were sent to our military service people.

• Forty poinsettias were personally delivered at Christmas to the homebound, furloughing missionaries, and those who experienced the loss of a spouse or child this year.

• 174 meals and 6 rides were given to 35 families going through challenging times.

• Easter flowers were brought to homebound congregants.

• We served at 17 funerals, offering everything from luncheons to ice cream socials, as requested by the grieving families.

• Through the Care and Share fund, nearly $200,000 was disbursed for 61 families and individuals to help with items such as housing, counseling, utilities, medical expenses.

• Money from the Care and Share fund was periodically given to Outreach Community Center and Churches United for Hardship Assistance.

• In conjunction with the deacons, communion was served each month in various ways as COVID protocols dictated.

• We were able to provide robes, towels and logistical support at 14 baptisms.

After serving on this committee for three years, I can say with confidence that College Church has a big heart and genuinely tries to serve each other in a way that feels as connected as a small church. Whether through a written note, practical help for daily needs, or serving at milestone moments in a believer’s life, it is our prayer that the hope of Christ is evident in our service to the College Church family.

STEVE WIPER, BOARD OF DEACONS CHAIR

It is humbling to serve in a role that was instituted by the New Testament church 2,000 years ago.

While the first deacons may not have been tasked with planning for sanctuary technology repairs and upgrades, the present Board of Deacons very much follows the New Testament template. We seek to exemplify servant leadership—in coming alongside congregants to assist with moves and small projects; in prioritizing and funding initiatives to maintain and improve our facilities; in ensuring integrity in our financial processes; in assisting with distribution of the communion elements; and in assisting with the distribution of the Care and Share funds to those in the church community who find themselves in need.

and improved parking for elderly congregants, attendees with disabilities and visitors.

The deacons, church staff and elders poured hours of prayerful research and planning into this budget, submitted in this Annual Report. It is not based on a human hope, but a hope rooted in God’s promises; while we do not know what the future holds, we know who holds the future. Please pray for the deacons as we discuss, plan and execute initiatives throughout the year, seeking to bring glory to God by furthering the ministry goals of his church.

One of our greatest joys is working closely with the dedicated church staff, lay leaders, volunteers and other boards and committees in an array of domains that directly impact on all ministry areas within the church and beyond. For example, we have long sought to provide biblically based, practical financial education to families within the church. We are pleased that such a class has come to fruition and has been well received by those attending. In addition, the deacons helped guide the structure for congregants to access external, biblically based personal counseling resources on-site.

As we count the offering each week and track giving throughout the year, this front row seat allows us a clear view of God’s great provision to and through the College Church congregation. Our collective giving and God’s blessing has allowed College Church to expand its reach in our local community as well as in communities all over the world. Over and above our planned ministry and missions needs, God has blessed the Strengthening Foundations capital campaign, enabling College Church to purchase the last two adjacent properties on Seminary Avenue, clear all the debt on those properties, and prepare for more effective use of that land for expanded

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JAN JONES AND CHRIS GOTTLIEB, SERVICE & ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRS

WHAT WE DO: BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

We build relationships to connect College Church congregants to each other and to College Church’s ministries.

We’re a team of people committed to boosting engagement and service in the church. We’re a starting point for new partnerships, ministry events and service opportunities within College Church and in the community.

Service shapes the culture of a church. We, the body of Christ, are called into beautiful community through humble service, both to our own and to those around us. Every person in College Church should receive a personal invitation to find a service opportunity where they can put their faith and action. We grow when we serve.

HOW WE DO IT: CREATE CONNECTIONS.

We work collaboratively within our committee and within College Church to learn about ministries and connect people to them. We aim to engage new believers, new members, old members, etc. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone.

OUR MODEL:

We build relationships across the church to create connections between congregants and ministry. That means we’re involved in a lot of places. But it is not our goal to have SEC at the center. It is our goal to have Christ exemplified in our church body by fostering relationships and creating connections between congregation and ministry.

The SEC had a slower than normal year, and we are ready to be engaged across College Church in 20222023. We worked collaboratively within College Church to assist with congregant engagement at the individual and corporate level through membership, Fellowship Meals, Tuesdays Together and other activities.

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We connected people to each other and to the church through: Fellowship Meals: These gatherings were just what people needed for reconnection during the days of COVID. These events are extremely popular, and we are working with the Hospitality Committee to sponsor more events in 2022 and beyond.

Ministry Support: We checked in regularly with the leaders of volunteer led ministries. This activity was particularly important this year, as many of the ministries did not get underway until late in the CCIW year or did not operate “normally” at all. Leaders of these ministries appreciated knowing someone was thinking about and praying for them.

Membership Classes: Members of the SEC attended membership classes, connected with prospective members, and helped them get plugged in at College Church.

2021-2022 has been another interesting year and there have been terrific occasions to talk about Jesus and to show Jesus through our actions. We welcome the opportunity to help congregants put their faith in action and look forward to 2022-2023.

Thank you to all the members of the SEC: Kristin Berenschot, Meagan Godoy, Danika Kelly, Gary Chase, Daniel Conroy.

DAVID KELLEY, EVANGELISM AND CULTURE IMPACT COMMITTEE CHAIR Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.

Psalm 67:3-4 In the spring of last year, the Evangelism Committee was combined with the Culture Impact Committee.

During this past fiscal year, the Evangelism and Culture Impact Committee has been figuring out its new role with the combination of the two committees.

We’ve been encouraged by many things that have continued as part of the culture of College Church.

The Sanctity of Human Life Task Force continues regular prayer events throughout the year, and we had good participation in March for Life Chicago. There was also good support for the Outreach Community Center Christmas Store, and we anticipate the same for the Coins for Caring Network collection drive that is ongoing.

opportunity, and we look forward to supporting them in prayer, finances and practical assistance.

We continue to prayerfully consider how we might bear the name of Christ in who we are to our families, friends and neighbors.

Several new initiatives this year have been exciting.

This past year, we kicked off what we’re calling the Faith and Culture Series that places more direct emphasis on specific areas of life that we, as Christians, can be speaking into, such as faith in the public schools. Separately, in response to a broadly felt desire to engage more in social justice issues from a biblical perspective, two book discussion groups were started on Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth by Thaddeus Williams. We also encouraged several smaller gatherings that went through the Christianity Explored curriculum and gave positive feedback on good conversations with at least one person coming to faith. We’re looking for ways to expand on this effort in the next year.

We recently named National School Project (now Decision Point) as a partner organization for its work in equipping students to share their faith to their classmates through both large rallies and conversations.

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DAVID SETRAN, DISCIPLESHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR

He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. Colossians 1:28 In its third year of existence, the Discipleship Committee has continued its work in strengthening the culture of discipleship at College Church. The committee this year consisted of David Setran (chair), Kayla Costley, Harry Robinson, Jeff Oslund (elder liaison), Michael Walker (pastoral resident), and Josh Maurer (pastor of discipleship). The Discipleship Committee assists the church’s broader effort in adult discipleship ministries to present everyone mature in Christ (Col 1:28) by developing clear discipleship pathways and identifying future leaders for small groups and Adult Communities.

The committee worked on a number of specific projects throughout the year. We worked on the development of a list of key biblical characteristics of Christian disciples.

Such a list generated an important foundation for understanding our larger goals for discipleship at College Church. We also spent a good deal of time assisting Michael Walker in his development of an adult discipleship curriculum plan, working to generate key topics and sections of Scripture to guide Adult Communities and small groups in their attempt to provide broad and holistic teaching on key biblical themes. This was a direct response to the College Church strategic initiative to elevate biblically rigorous and practical discipleship in our congregation.

Perhaps the most significant work of the committee in 2021 was to begin formulating a vision for the development of small core groups given to deep discipling relationships. The committee read Replicate

by Robby Gallaty and Chris Swain, and this book encouraged us to think about areas of discipleship that may be lacking in our current approaches. This book, together with the results of our recent discipleship survey, helped us recognize that we may be lacking in discipling relationships that 1) invite individuals to share

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with others what they are learning from Scripture throughout the week; 2) encourage more personal sharing and confession about the true condition of our hearts; and 3) provide for accountability and more concrete action steps for pursuing Christ. Since this was also identified as a perceived need in the discipleship survey, the committee is continuing to discuss how to encourage such relationships within the larger church body.

The committee is very excited to be working with Josh Maurer, our new pastor of discipleship. Continue to pray for us as we seek to help the adults of College Church grow in conformity to the image of Christ for his glory!

MEREDITH SOMMARS, HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE CHAIR

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Hebrews 13:16 The Hospitality Committee was excited to be back in full force this year. In addition to welcoming six new babies among our committee members this year, we served at two receptions, six Visitors Lunches, and a handful of other events put on at church. We have enjoyed serving coffee on Sunday mornings and engaging with fellow worshipers at the Welcome Center after the 9:30 service. In looking ahead, we have brainstormed various ways that the Hospitality Committee can be at the forefront of demonstrating hospitality to our church family as well as to the surrounding community.

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STANN LEFF, GOD CENTERED LIFE MINISTRIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galations 2:20 God Centered Life (GCL) utilizes the sermons Pastor Josh Moody preaches here at College Church and converts them into podcasts and radio broadcasts.

This media ministry is doing its part to bring hope to thousands beyond the four walls of College Church.

The ministry continues to increase in scope and impact.

The outreach is built around the daily release of an audio Bible teaching program which airs on 70 radio stations and online outlets. The weekly audience is approximately 50,000. A special broadcasting effort saw the program air across India during the month of December.

Beyond the audio broadcast, God Centered Life serves as a vehicle to impact believers through the distribution of Christian books, articles, devotionals and blogs. More than 2800 people receive Pastor Josh’s daily devotional as means of spiritual encouragement. With a growing digital online audience, God Centered Life impacts many through website listening, podcasting and online resources. The charts below provide an overview showing the growth in reach.

ONLINE AUDIO

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WEBSITE SESSIONS

During 2022-23 GCL plans to offer additional ministry resources. It will develop an audio version of Pastor Josh’s devotionals along with a discussion/study guide useful for personal study. In addition, a preaching seminar for ministry heads will be hosted featuring notable outside speakers.

God Centered Life is an independent 501(c)(3) with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Elders of College Church. To learn more about the work of GCL please visit www.godcenteredlife.org or contact Stann Leff, executive director (stannleff@gmail. com). The board includes College Church members: Howard Costley, David Gieser, Bruce Howard, Tom Paulsen, Nancy Singer and Josh Moody.

LISA KERN, LIBRARIAN

To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:12 HOPE

Books are a way for people to find hope. In fiction and non-fiction, you can find hope as you read about great saints of the past and present and how they overcame trials, drew others to Christ, raised their children for the Lord and helped the needy. As we move out of the pandemic, I’m looking forward to people coming back into the library to discover these things anew. We’re here. But the patrons are not.

but we are sure that a church library is a needed thing “to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.” (Eph. 4:12) We pray you all see it that way and will come check it out.

We have experienced an incredible drop in circulation since we reopened in May. Before COVID, we checked out around 70 books a week, now we check out no more than 20 books a week. Linda and Paul Murphy have stepped in to work almost every Sunday since we are also down several librarians. They work during the week for several hours as well. Linda has been training a grammar school girl every other week to do library things which is a dream come true. We’ve been praying for the youth to be interested in being librarians since the few of us that remain are all AARP qualified… and have been for many years now.

We are hoping circulation picks up and are stepping up promoting ideas to that end. Time to get back to that normal place we all longed for over the last two years.

We think of the church library as a much needed teaching tool. It supports the mission of the church and the walk of the individual by way of history, information and examples from godly, thoughtprovoking authors. It exposes children to missionaries and Bible characters and fosters in them a love of reading. We understand that times are changing and the way we do library is likely going to change too.

We are not sure what the “new normal” is going to be,

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TONY DILEONARDI, STARS FAMILY SERVICES PRESIDENT

The Board of STARS Family Services (SFS) expresses deep appreciation to College Church for its ongoing support of the residences, families, and staff of SFS during an incredible year of blessings. Thank you for your prayers and support.

The Board of STARS Family Services (SFS) expresses deep appreciation to College Church for its ongoing support of the residences, families and staff of SFS during an incredible year of blessings. Thank you for your prayers and support.

Since we began in 2008, STARS Family Services provides private community-based homes (supportive living arrangements) and related services for adults with developmental disabilities in Wheaton. At present there are two homes for men and one for women. The homes allow for these individuals to continue living in their own communities, close to their family, friends and church. All residents are involved in the STARS Disability Ministry at College Church.

• The board of directors approved and initiated a staff restructuring plan that started March 1, 2021, with the Executive Director onboarding.

• New positions were created in the org restructuring to provide opportunity for career advancement within SFS (LEAD Life Skill Coach, Art Studio Coordinator).

• We had our first all-SFS gathering in September with 100+ in attendance (STARS, families, staff, and members of the partner program and STARS Resale Shop).

• Maturing fund-raising efforts to include foundations, trusts, corporations and larger donors.

An abundance of positive work has occurred in 2021 with a renewed focus on organizational restructuring and maturity to enhance efficiencies while ensuing our focus on the best quality services to our residents and families. 2022 promises to be a year of building on the new infrastructure.

BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND “TEAM SFS”

• SFS now has a renewed focus to create a collaborative SFS community by facilitating town hall meetings, bi-weekly communications, an sll SFS Picnic.

• Grown to 32 SFS Team Members: SFS is now attracting/hiring staff with advanced degrees (nursing, occupational therapy, counselors).

• 2021 turnover rate remains high at 50%: hiring and onboarding on an average of one-two new staff per month; this rate is like many service-related industries.

• Pay ranges were increased to remain competitive in a challenging job market.

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RENEWED FOCUS ON RESIDENT PERSONAL GROWTH AND ADDRESSING CHANGING NEEDS

• Created Home Base & Community Time to address issues with residents’ weekday community activities not being available (due to COVID, changes to programs, less volunteers etc.) It’s held at Kenny’s Home—available 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday • Daily theme with activities including art, music, games, and quiet/personal time. Piloted April 2021,

by June 2021 fully integrated into resident daily life with positive feedback from residents, staff and parents.

• Continued focus on safety during the pandemic. SFS’s COVID Governance model has proven to provide the ongoing structure to drive COVID safety practices within SFS homes and programs.

• Our residents/families and staff have demonstrated true resiliency during challenging times.

• We’ve learned to adjust, live and grow—even though we are experiencing ongoing changes based on the COVID virus.

• Piloted Day Programming for two College Church Community STARS Oct/Nov 2021 and Jan 2022.

• Many thanks to Dr. Lisa McKenna and the church medical committee for their continued guidance.

• Respite care service were re-opened (after paused due to COVID 19) with our first College Church STAR staying in the Jean Hooten Home. More scheduled.

NEW PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED TO EXPAND TO COMMUNITY STARS

• Created The SFS Art Studio (Note that these programs were created out of meeting the needs of our residents during the pandemic)—the pandemic truly provided SFS with a new lens of possibilities of how we are serving the disability community. The Art Studio energies are focused on hosting exhibits and creating items available for purchase.

• Greater STARS Community: SFS is now leveraging the beautiful homes to better serve the overall STARS Community (Art Studio/Home Base/Respite Services).

• Enhanced the Partner Program (job coaching at STARS and Twice is Nice Resale Shops).

• Four College Church STARS joined the program which brings our total STARS participants to 20.

Two new job coaches added.

I am grateful for the dedication of the board, who continue to serve and for whom I thank the Lord: Tom Paulsen (Vice President), Nancy Singer (Secretary), Michelle Linhardt (Treasurer), Wil Triggs, Julie Clemens, Bob Kay, Glenn Kosirog, Mike McKevitt and Jack O’Connor. As the executive director for SFS, Angela Killian has continued to guide the organization in such a wonderful, highly professional way, that remains a blessing to SFS. I am grateful to her (and Scott).

Thank you for volunteering, providing financial support and praying for the work of STARS Family Services.

We are always looking for committed Christians to join our team of staff and volunteers. If you are interested in becoming a part of the SFS team, please contact Angela Killian for a list of current openings and to obtain a job application: angela@starsfamilyservices.org.

To God be the glory!

KEEPING SFS RESIDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF SAFE other leaders

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BECKY COOK, STARS RESALE SHOP MANAGER

May your unfailing love be with us, LORD, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:22 Imagine the stress of moving to a new home with all your stuff and then realize you also must bring hundreds of other people’s belongings as well! Relocating STARS Resale Store from its College Avenue address to the Crossings took several months and was realized with the help of many people and the constant dedication of a certain few. Throughout this process, we have been aware and grateful to God for his care and loving provision.

Prior to our August 2021 move, our small bustling “multi-purpose” room was our place to anxiously anticipate our upcoming move. We hoped our loyal customers would be able to find our new location.

We hoped parking would be convenient and donation drop-off easy for all. We even hoped new customers would discover our existence.

Now, seven months into our start-up at the Crossings Building, our customers indeed have found us. Often, we hear these comments: “You have so much more space,” “It’s very well organized,” “Your displays are beautiful,” “I love coming here.” And many new faces have also graced our doors; this has boosted both our sales and donation base.

As much as we appreciate the advantages of our new home, our main appreciation has been for the STARS who work here and benefit from this ministry. STARS Family Services—our partner program, which provides job coaching for adults with disabilities—has space within the store. Their presence to keep the racks of clothes filled, greet customers, roll donation bins to our sorting room, and many other jobs is an ongoing testimony to God’s use of this place for his purposes and glory.

This ministry thrives because of our dedicated staff, volunteers, job coaches, STARS, donors and customers.

Thank you for continuing to partner with us.

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MARY QUIGGLE, TWICE IS NICE RESALE SHOP MANAGER

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead . . . 1 Peter 1:3 Thirty years ago, a group of people at College Church began exploring ways to serve the residents of South Carol Stream. One of the results of that exploration was the formation of a resale store—Twice is Nice (TIN). The store was designed to raise funds for the Outreach Community Center in South Carol Stream.

This marks our 30th year of operation.

This milestone has us reflecting on the heritage of Twice Is Nice. The story of TIN’s beginnings is an important part of who we are, and its continuance provides a legacy for the next generation. These thirty years have seen the store grow into a flourishing ministry, and as it has grown, so has its influence in the community grown.

Money is the tangible part of what we do, but it is the intangible that is so deeply significant. As a store, what we are about is hope. The hope that is found in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is our work.

We seek to bring hope to the last, the least and the lost of our community.

We provide hope for the poor who are looking to find ways to clothe their children decently. We provide hope for STARS who find fulfillment by working in our store.

We provide hope by creating opportunities for people doing community service. We provide hope by creating employment for students or families who might need a second income. We provide hope for the lonely who can be a part of a community of serving volunteers. In many ways, that is the story of Twice is Nice. But what we strive to provide is a place where many will hear of a hope that is eternal, a hope grounded in the One who gives abundant and eternal life. Would you pray that as we collect donations, sell items and meet customers and volunteers that our store would always reflect and proclaim Jesus? That is our hope: that our store would be a place where many find true hope in Jesus. other leaders

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MINUTES to the 2021 annual meeting and the congregational meeting held this year

Annual Meeting May 16, 2021

UNAPPROVED DRAFT

Council of Elders Chair Mark Taylor welcomed the members to the 2021 annual meeting via the Zoom webinar at 5:00 p.m. Mr. Taylor comes to the end of his term as elder and chair and has enjoyed serving this way. Mr. Taylor read from Psalm 100 and opened the meeting in prayer.

A quorum of 266 (20% of regular members) was required, and 344 members were present. Mr. Taylor officially called the Annual Meeting to order at 5:08 p.m. [Additional members joined subsequent to the quorum sign-in.]

RESOLVED: That the following groups of nominees, whose names have been printed on page 60 of the Annual Report, are hereby elected:

Mr. Taylor read aloud the following resolution for approval of minutes, and there were no questions.

• Members of the Council of Elders for terms ending in 2025

Resolution to approve minutes of congregational meetings

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the following congregational meetings are approved as presented: • Annual Meeting of May 17, 2020 • Congregational Meeting of June 28, 2020 to purchase properties at 319 and 323 E. Seminary Avenue • Congregational Meeting of December 6, 2020 to approve capital expenditures in Crossings building for STARS Resale Shop

• Members of the Board of Deacons, the Board of Deaconesses, and the Board of Missions for terms ending in 2024 • Members of various committees for terms as specified • Elective positions for terms as specified The resolution was passed 370 yes; 0 no; 11 abstain Vice-chair of the Council, Dave Gieser prayed for the newly elected and current leadership

The annual report for 2021 was accepted. Pastor Moody made remarks about God’s faithfulness this past year.

Regarding the election of members to the Nominating Committee for 2021-2022, Mr. Taylor explained the process of electing one man and three women.

Members had been invited to submit names, and names of eight women and four men were submitted.

Members had then been given an opportunity to vote online, and a total of 248 votes were cast in that process.

Mr. Taylor further explained that the election of the Nominating Committee takes place at the Annual Meeting, but because the votes were cast prior to the meeting this year, members were now called to formally ratify the vote and affirm the election of the individuals to the 2021-22 Nominating Committee.

Mr. Taylor read the following resolution from the Nominating Committee. No questions were asked.

No questions were submitted about the resolution, Mr. Taylor read the resolution:

• Congregational Meeting of March 14, 2021 to determine whether to apply for forgiveness or repay PPP loan • Congregational Meeting of April 18, 2021 to approve Baxter Helm as Senior High School Pastor and amend the CCIW Bylaws The resolution was passed 359 yes; 1 no; 8 abstain

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Resolution to approve elected members of Nominating Committee for 2021-22

WHEREAS: The Regular Members have gone through the prescribed process of nominating individuals to be elected as members of the Nominating Committee for 2021-22; and WHEREAS: The Regular Members have had an opportunity prior to this meeting to vote on the nominees, and three women and one man have received the most votes in that prior process: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Regular Members hereby affirm the election of the following individuals to serve on the Nominating Committee for 2021-22: Karen Bagge, Susan Jahns, Penny Thrasher and Bruce Aulie.

Repayment of the PPP loan was not included in expenditures as it was held in a payable account pending the congregation’s decision. It is shown on the balance sheet on page 65 for the 2020 fiscal year.

Questions about the Crossings focused on plans and costs as well as timing of renovation to the east end.

Questions were also asked about the congregation seeing and/or approving plans. Immediate plans for large meeting space are the minimal approach in the money spent now instead of later. A gift designated for renovation for the east end was received, and others can direct funds toward that purpose.

The resolution was passed 357 yes; 4 no; 7 abstain

We’ve received an architect’s estimate on the east end construction of $500,000, but with the cost of building materials rising quickly, we don’t have a more specific estimate. The space is about 12,000 square feet, which can accommodate a number of different groups.

Director of Women’s Ministries, Mindy Rynbrandt prayed for the newly elected Nominating Committee.

Mr. Taylor thanked the deacons and Nancy Singer for their work on the budget and read the resolution.

Dave Sohmer, chair of the Board of Deacons, was invited to go through the financial report and present the budget for the new fiscal year that began on May 1, 2021. Actual giving tracked closely to budget, and the year ended with total Ministry/Missions giving at 97.8% of budget. (A large estate gift in March made this possible.) There was a $750,000 surplus of giving over expenditures from the just completed fiscal year, which the deacons determined to be spent on missions, facilities and renovations on the east end of the Crossings building.

Resolution to approve the budget for 2021-22

There has been a gradual and significant decline in giving units (11% decrease in giving units) from 20122013 to present; but a significant increase—62%—in the average size of gift of those who give in the same time period.

Spending/Expenditures details on pp 64-65 of the Annual Report. Spending was down partly because of COVID, as was giving. It was mentioned, though, that all regular missionaries and missionary partners received their assigned support in 2020-21 year.

The proposed Ministry/Missions budget of $4,864,019 represents a budget-to-budget change of $155,929 and an increase of 3.6% over last year’s budget.

WHEREAS: The Board of Deacons and the Council of Elders have evaluated numerous options as to how best to proceed in establishing the budget for 2021-22, and they have agreed together on the validity of the budget as presented: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Regular Members hereby approve of the budget as presented; and FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Board of Deacons is requested to report back to the congregation on at least a quarterly basis as to the status of actual financial operations compared to the budget.

The resolution was passed 385 yes; 10 no; 10 abstain Pastor Moody gave a perspective on the budget and prayed as we move ahead on our rock-solid foundation.

Mr. Taylor read the resolution to approve CapinCrouse as auditor. A question was asked about the change in auditor. Nancy Singer explained that the deacons felt we had been with our current auditor, Mathieson, Moyski & Austin, for a number of years and perhaps a change would be in order. CapinCrouse was chosen for a

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number of reasons, including the large number of churches they audit, and the large database of churches they maintain to which we can compare ourselves.

RESOLVED: That the firm of CapinCrouse LLP of Naperville, Illinois, be approved as the Church’s independent auditor for the fiscal year 2021-2022.

College Church in Wheaton Congregational Meeting In-Person and Zoom December 5, 2021

The resolution was passed 330 yes; 2 no; 1 abstain

UNAPPROVED DRAFT

Mr. Taylor read the final resolution:

Council of Elders Chair Howard Costley began the congregational meeting by stating that this was the first hybrid (in-person/Zoom) congregational meeting the church has ever had. Mr. Costley thanked both those present in-person and those attending via Zoom. The first order of business was to determine that a quorum was present. 20% of the regular members (i.e.; 256 members) needed for quorum; actual members present: 154 in person, 169 via Zoom for a total of 323 (as verified by a physical count of hands raised for the in-person attenders, and via an online sign-in process for those on Zoom).

Resolution to approve borrowing facilities

RESOLVED: That the Church is hereby authorized to borrow up to $500,000 through a line of credit at Wheaton Bank & Trust or through other loans to facilitate the Church’s cash-flow needs during the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

A brief history of the existence of the line of credit was provided by Nancy Singer.

The resolution was passed 359 yes; 20 no; 3 abstain Mr. Taylor asked if there were other questions. A question was asked about discipleship and answered by John Seward. Questions about when church will be mask-free in view of CDC guidelines. Pastor Seward answered.

Pastor Moody announced an all-church service on June 6 in the Commons parking lot at 10:30.

Mr. Taylor read the lyrics of the hymn, “To God Be the Glory,” and Pastor Moody closed in prayer. The meeting was adjourned at 6:27 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Lorraine Triggs Acting Recording Secretary

Mr. Costley asked Elder Tad Williams to open the meeting in prayer after which the meeting began at 5:29 p.m.

Mr. Costley thanked Tim Hollinger and his staff for capably managing the complicated technology needed to conduct a hybrid meeting. Mr. Costley also thanked Pastor Baxter Helm and Wil Triggs for monitoring questions/comments from the members on Zoom and thanked Pastor Dan Hiben for relaying those questions to the live meeting.

Mr. Costley then indicated the sole purpose of the meeting is for the Regular Members to vote on a motion from the Council of Elders: To approve Josh Maurer as Pastor of Discipleship.

Mr. Costley then read the resolution: Resolution to approve josh maurer as pastor of discipleship

WHEREAS: The Bylaws provide that “The Senior Pastor shall recommend to the Council for its approval those of his choice to serve as members of the Pastoral Staff”; and WHEREAS: Senior Pastor Josh Moody has recommended Josh Maurer as Pastor of Discipleship;

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WHEREAS: The Council of Elders has interviewed Josh Maurer on topics such as his sense of call to this position, his commitment to the Church’s Articles of Faith and Standards of the Christian Life, his personal habits of Christian maturity, and his views on key cultural issues, and the Council has recommended that he be approved as Pastor of Discipleship; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Josh Maurer is hereby approved as Pastor of Discipleship beginning immediately.

After the resolution was read, Mr. Costley opened the meeting for questions. Since this was a meeting with both members in-person and on Zoom, Mr. Costley asked if there were any questions from those in-person members first. There were no questions, therefore, Mr. Costley asked if there were any questions from those members attending via Zoom. Pastor Hiben indicated there were no questions and only one comment from a member in enthusiastic support of Josh Maurer.

person voting for, against, and abstaining on the resolution to call Josh Maurer as Pastor of Discipleship.

During the wait for the votes to be counted and reported, Mr. Costley asked Dr. Singley to lead the congregation in singing Christmas carols.

After the votes were tallied for both the in-person and Zoom attenders, the vote was unanimous in favor of calling Josh Maurer as our Pastor of Discipleship with a total of 334 yes votes (156 in-person, 172 via Zoom, 6 absentee). There were no No’s or Abstains. (Several people joined Zoom after the count and 2 additional members joined in-person).

Mr. Costley asked Elder Mark Berg to close the meeting in prayer. The meeting concluded at 5:49 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Carol Schick Recording Secretary

Hearing no further questions, Mr. Costley asked for members on Zoom to cast their vote thru an online process and a show of hands from the members in-

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Summary of Membership Transactions for Fiscal Year 2021-2022

REGULAR MEMBERS DECEASED IN FY 21/22:

Betty Faircloth (1/11/21), George Seaman (05/30/21), Ruth McDonald (7/5/21), P. Joyce Anderson (7/28/21), Nancy Hawley (9/28/21), Priscilla Weese (9/29/21), Kent Shoemaker (10/26/21), Paul Billsten (11/6/21), David Reed (11/15/21), Shirley Whitecotton (12/28/21), Arlene Hare (1/30/22), Dr. Benjamin P. Kietzman (3/1/22), Edward Van Der Molen (3/6/22), Sonia Jackson (3/10/22), Doris Seaman (4/28/22)

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LEADERSHIP & NOMINEES

Leadership

Thanks to everyone who served this year.

COUNCIL OF ELDERS

Howard Costley ‘24, Chair David Bea ’24 Mark Berg ’25 Dave Gieser ‘23 Randy Jahns ‘23 Heinrich Johnsen ‘23 Dan Lindquist ‘22 Tom Nussbaum (unexpired term) ‘22 Jeff Oslund ‘25 Roger Sandberg ’25 Jeremy Taylor ‘24 Tad Williams ‘22 Josh Moody, Senior Pastor BOARD OF DEACONS

Steve Wiper ‘22, Chair Kevin Cassel ‘23 Pat Fallon ‘24 John Lorentsen ’24 Jeff Mann ‘24 Michael McKevitt (unexpired term) ’22 Rick Pflederer ‘23 Nate Roe ‘23 Jim Shirley ‘24 Jon Smalley ‘23 Michael Thrasher ‘22 Randy Tuurie (unexpired term) ‘22 Nancy Singer, Pastoral Staff Liaison BOARD OF DEACONESSES

Nancy Taylor ‘22, Chair Allison Bonga ‘22 Diana Clem ‘24 Laurie Costley ‘23 Joan Engeseth ‘23 Amy Kruis ‘24 Lindsay McCracken ‘23 Whitney McKevitt ’24 Mary Miller (unexpired term) ‘22

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Mary Nellessen ‘22 Sarah Nelson ‘24 Angie Schroeder ‘23 Carol Taylor ‘24 Susan Zimmerman ‘23 Open Position, ’22 Eric Channing, Pastoral Staff Liaison BOARD OF MISSIONS

Brad Bailey ‘22, Chair Bruce Aulie ‘23 Marsha Becker ‘23 Joleen Billingham ‘23 Jon DeLew ‘22 Marr Miller ‘23 Andrew Nelson ‘24 Lydia Newby ‘24 Jeff Peltz ‘22 Nate Peterson, Missions Treasurer ’22 Wendy Robinson ‘24 Yousaf Sadiq ‘22 Becky Sandberg ‘23 Andrew Tebbe ‘24 Curt Miller, Pastoral Staff Liaison DISCIPLESHIP COMMITTEE

Kayla Costley ‘24 Harry Robinson ‘23 Dave Setran ‘22, Chair Josh Maurer, Pastoral Staff Liaison EVANGELISM AND CULTURE IMPACT COMMITTEE

Tom Futrell ‘22 Ashley Glaze ‘22, Jenni Paulson ‘23 Jon Penner ‘22 Liz Reid ‘22 David Kelley ’24, Chair Dyanne Martin ‘24 Curt Miller, Pastoral Staff Liaison

HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE

OTHER ELECTED POSITIONS

Meredith Sommars ‘22, Chair Grace Bliss ’22 Holly Burke ‘22 Charis Ellis ‘23 Gisela Gottlieb ‘23 Amy Hiben ’23 Jessica Johnson ’23 Brenda Kopp ‘22 Ann Lawrenz ‘22 Mary Martin ‘23 Carole O’Hare ‘22 Rebecca Orellana ‘23 Eric Channing, Pastoral Staff Liaison

Church Treasurer Ken Heulitt ‘23

MUSIC COMMITTEE

Bethany Albright ‘23 Nathan Bliss ‘24 Jay Cunningham ‘24 Scott Evangelist ‘23 Micah Lindquist ‘22 Caitlin Maurer ‘22 Erik Dewar, Pastoral Staff Liaison SERVICE AND ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Jan Jones ‘23, Chair Gary Chase ‘24 Daniel Conroy ‘23 Meagan Godoy ‘22 Chris Gottlieb ‘22, Co-Chair Danika Kelly ‘24 Cheryce Berg, Pastoral Staff Liaison Julie Clemens, Pastoral Staff Liaison Josh Maurer, Pastoral Staff Liaison

Disabilities Superintendent (11AM) Lin Fallon ‘23

Preschool Children’s Church Superintendent Kristie Smalley ’23 Recording Secretary Carol Schick ‘22

Disabilities Superintendent (9:30AM) Dorothy Nicholson ‘22 Elementary Bible School Superintendent Dan Burden ‘23 Elementary Children’s Church Superintendent Nancy Chase ‘22 Financial Secretary Eric Enstrom ‘22 Librarian Lisa Kern ‘22 Midweek Evening Girls Superintendent Judy Ford ‘22 Midweek Evening Boys Superintendent Terry Van Someren ‘23 Midweek Morning Superintendent (Kids Korner) Suzanne Shirley ‘22 Nursery Superintendent Ashley Gosselin ’23 Preschool Bible School Superintendent Sarah Mikolajczyk ‘22

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Slate of Nominees

From the 2021-2022 Nominating Committee COUNCIL OF ELDERS ‘26

David Setran Chad Thorson Brian Wildman BOARD OF DEACONS ‘25

Kolby Atchison Bruce Bonga Scott Bradley Brad Hiben BOARD OF DEACONESSES ‘25

Lisa Burlingame Maggie Girgis Sue Haas Terri Penner Nara Sary Anna Walsh ELEMENTARY CHILDREN’S CHURCH SUPERINTENDENT ‘24

Nancy Chase

Adrienne Cassel Courtney Graham Ann Lawrenz Elizabeth (Libby) Newton Liz Oster

PRESCHOOL BIBLE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT ‘24

BOARD OF MISSIONS ‘25

Dorothy Nicholson ‘24

Marilyn Enstrom Marilyn Huffman Dave Oster Tim Wang

MIDWEEK MORNING SUPERINTENDENT (KIDS KORNER) ‘24

DISCIPLESHIP COMMITTEE ‘25

Jim Johanik

MIDWEEK EVENING GIRLS SUPERINTENDENT ‘24

SERVICE & ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE ‘25

BOARD OF MISSIONS CHAIR ‘25

Jonathan Larson Katie Nussbaum MUSIC COMMITTEE ‘25

Sarah Mikolajczyk DISABILITIES SUPERINTENDENT (9:30 AM)

Suzanne Shirley

Danika Kelly Jim Tebbe BOARD OF MISSIONS TREASURER ‘24

OPEN OPEN

Nate Peterson

EVANGELISM & CULTURE IMPACT COMMITTEE ‘25

Eric Enstrom

Mark Bodett Paige Cunningham Dave Sohmer Sarah Lindquist (1 year unexpired term) Rich Howard (1 year unexpired term) Elizabeth Larsen (2 year unexpired term)

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FINANCIAL SECRETARY ‘24 LIBRARIAN ‘24

Lisa Kern RECORDING SECRETARY ‘24

Carol Schick

WAYS TO GIVE to College Church Giving of our tithes and offerings is an integral part of our corporate worship because it is a unique expression of gratitude to God. When we give, we celebrate all that God has given for us, especially his incredible grace in our lives through the shedding of Christ’s blood on the cross to reconcile us to Himself. God owns everything and when we give, we are simply giving back a portion of what He has entrusted to our managing. Giving to College Church also helps with all our church does here at home, our care for others throughout the community, and our missions outreach around the world.

After you have determined what you will give, we have several methods which you may use to support the ministries and missions efforts of College Church: CHECK

One of the most common ways is by check. Contribution envelopes can be assigned to you for your use in depositing your check, or it can be dropped in the offering plate or mailed to the church office. Whether you use an envelope or not, contributions by check are automatically credited to your giving record. If you would like a box of offering envelopes, simply email Cindy Schuerman at cschuerman@college-church.org.

CASH

If you give cash and enclose it in an offering envelope with your name, it will also be credited to your giving record.

ONLINE

More and more individuals are choosing the electronic method of making contributions on-line just like they are paying many of their bills on-line. With the security of your information of highest importance, you can rely upon our on-line giving site to set up a one-time, or recurring gift of whatever amount you choose, and however often you choose. And it is easy to change the amount or frequency whenever you wish. Visit collegechurch.org/giving to get started.

GIFTS OF STOCKS OR MUTUAL FUNDS

You may donate stocks or mutual funds directly to College Church by transferring them from your broker to the church’s broker. Although you should consult your tax advisor, giving in this way may provide you a

tax advantage. There may also be small numbers of shares you own that you would rather move out of your portfolio, but would prefer not to handle all of the paperwork involved. College Church is pleased to be able to expedite those transactions for you. Please contact Nancy Singer or Dan Bauer 630-668-0878 for specific instructions.

GIFTS THROUGH YOUR WILL

College Church would count it a privilege for you to remember us as one of the beneficiaries of your estate.

Monies given to College Church as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit may save estate and inheritance taxes on the amount designated.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

You may request that gifts from others in memory of you at your death be made to College Church. Likewise, you may give to College Church gifts in honor of a loved one who has passed away, whether they attended the church or not. It is just one more way of making your gifts count toward Kingdom Work.

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS

If you are required to withdraw a portion of your IRA, you can direct your IRA custodian to make a direct transfer to College Church as a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Again, consult your tax advisor, but the amount withdrawn may provide tax advantages.

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FINANCIALS

Income and Expenditures

for Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2022 As part of the Annual Meeting each year, we

TOTAL INCOME $10,244,014

prepare charts because we recognize that it is easier to visualize financial information in that format. This year, we decided to put those charts in the Annual Report as well as show the financials the same way we always have.

Obviously, there is much more detail in the financial pages than we could ever show in charts and graphs, but we trust these will assist your review of the year’s results.

This depicts the income numbers on the top half of Page 67 and provides an “at-a-glance” look at this year’s income.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR MINISTRY/MISSIONS $7,740,202

This depicts the expenditures on the bottom half of Page 67 and provides an “at-a-glance” look at this year’s expenditures.

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2021-22 SPENDING PLAN

MINISTRY/MISSIONS GIVING

BY REGULAR MEMBERS

This pie chart depicts the just finished 2021-2022 budget with the salaries and benefits of the paid staff associated with each ministry. You might find this easier to read than the two-page numbers on pages 68 and 69 in the report.

One of the ways we worship God and show our gratefulness for the amazing gift of the forgiveness of sins and reconciliation to the Father is through our giving back to him some of what he has entrusted to us to manage. Part of the covenant of membership in this church is that each of us will give of our time and our talent by serving and giving part of our resources for his work through this church. This chart shows that a third of our Regular Members do not give any funds to support the work of this church in advancing God’s Kingdom. Those who aren’t giving never experience the unexplainable joy that is ours when we give back to God’s work. If you aren’t giving now, why not start giving a little and increasing that over time and the joy that comes with that giving

2022-23 SPENDING PLAN

Likewise, this pie chart depicts the new budget for 2022-2023 as recommended by the Board of Deacons and Council of Elders. While the overall budget has increased from one year to the next, the categories have increased proportionately.

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AVERAGE # AND $ OF CONTRIBUTIONS

BUDGET VS ACTUAL GIVING

God has blessed this church through the generosity of his people. This chart shows the number of giving units in the columns with the line above showing the average gift. Even though the number of giving units has declined by about 1% per year or 11% over the 10 year period, the average giving per unit has increased about 8% per year or 76% over the 10 year period.

This chart shows the comparison between the budget for each of the last 10 years, and the amount of giving that we’ve received in comparison. God has been so faithful to this church through the Holy Spirit working among us in that our giving has exceeded our budget this year. This is the first time in 13 years that this has been achieved, and only the second time in 22 years. We have much reason to praise God.

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UNAUDITED INCOME AND CASH EXPENDITURES STATEMENT UNAUDITED INCOME AND CASH STATEMENT YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, EXPENDITURES 2022 YEAR ENDED April 30, 2022

INCOME:

Ministry & Outreach Ministry Outreach/Missions Undesignated Capital Campaign Caroline Adoption Fund Care & Share Fund Property Fund Crossings Missionary Christmas Run for STARS/STARS Projects Thanksgiving Eve Grounds Maintenance The Center Technology Other Designated Non Ministry Rentals & Events Interest

TOTAL INCOME

Care & Share

Designated Funds

Church Property Funds

Non-Ministry Rentals, Events

Total

37,179 72,722 8,458,640

37,179 72,722 8,458,640 714,545 7,159 237,750 100,032 310,904 53,574 69,831 32,642

714,545 7,159 237,750 100,032 310,904 53,574 69,831 32,642 10,000 37,000 6,000 18,429

6,000 18,429 77,586 21

77,586 21

$

8,568,563

$

Ministry & Missions

CASH EXPENDITURES: Elders Discipleship & Service & Engagement Deacons Deaconesses Outreach/Missions Capital Campaign Fund Caroline Adoption Fund Care & Share Fund Property Fund Crossings Missionary Christmas Run for STARS/STARS Projects Thanksgiving Eve COVID19 Assistance Grounds Maintenance Missionary Support Outdoor Signage Technology Other Non Ministry Rentals & Events (Estimated Depreciation - $907,813)

237,750

$

Care & Share

949,180

Designated Funds

$

410,935

Church Property Funds

$

77,586

$ 10,244,014

Non-Ministry Rentals, Events

Total

1,310,712 1,437,962 2,647,424 5,279 2,338,825

1,310,712 1,437,962 2,647,424 5,279 2,338,825 191,619 779,072 933,512 54,335 38,532 35,978 9,303 8,615 142,477 8,743 221,754 -

191,619 779,072 933,512 54,335 38,532 35,978 9,303 8,615 142,477 8,743 221,754

TOTAL CASH EXPENDITURES

$

7,740,202

$

191,619

$

297,982

$

1,712,584

$

221,754

INCOME OVER/(UNDER)

$

828,361

$

46,130

$

651,198

$

(1,301,649)

$

(144,168)

$ 10,164,142 $

79,872

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF APRIL 30,FINANCIAL 2022 REPORT UNAUDITED AS OF April 30, 2022 NET ASSETS

Balance 5/1/21 after audit adj Ministry/Missions Fund Capital Campaign Fund Caroline Adoption Fund Care & Share Fund Endowment Fund Designated Projects Fund Property Fund Crossings Fund Fixed Asset Fund Non-Minstry Rentals/Events Fund Operating and Capital Imp. Reserve Funds TOTAL

$

742,719 460,242 145,462 373,892 36,883 302,868 0 245,018 10,317,999 190,041 913,662 13,728,786

Receipts

$

8,568,542 714,545 7,159 237,750 21 227,476 100,032 310,904 0 77,586 0 10,244,014

Net Income/ (Loss)

Expenditures

$

7,740,202 0 0 191,619 0 297,982 779,072 933,512 0 221,754 0 10,164,142

$

828,340 714,545 7,159 46,130 21 (70,506) (679,041) (622,608) 0 (144,168) 0 79,872

Balance 4-30-22

Transfers (1,171,512) (754,226)

172,609 707,799 377,590

$

788,302 120,562

$ $

399,547 420,562 152,621 420,022 36,904 404,971 28,758 0 10,317,999 45,873 1,701,964 13,929,220 ($907,813) 13,021,407

Est. Depreciation Unaudited Fund Balance

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COLLEGE INWHEATON WHEATON COLLEGECHURCH CHURCH IN PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL REPORT - CASH EXPENDITURES AND BUDGETS PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL REPORT • CASH EXPENDITURES AND BUDGETS YEAR ENDED April 30, 2022 YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 2022 Budget 2021-2022

Actual vs.

Budget 2021-2022

Actual 2021-2022

Budget 2022-2023 vs Budget 2021-2022 $ % Increase Change (Decrease)

Budget 2022-2023

COUNCIL OF ELDERS 773,034 [A] 240,563 [A] 330,123 [A] 27,392 5,967 20,000 32,905 26,398 15,000 6,000 3,600 3,000

Salaries & Benefits for Staff Responsible for All Ministries Music & Worship Staff Salaries & Benefits Pastoral Care Staff Salaries & Benefits Music & Worship Ministries Pastoral Care/Congregational Life Ministries Digital Media Communications Elder's Ministries God Centered Life-Chicagoland Broadcast Outreach Front Door Ministry/Assimilation/Visitors Lunches One Combined Service (Commons Parking Lot) Workshop on Biblical Exposition Pastoral Staff Retreats Hospitality Committee Guest Speakers

Total Elders

$

1,483,982

697,321 [A] 201,121 [A] 293,588 [A] 26,618 (977) 5,461 24,897 41,179 15,221 2,765 122 2,241 1,155

$

1,310,712

(75,713) (39,442) (36,535) (774) (6,944) (14,539) (8,008) 14,781 221 (3,235) 122 (1,359) (1,845)

$

(173,270)

807,884 257,822 354,871 27,392 5,967 6,500 37,905 26,398 20,000 6,000 2,000 4,250 3,500 3,600 3,000

$

[A] [A] [A]

34,850 17,259 24,748 (13,500) 5,000 5,000 2,000 4,250 3,500 -

[B] [B] [B]

1,567,089

$

83,107

5.6%

[A] Salaries & Benefits have been spread through the ministries where staff serves.

[B] One Combined Service, Workshop on Biblical Exposition and Pastoral Staff Retreat were not scheduled in 2021-2022 due to COVID-19.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Discipleship 423,007 [C] 15,496 7,000 5,865 5,000 3,650 7,500 725 204

Discipleship Staff Salaries & Benefits Women's Bible Study/Kids' Korner Men's Ministries & Retreat Women's Ministries & Retreat Twenties Ministry Mom2Mom Adult Discipleship/Small Groups Keenagers Becoming One (Pre-Marital Class)

Total Discipleship

$

468,447

385,775 12,154 7,831 4,529 1,497 1,025 1,120 88

$

[C]

414,021

(37,232) (3,342) 831 (1,336) (3,503) (2,625) (6,380) (725) (116)

$

(54,426)

481,608 15,496 7,000 5,865 5,000 3,650 7,500 725 204

$

[C]

527,048

58,601 -

$

58,601

12.5%

[C] Salaries & Benefits have been spread through the ministries where staff serves.

Service & Engagement

Kids' Harbor Children's Ministries 288,447 [D] 41,573 3,000 8,000

Kids' Harbor Staff Salaries & Benefits Children's Ministries General Summer Crew Midweek Ministries

Kids' Harbor Children's Ministries

$

341,020

279,443 [D] 47,447 5,087 (552)

$

331,425

(9,004) 5,874 2,087 (8,552)

$

(9,595)

288,225 41,573 3,000 8,000

$

[D]

(222) -

340,798

(222)

-0.1%

[D] Salaries & Benefits have been spread through the ministries where staff serves.

Other Service & Engagement Ministries 810,938 [E]

Other Christian Education Staff Salaries & Benefits HYACKs College KMs STARS Volunteer background checks Library Sports Ministry

Other Service & Engagement

628,469

21,175 16,200 15,200 8,720 5,441 2,245 (3,600) $

876,319

[E]

916,955

(182,469) (568) (2,525) 1,341 (2,330) (1,129) (1,042) 4,919

20,607 13,675 16,541 6,390 4,312 1,203 1,319

[E]

106,017 -

21,175 16,200 15,200 8,720 5,441 2,245 (3,600)

$

692,516

$

(1,334)

$

982,336

$

106,017

12.1%

$

1,023,941

$

(193,398)

$

1,323,134

$

105,795

8.7%

$ 1,685,786

$ 1,437,962

$

(247,824)

$ 1,850,182

$ 164,396

9.8%

2,195 1,636 1,950

1,547 2,924 808

(648) 1,288 (1,142)

2,000 3,200 1,250

[E] Salaries & Benefits have been spread through the ministries where staff serves.

Total Service & Engagement Total Discipleship/Service & Engagement

$

1,217,339

BOARD OF DEACONESSES Funerals Communion All Other Deaconess Expense

Total Deaconesses

$

5,781

[F] All-in-one communion cups/juice are more expensive.

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$

5,279

$

(502)

$

6,450

(195) 1,564 (700)

[F] $

669

11.6%

Budget 2021-2022

Actual vs.

Budget 2021-2022

Actual 2021-2022

Budget 2022-2023 vs Budget 2021-2022 $ % Increase Change (Decrease)

Budget 2022-2023

BOARD OF DEACONS Support/Tech/Custodial Staff Salaries & Benefits Building, Grounds, Equip & Improvements Utilities Technology, Computers, Copiers, Telephone Property, Casualty & Other Insurance Deacon Finance/Professional Fees Office, Postage, Paper, Kitchen Expenses Crossings Architectural/Engineering/Permits Deacon directed debt repayment

Total Deacons

$

1,728,636 [G] 349,059 199,580 214,940 144,434 99,620 66,653 72,000 2,874,922 $

1,566,725 432,627 161,664 198,049 139,905 85,442 62,512 500 2,647,424

[G]

$

(161,911) 83,568 (37,916) (16,891) (4,529) (14,178) (4,141) (71,500) (227,498)

$

1,795,693 336,683 213,380 288,940 181,434 105,870 86,829 22,000 10,000 3,040,829

[G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] $

67,057 (12,376) 13,800 74,000 37,000 6,250 20,176 (50,000) 10,000 165,907

5.8%

[G] Salaries & Benefits have been spread through the ministries where staff serves.

[H] Higher costs for electricity, natural gas, and water/sewer plus including Crossings 2-story portion.

[I] Replacement costs for aging technology equipment [Sanctuary building now 30 years old; Commons building now 21 years old] [J] Higher insurance premiums for coming year due to damage claims here and around the country, plus adding 2-story Crossings portion.

[K] Nearly every cost has increased due to inflation and supply chain issues.

[L] Architectural and engineering fees for the Crossings building renovations now focused only on 2-story east portion.

OUTREACH LOCAL: Evangelist Support Culture Impact & Partner Organizations Sanctity of Human Life Task Force Other Evangelism & Culture Impact Activities

22,200 15,600 800 3,634

Total Local Outreach

$

42,234

22,200 15,420 1,284 6,086 $

44,990

(180) 484 2,452 $

2,756

24,600 21,000 2,000 5,834 $

2,400 5,400 1,200 2,200

53,434

$

11,200

26.5%

GLOBAL: Board of Missions Career & New Missionaries Short-Term Missions Retired Missionaries Home Missions/Ministry Training Nationals Ministry Support Fund Metro Atlanta church plant International Church Planting Opportunities Domestic Church Planting Opportunities Missionary Prayer Fellowship Administrative Expense Conference Missions/Outreach Staff Salaries & Benefits

1,450,000 50,000 59,400 36,240 177,200 146,900 91,663 500 31,500 269,271 [Q]

Total Missions

$

2,312,674

1,397,173 36,100 48,600 32,040 136,600 240,657 91,663 21,794 10,668 278,540 [Q] $

2,293,834

(52,827) (13,900) (10,800) (4,200) (40,600) 93,757 (500) (9,706) 10,668 9,269 $

(18,840)

1,450,000 50,000 59,400 36,240 177,200 160,400 100,000 40,000 20,000 500 30,000 15,000 337,848 $

2,476,588

13,500 8,337 40,000 20,000 (1,500) 15,000 68,577

[M] [N] [O] [O] [P] [P] [Q]

$

163,914

7.1%

[M] Additional funds allocated to missions for the Missions Board to use within their policy for underfunded missionaries.

[N] 2021-2022 budget includes 11 months of support for Metro Atlanta Church Plant because they launched 6-1-2021. The 2022-2023 budget includes a full 12 months of support.

[O] Funds budgeted to identify church planting or church revitalization opportunities in the United States and other countries as determined by Board of Missions [P] Because of COVID, the missions conference was not held in 2021-2022, but will be held this coming year.

[Q] Salaries and benefits for the various ministries are being included in the budgets where staff serves.

Total Outreach

$ 2,354,908

$ 2,338,825

$

(16,083)

$ 2,530,022

$ 175,114

7.4%

SUMMARY OF MINISTRY/MISSIONS SUMMARY of MINISTRY/MISSIONS Budget 2021-2022

MINISTRY/MISSIONS FUND: Council of Elders Discipleship and Service & Engagement Board of Deacons Board of Deaconesses Missions & Outreach TOTAL MINISTRY/MISSIONS

Actual vs.

Budget 2021-2022

Actual 2021-2022

1,483,982 1,685,786 2,874,922 5,781 2,354,908

1,310,712 1,437,962 2,647,424 5,279 2,338,825

$ 8,405,379

$ 7,740,201

$

Budget 2022-2023

Budget 2022-2023 vs Budget 2021-2022 $ % Increase Change (Decrease)

(173,270) (247,824) (227,498) (502) (16,083)

1,567,089 1,850,182 3,040,829 6,450 2,530,022

83,107 164,396 165,907 669 175,114

5.6% 9.8% 5.8% 11.6% 7.4%

(665,178)

$ 8,994,572

$ 589,193

7.0%

FINA NCIAL

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COLLEGE CHURCH IN WHEATON College Church in Wheaton UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL Unaudited Statement of Financial Position [A] POSITION [A] As of April 30 30, 2022 AS OF APRIL Audited 2021

Year Ended : ASSETS Cash Other Assets Fixed Assets (net of depreciation) Total Assets

Unaudited 2022

$ $ $ $

3,295,440 4,134 14,455,285 17,754,860

$ $ $ $

3,494,869 100 13,547,472 17,042,441

LIABILITIES [B] Deferred Payables & Liabilities Long Term Debt

$ $

21,036 3,999,999

$ $

21,036 3,999,999

$ $

21,036 3,999,999

Total Liabilities

$

4,021,035

$

4,021,035

$

4,021,035

Fund Balance

$

13,728,786

$

13,021,406

Total Liabilities & Fund Balance

$

17,749,821

$

17,042,441

[A] Motion at the 5/1/2022 Annual Meeting to approve the audit firm: CapinCrouse, LLP, Naperville, IL to perform the annual consolidated audit and LLC property tax returns for the 2022-2023 fiscal year; estimated cost - $25,200 [B] $500,000 operating line of credit through Wheaton Bank & Trust Co.: unsecured; interest floating at Prime (interest only on dollars utilized during the year); due 11-4-2022. Annual renewals in November so the bank has our audited financials before the renewal.

Balance at 4/30/22:

$0

Line of credit was not used in 2021-2022

[C] Mortgage from Wheaton Bank & Trust on 303 E Front St. (Crossings); interest rate 3.65% FIXED; interest plus optional principal payments through 7-23-2023; then 23 months of interest and principal through 7-23-2025 when balloon balance needs to be paid or refinanced.

Balance at 4/30/22:

$3,999,999

RENTAL PROPERTIES [D] 2021-2022 Operating Income

2021-2022 Operating Expenditures

2022-2023 Budget Net Income (Expense)

2021-2022 Net Income/ (Expense)

Cash Balances at 4-30-2022

RENTAL PROPERTIES:

[E] Seminary & Scott Properties, LLC $ 301 E Seminary, LLC $ 305 E. Seminary, LLC $ 311 E. Seminary, LLC $ 315 E. Seminary, LLC $ 325 E. Seminary, LLC (also includes 319 & 323) $ 311 E. Wesley, LLC $ RENTAL PROPERTIES NET INCOME/(EXPENSE)

$

151,962 37,735 24,258 16,800 117,559 40,500 388,814

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

128,500 21,551 173 22,037 12,129 55,010 2,201 241,601

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

23,463 16,184 (173) 2,221 4,671 62,549 38,299 147,213

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

22,850 21,269 (194) 9,869 (1,990) 26,490 38,669 116,963

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

59,840 60,795 131 6,553 5,190 83,351 61,338 277,197

[D] Each LLC is formed with College Church as its sole member with the church's Council of Elders as its governing body. During the course of the year, if the cash balances are not sufficient to pay the LLC's expenses, primarily real estate taxes, funds are borrowed from the church and repaid at fiscal year end if cash balances are positive. If balances are negative, cash balances in other properties are used to clear the deficits.

[E] Mortgage from Wheaton Bank & Trust on Seminary & Scott Properties; interest rate 3.65% FIXED; interest plus optional principal payments through 5-15-2024; then 24 months of interest and principal through 5-15-2026 when balloon balance needs to be repaid or refinanced.

Balance as of 4/30/2022: $1,375,000

$25,000 principal reduction made during 2021-2022

Mortgage on 311, 315 & 325 E. Seminary Ave. for $753,844 was paid in full in 2021-2022 from the Strengthening Foundations Capital Campaign.

2021-2022 TWICE IS NICE AND STARS RESALE ACTIVITIES 2021-2022 TWICE IS NICE AND STARS RESALESHOP SHOP ACTIVITIES 2021-2022 Net Sales

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Net Income Before Contributions

Contributions

Net Income

TWICE IS NICE Contributions go to Outreach Community Ministries

$529,669

$327,973

$201,696

$199,715

$1,981

STARS RESALE SHOP Contributions go STARS Family Services for STARS housing

$430,749

$287,523

$143,226

$111,000

$32,226

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