Beginning before Christmas, the church council has devoted many hours to studying our finances - looking backward to see whether our projections from last year were accurate, and looking forward to prepare the budget for 2023. Perhaps some of you were doing the same sort of work to prepare your personal or family budget. It’s likely we all encountered some similar challenges. It costs more to provide electricity to our buildings, it costs more to heat our structures, and the cost of almost everything is significantly more than it was a year ago. The additional challenge to projecting our church budget is that we don’t know when we will be entering into a relationship with a permanent pastor. The good news is that we ended 2022 in a strong financial position. This Sunday, January 22, we will be holding a session immediately after worship to discuss financial projections for next year. We need everyone’s input in order to develop the financial plan that best reflects our ministries. If you attend worship in person on Sunday, please get a cup of coffee and something to eat and join us in the sanctuary prepared to share your thoughts.