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What Does My Pledge Support?

St. Columba's church depends on the pledges from parishioners to support roughly 80% of the church budget, including the salaries of staff who guide the worship, music, adult formation, children and youth ministries, outreach ministries, and the maintenance of the building, utilities, and more. Each and every pledge matters. We are grateful for your support.

See a more detailed description below of what your pledge to St. Columba's supports.

Your pledge supports the Ministries of St. Columba's
Learn about the ministries of St. Columba's.


Your pledge supports St. Columba’s Strategic Plan.
The priorities of our strategic plan to Live God’s Love include:

Strengthen Community

Hospitality, fellowship & pastoral

  • Events such as Sundae Sunday, the Summer Concert Series, the Happiest Hour, Trunk or Treat, Columba Day and Columba Circles
  • Offer a range of fellowship & support groups, e.g., Father’s Group, Caregivers Support, Mother’s Group, available as hybrid meetings.
  • We continue to offer fellowship opportunities throughout the year for youth, children and their families
  • Wednesday Night Community Suppers launch this fall. All are welcome Wednesday nights between 5-7pm. Tickets can be purchased for individuals, households, or in our “Pay it Forward” program, which will subsidize those who are unable to pay. We will be inviting the larger community, including Friendship Terrace Residents and Water Ministry guests.

Communication & Technology

  • Invest in staff with time dedicated to video editing, production & distribution to enable online worship, courtyard worship and nave worship for increased accessibility and flexibility.
  • Develop and maintain our social media website with robust content to support our mission and ministries, and reach beyond our community.

Practice Faith

Worship

  • Offer 4 services each Sunday in-person, with a livestream service and podcast for Sunday sermons.
  • Offer contemplative worship opportunities, including our Labyrinth ministry
  • Offer baptisms and other formal ceremonies and rites

Music

  • Continue a vibrant music ministry
  • Train & equip singers to rehearse in hybrid format, performing live.
  • Offer five choirs that are all active including virtual offerings
    • Primary choir (youngest)
    • Children’s choir (3rd – 6th grades)
    • Gallery choir (teens)
    • Adult choir
    • Handbell Choir

Formation & discipleship

  • Continue to innovate and develop new curriculum and format for children and youth – Columba Crew & Quest45 for children & redesign youth programs
  • Expand opportunities for adult bible study
  • Offer Columba Circles for ways to connect through prayer and bible study.
  • Offer Sunday forums, available both in-person and online.

Embrace our World

  • Initiatives to end family homelessness
  • Create a partnership with the organization Housing Up, Washington Interfaith Network (WIN)
  • Create a new advocacy council to support initiatives that align with our strategic priorities.
  • Continued our Refugee Response Ministry, now supporting 3 Afghan Families.
  • Commit to becoming an antiracist church
  • Develop a digital strategy for evangelism, hospitality, and engagement

Build Capacity

Property

  • Set up room 212 with teleconference capabilities to allow for dual-format meetings
  • Install new audio visual equipment and lights in Nave for live streaming
  • Completed church nave renovation
  • Complete front terrace renovation with labyrinth
  • Develop Property Master Plan to be good stewards of our property and use it to fully live our mission and ministry

Finances

  • Continue regular audits to support strong financial stewardship and responsibility

Learn more about the spiritual underpinnings of pledging, financial information about the church, and the nuts and bolts of pledging here.



Your pledge at work

Learn more about church finances here.

Each department - music and worship, formation (adult, youth and children), outreach, hospitality, communications, as well as the church plant and administration (office and governance), has a budget, as shown below. The largest section goes to personnel - the staff of St. Columba's who design and support the programming at St. Columba’s.

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The chart below shows the annual church revenue, about 78% of which is supported through pledges.

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We are fortunate to have a generous parish that supports the church. Here are some quick facts about pledges and members at St. C's:

Average number of new members each year: 50
Average gift amount of all members: $4155
Number of parishioners with recurring donations through Realm: 124
Number of States parishioners live in: 8

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Online Pledge Payments and Gifts

For members looking to make a pledge payment or other gift:

  • Click Member Login to access the secure member portal.

For one-time gifts from non-members:

  • Click here and follow the instructions.
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4201 Albemarle St.,
NW Washington, DC 20016
202.363.4119
[email protected]

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Monday – Thursday: 9 am to 5 pm

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For pastoral emergencies after office hours, please call 202-669-4856 to reach a member of the clergy.


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4201 Albemarle St., NW
Washington, DC 20016

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Join us for worship each week, with music from our choirs and musicians, faith stories from parishioners and opportunities to deepen your faith and get involved.

8am Service with Eucharist
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The sermon at the 8am service will be available on our Youtube Channel
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We’re glad you’re here. St. Columba’s is a church on a mission to Live God’s Love. Our parish community is a vibrant one that encourages spiritual curiosity, celebrated children and youth, and embraces the world in the spirit of God’s Justice and love.

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The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. ~ Anne Lamott

Joining a church doesn’t mean you don’t have big questions or doubts. Deciding to be part of a loving community of faith means you’re open to exploring and wrestling with those big questions and doubts. Most people here did not grow up in The Episcopal Church. Some have never been a member of any church. Many have a background in a different church or faith tradition. At St. Columba’s, there will be many opportunities to learn, ask questions, and get to know other pilgrims along the way. Our deepest hope is that everyone who steps through our doors knows they belong here.

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A pledge is a promise - a promise to give a certain amount over the course of the following year. We don’t expect you to fulfill your pledge in one lump gift. Many find they can give more when pledging and then giving incrementally over the course of the year.

Pledging before the start of each calendar year is critical for clergy and staff to develop an annual budget and plan to serve you and our wider community.

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Why Give? God asks us to share our time, talent and treasure. A life of generosity is at the root of Christianity. The Bible encourages the tithe – or 10% of your annual income – and we encourage you to think about what a meaningful gift would be for you.

When you give to St. Columba’s you help fund our ministry in the community, our worship, and the staff that supports our community as we strive to Live God’s Love.

Our mission is funded by you – St. Columbans and other supporters.

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St. Columba’s is grateful for your generosity. We accepts gifts in the form of cash, checks, appreciated stocks, Charitable IRA Rollovers, Donor Advised Gifts, and matching gifts. If you would like to include us in your end-of-life charitable gift plans, we accept bequests, life income gifts, and gifts of special assets (real estate, closely held stock, life insurance).

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