Board of Managers
Responsible for the maintenance of the physical church.
Members are nominated from the Gale community at large and contribute to the following areas of church operation:
Finance
Property/Maintenance
Housekeeping/Grounds
Health and Safety
A/V
Rentals
Long Range Planning
The Board of Managers meets once a month and reviews financial reports provided by the church treasurer, an ex-officio member of the Board. The minister (ex-officio) and a session representative also play essential roles on the Board.
* Contact the Board of Managers by calling or e-mailing the Church office:
519-669-2852 or office@galepresbyterian.com
Board Members
Lee Coulman
Co-chair
Denise Dickieson
Co-chair
Roy Campbell
Kim Denstedt
Maria Liston
Dawna Martin
Brenda Walker
Treasurer: Vicky Hammell
Financial Support of the Church
The Board of Managers is responsible for setting and monitoring the annual budget with the treasurer who presents the budget to the congregation for approval at the annual meeting, usually at the end of January or early February. A draft of this budget is presented in November and the congregation is alerted if additional funds are needed, or asked to vote on how the Board should use any extra funds.
Gale can be supported financially in the following ways:
- Weekly donations brought on Sunday and placed in the givings tray.
- Pre-arranged givings (PAG) which allow members to arrange for the automatic transfer of funds to the church bank account. This ensures that even when a member is unable to be in church, his or her support continues. Members are still provided with envelopes that can be placed in the offering plate marked “PAG”. At any time a member may choose to designate additional support for a special project. This extra offering is simply placed into the envelope and noted on the front. The exact amount of the automatic transfer can be changed easily and quickly with a phone call to the church business administrator.
- E-transfer: you can send donations to bookkeeper@galepresbyterian.com (please indicate where you would like the money to go).
Gale recognizes that the congregation supports the church in many ways, including through volunteering, as well as supporting the Elmira community through other agencies.
Church donations support the operation of our facility and the remuneration of staff hired for specific tasks in the church. The Budget also supports PWS&D (Presbyterian World Sharing and Development) and the Waterloo Wellington Presbytery.
Fundraising
Members of Gale become involved in fundraising activities that support the work of the church and activities within Elmira and surrounding communities, or communities in developing countries; church donations also support development and emergency relief projects worldwide. Read more about the variety of projects we have supported under Church Life/ Life and Mission.