2025 Pledge Drive | Church of the Incarnation

Incarnation's Pledge Drive 2025 is underway! This is the time of year when we ask all our members and friends to make a prayerful commitment to support Incarnation financially for the year ahead. Together, we are pooling our resources to serve God's mission.

Pledge Packet. You can access the electronic pledge packet here:

Incarnation's 2025 Pledge Materials

You may also pick up a paper pledge packet during Sunday services or at coffee hour following the 10:15 am service.

Town Hall Recap. This past Sunday, September 29th, we held our annual Town Hall luncheon and meeting. Pastor Stephen gave a presentation on generosity as a spiritual practice, focusing on the writings and legacy of Anglican minister John Wesley, and discussed various ways to determine how much to give. Treasurer David Jasper presented on the current state of parish finances and the Vestry’s goal to close our operating deficit in the next two years. The Vestry will be creating a budget for 2025 in the coming months. Members of the Development Committee discussed giving trends at Incarnation, goals for the 2025 pledge drive, tax tips for charitable giving, and the “why” of giving.

Submitting Your Pledge. To make your pledge online, go to https://form.jotform.com/incarnationsr/2025pledge (or click the button above and then click on "Make Your 2025 Pledge"). Alternatively, fill out the pledge card that came with your pledge packet and drop it into the offering plate during services or in the pledge box in Farlander Hall.

Questions? Vestry members will be available each Sunday during the pledge drive at the coffee hour following the 10:15 service. You are also welcome to reach out to Development Committee chair Joe Ferrucci at [email protected].

Thank you for your pledge!

With gratitude and excitement,

Incarnation's Development Committee

Joe Ferrucci, Chair

Karin Dutra, Rebecca Kendall, Mark Neumann, John Torres

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Incarnation is located at 550 Mendocino Avenue in downtown Santa Rosa, just south of the corner with Cherry Street.

Our church parking lot is located around the corner at 636 Cherry Street. The lot often fills up for our Sunday morning services. Additional free church parking is available in the small gravel lot at the corner of Mendocino and Cherry, or in the city garage at 521 7th Street (free on Sundays), which is a two-minute walk from the church. Finally, street parking is also free on Sundays.

We're also located close to several bus lines, and we have a bike rack in the central courtyard.

Children aren't just the church's future—they're an essential part of our faith community right now. At Incarnation we strive to serve our kids' growing faith, and we know they have much to teach adults, too. Children are always welcome in worship: any age, any time.

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Giving is one of the most powerful spiritual practices in existence. It's a statement of gratitude and trust in God.

At Incarnation we encourage all our members and friends to prayerfully choose a percentage of their income to give toward causes that serve God's mission. We ask that part of that intentional giving be a pledge of financial support to the parish, both so our leadership can plan ahead in making a budget, and as a tangible commitment to what God is doing here at Incarnation. For more on the practice of proportional giving, see this FAQ.

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