September 18, 2019   2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  EDT

Do clergy taxes sometimes confuse you? Don’t feel as if you are the only one. Clergy taxes can be complicated. This webinar is designed to help you understand how compensation is taxed including salary, housing, and other benefits clergy may receive. It will be helpful for clergy, staff and lay leaders as taxes impact budgets and letters of agreement.
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Nancy Fritschner is a CPA with a particular interest in clergy taxes as she is a clergy spouse. Nancy graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Accounting and has worked for various CPA firms in Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Alabama. She taught accounting at The University of the South and served as a finance faculty member of CREDO for many years. Nancy has developed and presented courses on clergy compensation, clergy taxes, and on church accounting for various national and diocesan church events, and for the Office of Professional and Continuing Education at Auburn University. She is one of the editors of the annual Tax Guide for Episcopal Ministers as well as Federal Reporting Requirements for Episcopal Churches. She currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

On Saturday, June 29, 2019, The Bishop's Summit on Faith & Giving brought together approximately 90 clergy and lay leaders from around the Diocese to learn how fundraising is profoundly anchored in ministry.

Joining our diocesan family were several congregations from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ.) Preacher and teacher, the Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson helped us to understand the "theology of sufficiency" with energy, inspiration and imagination. Melissa Spas, Th.M. and the Rev. Meredith McNabb of the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving guided us with practical tools for nurturing generosity. The day's presentation along with Lake Institute's resource materials are now available.

The Rev. Ben Wyatt, a native of Evansville, has been called as Pathways Priest. The position, funded by the Lilly Endowment as part of the Pathways to Vitality Initiative, provides a recent seminary graduate with the opportunity to serve three eight-month mentored rotations at congregations participating in the Pathways program. The current Pathways parishes are St. John's, Crawfordsville; St. Matthew's, Indianapolis; and St. Peter's, Lebanon.

Wyatt attended Yale Divinity School, where he earned his M.Div. in 2018 and his S.T.M. in 2019. He also holds a B.A. in physics and religious studies from Vanderbilt University. Most recently he served as assistant rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford, Connecticut. Before seminary, Wyatt lived in Nashville, Tennessee, and worked as an information security analyst at an insurance firm.

He begins his new call on August 1.

On June 29 in Indianapolis, the diocese will come together to embrace fundraising as a joyful ministry. Please join us to become rich with good news, valuable knowledge, and fresh enthusiasm for all that is possible.

EVERYONE'S INVITED
This learning opportunity is for the entire diocesan family: Clergy. Convention Delegates. Stewardship Committees. And all parishioners interested in the spirituality of fundraising.
 
LEARN TO EMBRACE FUNDRAISING AS A JOYFUL MINISTRY
Don’t miss this! Register for the Bishop’s Summit on Faith & Giving. Click the button below or call us at (317) 926-5454

​Select clergy and lay leaders begin their journey in June. 

The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows has named the parishes who will make up the second Pathways Learning Cohort. They are St. John’s, Crawfordsville; St. Matthew’s, Indianapolis; and St. Peter’s, Lebanon. 
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​Clergy and lay leaders from these three churches will come together regularly for a year-long leadership development program. It’s a rich and multi-faceted journey, meant to deepen each team’s leadership skills while putting them right to work on increasing the vitality of their respective congregations. Cohort members will attend six workshops and one retreat led by national and local subject-matter experts.