Financials
What this data is telling us
Total giving received each year
Full-year totals for 2022–2025. The 2026 bar shows giving received so far (January through ).
Annual giving vs operating costs
When the slate bar is taller, we finished the year with a surplus. When amber is taller, we ran a deficit.
2026 month-by-month
Giving vs costs for each month so far in 2026.
Jan– net: 5-year view
Surplus or deficit in the same window across all five years.
Giving budget vs actual — year by year
Budget is the target set at the start of each year. Variance shows whether we came in above or below the goal.
Monthly giving — 2026 vs 2024–2025
2026 bars against prior-year lines.
Operating income by month — year over year
Total operating revenue each January through , all five years (period-matched).
Monthly operating expense — 2026 vs 2024–2025
2026 bars against prior-year lines.
Operating expense by month — year over year
Total operating expenditures each January through , all five years (period-matched).
General Fund — year-by-year totals
All figures are full-year actuals except 2026, which reflects January through only.
Balance is live from QuickBooks (2100 First State Loan); rate, payment, principal & interest are from the ONE Campaign Loan Info sheet. Loan service is a designated / capital obligation, separate from the operating figures above.
Vitals
What this data is telling us
- Weekend attendance is the highest on record — 1,037 average through the reporting window, up 2% over 2025. Growth is positive but under the 5% growth goal.
- Adults in circles continues to climb — 593 adults (68%) are in a circle, the strongest on record. The 70% goal is within reach.
- The key watch areas are attendance growth (2%), regular serving (48%), and unique donors (29%) — each sits below its 2026 goal and is worth deliberate leadership attention this half of the year.
- Student ministry is the most concerning trend — average students has fallen from 103 in 2024 to 74 in 2026 (13% → 8% of attendance), consistently under the 10–15% goal and still declining.
- Kids attendance is holding steady — near the lower edge of the 15–25% goal. 162 average (16% of attendance) in 2026, after peaking at 168; the trend has leveled off, giving children's ministry a stable base to build on.
- Unique donors (296, 29%) remain well below the 40–60% goal and have contracted from 44% of attendance in 2022. Track this alongside the finance dashboard as a long-term giving-health signal.
- Count-based metrics (visitors, baptisms, Connect Breakfast, giving) are year-to-date and should not be compared directly to prior full-year totals. Averages (attendance, serving, circles) are fully comparable.
Average weekly attendance — 2022 to 2026
Full-year averages for 2022–2025; 2026 is the year-to-date average through Week 26. The growth % for 2026 compares Jan–June 2026 with the same months of 2025 (same-period, apples-to-apples) — not against the full prior year.
Seasonality — monthly attendance by year
Average weekly attendance in each month, one line per year. The overlay reveals the seasonal shape (spring peak, summer dip, fall recovery) and shows at a glance whether 2026 is tracking above or below recent years.
Underlying trajectory — 12-month rolling average
Each point is the trailing 12-month average weekly attendance. Averaging a full year at every step cancels out seasonality and one-off weeks, leaving the true direction of travel.
In-person composition by group
Average weekly adults, students, kids, and online — each group's contribution to total reach over time, so you can see where attendance is coming from.
Evangelism vitals
Outreach & growthDiscipleship vitals
Engagement & generosityAdults in circles and regular serving — % of adults/attendance
Tracking progress toward the 70% circles goal and 50% serving goal.
Key next-steps milestones — each vs. its own goal
The stages of a disciple's journey — visitor, Connect Breakfast, Starting Point, a circle. Each card shows the 2026 figure and how it's tracking against its own goal. These milestones are related but measured independently; they don't convert directly one to the next.
Visitors, Connect Breakfast, and Starting Point are YTD counts through Week 26; Adults in circles is a point-in-time average. Each percentage is measured against that metric's own goal (shown on the card), not against another stage.