2007-2008 Program Budget

Tonight, I'm hosting a fundraising dessert for the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Vanderbilt University. I'll be sharing with them GCF's program budget for the upcoming academic year. I wanted to post it here and ask you to consider partnering with GCF to see grad students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world-changers developed in and through the good news of Jesus Christ. The budget itself is broken down by each of our Four Commitments: Spiritual Formation, Community, Evangelism & Service, and the Integration of Faith, Learning, & Practice.

SPIRITUAL FORMATION Our Commitment: Our desire to help graduate students integrate their lives under the Lordship of Christ begins with our commitment to Spiritual Formation. We believe that with the faithful practice of individual and corporate disciplines like prayer and Scripture study, students’ lives are transformed to continually express a growing faith, love and dependence upon God. Our Projects: Regular Prayer Meetings Total Project Goal: $3,000 Fall Retreat Total Project Goal: $3,500 Sponsor a day: $1,750 One-on-One Ministry Total Project Goal: $9,300 Sponsor Student Coffees: $300 Sponsor Student Lunches: $600 Sponsor a semester: $4,650 Small Groups Total Project Goal: $16,200 Buy Books for a Small Group: $500 Sponsor a Small Group: $1,500 Sponsor a semester of small groups: $8,100 COMMUNITY Our Commitment: We want grad students to know what it is like to participate in a transformative community that has experience with their specific struggles and also spurs them along to faithful stewardship and academic excellence. Our Projects: Annual Kickoff Picnic Total Project Goal: $700 Community Events Total Project Goal: $4,000 Sponsor a community event: $500 Sponsor a semester: $2,000 Large Group Total Project Goal: $5,000 Buy food for a large group: $150 Sponsor a large group: $650 Sponsor a semester: $2,500 EVANGELISM & SERVICE Our Commitment: Spiritual Formation happens in Communities directed towards Evangelism & Service. GCF is committed to publicly displaying the person and work of Jesus Christ both in word and deed through public forums, practical service, and intentional evangelism. We want to see our campus renewed. Our Projects: Neighborhood Work Projects Total Project Goal: $2,000 Sponsor a project: $250 Sponsor a semester: $1,000 Faculty Dinner Total Project Goal: $4,200 Sponsor a Dinner: $2,100 Underwrite the project: $4,200 Veritas Forum Total Project Goal: $16,200 Sponsorship: $2,000 Leadership Gift: $7,500 INTEGRATION OF FAITH, LEARNING, AND PRACTICE Our Commitment: The Integration of Faith, Learning, and Practice points to the truth that Jesus is Lord of every part of human life. We seek the truth about God and His world through critical reflection, open conversation, and challenging dialogue, and in so doing pray a world-changing prayer, “Thy Kingdom come….” Our Projects: Food for Thought Total Project Goal: $3,200 Sponsor a meeting: $275 Sponsor a semester: $1,600 Sponsor the year: $3,200 Social Sciences and Humanities Discussion Group Total Project Goal: $3,000 Sponsor a meeting: $375 Sponsor a semester: $1,500 Sponsor the year: $3,000 PARTNERING IN MINISTRY Projected Budget $70,300 To-Date Committed Support $25,000 Dollars Needed $45,250 To reach this goal, Graduate Christian Fellowship is seeking: Leadership Gifts ($5,000-$25,000 yearly) Examples: $24,000 yearly ($2,000/mo) $12,000 yearly ($1,000/mo) $9,000 yearly ($750/mo) $6,000 yearly ($500/mo) Major Gifts ($1,000-$4,999 yearly) Examples: $3,000 yearly ($250/mo) $2,400 yearly ($200/mo) $1,800 yearly ($150/mo) $1,200 yearly ($100/mo) Sustaining Gifts (under $1,000 yearly) Examples: $900 yearly ($75/mo) $600 yearly ($50/mo) $300 yearly ($25/mo) Please consider partnering with us to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world-changers developed to the glory of God.