2024 Pastor Minimum Compensation
The 2024 rates for pastor compensation are now available on the Presbytery’s website under the Documents section. At the August Presbytery Meeting, a 2% increase in minimum compensation for Ministers of the Word and Sacrament and Certified Christian Educators for 2024 to the following amounts was approved.
Cash salary: $36,435
Housing: $11,011
Utilities: $3,672
Total: $51,118
The Committee on Ministry strongly encourages all churches to consider a 2% salary increase for all pastoral leaders currently working above the minimum compensation level.
2024 Open Enrollment for Board of Pensions
This year’s Annual Enrollment — the time when employees can make changes or elect new benefits coverage for the next year — is Monday, October 23 through Friday, November 10. To help employees understand what they will need to do and how to make the best choices for their needs, the Board of Pensions will share communications leading up to and during Annual Enrollment.
2024 Per Capita
The 2024 Per Capita rate will be $30.30 per member, according to the church’s membership in the most recently filed statistical report. The 2024 Per Capita was approved at the August Presbytery Meeting. With the total rate at $30.30 per member, the Presbytery of West Virginia will keep $18.05 and send $9.85 and $2.40 to the General Assembly and Synod of the Trinity, respectively. The letters detailing your church’s Per Capita amount for 2024 are being prepared and will be in the mail soon.
Helping us understand the importance of Per Capita to our connectional church is this excellent article from Presbyterians Today, titled (coincidentally enough) “Understanding Per Capita.”
2024 Shared Mission Pledge Request
Please watch your mailboxes for the 2024 Shared Mission pledge request and Per Capita notice letter. These letters will be mailed to the treasurer, Clerk of Session, and pastoral leader of each church. Please return the pledge card to this office at your earliest convenience. We encourage each Session to thoughtfully consider our request. The information provided when a church returns their pledge card, no matter the response, is essential to our effective management of the presbytery’s financial resources. So, we urge treasurers, Clerks of Session, and pastoral leaders to make sure that their church has returned their pledge card to this office. If you have any questions about mission pledge, Per Capita, or other benevolences, please let us know (304-744-7634, treasurer@wvpresbytery.org).
2024 PWV Budget
At the stated meeting of the Presbytery on August 17, the 2024 budget was approved. The 2024 final, approved budget can be found here.
Board of Pensions: New Medicare Advantage plan replaces Medicare Supplement
The Board of Pensions will offer enhanced medical coverage to retired members through the Humana Group Medicare Advantage PPO plan, starting Jan. 1, 2024. Retired members pay no monthly subscription rate to participate in the new plan, which replaces the Medicare Supplement Plan. Find out more here.
Church Financial Leadership Grants available now
If you are a pastor, commissioned ruling elder, a leader of a 1001 New Worshiping Community, or a member of a stewardship team, the Presbyterian Foundation has Church Financial Leadership Grants available for you. The grants will enable you to institute best practices for church financial leadership, introduce you to new models of giving and stewardship, and offer you new ways to talk about money and form generous disciples within your church.
Some of the events for which you can use the funds include Stewardship Kaleidoscope, Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF) through the Lake Institute, and other church financial leadership events (subject to approval).
2023 Special Offerings Calendar
Here is this year’s calendar for the four churchwide Special Offerings of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), of which one remains.
CHRISTMAS JOY: Dec. 3 to Dec. 24
NOTE: Donations to the four Special Offerings are accepted at any time. The dates above are for times of special emphasis on the offerings. Click here for more information or to order resources, or call the PC(USA) Store at 800-533-4371.