Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook
lent causes of annual conference program agencies and institutions. Annual conference program agencies and institutions shall be defined as those agencies with responsibilities parallel to those of the program-related general agencies (¶ 703) and institutions whose work is within the field of responsibility of one or more of those agencies. Administrative expenses that are directly related to the program, mission, and benevolent causes of conference program agencies, including the expenses of the conference council on ministries or alternative structure, may also be included in the conference benevolences budget. This detailed breakdown and line-items is submitted as an informational report, not a legislative action. It represents our best plans and commitments to fund the shared ministries of our connection through reserve spending, user fee and income revenue, and apportionment funding. Any necessary future changes would be discussed and negotiated with the respective budget writing committees, The Connectional Table, and Conference Council on Finance and Administration. Submitting this as a report allows our elected leaders the flexibility of adjusting this spending plan instead of having to call a special session of the Annual Conference to adjust any individual line-items in this report. Significant changes in 2026 include a decrease of $100,000 (21%) in Connectional Program Ministries, most of which is due to additional funding from our Coordina- tor of Camping & Retreat Ministries also overseeing Iowa UMC Conference camping and additional funding through the Workman Trust administrated by the IGRC Board of Global Ministries for our Coordinator of Missions. As part of significant, planned reductions, Camping & Retreat Ministries is decreased by $150,000 (33%) and Higher Education and Campus Ministries by $117,507 (24%). We anticipate ad- ditional annual decreases in both of these areas in order to hit apportionment goal by the end of the quadrennium.
Camping & Retreat Ministries General Camping Expenses East Bay Camp Expenses Little Grassy Camp Expenses Epworth Camp Expenses Total Camp Expenses Camp Fees & Income IGRC Apportionment Funding
2025 PLAN
2026 PLAN
$
63,900
$
32,650
$ $ $ $
1,017,072
$ $ $ $
1,047,020
423,656
441,700
2,000
2,000
1,506,628 1,056,628
1,523,370 1,223,370
$
$
$
450,000
$
300,000
Connectional Program Ministries
2025 PLAN
2026 PLAN
COSROW Scholarship
$
6,000
$
6,000
Committee Program Expenses Committee Meeting Expenses Committee Leadership Development United Media Resource Center
$ $ $ $ $
20,000
$ $ $ $ $
20,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
Salaries
299,386
204,011
Legislative Items 133
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