02.26.26 Church Conference Booklet

University Baptist Church Church Conference Agenda February 26, 2023 Call to Order Opening Prayer Minutes for November 13, 2022..................................................2 Treasurer’s Report Financial Summary ...........................................................4 Balance Sheet .....................................................................5 Statement of Activity ........................................................7 Designated Funds ...........................................................10 Membership Report ....................................................................11 Unfinished Business New Business Appoint Financial Review Committee Security Alarm Committee Reports Staff Reports Arnold Villela, Sexton ....................................................12 Paul Taylor, Director of Finance ...................................13 Lily White, Director of Hospitality...............................15 Jonathan Castillo, Minister of Music and Outreach...16 Milo Grant, Associate Pastor .........................................17 Natalie Webb, Senior Pastor..........................................19 Adjourn Next Church Conference: May 21, 2023 Next Church Council: April 16, 2023

CHURCH CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH November 13, 2022 In Meeting Room and on Zoom 1. Moderator Hans Venable called the meeting to order immediately after the Sunday morning service. 2. Minutes of August 21, 2022, Church Council Meeting were reviewed and Lisa Cauble moved they be accepted and Jeff Marrow seconded. Anna Strickland stated that the Labyrinth dinner is on Thursday, not Tuesday. Minutes passed after the correction. 3. Financial Committee Report was presented by Ky Cauble. A. Everything is on balance or almost. Parking income is under budget but that is being corrected. B. No cash was pulled from the Ameritrade account as planned so we show a deficit but if the money had been transferred, we would have a surplus. We are doing fine. 4. Membership report shows no changes. 5. No unfinished business. 6. 2023 Proposed Budget was presented by Ky Cauble and comes from a Committee of Larry Deuser, Kris White, and Ky Cauble with help from Paul Taylor and Pastor Natalie. A. Income for 2023 is expected to exceed 2022. We now have one tenant instead of two, and the utilities are fixed. There is a 7% decrease in rent because we are no longer renting the Kids Place which was a one-time short-term period. The parking issue with the gates was an issue last year but has been addressed and we are now working on other issues that have arisen. B. ACC Callaway’s ground lease goes up each year based on CPI (Consumer Price Index). Second annual payment of $472,160 a large part of which has already been received. Only the last 4 months are still to come in. C. Ameritrade and Interest Income drastically increased last year with the sale of the 22nd and San Antonio property in the amount of 3.1 million dollars. We added 1.5 million to the Ameritrade Account with 1 million to be invested in T-bills at a 3-4% range of income. D. Gods Family Dinner now uses box lunches which our clients prefer. These are more expensive but we do not have to have a cook to prepare meals so the funds are almost in balance. We are now giving benevolence out to our clients in the form of bus passes. Pastor Milo stated that other Benevolence funds are used for other needs in our community. E. Social Justice increased but other line items decreased. Notes on page 14 of our 2023 Proposed budget show flexibility. F. Missions Connect UBC shows an increase. G. Children’s Ministry increase is mostly for the playground. 2

H. Total salaries increased by 2% with a 4% increase in staff salaries. GFD cook is no longer needed. I. Properties show very little change. J. Administration is showing a decrease because a new copier deal will hopefully be less expensive. The budget was approved. 7. Phil Duncan gave a Missions report. Refugee Assistance Fund will probably end after the $7,000 from cash reserves is used 8. Hans reported that the staff that works on Sunday: Pastor Natalie, Pastor Milo, Jonathan Castillo, and Arnold Villela work from Sunday through Thursday. Try to respect their days on Friday and Saturday when they are not working. If you present the staff with an issue on Sunday follow up with a text or email on Monday. Paul Taylor and Lily White work from Monday through Friday. On Sunday they are only members. Sometimes staff work from home and there may not be anyone in the office. They can be reached by text, email or phone during their work hours. 9. Concerns and prayers for Arnold’s wife who is home from the hospital but with continuing health issues. 10. Love and prayers for Brandon Morgan and his extended family, Brandon’s mother died this morning. Prayers for Brandon and Pastor Natalie as they travel to the funeral. 11. Lisa stated the parking situation in the garage. The danger with so many illegally parked cars. Paul stated that the Parking situation causes male pattern baldness. He stated that Callaway House is not meeting its parking contract. That is once again being addressed with them. Anna Strickland stated a system needs to be in place so that no more is admitted when the garage is full. Paul said that would be impossible with the current system. Julie Hill said she would use her mean voice to correct the situation and Rene Suttle-Field volunteered to join the fray. 12. Pastor Milo reported that the Alliance is going to push the issue of mass incarceration for criminal activity and the injustice of black men being targeted. The much-needed new playground equipment will be wonderful for Kids Place. Pastor Milo also stated their one-year anniversary at UBC is coming up. 13. Jonathan reported that the Organ Project is underway. The organ and all the pipes behind the façade are to be removed and will travel to Tennessee where the pipes will be refurbished and a new console constructed that will fit in the pit much better. Should be returned by the summer and it will take 2-4 weeks for the reinstall. Jonathan is very excited. 14. Pastor Milo closed the meeting with prayer. 3

University Baptist Church Summary for December 2022 Deficit Year-to-Date: -$104K The current deficit is $103,987 worse than expected and $246,462 worse than last year. $1,200,000 $1,000,000 Contributions are more than budgeted by $16,277 (11%) and more than last year by $30,637. $800,000 $600,000 We budgeted $124,000 as a transfer from the $400,000 Ameritrade investment. It was not necessary to $200,000 transfer any of those funds this year. If we had transferred the funds as planned, we would be $0 showing a $20,000 surplus instead of a deficit. -$200,000 Revenue Expenses Deficit Budget Actual Revenue Year-to-Date: $1.03M Expenses Year-to-Date: $1.14M 500,000 700,000 450,000 600,000 400,000 500,000 350,000 400,000 300,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 200,000 100,000 150,000 100,000 - Missions Personnel Properties Other 50,000 Budget Actual - Contri- Rent Parking Callaway Other butions Budget Actual Financial Assets: $4.80M Liabilities & Reserves: Other $4.80M Other $4,319 (0%) $24K9(0/%27) /2021 Investments Designated Funds $2.22M (46%) $134K (3%) Reserves Deferred Revenue $4.22M $423K (9%) (88%) Bank Accounts $2.58M (54%) 4

University Baptist Church Balance Sheet December 31, 2022 Current Year Last Year Increase / (Decrease) ASSETS CASH ASSETS 26,125 3,977,484 (3,951,360) 10100 Wells Fargo Operating Checking 1,463,417 500 1,462,917 10200 Wells Fargo Reserve Savings (394,169) 10400 Wells Fargo Designated Fund Savings 79,944 474,113 1,141,048 10700 Ameritrade Flexible Growth 2,217,575 1,076,527 10710 Ameritrade Fixed Income 999,368 11000 PayPal 999,368 0 (2,242) 12005 Garage Pay Station 9,086 11,329 212 TOTAL CASH ASSETS 431 219 (744,227) 4,795,946 5,540,173 (4,836) OTHER ASSETS 500 5,336 0 13100 Accounts Receivable 0 0 13200 A/R Credit Card Chargeback 0 3,819 13800 Prepaid Expenses 3,819 10 (10) 13900 Undeposited Funds 0 TOTAL OTHER ASSETS 5,347 (1,028) 4,319 734,400 0 PROPERTY/FIXED ASSETS 734,400 9,480 0 14100 Land 9,480 0 14200 Parking Lot 1,152,885 0 14300 Sanctuary Building 1,152,885 170,000 250,614 14400 Sanctuary Fixtures/Furnishings 170,000 0 0 14450 Sanctuary Organ 250,614 0 14500 Education Building 1,306,634 0 14600 Education Fixtures/Furnishings 1,306,634 68,000 0 14700 Children's Building 68,000 159,718 0 14800 Children's Building Fixtures/Furnishings 159,718 36,721 0 14900 2200 Office Building 36,721 0 0 15000 2200 Office Fixtures/Furnishings 0 0 0 15100 Van 0 0 250,614 15200 Mineral Rights - Live Oak County, TX 0 3,170 TOTAL PROPERTY/FIXED ASSETS 3,170 (494,641) 3,641,008 3,891,622 9,186,527 TOTAL ASSETS 8,691,886 5

University Baptist Church Balance Sheet December 31, 2022 Current Year Last Year Increase / (Decrease) LIABILITIES 6,483 3,742 6,278 GENERAL LIABILITIES 12,761 3,856 20100 Accounts Payable 7,598 0 20200 Credit Cards Payable 0 0 20300 Accrued Expenses 0 64,811 0 20400 Clearing Account - Suspense 0 323,890 7,684 20705 Deferred Parking Revenue 72,495 0 27,103 21000 Deferred Revenue 350,993 0 0 21100 Facility Use Deposits 0 0 0 21305 Retirement Contributions Payable 0 2,598 0 21350 Taxes Payable - Parking Income Tax 0 307 143 21400 Taxes Payable - Payroll Taxes 2,742 401,832 112 21500 Taxes Payable - Texas Sales Tax 419 45,177 TOTAL GENERAL LIABILITIES 447,009 0 0 0 DEBT 0 0 22100 Paycheck Protection Program Loan 0 70,611 TOTAL DEBT 54,145 0 951,772 0 INVESTMENT LIABILITIES 70,611 1,076,527 1,141,048 23105 Barrow Fund 54,145 1,141,048 23200 Vision Fund 2,092,820 6,154 23250 Undesignated Funds 2,217,575 3,838 (3,799) TOTAL INVESTMENT LIABILITIES (1,796) 0 DESIGNATED FUND LIABILITIES 2,355 384 0 24400 Benevolence Fund 2,042 54,066 0 24700 Centennial Capital Fund (26,250) 25000 College Ministry 0 0 0 25200 Convergence Fund 384 685 0 25500 Deferred Contributions 27,816 1,500 (1,500) 25550 Disaster Relief Fund 0 26000 Library Fund 0 0 50 26100 Live Music Ministry Fund 685 23,484 0 26300 Love Offering (6,700) 26700 Memorials Fund 0 0 (9,504) 26800 Micah 6 Fund 0 10,200 (39,171) 26900 Music Program Fund 23,534 9,504 (5,400) 27000 Organ Repair Fund 0 45,339 0 27300 Refugee Assistance Fund 3,500 15,900 0 28000 Security Deposit for Facility Lease 0 2,400 0 28100 Smith Lecture Fund 6,168 (3,559) 28600 VBS Missions 10,500 0 (97,629) 28750 World Mission Offering 2,400 0 28900 Interest Earned on Designated Funds 0 3,559 1,088,595 TOTAL DESIGNATED FUND LIABILITIES 0 177,013 0 250,614 79,384 1,655,373 1,728,482 (3,562,332) TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,743,968 3,641,008 (1,583,236) 432,255 FUND BALANCE 3,891,622 (494,641) 30500 Fund Balance - Property 2,160,737 3,457,892 31000 Fund Balance - Cash Reserves - Prior Years (104,441) 7,531,155 32000 Fund Balance - Surplus/(Deficit) - Current Year 5,947,918 9,186,527 TOTAL FUND BALANCE TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE 8,691,886 6

University Baptist Church Statement of Activity December 2022 Account Description Actual for Budget for Actual YTD Budget YTD Over/ (Under) Annual Budget Period Period Budget YTD INCOME 17,495 12,417 165,277 149,000 16,277 149,000 40100 Budget Contributions 0 0 30,800 26,400 4,400 26,400 40250 Rent - Children's Building 0 28,000 48,000 (20,000) 48,000 40400 Rent - Education Building 2nd Floor 4,000 93,075 53,550 39,525 53,550 40500 Rent - Education Building 2nd & 3rd Floor 9,000 0 19,152 12,300 6,852 12,300 40610 Rent - Utility Reimbursement 1,500 82,507 120,000 (37,493) 120,000 40700 Parking - Daily 4,497 600 168,450 140,000 28,450 140,000 40800 Parking - Contract (Taxable) 16,491 6,364 25,000 (23,900) 25,000 41000 Parking - Contract (Tax Exempt) 11,667 1,100 429,190 3,416 429,190 41100 ACC OP (Callaway House) 0 2,083 432,606 41400 Facility Use Fees 38,697 37,669 0 0 0 41600 God's Family Dinner Contributions 0 0 640 0 41700 Interest Earned 0 0 640 0 7,350 0 41800 Mineral Rights Income 540 0 7,350 300 288 300 41900 Miscellaneous Income 1,345 0 588 3,000 (132) 3,000 42000 Transfer from Ameritrade Investment 25 2,868 124,000 (124,000) 124,000 0 250 TOTAL INCOME 26 10,333 0 1,130,740 (98,328) 1,130,740 0 MISSIONS 85,408 1,032,412 51100 Alliance of Baptists 89,591 51200 American Baptist Churches 51250 American Baptist Special Offerings 0 0 1,750 1,750 0 1,750 51300 Assoc. of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists 0 0 6,750 6,750 0 6,750 51400 Baptist Peace Fellowship NA 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 2,000 51500 Benevolence 0 0 0 51800 Foundation for the Homeless 0 0 550 550 0 550 52100 God's Family Dinner 0 250 350 350 227 350 52200 God's Family Dinner - Security 0 0 3,227 3,000 0 3,000 52400 House the Homeless 2,506 2,500 1,000 1,000 12,098 1,000 52700 iACT Interfaith Action of Central Texas (200) 696 42,098 30,000 (2,450) 30,000 52900 Labyrinth 0 0 5,900 8,350 0 8,350 53005 Local Missions 0 0 1,200 1,200 0 1,200 53105 Meals on Wheels (Mike's Place) 0 0 400 400 0 400 53200 Micah 6 0 29 51,200 51,200 (350) 51,200 53250 Mission Month Honoraria 0 0 350 0 350 53260 Mission Organization Meetings 0 0 0 500 0 500 0 33 500 8,500 (400) 8,500 TOTAL MISSIONS 0 125 8,500 400 (1,500) 400 4,306 5,633 1,500 7,626 1,500 PROGRAMS 0 117,800 117,800 54060 Bereavement 0 54110 Community Building 125,426 54300 Historian/Archives 54400 Kitchen Supplies 0 17 75 200 (125) 200 54550 Social Justice 54700 Young At Heart (Senior Adults) 0 175 868 2,100 (1,232) 2,100 TOTAL PROGRAMS 0 21 31 250 (219) 250 SPIRITUAL FORMATION 0 33 0 400 (400) 400 55805 Children's Ministries 55900 Youth Ministries 0 42 613 500 113 500 56205 Deacons 56405 Literature & Publications 0 17 207 200 7 200 56600 Retreats & Special Events 0 304 1,794 3,650 (1,856) 3,650 TOTAL SPIRITUAL FORMATION 7 208 1,663 2,500 (837) 2,500 1,524 500 4,140 6,000 (1,860) 6,000 37 0 17 437 200 237 200 0 1,568 63 768 750 18 750 167 2,757 2,000 757 2,000 954 9,766 11,450 (1,684) 11,450 7

Account Description Actual for Budget for Actual YTD Budget YTD Over/ (Under) Annual Budget Period Period Budget YTD OUTREACH 1,774 1,167 12,922 14,000 (1,078) 14,000 57600 Outreach Projects 1,774 1,167 12,922 14,000 (1,078) 14,000 TOTAL OUTREACH 0 42 300 500 (200) 500 0 125 1,372 1,500 (128) 1,500 WORSHIP & MUSIC MINISTRIES 2,403 142 7,645 1,700 5,945 1,700 58600 Art Gallery 3,422 917 11,759 11,000 759 11,000 58700 Audiovisual Ministry 0 833 9,497 10,000 (503) 10,000 59100 Food Purchases (80) 50 (119) 59200 Music Ministry 1,250 1,000 481 600 (950) 600 59300 Music - Instrument Maintenance 91 142 11,050 12,000 1,313 12,000 59800 Sanctuary Flowers 7,086 3,250 1,700 6,117 59900 Worship Security 3,013 39,000 1,700 59950 Worship Supplies and Decorations 45,117 39,000 TOTAL WORSHIP & MUSIC MINISTRIES 7,131 7,112 61,523 61,504 19 61,504 3,565 3,556 30,762 30,752 9 30,752 PERSONNEL 7,058 2 60600 Senior Pastor Salary 818 816 7,060 42,550 0 7,058 60700 Senior Pastor Housing 4,910 4,910 42,550 22,450 (0) 42,550 60720 Senior Pastor SS Offset 2,590 2,590 22,450 4,973 0 22,450 60800 Associate Pastor Salary 60,378 (0) 60900 Associate Pastor Housing 574 574 4,973 15,309 (927) 4,973 60920 Associate Pastor SS Offset 6,967 6,967 60,378 4,120 (120) 60,378 61200 Minister of Music & Outreach 1,914 1,701 14,382 3,481 (0) 15,309 61400 Choir Scholars 12,000 (12,000) 61500 Pastoral Intern 0 0 4,000 6,000 (5,440) 4,120 61600 God's Family Dinner Coordinator 402 402 3,481 60,378 (0) 3,481 61700 God's Family Dinner Cook 1,385 60,378 (0) 12,000 61950 Broadcast Engineer 0 500 0 39,853 7,213 6,000 62300 Director of Hospitality 0 6,967 560 20,888 4,010 60,378 62400 Director of Finance 6,967 6,967 60,378 8,900 (3,544) 60,378 62600 Sexton 6,967 4,598 60,378 2,500 1,237 39,853 62700 Custodial Staff 5,430 2,410 47,066 1,500 (30) 20,888 62800 Nursery Staff 2,690 742 24,898 69,320 1,037 8,900 63200 Discretionary - Pastoral Staff 1,013 208 5,356 1,500 (1,500) 2,500 63300 Guest Preachers / Pulpit Supply 153 125 3,737 20,650 769 1,500 63400 Health Insurance (Employer Contribution) 0 5,942 1,470 4,000 (2,768) 69,320 63450 Hiring Process Reimbursements 5,963 125 70,357 49,590 (904) 1,500 63500 Payroll Taxes (Social Security & Medicare) 0 2,383 3,500 (740) 20,650 63700 Professional Development 2,441 333 0 4,000 (1,252) 4,000 63900 Retirement (Employer Contribution) 73 4,133 21,419 617,532 (14,929) 49,590 64200 Travel - Pastoral Staff 4,064 292 3,500 64800 Workers' Compensation Insurance 100 333 1,232 4,000 208 66,069 48,686 617,532 TOTAL PERSONNEL 64,939 2,760 2,748 602,603 8

Account Description Actual for Budget for Actual YTD Budget YTD Over/ (Under) Annual Budget Period Period Budget YTD PROPERTIES 3,278 7,083 84,750 85,000 (250) 85,000 65500 Building Maintenance 0 42 200 500 (300) 500 65800 Contract Labor 35,307 65950 HVAC Maintenance 27,098 1,667 55,307 20,000 (11,148) 20,000 66000 Parking Garage - Income Tax 2,380 4,142 38,552 49,700 484 49,700 66100 Parking Garage - Operations 10,484 10,000 680 10,000 66400 Phone Services 175 833 3,500 (6,339) 66500 Property Insurance 401 292 4,180 43,000 3,500 66600 Property Taxes - Mineral Rights 435 3,583 36,661 36 43,000 66750 Safety 0 2,825 66900 Utilities - City of Austin 0 0 36 3,000 (5,533) 0 67100 Utilities - RCAH Drainage Fee 459 250 5,825 57,000 3,000 67200 Utilities - Texas Gas Service 3,495 4,750 51,467 2,300 34 57,000 67400 Waste Services 194 192 2,334 6,000 961 2,300 338 500 6,961 7,000 (1,241) 6,000 TOTAL PROPERTIES 666 583 5,759 287,000 15,517 7,000 38,919 23,917 302,517 287,000 ADMINISTRATION 68100 Accounting 0 0 1,650 1,500 150 1,500 68200 Bank Fees 63 25 113 300 (187) 300 68300 Computer Technology 141 500 (1,793) 68400 Copier/Postage Meter 1,256 1,167 4,207 6,000 (494) 6,000 68500 Credit Card Processing Fees 625 833 13,506 14,000 (772) 14,000 68700 Legal Fees 0 250 10,000 (1,950) 10,000 68800 Office Supplies & Expense 467 292 9,228 3,000 1,367 68900 Outside Copying/Printing 0 50 1,050 3,500 3,000 69100 Postage 150 117 4,867 (70) 3,500 2,703 3,233 600 (305) TOTAL ADMINISTRATION 530 1,400 (4,054) 600 121,297 1,095 40,300 1,400 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 36,246 40,300 (31,706) OPERATING SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 104,527 1,136,391 1,130,732 5,659 1,130,732 (19,119) (103,979) 8 (103,987) 8 OTHER INCOME 0 00 00 0 71000 In Kind Contribution (non-cash) 0 00 00 0 71500 Gain on Sale of Fixed Assets (662) 0 (662) 0 (662) 0 78000 Ameritrade Fixed Income - Unrealized Gain/(Loss) (662) 0 (662) 0 (662) 0 TOTAL OTHER INCOME 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 OTHER EXPENSES 0 0 (8,000) 0 (8,000) 0 81000 In Kind Expense (non-cash) 0 0 7,800 0 7,800 0 81500 Loss on Sale of Fixed Assets 0 0 (200) 0 (200) 0 81700 Organ Renovation - Reclassified to Fixed Assets 81800 Refugee Assistance Fund Expense (32,368) (19,119) (104,441) 8 (104,449) 8 TOTAL OTHER EXPENSES NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) We budgeted $124,000 as a transfer from the Ameritrade investment. It was not necessary to transfer any of those funds this year. If we had transferred the funds as planned, we would be showing a $20,000 surplus instead of a deficit. As part of our plan to pay for the organ renovation, we agreed to use $8,000 of this year's Music - Instrument Maintenance budget. We spent that $8,000 in March. In order to reflect the full value of the new organ as a fixed asset, however, we recorded an $8,000 credit to account 81700 under Other Expenses. This credit does not represent actual income to the church; it is simply an accounting entry advised by our CPA to enable us to record the value of the organ accurately. In the church conference meeting of November 13, 2022, the church voted to designate an additional $7,800 of cash reserves to the Refugee Assistance Fund. 9

University Baptist Church Designated Funds YTD December 2022 Account Designated Fund Beginning Balance Expenses Receipts Ending Balance 24400 Benevolence Fund 6,154 4,972 1,173 2,355 24700 Centennial Capital Fund 3,838 1,796 0 2,042 25000 College Ministry 0 0 0 0 25200 Convergence Fund 384 0 0 384 25500 Deferred Contributions 43,906 10,000 25550 Disaster Relief Fund 61,722 1,260 1,260 27,816 26000 Library Fund 0 0 0 0 26100 Live Music Ministry Fund 1,500 0 26300 Love Offering 685 0 0 685 26700 Memorials Fund 1,500 0 50 0 26800 Micah 6 Fund 798 798 0 26900 Music Program Fund 0 10,200 3,500 27000 Organ Repair Fund 23,484 9,504 0 23,534 27300 Refugee Assistance Fund 60,881 21,710 0 28000 Security Deposit for Facility Lease 0 15,900 10,500 28100 Smith Lecture Fund 10,200 0 0 3,500 28600 VBS Missions 0 0 0 28750 World Mission Offering 9,504 0 0 28900 Interest Earned on Designated Funds 45,339 3,588 29 6,168 15,900 10,500 TOTAL 49,020 2,400 2,400 0 0 0 0 0 3,559 79,384 184,669 154,306 10

University Baptist Church From: November 11, 2022 Membership Report To: February 22, 2023 Active Members Covenant Community Total Members Members 162 Previous Total 0 Joined 158 4 0 Left 3 Deceased 3 4 0 Moved from Inactive 0 Moved to Inactive 155 159 Current Active Total Inactive Members Covenant Community Total Members Members 93 Previous Total 0 Deceased 80 13 0 Moved from Active 0 Moved to Active 0 0 93 Current Inactive Total 0 0 80 13 Total Membership Covenant Community Total Members Members 159 Active Members 93 Inactive Members 155 4 252 Total Members 80 13 235 17 Name Members Added Date Membership How Received Members Removed Name Date Membership How Removed Jack Hanks 10/15/2022 Johnie Sue Hanks 12/8/2022 Covenant Deceased Lucille Harrell 2/12/2023 Covenant Deceased Name Covenant Deceased Members Marked Inactive or Active Date Membership Status Non-Member Summary Family Friend Staff Total 10 72 Previous Total 55 7 1 1 Added 1 1 Removed 55 7 10 72 Current Total Family = Non-members who belong to the family of a church member Friend = Non-members who have stated a desire to keep in touch with the church Staff = Church employees who have not joined the church 11

Report from Sexton February 26, 2023 I would like start by thanking UBC for all these wonderful years that I’ve been employed here. I love my job and our staff, we are strong together and as a team we keep things going. 2023 Started out great. Work never stops and there is always something to repair. At this time, I’m working on finally getting the outside property looking better along with changing out our old mulch, plants and more. That will be fun. There are also the 4 boilers in the sanctuary building that I’m getting repaired. Those need major work needed to them. Another is a HVAC issue discovered back in December. They are the cooling tower pumps piping isolators and those are very important. A good thing is that I had the cooling tower fully cleaned and maintenanced. This next week I will be starting to repair the outside stairs next to choir room. I take on repairs to save the church money, that is one of my goals to budget and save money and keep increasing my work skills. I will be rebuilding all the steps along with any other repair I may find along the way. I work with our properties committee and staff very well with all decisions made on major repairs. One other big repair is the baptismal that has a very bad leak at this time. That’s all the major repairs I’m working on besides my weekly duties and other regular repairs that come along. I’m still and always checking and maintenance any of our appliances, HVAC, filters, plumbing, some electrical, painting, graffiti removal and power washing around the facility. I oversee all work done here with vendors and I usually set up most work orders unless a staff member does it. I’m also working on helping with possibly getting the playground fixed up. There are a lot of ideas that we come up with to improve around the church. I’m always staying busy with my weekly duties that are maintenance, head custodian. I work with my janitor Francisco with keeping our church cleaned. We work very well with each other and he does a very good job with his part of his duties. And there is all the events and changes in the church that we work together on getting done. We have an awesome team. My goals are to get the outside landscaping finally done this spring, get the major work done that is still needed, get the playground redone. That’s just the beginning. I enjoy what I do here at UBC and love taking on new task all the time. The good thing is we got a handful of major work done last year. Thank you for having me here at UBC. God bless you and your families. Sincerely, Arnold Villela 12

Report from Director of Finance February 26, 2023 Corrected December Financial Reports. For those of you who looked over the December reports at the Church Council meeting last month, I want to apologize for the errors they contained. In addition to correcting those errors, I have made some further year-end adjustments related to the organ renovation and the Ameritrade investments, in consultation with our CPA and the Finance Committee. I’ve also taken steps to make sure the same types of errors don’t creep into the reports again. (Of course, I’ll find new ways to make mistakes.) Year-End Financial Status. At the end of 2022, our Net Operating Deficit (our budgeted revenue and expenses) was $104,000. However, we budgeted withdrawing $124,000 from our Ameritrade investments last year, but it wasn’t necessary to make any withdrawals. If we had made those withdrawals and recorded them, we would be showing a $20,000 surplus instead of a deficit. In other words, we actually did a little better than we planned. Ameritrade Flexible Growth (Stocks). Due to the poor performance of the stock market last year, our stock investments lost $359,000 in value. However, we moved $1.5 million from our bank account (part of the proceeds from selling 2200 San Antonio) to the Ameritrade account, so the total value of the investment is now $2.22 million, compared with $1.08 million at the end of 2021. Also, I’m happy to report that in January of this year, our account gained $160,000 in value, recovering a significant portion of last year’s losses. Ameritrade Fixed Income (T-Bills). In December, we moved $1.0 million from our bank account (more of the proceeds from selling 2200 San Antonio) into a new account at Ameritrade consisting entirely of government bonds. This conservative investment will reliably generate interest income to support our operating budget. These bonds are actually securities that can be bought and sold on the open market, so they fluctuate a little in value. At the end of December, the account had lost about $700 in value. However, these minor fluctuations won’t have any substantive impact on the interest earnings from these bonds. Wells Fargo Interest Rates. For years, the interest rate on our Wells Fargo savings account has been just 0.01%, providing almost no interest income despite the large balances we have carried. Thanks to inflation, Wells Fargo has finally raised its rates to be more competitive. In January, with a 2.0% interest rate, we earned over $2,300. Parking. Parking continues to be a thorny issue, in terms of parking revenue, the management of parking contracts, and the availability of parking spaces for church events. I am grateful that the BLU Committee is taking an increasingly active role in helping to address these problems. There are two promising developments to report. (1) Starting this week, we will be billing the Callaway House every week for parking violations they haven’t corrected. These fines can easily amount to thousands of dollars a week, which will supplement our sub-par revenue and motivate Callaway House to 13

find solutions to the parking violations. (2) On March 2, we will be meeting with Gloria Middleton, a vice president at American Campus Communities. There have been changes in the upper management at ACC, and we have lost some of the contacts that used to help us address problems with the parking garage. Establishing new contacts at a higher level should help us to make more progress on our current problems. Whenever you are aware of a problem with the parking garage—broken equipment, cleanliness, elevator not working, no parking spaces available, etc.—please let me know so we can address it. Thank you for supporting our church with your finances, your labor, your prayers, and your presence. Thanks, too, for all the kind support you give to me personally. It is a blessing to work with you on the mission of our church. Paul Taylor 14

Report from Director of Hospitality February 26, 2023 Hello Church Family! We’re well into the new year and so much has happened since our last staff reports. Since November, we’ve seen some changes to our name tag system. You can now grab your name tag at the back of the Sanctuary when you walk in. If you’re missing a name tag or need a new one with an updated pronoun or name, please let me know. There’s also been the addition of a new alarm system throughout our properties. If you need to stop by the church, let us know so we can make sure the alarm is disarmed for you! We’ve recently contracted for a new printer in the office. We were able to negotiate a lower rental cost which fits our budget while getting a new printer for the main office and moving the one currently in the office to the choir room. I continue to work with the Worship Support Team to make sure our entrances have members to welcome people as they arrive, as well as tellers to collect and count our offerings. If you’re interested in any of these positions and have not signed up yet, please let me know! Spring is in the air at UBC! The mountain laurel trees are blooming and the purple smell is intoxicating as I walk into the church! When Spring arrives, you know that Easter is right around the corner. In the coming weeks, I’ll be working with the ministers in creating our yearly postcards for Holy Week and Easter. I will plan for our social media outlets to highlight some of the historic Baptist women you may or may not know about during Women’s History month in March. All these things along with supporting our wonderful UBC staff keep me busy in the office. Personally, I am in the second half of my second year at Perkins Theological Seminary. This semester I’m taking Baptist History & Polity and I am loving how much I’m learning! You may know that Perkins is a Methodist seminary, so when I get to specialize in learning about Baptists, it’s an extra boost to my education. I love it! Thank you so much for your support! I often find myself talking with Jonathan or Milo about our church and the conversation always comes around to how lucky we are to work for such a great congregation! Your kindness and support are overflowing. I’m grateful to work at a church for people I love. Thank you for allowing me to be your director of hospitality! Love, Lily White 15

Report from Minister of Music & Outreach February 26, 2023 Hi, Church Family! A lot has happened very quickly since my last report! Over the past week I have overseen the entire removal of our beloved pipe organ. I got to watch the team from R.A. Colby, Inc. as they played each of our 3,000+ pipes one by one, made final decisions on which pipes were going to be repurposed and which would not be used in the new instrument. They then removed every single pipe, every piece of wood, and every bit of wiring from the old instrument so that we would have a completely clean chamber to work with. The new organ will begin the 5-to-6-week installation in our sanctuary on August 21. It is all so exciting and I’m proud of the church for taking this step to enhance our worship with a beautiful new instrument and to offer a beautiful space for music making the wider community. Back in December, the choir successfully led our worship in their performance of the Magnificat text with a chamber orchestra. This was the first time the choir has sung a large-scale work since 2019 and it was an absolute privilege to get to put it all together. During Advent we also debuted the inaugural Joyful Noise Band! We had 14-or–so congregants pick up their instruments and put together a fabulous performance of Deck the Halls! We’ll revisit this year after year, as long as people are willing! Last Sunday, February 19, the choir helped with an outreach event by singing on the streets of the Austin Marathon! We sang for a little over an hour as the runners zoomed by us sharing mutual cheers and songs of appreciation. This simple activity is a really beautiful way that UBC can have a joyful presence in the community. Another fun and joyful way that we are able to support the Austin community is by sponsoring a basketball team in the Austin Gay Basketball League! We have used our outreach budget to be season sponsors for Jody Joyner’s team, The Deacons and on Friday, February 17, a group of church members went out to support the team and cheer them on to victory! Coming up on March 16-19 is the annual UBC campout at Pedernales Falls State Park. For the past five years, this has been my favorite church event that we do and I look forward to the time spent with everyone. This year we have 8 campsites that have been filled by individuals and families! Thank you all for the support that you’ve shown me over the last (nearly) five years. I am beyond thankful to get to serve a church like UBC. Love, Jonathan Castillo 16

Report from Associate Pastor February 26, 2023 February report hello! After an awesome Christmas and the start of the New Year, we have been busy in worship! I loved our dive into Womanist Theology during Black History Month. Spotlighting the women who are using their voices to powerfully challenge the white status quo was a delight. I hope it gave us all another lens to use as we do the work of justice and love. Now we are officially in the midst of Lent! This past Wednesday, we kicked off our series, “Crossing the Borderlands” with an immigration simulation and imposition of ashes. What a meaningful night it was! For our worship series, I gathered kids’ books from various voices to highlight what borders do to our relationships to self, others, and the world. I look forward to sharing those stories with y’all. I want to express immense gratitude to our amazing Sunday School leaders! Kay, Kari, Vero, and Nikki are rocking the 7 and under kids. Brandon, Jeff, and Brad continue to lead the youth with great patience! Lisa took the adult class through an awesome two-month series on faith, film, music, books, and movies. Thank you for volunteering and creating space for all of us to question and grow in our faith! Last week the adult Sunday class and I started a new series over faith and bodily autonomy through the SACReD curriculum. This 6-week series is for exploring and deepening our commitments to faith- based reproductive dignity for all. We will learn through courageous conversations as we weave together our faith and reproductive stories. The conversations are already powerful and y’all definitely do not want to miss out! UFriends had an amazing Super Bowl weekend as we learned how to make fresh salsa. Thank you to everyone who bought salsa from us! UBC raised $262 and we are finalizing the total sale from our partner churches. All proceeds go to Micah 6 Pantry. Parents Night Out in January went off splendidly. We hosted eleven students and one baby R. Thank you to Kari, David, Hans, Vero, and Nikki for all the work you did! March 3rd is our next PNO. On March 4th at 10am we are hosting Center for Child Protection as they lead a one-hour kid and teen safety and abuse spotting/reporting seminar. This training is a priority to ensure UBC is a safe community for our students. Due to this being UBC's first training, our childcare staff will be in attendance. So, we cannot offer child care for this session. Church, it was a joy to work with y’all in our blood drive! We had 25 donors and 6 UBC volunteers donating time and well…blood, ha! Thank you for partnering with us in this important work! 17

Nonagenarians Celebration is still going strong as we spotlight our 90+ years young crew. CSR and Ellen Bell birthed this amazing idea. They interviewed as many of our nonagenarians as they could and helped create the spotlights that Lily uploads weekly. If you’ve missed those emails, please go back and read our long-standing members’ stories! I am visiting Labyrinth this Sunday to catch up with the students and Pastor Shelby. As college students are entering the second half of their semester, we bought gift cards from Medici (coffee shop a few doors down on the Drag) to give to the students as a simple way to remind them we love and support them. I can’t wait to share UBC’s love to them. Also, a huge thanks to Kari for making and bringing food to the group! Benevolence has been a steady project as always. We’ve assisted 5 people with bills and grocery needs. Labyrinth’s gift cards are a part of our benevolence program as well. As always, I am beyond grateful to work alongside you, Church! It has been a joy to learn even more about each of you through all our various projects and conversations together. Thanks for showing up for each other and the community around us! Peace and Grace, Milo Grant 18

Report from Senior Pastor February 26, 2023 Hello Dear Ones! It has been a full and rich past quarter at UBC. In worship, we celebrated Advent and Christmas together, chose (or were chosen by) our star words for Epiphany, heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. as we celebrated MLK day, and celebrated Black History Month by highlighting and learning more about Womanist theologians, preachers, and interpreters of scripture. Through it all, we’ve been following A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year A, by Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney. We’ll continue to be guided by Dr. Gafney’s lectionary through Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time this year (the new church year begins at Advent). In addition to all of this, we hosted our first “Transforming Mission” day with guest speakers from Austin Seminary and from the University of Texas. Thank you all for your participation and active leadership in worship! It is exciting to me to see how we continue to be shaped as a congregation. In December, I had the opportunity to lead a bible study for Labyrinth Student Ministries. It is always a joy to be with those students! In January, I served as the featured preacher at the Austin Presbyterian Seminary Midwinter Lectures, where I preached twice and led communion for over 200 participants. Just last week, I was so happy to lead a deacons’ mini-retreat at UBC, which I hope we can make a yearly tradition. January was also the beginning of the Texas Legislature session. On opening day, Pastor Milo and I participated in a University area churches prayer walk to the Capitol, then helped lead an interfaith service of public witness hosted by Texas Impact. I was invited to film a promotional video for Texas Impact, as well, so UBC is featured on the TX Impact website as a supporting congregation. I’ve visited all of our Austin area legislators on behalf of Pastors for Texas Children, asking them to support public schools. The PTC leadership has invited me to serve on the steering committee for the Coalition for Public Schools, so I’ll begin that weekly commitment in the coming weeks and continue through this legislative session. UBC continues to send one letter per week to the President of the University of Texas, asking him to return the remains of the Miakan Garza Band’s ancestors to be buried. If you are interested in continuing to write, please let me know! You can learn more and stay up to date with this work by following the Indigenous Cultures Institute on Facebook and/or Instagram. I had the opportunity to speak to our Austin legislators (or their staff members) about this, as well, and asked them to pressure UT to fulfill their commitment to return the remains. God’s Family Dinner is thriving under the leadership of Arthur and our amazing weekly volunteers! Please consider joining us sometime to help serve and connect with our neighbors. Micah 6 is still running the Youth Drop-In Center in the UBC Atrium, but beginning in March, will move to 19

Saturdays (instead of Sundays). Austin Playhouse is doing well in our education building and begins a new production next week. UBC members can use the “ubc” for discounted tickets. Administratively, we continue to work on solutions to our parking issues. Paul Taylor has created some excellent spreadsheets that are allowing us to track parking violations by Callaway House students and staff, and we will begin assessing fines next week. We are hopeful that this will begin to have an impact soon (money talks!), but in the meantime, please continue to let me or Paul know if you see anything amiss in the garage (if the gates are missing or propped open, etc…). In other administrative news, all three church buildings are now secured with an alarm system, so please let someone on staff know if you need access to the building outside of our regular office or worship hours! Also, Walter P. Moore has completed a draft structural assessment of the Sanctuary Building, and the Properties committee is in the process of reviewing the documents and meeting with WPM. We hope to have some information and proposals ready to share at our next church conference in May. Our 101-year-old historic building is a gift, but it is also in need of some love (in the form of deferred maintenance)! My continuing education is changing a bit as the pastoral cohort that I’ve been a part of since 2018 is set to wrap up next month; however, the Austin pastors will continue to find ways to collaborate! This year, I’ve been selected for an executive leadership program for women clergy at Princeton Seminary, which begins in May. I’ll travel to Princeton for a week twice a year for the next two years and am hopeful about the ways this program will help me grow as your pastor! I also continue to meet with my mentor, Rev. Sarah Shelton, once a month through Samford University’s women in ministry support program. I’m grateful for all the opportunities for development and support that God continues to provide! It is a joy to be your pastor and to see the ways you all care for each other – through illnesses, deaths, surgeries, ice storms, and so much more. I’m proud to serve a church that embodies the love of God in our community. So glad I’m your pastor! Love, Natalie Webb 20