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ST. HAGOP ARMENIAN CHURCH

Տարեկան Տեղեկագիր 2015 Annual Report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AGENDA 2

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS ANNUAL ASSEMBLY (2014-2015) 3

PASTOR’S REPORT 5

PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 9

TREASURER’S REPORT 13

DIOCESAN DELEGATE’S REPORT 15

WOMEN’S GUILD REPORT 18

SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT 19

ACYOA SENIORS’ & JUNIORS’ REPORT 20

AUDITING COMMITTEE REPORT 22

BALANCE SHEET 23

2015 ACTUAL INCOME/EXPENSE & 2016 BUDGET 24

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT 26

BIOGRAPHIES OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION 27

CHURCH HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT 29

Printed on: 2/4/2016

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A G E N D A

1. Dues Paid Member Registration from 12:00 to 12:30 pm*

All dues paid members must register and receive their ballot at the registration table.

*Note: Those parishioners who paid their 2015 dues are eligible to vote in this year’s assembly. Any parishioner may attend the assembly. Payment of 2016 dues will be accepted and registered for next year’s assembly.

2. Opening Prayer 3. Roll Call/Verification of Eligible Voters

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous (2014-2015) Assembly 5. Election of the Chairperson and Secretary of the Assembly 6. Approval of this year’s (2015-2016) Assembly Agenda 7. Nominating Committee Report/ Elections/Final Results

A. Parish Council Four (4) Members B. Auditing Committee One (1) Member C. Nominating Committee Three (3) Members

8. Pastor’s Message/Report 9. Report of the Parish Council/Chairman 10. Diocesan Delegate’s Report 11. Reports of Parish Organizations

Women’s Guild

Sunday School

ACYOA Seniors & Juniors

12. Report of the Treasurer/Financial Report 13. Church Hall Committee—Final Report 14. New Business 15. Closing Prayer and Benediction

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MINUTES OF 2014-2015 ST. HAGOP ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY (FEBRUARY 8, 2015) 1. Acting Assembly Chair Aram Megerian calls meeting to order, acting Secretary Teresa Haidarian taking minutes

2. Opening Prayer - Der Hayr.

3. Roll Call/Verification of Eligible Voters. Quorum is established at 56 voters out of 150 eligible.

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous (2013-2014) Assembly. Minutes of the meeting approved.

5. Election of the Chairperson and Secretary of the Assembly. Teresa Haidarian for secretary, no other nominations, no objections. Approved. Aram Megerian for chair, no other nominations, no objections. Approved.

6. Approval of this year’s (2014-2015) Assembly Agenda. No additions to the agenda. No objections to agenda. Approved.

7. The nominating committee presented their slate of candidates as written in the annual report and on the ballots handed out at registration. Chairman Aram called to open elections. Opened up nominations from the floor for parish council. None. Auditing committee nominations from the floor. None. Nominating committee from the floor, none.

8. Ballot is complete. Chairman thanked the nominating committee and instructed members on how to properly fill out the ballot. Voting takes place by secret ballot. Ballots are collected and counted while assembly agenda continues.

9. Pastor’s Message/Report Der Hayr referred to his report on p. 5 – 8. Most excited by and mentioned all the activities that keep us in tune with our mission and make it a pleasure to serve as pastor of this church.

10. Report of the Parish Council/Chairman .Stepan Serpekian presented highlights of his report. No questions on report.

11. Diocesan Delegate’s Report. Refer to page 14 and 15. No questions.

12.Prior to the organizations reports. Der Hayr presented plaques to the outgoing parish council members, three of whom served for the maximum of six years, one of whom for 4 consecutive years.

13. Reports of Parish Organizations

A. Women’s Guild – Refer to printed report. Der Hayr thanked Seta Serpekian on a great job as the chair of the women’s guild over the past year and announced to the parish that Lena Kotchounian is the new guild chair.

B. Sunday school – Mallory Maslar presented the Sunday School report. Emphasized that parents need to be faithful about bringing their children to Sunday school.

C. ACYOA Seniors – Alex Oganesova presented the seniors report along with Amanda Sagarian.

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14. Report of the Treasurer/Financial Report – Chris Sassouni presented his report. Gave reasons how the parish council are good stewards of the church’s money. Open for questions. No questions. Feels good about the financial condition the outgoing parish council members are leaving the church in.

Results of elections are in.

A. Parish Council Five (5) Members Artak Apyan, Vicken Serpekian, Karen Minassian, Eileen Barsamian Jennings and Michael Shahnasarian are duly elected. Robert Poladian is the alternate.

B. Auditing Committee One (1) Member – Grace Austin is duly elected.

C. Nominating Committee Three (3) Members -Alysia Ekizian , David Kazarian & Jean Shahnasarian are duly elected.

15. Church Hall Committee Update – Stepan Serpekian gave update. Question…how long will it take to build the hall? Answer, two months for the permit. 5-6 months to build the hall.

16. New Business. Der Hayr recognized Chuck Sarkisian for heading the fundraising for the church hall. Thanks to everyone who gave any money large or small to the building fund. There will be a more formal thank you to those who donated large amounts of monies in the future.

17. Closing Prayer – Der Hayr

Respectfully Submitted, Fr. Hovnan Demerjian Aram Megerian Teresa Haidarian Pastor Assembly Chairman Assembly Secretary

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PASTOR’S REPORT Though often obscured by the everyday logistical demands of administrating our church, it is crucial for us all to remember that there are simply two relationships that matter in our Armenian Christian walk; our relationship with God and with God’s people, this church. The glue which holds these relationships together—I feel keenly as I reflect on this past year—is gratitude. And so, the longer I serve at St. Hagop, the more my pastoral report reflects this profound gratitude. First and foremost, I give gratitude to God for his many blessings on me and my family, and His abundant blessings on this community which have allowed us to come this far together.

God works through those who willingly serve him, so I am likewise grateful to those who joyfully took on the duties of leading our church, our 2015 Parish Council. Under the steady and able chairmanship of Michael Shahnasarian we accomplished much in 2015. Thanks to our other parish council members Artak Apyan, Eileen Barsamian Jennings, Mallory Maslar, Karen Minassian and Vicken Serpekian for all their generous work to serve our Lord and our community. Special thanks to our outgoing members, Chuck Begian, Dr. George Kamajian and Chuck Sarkisian whose years of hard work and dedication to this church goes beyond words, but carries on in their lived example of dedicated stewardship. Vardzknerd Katar! Thanks to all who are faithful stewards of our beloved church by giving the best of their time, talent and treasure and keeping St. Hagop Armenian Church always before them in prayer!

Worship

Badarak

Attendance 2015 This year, we celebrated 51 Badaraks together. Attendance at Badarak averaged 80 in 2015 (see chart). Fr. Hovnan offered 84 sermons in English and Armenian.

Altar Servers

Our altar servers continued their dedicated service to the church. Thanks to all of our regular altar servers: Dn. Shahe Kochounian, S Dn. Vasken Serpekian, S Dn. Allan Tossoonian, S Dn. Jack Dikranian, acolytes Bobby Maslar & Michael Sarafian, Shagen Babayan and Movses & Matthew Mangasar. Special thanks to Bobby for coming early every Sunday to tent to our altar. Godspeed to S Dn.Vasken as he begins his internship and work in Washington, D.C., we thank you for your service to St. Hagop and look forward to your visits!

Choir

Thanks to our choir co-directors Louise Yardumian and Stepan Serpekian for their leadership and commitment. Thanks to all of our regular choir members for offering their gifts weekly on our behalf; Art, Armen, Darwin, David, Dr. Haig, Jean, Rose, Victoria, Vicken and Zvart.

Altar Donations

Thanks to Louise Yardumian and Victoria Mouradian for donating and arranging flowers for our altar. Thanks to Victoria Mouradian for making mas for the faithful every week.

Sacraments/Visits

Baptisms Andi Rhoads(Anusbigian), Xay Salavong, Oliver Auguste Brown-Livia , Emmie Essayian (Naples-Blessing)

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Weddings Chuck and Lisa Begian, Anthony Raiano & Anne Depoyan, John and Debra Shahinian (Orlando)

Funerals Harry Keshishian, Mardo Abajian, Tigran Sarkissian, Ed Basdikian, Mari Hintlian, Armine Zakarian, Abraham Hagopian, Stepan Stepanyan (Orlando), Vartkes Dulgerian (Requiem)

Outreach /Membership

Membership

Our membership is holding strong at about 150 members. In the next years, the parish council is developing a plan to transition toward a stewardship based system that will drive our membership. Thanks to all who support us through membership.

Membership Year Membership Year

152 2015 112 2008

150 2014 89 2007

155 2013 61 2006

160 2012 67 2005

157 2011 89 2004

140 2010 74 2003

133 2009

Mailing List

Every year Fr. Hovnan, the parish council, and you our parishioners, reach out to new potential parishioners. Fr. Hovnan follows-up with calls, mail and email. In this way our community and our mailing list continue to grow. This year we reached 966 addresses, not counting our youth. As always, many contacts were removed in our ongoing effort to keep our database current.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total

492 618 703 723 769 812 902 966 1010

Communications/Publications

Email Blast In addition to our website, St. Hagop communicates its news and events through email. Fr.

Hovnan compiled and sent an email every week to inform our community of events, and graphic emails for special events, funeral announcements, and seasonal greetings. This is the first full year we employed our new email marketing service with mailchimp, which includes videos, images, parishioner profiles, events, etc. We also instantly remove bad addresses and can monitor what % of emails are opened and clicked.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Email Addresses 75 192 306 376 443 494 509 485 507

Social Media

Many people like to keep in touch with St. Hagop through our Facebook Community which Fr. Hovnan maintains. Our followers continue to increase dramatically as we post more regular content about church events and initiatives.

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Facebook Followers 0 295 426 561 654 794

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Weekly Bulletins/ Sermons

For every Sunday and major holiday, Fr. Hovnan produces a bulletin with the purpose of keeping our community in touch with each other and providing inspiration. He also writes a sermon for each Sunday. All bulletins and sermons are available online and have become a source of connection and spiritual growth for those who partake.

The Avedis

The Avedis-In 2015 four issues of the Avedis newsletter were produced and delivered to your homes. The writing, editing, and design of the Avedis is an enormous task. Thanks to Carla Megerian for her wonderful work in helping to produce our newsletter.

Website

Our best in class website continues to become more attractive and effective in communicating news about our mission, community and events as Armenian Christians. New this year is our industry standard, secure payment platform for online donations. In the 6 months of 2015 that the system was available,

$12,571 was donated online. The star of

our website remains our photos. Thanks to Teresa Haidarian for documenting the major events of our church life.

Community Survey

Arising from their fall retreat, the parish council compiled a community survey to make sure they were listening to what speaks to the heart of our church & community! 103 people (about 20%) responded to the survey, vastly improving our 2011 response rate. Survey answers have been made available alongside this report at the annual assembly and have helped the parish council plan for the years ahead.

Organizations/Events

Office Volunteers/ Professional Services

It would not be possible to run our church without volunteer help. Thanks to Jean Shahnasarian for providing free accounting services to church. Thanks to Sandi Oliva for her accounting work and David Kazarian for making this possible. Thanks to Michelle Martino for donating time and supplies in addition to her paid cleaning work of the church and hall. Thanks to David Kazarian for donating the services of a professional locksmith, Dennis, to install card readers on our doors. Thanks to Teresa Haidarian for her janitorial work at church. Thanks to Shahe Kotchuniuan and Sergio Mouradian for helping to maintain the parish car.

Faith Formation

Lenten Sermon Series 2015 –On Sundays during great Lent, Fr. Hovnan led an interactive study on the sacraments which was well attended and received by our faithful.

Theology on Tap -On the first Tuesday of the month Fr. Hovnan meets with a group of 20-

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something youth for fellowship and spiritual growth.

Faith Community Nurse-In order to better the physical and spiritual health of our parishioners, Nancy Poladian instituted the faith community nurse program at St. Hagop. We will miss Nancy and Bob as they move to another part of the country, but thank Nancy for her leadership as our church nurse and both for their generous stewardship of St. Hagop.

ACYOA SRs Workshop-On the weekend of Jan. 9-10, St. Hagop hosted the FL regional ACYOA SRs. Workshop. Fr. Hovnan served as chaplain, offered worship, reflections & studies.

PC Retreat-The St.Hagop parish council gathered Sept. 4-5 at Bethany Retreat Center in Lutz for their second annual Parish Council retreat. The retreat helped PC leaders plan for healthy spiritual and programmatic growth for themselves and our church in the year ahead.

Genocide 100th Events

St. Hagop managed to organize an unprecedented number of events & projects commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Briefly those events/projects were:

March 28 Armenian Genocide 5K commemorative run at Ft. Desoto Park

April 9 “Orphans of The Genocide” Screening & Director Q&A at FL Holocaust Museum.

Apr 21 “Orphans of the Genocide” & “The Armenian Genocide” Air On WEDU+

April 23 “Rising from the Ashes of Tragedy” lecture by Dr. Garabet Moumdjian followed by student panel-USF Tampa

April 24 "An Evening of Remembrance" at St. Hagop.

April 24 St. Hagop unveils new monument commemorating the 100th anniversary

April 24,26 Plane flies over Pinellas with Genocide Recognition Banner

April 25 Dr. Garabed Moumdjian presents “Rising from the Ashes of Tragedy–Armenia’s Triumph Over Its Genocide,” at St. Hagop Church.

Oct 22 Armenian Genocide Teacher training session FL Holocaust Museum

First and foremost, thanks go to our 100th Commemoration committee chair Chris Sassouni. Thanks also to April 24th event chair Jean Shahnasarian, Dr. George & Debbie Kamajian for their many Genocide projects, and Genocide 5k event chair Mallory Maslar. Thanks to our partners at the FL Holocaust Museum and the USF Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center. Thanks to Dr. Garabet Moumdjian and Bared Maronian. Thanks to Jack Conley at WEDU, Congressman Gus Bilirakis and all our local clergy guests who attended our ecumenical prayer service.

Meetings

Churches make decisions as a group in meetings. Fr. Hovnan has led or attended numerous meetings with the following bodies during the past year:

Parish Council

ACYOA Srs/Jrs Youth

Sunday School

Nominating Committee

Diocesan Assembly

Auditing Committee

Women’s Guild

100th Anniversary Committee

Church Hall Committee

Genocide Memorial Committee

Diocesan Clergy Conference

Pastor Continuing Education

The Diocese mandates that all clergy participate yearly in a 3 day Lenten clergy to renew clergy spiritually as they journey through Lent. All expenses paid by Diocese.

During 2015, Fr. Hovnan finished his coursework for his Doctor of Ministry program at Andover Newton Theological School. Only his dissertation remains to be written to graduate, a goal for the future! The program is designed as ongoing training for full time clergy to sharpen skills and knowledge for ministry through distance learning. All expenses paid by the Diocese and Fr. Hovnan.

Charitable Projects

This year, St. Hagop continued its duty to model Christ in service of those in need. Our community supported these charitable projects in 2015:

Armenian Syrian Relief

CASP-Sponsorship Program

St. Nersess Seminary

Anonymous aid to those in need

Pinellas Hope

Keep Pinellas Beautiful/Adopt a Mile

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PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN’S REPORT This past year was a unique, banner year for St. Hagop Armenian Church, and your Parish Council (PC) – inspired by God and guided by His hand - facilitated our work.

The PC governs church operations, and makes and implements policy and programming decisions. Perhaps most important, as stewards of St. Hagop’s resources and responsible for implementing tasks necessary to attain its vision and goals, PC members act to meld Armenian Christian values while tending to opportunities and challenges that arise within our congregation, diocese, worldwide Armenian community, and Christian family at large. These are not easy tasks!

Our recent congregation survey found parishioners overwhelmingly (71%) believe the PC is effective in its role; yet, many respondents (26%) indicated they were uncertain on this matter. This suggests our congregation needs more information about its PC’s activities.

My report as your PC chairman has 3 objectives: to highlight your PC’s parish life contributions; review key achievements during the recently completed church year; and, address our objectives for 2016 and beyond.

Parish Council Contributions to Parish Life

Your PC this past year was composed of Fr. Hovnan, (president), and 9 members elected from our congregation: Mallory Maslar (vice chairperson), Chuck Sarkisian (treasurer), Artak Apyan (assistant treasurer), Chuck Begian (secretary), Vicken Serpekian (assistant secretary), Eileen Barsamian-Jennings, George Kamajian, Karen Minassian, and me. Stepan Serpekian, past PC chairman, was an invaluable member of our efforts. Prayer, grounding in our Armenian Christian faith and heritage, and a discernment of our church’s calling to God’s work forged our agenda and decision-making.

The PC met monthly, dealing with church and related issues of the day. These ranged from managing the church’s finances and overseeing our physical property, to tending to truly monumental events - such as ensuring centennial genocide commemoration events were handled with dignity and aplomb, and doing our part to acknowledge and assist in crises facing our Christian brethren in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Also, your PC members led and served on virtually every committee vital to parish life. Examples include church hall construction, stewardship, Sunday school, Armenian Church Youth of America, social and cultural event programming, and all centennial genocide commemoration events – including our night of remembrance, erecting a genocide memorial on our church campus, and organizing community events inclusive of aerial fly-overs, billboards throughout Tampa Bay memorializing the genocide, and liaising with media and political groups.

Every Sunday PC members serve during Badarak. This entails tasks such as helping to ready the church for mass, greeting parishioners and visitors, participating in the Badarak service, counting weekly donations and tending to deposit details, and facilitating after-mass fellowship, including tasks associated with cleaning and closing the church property.

There are numerous behind-the-scenes activities, as well, in which PC members dutifully participate. For example, in conjunction with its role as stewards of St. Hagop’s resources and ambassadors of our congregation and diocese, the PC is charged with establishing and negotiating with Der Hayr his

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annual compensation package. This task - complicated by the irreconcilable challenge of valuing invaluable service to our Lord and congregation with real-life economic constraints – requires prayerful reflection, detailed analyses of fair standards, and earnest dialogue and humility.

St. Hagop sponsors faith development, cultural, and social events throughout the year. Our faith development programs have included an instructional Badarak service and adult Christian education programs; last year Der Hayr provided a special lecture series during the Lenten season. Also, we held our annual church bazaar, numerous barbecues commemorating American holidays and church feasts (including a Vartavar family picnic, and Assumption of Mary Blessing of the Grapes picnic), bake sales our Women’s Guild organized, and social events of all sorts, including a 5K walk, beach sunset wine gathering, and New Year’s Eve party.

Our ministries have included providing financial assistance to middle-east refugees, contributing food and clothing to local charity organizations, and even roadside cleaning of a section of Belcher Avenue adjacent to St. Hagop. Each year the church sponsors a young adult to attend a mission program in Jerusalem with other youth from the diocese; Nazely Wilson represented us last year. Our programming aims to address all sectors of our diverse congregation demographics and needs, which the PC painstakingly attempts to assess and respond.

Beyond our congregation, PC members liaison with the diocese on issues ranging from repayment of our church construction loan, sponsoring of the 2017 diocesan convention, and hosting visits from the Srpazan (Archbishop) and other diocesan representatives. The PC is active in the planning and execution of all of these programs.

After serving a maximum of 6 consecutive years, Chuck Begian rotates off the PC today. Also leaving the PC are George Kamajian and Chuck Sarkisian. Please thank our devoted brothers in Armenian Christian faith for their work and service. Today, we will elect new members to the PC, and our work will go on.

2015 Church Year Highlights

While 2015 was ripe with many high points, 3 events, from my perspective, were especially noteworthy: our centennial genocide commemoration events, the completion of our church hall construction, and our Srpazan’s episcopal visit.

St. Hagop rose to the monumental centennial genocide commemoration occasion. Parishioners and friends of Armenians coalesced, and the church became a sanctuary, cultural center, and religious wellspring. Plainly stated: St. Hagop became everything a person of faith could hope and pray for – a spiritual center in which to turn in times of darkness, understanding and acceptance, and rebirth. George Kamajian, Mallory Maslar, Chris Sassouni, and Jean Shahnasarian deserve special mention for their leadership in organizing and conducting our genocide programs.

The recent completion of our church hall – a project envisioned more than 40 years ago and brought to fruition during the past 3 years – was a true church community effort, shepherded by 2 incredible servants of God and St. Hagop, and made possible by divine intervention. One hundred and seventy five parishioners and friends of St. Hagop pledged approximately $1.1 million to construct a 7,000 square foot, multipurpose facility. The level of participation, amount raised in a short time, and facts that the project was completed on time, on budget, and with 100% of pledges collected is testimony to what a community committed to God’s work can accomplish.

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This project would not have been possible without the selfless efforts and sacrifices of 2 incredibly devoted Armenian Christian members of St. Hagop: Chuck Sarkisian and Stepan Serpekian. Chuck conceived and implemented the capital development project necessary to fund church hall construction. As PC treasurer, he also monitored costs as construction evolved.

Stepan tended to a multitude of construction details – from pre-qualifying prospective builders and, with our construction committee’s input, soliciting, and evaluating, bids; engaging the PC, Women’s Guild and all interested parishioners in design details (including selecting commercial kitchen equipment and sophisticated audiovisual systems); and, coordinating construction progress and inspections. His work required endless hours of labor and attention to detail. Stepan involved our entire congregation in the construction decision-making process. En route to building for St. Hagop a high quality facility in concert with its leadership and parishioners’ vision, Stepan’s work as our liaison between our builder, architect, and owner’s representative was truly exceptional.

Well done, Chuck and Stepan, our brothers in Christ. The county issued our certificate of occupancy just hours ahead of our 2015 New Year’s Eve party at our new hall . . . yes, God’s hand was guiding this project - from its beginning to its end!

Finally, our Srpazan’s visit last month offered a perfect faith-infused crescendo to our church year. His eminence, Khajag Barsamian, consecrated our church hall; he also celebrated with us our accomplishment and vision for dedicating this fine facility to further our Armenian Christian religion and heritage ambitions.

Priorities for the Upcoming Year

During a 2-day retreat in September 2015, your PC developed a church vision statement and 6 specific goals, which appear below. In general, the parish council framed the goals, presented in a preliminary fashion, to be accomplished within a 5-year period and beyond.

Vision Statement

To continuously evolve as the bedrock of the Tampa Bay Armenian Christian community, perpetuating our Armenian Christian religion and heritage.

Goals

1. To combine and streamline education and worship. 2. To develop an enhanced giving (stewardship and estates) program. 3. To repay a $200,000 construction loan to the diocese by 2023. 4. To expand St. Hagop ministries. 5. To make alternate transportation to worship services available to needful parishioners. 6. To develop an Armenian school for adults and children.

Our new church hall, increased operational costs, and expanding ministry activities will require additional funding. Further, our obligation to repay a loan the diocese extended St. Hagop to complete church construction in 2007 will add to our financial needs.

Last summer the PC negotiated with the diocese a plan to repay its $200,000 church construction loan. We made our first principal payment of 10%, last year, and have committed to repay the balance in 8 years or less. The diocese and Armenian Church Endowment Fund were generous in

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agreeing to waive all loan interest payments; this stipulation is contingent upon our commitment to adhere to our agreed-upon loan repayment terms. Otherwise, St. Hagop is subject to repaying past accrued interest of approximately $55,000, along with future interest at a rate of approximately 4% per year.

Among the challenges your new PC faces are generating the funds necessary to meet our growing expenses. St. Hagop has diligently investigated opportunities to enhance its income – including developing revenues through rental of our church hall, increasing revenues from existing and new events and programming (including the opportunity hosting the 2017 diocesan convention affords), and encouraging endowment and estate gifts. We have also been researching and analyzing best practices at other Armenian and non-Armenian churches, and are in the midst of developing a comprehensive stewardship development plan.

Seventy-two percent (72%) of respondents in our recent church survey answered affirmatively to a question about their willingness to participate in making an annual monetary pledge to St. Hagop. During the Srpazan’s visit to our church last month, I spoke with him about our ideas to implement a stewardship program in which we could offer parishioners an option to make an annual pledge; he responded affirmatively. Needless to say, stewardship development will continue to be a high PC priority during our 2016 church year.

Other major objectives your PC will address during the 2016 church year include establishing our new church hall – including formulating and implementing a myriad of policy, marketing, and operations decisions. In his unending service to our Lord, Chuck Sarkisian volunteered to assume the leadership of this important work. Our Women’s Guild, led by Lena Kotchounian, president, and Seta Serpekian, past-president, along with our PC and congregation at large, will facilitate Chuck’s efforts.

As noted above, St. Hagop will host the 2017 Eastern Diocese convention. Conducted over 5 days, we anticipate approximately 300 guests will attend. Stepan Serpekian, another role model to me and tireless servant to God, has yet again stepped-up, agreeing to lead us as chairman of this important project.

In sum, our church is strong, growing in numbers, and expanding its service ministries. God’s blessings to St. Hagop have also included a talented, passionate rector, and a devoted Yeretsgin. Our parish enjoys a rich spiritual life and, beyond our worship together, we are working hard to preserve our Armenian heritage and make efforts to serve our Lord as He would find pleasing.

God has, indeed, been good to St. Hagop Armenian Church. Our continued challenge is to live into the ministry He wills us to undertake, optimize use of the resources He bestowed upon us, and to promote Armenian Christian values our faith has instilled. With God’s help, we will continue our journey to attain these ideals.

Thank you for your ongoing support and prayers.

Michael Shahnasarian, Ph.D. Chairman

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TREASURER’S REPORT

God continues to bestow his blessings on St. Hagop Armenian Church (SHAC) making it possible to carry out our Lord's mission as eloquently articulated in Father Hovnan's message and Michael Shahnasarian's report. His blessings are also demonstrated in our significantly improved enclosed Balance Sheet. We thank God for his ongoing blessings and for all our parishioners who continue to give their time, talents and treasures to serve Him with joy in growing His Church.

I want to thank the Parish Council (PC) and all the parishioners for the privilege of serving both as a Chairman of the Church Hall Fund Raising Committee and your Treasurer. As I transition into my new role to help plan and manage the Shahnasarian Hall, I can truly say it has been a very rewarding experience which helped me grow personally and spiritually. Thank you.

I had two overriding objectives when I accepted the Treasurer role last year: First, to continue our practice in ensuring that our Church's operations are conducted in a fiscally responsible manner; and second to build on the process of continuous improvement in streamlining the administrative processes to facilitate succession planning.

Summary of SHAC Financial Condition as of December 31, 2015

I am pleased to report that SHAC's financial condition is strong as the enclosed Balance Sheet and comparison reports demonstrate. The bottom line is our "2015 Net Income" of $72,000 contributed to the increase in our total equity of $285,000 from the previous year. These net positive improvements include completing two major construction projects, the Genocide memorial and the Church Hall, as planned and on budget fully - 100% paid - through donated funds.

The following are key observations as we analyzed the last two years of income and expenses:

Our "Total Donations" income for 2015 (collection plate, etc.) were virtually the same as 2014 despite our growth. This may be explained by parishioners delivering on their pledge obligations to the Church Hall and other significant events such as the Genocide Memorial.

However, "Total Income" increased by about 35% mainly due to the $80,000 bequest of Mr. Unjian's estate to SHAC. This component alone played a most significant favorable factor in our 2015 operational budget. Moreover, it is an excellent example of our vision statement goal to develop an enhanced giving program for "stewardship, estates, gifts and endowments".

Controlling our expenses was another key contributor to our bottom line. "Total Expenses" were reduced by more than 15% from the previous year. The most notable reduction was in the area of special events. A special thanks to those special event champions and sponsors who elected to fund some of these expenses out of their own pockets.

We made our first payment of $20,000 against our loan to the ACEF (the loan was made to complete our church construction in 2007), thereby reducing our $200,000 liability proportionately. A special thanks to Michael Shahnasarian and Father Hovnan for negotiating a successful payment agreement. A contingent interest liability (approximately $50,000) becomes due if we fail to meet our annual payment obligation; also defaulting on our negotiated payment terms exposes SHAC to interest payment of 4%.

2015 P&L and 2016 Budget

The enclosed forecasted 2016 Budget and the 2015 actual Profit & Loss (P&L) statement allow for comparison of each major income and expenses category. The following are key assumptions in projecting our next year budget:

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Our estimated "Total Income" is projected at $235,000 about a 10% decrease from 2015. Critical components of the projected income assumption include:

o "Total Donations" are expected to increase by just 1.6%, a modest level over the previous year

o A projected income of about $29,000 to cover operating expenses associated with the Hall at a break-even level. The PC approved the rental fee schedule posted on SHAC websites

o Two generous families committed to a stewardship endowment pledge comprising the majority of the $43,000 budgeted amount.

o An anticipated $35,000 income from special events.

Our projected "Total Expenses" include the following major categories:

o Expenses to operate the Shahnasarian Hall estimated at $28,800

o A 1% increase in Father Hovnan's 2016 "Total Compensation" package as unanimously approved by the PC

o A 31% reduction in expenses associated with special events as we utilize our new Hall

o A $22,500 annual payment towards the loan to ACEF

o The necessary ongoing operating expenses

Continuous Improvement In Our Administrative Process

We have made a concentrated effort to streamline our processes and reporting to ensure ease of understanding and operations, especially during successions of roles and responsibilities. We are deeply indebted to Jean Shahnasarian, a devoted parishioner, and a Certified Public Accountant with expertise in non-profit organization for her ongoing help and support throughout the year and the year-end budgeting and reporting process. Her unending support provides an enhanced assurance that our accounting practices are in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. A special thanks to our bookkeeper Sandi Olivia who continues to support us with our bookkeeping and other administrative activities. We can now generate and issue the required IRS forms with ease. In addition, we have developed an easy to understand monthly dashboard summary report to the PC which provides a complete financial overview at a glance. Moreover, each Church programming initiative adopted by the PC was presented with a clear plan inclusive of anticipated funding and expenses; this helped us in the overall fiscal management of these endeavors. It is noteworthy to observe that we added about $61,000 to our restricted maintenance reserve account to fund for maintenance and other contingencies.

Summary

SHAC's financial condition grew stronger in 2015. We have a newly built wonderful Hall next to our beautiful Church and only one remaining financial liability, the ACEF loan which we negotiated to pay off in the next eight years. We have a challenging budget for 2016 but a clear and bright vision for our future. We are truly blessed with a devoted, committed and thriving Parish that is accustomed to meeting challenges with God's help. Arach Asdvaz. We are truly blessed indeed.

Respectfully submitted—Յարգանքով ներկայացուած,

Chuck Sarkisian Treasurer

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DIOCESAN DELEGATES’ REPORT Day 1 The 113th Annual Diocesan Assembly began with Worship and a message from the Archbishop. Discussion about the Genocide and how Armenians in America united in the recognition of the event 100 years ago. He stated all Armenians should share the legacy of our Martyrs. He also said this event should be remembered so that it will never happen to other people. On the 100-year anniversary, he noted the legacy of the Armenian people. The Archbishop asked what would be our legacy over the next 100 years? He spoke about the children and our sense of connection. Between youth and elderly, between Armenian and non-Armenian. He said our connection should be with God and US. Discussion about our overall strategic plan:

Good effort

Very ambitious plan

Spoke about enhancing clergy with continuing growth

Spiritual development – annual retreats

Intellectual developments

Annual St Nersess seminar on pertinent topics

Local opportunities for professional development

Family marriage issues

Contemporary issues (gay marriage/preaching)

Conflict resolution etc.

Proactive outreach

Outreach to youth

Increase database of potential parishioners

Develop marketing programs to reach out to parishioners on an ongoing basis

Set up youth database The Catholicos addressed the diocese assembly. His message was one that described the difficulties of the church and the rebuilding process, about the genocide and how the church has grown in the past 100 years. He also described the challenges the church has had in Armenia, where atheistic government tried to suppress the church. He spoke about bylaws as being essential and necessary for the progress of the spiritual care of Armenians. He spoke about the coordination of bylaws in Armenia and elsewhere. This has been a thorn in his side as he wanted the bylaws to be congruent throughout the world, but the US diocesan assembly did not vote as he wished. In the past he called an emergency session to re-vote but the results were the same, and he wasn’t happy about that. He passed out a message that said in one section as follows: “Acknowledging with appreciation the work done in the Easter Diocese of the USA, we must note that the work of implementation of the provisions of the guideline document into the diocesan bylaws is still not complete” … “in past years incorrect interpretations have been given regarding the acceptance of the bylaws, sometimes even expressions of inappropriate distrust. “ When the bylaws were discussed there was a very heated debate, with people opposed to the bylaws that gave discretion to the Ecclesiastical Representative Assembly that trumps our diocese. (See below under ERA) There was also a video presentation concerning the church and it’s direction. The video illustrated how the church is strong in Armenia after the destructive forces of the Soviet Union left the country.

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At the assembly, people were invited to ask questions of the Catholicos. Questions were asked about the bylaws and the Catholicos spoke passionately about the structure of the bylaws. He felt the bylaws would bring order to the life of the church. (There has been controversy concerning one issue of choosing the Archbishop among others.) This issue kept surfacing and the Catholicos spoke at length about the standardization of bylaws around the world. There was also discussion about the use of the Armenian language in Church with people at the assembly suggesting use of English might be a better choice in the churches. However the Catholicos said there are more people that can teach Armenian. But our folks were just as passionate about the democratic process, and he felt and stated, “at some point you have to trust me”. The afternoon session had people discussing the accomplishments of various initiatives that were affected in the past year. Discussions about youth activities etc. were shared with the Assembly. Other topics such as measured growth strategies were discussed. Day 2 Film about the Genocide and the canonization of those killed – with actual footage of people marching through the desert, with horsemen charging. A profound film about the Genocide and our Christian roots. It also documented the canonization of all those who perished in the genocide some of the scenes in this video were difficult to watch. When I asked for a copy of the video, I was told that it would be on line and available to all parishes. Hopefully Vasken can make it happen at our meeting. There were reports from the ACYOA. They specifically reported the Chapter Workshop at St Hagop. Folks got to question the ACYOA representative, and there were many accolades. Fr. Hovnan added his to the list of voices praising the programs and accomplishments of the ACYOA during the year. Discussion about Mission Parishes and the challenges of attracting members and strengthening the Church. Some mission Parishes have 25 people or less. There was discussion about the need for funds. Also much discussion about the strengthening of parish councils. Woman’s guild reported, and what was interesting was the statement they have to be responsive to women from age 25 to 95 There was a lot of information given to the Assembly about the economic strength of the diocese and financial problems. The Diocese budget is almost five million dollars a year. It seems that this year the diocese hemorrhaged money, but I think that was because of the 100th anniversary of the genocide. The diocese has a line of credit, which has been almost completely used. It’s a half million-dollar line and the interest on what has been taken out for cash flow is about $136.00 a day!!!! Hence the reason the Diocese is looking for cash. There is a cash flow deficit of around $200,000.00 annually. Reviewing the proposed budget was a challenge, some of the numbers (in my humble opinion) didn’t add up, and people questioned it, but after all was said and done, we passed a budget with a planned loss. Proposed budget will be attached to this report. I learned that the health of St Hagop church is strong relative to the strength of all churches as measured in terms of membership. The graph below is a relative graph indicating growth in members (not absolute number of members) several churches have more members than St Hagop however their numbers are declining while ours are increasing.

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Voting was painful, as many repeat votes had to be taken. I think the voting process could be streamlined. I thought that was something the host parish could do, but later learned the nominating committee controls that process. I had been nominated to be on the nominating committee and lost (thankfully) but had I been elected, I could have advanced an effort to change the process. Report on St Nersess Seminary – there is a new campus and the old is in the process of being sold, but has not been sold as yet. Budget was discussed, with a loss of $114,573! But if you eliminate depreciation there is a positive cash flow of $69,420. The assembly passed the budget with the loss. Then there was a heated discussion about the proposed ERA (Ecclesiastical Representative Assembly) diocesan global bylaw guidelines. The discussion was lengthy and very heated. One speaker said “we may not like the new bylaws but we’ve spent so much time and energy let’s just do it.” But another person said of the new bylaws there is no provision for the local diocesan assembly to vote for a change or controlling how the bylaws are amended. In other words, what comes out of Armenia is the law and we don’t vote if we decide to do this. But the chair said the voting would happen in Armenia at the ERA. The person that was opposed sounded like an attorney (I believe he was) and repeated said the new bylaws are handcuffs on the parishes and diocese in America. The gentleman opposed stated chapter and verse from the new guidelines and reported the sections, which stated all control is taken from the local diocesan assemblies across the world. The discussion went on for over an hour. Discussion about Debt reduction. There was some debt reduction but a large group that had rented our hall now has purchased their own facility, so there was a loss of over 100,000 dollars in income that was a setback to say the least. What was said we can’t run events that lose money! Toward the end of the assembly, people from St Gregory of Narek Church in Cleveland passed out information about Cleveland, which was in a bag that announced the 114th Diocesan Assembly. Respectfully Submitted:

David Kazarian & Chuck Sarkisian Diocesan Delegates

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WOMEN’S GUILD REPORT The women’s guild—under the capable leadership of Lena Kotchounian—has been very busy this past year with bake sales, flower arrangements for the altar, and preparing for coffee hour fellowship and cleaning up after the fellowship. If no one from the congregation signed up to provide coffee hour for any given Sunday, the guild members pull from their own pocket and supply the food and drink for the entire congregation. We purchased supplies for the new kitchen so we could better serve our members. We provided seasonal flower arrangements for the altar every Sunday and Louise has offered to teach anyone her secret to the art of beautiful flower arrangements. We baked Armenian goodies for our semi-annual bake sales and drove to Orlando to pick up the lahmajoun we sold from Toufayan bakery. We continued to donate to an Armenian orphanage. And we sent out get well or sympathy cards to members in need. Respectfully Submitted,

Teresa Haidarian Women’s Guild Secretary Note: See balance sheet for Women’s Guild beginning and end of year bank balances.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT Sunday School started on September 13th with a parent-teacher meeting during coffee hour to kick off registration. Registration was open to youth from pre-k to 5th grade. We had a total of 5 students register. Sunday School is held from 11-11:45am every Sunday of the month. Attendance has varied from twenty-four to one student and there is on average four students. This year, we introduced curriculum from the Christian Education Department titled, We Believe. The goal of the new curriculum series was “to bring the learner into a living relationship with Jesus Christ, within the Church- the Body of Christ- through the Holy Tradition of the Armenian Church.” Overall, the curriculum has helped students explore four fundamental questions: 1. Who is God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)? 2. How do we come to know him through the familiar and life-giving Tradition of the Armenian

Church and through her story? 3. How are our lives transformed by that knowledge? 4. How do we live in Christian community with that knowledge? Outside of class every Sunday, we have hosted monthly events including a Kickball Tournament, a Friendsgiving Potluck, our annual gingerbread competition, and a bible blessing from Surpazan. We are looking forward to our spring events including making valentine cards for patients at All Children’s Hospital, Armenian cooking classes, and an end of the year pool party.

Thank you to Mallory Maslar, Nazley Wilson, Courtney Serpekian, and Hayley Hovhanessian for your support with Sunday School and being egger to teach every Sunday. Thank you to Alex Oganesova for leading the ACYOA Juniors this year and Yn. Anna for leading the Hye Baby group. Thank you for all of your hard work! We look forward to watching our youth- the future of our church- grow and lead. Respectfully Submitted, Lexy Shahnasarian Sunday School Superintendent Note: See balance sheet for Sunday School beginning and end of year bank balances.

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ACYOA SENIORS’ & JUNIOR’S REPORT

JANUARY

Hosted 2015 Chapter Workshop and help coordinate the service project with Pinellas Hope.

FEBRUARY

Held Theology on Tap at Carmel Cafe with 9 ACYOA members and discussed upcoming ACYOA

events.

Made Toorshi for ACYOA JR'S fundraiser for the winter bazaar.

Hosted the Poon Parkenden picnic after church to start Great Lent, raising $600.

MARCH

Held Theology on Tap at Bahama Breeze with 9 ACYOA members and discussed our relationship

with God and when we have been most proud to be an Armenian Christian.

Hosted St Hagop's first 5k race for the 100th Anniversary for the Genocide.

2015 Bazaar:

Participated with set up, serving and cleaning up for the bazaar.

Held fundraiser for ACYOA at the bazaar raising $200.

Helped the ACYOA juniors with their blood drive for the Genocide awareness.

Helped with Sunday School and ACYOA Jr's table for fundraising sales.

APRIL

Hosted Theology on Tap at Carmel Cafe with 7 ACYOA members and discussed being and

Armenian Christian and how the Genocide defines use.

Worked with USF Tampa to put together the student panel for Dr. Garabet Moumdjian's presentation

at the school for the Genocide.

Helped with luminaria for the 100th anniversary of the genocide event at St Hagop.

MAY

Hosted Theology on Tap at Infuserve and played Armenian Family Fund.

Hosted the last day of Sunday School and ACYOA Jrs pizza party.

Attended General Assembly and Sports Weekend in Detroit, Mi.

Held a beach day at Indian Rocks beach.

JUNE

Held fellowship lunch after church and help plan upcoming events.

Hosted Evening Under the Stars.

Hosted Theology on Tap at The Pub.

Hosted young professional dinner at Del Frisco.

JULY

Assisted with Vartanants Picnic and hosted the water fight.

Hosted Theology on Tap at The Get Away.

AUGUST Assisted with Blessing of the Grapes picnic.

SEPTEMBER

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Hosted The Exaltation of the Cross Picnic.

Hosted Theology on Tap at Hula Bay.

OCTOBER Hosted Theology on Tap at Carmel Café.

Held a kickball game between the ACYOA seniors and juniors.

NOVEMBER Hosted Theology on Tap at the Getaway.

Hosted Friendsgiving with the ACYOA Jrs and Sunday School students.

Mallory attended ACYOA Leadership Conference on behalf of St Hagop.

DECEMBER Held a 2nd Annual Gingerbread contest between the ACYOA Seniors, Juniors and Sunday School.

Participate in the 1st St Hagop adopt a road clean up.

Hosted a Young Professional Dinner at Kona Grill.

Committees ACYOA members served on:

Genocide Monument

Winter Bazaar

100th Anniversary events which included the 5k, movie screening, two presentations at the church and

one at USF

Building Hall

Parish Council members

Sunday School superintendent, teachers, ACYOA Jrs advisors

Choir members

Sub-deacons and altar servers

Respectfully submitted, ACYOA Executive Committee

Note: See balance sheet for ACYOA Seniors’ beginning and end of year bank balances.

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AUDITING COMMITTEE REPORT

February 4, 2016 With this report, the St. Hagop Audit Committee presents its audit of the financial books and records of the church to the Parish Council. The audit is for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.

Audit Objectives

The audit objectives related to the internal audit of St. Hagop’s financial books, records and operations include determination that:

Appropriate procedures are in place governing key financial operations and are being

complied with;

Proper segregation of duties are in place for all key financial transactions are not being

circumvented;

Controls governing the congregation’s investments and bank accounts are in place and

operating as intended;

All assets and liabilities recorded in the congregation’s books and records are supported by

independent documentation (i.e. bank statements and vendor invoices);

All general ledger balances are appropriately reconciled to their underlying assets and

liabilities in a timely accurate manner;

All assets are properly classified in line with the donor’s intent;

All necessary insurance policies are in place and in force;

The Sunday (or special) offering is handled and counted in dual custody;

All monies generated and expenses incurred as a result of a special event are accounted for

and can be traced back to the general ledger;

The petty cash fund is closely monitored and controlled;

That all major capital expenditures have been approved by the governing body

Expenses are appropriately approved and supported by appropriate documentation;

Fixed assets exist and are properly recorded in the general ledger;

Personal Identity information is properly safeguarded both in system and paper form;

Controls over the payroll process are in place and operating as intended;

An appropriate records retention policy is in place and being complied with;

All venders receiving a payment in excess of $600 annually receive a 1099; and

The appropriate data processing controls are in place and operating as intended.

Audit Conclusions

Based on audit work performed to achieve the objectives listed above, the books and records of St. Hagop appear to be materially accurate in all respects. Testing performed also found that the controls governing the financial operations process appear to be in place and operating as intended. Respectfully submitted,

Grace Austin Chuck Begian Adrienne Vartanian

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BALANCE SHEET

Dec 31, 15

Dec 31, 14

$ Change

ASSETS

Current Assets

Checking/Savings

BANK ACCOUNTS

Cornerstone ACYOA - 3077 1,937.91

800.01

1,137.90

Cornerstone CH Ckg - 1714 83,492.48

814,055.91

-730,563.43

Cornerstone MM - 1617 161,173.96

100,239.52

60,934.44

Cornerstone Operating - 3336 16,595.06

26,601.97

-10,006.91

Cornerstone SS - 2990 3,368.06

2,977.42

390.64

Cornerstone WG - 1389 6,306.55

3,064.01

3,242.54

Total BANK ACCOUNTS 272,874.02

947,738.84

-674,864.82

Total Checking/Savings 272,874.02

947,738.84

-674,864.82

Other Current Assets

FE - 2 Shares 63.46

77.98

-14.52

FTEXX - 1408.91 Shares 1,408.91

779.96

628.95

FTR - 597.000 Shares 2,787.99

3,981.99

-1,194.00

NCR - 172.000 Shares 4,207.12

2,972.28

1,234.84

Undeposited Funds 1,900.00

69,412.02

-67,512.02

Total Other Current Assets 10,367.48

77,224.23

-66,856.75

Total Current Assets 283,241.50

1,024,963.07

-741,721.57

Fixed Assets

Church Automobile 15,000.00

15,000.00

0.00

Church Building/Land 2,100,000.00

2,100,000.00

0.00

Church Hall Construction 983,282.36

0.00

983,282.36

Church Hall Consulting 24,000.00

0.00

24,000.00

Spring Hill Land 6,492.00

6,492.00

0.00

Total Fixed Assets 3,128,774.36

2,121,492.00

1,007,282.36

TOTAL ASSETS 3,412,015.86

3,146,455.07

265,560.79

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Liabilities

Long Term Liabilities

LONG TERM DEBT

Diocese - Interest - Contingent 48,898.01

48,898.01

0.00

Diocese - Principal 179,048.00

199,048.00

-20,000.00

Total LONG TERM DEBT 227,946.01

247,946.01

-20,000.00

Total Long Term Liabilities 227,946.01

247,946.01

-20,000.00

Total Liabilities 227,946.01

247,946.01

-20,000.00

Equity

EQUITY

Opening Bal Equity 3,111,604.06

2,931,813.10

179,790.96

Total EQUITY 3,111,604.06

2,931,813.10

179,790.96

Net Income 72,465.79

-33,304.04

105,769.83

Total Equity 3,184,069.85

2,898,509.06

285,560.79

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 3,412,015.86

3,146,455.07

265,560.79

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ACTUAL INCOME & EXPENSE 2015 & PROPOSED BUDGET 2016

Jan - Dec 15

2016 Budget

Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

REVENUES

Hall Revenue

$28,865.00

Total Donations $118,094.63

$120,000.00

Total Interest / Dividend Earned $8,370.00

$2,400.00

Total Special Events $48,017.24

$35,000.00

Legacy, Estates & Gifts $80,279.97 $43,000.00

Total Women's Guild $5,284.00

$6,000.00

Total REVENUES $260,045.84

$235,265.00

Total Income $260,045.84

$235,265.00

Expense

BUILDING & MAINTENANCE

Hall Expenses Including Insurance

$28,800.00

Air Conditioning Service $1,187.12

$1,200.00

Building & Other Insurance $5,563.76

$5,600.00

Building and Property Security $755.00

$800.00

Repairs & Maintenance $7,602.14

$7,600.00

Electricity (Church) $4,823.47

$4,000.00

Landscaping Expenses $9,339.75

$8,300.00

Narthex Stone $380.00

$800.00

Other Utilities (Water, Sewer & Gas) $2,514.56

$2,500.00

Total BUILDING & MAINTENANCE $32,165.80

$59,600.00

CHURCH EXPENSES

Candles $1,068.27

$1,200.00

Charitable Donations & Evangelism $355.95

$1,200.00

Church Servers $200.00

$600.00

Church Supplies $93.81

$360.00

Diocesan Assessment $14,082.00

$14,400.00

Other Celebrant $300.00

$1,200.00

Tree Memorials $434.28

$360.00

Total CHURCH EXPENSES $16,534.31

$19,320.00

CLERGY EXPENSES

Auto $1,365.95

$1,440.00

Automobile Expense $1,731.04

$1,800.00

Clergy Travel $880.44

$600.00

Diocesan Assembly/Clergy Conf. $700.00

$800.00

Total CLERGY EXPENSES $4,677.43

$4,640.00

EVENTS AND MEETINGS

PC Retreat $2,157.18 $1,900.00

Hospitality/Meals $187.80

$180.00

Special Events & Functions

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ACYOA Youth $2,888.39

$1,000.00

Anniversary Dinner $815.36

$4,000.00

Church Bazaar $2,396.21

$6,000.00

Genocide Events $14,887.48

$2,000.00

NY Eve Dance $5,330.00

$4,000.00

Picnics $0.00

$400.00

Seminars $0.00

$300.00

Outreach Relief Fund $0.00

$500.00

Total Special Events & Functions $26,317.44

$18,200.00

Total EVENTS AND MEETINGS $28,662.42

$20,280.00

OFFICE EXPENSES

Award $50.00

$150.00

Banking, Credit & Transaction Fees $490.43

$640.00

Dues and Subscriptions $604.00

$610.00

Education $381.45

$400.00

Office Supplies & Expenses $1,895.68

$2,000.00

Postage and Bulk Mail $1,429.03

$1,500.00

Printing and Reproduction $4,411.96

$5,000.00

Professional Fees $828.59

$800.00

Stone Installation $200.00

$0.00

Telephone & Internet Expenses $2,210.36

$2,800.00

Water Service $132.90

$180.00

Website $203.69

$240.00

Total OFFICE EXPENSES $12,838.09

$14,320.00

PAYROLL EXPENSES

Clergy Health/Dental Insurance $14,400.00

$8,448.00

Housing Allowance $26,400.00

$26,400.00

Pension $4,000.00

$4,000.00

SS Contribution $5,179.92

$5,668.00

Stipend $41,310.96

$47,698.00

Total PAYROLL EXPENSES $91,290.88

$92,214.00

WOMEN"S GUILD

Bake Sale & Other Events $1,311.28

$1,500.00

Membership Fees $100.00

$100.00

Total WOMEN"S GUILD $1,411.28

$1,600.00

Total Expense $187,580.21

$211,974.00

Net Ordinary Income $72,465.63

$23,291.00

Other Income/Expense

Other Expense

Diocesan Loan Payment $0.00

$22,500.00

Total Other Expense $0.00

$22,500.00

Net Other Income $0.00

-$22,500.00

Net Income

$72,465.63

$791.00

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT

Assembly Chairman

Aram Megerian ___________________

Assembly Secretary

Teresa Haidarian ___________________

Parish Council (Four to be elected for two years)

Jack Dikranian Hayley Hovhanessian

Debra Kamajian David Kazarian

Mallory Maslar Louise Yardumian

______________ ______________

Auditing Committee (One to be elected for three years)

Chuck Begian Jean Shahnasarian

____________________ ________________

Nominating Committee (Three to be elected for one year)

Grace Austin Alysia Ekizian

Lexy Shahnasarian _______________

_______________ _______________ Respectfully Submitted,

Alysia Ekizian, David Kazarian and Jean Shahnasarian 2015 Nominating Committee

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BIOGRAPHIES OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION

Parish Council (4 positions open)

Jack Dikranian: Jack began his spiritual journey at Holy Martyrs Armenian Church in Bayside, NY, by attending Armenian Day School and Sunday School. He was later ordained Tbir while serving at Holy Ascension Armenian Church in Trumbull, CT 1998. Jack joined St. Hagop Armenian Church in 2004 and was later ordained Kisasargavak. He currently serves the church as an altar server, works full time as a Graphic Designer for o8o Studio (11 years) and stands as Director of Soccer for Florida Hawks Futbol Club (6 years). Jack graduated from the University of Hartford School of Art with a B.S. in Fine Arts, holds a United States Soccer Federation National 'B' License in Coaching and a National Soccer Coaches

Association of America Director of Coaching Diploma.

Hayley Hovhanessian: Hayley is originally from Farmington, Connecticut. She has been in Tampa and involved with St. Hagop for over a year. Prior to living in Tampa, Hayley attended the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection in New Britain, CT. Hayley has a Bachelor's Degree from Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, with a major in Psychology. Hayley also has a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven. Hayley works as a Criminal Investigator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Hayley has served St. Hagop as a member of the ACYOA and a Sunday School teacher. This will be her first opportunity to serve in an official capacity.

Debra Kamajian: Mother, wife, illustrator, author, and event coordinator, Debbie has been a resident of Florida since 2004. Originally from Detroit, she has been actively involved with St. Hagop Armenian Church in various capacities including chairing the Armenian telephone directory, several silent auctions and Valentine dances. She has served as either chairwoman or Vice chairwoman of the woman’ guild for the last 10 years. She is a member of the Daughters of Vartan. She has two children Ani and Janae, and a dog named Patches. David Wayne Kazarian: David is originally from Connecticut and has lived in Florida with his wife Nancy since 1989. He’s been a member of St. Hagop for over eight years, becoming more active in the church after a pilgrimage to Armenia. He has served three terms on parish council, has served on nominating committee and the church hall building commitee. David graduated from USF, is a pharmacist and owns his own infusion therapy business. Professionally he’s been past president of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. David has worked with many other churches and non-profits with medical and charitable missions. David is married to Nancy and they have 4 children, Sarkis, Jennifer, William, and

Angela and 8 grandchildren, all of whom live out of state.

Mallory Maslar: Mallory has been a member of St. Hagop Armenian Church in Pinellas Park since she was a little girl serving on the altar and attending Sunday School. She helped establish the ACYOA chapter at St. Hagop and since then has served as its Chairman and Vice Chairman. She has also attended leadership conferences, chapter workshops and general assembly. She attended St. Vartan Camp as a counselor and served as head counselor. For the past 4 years Mallory has worked with ACYOA Central Council to help coordinate the annual Chapter Workshop at St. Hagop and help organize the service project portion of the weekend. She currently serves as the treasurer for the ACYOA Central

Council. She also currently serves as Vice Chair for St. Hagop's Parish Council. This past March she organized St. Hagop's first annual 5K Run to help recognize the Genocide. Mallory graduated from Florida State University with a degree in business finance and business management and currently works for an insurance company in Tampa. She is also currently treasurer for her sorority's Tampa Alumni chapter.

Louise (Sarkisian) Yardumian: Louise is a native of Detroit, Michigan graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music. She started playing the organ at St. John Armenian Church at the age of 13, continuing for 14 years as church organist until moving to St. Petersburg, FL in 1974. Louise was a board member of the

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Suncoast Armenian American Society, organized the first Armenian Church service on the West Coast of Florida (1974) and was a founding member of St. Hagop Armenian Mission Church. She served as Vice Chairman and Secretary while on the Parish Council, helped organize periodic church services, cultural and social events, and many Armenian activities at the St. Petersburg International Folk Fairs. During the coming years, Louise and members of the St. Hagop Choir traveled to assist other mission parishes with their Divine Liturgies in Orlando, Ocala and Naples. She also led the Choir in the Divine Liturgy for the Armenian Team at the Olympics held in Atlanta, 1996. Louise served on the Central Council of the Armenian Church Choir Association, and was chairman of the organization for three years. Louise was the organist at the St. Vartan Cathedral Christmas Concert with Maestro Khoren Mekanejian during that time. Louise taught vocal and instrumental music in Michigan and Florida for 25 years. She was named Organist/Choir Director at St. Thomas Episcopal Church where she directed the Adult Choir, Children’s Choir and two Handbell choirs. She also served on the board of the American Guild of Organists, St. Petersburg Chapter. Louise is married to Dr. Haig and they have two sons, Edward and Ara, daughter in law Eva and granddaughter, Kennedy Priscilla Yardumian.

Nominating Committee (3 positions open)

Grace Austin: Grace is originally from Gainesville, FL. She has lived in the Tampa/St Petersburg area for more than 25 years. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida, with a major in Finance and a minor in Economics. Grace currently serves on the audit committee and enjoys her involvement with St Hagop church and community.

Alysia Saroyan Ekizian: Alysia has been a part of the St. Hagop Community for over 15 years, has served as parish council secretary and Co-director of the Sunday school. Over the years she has also been involved in fundraising functions and has served on the 2007 Consecration committee. She graduated from USC with a B.S. in General Studies and then CSU, Long Beach for a Master’s Degree in Education. She taught school for over ten years in both California and St. Petersburg, Florida. Alysia is also very involved with the LAMP lighters, Plant High School, Berkeley

Preparatory School, Junior League of Tampa, and Children of Armenia Fund. Alysia is married to Greg; they have two daughters Melanie and Holly. They live in Tampa, Florida.

Lexy Shahnasarian: Lexy is a Tampa native. She attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church and was a Sunday School student, Vacation Bible School teacher, and served on the altar for 12 years as an acolyte, verger, and lay Eucharistic minister. Lexy spent six weeks living and teaching in Gyumri through the Armenian Volunteer Corps. Lexy has received degrees from FSU and Wake Forest. She works at Berkeley Prep, serves as the St. Hagop Sunday School Superintendent and is a member of the ACYOA.

Auditing Committee (1 position open) Chuck Begian: Chuck is originally from Detroit, MI. He has been living in Tampa Bay since 1993, and has been involved with St. Hagop since 2001 serving on the parish council as Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and on the auditing committee for many years. He holds two degrees in Computer Science (BS—University of Michigan, MS—Johns Hopkins University) and has worked as a software engineer for many years. He is married to Lisa and lives in Spring Hill, FL.

Jean Shahnasarian, CPA: Jean has been living in Tampa since 1986. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Purdue University, furthered her education at Florida State University, and then obtained a CPA license. Her work career began with Arthur Andersen & Co in Chicago. Jean then worked with a regional accounting firm in Tallahassee, and served as the accounting manager of The Tampa Tribune. During the past 28 years, she has been the treasurer of her husband’s psychology practice. Jean first attended St. Hagop in the late 1980’s; she has also been

active at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church where she served as Senior Warden (Parish Council Chair) for two years. She has enjoyed becoming more involved in St. Hagop (church fundraising, nominating committee, financial reporting, women’s guild, 100 Year Genocide Commemoration, featured social events) and looks forward to the church’s future!

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CHURCH HALL BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT

Greetings from the building committee. I would like to take this opportunity and thank the Parish Council for their trust in me to Chair the building committee. Congratulations to all donors and supporters and thanks for your continued contributions. The building committee was carefully selected to represent different aspect of knowledge in construction and community affairs. Their knowledge and input was essential in creating what is today known as the Shahnasarian cultural center. Some members were from the Parish Council. Some had voting power to finalize decision making after learning all the facts. Here are the team members:

How did we begin? Here is a summary of the timeline of events:

September 3, 2011 Land sale to Ryland homes for $1,229,020.80

October 12, 2011 The mortgage balance was paid off by adding $35,000.00 from the operations account

February 12, 2012 St Hagop Parish Assembly gave the go ahead to explore the construction of the cultural Hall.

April 2014 – February 2015

Search for Contractors, Architects, Builders and design and build companies.

February 10, 2015 Selection of Owner’s Representative Pete Karamitsanis

February 26, 2015 Building Committee conducting final interview with the remaining 5 companies

March 2, 2015 Contractor selection decision with Scherer construction

June 2, 2015 Pre submittal meeting with Pinellas Park Building inspectors

June 9, 2015 Submittal of drawings to Pinellas Park approval

July 9, 2015 First response and comments from Pinellas Park

July 31, 2015 Permit approval from Pinellas Park

August 16, 2015 Ground breaking ceremony

December 31, 2015 Temporary Certificate of Occupancy was issued

January 10, 2016 Ribbon cutting ceremony with his Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian

As of January 26, 2016 here is the final recap of our expenses in constructing the cultural center:

St. Hagop Construction Expense Recap Total

Paid Remainder

Total Construction Only Contract

$768,421.19

$768,421.19 $0.00

Total Design Architectural

$32,099.18

$32,099.18 $0.00

Stepan Serpekian

Chairman Voting

Michael Shahnasarian

PC Voting

Chuck Sarkisian

PC Voting

Dr. George Kamajian

PC Voting

Vicken Serpekian

PC Voting

Fr Hovnan Demerjian

Alternate (Voting If Needed)

David Kazarian

Advisor Avedis Serpekian

Advisor Artak Apyan Advisor

John Shamsey Advisor

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Kitchen Equipment Balance

$47,406.08

$47,406.08 $0.00

A/V Equipment & Installation $41,998.02 $43,185.02 Freight $1187 $43,185.02 $0.00

Chairs (230X$31.53) + Dolly(99.00) + Frieght (1265.00)

$7251.90 $1364.00 $8,615.90

$8,615.90 $0.00

Tables 71" Rnd(23X129.00) + Dolly(2X190.00) + Freight (345.00)

$2967.00 $725.00 $3,692.00

$3,692.00 $0.00

Lighthouse Advisors (Will not Charge Nov. & Dec)

$24,000.00

$24,000.00 $0.00

Reimbursables - Permits Etc

$21,578.26

$21,578.26 $0.00

Impact Fee ($9461.38 Removed)

$0.00

$0.00

Direct Purchase equipment & Material - Tax Savings

$100,516.03

$100,516.03

Total

$1,049,513.66

$1,049,513.66 $0.00

Additional Direct Payments (Duke Energy)

$1,099.36

$1,099.36 $0.00

Big Tray Fryer EF10-120

$489.00

$489.00

Grand Total w/o Tile

$1,051,102.02 $0.00 $1,051,102.02 $0.00

Internet Supplies

$315.24

$315.24 $0.00

RCS Services Tile Installation Charge

$39,536.85

$3,000.00

Quarry red Blaze tile Q40

$3,540.60

$3,540.60

$43,077.45

$6,540.60 $6,540.60

Installation Payment for Kitchen & Bar + Deposit

INV 513 $8,184.00 $14,724.60

Installation Restrooms and beyond

INV 514 $13,545.00 $28,269.60

Partial Payment for Flooring

INV 515 $10,000.00 $38,269.60

Final Invoice

INV 516 $7,553.85 $45,823.45

Add travertine cane

$1,680.00

$45,823.45 Mud Set Room 105 Storage Area

$900.00

Cane set Restrooms

$166.00

Total Payments

$45,823.45

Final Cost & Payment

$1,097,240.71

$1,097,240.71 $0.00

With our sincere gratitude for the opportunity to serve and deliver the needs of the parish in the new Shahnasarian cultural center. Stepan H Serpekian Building Committee - Chairman