Saturday 23 December 2017

Announcements - December 24, 2017


  • We have raised a total of $2,477 from all the charity events we hosted this year. All proceeds received will be equally donated to Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and Union Gospel Mission. Thank you for the generosity of all brothers, sisters and friends. 
  • There are still 2 vacancies in 2018-2020 deacon board. The nomination committee had discussed and agreed to re-open the election process. The timeline is as follow: 
    • Dec 3 Nomination commences 
    • Dec 31 Nomination closes 
    • Jan 7 Publication of final deaconship candidate list 
    • Jan 21 Deaconship election 
  • Annual General Meeting will be held on January 28, 2018 at 1:00pm. Agenda is as follow: 
    1. Pastoral’s report 
    2. Deacon’s report 
    3. Present and accept 2017 financial report. 
    4. Present and approve 2018 budget. 
    5. Approve 2018 nomination committee. 
      • Deacon representatives: Justin Chen, Lily Liu, Tsz Lam Mak 
      • Congregation representatives: Freeman Chau, Carlos Liu, Joanna Lai 
    6. Celebrate “mortgage-free” ceremony. 
    7. Any Other Business. 2018 
  • Calendar are ready for pick up at the reception desk. Please give them out to friends and relatives. 

Sunday 10 December 2017

January - November 2017 Financial Report

Actual
Budget

Income

Offerings$304,909$348,333
Building Redevelopment Fund$5,074-
Mission Fund$200-
Offerings - Special$1,379-
Rent & Others$60,259$57,524
Total Income$371,821$405,857

Expense

Ministries$184,672$192,280
Administration$53,691$56,348
Loan repayment$131,715$87,083
Loan interest$1,309$4,354
Building & Grounds$27,804$47,254
Building Redevelopment$14,094-
Special Donation$1,090-
Others$6,866$18,299
Total Expense$421,241$405,618
Restricted Fund--
Net surplus (loss)$49,420$239

Building Redevelopment Fund

Accumulated Amount$35,674


Loans

CBWC
Congregational
Total
Dec 2016
-
$157,450
$157,450
Nov 2017
-
$25,735
$25,735

Summary of December 2017 Deacon Board Meeting


  • Annual General Meeting will be held on January 28, 2018 at 1:00pm. Agenda is as follow: 
    1. Pastoral’s report 
    2. Deacon’s report 
    3. Present and accept 2017 financial report. 
    4. Present and approve 2018 budget. 
    5. Approve 2018 nomination committee. 
    6. Celebrate “mortgage-free” ceremony. 
    7. Any Other Business. 
  • The main hall lightings will be gradually replaced with LED lights. 
  • Due to the cleanliness of the church has been improved after changing to a new janitorial company, the fall cleaning will be cancelled this year.

Announcements - December 10, 2017


  • The monthly bulletin has been posted on the bulletin board. Please check it out for important information. There were 126 members casted their votes during deacon election on November 26. Benjamin Mak (119 agreed, 1 disagreed, 4 abstained, 2 invalid ballots), has been elected as 2018–2020 deacon. 
  • One of the deacon nominees has withdrawn from the election just a few days before the election. Therefore, there are still 2 vacancies in 2018-2020 deacon board. The nomination committee had discussed and agreed to re-open the election process. The timeline is as follow: 
    • Dec 3 Nomination commences 
    • Dec 31 Nomination closes 
    • Jan 7 Publication of final deaconship candidate list 
    • Jan 21 Deaconship election 
  • Lost and found items in the kitchen will be donated for the clothing drive fundraiser event. Please claim your lost items after worship service today. 
  • A special Christmas meditation retreat will be held today at the main hall between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. The material written will be in English. But the verbal instruction will be in Cantonese. The topic is “We Have Come to Worship Him”. The details and sign-up sheet have been posted on the bulletin board. 
  • Christmas Charity dinner will be held on December 17, 2017 at 6:00pm (Coordinators: Peter Cheung, Deacons Godfrey Leung and Jenny Tse). Net proceeds will be equally donated to Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and Union Gospel Mission.
  • DONATIONS WANTED! Gifts to be sold at the Christmas Charity Auction are now being collected. We are accepting: new items of value; unique and valuable vintage items; and unused and non-expired gift certificates, gift cards, or gift vouchers (e.g. Groupons). Items should be new or in excellent condition. Please contact Pastor Alan by Wednesday for details. Please note that the Church reserves the right to refuse any donations, and unsold gifts will be returned to donors. Thank you for your support! 
  • 2018 Calendar are ready for pick up at the reception desk. Please give them out to friends and relatives.