Summary of September Deacon Board Meeting

• Thanksgiving baptismal joint worship service will be held on Oct 11 at 11am. 
• Operation Christmas Child empty shoe boxes will be distributed on October 11 during worship service and the internal collection date is on November 15. 
• Christmas Celebration events: Clothing drive (coordinator: Maggie Leung) will be on December 6 – 13. Christmas Charity Dinner (coordinator: Deacon Keddy Au Yeung and Samson Chan) will be on December 20. Dinner tickets are $15 per adult and $8 per child age 4-10. Net proceeds from all fundraiser events will be for aiding the Syrian refugees. 
• The church will employ Aqua City Restorations Ltd to repaint and repair the exterior walls of the entire church building. The total cost will be $7,650 plus GST. 
• The church will renew a 2-years rental lease with, Hemrich Bros, the tenant downstairs by the end of this year. 
• Pastor Alan will take leave for study from September 22 – October 1, 2015. Pastor Gladys and Anders will be on annual leave from October 14 -28, 2015. 
• The church will not use songs from Music 2000 Ltd for the time being due to copyrights issues.