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Welcome
This is the second of our fortnighly newsletters for 2024. This week we have a Finance update, how to help our missionaries and an up-coming Mens gathering. 2024 will be a big year with so much happening in our church - connect groups, mid week life giving and relational groups, young families ministry, leadership training, youth and kids ministries, playgroup, Big Days In and much more. See more details of our vision via the button below. For more infomation visit:
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What's Coming Up
From this Sunday, Feb 4, we will be back at Mawarra Public School and Jeremy will be starting a new preaching series. If you are following our F260 daily bible reading series we will be up to day 26 on Monday (Feb 5). For more infomation visit: |
M.A.N (Meat Appreciation Night)6pm Friday, February 16, 2024 Calling all Men! Come and join us for M.A.N, a meat appreciation night with a selection of slow-cooked and grilled meats, some toys on display, and great company. BYO drinks. Bring a friend and it will cost $20. We are meeting at Kevin's house again, 81A Macarthur Road, Elderslie, directly opposite the entrance to Mawarra Public School. For more infomation visit: http://cvchurch.org.au/events/m-a-n-meat-appreciation-night/2024-02-16 |
Connect To Our Staff
You can contact our staff below if you have any questions in regards to our church, services or volunteer positions. For more infomation visit: |
Prayer
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Trust in God
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Support For Our Missionaries
You can support our missionary family, the Hutchings, in many ways - prayer, finances, practical help. One of the simple and free ways to help is to return your empty cans, bottles and cartons (particulary those with the '10c Refund' labels) to Church and Sue will transform them into 'gold' (or the next best thing, cash).
Like everywhere else, prices in the mission field have increased, particulatly the cost of getting people and supplies in and out of remote areas using helicopters (and with kids getting bigger each year the cost is ballooning).
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Back to the Cinema!
For those that follow the very popular TV series The Chosen, season 4 is about to break and the first 2 episodes are on the big, big screen at United Cinemas in Narellan starting Feb 1. The Chosen is a high quality series about the life of Jesus. It allows us to see him through the eyes of those that knew him. The show has attracted almost a billion viewers. The tone of this season has been described as 'deeper'! The show can normally be seen on its own app or through some streaming services. |
Finance Update
Church Council is tracking our financial health by monitoring our bank account 'Reserve'. The Reserve is the amount of ‘unallocated’ money in our account that could be used if and when unforeseen events occur. It also helps to smooth out short periods where our spending exceeds our income. Ideally this would be approximately 8 weeks of expenses. The graphic above shows the trends in our Reserve, our Income and our Spending for the last three 6-month periods - June to Dec 2022, Jan to July 2023, July to Dec 2023. As the graphic shows, over the past 18 months our income has decreased. From $17,500/mth to $12,166/mth. Also our spending has decreased and then increased. From $17,000/mth to $14,500/mth. Thus currently our spending is regularly outstripping our income and so our Reserves have fallen to less than 50% of our ideal. Church Council is now looking at a number of options to turn this position around, with your help. |
Giving to CV Church
Please keep praying for God's provision and wisdom for our leadership in administering our finances. Our finances have been waning lately, so please prayerfully consider your contribution as you partner with our community. More details in the next newsletter. Giving can be on-line, direct debit or cheque. For more infomation visit:
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Safe Ministry
Camden Valley Church has a Safe Ministry Policy - "Safe Ministry, Policies and Procedures". The purpose of this Policy is to guide Camden Valley Church in developing a child-protective culture and a culture that is safe for all vulnerable people. Camden Valley Church's Safe Ministry policy can be viewed here. To start your Safe Church Training:
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Mailing Address
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