Lakeside Community Church Annual Report
For the year 2017
For the year 2017
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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 8<br />
DEAR LAKESIDE COMMUNITY<br />
CHURCH FAMILY:<br />
Please find attached the proposed budget for 2018, which is compared to<br />
last year’s budget as well as last year’s actual expenditures. Last year was<br />
another year filled with God’s blessings, highlighted by your generous<br />
monthly giving. I think you will agree that we have many reasons to give<br />
God all the Praise and Glory for his financial provision and the open<br />
hearts and hands of so many in our <strong>Church</strong> family that opened countless<br />
opportunities to serve this <strong>Church</strong>, the Salmon Arm <strong>Community</strong> and so<br />
many individuals locally and even in different places outside of Canada.<br />
Highlights for 2017 included the intensified discernment of God’s will and<br />
vision of how to make good use of the entrusted funds out of the Property<br />
sale.<br />
We continued with a stable core tithe of 10% to our parent church<br />
organization (Free Methodist <strong>Church</strong> in Canada).<br />
Each Sunday we see and hear a vivid Kids Zone being a vital part of our<br />
<strong>Church</strong>.<br />
Kids Zone and <strong>Lakeside</strong> Youth are currently sponsoring two children<br />
with ICCM (International Child Care Ministries). The Youth is continuing to<br />
sponsor Jeff in Haiti and Kids Zone is supporting a girl in the Philippines.<br />
Through your participation, donations of cash and other items we were<br />
able to ship a record number of 419 shoeboxes packed with love, to lovely<br />
kids and in support of Operation Christmas Child. In addition, we raised<br />
$3,245 to cover shipping costs.<br />
For this year 2018, we are quite excited as <strong>Lakeside</strong> works together,<br />
and continues to seek God’s direction and call as we are discerning the<br />
reason for why we are downtown. We will continue to be supportive of the<br />
efforts of the BCL-Team (The Refugee Committee with representatives<br />
from Broadview <strong>Church</strong>, Crossroads <strong>Church</strong> & <strong>Lakeside</strong> <strong>Church</strong>) and their<br />
effort to possibly bringing in another Refugee Family to Salmon Arm in the<br />
future. We will continue to support our missionaries – Rachel Lawrance<br />
(AIM), Marc Fromme (NAIM) ;) and the ministry of Wellspring to fund a<br />
classroom in Rwanda.<br />
Through the year there were several times of concern, because our<br />
monthly giving didn’t line up with our Budget. I would like all of you to put<br />
this ongoing concern into prayer. Please pray for God’s continued financial<br />
provision for us as a church and his continued blessings. Please be also in<br />
prayer about what God is asking you to do regarding your personal giving<br />
towards this <strong>Church</strong> and for the ministry we are doing together.<br />
The numbers on the next page are more than dollars and cents. They<br />
represent your partnership in the Gospel not only here in Salmon Arm but<br />
across Canada as we partner with FMCiC ministries and internationally<br />
with Operation Christmas Child, ICCM, AIM and Wellspring. Looking<br />
ahead let’s trust God and step out in faith, growing in generous and<br />
consistent giving.<br />
S I N C E R E L Y<br />
M A R C F R O M M E<br />
T R E A S U R E R