Last month we welcomed Matt Lane to Church Council and he has stepped up to the plate and taken on the role of Council Secretary - congratulations Matt.

A vacancy on Council was created when Michael Widderich left council to take up the staff role of Admin and Finance Officer earlier this year. Our constitution allows us to fill this 'casual vacancy' on Council with a nominated member who will then stand for election at the next AGM. 

Election Day Stalls at Mawarra
We are organising for a fund-raising Sausage Sizzle BBQ and Cake Stall to be held at Mawarra Public School on 14th September – the day of local elections. The last hurdle - insurance - has now been cleared so it's full steam ahead.

We will need people to:

• Help with set up and on rostered shifts from 10am-3pm on the BBQ and Cake Stall. Come and join the fun!

• Donate baked goods for the stall.

If you are able to help, please see Heather Loomes. 

The church who usually meets at Mawarra P.S. school hall on Saturday – Camden Valley Adventist Church – will also be assisting on the day, so we will be meeting some new friends. 

Part of the funds raised will help Mawarra families who are doing it tough with cost of uniforms and school excursions for students and the balance will fund further community engagement. 

Our Church Council has been busy strategising about how best we can support the staff team to faithfully press in to the future that God has install for CV Church. 

We have been praying for our Church finances and are so thankful for the way God has been generous to us through your faithful giving. It has placed our Church in a healthy financial position to began to plan practically for our Church. We are still dreaming and praying for the specifics of what God would provide for us by way of a permanent home for our Church. But this is exciting to see and pray for. 

God has blessed us immensely with a lot of families with young children at our church. And people with young children from the community visit our church to seek to call it home. Our Children’s Ministry Director, Kristy-Lee, has been amazing in her accomplishments in this ministry. Kristy, along with the Church Council, are actively looking and planning to resource this area better to better serve our Children’s ministry. We hope to have some exciting announcements at the upcoming AGM. 

The other main priority our Church Council has set its efforts to, is to reorganising our staff and our council into strategic areas of responsibility. This will allow a specific leader to take charge of an area within the Church and see that we are doing everything we can to ensure our Church. These areas include pastoral care, missions, developing leaders, safety and legal compliance, and communications to name a few. Again, we will prayerfully have some exciting announcements for you at the upcoming AGM. 

As a Church Council, we are a governance body for the Church and under God. Though we may not be involved in the day to day operations of our church ministries, we are nonetheless working and praying behind the scenes to ensure our church can fulfill the great commandment and the great commission in our little patch of Gods world He has placed. 

Thank you for your prayers and please continue to pray for Gods wisdom and guidance over us, and the unity of spirit to go where God leads. 

This year's Operation Christmas Child is ramping up - the Shoebox collection will take place between Oct 14 and 26th.

Hopefully you are deep in thought about what to fill your box with. If not, its not too late, first decide if it is for a boy or girl and then one of the age ranges: 2–4, 5–9, or 10–14. See suggestions for box content on how to fill the boxes.

Samaritan's Purse recommends the boxes be:

FUN – Add a ‘WOW’ item and other new toys the child will love
FULL – Fill your shoebox so there’s no empty space 
PERSONALISED– Personalise your shoebox by including a photo or note of encouragement so that each gift is unique and prayed over

Check this webpage for much more information on resources, videos, on-line boxes and stories from the field. 

CV Church, in partnership with Exploring Tree Macarthur, is hosting the Alpha course commencing on August 4th from 5pm -7pm for 9 Sunday nights (except for Father’s Day, September 1st).

For more details on the course, click here.

Praise God for

• Those who work for, volunteer with, or donate to local support agencies including Turning Point, Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Big Yellow Umbrella and Shining Stars Foundation.
• International agencies such as Tearfund and Compassion that encourage and support local groups making positive change in their own country.
• The global Church and our church and the powerful impact Christians can make in times of uncertainity.
• The power of prayer and the simple question - Can I pray for you?

Pray for

• An end to the rising levels of violence we see in our country and across the world.
• Those attending the Alpha course that they are able to get a clear picture of Christianity and God's grace and love.
• Our Community Engagement Committee and their first activity - a BBQ and stall during the local elections. Also as they discern other ways our church can engage with the wider community. 
• Healing and patience for Jackie Domanski as she recovers from open heart surgury.
• September's local goverment elections. 
• The Middle East and the heightened tensions between Israel, Lebabnon, Palestine and Iran and the worening health problems.
• The Hutchings (Steve, Nat, Elyse, Daniel and Owen):

  * Continuing improvment to Steve's lower back, right hip into right leg 
  * Team - loss of teammates 
  * Friends - our boys closest friends are not in the tribe but thankfully will be visiting before we return to the village.
  * Flying back to the village now that visas have been signed

• The Castelijn's (Albert and Lynne):

  * Quietness and Efficiency for Recording the gospel in the Banwan heart language
  * Pray for the Banwan church leadership
  * Albert's Mum in her new nursing home

The 23/24 Financial Year finished on a very positive note thanks to your generosity. Our Trading Income was $191,653 and our Operating Expenditure was $161,864.
After our Mission Giving, this leaves us, as of June 30th, with a healthy Reserve of $43,457, well above our desired minimum of $28,000.

Our Mission Giving (10% of income) is thus $19,165 and this was split into the following areas:

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