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Riverside Christian Fellowship

2010

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Vision

Riverside to be a place where:

Jesus is really Lord of all our hearts

There are frequent baptisms as more and more souls are won to Christ - few or none leave or lose faith, because Christ is preached clearly.

There is a real sense of family and belonging, because all the members are engaged in aspects of Church life, according to the gifts given them

There is a vibrant teen and student ministry, with both the children of believers and their friends becoming Christians

There is love – marriages flourishing, weddings happening, friendships blooming, compassion shown to all

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Since last AGM…

Survey

– Singles broken

– Women’s ministry broken

– Friday nights broken

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Actions…

– Singles – Steve, Teresa, Ian, Rubik,

– Women’s ministry – Caroline/ Helen

– Friday nights – Rubik/ Mohan,

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Other Highlights

– Sunday worship services

– Bible based preaching/teaching – Mark, after the exile etc…

– Teen/pre teen ministries 

– New/re additions to the Riverside

– Riverside retreat

– Family groups/One another relationships

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Leadership Group – Riverside Christian Fellowship

We believe in servant based leadership following the Golden rule of Matt 7:2

• Leadership group

- Paul Bateman (Sunday services)

- Rubik Ghalustians (Friday night’s; Singles; benevolence; outreach, children’s ministry)

- James Thomas (Advisory group, Communications, Riverside Leadership group chair, finance & admin)

- Adrian Hill (Teens; married ministry; Family groups; London Leadership group)

• Women’s ministry

- Caroline Bateman/Helen Nanjundan

• Family groups

- Herbert & Diane, Tooting

- Rubik & Fiona/Jon & Nadia, Walton

- James & Amanda, Battersea

- Adrian & Maureen/Paul & Caroline Mansell, Surbiton

- Edwin/Kardar/Theo, Sutton

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Friday night’s; Singles; benevolence; outreach

Friday night’s

Singles

benevolence

Outreach

Children’s Ministry

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Sunday Services

Acts 2:42-47

– Sunday worship– Teaching.....exegetical preaching.....let the Bible do the talking !– Christ focused– Somewhat streamlined– Food and fellowship– Public speaking classes

What’s next?

– Series on the book of Acts– Kid friendly services– Focus on the poor

How can I help?

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Adrian Hill

Teens

Married ministry

Family groups

London Leadership group

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Teens

Highlights in last 12 months

• Bible discussions - 1st Saturday every month – joint with West & Surrey – fathers leading discussions - four teens who attended have become Christians

• Riverside hosted churchwide teen devo and challenged the teens to serve – Riverside teens cooked a meal for their parents

• Teen parent/teen worker prayer afternoon led by the fathers

• Transition meeting with student ministry – helping teens to stay faithful as students

Special thanks to

• Paul & Caroline Mansell

• Regina

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Married/parent ministry

• Churchwide married retreat – next planned February 2011

• Encouragement for married couples to meet within family groups

• Quarterly teen parenting meetings

• Good Enough Parenting

• Family focused Sunday services (Sinometer and Emperpor’s New Groove!)

• Friday night devotional for kids

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Family groups

• Five family groups meeting – visitors are coming! Faith is being shared

• Some one to one/small group relationships have been formed

• Family group leaders meetings – locally and churchwide (this Sunday 6.30-8.30pm)

• Church of 90 people – looking to have 12 – 15 family groups

• Volunteers needed to help lead and coordinate them

• This is the best place for needs to be met!

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Leadership – London church

• Full time staff leading with Advisory Group helping significantly

• Staff group – Mohan Nanjundan, Malcolm Cox, Toks Sowoolu, Mike Desouza

and Adrian Hill

• Advisory Group – Andrew Agerbak (NW), OJ (West), Franklin Walters (South),

Paul Rowden (East), Jeremy Messervy (Surrey) and James Thomas

(Riverside)

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Leadership – London church

• Mandate

– Church-wide issues and ministries

– Strengthen the sectors - find and support staff

– Making decisions working closely with the local leadership groups.

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James Thomas

Communications

Riverside Leadership group chair

Finance & admin

Advisory group

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Finances and Admin

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Finances and Admin – London church – current position

1. Staff & Ministries £570k from 2010 Budget proposal plus ICCM costs Sector £170k based on 2009 expenditure, excluding staff costs, retreats, HWW and benevolence Total £740k

2. Estimated income incl GAD £690k see below Surplus/(Deficit) (£50k)

3. Reserves at end of 2009 £340k

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Finances and Admin – London church – Income

1. 1-Jan Membership 623 Giving Per Head £77monthly average for 2009 GAD Recovery Rate 20% average for 2009

We can increase our income by increasing any or all of these components.  For example:

1. increasing the GPH to £80 raises an additional £27k.  Financial balance is achieved at £82, i.e. an increase of £5 2. adding 45 average givers to the membership also achieves balance 3. the GAD recovery rate is low, and this can be improved, though has a smaller impact (1% increase gives £5k extra).  [It is worth noting that the claimable tax rate is reducing from Apr-11 from 22% to 20%, which will see our tax reclaimed drop by 11.4%.  This is an issue for next year's budget]

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Finances and Admin

• In order to provide a common strategy for the finances across the

London church, the following is proposed.

• The principle behind this plan for the finances of the re-united London

church is from Acts 4:32 'All the believers were one in heart and mind.

No one claimed that any of is possessions was his own, but they shared

everything they had.'

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Fundamentals - Finances and Admin

1. All income to be given to London as a whole and not to the Sectors

2. All London-wide ministry costs (meetings, Y&FM, KKY, Students, Singles, Leadership etc) , all Sector staff costs, all Sector Facility Hire, and KKY subsidies to be included in the central London Budget

3. The Sectors will have a monthly income in the form of a Per Member Allowance from which to fund their local expenditure (e.g. KK supplies, refreshments, PA, projector, printing etc)

4. The Senior Staff Group in conjunction with the Advisory Group will approve the London Budget, Per Member Allowance and strategic financial decisions

5. The Sector Leadership Groups will administer their income from the Per Member Allowance to meet local needs

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Benevolence - Finances and Admin

1. Each Sector will be encouraged to taken periodic collections to build up a local Benevolence Fund

2. The Benevolence Fund will be administered in the Sectors to meet local benevolent needs

3. Sector Leadership Groups may allocate some of their income from the Per Member Allowance to benevolence

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HOPE - Finances and Admin

1. From 2011 it is intended that Sector support of HOPE worldwide programmes will be met from special fund raising initiatives locally rather than from church funds

2. Any commitments already made for support during 2010 will be honoured from Reserves if necessary.  Discussions will be had with these Sectors as to how best to achieve this during 2010, such as through local initiatives, so as to reduce the impact on the Reserves.

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Overseas Missions- Finances and Admin

1. Each Sector will be encouraged to partner with a church in the Indian sub-continent, and to take an annual Missions Contribution to support this church

2. Any use of regular contribution to fund Missions donations will be phased out during 2010 in an agreed manner with those Sectors involved

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KKY Subsidies - Finances and Admin

1. A Subsidy of 25% for every place on a KKY Retreat is provided for in the London Budget

2. A 100% subsidy applies to the annual Y&FM Retreat

3. Extra subsidies for specific cases will be funded from local funds as directed by the Sector Leadership Groups

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Finances and Admin – Impact of proposals

2010 Starting Balance                £340k Sectors Retained Reserve        (£33k) Operating Budget (£47k) including a £5 PMA Transition Arrangements (£20k) e.g. HWW, Overseas Missions Fontenots Visit                        (£15k)                 2010 Closing Balance                £225k

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Finances and Admin – what it means Riverside

1. Temporary solution – More permanent decided in October

2. 10% of Riverside reserves kept in Riverside £10,000

3. £5 per head for Riverside, 89 x £5 - £445 per month

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Q&A and What’s planned?

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All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and

following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But

because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even

when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God

raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in

order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,

expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved,

through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no

one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,

which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Eph 2:3-10