"Celebration of Life" art show, barbeque, & Concert: Featuring Cheryl Russell and Buckshot Blu. Cheryl's Art will be on display at the Seneca House this Oct 8, 2005 from 2pm -10pm. Buckshot Blu will take the stage at 4pm. Food and drinks will be provided throughout the evening.
The Seneca house is located at 5701 E Seneca Street. Bring your friends and neighbors.
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Village Financial Report
July income: 5012.09 (Village giving: 4935)
July expenses: 7500.27
July Net Income: -2536.18
Sept Income 3791.07(Village giving:3230)
Sept expenses 6614.06
Sept Net Income: -2822.99
September was the Last Month of our Fiscal year. Below is the numbers for our income and expenses for last 12 months.
Oct 04 - Sept 05
Income: 88,791.63 (Village giving:56,964)
expenses: 93,498.98
Net Income: -4707.35
Money in the Bank: 8603.20
Village Oct 05 - Sept 06 Budget projections
Income
Broader Community 7,200.00
Nuclear Community 60,000.00
Supporting Churches 20,000
Total 87,200
Expenses
Salaries 57,221.00
Admin 8,820.00
Rent 7,200
Worship 432.00
Benevolence 1,200.00
Total 74,873
The Leadership of the Village strongly believes that the community is capable of giving 5000 dollars a month towards the budget. Other churches have pledged to help us with the rest, and Rod and I are continually looking for churches who are willing to help. Some of you know that we took a pay cut in June, July, and August to help with the budget - we are both now back to our regular Salaries, but we may have to take another cut in order to help ends meet. If you have any questions about the financial state of the Village or what you can do to help . . . just give me at call at 4448810 or email me. Pastor Eric
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The Belonging Service: This week and Next week Rod and I will be discussing the Village and it's Values. Attached to this email is the Village Covenant. It describes what is required of you and your leaders if you wish to sign it. Of course, at the Village there is two types of belonging. Those who sign the covenant are simply saying that the Village is their spiritual home for the year, and they want the leadership and the community to help them walk towards Christ. There are others in the Village community who believe the Village is their spiritual community but can't sign the covenant for one reason or another. So belonging at the village is broken into two sections at the Village - public belong and private belonging. On October 15 the Belonging service will take place. During that service you will have two opportunities to state your belonging. If you so choose, you can sign the covenant and publicly state that you belong by participating in whatever public activity we come up with, or you can simply participate in the public part without signing the Covenant. We do all this because we recognize that everyone is at a different place in their journey towards Jesus and with Jesus. We also realize that families(the church is a family) are not just made up of moms, dads, and kids - but include aunts, uncles, and in-laws. Not everyone belongs the same way at the Village. If you have more questions about belonging, please give me a call. Please come to the service, even if you are going to participate. It will certainly help you better understand the Village.
The Village Work Day
Michelle Filtz's mother has had some severe health problems and her family is going to need to sell their home. On Saturday October 14, 2005(7am - noon) the Village is going to help them do some work around the house. We will need as much help as we can get. I, as your pastor, am asking you to show up and help. Below is a list of things we are going to try and help with.
1. Paint house exterior.
2. Trim bushes
3. Remove weeds and brush
4. Replace fence slats
5. Remove clutter from back yard
6. Mortar loose bricks back in place
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