2024 Annual Celebration Preview
This year's Annual Celebration will be held on Sunday morning, January 28, as our Sunday morning worship event! We're taking over the Sunday morning service to intentionally reflect on this past year as a church, and celebrate our unstoppable God who continues to lead us forward into 2024!
Below are some important documents that you will need to review before coming to our Annual Celebration. You'll need to read over the Annual Report, so that you can celebrate with us the great things the Lord has done among us. You'll need to review the budget, so that (if you are a current, reaffirmed in 2024 member at Community Church) you can affirm and commit to the budget this year. Please look through the updated Leadership Team bios to find out more about the elders and lead team members listed on this year’s ballot. And lastly, you should view the preview of the 2024 ballot, by which members can affirm our leadership teams.
What a year it has been! You are invited to download and read our 2023 Annual Report, which attempts to capture some of what the Lord has done in our midst. If you are a current member, you will be using the ballot to vote to approve this annual report, so please take the time to read through it and prayerfully delight in the Lord's faithfulness and calling on our church family.
Approving a budget involves more than just agreeing that a proposed budget is acceptable; it is making a commitment to fund the budget out of the gracious provision of the Lord in each of our lives. Please take the time to download the budget and review some of its more important characteristics. Recall that we held an open budget meeting back on December 10 so that you could have a month to prayerfully consider this direction and ask any questions that come up. We continue to invite you to ask questions ahead of time as we approach the Annual Celebration on January 28, so don't hesitate to reach out to us at <leadteam@eastgloucester.org>.
The ballot that we use each year is more than just an official document required as a nonprofit organization. It's a chance to voice our support of our leadership, our budget, and the direction our church is heading. It's also a safe place to voice your concerns about any of the above as well. If you are a current member at Community Church, we encourage you to pray over this ballot. Lift up the leaders whose names appear here (and whose brief biographies and photos are posted in the link below); pray over the finances of our church so that we may continue to step forward into God's purposes. And take some time to consider writing a note of encouragement to the leadership if you feel that's something the Lord is inviting you to do. Only ballots submitted by members who have reaffirmed their membership for the current year are recorded.
Hey! You made it to the end of this page! Way to go! We look forward to celebrating with you on January 28 during our Sunday morning worship service. See you then!