2013 AGM Report - Valleyview Community Church Calgary · Welcome to our 2013 AGM Presentation...
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AGM
April 14th
2013
“Gaining Momentum”
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Content
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….………………………3
2013 AGM Agenda……………………………………………………………………………………….4
2012 AGM Minutes………………………………………………………………………………………5
2012, Sept 9 Congregational Meeting Minutes………………………..……………….…8
2012 Natural Church Development Survey Results………………………………………9
AGM Narrative Budget Presentation……………………………………………………………12
Salary/Benefits…………………………………………………………….13
Hospitality…………………………………………………………………...14
Communication……………………………………………………………15
Mission and Service………………………………………………………16
Worship………………………………………………………………………..18
Adult Ministry……………………………………………………………….19
Children’s Ministry………………………………………………………..20
Youth Ministry……………………………………………………………….22
Church Facility……………………………………………………………….23
Administration……………………………………………………………….24
Martini Estate Update………………………………………………………………………………..25
Financial Report………………………………………………………………………………………….27
Financial Appendix (Unaudited and not yet reviewed)…………………………………………………31
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Introduction
Welcome to our 2013 AGM Presentation Report. We’re excited to share some of the important
ministry highlights that have taken place over the past year and outline the ministry direction
that we will be pursuing in the upcoming year.
We have had many wonderful experiences of seeing the Holy Spirit at work in our church in
2012 , and there have been a number of developments in our ministries which could be used to
identify where we are at in our congregational journey. However, the most significant of these
developments in the past year has been our growth in worship attendance.
Worship is without a doubt the heartbeat of any Church community, and seeing an increase in
attendance and participation has been one of my primary goals over the past five and a half
years.
So I was thrilled to see that the number of Sundays where attendance was between 61-70
increased from five in 2011, up to twelve in 2012. Additionally the number of Sundays where
attendance was between 31-40 dropped from fourteen in 2011, to only nine in 2012.
And in the first three months of 2013, a time when traditionally we experience a slump in our
attendance patterns, we have yet to fall below fifty in attendance on a Sunday!
So what is occurring that is resulting in this increased attendance? Well… in part, the overall
amount of people who are connected to Valleyview has been increasing. We also seem to be
attracting and retaining more Christian families who have moved into the area and are looking
for a church community. But the increased attendance is also an indicator that the level of
discipleship and commitment is increasing among us, as more of our people are making Sunday
morning worship attendance a priority over other activities.
But the best news of all with regards to this increase is that it’s building its own momentum.
We aren’t doing anything specific or intentional to try to keep this increase going, but it
continues nonetheless. This exactly what the NCD concept of “all by itself growth” is all about.
We believe that Christ wants His body to grow, all healthy well-nourished bodies do! So, as we
have spent the last four years focusing on what needs to be worked on to improve and sustain
the health of our congregation and the people that comprise it… slowly but surely we are
beginning to see the Holy Spirit cause that “all by itself growth” to take place among us.
So, here’s to our continued church health in the coming year and the continued momentum of
“all by itself growth” at Valleyview!
In Christ,
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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AGENDA Valleyview Community Church Calgary AGM
April 14th 2013
11:45am – 1pm
11:45 1. Open in Prayer
2. Lunch is served
11:50 3. Election of minute taker
4. Agenda approval / Attendance Sign-in circulated
5. Previous Minutes approved
12:00 6. 2012 NCD Survey Results
12:10 7. AGM 2012 Narrative Budget Presentation
7.1) Salary / Benefits
7.2) Hospitality
7.3) Communications
7.4) Mission and Service
7.5) Worship
7.6) Adult Ministry
7.7) Children’s Ministry
7.8) Youth Ministry
7.9) Church Facility
7.10) Administration
12:40 8. Martini Estate Update
8.1) Projects completed to date
8.2) “Turn on the Tap” Community Donation Matching Project
12:50 9. Financial Report with the 2013 Budget
1:00 Closing Motion and Prayer
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VALLEYVIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
MARCH 18, 2012
11:45-1pm
Reverend Gunnink called the meeting to order and opened with prayer.
A list of members and adherents who attended the meeting is attached to these minutes.
On motion by Shawnie Fesyk and seconded by David Brenton, Loraine Champion was appointed
secretary for this meeting.
The agenda was accepted as presented
On motion by Bobbie Davidson and seconded by David Brenton, the minutes of the 2011
Annual General Meeting were accepted as presented.
2010 in Review
Reverend Gunnink explained that this year we would be having presentation about how the
various budget categories impact our congregation so that we could see how our support to the
church made a difference in people’s lives.
The first category was Salary and Benefits. Rev. Gunnink spoke about his personal highlights
were building new relationship with families in our community and our incredible progress in
improving our financial position. Aden Wells spoke about the support he received from the
church, and Rev. Gunnink in particular, during his mother’s terminal illness and following her
passing.
Cheryl Gill presented the Hospitality budget and explained the various hospitality activities that
we have over the course of a year based on the idea that for everything there is a season. David
Brenton spoke of the how the hospitality events have helped him connect with the church
community.
Rev. Gunnink presented the Communications budget and activities. Rachel Marx spoke about
how she found our church through our website and that she came to Valleyview because she
liked what she saw online and has been coming ever since.
Loraine Champion presented the Mission and Service budget. We watched a video from
Presbyterian World Service and Development.
Amoriza Gunnink presented the Worship budget. Barrie Wolstencroft then spoke about the
teamwork and fellowship that the worship band member experience.
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Rev. Gunnink spoke about the Adult Ministry budget. Emile Marx talked about how as part of
the adult group, he was getting to know others, himself and Christ.
Shawnie Fesyk presented the Children’s Ministry budget and activities. Emma, Charlotte and
Heather Sutherland spoke about what they enjoyed in the Children’s Worship. Kelly Eme spoke
about the youth programming and its focus on making people feel good about themselves.
Rev. Gunnink spoke about our Facilities budget and how blessed we are in having our building.
Colleen Lindenbach spoke about how the church was able to help her family business when her
leased space fell through until she was able to find new space. She said that people who came
in to her program would ask about the church and that this was planting a seed which we
hoped would growl
Lois Wallace spoke about the Administration budget and how having the administrative support
helps us deliver programming. Lois said that Cheryl Gill was a gift from God and expressed
thanks for the help we get from Cheryl and Ruth Harnett, our financial advisor.
Loraine Champion then presented a report on the Martini Estate. Peter Martini was a member
of our congregation who passed away in 1992. Due to some very complicated circumstance
concerning his estate, we did not receive his estate gift to the church until the fall of 2011.We
received $118,000 and reviewed Session’s principles in how this money should be used:
• Tithe back to God
• Pay off existing debts
• Memoriam projects
• Capital projects
• Ministry project for NCD growth
• Ministry and Capital Project Contingency Fund
• Reserve Fund
Ruth Harnett then reviewed the proposed budget for 2012 and on motion by Janet Storey and
seconded by David Brenton, the budget for 2012 was approved.
Ruth also explained how the Martini estate funds were being directed in accordance with the
principles outlined by Session as set out in the draft capital and ministry initiatives budget. She
advised that estate gifts are rare and that they should not be used for supplementing operating
expenses because we need to ensure that we support our operating expense through
guaranteed funding
On motion by Amoriza Gunnink and seconded by Janet Storey, we approved the budget for new
capital and ministry initiatives.
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Cheryl Gill expressed thanks to Ruth Harnett for her time, gifts and love of the Lord.
She also expressed thanks to Amoriza Gunnink for sharing her time and talent with the church
and wanted to make sure that the congregation knows that while Amoriza was originally a paid
staff person, she gave up the paid position and now serves as a volunteer. She made this
decision when the church was at a crunch-point a few years ago but continues to serve with the
same dedication.
Rev. Gunnink spoke about this year’s NCD survey results. We are healthier as a congregation in
every area this year. We rated highest on Loving Relationships and our lowest area was
passionate spirituality. Session and leaders will be studying this to identify ways that we can
continue to grow
We noted that this format for the AGM was well-received.
On motion by Janet Storey, the meeting adjourned. We closed in prayer.
2012 AGM Attendees
Rock Harnett
Ruth Harnett
Loraine Champion
John Leacock
Mike Quarshie
Lois Gorgichuck
Doug Ramsey
Jeff Sutherland
Cheryl Gill
Joe Nagy
Janet Storey
Bobbie Davidson
Barrie Wolstencroft
Amoriza Gunnink
Lois Wallace
Kent Wallace
Jacqueline Istvanffy
Aden Wells
Kennedy Boateng
John Gill
Anne Eme
Portia Adegebulu
Musa Tsabedze
Colleen Lindenbach
Darryl Lindenbach
Chris Smith
David Brenton
Laurie Brenton
Vinh Le
Thy Le
Madeline Wood
Emile Marx
Rachel Marx
Valerie Bravi
Kendra Shaw
Philipine Appiah
Robin Moritz
Claudette Leacock
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VALLEYVIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
11:30am
Reverend Gunnink called the meeting to order and opened with prayer.
A list of members and adherents who attended the meeting is attached to these minutes.
On motion by Ruth Storey and seconded by Julie Sutherland, Loraine Champion was appointed
secretary for this meeting.
Rev. Gunnink informed the meeting that when we attempted to register the church’s name
change at Corporate Registry, we were advised that since there was a church in Ontario with
the name “Valleyview Community Church” we would have to add the word “Calgary” to the end
of our name so that the names would not be the same.
Bobbie Davidson asked if we could use the name “Valleyview Calgary Community Church” but
we do not know if that name would be available and could result in an additional delay.
Rev. Gunnink explained that our name would appear as “Valleyview Community Church, a
congregation in the Presbyterian Church in Canada” for regular use and that the name
“Valleyview Community Church Calgary” would be used in legal documentation and where
required.
On motion by Cheryl Gill and seconded by Lois Wallace, we agreed to change the church’s
legal name to VALLEYVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH CALGARY.
We closed in prayer.
In attendance:
Kendra Shaw Claudette Leacock Julie Sutherland
Janet Storey Mike Quarshie Emile Marx
Joe Nagy Musa Isabeaze Cheryl Gill
Bobbie Davidson Valerie Bravi John Gill
Ruth Storey Lois Gorgichuk Vinh Le
Ann Reekie Ori Gorgichuk Thy Le
Lois Wallace Aden Wells John Leacock
Kent Wallace Esther Yung Loraine Champion
Jeff Sutherland Robin Moritz
Uche Eme Rock Harnett
Anne Eme Ruth Harnett
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2012 Natural Church Development Survey Results
An Introduction
The Natural Church Development (NCD) Survey is a tool which Valleyview uses to help us
measure how healthy our church is. The basic premise of NCD is that God has designed the
church like an organism, which will experience natural or “all-by-itself” growth when it is
healthy: when all 8 essential ingredients are supplied at the right levels.
The illustration of the Barrel below provides a good understanding of the relationship between
the levels of the 8 quality characteristics and the growth that a church will experience.
The barrel will only hold water (growth) to the height of the lowest stave (weakest quality
characteristic). By working to increase the level of your lowest quality characteristic you will
increase the amount of growth you can experience in your congregation.
If you are interested in learning more about Natural Church Development you can request a
copy of “The ABC’s of NCD – An introduction to Natural Church Development” by Christian
Schwarz, from Rev. Gunnink.
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Results of the Recent Survey
Comparative Results over the last four surveys
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Some Survey Insights
We can see from the results over the last four years that our lowest quality characteristics have
been Passionate Spirituality and Holistic Small Groups. It is encouraging to see that our efforts to
work on these areas have resulted in bringing their survey scores to above average health levels.
Specifically, to help us grow in Passionate Spirituality over the past year we have gone through a
sermon series “RGB Spirituality – Discovering your connection to God” and two of our three small
groups have studied the material in the book “The 3 Colors of your Spirituality” which helps one to
determine one’s native style of experiencing God and challenges you to experience other styles as
well.
While we have seen the most growth in Passionate Spirituality, and a slight increase in Inspiring
Worship, we must note that six of the characteristics experienced some varying degrees of decline
in their scores this year. This is not a cause for concern since those characteristics still remain at
very healthy levels.
Some fluctuation in health levels can be expected from year to year, and sometimes this occurs
because congregants have grown deeper in their faith and so they begin to answer the survey
questions from a more authentic experience. Such is the case with Holistic Small groups.
Now that our three Christ Care groups have been in operation for some time, they have moved past
the superficial stage of group life and are likely able to give more realistic response about their
experience of being in a small group.
Additionally this characteristic is our lowest because we have so few people regularly involved in
small groups, only about 18 people out of approximately 100 adults who are connected to
Valleyview.
So, in the coming years we will be continuing to work at increasing the health of this quality
characteristics by encouraging people to make the commitment to be a part of a Christ Care Group
– and all those who currently involved can vouch for how benefit it is once you become involved.
The additional benefit in promoting and developing our Christ Care Group ministry is that small
groups are the ideal setting to work with material that helps us understand, and grow in the area of
Passionate Spirituality.
So what can you do to help Valleyview be a healthier church in the years to come… become part of
a Christ Care Group!
In Christ
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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AGM Narrative Budget Presentation
The idea behind a “narrative” budget presentation is that a Church budget is more than just
numbers, each category in our annual budget represents ministry in some way, shape or form
and it has an impact on the lives of people in our congregation and community.
Our goal in this presentation is to expose you to a small sampling of that impact so that you can
see how Christ uses the money you give to further God’s Kingdom through the ministry of
Valleyview, and that the Holy Spirit will continue to enable you to give your financial support in
the coming year as God has blessed you.
The Leadership of Valleyview:
Minister
Rev Grant Gunnink
Elders
Cheryl Gill
Loraine Champion
Shawnie Fesyk
Lois Wallace
Paul Storey
Finance Advisor
Ruth Harnett
Worship & Arts Director
Amoriza Gunnink
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Budget Category – Salary, Benefits and Stipend
Total Spent in 2012: $ 91,675.00
Ministry area details: The monies spent in this area go to support Rev. Gunnink so that he can
dedicate the time needed to lead and grow and develop the ministries of Valleyview.
Highlights from 2012: This past year marked the completion of five years in ministry at Valleyview
for me. So, I’ve been thinking about what my initial goals and expectations were, and reflecting on
what I’ve been able to accomplish, with Christ’s help during this time.
My main goal has always been to help Valleyview connect to the surrounding community in order
to share the gospel so that non-Christians would come to faith in Christ.
Towards that end I envisioned Valleyview becoming a church where worship was creative, relevant,
enthusiastic and incorporated the arts, where we had fun and exciting kids and youth programs,
where people could be open and honest about their struggles in life, where we encouraged people
to serve in ministry based on their spiritual gifts, and becoming an example of renewal to other
Presbyterian Churches in Calgary.
In many of the ministry developments that have taken place over the last five years, many of these
goals have been achieved in one degree or another and I’m thankful to God and give Him praise for
that. I’m also grateful for the congregational support which has allowed me to pursue my calling in
ministry and lead this congregation towards the vision which God has for Valleyview.
Of course I’ve had some goals which have not been achieved as well. I fully expected that we could
grow our worship attendance to 200 – 300 people with-in five years, but with some experience
under my belt I’m realizing that goal is going to take much longer to accomplish… and at least we
are slowly growing in that direction. ☺
Some of the highlights for me over the past year were; establishing a successful partnership with
Young Life for our Sr. High Youth program, traveling down to Uruguay with Samaritan’s Purse to get
a firsthand look at how the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes are being used to bless kids and
share the gospel, leading the two Christ-Care group studies on the 3-Colors of Your Spirituality
material and seeing people grow to understand their relationship with God in a whole new way,
and finally delivering a sermon series based on the seven deadly sins.
What to expect in 2013: My main goal for the upcoming year is to spend enough time in self-care
so that I can continue to have the physical and emotional and spiritual energy to provide Valleyview
with the kind of leadership it requires to continue to grow and stay healthy in this next phase of
church life.
In Christ
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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Budget Category – Hospitality
Total spent in 2012: $ 1528.00
Ministry area details: Monies spent in this area typically go to buy supplies and food for events
which are focused on building community and welcoming new people into our congregation.
When a newcomer arrives at our church, I believe that one of the most important factors in
that person staying at the church is that they are received by the Congregation and feel a sense
of community and belonging.
Providing coffee and snacks after Sunday Service, and organizing other events throughout the
year which feature food and refreshments is the perfect recipe for building community and
helping people get to know each other.
We often find ways of using our round tables in these events since having people seated
around then encourages the development friendships, community, and hospitality.
Highlights from 2012: Souperbowl Sundays were held once a month in the winter months of
January, February, and March. Crockpots of various Soups are served after the Service. Because
of our Multi-Cultural Congregation at Valleyview, we had so many interesting varieties of soup.
The Texas Tea was held in the spring, and participants were invited to dress up in Western style
with a fancy hat, or a Western themed fascinator in their hair and this was a lot of fun. We
served those sweet little sandwiches without the crusts, English Trifle, Scones, and other
beautiful desserts. In keeping with the Texas theme the Tea was “Iced” and in Mason jars. It
was a lovely way to enjoy the Season of Spring.
Last year's Fall Fundraiser was “Valleyview's Got Talent” event. We had a number of people
entertain us in a variety show, while we enjoyed a delicious roast Beef Dinner served by All Beef
Catering along with the opportunity to purchase items at a Silent Audition, all in support of
Valleyview.
Throughout November, we held our Breakfast Theatre Series again. We set up our round
tables in the sanctuary and served a breakfast of muffins, fruit, and cheese while people
enjoyed a dramatic presentation of the story of Jonah.
What to expect in 2013: With all the positive response we’ve had to these events we will
continue to feed the development of community and relationships by continuing them in the
coming year.
In Christ
Cheryl Gill - elder
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Budget Category – Communications
Total spent in 2012: $ 1662.00
Ministry area details: Monies spent here are for our Website hosting, 4x8 Neon signs, and
advertising in Community News Letters and City Light News.
Highlights from 2012:
• The development and usage of a Valleyview Facebook page which increases our online
visibility allowing search engines to take notice of us and include us in people’s online
search results.
• The approval of our request to change our name. We officially become Valleyview
Community Church Calgary on October 3, 2012. We are subsequently informing all
interested parties of this change.
• Continued to make use of the Web-Hosting services of Homestead by Intuit. While
there are cheaper web hosting options out there, Homestead’s web designer software is
extremely easy to use and allows us to design, update and maintain our website without
any difficulties.
What to expect in 2013:
• Continue to advertise events with 4x8 Neon Signs
• Continue to make usage of our Facebook page and web-site to make information about
Valleyview available to the public
• Recruit volunteers to re-activate our A-frame road sign advertising for Saturday night
and Sunday mornings
In Christ
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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Budget Category – Mission and Service
Total spent in 2012: $ 11 184.00*
Ministry area details: Monies in this area are spent on supporting National Church programs
such as Presbyterian World Service and Development, Presbyterian Sharing and our local Inn
from the Cold Program. We spent $1940.00 on IFTC in 2012
Inn from the Cold Highlights: We host the Inn on the 4th Thursday of each month from October
to June. Set-up begins at 4pm in the afternoon and the final clean-up is finished on Friday
morning by 7:30am.
At a typical Inn we host fifteen guests, and this requires approximately 50 volunteer hours. The
work involved is setting up the cots and bedding, tables and chairs, sanitizing bathrooms and
the kitchen, shopping for food, preparing and serving the meals – dinner, breakfast and a bag
lunch, overnight supervisors, clean-up crew, and laundering all the bedding.
We are grateful to all those who help out, and especially those who volunteer on a regular
basis: All the kids in the KidzInc program (Set-up), Rock Harnett and Alison Mackenzie (dinner
host), Chris Smith (overnights), Leslie O’loughlin and Joel Mayer (Breakfast), The Storey family
(bag lunches), our morning clean-up crew: Musa Tsabedze, John Leacock, Mike Quarshie, Lois
and Kent Wallace, Robin Morritz, and Joeba Brown & Comfort Chuckwu (laundry)
We continue to advertise the opportunity to participate in hosting IFTC to our surrounding
community and this gives us opportunity to meet new people who are interested in
volunteering and gives us a chance to connect them with Valleyview.
We are thankful for the support that allows us to continue to run this ministry because there is
an increasing need for shelter in Calgary and as Christians we must do what we can to show
Christ’s love to those who are in need.
In Christ
Lois Wallace - elder
*note: this figure includes a $6000.00 donation made from the Martini Fund to PWS&D ($3000.00) and
Presbyterian Sharing ($3000.00). It was originally documented as part of our 2011 financial expenses but was
subsequently required to be included in our 2012 financial records instead.
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National Program Information
Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D) - $ 4662.00 in 2012
• The development and relief [fund] of the PCC
• Responds to emergencies/disasters
• long-term community development
• Sponsorship of refugees by Canadian congregations
• Funding is Canadian International Development Agency, congregations and individuals but not
Presbyterians Sharing
• Separate line item for donations
• Emergency responses carried out through Action By Churches Together (ACT) Alliance
• Works with Canadian Foodgrains Bank for immediate food assistance
• Works with Canadian Churches in Action to provide unified response from Canadian churches to
disasters
• Active in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe (Ukraine)
• Offers Holistic programs in agriculture, education, health, human rights, small business, clean
water and sanitation, and HIV/AIDS
For more information about current PWS&D projects please visit http://presbyterian.ca/pwsd/
Presbyterians Sharing - $ 45582.00 in 2012 • How local churches support the National programs and Ministries
of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
• Focus is on church development, evangelism and theological education
• Each congregation is given a suggested allocation based on
a formula approved by the General Assembly
• Congregation decides how much it will actually allocate to Presbyterians Sharing
• Stewardship is key—congregations accept responsibility for contribution
• Examples of ministries
• Supporting Cross-cultural Missionaries
• Bible Translation
• Refugee ministries
• Inner-city ministries
• Native ministries
• University Chaplain Ministries (U of C)
• Creating new ministries
• E.g. Arabic-speaking church in London, Ontario
For more information about current Presbyterians Sharing projects please visit
www.presbyterian.ca/sharing
In Christ
Lois Wallace – elder
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Budget Category – Worship
Total spent in 2012: $ 4913.00
Ministry area details: Monies in this area are spent on sheet music and copyright licenses, set-design and
costumes, multimedia, audio visual equipment maintenance, and musical instrument maintenance.
Highlights from 2012: Worship continues to be the highpoint in the life of our church community and, as Rev.
Gunnink noted in his introduction, this past year saw a noticeable increase in regular attendance. In fact our
2012 Easter Sunday attendance was the highest it’s ever been, with over 120 people coming out to celebrate
the Resurrection of our Lord.
This year’s Easter stage design was extremely well received, and it was featured online on the website
www.churchstagedesignideas.com for a few weeks. Many people commented on how powerful the large
crosses were, and how it lifted up the whole front space of the church. Given its popularity we left it up for
the remainder of the year, and simply modified it for the Christmas Season, and we will certainly make use it
again sometime in the future.
Valleyview’s worship team also led worship at the Presbytery Fall Youth Retreat again, and helped to lead
them in their closing Sunday morning Youth Service. It was wonderful to have the youth from our fellow
Presbyterian churches worship with us and minister to them by showing how worship can be exciting,
engaging and contemporary.
Our annual Breakfast theatre was a great success. This year we focused on the story of Jonah and featured a
number of new actors and actresses and had some very creative stage designs to represent a storm at sea
and the belly of a whale, and of course we enjoyed the breakfast.
We continue to be blessed with so many people who are willing to be involved and use their gifts in worship
ministry – from scripture readers to musicians and singers and everything in between. We are particularly
excited to see some of our youth playing with the band; Harrison Daniels and Ibi Brown on drums and Mike
Gill on guitar.
What to expect in 2013: Our goal is continue to provide the congregation with creative, meaningful, relevant
worship experiences through utilizing the arts and multimedia, and work on implementing a number of the
recommendations made by Darryl Lindenbach, who did some Worship Consulting work for us over the past
year. The upcoming year will also see a transition in leadership.
After serving in the role of Worship & Arts Director for the past five years I will be stepping back for a while to
pursue some of the opportunities which God has opened up for me in Graduate Level studies in Early
Childhood Education. I’m very thankful and blessed to have lead in this position at Valleyview and will still
continue to play with the band from time to time when I am around.
Until a replacement is found, Rev. Gunnink will continue to plan and lead worship with the assistance of our
experienced worship team leaders and members. I’m confident they will continue to provide meaningful and
creative worship experiences for Valleyview.
In Christ
Amoriza Gunnink - Director of Worship & Arts
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Budget Category – Adult Ministry
Total spent in 2012: $ 691.00
Ministry area details: The monies spent in this area go primarily towards our Christ Care Small
Groups ministry. Our Christ Care Groups Ministry is a particular type of small groups program
which emphasizes that the small group experience needs to contain a) Care and Sharing, b)
Biblical Equipping, c) Prayer and Worship and d) Service to Others.
Highlights from 2012: We started a third Christ Care group in 2012. This group meets weekly
on Thursday nights in the south end of the Calgary and is currently lead by Rev. Gunnink. Our
other two groups continue to meet bi-weekly on Mondays and Saturdays and are led by Leslie
O’Loughlin and John and Cheryl Gill respectively.
Our Christ Care program is helpful way to facilitate more in-depth study of particular subjects
with-in our congregation. Over the past year Groups have completed studies on Spiritual Gifts,
and the 3 Colors of your Spirituality, in addition to studies they have chosen themselves.
What to expect in 2013: With the NCD Survey revealing that Holistic Small Groups is now our
lowest characteristic we intend to allocate more time and resources to ensuring that this
important ministry is receiving the oversight and guidance it needs to flourish.
Additionally there are monies set aside in the Martini Fund to go towards ministry initiatives
based on our NCD survey results. Such funds could be used to help provide training for more
Christ Care leaders, help promote the importance of our Christ Care program, or help fund
some of the Service projects that groups are supposed to engage in.
Over this coming year we want to see our regular groups continue to meet and their members
gain more experience in being a Christian small group, for the purpose of being able to multiply
in the future. Our best future leaders are those who are currently experiencing what Christ
Care is about now. They are ideally suited to help others to experience what they have
experienced in belonging to a small group.
In Christ
Rev. Grant Gunnink
Lois Wallace - Elder
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Budget Category – Children’s Ministry
Total spent in 2012: $ 3025.00
Ministry area details: The monies in this area are spent on program supplies and materials and
activities and training in our Noah’s Ark Nursery, Kidz Zone program and our Club 1014 Jr. High
Ministry.
Noah’s Ark Nursery Highlights from 2012: We completed a major upgrade and renovation to our
nursery facilities, including new flooring and opening up the space for more room. The Noah’s Ark
room has now been furnished with beautiful new, age appropriate materials and toys for our
toddlers and young children.
In previous years we had a bursary fund that helped to ensure we could provide supervision for the
nursery program, however our nursery program was not utilized enough, and we were unable to
find individuals interested in continuing this service. We’ve decided to run the nursery program as
a Parent supervised option until such time as the need increases.
Kidz Zone Highlights from 2012: The monies in this area are spent on program supplies and training
for Kidz Zone and the development of our new “Children and Worship” program under the
competent direction of volunteer, Kendra Shaw. The “Children and Worship” program is used
worldwide and is the recommended curriculum for children’s ministry by the Presbyterian Church in
Canada. This program teaches children how to have a relationship with God, not just learn about
God. It is based on Montessori principles providing structure and routine allowing children the
freedom to experience and talk to God. Materials such as wood figures and felt are configured to
make the story come to life for our children. The curriculum follows the church calendar from
Advent to Pentecost.
• Introduction of the Children and Worship Program in which 3 members were trained over a
2-day course.
• Blessed by new volunteers Portia Adegbulu, Kevin Lee, Lydia Lee and Liz Eme.
• Increased congregational support! Christina Wong and Jeff Venables made several dozen
wooden figures for our stories. These materials will be used year after year for this program,
so future costs for curriculum should be minimal. Rock Harnett helps set up and tear down
our classroom most Sundays. Many more members have donated time and materials,
everything from sewing fabric to buying snacks. THANK YOU SO MUCH! We would not be
able to run without your help.
• Kingston Presbyterian Church donated various wood materials and books to help complete
our yearly curriculum, Linda Shaw provided us with training as well as additional materials.
• Increase in children’s attendance ranging from 7-12 last year to 9 – 15 this year. Attendance
has been more regular from last year and children come from 13 families. (Side note: when I
started teaching in 2007/2008, we had 2-5 children on average).
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• Successful Operation Christmas Child (Samaritan’s Purse). Over 200 + shoeboxes were
donated from our event. Many families from the neighborhood stopped by to drop off their
boxes.
• Successful Christmas Musical: Colleen Lindenbach did a spectacular job of putting together
the children’s musical “Guess who’s coming to Bethlehem?” for the Christmas Eve service.
• Our Children and Worship Program was recently written about in a “Renewal Fellowship”
article.
• Hearing parents tell us what their children have taken away from our worship time.
What to Expect in 2013: Designated Kidz Zone area in the North Classroom to create a permanent
space where our children are surrounded by God’s stories. This will also eliminate the need to set
up and tear down materials and ease volunteer burden. Continue with developing the Children and
Worship Program and train more leaders/ helpers.
Club 1014 Highlights from 2012: The motto of our Jr. High program is Food, Fun, Friends and Faith,
and the focus is on building and developing relationships and friendships among our jr. high youth
as that is an important developmental part of their spiritual growth during this stage.
In end of the 2012 ministry year we said goodbye to our former 1014 leader Jesse Schmidt, who
had lead our the program for the past two and a half years, and was instrumental in forming a good
group dynamic among the youth who are now in our Sr. High program. When he left John Gill
volunteered to step in to teach the Sunday classes in the absence of a new program leader. He is
currently assisted by Claudette Leacock and Ambrose student Ben Tully.
In addition to the Sunday morning program, there are regular events planned in conjunction with
the Presbytery Youth Ministry Committee in Calgary; these have included the Annual Fall Retreat
and Youth Service (hosted at Valleyview) Lazer Quest, Snow Tubing, Swimming and various other
events.
We are very blessed that our youth enjoy coming to Club 1014, attending church, and the
Presbytery Youth events, and they have also used their gifts and talents participating in the Fall
Fundraiser Talent Show, playing in the worship band and in helping out with the sound and running
the Powerpoint slides on Sunday mornings.
What to Expect in 2013: We continue to be thankful for John Gill’s help in 1014 and will continue to
look for someone who is able take on the full leadership load of the Club 1014 Ministry, and
develop the program to its potential. We will continue to look forward to more opportunities to get
together on Sundays, PYMC youth events, the Annual Fall Retreat – hosted in Lethbridge in
October, and the possibly some youth lead services at Valleyview.
In Christ
Shawnie Fesyk – Elder
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Budget Category – Youth Ministry
Total spent in 2012: $ 249.00
Ministry area details: The monies in this area are spent on our Sr. High Youth events.
Highlights from 2012: This past year saw the beginning of a mutual ministry partnership
between Valleyview and Young Life Calgary. Valleyview was looking for something to offer to
our Sr. High youth and Young Life was interested in developing an outreach ministry to Earnest
Manning students and so we are collaborating in our efforts and it is proving to be very
effective.
Young Life is a Para-church organization that focuses on building relationships with non-
Christian teens in order to share the love of Christ with them, and for our Sr. High program we
are encouraging our youth and their friends to participate in the Young Life activities and
events.
These consists of Wednesday night Club meetings, Saturday afternoon Campaigner bible study,
weekend trips like Edmonton overnight, and Snowcamp, and of course a week up at Rockridge
Camp during the summer.
Currently the Earnest Manning imitative has started alongside an existing program at Central
Memorial, until it has grown large enough to meet on its own.
While we do not directly provide financial support to Young Life from our budget, some of the
monies in our Youth Ministry budget can be made available to help offset the cost of going on
trips, or going to camp, if the cost was prohibitive for someone.
Additionally we encourage the members of our congregation, and especially those whose youth
are actively participating in the program, to contribute their own individual support directly to
Young Life, because this partnership gives our Sr. Youth all the benefits they would have if
Valleyview had hired a full-time youth pastor.
What to expect in 2013: It appears that the ministry efforts are starting to bear fruit and there
are more and more youth from the Earnest Manning area that are coming out. So we hope
that in 2013 we will be able to see the Earnest Manning group begin to meet on its own and
hold Club meetings in the neighborhood and in our homes.
In Christ
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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Budget Category – Facilities
Total spent in 2012: $ 72 061.00
Ministry area details: Monies spent in this area are for utilities, maintenance and repair, janitorial
services, insurance and garbage disposal.
Valleyview leverages its facilities to help cover the majority of operating costs and maintenance through
partnering with long term and short term space users as well as making space available for community
groups, music recitals and AGM’s for local Condo boards.
We have deliberately engaged long term space usage partners who have values and goals which are
congruent with Valleyview’s and who are willing to help promote our events and activities to their
clientele.
These partnerships and offering our facilities for community usage provides our leadership with
additional opportunities to build relationships with leaders of community associations and other
organizations, which not only allow us opportunity to share our faith but to network and become more
integrated and connected with our communities.
Our current long-term space users are Kinderhouse of Springbank Hill - a preschool owned and operated
by Amoriza Gunnink, and Kidz Inc - a before and after school care program.
Short-term space users currently include Playball- a sports program for kids, Fit Chicks – a fitness
program offering exercise classes for women, and a Girl Guide troupe.
Repairs, maintenance and capital projects are typically handled by Rev. Gunnink while Cheryl Gill looks
after the building schedule and community bookings. Loraine Champion and Ruth Harnett contribute
their legal and financial expertise respectively in arranging our space usage agreements with our
partners.
What to Expect in 2013: We will continue our practice of partnering with long term and short term
space users to help cover operating costs and continue to build relationships with space users.
We will continue to maintain our facilities in a prudent manner which keeps costs to a minimum,
yet we also realize that we need begin to envision ways in which we can develop our facilities so that we
can not only prevent more costly repairs and maintenance in the future, but so that we grow our
physical capacity for ministry and leave a legacy for the future generations who will continue to minister
to the community surrounding Valleyview.
In Christ
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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Budget Category – Administration
Total spent in 2012: $ 11 183.00
Ministry area details: Monies spent in this area are spent on office expenses such as paper,
phone, internet access, photocopier lease, tech service, and administrative support.
Highlights from 2012: As Valleyview continues to grow, so does all the administrative work
that goes along with running a church. This past fall we were pleased to have Rachel Marx join
our Admin staff to come alongside Cheryl Gill to help manage the increasing work load.
Rachel has been focusing on developing a comprehensive catalogue of “volunteer
opportunities.” This booklet describes all the tasks that need to be done around the church,
gives the details on what to do and how much time is involved.
We hope that this information will help people determine how they can best use their spiritual
gifts to fulfill their role as parts of the Body of Christ and help to ensure the church is
functioning well.
So, in light of this we continue to appreciate the volunteer work of Ruth Harnett in overseeing
our financial matters, and we’re grateful and excited that Tatyana Koshman has also come on
board to help out in this area.
We also wish to thank Cheryl for the time and effort that she so willingly puts toward all the
different activities which come across her desk in her role as administrator.
What to expect in 2013: Continued focus on helping everyone in our community discover
where they can help out in the work of the church and rallying and organizing them to do so.
In Christ
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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Martini Estate Report
Peter Martini was a member of Valleyview many years ago. When he passed away in 1992 he
left a portion of his estate to Valleyview. However his estate was not settled for nearly twenty
years due to very complex circumstances.
In November of 2011, we received the wonderful news that the Martini estate had been
finalized and that we would receive $118,000 with some additional funds under $10,000 to be
released in the next two years. In spite of the long delay and complex nature of settling this
estate, the amount we have received is very close to original sum which Mr. Martini intended
to leave to the church.
Highlights of 2012: A Sampling of some of the completed projects;
• $ 3 000.00 given to PWS&D
• $ 3 000.00 given to Presbyterian Sharing
• $28 500.00 debt repayment
• $12 469.00 spent to complete the Driveway Paving project
• $ 882.00 spend on siding repairs
• $ 2 148.00 spent on foundation repairs
• $ 500.00 spent on Fire department lock box and master key system
• $ 500.00 spent on Kidz Zone “Children and Worship” training
What to expect in 2013: Here are some of the upcoming project we are working on;
• Community Matching Donation project “Turn on the Tap”
• Admin office filling cabinet and work space upgrades
• Kitchen improvements and upgrades
• New energy efficient LED Parking Lot lights
A detailed chart of the Martini fund information is provided on the following page.
In Christ
On behalf of Session
Rev. Grant Gunnink
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Martini Fund Designations and Update
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Financial Report – (unaudited and not reviewed)
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Financial Appendix – (statements are unaudited and not reviewed)
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B. Comparative Statement of Operations…………………………………………………….…34
C. Statement of Cash Flows…………………………………………………………………………….38
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