ANNUAL REPORT 2020
| ISSUED MARCH 10TH, 2021 | 2325 BURRARD STREE T, VANCOUVER, BC V6J 3J2 | PHONE: 604-558-4400
table of contents INTRODUCTIONS:
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Letter from our Rector Trustees’ Report
PRIORITY REPORTS :
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Gospel Proclamation Gospel Formation Gospel Application
OTHER MINISTRY REPORTS :
19 Passages 21 Pastoral Care
FINANCIAL REPORTS :
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Treasurer’s Report 2020 Financial Report
NOTE FROM THE RECTOR 2020
By any measure 2020 was a remarkable year. The first global pandemic in our lifetime, with the current death toll of 2.5 million (vastly underreported): and with the new language of coronaspeak of bubbles, distancing, zoombombing, doomscrolling, caremongering, quaranteams, elbow bumps, to say nothing of daily updates from the Provincial Health Officer and PHOs, PPEs, ISO’s, N95s and WFH. All of this has come with financial, economic, social and relational cost. The largest impact for us as a Christian community was the loss of being able to meet together in person. It is almost exactly a year since we stopped meeting together weekly to worship God, sing his praise, build each other up in our most holy faith at the building at OAC. As soon as we stopped gathering in person our financial giving fell away by 70% in the first month. Eli Sullivan had just taken over as our new treasurer. It was a rough start to say the least. But by God’s grace and your generosity we quickly caught up and have finished the year in a remarkable financial shape. We immediately had to begin hosting services online. The first two weeks we pre-recorded everything using my small digital camera, on a broken tripod, held in place with two rubber bands! Professional it was not. Yet through the hard work and creativity of our new communications specialist Aria Horvath and others – it worked. In the third week, Merial and Isaac
Bull offered to volunteer their help. They began our production ministry, which started with one office, and quickly grew to a number of offices for live streaming, then the move to the church building at OAC with permanent installation. They have grown a team of volunteers who ensure that we are able to gather virtually online Sunday by Sunday, as well as enabling us to produce seasonal services (Advent, Christmas, Lent, and now Easter). Each week there are a number of pre-recorded pieces in our gatherings—music recorded at home by the choir, bible play videos for children, and testimonies. These testimonies have become a rich source of encouragement week by week. As we look back on 2020, instead of it being a lost year, again and again we have been surprised by the goodness and grace of God. THE WORD OF GOD
The Apostle Paul writes in his second letter to Timothy: Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:8-10). These verses explain something of our experience in COVID over this last year. Paul is in prison in Rome— not a happy circumstance. The Roman prison was unimaginably nasty. And he was shackled in chains. Innocent of all charges, and a Roman citizen, his imprisonment was unjust and discriminatory. But there is something counterintuitive going on here. At the center of these verses is the simple truth: the word of God is not bound! The word of God is like a river which flows from God with life and blessing, carrying us toward him. Yet 3
there are barriers to the flowing river, rocks, trees, mud. When the river hits the barrier it just flows around it. The idea of trying to chain up God’s word to stop it spreading only achieves the opposite. In an earlier imprisonment in Rome Paul writes that it was his imprisonment that led to the spread of the word of God. The whole imperial guard heard God’s word as they took shifts to guard Paul, and Paul’s fellow believers became more bold to speak about Christ. Just so in COVID19. For the most part, we have not been able to meet in person all year, we have had to rely on computers, cameras, the internet and various apps. It has strained and isolated all of us. But the word of God continues to be heard and flows on, even through these “thinning” technologies. In fact, the word of God is being heard more often, by more people in our congregation, taught by more people than in the last 12 months. And the Lord has added to our number those who he is saving. The reason that the word of God is unchained, is because the risen Jesus is unchained. That is why the Apostle starts these verses with this command: Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead! Jesus is the gospel. He has died for our sins, and was raised from the dead, and now sits enthroned at the right hand of God— unchained, unassailable, unconquerable, victorious. His purpose is that all who belong to him will obtain the salvation that is in him with eternal glory. This gives purpose to the Apostle’s suffering and to ours. It is why endurance is so important. We are not just enduring for ourselves, but in some way our enduring encourages and helps others who belong to Christ. It was for this reason we introduced online zoom Morning Prayer and Compline services almost as soon as we were not able to meet in person. We had developed a Common Prayer booklet the year before (by God’s providence and good work of Joel Strecker) for use at home which proved ideal as a resource for hav-
ing these two services twice a day 5 times a week. We recognize the time is not ideal for everyone. However, the Morning Prayer and Compline groups have become communities of care, connection, prayer and attending to scripture within a liturgical setting. It enables more regular contact between staff and those who come and affords more regular opportunities for Artizo apprentices to lead liturgy and teach God’s word. For me, this has been a source of real joy during COVID – to pray with a group of friends, to teach God’s word for 5 – 7 minutes, and to hear how people are getting along. I have a number of friends who are pastors in other denominations who wish they could have something like this to use during COVID. I have offered our booklets – but had no takers so far. PASTORAL CARE
One of our key losses was the inability to regularly share in the Lord’s supper. The PHOs restricted us to small groups that would meet outside, so we were able to have Holy Communion during the warmer months in back gardens. Thank you to all of you who hosted communion gatherings. Everything was sterilized and sanitized and distributed with care. As part of our care for each other I am grateful for the work of the Reform group, which undertook the task of enabling us to develop guidelines for our gatherings in line with the Provincial Health Orders. They worked hard over the summer to respond to the changes in PHOs and thought through the different scenarios that were possible. Thanks to Kevin Unger and the team for their helping us in this way. In many ways, pastoral care became more important for us this past year. We are created for relationship, with God and with one another, not for extended isolation. It is no surprise that we are struggling with mental health. So much pastoral care takes place informally as we pray and love each other in ways often invisible to
the wider body. Our structural pastoral care has sought to pivot to meet the changing needs which have arisen as a result of COVID. We now have a valuable set of in depth interviews and sermons on “Christ and COVID.” Thank you to James and Margaret and all those on the pastoral care teams for their godly leadership providing personal pastoral care, as well as online zoom groups: including grief share, divorce care, Sanctuary ministry, the Alpha marriage course and To Be Told. Like all churches we have had to pivot as things have changed around us, and that has meant significant redeployment of staff. Perhaps the most obvious redeployment was that of Jeremy Graham. Jeremy was in charge of gospel application. When the youth search committee settled on Steven McDougal at the end of the summer last year, COVID made it impossible for Steven and his family to move from Hong Kong to Vancouver. Grateful to God for Leo and Emma’s leadership, it became apparent we needed two people to staff our youth ministry. Jeremy accepted the invitation and was joined by Kathy Ross. The youth and children’s ministry have had to do a great deal of adaptation in COVID, and we look forward to being able to meet in person soon. As you read this report you will see that again and again we have been surprised by God’s goodness. Two of our three catechism classes finished the week before the COVID shutdown in March 2020. After careful consideration, they restarted online to an overwhelmingly positive response. Those who have participated have found the time together a way of deepening their life of prayer in relation with Christ. OUTREACH
It seems counterintuitive that we would have any real outreach in 2020, yet the word of God is not bound. In the ongoing work of our small groups and pastoral care, the
Lord has brought people to himself. We have hosted a number of online outreach events and in 2020 Andrew Buchanan joined us as our part time evangelist, developing a number of creative approaches in evangelism. Every Monday evening a group meets around the gospel on zoom. Andrew is planning to go back to Japan when he is permitted. Over the past 2 years the evangelism search team has been praying and working, and we believe we have the right candidate to join us full time, to help us better take the opportunities God is providing us. 2020 was hardly conducive to our search for a church property of our own. We considered one site, but after a short process the owners were unwilling to sell. Near the end of 2020 a generous donor stepped forward in Newfoundland and purchased a church and property for our sister Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) church, the Church of the Good Samaritan. The donor has undertaken to cover the refurbishment of the building and the upkeep. It is a great encouragement to all churches which lost their properties to the Anglican Church of Canada, to see how God is answering prayer. We need to keep seeking God on this issue. 2021
Nobody really knows when we will be able to meet in person in any numbers. Provincial estimates for vaccination times and easing restrictions are appropriately vague. In our planning we are looking at various scenarios. When it does come time to gather again we will need to have a season that combines two realities: the biblical practice of lament to express our grief and the biblical practice of having meals together with a joyous flavour. We will need to search for Christ’s sheep that are “dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever” as the Prayerbook instructs us. And we will
need to get back to basics. Our parent body, the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) is in for changes over the next two years. During that time two of our original bishops, the bishop for Western Canada, bishop Trevor Walters, and our diocesan bishop, bishop Charlie Masters will retire. It means our next two synods in November 2021, and the Fall of 2022 will become electoral synods to elect two new bishops. The bishop elected this Fall will be consecrated bishop in 2022, and the second bishop will follow a year later. Nominations are now open until July 1st for this year. Bishops Char-
lie and Trevor have guided us wisely and warmly and we need to pray for their successors, that they might be the men of God’s choosing. Dan Gifford continues as one of 7 archdeacons across the country. This means that he gives leadership in parishes when it is needed. Last year Dan served on the national task force which looked at restructuring ANiC for the future. This year I am involved with the theological education, clergy training and ordination task force for ANiC. As a new church we need to develop godly standards for training and ordination, which cares for the individuals in the process, and
for the long term health of the church of God. I am also involved in writing and editing a book on the Anglican crisis and our experience of the formation of the Network. A number of those involved are contributing chapters as a kind of memoir to God’s goodness to us. This January our Trustees initiated a five year high level planning process. Please pray for us as we seek to discern God’s priorities for us so that more people here in Vancouver may obtain the salvation that is in Jesus Christ with eternal glory. DAVID SHORT
TRUSTEES REPORT Praise be to God! The Trustee’s are so very thankful for all that God has done to continue to hold our St. John’s Vancouver community together this year. It is in times like these that we are given an opportunity to see things in a different way, to learn new skills, to adapt and most importantly to trust God and pray. We are not told it will be easy, but that with God all things are possible.
faithfully, allowing our ministries to continue and thrive. Thank you for your commitment to the ministry of giving. This year the Trustees have been focusing on several key priorities as part of our oversight role: 1. Ensuring that we are making progress in implementing all elements of the Three Pillars Vision. 2. Actively setting and communicating clear priority focus areas for the next five years. 3. Continuing to discern the available options for a suitable church property. 4. Financial oversight.
As we have all had to learn to do things differently, we especially wish to thank all of St. John’s staff and the “Reform” group for carrying the heavy load, keeping us on our toes throughout all the changes in how we can gather, being creative and trusting in God. What a blessing, the young adults have been, stepping in to help with the ‘production’ of church services. Small groups have been a key to continuing to grow together in God’s word and be in community with each other, a place to care for each other. Although there have been many challenges, with not being able to gather together in person, and we know online services and events are not for everyone.
This year Trustees will bid farewell to Christine Klukas and Matt Strolz, both of whom have served us as Trustees faithfully for many years. We thank God for their gifts and wisdom, for their commitment and contributions to St. John’s. We especially thank Christine for serving two stints as Treasurer from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2020.
We are encouraged to see how our online gatherings have evolved through the commitment to persevere and try new things, such as including testimonies and a Question and Response time after the service. Many of our core ministries have successfully pivoted and adapted in order to move forward with the goals related to our three pillars of Gospel Proclamation; Gospel Formation: and Gospel Application. We give praise to God for the ways He has provided for St. John’s needs financially in 2020. We are very grateful to you, our congregation members, who give
As Trustees, we look forward to the day we can all meet together again in person to be in fellowship with each other as one body. We know 2021 will continue to be a year of many unknowns, but we put our trust in God’s ever faithful hands. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact myself or any one of the Trustees through the church office. Blessings, JOANNE SAWATZKY, ELI SULLIVAN, ALIDA GARROD, MAT T
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STROLZ, CHRISTINE KLUKAS, ED BOWES & EWAN WILDING
Gospel
Proclamation
NOTE FROM REV. AARON ROBERTS “Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words” – St. Francis I hate to break this to you, but St Francis of Assisi never actually said this. Not only did he not say it – it’s not biblical. By all accounts, Francis was a very handy preacher - more like Billy Graham or Jonathan Edwards than we would likely imagine. Despite this quote (erroneously attributed to him), St Francis used ‘words’ a lot in his ministry. To cite one biographer, “sometimes preaching in up to five villages a day, often outdoors. In the
country, Francis often spoke from a bale of straw or a granary doorway. In town, he would climb on a box or up steps in a public building. He preached to . . . any who gathered to hear the strange but fiery little preacher from Assisi. He was sometimes so animated and passionate in his delivery that his feet moved as if he were dancing.” Why am I telling you all this? To remind you that proclaiming the gospel is an inherently verbal activity. And, to let you know that despite Covid, this last year, the gospel was proclaimed by more people in more places than ever before at St John’s. 6
Don’t believe me? Read the short entries on this page. We heard the gospel preached this year from the lips of clergy, from apprentices and from the laity. It was heard in church (when allowed!), in parks, in backyards and over zoom. It was proclaimed to non-believers at Granville Island, at shopping centres and at the beach. It was proclaimed in English and Mandarin. And, the gospel was proclaimed each weekday morning and night, as well as Sundays. So, has it been a tough year for the church? Of course it has. But, surprisingly, the gospel went forth, perhaps more any other year. Praise God!
WHAT DID WE PREACH IN 2020? We started 2020 preaching through the last few chapters of Matthew. In a series called ‘The Great Wisdom of God’, we learnt about the upside-down life of discipleship as we followed Jesus’ journey to the cross, his resurrection and ascension. Finishing Matthew’s gospel (which we started in 2018!) we jumped back many hundreds of years to look at a story of another journey ending.
Up next were our family services which focused in on some brilliant stories from the book of Acts. The series was called ‘No Other Name’ and we were shown that only Jesus brings freedom, life and real change. This is of course such an important truth in our current age with it’s ‘pick your own salvation’ mentality. Heading into the new term in September, we worked through Colossians. In this letter, Paul writes to a church he has never visited, but wanted to encourage. Colossians contains some of the most soaring words about Christ! It was wonderful to hear in detail, about how amazing Jesus is and how completely sufficient our salvation is.
In Deuteronomy, the people of God had finished their desert wandering. But before entering the promised land, Moses spoke to them. He told them they are about to enter a land filled with idols. Moses calls them to be loyal to The Lord in this new place - to choose life and not death. A call we must respond to today.
Our 2020 preaching series ended with an advent series on HOPE. It was very encouraging to hear again, why, despite what we see around us, we can be people of hope.
As an unprecedented few months became the new normal, we spent 6 weeks in summer looking at a Christian response to Covid. We heard from doctors, talked about anxiety and thought through the challenge of hospitality. We also learnt how to lament, grieve and suffer well.
AARON ROBERTS
MORNING PRAYER & COMPLINE When Covid hit, we had to start thinking very creatively about how we gather with one another. Out of these conversations came our weekday Morning Prayer and Compline services. There are around 50 regulars and they have become a very real and committed community. Below, Suzie Thomas reflects on what these services have meant to her.
Compline services were started. Now each morning my longings are heard. We are wisely lead through the studying of books of the Bible verse by verse. We pray together to our God who binds us by His love and each morning I am SO thankful. We have become a family and we are here waiting for you to come, study and pray with us. I promise it has changed my life and my heart.
A REFLECTION BY SUZIE THOMAS
Come join us and let God speak to you too.
Have you ever longed for someone to come alongside you each day, read the Bible with you and explain it so the words become real? Have you ever wished to be part of a prayer group that truly listens to people’s cries or thanksgivings and then offer them up as prayers to God? Well,I can tell you both of those things were longings of my heart.
AARON ROBERTS
Then the pandemic hit and my world closed in, became very quiet and a bit scary... but God said “no way”. Our church quickly stretched its muscles and opened their arms wide and the virtual Morning Prayer and 7
Gospel Proclamation Cont. ANDREW BUCHANAN – ON STAFF EVANGELIST Evangelism has to do with proclaiming the Good Message: the Gospel of Christ crucified and resurrected; the Promise of Redemption for all those who put their trust in Him. As the evangelist, my role is to share this news. To tell God’s great story. To share my enthusiasm for the wonders of this mystery. To share my hope in Jesus’ return and the righting of every wrong. I do this by getting into conversations, some at UBC, Jericho, or Granville Island, but mainly at Kits Beach. Even before I say a word, a smile and a nod – or maybe a wave invites folks into relationship. “Isn’t this a beautiful day?” I ask for and spell their names. I show them respect. I ask of their hopes and dreams, even their grievances. “How can I pray for you?” or “Can I be of assistance? Let me buy you a cup of tea. I’d love to hear your story.”
there have been others, happy handfuls of those who want to know more, that are cautiously optimistic about some of the Promises. And, quite encouragingly, there have been those I wouldn’t have even expected from our own congregation that have joined in this wonderful venture. It’s not easy to calculate the fruit of this work, but I’ve been so blessed by our Father as He’s increased in me Christ’s own love for everyone I see. The Spirit has been moving. In our Gospel Mondays gathering we’ve had a lovely mix of those that know Him, and those who want to. Willie Shain prayed for us last night. He asked for sunshine, and I’m warmed by it’s rays as I write this.
Friendships have been built, and I’ve been talking about Jesus right from the get go. About the joy of following Him together. Many have traveled on their ways never to be seen again, but with the memory of at least that one guy that seemed real happy about the Bible. And
Glory be to God. Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me. ANDREW BUCHANAN
LEO ON EVENING SERVICE MUSIC In 2020, Evening Service Music focused on managing and navigating change driven by COVID-19. Along with the rest of SJV programming, moving online required a reduction of on-site volunteers, introduction of new technology and a number of administrative amendments.
to arrangements and instrumentation. On the upside, Nathan and Rachel Kwon became more involved as more time was given to writing string arrangements; instrumentation more favorable to small spaces and online reception. By God’s grace, music has continued to translate well to the congregation through online channels. More recently, we have purchased gear that aids in the reintroduction of larger arrangements and instrumentation online; a very exciting development for us.
A large part of Evening Service Music team members, 5 of 7, became unavailable due to work, family and other life factors. For example, Isaac and Merial Bull were heavily involved in the music team which enabled us to have A and B band lineups. Since they have taken roles at SJV, they are not available to continue serving this way. Likewise, Andrew Baylis, one of our key guitarists and backup leaders has dropped his involvement to focus on his new family and work. Emma, who has led the music ministry for 3 years, is on maternity leave while Leo has taken the interim role. We are pleased that so many of our servants are enjoying new seasons of life. We are tremendously thankful for their service.
Evening Service Music administration has also developed dramatically. As a whole, the SJV office has had to amend processes to be more coordinated and cooperative in their approach to function well. These developments are occasioned by the current circumstances but will likely benefit the church and its operations well into the future. Altogether, 2020 is a year to be thankful for. Join us with the Psalmist in singing, “I will bless The Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Due to Covid-19 safety protocols, we were required to reduce the amount of volunteers. This meant changes
LEO SONG-CARRILLO
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BACKYARD COMMUNION Back yards are normally associated with BBQs in the summer. This year the back yards of our members were the location of a different kind of heaven come down to earth kind of meal – namely the Lord’s Supper.
feasting on the mere morsels of bread and wine to commune with our Lord but also to enjoy fellowship with one another as we practiced the biblical discipline of Acts 2:42 which states, “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” And so St John’s Vancouver did this summer - 30 times.
In biblical faith there are two ways the gospel is proclaimed: 1) God’s word verbal in the pure preaching of the bible and 2) God’s word visual in the sacrament duly ministered. From the start of our physical distancing and abstinence of meeting together, preaching of God’s word continued in some way like never before.
JAMES WAGNER
However, sharing in Holy Communion ceased which made our hearts long even more for this form of the gospel proclaimed. Therefore, beginning in the summer our members’s backyards became the setting of not only
DAVID POON ON MORNING SERVICE MUSIC Ps 96:9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
creases, sudden deaths, and blessed births reached all of us; and the choir, like a microcosm of the church, took care of each other.
What is worship without beauty? The global pandemic stripped down our worship last spring from a packed church with choir, organ, brass, and congregation, filling the air with praise and jubilation; to a couple of singers crammed into a recording studio, trying to manufacture joy for an invisible church. One of the greatest things that corporate worship provides is a feedback loop—being amidst fellow Christians all professing the same love and trust in the same God and experiencing his beauty among us—but that was now gone.
We also discovered how much the rest of the congregation craved worship—it was even more important now that we couldn’t meet in-person. People expressed joy at seeing the faces of the choir during hymns, delight at being able to sing along at home, and thanks for helping to make their Sunday morning service just a little bit more normal. Many even joined us for our 50-person congregational choir at Christmas, where we were able to see more people singing together than we had in nine months.
What was the point of music when we can’t worship together? We were discouraged, trying to sustain some vestige of Sunday morning music in our Zoom services, but failing to live up to the expectations we had built up over the years. We started to sing “virtually”—each chorister singing and recording alone to a rehearsal track—but it was a far cry from making beautiful music together in the praise of God.
Beauty in worship involves offering our firstfruits to the Lord—whatever they may be, in whatever situation we are in. But knowing that others are worshipping in like ways with us—though our songs have taken on different shape—means we can continue to encounter God’s beauty through poetry and music. And while our ultimate hope is in Jesus, we should look forward to in-person worship as a foretaste of heaven; when we encounter that great joy of worshipping together again, we should savour it and guard it jealously; and having experienced that, may we contemplate even how much greater than that our joy in heaven will be.
Yet out of that restriction came blessing. The choir seemed to be even more dedicated during COVID, both to the church and to each other. In order that the congregation had something to sing on Sunday morning, choristers spent countless hours struggling with technology and recording the sound of their own voice (many know how harrowing this is). Meanwhile, they made time for rehearsal and practice, and reached out to each other for prayer and support; news of job losses, anxiety in-
Ps 96:1 O sing to the Lord a new song! DAVID POON
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Gospel
Formation
NOTE FROM REV. DANIEL GIFFORD The Formation Pillar consists of ministries that seek to help one another at St. John’s mature and grow in Jesus. Much of this work described below in brief reports happens through small and medium sized groups that meet together week by week with God and His word at the centre of these gatherings. Many in our church have felt that these groups have been a lifeline in this year that has been dominated by the pandemic. Through them, people have cared for and served each other in deeper w a y s than we h a v e before the crisis, we have a n e w found appreciation and love for our brothers and sisters in Christ, and in the midst of our hardships we have encouraged each other to trust and treasure God much more deeply. In a time of social distancing, they have been the key to 10
drawing us closer to one another as we have drawn closer to Jesus. They have also been instrumental in strengthening each of us to serve, not only one another, but also our neighbours, friends and strangers who are outside our church. It has been amazing to see that despite the deep disappointments and inconveniences of often not meeting in person, a number of our discipleship ministries and small groups have also grown in numbers during this past COVID year. Far from being a year to forget, 2020 has been a year filled with vitality and growth in Christ, because we have been helping each other in our small groups to learn what it means to humbly and completely depend on Jesus and set him above our greatest hopes and joys. In 2021 we will seek to encourage many more people in our church to join small groups at St. John’s. God has also shown us new ways to connect with one another for growth in Christ that we will use to reach more of our church family. Finally, in our small groups we will cultivate the vitality in relationships with each other and the commitment to serving Jesus in our world that God has given through this most unusual time. DANIEL GIFFORD
SMALL GROUPS - HOW DID GOD SURPRISE US WITH HIS GOODNESS? In the spring of 2020, most of our community groups shifted over to online meetings, since meeting in person was not a safe option for the majority of them. One of my greatest concerns was that as people got tired of all the time they spent in front of screens, participation in community groups would start to taper off, and members of our congregation would begin to get more isolated. Not only have groups continued to faithfully meet throughout the year, but they have done so cheerfully and thankfully. Responding to the ever-changing circumstances, groups have creatively and persistently found ways to continue to meet, and to walk with each other in Christ.
those in their area to a communion service, presided over by one of the clergy. For the summer, and the first few weeks of the fall, groups were able to gather in person and be nourished in both word and sacrament. We also continued to see new people getting connected to our groups, for which I am so thankful. In my conversations with group leaders in particular, I have been thoroughly blessed and humbled to hear how God has been encouraging and nourishing groups through Scripture, prayer, and fellowship; and to hear how our groups are caring for each other as they strive to live their faith out in the ministries which God has given them. It has not been an easy year, but the strength, the joy, the peace, and the unity found in the Holy Spirit is so clearly evident that I can only say: thanks be to God!
Another significant blessing for many of our groups in 2020 was the celebration of backyard communion services. Hosts graciously opened up their backyards, or found other suitable outdoor venues, and welcomed
JOEL STRECKER
CATECHISM When in-person gatherings were curtailed in March, we shuttered our weekly Catechism courses for the Spring. The focus of catechism is the formation of disciples, and I just couldn’t see how it would work over Zoom. Fast forward ten months later, and catechism is thriving. I very happily and regularly tell the staff and catechists, “I was wrong!”
Christ and being formed as disciples even though we miss seeing each other face-to-face. Some in our community, who have had time conflicts in the past, have been able to join us for the first time which has widened our reach. We also have a contingent of Americans that join us weekly, and others scattered across Canada as well.
After restarting on Zoom in Fall 2020, our team of catechists were pleasantly surprised to find that people were excited to participate, and now have more people regularly joining us than ever before. Things like break-out rooms, the chat function, share screen, and other tools have made digital catechism enjoyable and fruitful for those participating. And yes, people are growing in
Many of these hope to build catechesis ministries in their own church communities, but had never been able to see a model. In this way, God has opened doors both within and beyond St. John’s for many to grow deeper in Christ. BEN ROBERTS
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Gospel Formation Cont. MEN’S MINISTRY Over the past year, as in many areas of our church, we have seen God’s blessings evident in our Men’s Ministry despite the challenges experienced due to restrictions on gatherings related to COVID-19. All of those involved in the ministry are extremely grateful for God’s presence with us and how he has taught us more about his mercy and grace in these turbulent times. At present, there are at least 6 small group bible studies involving at least 60 participants who meet weekly as part of the St. John’s Vancouver Men’s Ministry. These gatherings take place on Tuesday evenings, Wednesday mornings and other times during the week.
siastes among others. On a weekly basis we hear men sharing their love for God’s word and in many cases testimonies that speak of God’s goodness and faithfulness, even in these difficult times. We are actively praying that the ministry will reach out to men who are not currently involved in a community group, whether they are newcomers to the Christian faith or long-time followers of Jesus. We will be continuing our bible study program online and in person as regulations permit. In early March we will be hosting an online Men’s Ministry Breakfast event with Brian McConaghy as the speaker.
The goal of our men’s Ministry at SJV is to promote and experience maturity in Christ through a deepening knowledge of God’s Word. We do this in fellowship with men who have a common desire to grow in the knowledge of God and respond to his desire for us to actively serve him in his church. This past year we have been deeply encouraged in our faith through the weekly bible studies in Deuteronomy, Colossians and Eccle-
Please join us in thanking God for his immeasurable goodness and for his continuing guidance as we seek to serve the men of St. John’s Vancouver by providing a welcoming place to study and respond to God’s word. EWAN WILDING
WOMEN’S MINISTRY Women’s small groups started 2020 strong, with over 100 women meeting in-person for weekly Bible study, under the leadership of Kimberley Graham. In early February, many of us headed to Cedar Springs for a retreat weekend to rest, refresh and enjoy time together and with God, and to hear from God’s word. Connally Gilliam joined us again as the speaker, reminding us of how God’s eternal goodness is present in the circumstances of our daily lives. What a timely message for what lay before us as the reality of Covid-19 hit in March!
Groups continued to gather safely over the summer in backyards or parks for fellowship and prayer. Many groups were able to celebrate Holy Communion together outdoors. By the time the Fall term started in September we had all gotten more comfortable with using zoom (or were at least willing to give it a good try). It has been a joy to see some of our most senior women stepping up to the challenge of using this new medium as a way of meeting together. We found that our registration for Women@10 had retained the same number of women, well over 100. For the first time, we held to meeting in the same small groups as the year before, which has proved to be very helpful in terms of strengthened relationships and support for each other.
In March, Kimberley stepped down from the Women’s ministry staff position, and women’s small groups continued under the leadership of the Women@10 Board (a small group of lay leaders within W@10). Our new reality became meeting on Zoom for weekly Bible study. We had a bit of a slow ‘buy-in’ from some concerning meeting online in the Spring, but all groups did continue to meet and to pray together. We celebrated the end of our Spring term with an all-group online gathering for Welcome to Worship.
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JAN HOBBIS
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY 2020 was a challenging year for the Children’s Ministry. That likely doesn’t come as a surprise. This year has brought changes and challenges for all of us. We have missed being able to gather with the children each Sunday to hear God’s Word, to pray, to sing, to ask big questions, and to engage our hearts, hands, and minds in creatively responding to what God is teaching about himself and the good news of the gospel.
tered discipleship at home. The fact that others in the Church have found encouragement in them is evidence that we can never quite be sure how God will use our efforts to bless others. The first few weeks of our Zoom Sunday School classes have also been fantastic. It has been wonderful to reconnect with the children and to begin re-establishing the rich community that exists in and among our families at St. John’s.
That being said, we know that God is at work and we are grateful for his constant presence and love. We are especially thankful for how God has spoken to people in our wider Church family through our weekly Bible Play videos. Since we started including them in our online services, brothers and sisters of all ages have commented on how these simple visual representations of Bible stories have helped them engage with God’s Word in a new way. This has been a wonderful surprise! We began making the Bible Play videos with the hope that they would help families engage in gospel-cen-
We would welcome your prayers for the Children’s Ministry Team (Janelle, Heather, and Will) and for all the children and families at St. John’s. Please ask that God would give us the grace to know him more fully and love him and one another more deeply in this season. WILL GRAY
YOUTH Youth Ministry is always full of surprises, but 2020 threw us a few extra curve balls!
Of course, Covid wasn’t finished surprising us yet. Visa complications due to the pandemic delayed Steven’s arrival in Canada and opened the door for Jeremy Graham and Kathy Shain-Ross to stumble into an adventure in Youth Ministry!
When Covid-19 caused us to suspend in-person ministry, Leo and Emma Song-Carillo responded with online Friday bible studies and Sunday Youth continuing as smoothly as possible. But the Spring brought grieving as well, as we were forced to cancel the annual AllIn retreat, Nepal Missions Trip and unable to celebrate graduation with many of our high school and university friends.
Through it all, we’ve had two great constants: the unwavering love and favour of our Heavenly Father, and the unfaltering support and leadership of our amazing team of Youth leader volunteers. We praise the Lord for their partnership in the gospel and value your ongoing prayer for the year ahead.
Leo and Emma welcomed baby Amelia in August and said goodbye to their role as directors. Steven McDougal was hired as the new Youth Minister.
JEREMY GRAHAM
ARTIZO March required a hard pivot in how we deploy and train ministry apprentices in Artizo. Even so, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the way the changes and restrictions have actually allowed for more ministry practice and participation from our apprentices than usual. Things like weekly leading and preaching for the daily offices, leading services and liturgy on Sundays, and recording sermons from home are all ways God has allowed their training and ministry to continue fruitful-
ly. I think the congregation is probably more familiar with our apprentices than ever before, as many of these opportunities span folks from across all congregations. We are thankful for St. John’s generous support and the commitment to being a training church, and to God for raising up the next generation of Gospel workers to send into the harvest. BEN ROBERTS
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Gospel Formation Cont. EKKLESIA MINISTRY In Ekklesia, we have been surprised by God’s goodness in 2020 in many ways.
Since summer, we’ve known that we would lose some long-time strong leaders (Noah & Juhee) and God has provided leaders (Alex Strohschein, and more recently, Noah & Juhee returning early). Also since summer, we have been praying for God to bring more women to Ekklesia and, as he did in 2019-20, God has answered. Recently, we have had several women join Ekklesia (previous attenders, first year SJVers, and UBC grads with no prior connection to SJV), for which we are very thankful.
On the one hand, COVID has brought a difficulty of not being able to meet in-person and share meals as is our common practice. We obviously feel this massive challenge to fostering community across Ekklesia. On the other hand, we’ve seen a remarkable consistency in our student ministry. In September, we made the decision to keep the same small groups as the previous year. This has led to greater depth and connection between our group members; people have been generally more willing to share prayer requests to minister to one another in a deeper way, even in spite of the return to Zoom meetings in November. We’ve also had a large number of our first year students continue to join us in Ekklesia on a weekly basis, something we’ve seen far more this year than in years past.
DAVID LEWIS & DAN GLOVER
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LEARNER’S EXCHANGE As with other ministries at St. John’s, Learner’s Exchange wound down very quickly in response to the pandemic. This year we faced tremendous challenges, losing our dear founder and chair Dr. J I Packer. He is missed terribly. However, even in difficulty there is hope. We began looking at options for providing Learners Exchange via zoom. Our first session hosted by Ed Norman focusing on Advent music was a huge success. We had a hundred attendees and a list of others waiting to log on. Hosting the session online enabled us to not only
increase our numbers, but also allow participants from Canada and abroad. It has given us an opportunity to reach out to regular members, guests, and St John’s alumni who have moved away. Given the outstanding success of our first zoom session, we are planning more online sessions. If not for the pandemic, we would never imagined the possibility of Learner’s Exchange being an online outreach. ALEXANDRA RICHMOND
ESL MINISTRY AT ST. JOHN’S ESL Outreach has been happening at St. John’s for many years. But this year, like many other groups, we started meeting on Zoom.
We also share our lives in Chinese after the bible study. (Sometimes others in church are invited to join.) Margaret’s (Wilson) sharing her faith inspired me a lot and reminds me of the verse from John 8:32 “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”.
Lloyd and Sandy Harmel continue their work with friends and neighbours. On Wednesday evenings a group of men and women meet under the leadership of Manya Egerton and Nancy Li. This group follows along with the sermon series, discussing the Bible passage, often in Mandarin. They also enjoy fellowship and pray together. On Sundays, this same group gathers to discuss the sermon that has just been preached, taking advantage of the sermon notes provided by the clergy, strengthening each other in understanding and living out the truths being taught.
Testimonies on Wednesday evenings, which helps to grow my faith while developing fellowship. We are able to be knit together and deepen our faith. We can share and encourage each other. Junzi, a member of the team, also takes the initiative to work for the synchronized subtitle of the conference notes. It has bilingual display in English and Chinese, which is very helpful!
Alongside Women@10, one small group is dedicated to loving and assisting those who have English as a second language. It also follows along in the bible study series and nurtures ties with other women from the congregation.
I told him (a Chinese Christian) about the sermon notes and he was deeply touched. He said he didn’t expect St. John’s is so good and did so much to help us. I feel so blessed and beloved that in this new country, our faith can begin or continue to grow by understanding the sermon in another language, and by witnessing what the mature Christians …do for us.
God has brought newcomers to all these groups who are hungry to know Christ, several have become Christians and started their journey in following Christ with the help of the support found in these groups.
Let us keep searching and find real peace and joy in God’s world. I appreciate everything among us and our team. God blesses us!
Here are some testimonies from the Wednesday evening group.
(The group)…was arranged by God, so that our non-native English speaking ethnic groups could further understand the preaching content of God’s Word.
If Sandy’s ESL Group before was a primary class set up by the church for non-native speakers, the group set up by Manya’s sisters is an intermediate class, which is perfectly connected and upgraded. Everything is so naturally and smoothly formed. God’s work seems to be quiet, but it is also so visible and sound.
MANYA EGERTON
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Gospel
Application
NOTE FROM REV. JEREMY GRAHAM CHRIST & COVID
Gospel Application is:
In June-July, we shaped our Sunday services around six hot-button pandemic issues: suffering, racism, hospitality, lament, mental health and medical perspectives on life and health. Each week, we invited scripture to realign our attitudes and behaviours to conform with Jesus and his gospel. We also created a blog to accompany the series, publishing apologetic videos, recording the testimonies of St John’s members and missionaries, and curating gospel-centred articles from around the web. The sermons and resources remain available on our website.
the thoughtful, daily implementation of biblical truth in every area of our lives. As we hear and receive God’s living word, the Holy Spirit enables us to respond in gospel-centred, often counter-cultural ways, that glorify our Father and draw us into deeper union with Christ.
Our Gospel Application priority aims to equip and encourage the body of Christ at St. John’s to apply the gospel in our unique and challenging cultural contexts. Post-modern, post-Christian—whatever label you attach to our cultural moment—it’s clear that it requires the people of God to humbly discern how best to follow Jesus’ calling to be in the world but not of the world (John 17). In doing so we resist the twin temptations of retreating from our culture or uncritically embracing every cultural value around us.
TESTIMONIES
For years we’ve wanted to make testimonies a regular part of our Sunday worship. It’s an unexpected blessing of this pandemic season that we’ve finally been able to implement this wonderful ministry. The ability to pre record these testimonies in an informal setting has opened the door to including many of us who might not feel comfortable speaking in front of a room full of people. These testimony videos have added a new texture to our service, allowing candid glimpses from people of all ages into how Christ is powerfully working in this challenging season. We look forward to continuing to include testimonies as a regular part of our Sunday worship once in-person services resume!
In 2020, we began the year with several Gospel Application events: • Evening Service Catechesis on the Ten Commandments • Youth Parent Night on the topic of pornography • Sunday School Parenting Series on “The Tech-Wise Family”
However, our best-laid plans were short lived as the pandemic prevented us from completing several of our planned projects. In his mercy, the Lord opened two new doors for a continuing emphasis on congregation-wide Gospel Application during Covid: our Christ & Covid sermon series and blog, and the introduction of testimonies in our Sunday services.
JEREMY GRAHAM
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Gospel Application Cont. REFUGEE COMMITTEE REPORT The St. John’s Vancouver Refugee Committee works within the vision of the church as a community of contrast gripped by the gospel of God’s grace. We are guided by God’s commandment to love one another, and will wherever possible seek to invite and include refugees within the family of our Church.
their interview with Canadian immigration, completed medical exams and now await security checks before coming to Vancouver. Jack and Irena Tippet are in close communication with Madelyn and Adam. We expect their arrival in late 2021 or early 2022. Shaza, the Syrian UBC student, whose parents, three brothers and sister we are also sponsoring, reports that her parents and siblings are delighted and eager to meet us. We begin the sponsorship application shortly.
In 2020, many members of our congregation were involved in the support of our first ever sponsored family, the Satar family who arrived in Vancouver in April, 2019. Our formal year-long sponsorship ended in April 2020, but our work with them in our midst and in our congregation continues. The Refugee Committee would like to thank all those who offer ongoing support and Christian love for them.
The application process for Mazen and his family of three, waiting in Nigeria is in process. Aaron and Amy Roberts are in close touch with Mazen. Please join us in praying for all three families during this waiting period. We also continue to support and pray for our partners Kinbrace Refugee Housing and Support and Journey Home Community.
The work of the Refugee Committee and Refugee Welcome Team continued to expand in 2020, and we are thankful for the support of the Church in making three further sponsorship commitments. Our latest news is with respect to Madelyn and Adam who have had
JONATHAN BAYLIS & OWEN UNDERHILL
MISSIONS REPORT The year 2020 started out with ambitious plans for missions activities at St. John’s. However, everything changed when the pandemic was declared on March 11, 2020. The short-term mission trip to Nepal was cancelled. Bidyuta Singh of Helping Point could not visit us from India. Andrew Buchanan could not leave for Japan, nor Habib* to the Middle East and North Africa. However, in the midst of the pandemic, God gave many wonderful opportunities for our missionaries to minister in the name of Jesus:
Shire are resolved. We stand with our Malawian brothers and sisters in friendship and prayer through their diocesan crisis. • Closer to home, our local missionaries moved most of their ministries online. While this format was not ideal, there were opportunities to disciple across the country and even around the world. One missionary in Vancouver studied the Bible online with a family in Yemen! In the midst of this online world, St. John’s was invited to fund an online education project at the theological school in Lake Malawi Anglican University. The Missions Committee decided to support the project using a portion of the Bequest Fund that was assigned to missions. We considered it an investment in the “Africa Mile Deep Strategy” to see evangelical theological education available in Africa. While our human plans were waylaid, we know that God’s purposes continue to be accomplished.
• In Cambodia, Ratanak was able to distribute over 500 food bags to the unemployed in the entertainment district and to the families of repatriated Cambodians. • In India, Helping Point served 3000 hot meals and distributed over 1000 food bags to the poor. St. Simon’s School received upgrades to their buildings when the government used it as a temporary quarantine centre for migrant workers. • We have suspended our financial support for Malawi until disputes within the Diocese of the Upper
IRENE CANTON
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Passages BIRTHS ZOE LORRAINE BAYLIS
January 12, 2020 GABRIEL HENRICK WIT TEN
March 8, 2020 RUBY STRECKER
October 29, 2020 MARCUS REAH
October 29, 2020
WEDDINGS
DEATHS
DAVID LEWIS & DIANE BUERMANS
August 8, 2020
GEORGE DAVIDSON
October 3, 1937 - January 6, 2020
Passages
JACQUELINE CHAN & THOMAS ZHANG
July 11, 2020
JONATHAN REILLY & IRIS LIU
August 22, 2020
SAM HINDMARSH & BAILEY CARRICK
October 14, 2020
DORITA LOUISE UHLER
May 23, 1937 - Febuary 11, 2020 DAVID GAN ENG HUA
November 6, 1937 - May 29, 2020 SHIRLEY FRANCES CLAUSEN
January 5, 1935 - May 5, 2020 MAYNIE WINTERS
August 1, 1916 - June 20, 2020 JAMES. I. PACKER
July 22, 1926 - July 17, 2020 RITA BALDWIN
June 22, 1924 - October 7, 2020 MARGARET RAE ARCHER
March 10, 1933 - October 15, 2020 TERRY ALLEN SIMMONS
April 12, 1946 - November 14, 2020 DAPHNE MCCORMICK
March 3, 1935 - December 7, 2020 DOUG HINDMARSH
November 6, 1932 - January 14, 2021
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Pastoral Care FROM RUMINATION TO GENERATION TO GRATITUDE The impact of COVID 19 on an individual and community is sometimes described as weird and strange. While true and validating, I think it better described as stressful: for some normal and others abnormal. If yours was abnormal consider our Lord in the dessert after his baptism while tempted or the garden of Gethsemane before his crucifixion. COVID 19’s is just stressful and not all stress is bad or unto death though our brains may be telling us that. Stress is defined as, “The body’s non-specific response to a demand for change.” A big change has imposed itself on us and at the same time has demanded change from us. That is no doubt stressful and demanding but difficult. As I look back I am grateful to the Lord because he has led us and particularly the ministry of pastoral care through change since Christ’s Spirit is the great change agent. This gratitude did not come easy. If I am honest I was stuck in a loop called rumination. However, this led to an arrow called generation which resulted in gratitude. RUMINATION
Rumination, not to be confused with meditation, is turning over a thought, idea or memory without an outcome, decision or action. A number of our pastoral care programs were stuck in this pattern before COVID 19, albeit not intentionally and with little awareness. We were running some important pastoral care programs, but they were at risk of becoming like a corpse – well organized but lacking life. As the pastoral care director I was inching closer to a need for spiritual defibulators in our pastoral ministry.
GENERATION
Generation, not to be confused with people born around the same period of time, is to create something with vitality by a spiritual process or new life. The Lord has used COVID 19 in our congregation to generate pastoral care ministry with greater depth and breadth. We didn’t ask for that but the Lord in his wisdom and sovereignty loses and wastes no opportunity to grip our hearts with his grace in our time of need. St. John’s kept in step with Christ’s Spirit in delivering biblical care to our members and neighbors at such a time as this with generativity. What did that look like? In March our Grief Group was halfway though the course, we paused and then resumed on zoom. “Not enough” petitioned the participants and so we generated a Grief Group 2.0. Mental illness and health lived underneath and behind closed doors in our congregation. It slipped out in some conversation and the occasional sermon but with the help of Sanctuary Ministry we ran the eight week course, COVID 19 night and a four week Grief & Faith. Not in six years has our congregation supported marriages but in September we ran a seven week Alpha Marriage Course for couples in the early, middle or late stages of their life together generating spiritual vitality to covenantal love. Since my arrival I’m sorry to confess our congregation has never had a congregation call but in May the staff and trustees completed a call through our whole membership list three times. The greatest pastoral care came by every member stirred by the gospel and generated by love at bible studies, morning prayer, compline and every day life to restore hope. 21
Not only did the Lord use COVID 19 to generate pastoral care and restore life to our members but to our neighbors evangelistically through the ministry of Divorce Care like never before. One participant emailed Margaret Wilson saying she felt like the ‘black sheep’ and wouldn’t be returning to DC. After meeting for coffee with Margaret Wilson she never missed another session. After completing the course the participant wrote, “I attended Divorce Care sessions at the lowest point in my life. I was struggling with depression and was stuck to the point that I could not work. Medications were not helping me to get better, but Divorce Care did. It helped me through prayers and Bible reading to heal and grow spiritually to trust God. I discovered that I was not alone and felt protected. I went through the course twice consecutively and got even more benefit the second time around.” GRATITUDE
Gratitude, not as an exercise or practice but from the heart and mind with soul and strength. Who would think of thanking the Lord during COVID 19 as hard as it was in 2020 and remains in 2021? The Lord uses adversity to move us from rumination to generation of stirring out lives to care for one another in our gospel driven life. And so, “For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.” JAMES WAGNER
Treasurer's Report YEAR OF 2020
While many of us look forward to putting 2020 behind us and moving beyond the pandemic, there has also been much to be grateful for. And while offerings slowed considerably in March and April relative to the normal giving patterns, they began to pick up again as many in the congregation adjusted to online and other types of giving. So, it is a great joy to bear witness this year to God’s wonderful provision and steadfast faithfulness with regards to our finances. We have ended the year with a surplus from operations of $167,782. The 2020 total offerings were $2,267,220. This included bequest offerings of $156,282. And due to the limitations on gatherings, general and ministry spending was approximately $146,000 below budget. In the year, a total $90,770 of production equipment for livestreaming services was purchased. $21,903 of this was expensed in 2020, and the remaining $68,867 was capitalized and is to be expensed over five years,
further contributing to the surplus. And, we ended the year with a net increase to the General Fund of 87,445. In addition to the normal offerings, we also received the third tranche of General Bequest fund, which was $292,500. In 2018 the General Bequest Fund was established for a single, large bequest of $3,150,000. These funds are internally restricted and are to be drawn down evenly over approximately ten years to help support and extend various ministry initiatives. In 2020 $280,000 was allocated from this General Bequest Fund into the General Fund. The General Bequest funds, along with the Building funds, have been deposited into investment accounts with RBC. In 2020, these accounts generated unrealized gains of $178,587, due to the increase in market value on the investments, and interest and investment income $39,708. While these amounts are recorded as investment income per Canadian accounting standards,
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they remain in the General Bequest Fund and have been reinvested for future use. The trustees are incredibly grateful to the St John’s investment committee, Andrew Konnert, Christine Klukas, Dick Richards, Ewan Wilding and Krista Friebel, for their continued guidance and stewardship of these gifts. Working with the investment advisors at RBC they’ve developed and implemented a conservative investment policy designed primarily to preserve the value of the fund over the long-term. On behalf of the trustees let me extend much gratitude for the hard work of the many staff and volunteers at St. John’s. It has been wonderful to witness God raising up a talented and dedicated production team, new small group leaders and lay volunteers. We are also thankful for the amazing generosity of the congregation in continuing to financially support the many ongoing gospel ministries, through which God continues to work holding us together as a community gripped by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a privilege to serve with such a wonderful and faithful group and to proclaim together, “How precious is your steadfast love, oh God!” (Ps 38:7)
Financial Report Total 2020 Budget
Total 2020 Actual
2,270,000
2,267,679
Revenue (General Fund) Offerings to the General Fund 3rd Tranche of the Bequest
292,500
Ministry Program Fees
11,673
Total Revenue
2,270,000
2,571,852
Program and Outreach Salaries
1,546,925
1,469,567
Ministry Program Disbursements
117,931
72,739
Building & Facilities
262,251
241,842
Office/Operations/Production
140,893
166,673
2,068,000
1,950,821
207,000
185,043
55,000
48,206
262,000
233,249
220,000
220,000
2,550,000
2,404,070
Expenses (General Fund) Church Operations
Total Church Operations
Outreach ANiC support Outreach support & training
Total Outreach Expenses
Missions (local, national, & international)
Total Expenses (General Fund)
Revenue (Other Income) Investment Income
39,708
Unrealized gain on investments
178,587
Total
218,295
Excess(Deficiency) of Revenue Over Expenses
386,077
Interfund Transfer
(298,632)
NET INCREASE (GENERAL FUND)
87,445 23
Financial Report Cont. OPENING FUND BALANCE Revenue Expenses Excess (Deficiency) of Revenue over Expenses
GENERAL FUND
BEQUEST FUND
MISSION BEQUEST FUND
REFUGEE FUND
TEAM MISSIONS FUND
BUILDING FUND
CAPITAL ASSETS FUND
TOTAL ALL FUNDS
503,108
2,750,000
343,000
36,138
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1,200,319
53,100
4,885,685
2,790,147
32,500
20,070
9,680
(2,404,070)
(9,200)
(26,494)
(18)
(9,767)
(2,449,549)
23,300
(6,424)
9,662
(9,767)
402,848
386,077
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-
2,852,397
Interfund Transfers: Annual Bequest Fund Contribution to General Fund
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280,000
(280,000)
-
(292,500)
292,500
-
Investment Income Earned
(38,678)
31,834
Purchase of Capital Assets
(68,867)
Unrealized Gain on investments
(178,587)
178,587
Net Interfund Transfers
(298,632)
222,921
5,455
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-
1,389
68,867
-
590,553
2,972,921
371,755
29,714
20
1,211,370
112,200
5,288,533
Bequest Fund Donation Received
CLOSING FUND BALANCE
5,455
1,389
68,867
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The 2020 Financial Management Report is a simplified management version of the general operating receipts and disbursements from our General Fund for the year 2020 and has been summarized based on the Audited Financial Statements of St. John’s Vancouver Church for the year ended December 31, 2020 – copies of which are available under separate cover.
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The Lord is good,
a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him NAHUM 1:7
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