Hi all
I thought that it was worth sending a note to all of our Corps just to let you know about our Corps financial situation.
The Corps runs a very tight monetary ship and has a large budget. Our loan repayments on our building, for example, are around $78,000 per annum and about to increase. Our wage bill is about $6000 per fortnight, not including Angela and I, and not including the CSS staff who are paid by a different cost centre.
Then there's the utilities, projects, programmes... and you end up with an annual budget of just under $0.5 million (again not including CSS which adds around another $250,000).
The reality is that we are running a deficit budget at the moment. Our shop income has decreased this year, even seasonally adjusted, and our Sunday morning offerings have dropped by around $200 per week (which adds up very quickly!). We are doing everything to reign in our expenses by commensurate amounts, but so far to limited avail.
Please pray about this situation and if you are involved in any position where you can influence this matter (even by turning off a light switch), please do so.
someone in the corps should start playin powerball .....or have tea n scones with clive palmer the mining magnate...i didnt realise so ..so... many members of marion corps are also members of the liberal party in the federal electorate of kingston...that really puts a proper perspective on where the corps is going ...or not....i hope this gives u valuable infomation that u can use..ps there is a salvo faction in the liberal party right now and it is absloutly strong in kingston and the federal seat of adelaide
ReplyDeleteSome interesting thoughts, anonymous. Thankfully the situation has improved somewhat since last November, so calling on someone's political connections - regardless of allegience - won't be necessary.
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