The Billboard

Many of you would recall a hairbrain scheme that we were working on to raise some money for the Corps. The idea was, in a nutshell, that we would have a billboard (the advertising type) placed at the far end of our car park visible to motorists on Morphett Road. This plan was dependent on a number of things, such as our right to veto advertising that was incompatible with our values.

It also depended upon permission to erect the billboard from Marion Council. Their response, this week, was a resounding 'no'. So much so that when our advertising agent sent an email of protest, I had a councillor in my office within the hour to explain why 'no' was 'no'.

The good thing was that we had a relationship with this councillor, through our involvement in the Rajah St project and also through the Marion Community Forum, that she felt comfortable speaking to us and approaching us about the matter. While we may not reap the financial rewards in this instance (in fact this year alone it will leave a $10,000 hole in our budget), we certainly can see where our community engagement is paying off.

Let's continue to ensure that we are externally focussed - existing only for those that are yet to encounter Christ.