Table of Content God’s Grace in Retrospect Average Attendance: Comparison between Year 2016 and 2017 ………… 1 Senior Pastor ……….. Rev. Franklin Pyles ………… 2 Chairman of the Board of Elders ……….. Rev. Franklin Pyles ………… 4 Nominating Committee ……….. Rev. Franklin Pyles ………… 5 Elder’s Sharing ……….. Elder Dicken Tai ………… 6 English Ministry: ……….. Rev. Franklin Pyles ………… 7 #Stirred Small Group ……….. York Lim ………… 8 Cantonese Ministry: ……….. Pastor Pauline Hsu ………… 9 Pastoral Intern ……….. Pastor Wing Ho ………… 12 Discipleship Department ……….. Grace Leigh ………… 14 Worship Department ……….. Ada Ko ………… 16 Evangelism Department ……….. Gary Hui ………… 20 Grace District ……….. Anita Kwan-Kan ………… 22 Sonshine District ……….. Raymond Tong ………… 23 Enoch District ……….. Eddy Chan ………… 24 Isaiah Fellowship ……….. Nai-Yuen Ho ………… 25 Macedonia Fellowship ……….. Karen Kwok-Liu ………… 27 Caring Ministry ……….. Elder Eddie Chui ………… 30 Mandarin Ministry: ……….. Pastor Paul Tsai ………… 31 Worship Ministry ……….. Elder Richard Yang ………… 33 Women Ministry ……….. Abby Lin ………… 35 Student Ministry: ……….. Rev. John Mah ………… 36 Children Ministry: ……….. Rev. Faith Lee ………… 52 Sports Ministry: Ping Pong Outreach ……….. Al Chan ………… 66 Badminton Outreach ……….. Esmond Cheung ………… 68 i Table of Content Property Management Workgroup: ……….. Eddy Chan ………… 69 Refugee Ministry: ……….. Ginger Tey ………… 70 Community Service Group: ……….. Henry Luk ………… 73 Missions Working Group: ……….. Rev. John Mah ………… 75 Statistics Offerings Record Summary …………………………………………… 79 Active Members List …………………………………………… 82 Baby Dedication List …………………………………………… 87 Baptism List …………………………………………… 88 New Members List …………………………………………… 89 Financial Report Treasurer Report ……… Elder Richard Chan … 90 Financial Statements …………………………………………… 91 …………………………………………… 101 Memories Disclaimer: The publisher and editor of this MCAC Annual Report reserves the right to edit or withhold from publication any article that does not align with the Mission, Vision, Members covenant of MCAC, or to the principles expressed in the Objectives, Purpose and Statement of Faith of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada. Once received, all articles and reports become the possession of MCAC. Request for permission to print or redistribute any part of the content in any form may be submitted in writing to MCAC. ii God's Grace 回顧主恩 In Retrospect Average Attendance: Comparison between Year 2016 and 2017 Meetings / Ministries Avg. Attendance/No. Avg. Attendance/No. 2016 2017 Cantonese Worship (8:15am) 87 90 (11:15am) 225 238 Mandarin Worship 61 67 English Worship 124 108 Youth Worship 68 63 Children Worship 9 9 Pre-school Worship 4 6 Nursery (9:30am) 6 6 (11:15am) 4 6 (Cantonese) 56 55 Adults Sunday School (Mandarin) 18 25 (English) 40 35 Youth Sunday School 43 34 Children Sunday School (SKB) 30 32 Pre-school Sunday School (JKB) 11 12 (Cantonese) 16 13 Praise & Prayer Meeting (Mandarin) 11 9 (English) 6 5 Profession of Faith (Ch40 /Youth 3 /English 2 /Mandarin 11/Cantonese 12) 71 68 Baptism (Teens 7/ English 2/ Mandarin 7 / Cantonese 9) 9 25 Baby Dedication 4 1 New Members (Teens 7 / English 4 / Mandarin 7 / Cantonese 14) 17 32 Reactivated Members / Members reach the age of 16 6 1 Members Lost / Members under the age of 16 3 18 Active Members 613 630 Adherents 120 150 Newcomers 146 155 Small Groups 400 (Estimate) 400 (Estimate) Macedonia Fellowship 35 40 Family Fellowships (Agape)25, (Grace)40 (Agape)24, (Grace)87 (Sonshine)68, (Enoch)48 (Sonshine)126, (Enoch)68 Evergreen (Senior) Fellowship 35 36 Jumping F.R.O.G. 40 40 WWJD (Jr. High) Fellowship 10 20 Xara (Sr. High) Fellowship 28 27 Kaleo Fellowship 24 22 Isaiah (Young Career) Fellowship 11 8 General Offerings 663,667.95 806,095.67 Mission Offerings 93,626.05 157,320.25 Education Building 93,405.00 39,109.00 Pastors 6 6 Administrative Officer: Mrs. Heidi Chu 1 1 Administrative Secretary: Mrs. Grace To 1 1 Intern Student 1 0 Elders 7 7 1 God's Grace 回顧主恩 In Retrospect Senior Pastor Rev. Franklin Pyles We give to our Lord Jesus, Lord of the Church, great praise for His many kindnesses to us and for showing Himself to us in great ways through the year 2017. The many reports that are included highlight so many areas for praise and it is not necessary to repeat them again but simply to note the people who have turned to Christ and been baptized, some of them older in years, some of them younger, all of them have expressed their faith with passion and sincerity. We were able to hold one of our baptism services outdoors in the Credit River and there were people who were not from our church who stayed and watched. We also had several events in our church to invite people to, a spectacular Chinese New Year celebration, Alpha, Christmas Eve in Cantonese, to mention a few. I am so grateful for all the people who worked so hard on every event. As you will note in the Report of the Treasurer we were able this year to pay off the mortgage on the education wing. This has enabled us to increase our giving to critical missional efforts, the Alliance Global Advance, our District church planting initiatives and CCACA. Our denominational leaders have thanked us for this but we know that our increased giving is to the Lord and for His kingdom. Administration saw the elder’s creation of all-congregation work groups come into its full functionality, with our Missions, Outreach, Community Service, AV, IT and Property Management work groups making strategic plans and implementing many projects. You will have a report from each of these groups but allow me to say that the work of each group has been highly significant and when you consider their work as a whole, you realize that in each of these areas of concern, our church took strong steps forward during the year. Besides increasing our giving to missions, our church has and will continue to strengthen our involvement in worldwide missions. We have a Seamless Link Agreement with Intern Ricky Sanchez, which means that we are part of his financial support team and that we are actively praying for him during his two years. As well, we have had significant dialogue with other International Workers and we hope that, besides our Peru mission, we will soon become involved in significant mission trips. For many this was highlighted by attendance and the Joint Missions Conference at Mohawk College in August, a time of teaching and challenge in missions. As a church we are dedicating ourselves once again to being Zealous in Missions. We also want to fulfill our mission to become more and more Seeker Friendly, which means that people who are outside the family of faith, of whatever language or ethnicity, will find us to be a friendly people who point them to the Savior. In this line we became involved this year in a project to sponsor a family of refugees. They had 2 God's Grace 回顧主恩 In Retrospect fled their home country of Syria and were located in a camp in Jordan. We feel blessed by the Lord ourselves to be able to be ambassadors for Christ to this family in helping them to settle into an apartment, learn basic skills of life in Canada, and begin to learn English. Please keep the refugee task force in your prayers. Finally, our whole staff wishes to express to you our appreciation for your labor in the Lord and for your continual expression of your love for the Lord in your love for us. So many times you stop us in the hallway and ask how we are, sometimes you pray with us and always you are supportive of our ministry. We sense your love and we hope that in Christ you also sense our love for you. Blessings to you all! 3 God's Grace 回顧主恩 In Retrospect Chairman of the Board of Elders Rev. Franklin Pyles Your elders are thankful to the Lord for his continual blessings through the year 2017. Elsewhere in this report you will find a list of those baptized and accepted into membership but it is worth noting here that 25 were baptized and 36 were accepted into membership. Our elders have been involved this year in a learning program in order to improve our skills on an interpersonal and spiritual level. We were blessed by outside presenters Greg Langman from the District Office who ran us through the Grip-Birkman assessment instrument, then Suresh Gunaratnam who led us in a seminar on “The Speed of Trust”. Our District Superintendent Stephen Harbridge led us in a day of strategic planning. In the autumn we took a field trip to Scarborough Chinese Alliance Church to meet with their pastors and some elders. There we discussed their experience with women as elders because they were the first Chinese Alliance church to have women as elders. Having said that, it should be added that they gave us a very positive report on their experience. Also, Pastor Franklin has been leading the elders through instruction in the Four-Fold Gospel as well and this encouraged us to begin the practice of praying for the sick in our services from time to time. Your elders also praise God for the generosity of the congregation. As you will note in the Treasurer’s report we were able to pay off the mortgage on the educational wing and with renewed confidence in your heart for outreach we have decided to increase our giving to Alliance Missions (Global Advance), CCD District church planting efforts and vision, and to CCACA. We trust that all the members will feel great joy in this giving. Even though Pastor Pauline’s ordination occurred on the first Sunday of 2018 we feel that we should say here how happy we are that she achieved this milestone and that we know that God will continue to bless her in a great and powerful way in the coming year.