2022-12-31-accounts - Living Water Arabic Church

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Living Water Arabic Church End of Year Report and Accounts

Year ending 31[st] December 2022

Charity Information

Trustees: Nadia Abdelseed Samuel Benjamen Mervat Metry Petra Metry Sameh Metry (Chairman) Noor Fuad Yacoub Qassis (Treasurer) New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees. Governing Document: “Foundation” Model Constitution Charity Registration Number: 1182877 Registered Office: 23 Gosling Close Greenford UB6 9UE Bankers: HSBC

Objects

The objects of the CIO are:

To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statement of faith (stated in the charity CIO constitution) in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the World.
Such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the Trustees, further the work of the church.

Aims and Objectives

The central tenet of Living Water Arabic Church is that the Christian Faith itself brings immediate benefit to its followers, hence the purpose of the church is to promote this faith. There is however a requirement on Christians to demonstrate their faith in very practical ways, and in the context of Living Water Church this is worked out by providing a supportive community for Arabic speaking people living in London. Many of these people have been displaced from Middle Eastern countries through war and persecution and the community of the church meets a very real need for them and their families.

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Activities in 2022

The year 2022 was a better year of recovery after the long lockdown. We started to rebuild the church slowly, especially the people who were still scared about meeting in person. It was a hard time for us as a leadership team and for our congregation too. Here are some of the activities:

We held the Annual members meeting on 22 January to share the annual vision of the Church.
On 11[th] February we had a youth weekend away at Feldon Lodge, Hemel Hempstead. We had over 50 young people, it was a fabulous time.
Holding a weekly Friday evening meeting for Bible study at 7.00 pm at St Hugh’s Church.
At Easter we held a revival weekend as we had invited a guest speaker from Egypt. It ran from Good Friday until Easter Monday.
We held an all-age service one Sunday a month for all the Church in Arabic and English.
Holding Zoom weekly ladies’ prayer meetings every Thursday morning to pray and intercede for the nation, the city, the people who are in need of prayers and the Church community. From time to time they met in person.
On 25[th] May we held a meeting to encourage people for evangelism. We had a good number of people who showed an interest, and we offered a good sound teaching and a lot of practical steps to establish a good team for different style of evangelism including street evangelism.
On Friday 3[rd] June we held two-day conference on biblical counselling. We had Dr Marwan Qandah, a pastor and a professor about biblical counselling.
On Saturday 18[th] June we had a baptism service at Greenford Baptist church. A group of 15 people were baptised. It was an amazing celebration.
We were privileged to have several visiting preachers as follows:
Rev. Atef Rushdy on Friday 17[th] June.
Nashaat Wasef on Friday 5[th] and Saturday 6[th] July.
Emad Wahba and the evangelism team from the Gulf countries on Sunday 17[th] July.
Rev. Magdy Mounir on Sunday 24[th] July.
Rev Dr. Marwan Qandah on Sunday 21[st] August.
Rev. Basem Sawires on Saturday 15[th] October.
On Monday 29[th] August we held a fun day for adults, youth and children, with food a lot of activities for the children such as a bouncy castle, chocolate factory etc.
We held a prayer conference with a guest speaker pastor Basem Sawires from 9th to the 11th of September.
On 30th September we had the opening of the NEW HOPE course, every Friday at 7pm at St Hugh’s Church.
God open the door to start filming a new program called Church Without Walls in partnership with TBN UK. We’re filming in their London studio. We managed to film 8 episodes in October and November. The series is due to be broadcast in January 2023.
We had a praise and worship Celebration weekend from Friday 11[th] to Sunday 13[th] November with wellknown Christian singer and worship leader Ashraf Isaac.
On Saturday 12[th] November we started the football club for the young people in partnership with the Kick London organisation to train and reach a big number of young people through the football.
We held a prayer meeting from 5[th] July every Tuesday on Zoom for the Evangelism Team.
We held three wedding services on 9[th] , 16[th] July, and 23[rd] September.
On Saturday 8[th] October was the opening of the school of Biblical Counselling. We are holding a weekly Zoom class every Monday in Arabic from 6.00 to 7.15pm and in English from 7.15 to 8.30 pm.
We distribute food every Friday afternoon for the poor and needy of the community throughout the year.

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We had a large celebration service on 20[th] November as we were celebrating the LWAC 29[th] anniversary. We had bishop Lusa, the bishop of Willesden as a guest speaker and guest of honour. We also held a confirmation service and a commissioning of a lay minister in LWAC.
On Friday the 23[rd] of December we held our annual Arabic Christmas Carol service to which we invited the Arabic embassies and attachés. The service was very well attended and was broadcast on Arabic Christian and secular TV channels.
From Thursday 29[th] to Saturday 31[st] December we had the end of year revival meetings with guest speaker Emil Fawzy and oriental singer Samuel Farouk from Egypt Again these meetings were well attended.

Finally, we are so grateful and thankful for the Lord who helped us to do and achieve all these activities in one year.

Plans for 2023

The following activities are planned for 2023:

The annual member’s meeting will be held in January.
A weekend away for the youth will be held in February.
Prayer conference from 17 to 19 March.
A revival weekend will be held on St Hugh’s from 5 to 7 May.
A revival weekend will be held on St John’s from 2 to 4 June.
Weekly Bible studies to be held on Fridays at St Hugh’s church.
Weekly Ladies’ prayer meetings to be held on Zoom on Thursday mornings.
Two-day conference on Biblical counselling planned for September.
Introduction of a monthly all-age service in English and Arabic.
Filming new episodes of the Church without Walls TV program.
Create more social and fund-raising events for the congregation.

Financial Review

Reserves Policy

The church does not have a reserves policy, but spending is controlled to ensure there is no deficit on the accounts.

Funds in Deficit

There are no funds in deficit in the current accounting period.

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Receipts and Payments

Living Water Arabic Church Receipts and Payments Account For the period from 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

		Unrestricted		Designated		Restricted		Endowment		Total		Prior year
		funds		funds		funds		funds		funds		total funds
Receipts
Donations and legacies		31,472	-		-		-			31,472		40,335
Other income		546	-		-		-			546	-
Total Receipts		32,019	-		-		-			32,019		40,335
Payments
Raising funds		1,635	-		-		-			1,635	-
Expenditure on charitable activities		27,758	-		-		-			27,758		34,472
Other expenditure		7,687	-		-		-			7,687	-
Total Paym ents		37,081	-		-		-			37,081		34,472
Exces s of receipts over paym ents before trans fer		-5,063	-		-		-			-5,063		5,862
Transfers:
Gross transfers between funds - in	-		-		-		-		-		-
Gross transfers between funds - out	-		-		-		-		-		-
Excess of receipts over payments before other gains		-5,063	-		-		-			-5,063		5,862
Net movement in funds		-5,063	-		-		-			-5,063		5,862
Reconciliation of funds
Excess of receipts over payments at beginning of the year		18,429	-		-		-			18,429		12,567
Excess of receipts over payments for the year		13,367	-		-		-			13,367		18,429
Represented by
Unrestricted
General Fund		13,367	-		-		-			13,367		18,429

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Living Water Arabic Church

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by fund) As at: 31 December 2022


General Fund: Unrestricted
Current Asset
	6501: HSBC Bank current account		2,209	-
	6502: Metro Bank current account		11,158	18,429
			13,367	18,429
		General Fund: Unrestricted	13,367	18,429
		Grand Total	13,367	18,429

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on the 2[nd] of September 2023:

Rev. Sameh Metry.

Chairman

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