2023-12-31-accounts - Living Water Arabic Church

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Living Water Arabic Church End of Year Report and Accounts

Year ending 31[st] December 2023

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: 22 Gosling Close Greenford UB6 9UE Bankers: Metro Bank 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 2023

The year 2023 was a good year for Living Water Arabic Church, having a lot of activities, which caused the church to grow in numbers and spiritually. Here are some of the different activities:

We started the year with revival meetings with two guest speakers from the Middle East. It was a powerful start of the year.
We held the Annual members meeting on Sunday 29th January 2023 to share the annual vision of the Church.
Carrying on with the New Hope course for all ages weekly on Friday evenings, at 7.00 pm at St Hugh’s Church.
Having a daily prayer meeting on Zoom for the month of February from 9PM to 10PM.
On Friday 10th March we had a prayer and praise evening at St Hugh’s Church.
We held a prayer conference from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March with Rev Dr Sameh Hanna from Cairo Egypt.
At Easter, we held a special Easter celebration long weekend, starting on Good Friday until Easter Monday.
On Wednesday 19th April we called for a fasting and prayer day for Sudan as it was going through a civil war.
On Saturday 22nd April we held a seminar about understanding Islam for young people as they had a lot of questions regarding this topic.
We are still running an all-age service one Sunday a month to be a service for all the Church in both language Arabic and English.
Holding a Zoom weekly ladies prayer meeting 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 Friday 5th to Sunday 7th May, we held a conference with a worship leader Ashraf Ishac and a guest speaker Dr Rev Yonathan Boulis from Egypt. It was a wonderful spiritual time.
We started a new Arabic Café for the people who are seeking God every Friday at 7pm with the evangelism team at the Redeemer building at Ealing Broadway.
From Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th June, we held another conference with a worship leader Manal Samir from USA and a guest speaker pastor Gerges Halim from Toronto, Canada. It was a very powerful time.
We were privileged to have a number of visiting preachers as follows:
Dr. Nabil Asaad on Sunday 05th March 2023.
Rev Elia Korolos on Sunday 14th May 2023.
Kelvin Crombie on 11th June 2023.
Rev Atef Rushdy on Friday 16th May 2023.
Emad Wahba and the evangelism team from the golf countries on Sunday 16th July 2023.
Nashaat Wasef on Tuesday 8th August 2023.
We held a special awareness seminar about addiction with a guest speaker Dr Ehab El Kharat and his team on Sunday 10th September 2023.
We held two conferences in the same time, one for the youth and one for the adults with worship leader Rev Basem Sawires and guest speakers pastor Emad Gerges from New Jersey and pastor Chad Bata from Florida, from 20th to the 22th October 2023.
From 27th to 29th October we held a ladies conference with Hoda and Medhat Fahim from Vancouver Canada.
We carried on filming new episodes of the Church Without Walls program, we are doing it in partnership with TBN UK. We’re filming in their London studio and managed to film 40 one-hour episodes on February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November 2023.
We had a fundraising event on Saturday 04th November 2023.
We distribute food every Friday afternoon for the poor and needy of the community through the whole year.

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We had a big celebration from 10th to 12th November 2023 as we were celebrating the LWAC 30th anniversary. We had a well-known Christian singer and song writer Nasef Sobhy from Egypt. It was an amazing celebration and we thanked God for his goodness and faithfulness for the last 30 years.
On November 2023 we started a new school of ministry called “School of Christ-like ministers, once a week on Zoom every Thursday evening from 7.30 to 9.00 pm.
We celebrated the thanksgiving day on Sunday 26th November 2023.
On Friday the 22nd of December we celebrated our Arabic Christmas Carol service, which we always invite the Arabic embassies and attachés in the UK. We also broadcasted the service on Arabic Christian and secular TV channels.
From Friday 29th to Sunday 31st December we had the end of year revival meetings with a guest speaker Rev Raed Haddad and his wife the famous oriental Christian singer Fadia Bazzy from Sydney Australia. We had a big gathering at those meetings.

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 2024

The following activities are planned for 2024:

The annual member’s meeting will be held in January.
Carrying on the school of Christ-like ministers.
An Easter revival weekend will be held at St John’s Church from 29[th] to 31[st] March 2024.
Weekly Ladies’ prayer meetings to be held on Zoom on Thursday mornings.
A weekend away for the youth will be held in October.
Introduction of a monthly all-age service in English and Arabic.
Filming new episodes of the Church without Walls TV program.
Creating 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

Balance Sheet

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Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on the 4[th] of June 2024:

Rev. Sameh Metry. Chairman

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