Yesterday we thanked Dave for 12 faithful years as the church treasurer and administrator and prayed for him. His integrity, generosity, faithfulness and good humour have helped the church enormously over the years. His ‘stint’ as treasurer saw us becoming a charity and moving from Beever Street to Market Street… buying a building that cost £185,000 when we only had just over £7,500 in the bank! God’s faithfulness to us in providing the money for this through Coalfields’ Regeneration Trust and others can be read here, but Dave’s willingness to step out in faith played a huge part in this. His vision of a big God helped us all to have faith that God would lead us into great things, and it is testimony to God’s amazing grace that we paid off all we owed on the building before the sale of the Beever Street premises went through.
Dave’s abiding philosophy as treasurer is from 1 Chron 29:14: ‘But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.’ He has always been willing to give to missions and to improving the building and only wants God to have the very best! He has worked unstintingly behind the scenes in all kinds of practical ways, always with a willing spirit and a generous heart, and we are so grateful for all he has done.
As a token of our appreciation, we gave Dave a gift… knowing he’ll have more time on his hands and his fondness for clocks, we bought a singing clock for him!
We also prayed for Herlen, who has taken over the role of treasurer. We are blessed to have so many people in our church who are willing to take on responsibilities and use their giftings to help the church. Thank you, Herlen!
