Feast of St Michael, the Militant Archangel and all Angels - MMVII
Centurions, Primus Pilus, Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I pray this epistle finds you in good health and spirits.
On behalf of the Legion I am pleased to provide this State of the Order address as we come to the fourth anniversary of
the Order of Centurions, and the third anniversary of the Internet Chapel of the Centurions, on the occasion of the Feast of St. Michael the Militant Archangel.
MEMBERSHIP
Registered membership in good standing 194.
Demographics:
Argentina 1
Australia 2
Belgium 1
Candada 6
Columbia 1
Germany 2
Italy 5
Kenya 1
Netherlands 1
New Zealand 1
Nova Scotia 1
Romania 3
Slovakia 1
South Africa 1
Tanzania 16
United Kingdom 7
United States 139
(includes: - Alabama 2
- Arizona 4
- California 6
- Colorado 6
- Conneticuit 1
- Deleware 1
- Florida 8
- Georgia 2
- Hawaii 3
- Idaho 2
- Illinois 6
- Indiana 3
- Iowa 1
- Kansas 9
- Kentucky 6
- Louisiana 1
- Mass. 1
- Michigan 4
- Miss. 1
- Missouri 2
- Nebraska 2
- New Hampshire 1
- New Jersey 4
- New Mexico 2
- New York 5
- No. Carolina 6
- Ohio 6
- Oklahoma 1
- Pennsylvania 3
- Peurto Rica 1
- So. Carolina 3
- Tennessee 6
- Texas 7
- Armed Forces 1
- US at large 2
- Virginia 4
- Washington 5
- West Virginia 1
- Wisconsin 2
)
There are 48 active members who registered as ministers and 67 as veterans. In this past year, we have been made
aware of two members and one family member whom we know to have served in a combat zone.
FINANCES
Income * Donations $376 (20, 10, 200, 16, 40, 20, 50, 20) * Fund Raisers $ TOTAL Income $376 (note: in-kind dontations: est $76 (web hosting and domain name) Outflow Expenses * Supplies $ 3.18 * Postal: $ 19.49 * Transaction Fees: $ 0.81 TOTAL Expenses $ 23.48 Gifts * 25.00 Officer Christian Fellowship USA Summary $23.48 Total Expenses $25.00 Total Gifts $376.00 Total Donations $- Total Fund Raising Income $327.52 Change in Fund Balance $326.21 Old Fund Balance 9/29/06 $327.52 Change in Fund Balance $653.73 Fund Balance 9/29/07 CASH and other Liquid Assets $560.44 Bank Statement August $50.00 Outstanding Deposits $(25.00) Outstanding Checks $28.43 Petty Cash $39.86 Ebay Holding $653.73 TOTAL Cash & Liquid Assets (Note: Lapel Pins on hand (est. & already expensed) 79 X 2.70= $213.30) Total Assets: $653.73 Liabilites $0.00 Fund Equity $653.73 Percent of Donations & 06 Fund Equity Expenses 6% 7% Gifts 7% 8% Total 13% 15%WWW MINISTRY
The Order maintained its presence on the web and continued to provide updates and new information. The chart below shows the use of the web from 1 October until September 28, and is indicative of our visits. Over the year there were about 450,000 hits and 111,00 visits. The largest volume of visits came in July with a daily average of 457 unique visits to the site, and in June there were an average of 1,619 daily hits on the site.
CONCLUSION
The Order is financially sound and is growing steadily in membership. It has continued to provide members and visitors with a true picture of the Early Church through prayer, liturgy, scripture, and ancient homilies. It has provided calendars and occasional postings of special days in the Church year and commemorations of Christian soldiers throughout history. It has proclaimed the Gospel and sent forth a call to all men, and especially to soldiers and veterans, to follow Christ. Its ministry is unique in the world.
We thank those who have made special efforts to assist the Order with its various projects and have made contributions to Order, or to other charitable organizations in the name of the Order, both monetary and non-monetary. We especially recognize and give thanks for those centurions who have supported the Order through the silent but all important role of prayer partners and in living out Christ's commission and ordinances day-to-day through observation of the Rule.
Let us continue to be ever vigilant and to guard our Order and keep it in the vein in which is was founded -- seeking to understand and follow after the orthodox and catholic doctrine, worship, and unity of the Early Church that the Centurions knew. May God grant us grace to walk in his ways and serve him in all truth and sincerity, and in brotherly charity one with another, that all who call themselves Christians in our band of brothers may be led in the way of truth.
In closing let us remember the words Moses spoke to the people:
"The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace." [Nun vi. 24ff]
pax Christi,
Mark - Primus Pilus
in fide et in bello fortis
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