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December 2009
The Equipper
CCI/Canada
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Merry Christmas!
I have just returned from visiting camps and directors in Alberta and I am quick to say how cold and how beautiful the province is, with the evergreen trees heavy laden with snow. The whole province is one big postcard. I was blessed to connect with various Camp directors and staff, hear their stories and receive their fellowship. On more than one occasion I found myself afterwords in tears as I reflected the camp journey and experiences. Again I realized that we are better together as we journey in ministry through the good times and the bad. On behalf of the CCI/ Canada office staff and the board we want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Derrick
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Mark Your Calender
Jan 24-30 Sask. College Camp Tour
Jan 4-15
CCI -OFFICE CLOSED
Bev Vacation
Jan 11
Derrick Team Training at Camp Mini-Yo-We (Ont)
Jan 13-20
Derrick on vacation
Jan. 26
"Safe Social Networking at Camp"
Nancy Turley from the Salvation Army and Brendan Peat are the speakers. At Emmanual Baptist, $10.00 (On)
Jan 28-30
OCA Annual Conference Ontario.
Feb 1-4
BC Camp Conference at Stillwood
Feb 22-24
CCI Regional Event for
Alberta-BC/TerritoriesFeb. 23 " Safe preventive health practice at camp." Tia Pearce from Tawingo is the presenter at Circle Square Ranch, Brantford (On) $10.00 for lunch Feb 28 Last Day for National Conference Early Bird Registration.  Mar 1-3 CCI/Canada Board Meeting Mar 18,19 Sask Regional Conference at Dallas Valley Camp
March 23
" Safe crisis response and prevention."
Tim Duffield is confirmed as the presenter and Muskoka Woods (ON) is confirmed as the facility. $10.00 for lunch
March 26-28
Derrick Training Leaders at Slavic Baptist Camping Conference in California
Mar 22-23
CCI Manitoba/NWO Regional event
April 12, 13
Ontario Regional Event- Camp Tour followed by Annual Banquet at Teen Ranch, Caledon. Teen Ranch Tour: 3:00 -- 5:00 p.m., Banquet at 5:30. Speaker: Derrick Mueller
April 21-27
CCI International Summit Panama
Aug 2 -6
Connect 2010 Australia National Conference- Brochure
November 21-24
CCI National Conference at Tradewinds Resort , St. Pete's Beach , Florida.
Hotel Info
LINKS
Help for Non Profits
GST/HST Info Sheet For Camps
SUMMER CAMP MENUS AND COOKING FOR A CROWD
NEW! Youtube site for CCI
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Adding Value to Membership
We have been working on adding more value to your CCI/Canada membership.
1. As a bonus to all member camps, as of January 1, 2010, we will offer our classified section on the web and in the Equipper as a free service to members only.
2. We are working with Home Depot to set up a group savings as well as getting preferred status. This will mean cost savings for you, with a rebate back to the association. The goal is to take a portion of the rebate and put it towards each camps membership fees for the following year. More details to follow in January.
3. We have been investigating cost savings through credit purchases, and feel we have found a great option for camps to consider. More details will follow in New Year.
4. For those who are interested in more options for training we have been negotiating a deal with Expert Online Training. This is a great way to increase your effectiveness in training staff. More info will be given out at Regional events.
5. Reminder of Membership Training Special- for only $129.00 plus travel expenses, you can have a half day training session for your staff, teams or board. If you arrange them around regional meetings you save on travel. Book now while there is still openings. Membership Training Offer
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
For those who have not yet renewed your CCI/Canada membership for next year, you have till January 29, 2010 to get it in. |
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Become a Fan!
Facebookers can become a Fan. Our new Facebook site is filled with links, video clips, notes, facts and information and encouragements. It is CCI live and daily. It is where we post news immediately. Get others to be a fan for up-to-date insights on the happenings of our members. We also have a CCI youtube site where video blogs, camp interviews and clips will be hosted. |
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Police Checks No Longer!
The RCMP has announced that, effective immediately, police forces across the country will no longer be able to share information from CPIC (the Canadian Police Information Centre) with businesses that specialize in providing background checks for security purposes - including BackCheck, (a Div. Of Checkwell Solutions Corporation), which has hundreds of highly educated Canadian analysts conducting thousands of such checks daily for 5,000 corporations and volunteer organizations across Canada. |
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 Looking for a Good Read?
Looking for a good book to "sink your teeth into" over the holidays ... or a great Christmas gift? Check out the CCI/Canada website for access to our extensive online bookstore! Currently featured are the "Reading of a Leader" books -- recommendations from speakers and presenters from our recent Executive Leadership Institute (ELI). Check out the recommended titles, and submit your orders through our referral partner -- amazon.ca by clicking on the following link: |
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Honorariums for Camp Speakers
Honorariums are paid for a variety of reasons, such as for services including
Acting as a facilitator at a workshop, providing music for an event, editing, translating, freelancing, being a visiting minister, providing services at weddings, funerals, etc
In Canada, honorarium is considered as salary and thus, taxable income under the Income Tax Act. In the case where a gift is substituted for honorarium (gift in lieu of money), it is still classified as a taxable benefit by Canada Revenue Agency.
In case where honorarium is paid to individuals not resident in Canada, it is still subjected to income tax withholding (usually 15%) unless prior approval was obtained from Revenue Canada.
Compensation includes all forms of salaries, wages, commissions, bonuses, fees, honoraria, etc., plus the value of taxable and non-taxable benefits. In general terms, it includes all amounts that form part of a recipient's income from employment plus the charity's portion of payments, such as employee's pension, medical or insurance plan, employer CPP and EI contributions, Federal and Provincial income tax, and workers compensation benefits.
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Are you in a Pit- Take Courage! A pit can be described as that low point in ones life, a place of despair and hopelessness. The problems with pits is getting out of them. When we are all alone it seems next to impossible. In the biblical story of Jonah, we find him at one of the lowest points in his life, he is in the belly of a whale waiting to die, with no hope of surviving. Now that is what I call a pit.
A man fell in a pit and couldn't get himself out. A bunch of different leaders came and assembled alongside. There was one subjective coach who came along and said, "I feel for you down there" and then he left. The objective coach came by and said, "It is logical that someone would fall down there" and then he too left.
The pharisaical leader said, "Only bad people fall in the pit." "Tell me about it. This could be a bestseller." The fundamentalist leader said, "You deserve your pit." He said this two more times and then left.
A mathematician leader came by and calculated how he fell in the pit. A news reporter came by and wanted the exclusive story on the pit.The Government Agency-Revenue Canada leader said, "Are you paying taxes on your pit? This is a lot of space here, are you intending to build? Will you use sewage?"
The self-pitying lowesteem leader said, "You haven't seen anything till you've seen my pit. You think that's a pit, come over to my pit. The charismatic coach said, "Just confess that you're not in the pit."
The optimist leader said, "Things could be worse. There could be mines in there, piranhas or lots of spiders." The pessimist said, "Things will get worse. It's going to rain, you're going to drown."
Christ seeing the man in the pit reached out his hand and helped him out.
Leading people out of a pit requires a willingness to be personally involved in their lives by reaching down and not only taking note that they are in the pit, but helping them out.
True leadership is lending a hand to those who find themselves in life's various pits. Who you are as a leader will determine how effective you are in developing others.
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Charity Fund Raising If you're involved with charity fund-raising, you should know that Revenue Canada has recently changed its policy about fund-raising events and donation tax receipts. Normally, if you sell tickets for an event such as a dinner or gala you can issue a donation receipt for the difference between the ticket price and the value of the food and entertainment provided. Under the new policy, if you are holding a combined dinner and a silent auction, (for example) your organization won't be able to issue a donation receipt for any portion of the ticket price. Because of the auction, Revenue Canada will no longer consider any portion of the ticket price to be a donation. If you want to a issue donation receipts, you will have to issue two separate tickets, one for the dinner and one for the auction. People must be able to buy either ticket without the other.
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Call to Prayer
Uzbekistan Christian Camp Director Brought to
Court with False Charges
Camp Director Dmitry Pitirimov and two other leaders
of the church were found guilty of "involving children in religious activity" and tax evasion based on fabricated and misinterpreted evidence. The sentence imposed heavy fines on each of them personally and on the church, and banned all three from any position of administrative or fiscal authority, which effectively deprives the ministry of its leaders.
Christian Camp Joy has been started and operated under the umbrella of the Baptist Union of Uzbekistan. Dmitry Pitirimov and his staff have participated in CCI/Russia training events. The ministry of Camp Joy has always been an example of accountability and transparency, showing respect to the authorities and the laws of the country as well as sensitivity to its culture and traditions. Dimitry has managed to operate the camp even when all other Christian camping ministries in Uzbekistan were declared illegal and went underground.
The future of the ministry of Camp Joy and even of the Christian camping
movement in Uzbekistan as a whole depends on the results of this trial. Alexander Kharitonov, President of Christian Camping International/Russia, Serving CIS and Baltics urges us to pray. |
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 Classifieds
CSSM Ministries - MB Branch Council invites applications for the position of BRANCH DIRECTOR
CSSM Ministries - MB Branch invites applications for the part-time (3/5), year round position of DAY CAMPS & FOLLOW-UP COORDINATOR
Dallas Valley Ranch Camp (Sask)- A Permanent full time position of Site Manager
Bear Lake Bible Camp (AB) - seeking a General Director
Alberta Pioneer Camps (AB) - seeking a full-time Ministry and Program Director
Arlington Beach Camp & Conference Centre (SK) - Executive Director
Camp Mini-Yo-We (ON) - Site Manager
More details
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Family Camp Ideas
As part of the National Directors desire and goal to connect with Camps he is making the the 12 year running inspirational comedy "When I Look Back I Laugh" available to camps this summer. If your looking for  something different for your family camp, fund raiser, or conference event then this may just be it. This interactive comedy is a combination of Billy Cosby, Corner Gas and Seventh Heaven all mixed together, promising to entertain all ages. For more information on bookings and costs contact the CCI office.
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CCI/CANADA Office, P.O. Box 180
Utterson, ON, P0B 1M0
Phone: 1-877-267-7745 or 705-385-8432 ยท Fax: 705-385-9025
e-mail: info@cci-canada.org
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Connecting
Take advantage of the regional meetings coming up in the new year. It is a great way to connect with old and new friends. As national Director it is my plan to be at each one and connect with you. For those who attended the ELI conference I want to remind you to connect with your accountability partners and continue to encourage each other. Blessings to all as you celebrate our Saviors birth.
If you have prayer request, camp facts, submissions etc that you think would be benefit to others please submit to office. We value your input and insights.
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Conference Early Bird Special  |
CCI/Canada National Conference at Tradewinds Island Grand Resort in St. Petes Beach, Florida. November 21-24. Take advantage of the 2010 conference Early Bird Special. Register and pay before February 28th and get the Early Bird Special for $500.00 (FT conference program and meal plan) -- over 10% LESS than the 2008 EB rate! -- and $250 for Spouses (FT program + meal plan). Don't miss out on these great savings! Early Bird registration will be available online in the new year. Watch for more info coming soon ...
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