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I applaud the treasurers who who do not open their

consistently reconcile their envelopes allow their bank

bank statements and record balance to go into overdraft

bank charges and interests. without knowing about it.

For them their records are Some churches incurred

always accurate, up to date overdraft charges which

and reliable. Among those could have been avoided if

are the treasurers of there was closer monitoring

Paradise, St. Paul’s, St. of their finances.

George’s, Maranatha, IMPLEMENTING

Westerhall, La Poterie and St RECOMMENDATIONS

David’s churches. Special

mention must be made of The audit department does

Brother Keith Hall of St not usually follow up to

George’s church whose ensure that audit reports are

performance is consistently ultimately brought to the

of the top draw. There are, church at its business

however, a few who do not meeting and that

even open the envelopes. recommendations are

They do not record bank discussed with a view to

charges and interests, implementation, even

therefore their records are correcting inaccurate

not accurate and reliable. balances. Subsequent audits,

What is even more serious is however, reveal that in too

the fact that a few of these many instances corrections