The smile has returned! We are now processing all gifts and Bankers Orders in real time, and acknowl­edging them (there are still a number of exceptions to be sorted out) within a few weeks of receipt, which is a wonderful feeling after 50 much grief. Thank you for your patience and understanding. However we must now catch up with asking members for their subscriptions and there are many who are in arrears over several years. As you will have seen elsewhere in CMF News, our finances are in deficit for the first time in 5 years, so it would be wonderful to make real headway in catching up with these subscriptions and to receive any other donations you are able to make to the Fellowship.

After subscriptions, the next major financial hurdle is to put in place payment by Direct Debit. We believe that this automated process will streamline our financial administration significantly~ and enable us to ask members to increase subscriptions without vast administrative headaches for everyone. You should find a Direct Debit mandate at the back of the Introducing CMF brochure in this mailing. It would be a great help to us if you would like to move all your current giving to CMF from Cheque or Bankers Order on to this easier method.