The November-December issue of The Journal contained an insert making our annual appeal for donations to support the ministry of The Journal. The Journal is published by Xristos Community Society, a registered religious charity incorporated in British Colu mbia. Publishing The Journal is the main ministry of Xristos, and it is supported entirely by donations. The Journal is sent free of charge to anyone who requests it. All the work of Xristos and The Journal is done by volunteers. No member of Xristos or The Journal staff receives a salary. 
  
 Each issue of The Journal in its present format, which is the most economical we know of, costs about $500 for supplies and postage. We publish six times per year so we need to receive at least $3,000 in donations every year to keep going.
 
This year our donations are coming in two ways. Some donors send a donation directly to Xristos. Corpus Canada also donates $25 of the membership fees it gets, which are $50 for individuals and $75 for families. The Corpus Canada treasurer, Jake Kutarna, send us these $25 donations in the name of the people paying their Corpus Canada membership, and we send them official receipts for tax-deduction purposes, as we do for people who send us donations directly.

 Since the beginning of 2000, we have received a total of $1070 in donations from our 246 Canadian Journal readers, and $200.44 (Canadian dollars) from our 113 American readers.
 
 On behalf of Xristos and those who put out The Journal I wish to thank all of you who have contributed so far. The $1270 we have received amounts to 42% of our requirement for the year.
 
 If you think The Journal performs a worthwhile service, and have not yet made a donation, please consider doing so.
 
Alanna Menu, Secretary-Treasurer,
 Xristos Community Society