Obsessed with Money

The CCC zealots are still visiting on a daily basis and I've still not received any response from either Ps Peter McHugh or any offer of mediation from Ps Phil Pringle. Based on this it would seem I'm in for the long haul.

Not long after getting involved with CCCare I was sublimely seduced into Christian City Church Whitehorse. When you've come from what led me to CCCare in the first place and your totally on your own, having people; at times almost strangers, being affectionate towards you, you start to feel wanted, appreciated and ultimately all warm inside again.

As I write this, I'd like to think that some of these people from CCCW were genuine in their affection. Whilst others, such as Pastor Peter McHugh in my opinion was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Looking back on events it's clear to me that CCCW was obsessed with money.

It was not out of the ordinary to have 2 or 3 collections in one church service at CCCW. When other Pastors would visit CCCW, additional collections at every service would be acted on just for them.

In addition I also witnessed one (1) of the collections for the departing Music Director. It was said, in hear say, that he walked away that Sunday with a $50,000 golden hand shake.

For the period I attended CCCW the Build for Life program was in full swing, so there was another obsessed money drive for that. On top of the usual collection for the CCCW coffers.

I remember Pastor Peter McHugh standing up and addressing the congregation about how they (CCCW) had raised $900,000 at the VIP dinner for the Build for Life program.

NB - The Build for Life program was touted to cover building costs associate with the new Christian City Church Vermont (C3Centre) being built at Rooks Road Vermont. The new home for CCCW.

Having been raised in a mainstream Church myself, hearing VIP, $900,000 and Church in one sentence from the mouth of the CCCW Pastor was unsettling. More so because everyone of God's children; that's every human being on earth, is supposed to be equal.

The above mindset was used by not only Pastor Peter McHugh but all of the CCCW Pastors when delivering Church services at CCCW. The allure to give more, dig deeper always seemed to be a key note when CCCW Pastors spoke of money.

The longer I was around CCCW, the clearer it became in my eyes and opinions, that Christian City Church Whitehorse was obsessed with money.

These frequent double or triple collection dips at CCCW, I'd surmise three (3) services on a Sunday could net an impressive booty, don't you!

What totally shocked me was the first time I heard Pastor Peter McHugh say, "If you'd like to give with your credit card please hold it up and someone will be around to give you a slip." (or something to that affect).

I often wondered if the new Christian City Church Vermont was having Credit Card swipe terminals embedded into the auditorium seating!

My opinion that CCCW is Obsessed with Money is because money is the focal point of every sermon at Christian City Church. Reiterating Pastor Peter McHugh spoke of God's children being equal. If that was what he (Ps Pastor McHugh) genuinely held in his heart, he'd make it a mission to mix with everyone after a Church service.

Sadly enough that's not the case. You've heard me mention the 'Men at Work Program', where an assortment of welfare clients from CCCare were used to clean up and maintain the ground of Christian City Church Vermont. Well some of these people would attend CCCW also.

Not once did I see Pastor Peter McHugh walk over after the service and say G'Day to these guys. Yet CCCW held no qualms is using these people to maintain their Rooks Road CCCW property. In fact I'd say Pastor Peter McHugh actually shunned the guys on the 'Men at Work Program'. Why? Hmmm maybe because they didn't have any money!

I'd like to close with the following passage from the Bible which demonstrates Jesus opinion of money in God's house.

Ref: http://www.biblegateway.com

Mathew 21: 12-13
Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 "It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,'but you are making it a 'den of robbers.

Peter McHugh

The notion that you (Pastor Peter McHugh), Pastor Phil Pringle or any Pastor to the Christian City Church movement would have the decency to contact me, was obviously a big misapprehension.

Seems I hold too much faith in people doing the right thing. That's ironic considering that Christian City Church Pastors are all self proclaimed servants and messengers for God.

The same faith, belief and ultimate trust I held in Tony Ryan your (CCCare) Welfare Worker. He gave his word that I'd be paid for the 3.5 months (1,400 hours) work I completed for his Mate Frank Greco of Connections Consulting Pty Ltd.

The loan documents proved that Tony Ryan was working on the 21'st December 2004 for CCCare.

This totally blows his fictional story of events given to the CCCare Board of Directors. This makes him sound like a very dodgy Welfare Worker.

Yet you (Ps. Peter McHugh) still stand by your letter of response, given by your hand, being the Chairman of the Board for CCCare.

Given the fact your aware that Tony Ryan (Welfare Worker of CCCare) used his position of trust, to feather his Finance Company coffers, on the backs of welfare clients of Christian City Care, and you still choose to do nothing, in my opinion doesn't say a great deal about the integrity of Pastor Peter McHugh.

The loan was just dodgy.

However being privvy to the fact your (CCCare) Welfare Worker also scammed me into working for his Mate (Frank Greco) of Connections Consulting Pty Ltd, knowing I've still not be paid even though your Welfare Worker gave his word I would, and you (Pastor Peter McHugh) still do nothing, that's just pathetic in my opinion.

I've often wondered how you could justify his (Tony Ryan's) actions and your own, for that matter.

I don't wish to burst your bubble Pastor Peter McHugh but you may like to peruse the scriptures. I'm sure you'll find more than a few passages that will tell you exactly how you should have dealt with this matter, and what you need to do right now to fix it.

C3Centre Vermont

This blog's been getting a fair bit of interest from poeple doing searches for the follow today:

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One could very well assume that it's possible that someone connected to CCCW Vermont or CCCare or cccw.org.au instead of contacting me to start addressing these issue raised in this blog, have instead opted to gauge the number of search engine listing this blog now has. Maybe this is a way to determine if further action should be taken to address these matters.

Let me say the longer the issues raised in this blog continue to go un-addressed by CCCW and or Peter McHugh or the CCCW board of Directors, the greater number of page one (1) search engine listings will grow on a daily basis.

Minister Peter McHugh

What Minister of a Church, could possible sign a letter that so blatantly vindicated Tony Ryan the CCCare (bogus) Social Worker from responsibility, is out of my comprehension. The mere fact that CCCare had sanctioned the employment of a non qualified Social Worker is shocking. But allowing this unqualified Social Worker to deal with CCCare Clients is deplorable.

How can one say it's OK, alright, for a Social Worker of Christian City Care to do as they please in their own time when it directly impedes, negatively affects and ultimately encroaches on a clients freedom of choice.

Lets not forget that I was a Client of Christian City Care first and more most.

The position that Tony Ryan held within the welfare organisation of Christian City Care was one of supreme trust. Allowing clients of Christian City Care; allowing me to believe, that Tony Ryan was a qualified Social Worker for CCCare was an atrocity. Especially given your welfare arm operates under the guise of a Christian Church.

How on earth is it possible to justify something like this!

The buck on this entire unsavoury mess stops at the feet of Minister (Pastor) Peter McHugh.

CCCW Letter From Peter McHugh

A couple of weeks after the meeting between Margaret Fazackerley the Development Manager of CCCare, the CCCW solicitor George Neophytou and my witness, I received a letter from Pastor Peter Mchugh on a Christian City Church Whitehorse letter head.

This formal letter was supposed to be their way of addressing the issues I'd raised concerning Tony Ryan the Social Worker for Christian City Care. However as expected it was a white wash.

I will be adding a scanned copy of this letter to the blog and the Loan agreement documents in the next couple of days. (my printer/scanner is away being serviced).

One important factor that I think everyone should be aware of:

It turns out that Tony Ryan my so called Social Worker for Christian City Care was not qualified. In fact Tony Ryan held no professional qualifications in social or welfare backgrounds.

Christian City Church Whitehorse

Christian City Church Whitehorse is also known by the acronym of CCCW.

Although I was not able to locate Frank Greco at the offices of Connections Consulting Pty Ltd on the 17/02/2005; he magically disappeared, I grabbed a worker from an adjacent office as a witness and entered the Connections Consulting, grabbed my personal items and exited, tossing the keys through the letter flap in the office suite door.

The effect this had on my health wasn't good, so as you can image I took a few weeks out to grab some R&R. When the dust finally settled and I could actually take some time to figure out my next move, I decided to approach Tony Ryan. After all he was my Social Worker at the time, he was supposed to be in care of my welfare.

Again I received the same stonewalling from Tony Ryan who again stated "I introduce people that's all I do. What's between you and Frank is between you and Frank Greco, it has nothing to do with me."

Since getting mixed up and associated with Christian City Care Whitehorse, I'd also been introduced into the fold of Christian City Church Whitehorse. In fact Mr Peter McHugh the Pastor for CCCW had been more than friendly towards me. I felt a genuine feeling of being wanted in the Church.

So I thought instead of getting myself stressed out further it would be better to contact both Christian City Care Whitehorse and the Pastor Peter McHugh and let them in on exactly what has happen and hopefully they'll be able to sort this mess out.

Well you think you know some people, well let me tell you how wrong was I.

Instead of trying to sort this out, they rallied the wagon around Tony Ryan and didn't want to know a damn thing. The Pastor of CCCW refused to speak with me. Even though I could provide dates, times and facts.

The entire process went from worse to worse.

Having very little money means you can't get a solicitor in turns means you can't fight for the truth.

Which in these events it had clearly shown me that in my honest opinion neither my Social Worker Mr Tony Ryan, Frank Greco, Christian City Care Whitehorse, Christian City Church Whitehorse or even the Pastor Peter McHugh of Christian City Church could be trusted further than I could throw any of them.