Hope Church, Cwmaman - Reports to the AGM 2024
Charity Number 1050518
Chairman's Re
ort for Year 2024
MINISTRIES
I would like to start by saying a huge 'thank you, to all our leaders and volunteers
who give of their time and energy to make all our programs happen. They serve with
commitment and passion week after week and I'm personally very grateful for all
their hard work.
FoodBank. This is such an essential compassion ministry and continues to bring help
and support to those in crisis. Every year the number of those we help sadly continues
to increase. The Clothes Bank is also a great help to so many who are given access to
free clothing. The cafe team are also amazing, not only in providing people with
refreshments but also for their willingness to talk and listen to people who are
struggling and having a dityicult time and who just need someone to be able to share
their burdens with.
Kids Club and Hope Kids. We, as a church, believe in reaching and equipping the
next generation and through the passion and vision of the Kids Club team and
leaders, this is outworked in the life of our church. It continues to be well attended by
those who live locally and the feedback we receive is very positive with many of the
parents saying how much their kids love coming and some have attended for many
years.
Hope Kids is also an important ministy serving the children of our church families
during a Sunday Service. At the moment we are only able to run it twice a month but
ideally we would love to be able to run it every week. This ministry enables the
children to learn in an environment that is conducive to their age and understanding
while still having fun and enjoying games and crafts. The parents also benefit from
this as they get to listen to the sermon without distraction. Please continue to pray for
volunteers to help and serve in Hope Kids so that we can make it a weekly program.
Jelly Tots Parent and Toddler Group. This is run by two local mums (Kayleigh
Grainger and Leanne Perkins) through the Cwm-Unity@Cwmaman Primary School
programme who do a fantastic job. I am very grateful for their hard work and
commitment. It is well attended each week by local people but also others from
further afield. The adults and children alike enjoy the social interaction and time
together.
Life Groups. Although this continues to be a small group we have seen some grovrth
and those who do attend find it a great help and support as they continue on their
journey of faith. We have gone 'back to basics, to help those who are new Christians
to be able to read and understand the Bible for themselves, as well as being able to
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pray together. Life Groups continues to be an encouraging and supportive, safe
environment where people can grow in a friendly and infornial setting. Our heart is to
see this ministy grow through people coming to salvation and also having a desire to
be discipled.
Reach, Raise and Release has been our tag line for many years because at the heart of
every church should be a desire share the good news, whether that's abroad or in our
own locality. Every church has a responsibility to proclaim Jesus.
We are blessed as a church to be able to continue our partnership with New Hope
Baptist Church from Atlanta. Their love for Wales and especially the valley's always
inspires and challenges me about my own passion for this great nation. Our Costa
Coffee event with Drakeford was a success - as always. The Ladies event led by
Louise Stenner was well supported by our church and other local churches. The ladies
had a wonderful time of refreshing, blessing and encouragement. The schools team
were brilliant in sharing the gospel with the children in our local primary schools and
the feedback from the teachers is always very positive. We are so grateful for the
sacrifice that the team from the U.S. make to come on missions. Their love for God
and for people is evident in all that they do.
FINANCE
The church finances are sadly not where we would like them to be. Nevertheless,
God continues to be faithful and what we do have has continued to be managed well,
enabling the church and it's ministries to continue to run weekly. This is in addition to
covering our overheads and paying the wage of a full-time Minister (with the support
of Holland Road Church, Brighton and New Hope Baptist Church in Atlanta. We are
so thankful and grateful for their continued partnership and generosity). Anthony
Phillips gives the Church Council regular updates of the finances as our church
treasurer and I would like to thank him for his diligent and excellent stewardship of
the church accounts.
CHURCH HEALTH
Church health isn't easy to measure and like every church, Hope Church continues to
have its ebbs and flows. We are healthy to the extent that we have a great team who
have a heart to serve our community and who have done so faithfully for many years.
The goal as a leadership is to produce more leaders, to grow our volunteers and
through the various ministries, see fruitfulness that manifest's itself in salvation and
transforn]ation of peoples lives. We need this to feed into our Sunday service so that
attendance increases. This has been challenging for a number of reasons but I would
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Charity Number 1050518
like to ask that you continue to pray fervently for God to move in our small village of
Cwmaman and to do a work that He alone will get the glory for. We desperately need
the tide to turn so that Hope Church starts to thrive and not just survive. I believe if
we continue to be faithful to God as a church then He will bless us with His favour
and provide all our needs according to his riches in glory.
VISION
Our vision as a church is 'Built for more, Believing for more, Our church has a great
legacy and my vision is that it will also continue to have a great future and to be a
place where people realise that Christianity is about relationship, not religion. That
they would experience God's presence and be transformed by His power and love for
them. I want Hope Church to unashamedly proclaim Jesus and unwaveringly stand
for unchanging biblical truth so that we can continue to be a light in the darkness. We
want to give people hope and a sense of puryose and belonging.
GENRAL COMMENTS
We were saddened to see Christine and Steve Williams leave the church during 2024
as they moved to Cardiff to be nearer family. They have been such an incredible
blessing to our fellowship for such a long period of time. They have lead the church
for many years in various roles and we are so very grateful for their love, faithfulness
and their many acts of service. We are so thankful for their contribution to the life of
our church. We are glad to see them each time they visit and we know that Hope
Church continues to be a very special place for them.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Hope church family for their
continued support and commitment to the church even when life and circumstances
have been difficult and very challenging. It's a privilege to serve alongside you. Your
love and encouragement is amazing and it spurs me on.
"l am the vine, yott are the branche,s. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much
fruit,'for without Me you can do nothing. John 15..5
Submitted by Pastor Dale Thomas for the AGM. 24th June 2025
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Verification of Accounts for
Hope Church Cwmaman
Reg. Chaiity No. 1050518
1•t January 2024- 31•t December 2024
To Whom It May Concem:
I hereby declare that I have checked and verified the Accounts of:
Hope Church. C￿naman,
Fforchaman Road,
Cwmaman,
Aberdare.
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attention.
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