BETHANY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT -2023
CHARITY NUMBER 1051791
SUNDAY SERVICES
We meet together on a Sunday morning for worship and preaching, this is led by either the Pastor or one of the leaders. The worship team take it in turns to lead praise and worship for the congregation to join in with.
After the worship the children and young people go out to their own activities and the service then carries on.
On the 1[st] Sunday of each month everyone stays together in the service and we have a family time with bible stories, videos and games.
On the 2[nd] Sunday of each month we have our communion service
When there is a 5[th] Sunday in the month we all stay together again and the platform is open to those wanting to share something such as a song, reading or testimony. We sometimes do this over breakfast together or have lunch together afterwards.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLES ACTIVIITES
The children and young people have their own program on a Sunday morning. This runs along side the main service.
After the worship ends in the service the children then go into their different age related groups for stories games and crafts etc.
TOTS
Tots is a popular group which takes place on a Tuesday morning during term time.
The morning is structured with a time of free play followed by a snack time and then comes to a close with a time of singing.
The group is made up of local families who enjoy meeting with one another. Many friendships are formed. It is a very friendly and inclusive group where everyone looks out for one another and the children learn to play together and have great fun.
ROMANIA
The mission in Romania continues. John and Christine travelled to Romania in May.
They visited both our friends in Suceava and also Satu Mare. They also visited Fight for Freedom whilst in Suceava, this is the organisation that helps with the refugee children from Ukraine. They were able to share friendship and encouragement and also took part in various church meetings.
COMMUNITY WORK
We continue to have a positive impact on the local community. We often help out families in financial need by buying a supermarket voucher for them. We help families at Christmas who are struggling to buy gifts for their children. We partnered with Life Church warrington and gave out bags of friendship to some of the community that contained some Christmas treats. Through the charity shop we often meet people who are lonely or in need and we are able to spend time with them sharing friendship and help.
CHARITY SHOP
The charity shop continues to be popular, at the moment we do only open 2 mornings a week. we use the church buildings for this.
We find that people love to regularly come not only to get a bargain but also to have a cup of tea etc and a chat.
We charge a very small amount for our items so that it is a help to the local community and we also give free of charge to those in need. The money that is made is then put back into helping those in need both locally and in Romania.
CHRUCH WARRINGTON
We continue to work with the church warrington group who are made up of various churches from across the town. We work together with a common aim of reaching the town with the good news of the gospel of Jesus and to promote unity between the churches. We worked together to produce a carol service event in the local rugby stadium just before Christmas. This was well received the Mayor and local councillors attended and also the Head teachers from various schools and other service management providers. It was attended by approximately 3000 people. A choir was formed from the local churches and different community people took part with readings and Cannon J John was our guest speaker. The Rugby Stadium gave us the stadium free of charge and were extremely helpful even providing stewards for the event.
WARRINGTON WEST CHURCHES TOGETHER
This is a group of people representing the churches in our area of the town. We meet together every 2 months to plan for local events and to share information and encourage one another. In July we took part in the local carnival at Penketh. Youth for Christ joined with us and provided their football cage and we also had a stall offering information on the churches locally.
CONCLUSION
The Trustees are happy with the year we have had. As you can see we have continued to enjoy spending time together both as a church and with the wider community in many different aspects. It has been a good year and we look forward to 2024
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