Hebron Church – Trustees Report 2021/22
Hebron Evangelical Church – Report August 2022
Sunday Worship – the church continues to meet every Sunday morning at 10:30am for worship, Bible teaching and fellowship. There is a junior church for children and teenagers, along with a creche for babies. The church is open for anyone in the community to come along to worship with us. We have a time of worship, prayer and regular Bible teaching each Sunday. Refreshments are served at the end, where people can chat with each other and build friendships.
Small groups/prayer meeting – throughout the week the church meets in smaller groups in different peoples houses for a time of Bible study, prayer and fellowship. These small groups take place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Courses – we have recently run a Hope Explored course on Wednesday mornings over 3 weeks, which explained the basics of the Christian faith to those who came along and allowed them to aske questions about the Bible.
Men’s Breakfast – a regular bi-monthly men’s breakfast has taken place in the church, where men have attended to eat breakfast and then a short talk has been given by someone sharing their Christian faith.
Friends & Neighbours – this is a monthly event that takes place in the church where ladies are invited to come along and take part in an activity, share a meal and hear from others who share about their faith.
Partnership – the church has continued to partnership with other churches on the Wirral with the aim at organising events for people to attend and learn more about the Christian faith. We have supported the Wirral Gospel Partnership who organised a week of events at different locations on the Wirral to share the Christian Faith with those who were interested in knowing more.
Christians Against Poverty – The church has partnered with a number of other local churches in Wallasey to start a debt centre in partnership with Christians Against Poverty. This will start to help those in the local area who are in real need
with the increase in the cost of living crisis. The debt centre will provide practical, emotional and well being support to many people in Wallasey.
Schools Work
Assemblies
This year saw the much awaited return to in person assemblies after providing online assembly resources during COVID.
We went in every fortnight to Liscard and Riverside Primary schools. Due to the size of Liscard Primary and a desire to still maintain some sense of social distancing we split the year groups in to three and did one assembly in the morning and the same assembly twice in the afternoon of the same day, which was a challenge but it was so good to be in person interacting with the staff and children it was well worth it.
Lessons
We have provided Bible Explorer lessons for both schools across 5 weeks. These lessons take the children of year 5 through the story of the Old Testament as part of the curriculum theme of the Bible.
These sessions are very interactive and great fun…the schools have already booked them in for next year.
We also had the privilege of having every year group at Liscard Primary visit our church building for a variety of lessons including an Easter Experience where the children visited stations focussed on differing sections of the Easter narrative from the Bible.
Big RE Days
A number of big RE days took place on the Wirral, including Wallasey, that we were involved in. These days happened as a result of a pot of money available to schools to bid for with ideas of how to promote good RE practice.
We were invited to lead or be involved in three of these days which were excellent and included children from 12 different Wirral Primary Schools.
The themes included…Hats of Faith, Oral Tradition in Religious Storytelling and Prayer.
Little Fishes
We were thrilled to have our parent and toddler group back open this year and have over 100 children registered with us.
We welcome 35 each week, as this is the limit for our space, and adults who bring the children along are so grateful for the group. We provide a free snack and drink for children and adults as well as plenty of toys to play with, a craft table and singing circle time.
We had new faces and regulars returning with most new attendees being as a result of word of mouth.
HEBRON EVANGELICA
| Income Oferings General Oferings Missionary (in bags) Other income Gift Aid 2020/21 Total Bal @30/10/2020 + Income - Expenditure Total** |
40,920.00 32,495.76 0.00 241.50 873.73 1,956.07 11,830.00 8,297.00 |
|---|---|
| 53,623.73 42,990.33 |
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| 33,529.62 33,652.92 53,623.73 42,990.33 41,119.17 43,113.63 |
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| 46,034.18 33,529.62 |
Cash held in bank account Balance @ 29/10/2021
46.034.18
Other Income** Legacy Gift £350 Util W/house rebate £523.73
AL CHURCH ACCOUNTS 2020/21
2019/20
| Expenditure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gifts | 2,069.59 | 2,055.68 |
| Outreach | 512.83 | 215.00 |
| Advertising/ Stationary | 243 | 555.34 |
| Catering | 580.33 | 1,221.10 |
| Utilities | 3,166.87 | 4,104.71 |
| Building/Maint | 9,527.37 | 8,836.08 |
| Insurance | 1,012.96 | 986.23 |
| Copyright Licence | 367.58 | 358.18 |
| Partnership membership | 100.00 | 50.00 |
| Missionary & Reg Giving | 4,200 | 3,500 |
| Salaries | 18,000.00 | 18,000.00 |
| PAYE | 351.44 | 474.76 |
| Pension contribution | 411.20 | 495.55 |
| Men's retreat | 0.00 | 1,685.00 |
| FIEC | 576.00 | 576.00 |
| Total | **### ** | 43,113,63 |
DUE TO AN ILLNESS THE EXAMINERS / AUDITORS REPORT IS DELAYED. ONCE WE HAVE THIS IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL GO BACK IN AND ADD IT TO THIS COMMISSION SUBMISSION