Emmanuel Christian Fellowship
Charity Reg 1103467
Trustees Annual Report 2024/25
6 April 2024 to 5[th] April 2025
Objectives
Emmanuel Christian Fellowship is a church which focuses on communicating the gospel of Jesus Christ by preaching and teaching from the Bible.
Activities
Emmanual Chrisitan Fellowship has continued to have regular Sunday services every week. Each Sunday we meet for a cup of tea/coffee and fellowship prior to the service in the morning which is devoted to worship and communion and the preaching of God’s word.
In the weekly Bible study on Thursday evenings, we spend a short time in prayer and worship and then the main part of the service is when Pastor Terence Gregory or Pastor Paul Leader lead the Bible study. This year they have brought us studies in the Gospel of Matthew and the book of Hosea. The teaching has been excellent. This service is to help the congregation to increase their knowledge of the word of God and to help develop their faith.
Our online Bible studies which had been introduced during Covid times, have continued, and Pastor Gregory is taking us through the book of Ephesians every Tuesday evening and we encourage everyone to join us on our Facebook page.
Every Friday morning, we have a Bible class at the church previously called “Starting from Scratch” and now re-named “Rejoicing in the truth”, where Pastor Gregory brings studies on different subjects and the students are encouraged to participate in discussions. Some of the studies have included the Faith of Abraham and the Epistle to the Galatians.
Every 3rd Saturday of the month we hold a prayer breakfast where the first part of the meeting a word is shared by a member of the group in rotation
followed by a prayer time and finishing with a cooked breakfast with time for fellowship and chat. This continues to be a very popular meeting and is going from strength to strength!
The first Monday of each month a Men’s meeting is held in the church where men from different churches in the area are encouraged to come together to praise and worship, followed by the preaching of God’s word from one of men in the represented churches.
Coffee mornings take place once a month on the first Tuesday where members of the church and the community meet for a cup of coffee, a cake and a chat. Occasionally there is a guest speaker or singers sometimes from the local school. These coffee mornings have proved to be very popular especially with the older members of the community.
Humanitarian Support
We continue to support a Christian organisation called “Operation Mobilsation”. They visit various parts of the world to provide humanitarian aid to those in need and also to share the gospel. We also supported Operation Christmas Child this year by filling shoe boxes to be sent across the world for needy children.
Community use of the Church.
A church from Tonypandy have used the church to hold their own baptismal service since they do not have a baptismal pool in their own building.
The church is also available to the community for the celebration of marriage, for baptismal services and funeral services.
Acknowledgements
The trustees wish to thank Pastor Paul Leader and Terence Gregory and the Leadership team and all the members of the congregation for their faithfulness, commitment and generosity with their time and finances in supporting the work of Emmanuel Christian Fellowship.
Emmanuel Christian Fellowship
Income and Expenditure 2024-25
£
Opening Bank balance @ 5.4.24 (Statement 581)
3,460.37
| Income | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundaycollections | 7,452.50 | ||
| Tithes by Direct Debit | 15,810.00 | ||
| Gifts (inccoffee mornings) | 2,200.00 | ||
| Welsh watercompensation | 500.00 | ||
| Gift aid | 8697.05 | ||
| Insurance refund | 129.13 | ||
| 34,788.68 | |||
| Expenditure | £ | ||
| Ministry | 13,900.00 | ||
| Loan | 7,315.32 | ||
| Insurance | 1,498.93 | ||
| Bank charges | 101.58 | ||
| Utilities | — | 2,542.30 | |
| Gifts (charity, wedding, anniversaries) | 1,560.00 | ||
| Computer software/licence | 200.00 | ||
| Toilet&kitchen supplies | 34.61 | ||
| Catering | 63.34 | ||
| Lighting | 473.40 | ||
| Media upgrade | 1,852.09 | ||
| 29,541.57 |
Closing balance @ 5.4.25 8,707.48
Bank balance @ 5.4.25
8,707.48
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Christian Fell hip Audit 2024/25
Everything is in order and | am happy to sign-off the accounts.
The only comment | can make is about the Integra duplicate payment on 18th December 2024 which was immediately corrected by the company.
| know | say it each time but it is so often a thankless task to be Church Treasurer and I’m going to say it again, Well Done!
Emmanuel Christian Fellowship Audit 2024/25
Everything is in order and I am happy to sign-off the accounts.
The only comment I can make is about the Integra duplicate payment on 18[th] December which was immediately corrected by the company.
I know I say it each time but is so often a thankless task to be Church Treasurer and I’m going to say it again. Well done!
Andrew Griffiths
5.5.25