St. Peter & St. Paul’S Knanaya Church
LONDON
ܢܝܐܕܟܢܥ ܦܘܠܘܣ ܘܡܪܝ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܕܡܪܝ ܥܕܬܐ Charity Reg. No. 1106878
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– THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2022 2023
The Executive Committee has pleasure in presenting the Annual Report of St. Peter & St. Paul’s Knanaya Church, London for the year ended 31st March 2023.
INTRODUCTION
St. Peter & St. Paul’s Knanaya Church at London is a parish of the Malankara Syrian Knanaya Archdiocese, which has its headquarters in Chingavanam, Kerala, India.
MISSION & OBJECTIVES
The objectives of St. Peter & St. Paul’s Knanaya Church are to advance the Christian religion; provide its members with regular Christian Worship, in according to the faith and rites of the Malankara Syrian Knanaya Community and to relieve the aged, the poor, the sick and those in condition of need, hardship and distress by providing pastoral care. The Church may also carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and other part of the world.
MEMBERSHIP
The membership of this church shall be opened to all those, who are the descendants of the men and women of the Knanaya race and married from the Knanaya Community, and who are fully dedicated and believers in faith, doctrines and traditions of the Malankara Syrian Knanaya Archdiocese and owes their allegiance to the Throne of Antioch and to the Metropolitans of the Knanaya Archdiocese and who practices the Church Canons and rules.
177 Ordnance Road, Enfield Lock EN3 6AB,www.knanaya345.com, E-mail: stpeterstpauls@yahoo.com
St. Peter & St. Paul’S Knanaya Church
LONDON
ܢܝܐܕܟܢܥ ܦܘܠܘܣ ܘܡܪܝ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܕܡܪܝ ܥܕܬܐ Charity Reg. No. 1106878
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VICAR
Our former vicar Rev Fr. Job was consecrated as a Bishop in the year 2008, and therefor Rev Fr. Jomon Punnoose was appointed as the official Vicar of the church in 2009. In 2022 Fr Binoy Alexander took charge as our new Vicar. We thanks to all the guest priests who were conducted our worship in the absence of the vicar.
WORSHIP SERVICES
Worship Services are held on first, third Sundays and special occasions in our parish at St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Enfield Lock, London. During this year we conducted 31 services, and we have attendance of 100 - 150 at each service. This year we conduct a Christmas carol, where all the parish member visited each other and sang Christmas carol in the glory of the new-born Jesus Christ. A service was held on Christmas Day- celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Passion Week was celebrated with service on Palm Sunday, Good Friday and finally Easter service.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
We place a strong emphasis on the importance of the children. Today’s Christian Children must be tomorrow’s Christian leaders, both in the church and the society. So, we keep a vital interest in shaping our kids to be the adults that God wants them to be. ‘Train up a child in the way he should go; when he is old, he will not depart from it’ [proverbs 22.6]. We have a Sunday school for all ages, which is going well before our Holly Mass. We give thanks to all our dedicated Sunday school teachers for their effort and hard work to shape up tomorrow’s generation. We take this opportunity to thank Mr. Anish Abraham Sunday School head teachers and all the teachers who volunteered towards the progress of our Sunday School.
177 Ordnance Road, Enfield Lock EN3 6AB,www.knanaya345.com, E-mail: stpeterstpauls@yahoo.com
St. Peter & St. Paul’S Knanaya Church
LONDON
ܢܝܐܕܟܢܥ ܦܘܠܘܣ ܘܡܪܝ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܕܡܪܝ ܥܕܬܐ Charity Reg. No. 1106878
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GENERAL BODY & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Two General Body and five Executive Committees are held during this report year.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
During this report year we celebrated our parish festival on June 19th in the name of St. Peter & St. Paul’s, we had a procession, auction, and love feast after the Holy Mass. I take this opportunity to thank Rev Fr. Stephen Gallagher who gave us the chance to use his church in Enfield to conduct the service. We organized our Parish day on 22nd October 2022. Various program was conducted on the day for the kids as well as the adults.
FINANCE
The accounts show the state of affairs of the parish for the year ended 31st March 2023. The Parish is wholly dependent on the free will offering of members and their subscription.
CONCLUSION
This year we have seen growth in our membership and increased attendance in our worship services. We praise the Lord for leading us through this year. We beseech the Holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of God and all other Saints to pray for us. We extend our love, faith, and obedience of His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Antioch and to our Knanaya Metropolitans specially our regional metropolitan H.E. Mor Silvanos Ayub. We had the leadership of our vicar, feeding us spiritually and increasing our understanding of the WORD of GOD. We will continue our growth as more people are being added to our membership. Our vision and efforts of attain a place of our own where our future generations can worship Almighty God. We must continue to uphold this vision in prayer with faith and expectation.
177 Ordnance Road, Enfield Lock EN3 6AB,www.knanaya345.com, E-mail: stpeterstpauls@yahoo.com
St. Peter & St. Paul’S Knanaya Church
LONDON
ܢܝܐܕܟܢܥ ܦܘܠܘܣ ܘܡܪܝ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܕܡܪܝ ܥܕܬܐ Charity Reg. No. 1106878
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For and on behalf of the Executive Committee
Mr. Gigi K Thomas
Hon. Secretary
Place - London Date – 15/10/2023
177 Ordnance Road, Enfield Lock EN3 6AB,www.knanaya345.com, E-mail: stpeterstpauls@yahoo.com
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| ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31-03-2023 | |||||
| INCOME DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT | EXPENSE DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT | AMOUNT | |
| Opening Balance | Vicar Allowance | ||||
| Cash in Bank | 95,726.08 | Fr Jomon | 800.00 | ||
| Cash in Hand | 16.65 | 95,742.73 | Fr Binoy | 2,750.00 | |
| Fr Nidhin | 800.00 | ||||
| Annual Subscritpion | 14,495.00 | 14,495.00 | Fr Mathews | 400.00 | 4,750.00 |
| Offering | 7,419.00 | **7,419.00 ** | Passion Week 2022 | ||
| Collection for transport B'Ham | 560.00 | 560.00 | Church Rent | 400.00 | |
| Croft CampCollection | 5,810.00 | 5,810.00 | Fr Jomon | 1,000.00 | |
| Vanitha Samajam | 2,594.00 | 2,594.00 | HeatingEqipment | 800.00 | 2,200.00 |
| Food Sponsorship | 1,913.00 | 1,913.00 | AccountancyServices | 1,200.00 | 1,200.00 |
| Parish DayCollection | 700.00 | HolyMass Book English | 500.00 | 500.00 | |
| Parish DayHall Advance Refund | 210.00 | **910.00 ** | Charity UK | ||
| Charity Collection | Financial Helpfor Nikita(C/O Vanitha) | 225.00 | |||
| Charityfor Ruben and Rohan | 1,690.00 | Cancer research | 240.00 | ||
| Charityfor Nursingfees | 290.00 | 1,980.00 | Great Ormond Street | 120.00 | |
| Charityfor Cupon duringPassion week | 73.00 | 658.00 | |||
| Charity in India | |||||
| Treatment HelpRuben & Rohan | 1,690.00 | ||||
| Educational Help (Ranni Student) | 560.07 | ||||
| Chennai Church | 514.49 | 2,764.56 | |||
| Charity International | |||||
| HelpSiriyan People for fuel | 500.00 | 500.00 | |||
| Food Expence | 8,964.87 | 8,964.87 | |||
| Passion Week 2023 | |||||
| Hall Rent | 971.53 | 971.53 | |||
| SundaySchool,GCSE & A Level | 748.12 | 748.12 | |||
| Church Rent St Peter & St Pauls | 2,000.00 | 2,000.00 |
| Stationary | 1,434.47 | 1,434.47 | |||
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| Flowers for Funeral | |||||
| Birmingham | 50.00 | ||||
| Edinburgh | 50.00 | 100.00 | |||
| Gift for Visit | |||||
| Fr Eldos | 200.00 | ||||
| Fr Alan Green | 100.00 | ||||
| Fr Steven(Christmas) | 50.00 | ||||
| H.G Ayub Mor Silvanos | 1,500.00 | 1,850.00 | |||
| IT,Light & Sound | 606.84 | 606.84 | |||
| Croft Camp | |||||
| Croft CampHire | 3,790.00 | ||||
| Food Expence | 3,000.00 | ||||
| Stationary | 410.00 | 7,200.00 | |||
| Parish Day | |||||
| Hall Rent | 534.00 | ||||
| Food Expence | 1,125.00 | 1,659.00 | |||
| Youth Association B'Ham | |||||
| Bus Fair | 1,550.00 | ||||
| Church Contribution | 750.00 | 2,300.00 | |||
| Farwell Gift for Ex Vicars | |||||
| Gold Coin | 598.00 | ||||
| Stationary | 92.39 | ||||
| Momento | 30.00 | 720.39 | |||
| Knanaya Sangamam | |||||
| Vanitha Smajam Saree | 2,217.90 | ||||
| Hotel Advance | 261.73 | ||||
| Hall Rent for Practice | 1,120.00 | ||||
| Choriographer Adv(Nice) | 250.00 | ||||
| Food Expence(Croydon) | 149.95 | 3,999.58 | |||
| Income Total | 35,681.00 | Expense Total | 45,127.36 | ||
| ClosingCash Balance as on 31-03-2023 | 86,296.37 | ||||
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| Grand Total | **131,423.73 ** | Grand Total | 131,423.73 | ||
| Consistingof : | |||||
| Cash in Bank | 86,238.36 | ||||
| Cash in Hand | 58.01 | ||||
| 86,296.37 | |||||
AUDITORS REPORT
I have examined the Financial Statement for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 of St. Peter & St Paul’s Knanaya Church London. The Executive committee is responsible for the preparation of the summary Financial Statement. I have also read all the information contained in the statement and I have found that the summery of Accounts are correct.
Roshan Thomas