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|GiftAidSecretary|MrTimothyCotterall-resigned November 2024|
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|WebsiteURL:|www. stjohnsbirkdaIe. co.uk|
||StJohn's,Birkdale|
|FaceBook:|www.facebook.com/stjo hn sb irkdaIe|
|Instagram:|@stjohnsbirkdale|



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|Aimsf.or2024|Whetherachieved|
|---|---|
|WORSHIP||
|ContinuetoworkwithSt.|ames',St<br>Peter'sandLRMCtoprovideioint<br>worshiponafifthSunday|Yes|
|Encourageparticipation inBible study<br>orGrowth groups|Yes|
|Continuetodevelop theuseof ITwithin||
|theservices andbuildateamto|Yes|
|facilitate this weekly||
|GROWTH||
|Track attendanceatSundayservices|Yes|
|Publiciseservicesinthecommunity|Yes|
|Ensure services are accessible tovisitors|Yes|
|Encouraging and engagingnew||
|membersofthe churchsotheyfeelpart|Yes|
|ofStIohn's||
|STEWARDSHIP||
|Toaimtoachievefinancialstability<br>during national|Yes|
|economicuncertainty||
|Continueto review thechurchbuilding<br>andfabricofthechurch|Yes|
|Continuetoincreaseuse ofhall facilities|No|
|Raisefunds for therepairsonthe West<br>Window|No|





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|Plansfor thefuture||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Aimsand objectivesfor|Howwehopetoachievethis|Whowillbe|Timescale|
|2025||onsible||
|WORSHIP||||
|Continuetoworkwith|Regularplanningsessionswith|Vicar|0ngoing|
|St.|ames',StPeter's and<br>LRMCtoprovidejoint|leadersfromStJames'/St Peter's,<br>LRMCtoseehow wecanwork|||
|worshiponafifth<br>Sunday|togetheronjointservices|||
|Encourageparticipation<br>inBible study or<br>Growth groups|Personallyinvitemembersofthe<br>congregationtoBibleStudyor<br>GrowthGroups, keepprofilehigh|Leadership team|During2025|
||using WhatsApp group|||
|Developarvorshipping<br>communityfor children<br>andyoung people|Invitesomemembersofthe<br>congregationtoundergo<br>recruitmentandrraining|VicacPCCand<br>Leadership team|D,.:-.:-.:--.|
|Continuetodevelopthe|Lookingatusing newsoftr,vare|Vicar|Ongoing|
|useof ITwithinthe|options tomaketire presentation|||
|services andbuilda<br>teamtofacilitate this<br>weekly|more professionalandtrainothers<br>in theuseofthe equipmentand<br>software|||
|Increased development<br>ofworshipservicesto<br>meetthegrowingneeds|Lookatcurrentservices andthe<br>possibilityofadding or altering to|Vicar,PCCand<br>Leadership team|0ngoing|
|ofour congregation|these services|||





|LookatBaptism|Re-introduce Baptismservicesinto|Vicar|During2025|
|---|---|---|---|
|services-timingand||||
|method tomakethem||||
|more inclusive||||
|GROWTH||||
|Track attendanceat|Follow upthosewhohavestopped|Leadership team|ByDecember|
|Sundayservices|attendingchurch and||2025|
||offer pastoralsupport|||
|Publiciseservicesin|UseWhatsApp, website,Facebook,|Vicar andITteam|0ngoing|
|thecommunityand<br>throughFRschool|Instagramandpostersto publicise<br>servicesand raisetheprofileofSt|||
||John's|||
|Ensure services are<br>accessible tovisitors|Keepingservice styie underreview<br>toask ourselveswhatanewcomer<br>mightsee/feelwhilstkeeping to|Vicarand<br>Leadership team|Ongoing|
||ourcorevision|||
||statement|||
|Encouraging and|Developing personalrelationships|Leadership team|Ongoing|
|engagingnen,members|through invitation toevents,Bibie|||
|ofthe churchsothel'|Study',GrowthGroups and|||
|ieelpartofStJohn's|hospitality|||
|StartaTots Group|Encouragemembersofthe|Vicar,PCCand|During2025|
||congregation to undergo|Leadership team||
||recruitmentand training|||
|StartGodspeedSpin|Apply foranyavailablefundingfor|Vicar|During2025|
|Classes|equipmentandtraining|||
|EquippedTrainingDay|Holdatrainingdayatwhich|VicalPCCand||
|to empowerandtrain|volunteerscanreceive basic|Leadership team|During2025|
|volunteers toundertake|informationaboutwhatis needed|||
|neu,roles in the church|for various roles|||
|RunanAlphaCourse|Invitemembersofthe|Vicarin|During2025|
||congregation tobeleadersand|conjunctionwith||
||encourage everyonetoattend the|StJames'andSt||
||course andinvite friends|Peter's||





|STEWARDSHIP||||||
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|Toaimtoachieve|Reduce costswhereverpossible,|PCCand|B1,December'|||
|financialstability|continuetoencouragepeople to|Treasurer|2025|||
|during national<br>economicuncertainty|maintainandreviewtheirregular<br>giving, Stewardship campaign|||||
|Prepareawelcome pack|Askthe relevant membersofthe|Vicar,PCCand|ByDecember|||
|fornewcomers<br>includinginformation|congregationtosupply the<br>inforrnationfor thepacl<andthen|Leadershiptean-]|2025|||
|onthe Parish Giving|oecide rlo\'.i:t.sts[,.'rf.':: -:.i:,.|||||
|Scheme,WhatsApp||||||
|group,website,||||||
|magazine etc||||||
|Continueto reviewthe|Buildinginspectionstocontinue|Churchwardens|0ngoing|||
|churchbuildingand|andjobscarriedouttokeep|and David Halsall||||
|fabricofthe church|churchbuildingandgroundsin|||||
||goodrepair|||||
|Continueto increase|Useofr'vebsiteto promote the hall|Clive andjean|0ngoing|||
|use ofhall facilities|facilitiesandteam tomanagehall|Morris||||
||lptiinoc|||||
|COMMUNITY||||||
|Tocontinue tosupport|Byoifering practical supportand|VicarandPCC|By December'|||
|membersofthe|spiritualsupportr,then requested.||2025|||
|congregationandthe|Bycontrnurng to suppot'i lhe|||||
|localcommunity|FarnilyWeilbeingCentt-eandire|||||
|pastorally|Soup Kitchen.|||||
|Buildonconnection<br>withFRSthrough<br>assemblies, special|Byensuringthattireschool.skept<br>informedofalltheeyentsanC<br>activitiesatchurch|l,'ica:-|||II|
|eventsetc||||||
|Startapastoralvisiting<br>group|Bymakingenquiliesofti-ie Diocese<br>astowhatthe legal requirements<br>are andthenasking for volunteers|RoyDoran<br>Churchwardens<br>andPCC|l* -|'- l||
||toundergorecruitmentand|representatives||||
||training|||||
|Toworkcloselywiththe<br>other Birkdalechurches|Bycontinuing toattendar"ryjoint<br>meetingsofthethreechurches and|Allchurch<br>members|0ngoing|||
|lookingatthefuture of<br>thethree|anyservicesand social events<br>whichmay bearranged,and by|||||
|parishes|invitingthemtoour servicesand<br>social events.Byjoiningwith|||||
||ChurchesTogetherforthe Birkdale|||||
||ChristmasFair|||||





|Commitment to making|||AIIchur"ch|0ngoing|
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|StJohn'sas'elcoming|||members||
|place tobeforexisting|||||
|congregationand those|||||
|visiting|||||
|Continuetoder"elop<br>onlinepresence<br>throughwebsite, A|Makesure online contentis upto<br>date, atLractive, engagingand<br>relevant||\rrcar,Stuart Baker|0ngoing|
|ChurchNear Youand|||||
|social media|||||
|ApprovedbythePCCon|-lLolt3|IilI5andsignedontheirbehalf by|||
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||-lTs!'-a'Ed<br>lrc|Ra!tril€d<br>tLids|Ra!tril€d<br>tLids|fuonrt€rl<br>frns|T.tal<br>l\rds|Prifiy6il<br>ictalluds|
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|,l<br>4.:::<br>=L<br><-.!|::<br>-it<br>a||||t'2487.03|65.01 r4S|
||-r.<br>..:||||13_470.85|10,528.1?|
||:::--::.||||9.690.75|13,327.57|
|^r-aaa-=.|||||8S834|&b-/J|
|]r'(a:t+3|3ij00||||334.00||
|T.tllfffir|90,705.90||5J75.07||96r/t80.97|8S,673.$6|
|PB$n6fiE|||||||
|Reising tlun{ls|r,543,11||||1543.11|2.$7A6|
|Eperdiureondmrilable ac{\id6s|11r.546.96||2.281.00||113.827.98|s5.108.Cr6|
|0hxslpendl&rrs|||||||
|Tdilerrrxtue|1'13,090.09||2r31.00||115,3?1.09|97,415.5?|
|lbtitrnrui:oxp€r4ft: xeucEsElb.€L-arc16.|i22,334.19i||3.,134.07||(18,690.12)|(7,741.55)|
|T€El€r3:|||||||
|Sass Eell.fsb€ttreeaflil:s-!':|34,S79.50||201.58||35.181.08||
|GossEe-siffib€fffintLms-&i|(s2,o48.mi|t3,1s3.08)|||{35,181-08)||
|CtfHr6coadssdgelrB il6i€,<br>Gorns,lc6s€a oniil€slnEntassg',s|3.m8.82||||3,008a25.48r.11||
|Gahls onlg€llaIon,fi)cd assot8,char19Es{nuse|||||||
|l&tilberurtlnluldG|l161t3.87)||56?.57||{15,88r.30}|{2,260.45}|
|RdconcilhtLncflud|||||||
|Tca,Ifudskcilglt{du/rrd|71.094,40||4,672.08||75,?66.48|78|0!6-93|
|Ttralfir*caledfrward|54650.53||5.234.65||59,885.18|?5,766"48|





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|As|at31Decemb|er2024|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Balsnus|Pravious<br>balancs|
|lnvrstmonts|||||
|6441: CCLA {CBF}lnvo*tmontFund -2?4|||||
|Filbd,i6sEts|DsslEraled||1231s.S0|42.1872C|
||||12,319.90|4?.187.20|
|6481:EpworthEquity Fund(Global)<br>Fi>sd,6BoE|Des1grel:c||3.-117.2t|l.!]i t!|
||||3,317.26|2,894.6s|
|6462:Epworth EquityFund(UK!|||||
|Fl)Ed S6ssLE|D€srgflalod||9.938.24|9.484_73|
||||9,938.2ri|g,ils4.73|
|||lnyostrnunt*|?5,575,40,|f4,5S6.58|
|CashAlBank AndlnHand|||||
|6501:Natwcst curr6nt&ccount-120|||||
|Churdr Enmrc6ndosFund|Rrsuic{ed||5.000_m|2.500.00|
|C6norclFuKl|Unruslriclod||16.SS7.69|5-956S!|
|GltltRJND|Saslgnalod||1.mc.m||
|SBquaslBLjon Fund|Rds rii1M|||1570-50|
|!9orc1'511o*on|R6s ficlel||60C.33|(50-00)|
||||23.568.52|10,377.41|
|652'l:Dcposit accountiEpwtcrthCashPius)<br>Gon€ral Furxi|UnrBSlrldod|||10.570g1|
||||11,107.44|10,570.91|
|6591: Cashinhand|||||
|ChsdrEffErg6nclasFuud|Rssfid&l|||20J.58|
|FanlrlrErrrsr0l{rc}Fllrrd|RsslridM||214.6s||
||||214,S5|201.58|
|||CashAI Eank AndlnHand|34,890.61|?1,149.90|
|Agency Accounts|||||
|6699:Agoncyco llactionB|||||
|FEor'rcymllo{tj0n|P.!s't'LlC{||||
||||550.33|5:.,::|
|||AgrncyA.ce1n1s|550.63|53.1ii|
|||GrBndTsta,|59,885.18|?5,166.44|





|||||Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Gonoral Dorisnatod RostrictodEndownront||Thlsloar|<br>La3tlissr|
|Receipts|||||
|Donalionssnd logacios|||||
|0ioi.GtAd-PaflsnGrtngSrime|28260.33||28260.33|24..1824|
|C102.GltAd.8mktstr'crng@:Gl|2,658.m||2.658.00|2243.@|
|Cr 10-GAAd-8naiop6s|2.437.70||2.437.70|2J99.tr'|
|0201 - Oths{plameag\rrE.PershGilngSdx]fn0|2,10 1.17||2.10i.1 7|907.60|
|0m2.OBlorplamedgr{ru.8d.rk(Sandingft,r{s)|785.00||765.00|66.00|
|0210-Grsplamodou.B-Eaolopos|151.00||151.00|120.50|
|03Cl- Loosoplatocdlodims (GASSoligH6'|3.550.85|20.00|3.570.85|2.769.30|
|03C5,Looso plalscdlodims(ndGqSOSoligblo)|17?_51||172.51|4.49|
|0310.RolirirEcollB<riocs|77.ffi||77.00||
|0320.Or&'€fAtAddonatio116{dodaEtjo,rcn olJurlo0o}|52.00|2,5m.00|2,552.00||
|0401.Gndays|||||
|Ol05-AJ.hoc do&r$o.rs: nonGlnAd(GASDSdlgiblo)|474.m||474.001,347.50||
|01.10-Gung uYcufndlschtops|||||
|04.15-Ar.hocdona']o.!s:nmGtlAd(notGASOSdigiblo)|{.837.50|1.333.07|6.1?0.57|5541.71|
|0420 -Oro-ollGltAddona{orB|3.45t.87||3.451"87|5.009.33|
|0450 - SpocialosDacificappoals0'c.|1A27.02|1.m0.00|2.427.42|1.095.C0|
|06C1.Taxreco*ra5smGtAd|eDA.*||8.?,4fi|5.0,1989|
|ir'l1-GASCS-arcel|62 1.55||62r.55||
|- -.-L'.&--!||||10.000.@|
|:4a1.rQs,--€3-d.is|||||
|C8A1-I.krHeoJnngcnool gra:s|7.971.50||7.97r.50|2531.+1|
|0901 - Furidtaisrng(gffioral)||||10.00|
|Donation8 and Iogacloe Totals|67,233.96 r,000.00t,853.07||721087.0365,011.4$||
|lncornofrom charitabloactlvltior|||||
|rr01-Parish&obr\.deddiDgorfumral|d.131.18|r.922.00|6,053.182,003.57||
|1110.Clxrd)lordmainto,]6ncd foo|||||
|1210 -Eool(sEll s{r6sto$ofl'rcto ohiocdw$|||||
|1230-Chlrdlortblllotlings-ouodi\os||||1,740.50|
|1280-Chrdrolailtincofio|7.417.67||7.4',t7ST|5.566.79|
|'1290.fuan(tl oBodrisaliorB- roccrpts||||1217.31|
|lnconro fromchorltabloacllvltlorTolals|11,s40.85|1.922.00|13,470.8510,528.17||
|Oth6rlrsdingactivlties|||||
|00,l0-FurBralsrng(Adic,Ca,BooLlauolop,Junruo sslos)||||20126|
|1220 -EooLsbll sal€s-funJraislfig|||||
|1240-Chrrdor Haitlottngs-fmdralslng|8.653.75||8.653.75|11365.?5|
|'1250' tlbgdrnoiDco.nB -adrsislng|149.00||149.m|246.m|
|1260-ibgarnBirlcc{rlo-salss|e88.m||888.m|B91.32|
|i270 'Cftor funG ge.Eratod||||6202.1|
|Othortrrdlng .ctivitiosTotals|9,690.75||9.690.7513,V27.57||





||Total|Total|Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Gonorsl DotlgnatodRortrlctodEndowmontThlsytarLtrstltEr||||
|lnvoatmsntr|||||
|1ml"0i\16oridslrcff sh|ros|n2.25||232.25|357.07|
|1m0.Ba&$n(lb{il$Dg so.:olyiiltorost|536.53||$36.53|,1d9.86|
|1025.CBFD0p6iteccortril inlDrost|129.56||129.56||
|1030.Roritimll(las€dlartsorbulldqgs|||||
|InYoBtmonts Totslg|898.34||898.34806.73||
|Olhorlnconlo|||||
|1310.hsurarb] daims|||||
|1320 -fuqilus-sdsofllred assots|||||
|1330.Rof!fldsfrompro\iorrslorolpoffliuro|331.m||334.m||
|OlhorinconroTotrls|334.00||334.00||
|ReceiptsGrandTotals|89,705.90 1,m0.005,775,07||96,480.9789,673.96||
|Paym€nts|||||
|RBIslngfunds|||||
|'l70I- Fb€s pald6,r,ndritstrs|||||
|17'10-CosB otappbirlgfuraranb|||||
|1720.Cosisc{$(ngerftclopcsa{dBtdwa(dsfrp|||||
|1730-Cosls o{tundraising olBnE|t.543.11||1.543.112-307.46||
|1740-I\crnor*mdlag6mefltco6E|||||
|Raielngfunds Totolr|1,543.11||1,343.112.307.46||
|Expondilurooncharitablo actjvitios|||||
|1B0t-G{ngli}nnssaofl aryscciqass|||||
|1830.G\.r{trcrLti6,ard dololotmor{aglorE06|||||
|1850.Hsnomission|127.ffi||1n.6|47220|
|1870-Soillarcl|an06s|100.m||100.m||
|16'90 -Ams||1.320_00|r320.m||
|1910.DomsyParish$um|42.394.46||42'3S4.46|41.1fa72|
|2mI.Assistantst'fioosDs(LayYorh$'b(ksrs)|||||
|2010.Salaryolugaft sthuslcians||||ra00|
|205C.Salaryofadmlnislrabr|||:||
|2U55.PAYENl &Pmsioo.Psnshrdnrn&st.pptrl|56.16|31.eO|87.76|9.{)|
|2060.gjrlcosls{dludlbLildhg}|||||
|2101 -Cloeyss*ingoPorsoe|1.3r4.88||131418|5.o1&50|
|212!.Co{rlol tar(dcrgyho0slng}|||||
|2130- Hd.Jsingor(pdBos (dEgy)|1.Q7.2r||1&721-||
|21.10.'.^latcrratos(dorgyhousing)|||||
|2150.Talophan€a,*broadbmd(dorpyhousirE)|||||
|21m.S6mtr:prEparalifilmab{ialsafijros{xrrcas||||..1],|
|2170-Clorgyrarx)gCow$os ardoducalicnnutlaai|||||
|218O -Rcadcrsjpomesandssbscfllsms|||||
|2190-Vsilrgspoakors-l locurns|83.05|929_40|1.01245||
|220I-hrishmissicn ard6\or{c{ism6E|30.00||30.m||
|22'10- Disciploshlgcousocosrs(o.9.Aplla. €{e)|||||
|2220.Surxlay*hool&Irnic,CILrcfi oosls|145.41||145.41||
|2230-Youth &Ccnfima[onqroripsJorgarisaBons|||||





|||||fotal|fotal|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||:lerr-,raDssignatod R0etrictsd||EndowmontThiByoar|Lastloar||
|2250 -Gsrrdf*8Cdrl9.Wrt''iE||48.00|48.00||400_56|
|2gX-}Errxr p.ffrrE(dlrfi tsler$|||3229.68||3.069-84|
|2310.TCadm(drrdrh.aeE#nir'I.fr.l|||||JIDZ|
|2ts2D -Ogflr rpED rnirErSildfEnEe|..:...||265.40||350.40|
|2afn-CrrrdrhitigEEoEflr0a.tE)<br>233f-CkilfqEr*t*<br>&eqixrEt(ctlfdltuErE)|1\l||7.454.48||4.599.'16<br>85_94|
|2315 -CtrrdrqirrstcB|i,..;i:||z9z7.89||2320-80|
|2r{l-LjdE.pdffi{6|2,l1 5rl'||e071.50||57923|
|235-Orrdr dErrnetselHns|:.ail35||1.e81.95||835.S3|
|23t!E -Ude€pofdrr.fBild&grqrnds|||||2g_00|
|2360-IdmlnlsFatmcostsforparish|5SS.59||65S.53||424-68|
|2361"Golnmsnc8msE &6j€mlnafionhldit[s6|102.00||102.00|||
|2362 -Barldng cbaEgs||||||
|2401 -GtxJrchbdldlng-slertr|1.437.61||1.437.61||1.14827|
|2410 -ChurdrbLildlng -gs|3.508.56||3.508.56||4.138-96|
|2420 - Churchbrildlng- weter|?st12||291.12||322-59|
|2430 -Churdlbdldlng-oll{hmIlr1g€}slem)||||||
|25Ol-hbgarns@sns€slrdudlrEpdntiilgcrBE|1,131.82||1.13r.82||Ba4_93|
|2510 - Books:trllmsBindudlngmwsbct||||||
|2515 -frlortradlng&qcrdltrc|261.50||261.50||<br>544-4,|
|2520"H.ll,Ch6rbrdldlng.oll(h6ali.qsrBtarn)||||||
|2530.Halltuh8rbrf ldlng-gloctidty|1.492.96||'1.492.96||1.338_83|
|4540 -Hall(]hsrbldldlng-gsB|2.21t6.76||2.286.78||4.416-4S|
|2550 - Heluf,tfiBrb'lldln0-insurancap.Emium$|685.03||€85.03||606_Ol|
|2860 -HdUBrorbuldlng-malnbrBnd(rctl6n68|$96.14||[€6.14||3.708.11|
|2ffi5.HslllohorbdldlnE-squlpfi ant|25.00||25.00|||
|25-10-Halllofisrbdldln0- lalepttol1e andhEadbsnd||||||
|2580 -Hsll/C0rsrbuildlng-$a&rrelBs||||||
|2585 - Hail/Cthorbrildlng-consuftiablss|139.43||13S.43|||
|2550 -Hall/trrerbdldlng-d€erurE cosls|2,814.30||2,814.30||4.'175,90|
|25C5-PA\q Nl&Pmsion-l-bllrcon)munllyHtre||||||
|2S-&androg3niselron-p4.nsr{s|741.W||741.00||1J05.63|
|fiX-ctrllhUifgrElff rrylE-stu(lrs|31.958.68||31.958.68||6.958_09|
|ZI10-Chrtfih.efpngorrEpells-instellaEdr||||||
|?m-ffil-rdlbliElnglnbrlor andsltodordB(Drallon|||||2.856_00|
|2&l-Hdlffiiorbdldlngrnalor rqpalrs -stuctrro||||||
|2m0-Hall/frisrbdldlng nulofrspalrs -inctnllalm||||||
|28t]0 -Hallrcher brildln0 lhtarlorsnd srderlordecorstion||||||
|2$0"qh6rrcCproFsrlyupkocp||||||
|2910 -N&rbrildln0'hous6fiordorgy||||||
|?S20 - NE$rbL{ldlnqChud)||||||
|2S30 -N$r/bdldhgHall/ffisr||||||
|gg50.lntor.parisfiffirrsf€rE||||||
|ErpondltureDncharitEblaactlvitiasTotrls|111,498.98|48,002,281.00|113,81I.98||95,108.06|
|Othoroipondtturo||||||
|2185-IesislantSEtrcosts{t*flBt44||||||
|Othor *xpondilurBTotrls||||||
|Payrnents GrandTotals|113,042.0$48.002,281.00||.115,371.09|S7415.52||





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