2020-12-31-accounts

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT to the trustees of St. Luke's PCC Great Crosby (PCC) I report to the chari(y trustees on try exarrinat￿n of the accounts of FCC for the yearended 31" [￿cen￿)er 2020 w hich are set out on pages 2 to 12. onsibilitiesandbasisof re ort As the charty trustees of FfL you are responsib￿ for the preparation of the accounts in accordance w th the requirenEnts of the Cl)arrtEs Act 2011 (°the Act.). You are satisf that the accounts of the harrf(y are not required by charity law to be audtted and have chosen instead to have an irKlepend8nt exarrination. I report in respect of rrty eXarrinat￿)n of the accounts. I have carrEd out nry exanination under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying oth nw exaMnat￿1n I have follow ed the dire¢ts'ons gnien by the Charty Cormission under sedion 145{5}(b) of thé 2011 Act. An independent eXa￿InatiOn does not involve gathering all the evidence that w ould be required in an audit and consequently does nol cover all Ihe ￿tterS thal an audtior considers in gwing their opinion on the accounts. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the linited assurancethat an independent exarrination can provide. consequent￿ l express no opinion as to w hether the Consol￿ated accounts present a Irue and fair, VEW and nry report is kn'rtited to those specrfic rratters set out in the indeFendent exaffiner's statenEnt. nde endentexamin8r's statement I have COry￿ted nry exanination. l Gonfirm that no rratters have co￿£ to rry attention in connect￿n w tth the exanination giving cause to believe.. accounting records, w ith respect to the Charty, w ere not kept as required by section 130 of the 2011 Actor 2. the accounts do not accordw ith those records," or 3. the accounts do not co[rp￿ w ith the applicab￿ requirenEnts concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charrtiés (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requIre￿nt that the accounts gwe a Irue and fair view w hi¢h E not a rretter considered as part of an independent exarrination., or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance w rth the r￿hOdS and princip￿5 of the Staterrent of Reconrended Ftactice for accounting and reporting by charrties applicable to charities preparing their accounts ￿ accordance w ith the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the IX and Republ￿ of keland (FRS 102). l confirm that there are no other nBtters to w hich your attention should be draw n to enab￿ a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Anthony tkegan MqAT ￿ FffiCIp Finance ￿nager Sefton Council for Voluntary Service 3° Hoor, Surte 3b, Burlington F*Juse, CAosby Road ￿)rth, Waterk)o, Liverpool. L22 OLG

W&. <1 V Vwi Vl V•Uy STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the Year F￿ded 31 Deeember2020 Unre$tri¢ted Restricted Funds Fund$ Totsls 2020 Totsls 2019 Income and eXpendI￿re Note8 Income and endowments from: Donationsand legacies Incyjme from charilatleactivities 151,658 10,521 162.179 190,673 29,203 1,515 29,203 16,495 37,966 27,076 othertrading activityas Inve&ments 14,980 9,856 9,856 14,340 Otherincome 1,887 54 1.941 3,466 Total Income £194,119 £25,555 £219,674 £273,521 Exponditurg on: Co*5 ofgenerating voluntary inc£ffie 349 349 2,523 Church Activities 214.934 28.946 243,880 278,273 Total expendlturo £214.934 £29,295 £244,229 £280,796 Net incomo1(expenditure} beforg transfe {20,815) (3,740) (24.555} (7,2751 Tran￿erbe￿een funds 1400 {1,400) NetunrealT￿dIrea1i￿d gainson inveaments 778 778 1,701 NetmovemBntlnfunds 118,6371 (5,140) (23,7771 (5,574) Fund balancesblfyvd 504,497 27,548 532.045 537,619 Fund balances clfw 12,13& 14 £485.860 £22.408 £508,268 £532,045 The notes on pages 4 to 12 fomi part ofthese accounts.

SL Luke's PCC, Great Crosby Balance Sheet For the Year Ended 31st December 2020 2020 2019 Fixed assets Tangible fixed assets Investments 462,731 11,707 473,763 10,928 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 3,878 34,774 6,739 47,173 38.652 53,912 Creditors: amounts falling due within on8 year 4,822 6,558 10 Net current assets l (liabilities) Creditors: amounts falling due after one year 33,830 47.354 Total assets les3 current liabilitle8 £508,268 £532.045 Church Funds: Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 12 13 485,860 22.408 504,497 27.548 TOTAL FUNDS £508,268 £532,045 These finanaal statements were approv￿ by the Parochial Church Council and signed on their behalf by:_ Rev Amanda Bru Mrs Agnes L8W ChurchwaTden t Colin Stephens Churchwarden Chair of PCC

Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31" December 2020 1. Accounting Policies 1 a. Basis of Accounting The accounts ha￿ been prepared underthe historical coStcon￿nti0n except for the valuation of In￿Es￿entasSets,Which are shown atmarketvalue. and in accOrdan￿with the Church counb.ng Regulations 2006togetherwith applicable accounti￿ standards and the Chartties ststementof Recommended PraCtice,￿CoUnting and Reporting bycharities. (SORP 2005). The financial statements include all trans￿lons, assetsand liabilities forwhich the PCC is responsl)le in law. They do not includethe accounts of church groups that owetheir main affiliation to anotherbody or thosethat are informal gatherings of church members. 1 b.Fund Accounting General fvnds are unrestricted fijnds which are availablefor use atthe discretion ofthe trustees ir furtheran￿ of the general objectiNES of the charityand which ha* not been designated for othei purposes. Designated funds comprise unrestricted fijnds that ha￿￿ been set aside by the charity foi particular purposes. Restricted funds arefunds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposec by donors orwhich ha￿ been raised bythe charity for particularpurposes.The costof raising ar administering such funds are charged againstthe specific fund. 1 c.Income Jljl incoming resources are included in the Statsment of Financial ktimb'es when the charitr becomes legally entitles to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonabl£ accuracy. Donated facilities are induded atthe value to the charitywhere this can be quantified and a thirc paty is bearing the cost. No amounts are included in theffinancial ststements fOrse￿￿$ dona by Kjlunteers. Income from donations and grants, including capital grants are included in incoming resource< when these are re￿1vable, ex￿pt as follows: when donors specify that donations and grants given to the charitymust b( used infvture accounting periods,the income is deferred until those periods when donors impose conditions which hale to be ftjlfilled before the charit becomes enb'tled to use such income, the income is deferred and no included in incoming reS￿r￿S untilthe preconditionsforuse ha￿￿ been mel

LUR¥ ¥ f4AI, la¥414 WVISUY Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31 December 2020 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (comr..) 1c.Income (cont..) When donors specify that donations and grants, inc5uding capital grants, are for particular restricted purposes, which do not amountto preconditions regarding entilernent, this income is included in incoming resources of restricted fvnds when receivable. Rent receivable is taken to income when receivable. Investrnent income and gains are allocated to the fund generating the income or gain. 1d.EKpenditure Al e>penditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classifi8J under headirgs that aggregate all costs related to that category. Where costs cannot be directlyattributed to particular headings they ha* been allocated to activities on a basis consistentwith the use of resources. Costs of generating funds are those incurred in seeking Mjluntarycontributions and do not include the costs of disseminating infomiation in support of the charitable acti￿￿tieS. GowErnance costs are those costs incurred in connection with the Complian￿ with constitutional and statutory requirements. l e.Transfers between Funds Transfers belween fijnds are agreed transfers to cO￿r restricted fund deficits, or where other transfers hale been agreed bythe trustees or with donors. 1 f.Tangible ￿Xed Assets Fixed assets are shown athistorical cost less depreciation. Consecrated and beneficed property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by section 96(2){a) of the Charities Prt 1993. ￿￿BabIe churchfumishing held bythe Rectorand Churchwardens on special trustforthe Parochial Church Council, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted for as Inalienab￿ property unless consecrated. They are listed in the church's inventorywhich can be inspected at any reasonable time. For freehold propetyacquired therewas insufficientcostinformation available and therefore such assets were valued atinsurance b?luation in the accounts. Items costing morethan £150 are capitali￿d and depreciated inthe accounts 0￿r their currently anticipated useful economic li￿s. Al expenditure incurred in the sear in Consecrated or benefi￿d buildings is written off in the sear to which it relates. Depreciation is pro¥ided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset 0￿r its anticipated useful economic life. A full sear's depreciation charge is charged in the ￿ar of acquisits'on and no depreciation is charged in the yEar of disposal. Freehold Property - 2 % per annum on straightline basis Equipment 20 % per annum on reducing balance basis

Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31" December 2020 9. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONT..) 1g.cash Flow Statements The Charity has taken advantageof the awdilableexemption in Financial Reporting Standard No.1 from producing a cash flow ststement on the grounds that it is a small entity. 1 h.Operating Leases Rentals under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial kttvities in the period to which they relate. 11.Taxation The Charity has charitable status and is thus expmptfrom taxation of lis income and gains falling within Section 505 of the Taxes kn 1988 or Section 256 of the Tayation of Chargeable Gains Pct 1992 to the extent that they are applied to its charitable objectives. 1j.Investments Investsnents are stated at market value. 2. Income and endowments Donations and legacies Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2020 2019 Planned Giving Gift RecO￿red Other Planned Giving Collection Plate Donations Legacies Grants 89,390 21,328 9,293 1,033 23,261 89,390 21,755 9,293 1,496 31,392 90,158 25,578 21,696 8,333 27,103 427 463 8,131 7,353 1,500 8,853 17,805 £151,658 £10,521 £162,179 £190,673

OL LUKe's weal ￿r08DY Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31° December 2020 2. Income & endowments (Cont...) Income from Charitable Activities Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2020 2019 Parochial Fees Room Hire Bookstall 24,038 5,076 89 £24,038 5,076 89 26,559 10,188 1,219 £29.203 £29,203 £37,966 Other trading activities Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2020 2019 Fundraising Sales mbership Subscriptior Photocopying & Printing 1,348 13,159 1.821 14,507 1,821 167 24.114 2,738 224 167 £1,515 £14,980 £16.495 £27,076 Investments."_ Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2020 2019 Rent Re￿1vable Di)ridends InterestReceivable 9,247 391 218 9,247 391 218 13,882 74 384 £9.856 £9,856 £14.340

Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31" December 2020 2. Income & endowments (Cont...) Other income Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2020 2019 Sundry Receipt Insuranceclaini 1,887 54 1,941 391 3,075 £1.887 £54 £1,941 £3,466 3. Costs of generating voluntsry income Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2020 2019 Other Fundraising E￿nts 349 349 2,523 £349 £349 £2,523 4. Church A¢tivities Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2020 2019 Grants Payable nistry . diocesan parish share other ministycosts Church running expenses Church maintenan Upkeep ofchurchydrd Hall E>penses Parish Centre Ewenses Major Repairs Mission & Outreach Soclal & Fellowship Parish Pdministration Youth & Children's Work Bookstall Sundries Depreciab'on Rounding 2,492 106,925 3,588 33,247 18,948 2,452 8,922 12,702 15,194 106,925 7,061 45,838 19,048 2,452 8,922 29,255 99,624 13,437 42,838 17,644 11,940 14,823 3,493 12,591 100 2,461 1,334 1,211 27.548 385 4,189 332 11,252 1,665 38 22 1,703 22 25,192 217 32 246 11,032 (4) 25,192 217 32 246 11,032 (4) £214.934 £28.946 £243,880 £278273

St. Luke's PCC, (¥8at Crosby Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31 December 2020 S. Employees and Stsff Costs 2020 2019 Staff Costs Wages and Salaries Social Security Costs Pension Costs 38,893 43,096 £38.893 £43,096 The a￿rage numLEr ofemployees during the Jpar was:_ There were no eMplo￿eS with eMolumentsabo￿Ethe rate of £60,000 perannum. 6. Taxation There is no Corporation Tax payable in respectof the resultfor the Year.

l. LUR¥ fK•K• ￿￿#411 KvlVJUy Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31" December 2020 7. Tangible ￿Xed Assets Freehold Property Equipment Total at 1"January2020 507,588 8,204 515.792 s at 31" December2020 £507,588 £8,204 £515.792 Depreciation s at 1" January2020 Chargefor the ￿ar 38,225 10,152 3,804 880 42,029 11,032 at 31- De￿Mber2O2O £48.377 £4,684 £53,061 Net Book Value at 31" December2019 £469,363 £4,400 £473,763 Net Book Value at 31- tkGember 2020 £459.211 £3,520 £462,731 8. Investments Quoted Investments." Market value at 31" De￿rnber2019 Net unrealisedlrealised gains on in￿s￿entaSSets 10,928 778 Marketvalue at 31" Dgcember2020 £11,706 No. of shares 2020 Market Value No. of shares 2019 Market Value CBF InvestmentFund 571.41 11,707 571.41 10,928 £11.707 £10,928 The historical costofthe above in¥estrnents at31 December2020 was £ {2019:£913) io

)L LUK8'S ￿eal brosDy Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31 Decernber 2020 9. Debtors 2020 2019 Income Tax Recoverable Other Debtors 812 5,927 3,878 £3,878 £6,739 10. Creditors: amounts due within 1 ￿ar 2020 2019 Loans Other Cieditors 5,000 (178) 5,000 1,558 £4,822 £6,558 11. Creditors: amounts due in morethan 1 sear 2020 2019 Loan Due in Year 2 12. Unrestricted Funds Balance asat31 December 2019 Balance asat31 ins & December Losses 2020 Transfers between Funds Incoming Resources Resources Fxpended General Fund Designated Funds Fixed Assets New Mnistry Otherfunds 22,799 192,762 213,493 11,232 778 14,078 473,763 (11,032) 462,731 7,935 1,365 1,449 1,200 9,051 Total Funds £504,497 £194,127 £(2q4,942) £1,400 £778 £485.860

Notes to the Accounts For the Year Ended 31" December 2020 13. Restricted Funds Balance asat31 December 2019 Balance as at31. ins & Decembe Losses 2020 Transfers between Funds Income Expenditure MJNSHED To*>ox SWACA Malawi Sam PRS Childsoc CMSLA Bell-Ringers Breathing Places Golf Society St. Luke's Plasers Pram Club The Way Youth Club Women's Fellowship Mission &Giving Café Church (Stowouse) Tearfund Keystone SL ocha 24 240 166 439 720 444 135 879 625 1.479 140 1,500 7,240 6,949 85 96 61 17 87 1,og 1,47 2,47 1.62 400 1,527 1,053 2,433 2,648 651 100 2,516 7,541 7,151 100 952 59 571 420 439 246 197 322 728 10,297 691 25 750 9,322 6E -1,000 538 1,852 1,635 6,556 Total Funds £27,548 £25,554 £{29,294) £11AOO) £22,4( 12

"14. Analy315 oi Thei Hs3ets ￿e￿een Tunas Tangible Fixed Assets Net Current Assets I Investments (Liabilities) Long Term Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted 462,731 11,707 11,422 22,408 485,860 22,408 Restricted £462,731 £11.707 £33,830 £508,268 13

St Luke, Great Crosby, Liverpool

Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council

For the year ended 31 December 2020

Administrative Information

St Luke's Church, 71 Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23 5SE Telephone Number: 0151 931 3119

Office correspondence to Parish Administrator (Gaynor Robertson), Parish Centre, at the above address.

For the period 1 January 2020 until the date of approval for this report, the following people served as PCC members:

Vicar:	Rev Amanda Bruce	(Chair)
SSM Curate:	Rev Jackie Parry
Church Wardens:	Mrs Agnes Law
	Dr Colin Stephens
Vice Chair:	Mr John Turner
Treasurer:	Dr Caroline Ramsey	(from Dec 2017)
Secretary:	Mrs Rosemary Turner
Deanery Synod Representatives:	Mrs Rosemary Turner	(from APCM 2020)
	Mrs Zorina Jones	(from APCM 2020)
	Dr Caroline Ramsey	(from APCM 2019)
	Mr Keith Cawdron	(from APCM 2020)
	Vacant
General Synod Lay Reader rep	Mr Keith Cawdron
Elected Members:
	Mrs Marina Penzie	(from APCM 2020)
	Mrs Jeannie Metcalfe	(from May 2017)
	Mr Colin Gill	(from APCM 2018)
	Mr John Turner	(from APCM 2018)
	Mr Brian Cranny	(from APCM 2019)
	Mr Jim Stewart	(from APCM 2019)
	Mrs Jane Stephens	(from APCM 2019)
	Mrs Diane McMaster	(from APCM 2019)
	Mrs Lesley Deninson	(from APCM 2019)
	Mrs Carole Firth	(from APCM 2020)
	Mrs Karen Austin-Smith	(from APCM 2020)
	Miss Michelle Heaps	(from APCM 2020)
Ex-oficio Clergy	Rev. Dave Lowrie
	Rev. Margaret Quayle
	Rev. Barbara Chambers

Bankers: Barclays Bank, 18-22 Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23 5SF Independent Examiner: Mr. Tony Deegan, Community Accountant, (from Jan 18) Sefton CVS, 3rd Floor, North Wing, Burlington House Crosby Road North, Waterloo L22 0LG Legal Advisers: Black Norman, 67-71 Coronation Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5RE Quinquennial Architect: Mr Bill Schafer, 56 Belvidere Road, Ashton in Makerfield, WN14 8RU

Day to day management control of the Church is exercised by the Vicar and Church Wardens.

Structure, Management and Governance

St Luke's Church PCC is a body corporate and operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure 1956 and the Church Representation Rules.

The PCC is a charity registered with the Charity Commission, number 1128698 the method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules.

All church members are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC operates two sub committees: The Standing Committee and World Mission Group.

The Standing Committee prepares the agenda for the Parochial Church Council meetings and transacts any business that it has been empowered to do so. It also acts as a finance committee. Membership comprises: Vicar, vice-chair, Churchwardens, PCC Secretary, PCC Treasurer and one person elected by the PCC.

The World Mission Group, on behalf of the PCC, encourages support for annually agreed people and projects.

The Eco Group continue to promote Eco church and activities within the community.

PCC members have all been made aware of their responsibilities as trustees and understand basic health and safety, risk assessment and management, safeguarding of vulnerable adults and child protection procedures.

Risk assessments:

The PCC are mindful of their responsibilities in making their decisions.

Financial risk:

The treasurer reports to each PCC meeting on the income and expenditure. The standing committee acts as a finance committee to support and advise. Investments are only made in approved low risk funds for charity use or where funds might support the Archbishop of Canterbury’s initiative to create a fairer financial system for the whole community.

Health and safety

The PCC have appointed Mr Jim Stewart a member of the church with specific experience in this field to ensure that they are compliant with procedures and are made aware of changes. The Health and Safety policy is reviewed annually.

Child and Vulnerable Adult protection

The PCC had appointed Mr John Webster as Child Protection Officer and Mr Alistair Hanlon-Green as Safeguarding Officer. The PCC offers their thanks for all they have done in ensuring that the Parish is compliant with good Safeguarding practice and policy. Our policies are in line with those of the Diocese of Liverpool.

GDPR

The PCC appointed Mr Colin Gill as GDPR officer. The PCC offers thanks for all he has done in ensuring our systems and practices are GDPR compliant, especially as we introduced a new data management system, ChurchSuite.

Operational risk

If the church building could not be used for any reason, the church hall would be used.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC (Powers) Measure 1956 states the PCC "is to co-operate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical".

When planning activities for the year, the PCC gave consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance to charities concerned with the advancement of religion.

Review of our Achievements and performance in the year 2020

The Covid 19 Pandemic during 2020 significantly lessened opportunities to progress the mission plan or to review it. Discussions have been had within digital forums to consider this further.

Our current vision

“Follow Christ and Share His love by serving our Community”

Our values

All Involved, Becoming Disciples, Creating Community, Doing Evangelism, Encountering God, Facilitating change.

Prevailing Scriptures for the new year:

• Micah 6.8: ‘…What is good has been explained to you, man; this is what Yahweh asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God’ (The Jerusalem Bible).

• Matt 22.37-39: “You shall love the Lord your God with all heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself” ’ (NRSV).

Our Purpose is to Follow Jesus and Share God’s love by Serving our community St Luke’s Church is called to

partner with Jesus Christ in building his Kingdom in and around Crosby,

enabling social and spiritual change through our partnerships with other agencies and our involvement in our community.

We aim to be…

…a Christ-centred worshipping Community of Hospitality,

whose hallmarks are welcome, invitation, hospitality, generosity and fun.

We aim to create…

…Christ-centred hubs of worship, care and fun that enrich the lives of all people by transforming oppression to freedom, loneliness to friendship, poverty to security, fear to generosity, independence to inter-dependence, striving to flourishing, comfort to challenge.

We choose to do this by learning to live up to the following values : A – All Involved…

…believing that all people are valuable and have gifts to offer, we all aim to be involved in making community life happen.

B – Being Disciples…

…believing that Christ is our model, redeemer and King, we aim to learn to be like Jesus and follow his ways of justice and healing.

C – Creating Community…

…believing that Community was God’s gift to us, we aim to be both involved in and help to form communities based on God’s love, generosity and care.

D – Doing Evangelism…

…believing that God loves all people, we aim to make known and share his love through serving our community in practical and life-giving ways.

E – Encountering God…

…believing that who we are and what we do should be based in God, we aim to encounter God through worship and action both individually and corporately.

F – Facilitating Change…

…believing that change is inherent to the People of God, we aim to grow into greater spiritual maturity as pilgrims and disciples.

Summary of review of objectives…

The start of 2020 saw the start of the Covid pandemic then the resulting lockdowns and impact on church activities. Much of the early part of the year was taken up with responding to changing regulations.

We were quickly able to offer a weekly online pre-recorded service, which was delivered to those without connectivity as a DVD. Online Zoom coffee chat was also started and proved very popular with many church members. Sermon series’ continued and in Autumn we had a series on Creation. As and when church attendance has been permitted, a Sunday service was resumed, whilst maintaining the online presence. Extra activities such as ‘Listening to God’ prayer evenings and social events were organised through Zoom. Many church members were involved in both the online services and in church services, with rotas managed by the office and the IT team.

Our IT database system, ‘ChurchSuite’, has proved its value in resourcing online events and ensuring that church members received information as required. Our databases have been reviewed and updated throughout the year and continue to improve. All information is treated as per GDPR requirements, and monitored by our GDPR officer.

In the grounds, work has continued through a mix of employee and volunteers within restrictions. It has not been possible to undertake any of the community events in the church grounds.

The Pastoral Care team continued to provide care for those in our church and community via phone calls and doorstep visits.

Small groups have been encouraged to follow the sermon series and to continue to meet via Zoom and this has largely been successful. Messaging Apps have also proved to be popular ways of maintaining contact. Whilst hindered and delayed by Covid lockdown (like so much else), the process of developing discipleship and leadership through the Kairos Learning Community teachings has been built on by the Vicar’s study leave in late 2019. Specifically the teachings within the Purpose-Driven Church movement seemed useful and to fit within the parish context of St Luke’s Crosby, following teaching at the Leader’s day away in 2019 and further investigation and thought. A St Luke’s Membership Course was then run in Autumn of 2020 based this material.

Links with the Church school have been maintained through visits, when allowed, by the Vicar, Rev. Amanda, who is also the link Governor for year 6. Lesley Deninson continues to chair the Governing body.

The membership of any Anglican church is often signified by the Electoral Roll. In 2020 there were 236 members.

Worship

Attendance figures

• Sundays from 5[th] January – 15[th] March - is 145 adults with 21 children.

• Wednesday morning for Holy Communion was, on average, 10 adults

• Attendance figures for Easter Day were 0 due to the pandemic.

• An act of worship is led weekly in St Luke’s Halsall primary school, when the school was open.

All Christmas services unfortunately were not attended due to the pandemic. We are indebted to all those who have help prepare and lead our worship when we have been able.

We took 3 weddings for which wedding preparation sessions were held. We also took 27 funerals and thanks go to Hazel Large and Vera De Villiers who undertook bereavement calling afterwards. In November we had a Memorial Day of Reflection when the church was open with a walk through for reflection and prayer for people to remember those who had died over the past couple of years. We also conducted 4 baptisms.

Pastoral Care and service to our community

A report from those organising our cell groups, pastoral visiting team, home communion visiting, Living with Loss, Women’s Fellowship, Mother’s Union, Keystone (for carers of people with dementia) and prayer ministry can be found in our organisations’ report.

Youth and children's work

A report from those organising our work with those aged 0-18 on Sundays, uniformed organisations, toddler group (Stepping Stones/Pram Club), Double Digits, TAG (Teenagers and God) and The Way can be found in our organisations’ report.

Church Schools

We value highly our links with St. Luke’s Halsall Church of England primary school. A number of church members are on the Governing Body or on the staff of the school or volunteer in some capacity. A dedicated team of clergy and Lay people also take assemblies each week.

Other Churches

We are full members of Churches Together in Great Crosby and members of the Sefton Deanery (Church of England)

Church Buildings Mr Paul Beardwood is maintenance manager and oversees any work required on any of our buildings and Renee Orme cleans all the buildings to a high standard. Renee was furloughed as necessary and was able to return to work as required.

The Parish Centre is usually the office of the Church Administrator, Gaynor Robertson, and her team of volunteers. Gaynor has worked from home for most of 2020 and the office has been closed. Volunteers have delivered the Service DVDs and Newsletters. The Vicarage porch has become a place for collection and drop off for all church members. The rest of the parish centre has been closed throughout 2020.

Church Grounds

Mr Dan Dean works in the graveyard alongside a dedicated team of volunteers to maintain it. As part of our mission in the local community, we continue to make our church grounds look very attractive and have developed many garden areas open to all. Volunteers have attended throughout the year on an individual basis to work in the grounds.

Factors relevant to the achievement of our stated objectives

We were very fortunate to have many members of the church who were able to volunteer their services where and when required during this difficult year when so many have had to isolate at home.

Finance, Giving and Fundraising continue to be a witness as to how God is providing for his work in this place even with our forever increasing commitments. We have a large increasing parish share which contributes towards the cost of ministry both in our own parish and other churches right across the diocese. Our main source of income was again the direct giving by our members and reclaimed Gift Aid tax. We finished the year with a small deficit.

Mission and charitable giving the church community has been challenged to respond to the question “How much should I keep?” rather than ‘How much should I give?’

The financial outlook for the future continues to pose questions for the PCC, because a high proportion of the direct giving by the congregation is given by those over 70 years of age. We are trying to reach out to younger members and encouraging them, when they are ready, to join our planned giving scheme.

Reserves Policy I t is the PCC’s wish to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to three months expenditure, to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time.

Strategic Objectives for 2021:

As we transition out of the Covid lockdowns and into more face-to-face meetings and social activity again, with community work once again allowed, we are reviewing our objectives although our purpose and aims remain the same: Our current vision

“Follow Christ and Share His love by serving our Community” Our values

All Involved, Becoming Disciples, Creating Community, Doing Evangelism, Encountering God, Facilitating change.

Our Purpose is to Follow Jesus and Share God’s love by Serving our community

St Luke’s Church is called to

partner with Jesus Christ in building his Kingdom in and around Crosby, enabling social and spiritual change through our partnerships with other agencies and our involvement in our community.

We aim to be…

…a Christ-centred worshipping Community of Hospitality, whose hallmarks are welcome, invitation, hospitality, generosity and fun.

We aim to create…

…Christ-centred hubs of worship, care and fun that enrich the lives of all people by transforming oppression to freedom, loneliness to friendship, poverty to security, fear to generosity, independence to inter-dependence, striving to flourishing, comfort to challenge.

Objectives for 2021:

Our main objective for 2021, as we journey back to a more community way of life, is to review how we meet the vision and purpose we feel we have been given and are called to.

As we review and re-establish our long-term objectives during 2021 we are aware that there are changes that need making. Specifically, our objectives need to include a fuller digital and electronic presence within the community and across the church, our worship needs to become more accessible and we need to recognise and respond to the felt needs of those in our community more fully, socially, pastorally and spiritually.

Annual Report approved by PCC 7th October 2020