## ## ## |ofthe charity trustees|ofthe charity trustees|who manage the charity|who manage the charity||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee name (office if||Trustee name (office if||Trustee name (oNce if|Trustee name (office if| |an||an||an|an| |Rev Christopher|Parkes|Elmien Van Rensburg|||| |Catherine Stones||Diane Parkin|||| |Carol Hughes||Jennifer|Mansell||| |Jim Pell||Christina|Price||| |Dewi Evans|||||| |John Parkin|||||| |Rosemary Wedge|||||| |Margaret
Hall|||||| |Tracey Bailey|||||| |Kay Noble|||||| |Susan Broughton|||||| |Marlene
Parton|||||| |Trevor Shaw|||||| |Marjorie Brown|||||| |David Corbett|||||| |Alastair Battrick|||||| |Gail Hocking|||||| |Barbara Murray|||||| |Ganga
Nitta|||||| |RogerJones|||||| ## ## ## ## |||||I ~| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||The purpose ofthe Methodist
Church
is and shall be deemed to have| |||||been since the date of Union, the advancement
of:| |||||a)the Christian
faith in accordance
with the doctrinal standards
and| |Summary
ofthe objects
charity set out in its
governing
document|||ofthe|discipline ofthe Methodist
Church.
b) any charitable
purpose
for the time being of any Connexional,
District,
Circuit, local or other organisation
ofthe Methodist
Church.
c)any charitable
purpose
for the time being ofany society or institution| |||||subsidiary
or ancillary to the Methodist
Church;| |||||d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary| |||||or ancilla
to the Methodist
Church.| |||||A) the provision ofregular
public acts ofworship
open to members
and| |||||non-members
alike| |||||B) the provision
ofsacred space for prayer and contemplation| |||||C) the teaching
ofChristianity
through
sermons,
courses and small| |||||gi'oups| |||||D) pastoral
work including
visiting the sick and bereaved| |||||E) the provision
of bible study,
girls' brigade,
boys' brigade, coffee
mornings,
youth and children' s' groups| |||||F)the provision
ofactivities that support the wellbeing
and health ofthe| |||||church congregation
and ofthe community
as a whole e.g., art club,| |Summary
ofthe main
activities undertaken||for|the|ladies club, craft and chat; here to listen, coffee mornings,
monthly
lunches;
distribution
of newsletters,
easter and Mother's
Day gifts; online| |public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees
have||||and face-to face support to individuals
and groups of members/
contacts
as the pandemic
restrictions
allow.
NB: during this year the pandemic
restrictions
meant that these activities
were mostly carried out online or in restricted ways
in church when the| |had regard to the guidance||||building was permitted
to be open (see below, Section D)| |issued by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit)||||We confirm that the Trustees have had regard to the Charity
Commission's
guidance
on public benefit.| |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |~|~||~
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~|| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity|||Until the start ofthe pandemic
in 2020, one thousand
iwo hundred|| |during the|year||people pass through
the premises each week and through these|| ||||various groups people are encouraged
to attend worship
on a|| ||||Sunday. The Thursday
and Saturday Coffee Mornings,
the art and|| ||||craft groups welcomed
the community
into the church as did|| ||||regular bookings ofthe church rooms by social and health care|| ||||workers,
slimming
groups and children's
organisations.
The church|| ||||itself was seen as a 'safe place' for vulnerable
adults to meet,|| ||||including
any with special needs.
It reached out to other growing|| ||||communities,
such as those in the growing area of Lawley and|| ||||contributed
to interfaith
and broader Christian
community
events|| ||||such as Churches together.|| ||||In 2020/21 the church has been very careful to follow both|| ||||government
and the Methodist
Church advice regarding
pandemic|| ||||arrangements,
which meant that the building
itself was closed to|| ||||the public for long periods oftime, although
briefly opening
in|| ||||September 2020 and from Easter 2021, when services were|| ||||allowed
but. with stringent
social distancing
and health and safety|| ||||arrangements.
A band ofvolunteers
ensured
that these were|| ||||followed and that a booking system was effective. For all these|| ||||services
itwas not possible to sing orto greet fellow worshippers|in| ||||the ways that we were used to. However,
our love for each other|| ||||and our Lord and our care and concern for the community
has|| ||||shone through
in different
but nonetheless
effective ways.|| ||||In the previous
Annual
report, we reported
on creative ways that|| ||||church stewards,
the church council and others had used to keep|| ||||in touch with church members
and indeed the broader community|| ||||and to ensure that they felt loved and cared for. These activities|| ||||continued
throughout
2020/21 and, for those who joined
in orwere|| ||||reached out to, offered both spiritual
and personal
support.|| ||||Pastoral care workers continued
to telephone
their groups and|| ||||check that they were well, had everything
they needed to support|| ||||their health and wellbeing;
an on-line bible study group was set|up| ||||and the Zoomers continued
to meet twice weekly,
increasing|| ||||numbers
joining and contributing,
their voices and reflections|| ||||during these times.|| ||||Volunteers
prepared
the church for funerals,
its volunteers,|| ||||stewards
and the minister
working
closely with funeral directors|to| ||||ensure that funerals
both complied
with regulations
but offered as|| ||||much comfort as possible during these times. New arrangements|| ||||for the church office were trialled, so that by the end ofthe financial|| ||||year, the office was manned
every weekday
by trained volunteers.|| ||||When
itwas permitted
for groups to meet socially distanced|| ||||outside, we were fortunate to be able to hold socially distanced|| ||||outside meetings at key times —such as a quiet respectful
shared|| ||||act ofremembrance
on Remembrance
Sunday, a carol service|in| ||||aid ofChristian
Aid, with a small group ofplayers from the Town|| ||||Band, im
rovised
McMillan coffee mornin
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