St Mary and St Ethelburya's Church, Lyminge Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31", December 2020 Alm and Purposes St M8ry and St Ethelburga's Parothial Church Council IPCC) has the reswnsit4lty of LX)operatlng vhth the incumbent priest4n-¢harge. the Reverend Jane Weebs, in W0n￿ling in the e(￿sIastIC￿l parish the wholg mission of the Chur(*, pastoral, evangelistic, social and euJmenic*l. Objectlves and Actlvltles The PCC is comnitted to enabfjng as nTrny people as possftile to worshlp at our church and to become part of our parish o)mmunity at st Mary and St Etheburga. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our Services can involve the many grouFS that Ive within our parish. thjr services and worship put faith into practice through prayer SCTiPture. Mu￿¢ and sacrdrnent When planning our aclivities for the year. the Incumbent the PCC have considered the Commission's guldance on pubbc beneffit and, in particu18r. the spedffic guidance on charities for the advanfjery￿nt of relgion. In particular, we ty to enable ordinary people to Ive out their faith as part of our parish community through: Worship and prayer. leaming about the Bible and the Chrtstsan life. and developing their kno￿￿ge and trust in Jesus Prwsion ol Fast￿* Care lor peoF4e livww in the ￿nsh MIs8ion arKI outreach work To facilitate this work It Is also lryortant that we rrnintain Ihe fabrlc ofth& thurth buikjing of St Mary and St Ethelburga Achlevements and Perf0m￿nCe Mini During 2020 the parish h85 continued as one of elght parishes in the Elham Valley Group Benefi￿, wlth the Reverend Jane Weeks as priesl-in-charge (now Rector). The COVID-19 pande￿iC T&sulled in the ￿$abon of most in-peTson setvices Ihfoughout the benefice during the year but there has been an in￿eased kvel of co-operation be￿een parishes. Deb Scoble has arrived as a Lay Cur8te awaiting her ordination in mid-2021. Reader Sharon Paine has taken over th6 rob ofthe Leader ofthe Pastornl Care Team foll0v￿ng Paul ￿￿18,9 resgnation. Worstsip and P￿Yer DeSF￿ts the pande￿iC the PCC has continued to offer a range ofsenéi¢es during the week, using 8 mixture of Zoom and pre-recorded services duringthe periTrJ when the bulkling was cthed. For examt4e, the 8.00 am Eucharist and evening prayer provKle a quiel, intimats aTrJ refieclive environmant for worship whilst opportunities 8re provided for people to engage in mre infom￿1 worship thrcHJgh the seryices on the first and third Sunday moming$ of eaeh month, the 3rd Sunday LEing a rTh)re infomwl style of Fanlty Communion. All are welcome to attend our règular services. In 2￿20 there were 72 on the Church Eledotal Roll, only fyyo ofwhom are not resident wthin the parish. ￿tren rrfftting. the tyFical weekty attendan￿ was 2540 adults., online setvlces attractsd around 18 attendees while recorded services ty[I￿llY had 40-50 VIe￿n95. Sadly, no face-tc￿face Se￿]ceS uld be hekfat Easter, Remembrance or Christmas. As well as these regular worship SeNt￿$, we enat4e ourwhole conynunty lo celebrate and thank God at the nitestones ofthe ioumey through 5fe. Through tAptsm we thank foT the gill of Sfe; in Frraniage public vows are exchanggj with G￿l'S b￿￿ng,. s￿1 through funeral services friends famity express th￿r grief arKI gwe thanks for the life whith is now o)mplete in this world ar]d to 1x)m￿Erm￿ the person into G(MJ's keeping. We have celebraled only 4 funeraL% or intefment of ashes in our thurth durtng 2020 and. in common wilh much ofthe nation, no weddings or ba￿l$mS We h8ve weekly Bible Study and Home Grou￿ and have parliapated tn Beneffi￿ P4Jvent Lent grourts- mst of these hekj online this year. Pagelirf4 Synods During 2020, one member ofthe PCC vrds a meFrt)er oflhe Elham Deanery Synod. woviding the PCC with an inyortant link betrfftn the parish aThl the 7Aryder struthjres ofthe churth. Tre Chuth Building We want our church to ￿ availab￿ to our community for p[p￿te prayer and this year we have again been abi8 to leave it open during daylight hours- for ￿1vate prayer comK*ing with govemmBnt COVID restrictions. As in previous years, the PCC continued the management ofthe churchyard. saving money on contract grass cutting and invofving rnany people- not all of whom are regular churthgoers. Unfortunatety due to COVID restrictions. tha Commun¢ty Serwce work team, Su￿1￿￿1 by the Probation Se￿1￿, were available to help this year. P8Stor81 Care Ethell￿rga Lunch Club. The mnthty lunth dub still proved powkr, hekl in the village pub arKI cateting for both coup￿$ and bereaved singles in the few months before ￿ckd￿n was imFM)wJ. Schools Artivities. We interact V￿th the vllkge Church of England schod in wony wayE, although reduc*d this year due to COVID. Revd Jane Weeks and Othe￿ take regular assert?les in school, there are schools seNices. and w• have one foundation govemor. The school again organis&J their own Prayer Week this year. Some men*ers ofour parish are unabl8 to atteTrJ L*urL* dué to ￿CkneSS or age. blthen alknwed, a pastoral care group visits those in the churth farra￿ and c(¥nnwnity w￿se needs are txought to our attention. Priests have visit& all church Thmbers who have requèsted it, to ce￿brate ¢onyNnion wilh thern erlher at theTrr homes or in hospllal. Safeguarfing The church has. over the past several years. fulty met our safeguarthng reswrtsibrlllies by Car￿ng oul rtsk asses$ments, safegu8rdirwJ training, and ensuriTrJ that DBS dearances are obtained for all required acbvitses. Mlsslon Outrea& Outsvard Glving. One tenth of our weekty giving set asde for glvlng to Christian projects txrtside our own church - distributed lo various local, national and international thatblies- as wèll as an ernergenci8s fund. In 2020, a total of £3143 was given. Dullng lockdown, a W￿0k1Y beneffi￿ news and prayer letter has t*en produc*d whi¢h has been diStri￿ted electronically and in Fapor copy to those vAthout erroil. This keeps our parishioners inforn9d of the irrportant matte affecting the Church and akn contains artides Ihat help deveknp our knowledgfy and trust in Jesus. The annual Decerrtjer St Nicho18s Fayre was coukj not be hekl- another COVID casualty. aknng with the usual concerts and musical evening. Music on a Frijay events are hekj regukqrty. bringiNJ a w•J6r sedion of ￿e0p￿ into the churth buikling. Only ong event could be hokl in 2020 due to the COVID pande￿Ic. Ecumenical Relat￿lp The Churth ha$ 8 knnwtanding ecurr*nical partnetship wilh the Methodrdt Churth in the villago. Nrm lidad 'Chrlsttans in Lynwnge.. onty a few joint events have been ￿)ssIble durtng the year Pathways to the Pa&- Archaeological D Following the 2019 Arthaeolc*Jical tAg. ￿￿￿1Mproved ￿1h surfaces and disabled access into thè thurth have been created. Detailed planning for infomTrtion boards and disrAays in arKI arouThJ the churth buikllng has ￿an completed.. the facilibes will be completed during 2021. Page2of4 Financial Review 2020 Re￿Irts Like everyone else the church suffered greatty in 2020 from the restraryrts incurred due to th8 Co)rid virus. There was a shortkll of£18,132 in ourunrestri¢Xed fijnds which was £12,817 more than last year As well as the loss of Sunday service colleCt￿n$. we also had no baptism or wedding se￿1￿ collections. 50 our income from voluntary giving onty tolalled £21,380. a reductKJn of £6,402 on last year despite direct debited giving increasing by £381. Receipts from the collection box were down by a half to £236 other incoming resources include Parochial fees recei*d, and these were £2.809 less than last year mainly due to the postponed and CanCel￿d weddings. We received the usual grant of £400 towards the upkeep of the churchyard arvl the outslde Ilghting of the church. and £1,007 in donations Income from our In￿stMentS amounted to £6,194, a surprisingty higher sum than was anticipated and onty tiny reduction on last year Activities for generating funds onty ralsed £185 this year mainty from sales of candles, a reductlon of £3,989 because we were not able to hold any fvndraising events. refreshments were cancelled and saks of cards et¢ were not a￿aIlable. Expenditure Our largest unr8Stricted paymerrt is for Mlnlstry. and the main portion of Ihls Is the Parlsh Share whlch Ihls year amounted to £34.814 an increase of 1.7% Due to kgck of services and lockdown, ministry expenses were reduced to onw £1,131 and the portDn of the parochial fees that are payable to the Diocese onty came to £1.301 Total seNica expénses were up this year ty £873. Due to a tack of seNces the actual expenses were reduced, but thi$ was offset by the organist having been put onto a M￿thlY direct debited contract wrth an increase in fees. The admlnlstratton expenses niclude the Benefice Admlnlstrato¢s wagès and expenses whlch came 10 £2,152, 30% ofwhich was claimed back from Postitng, Stanford and Paddlesworth at the end oft1￿ year. This year we had to draw £20,000 down from the Investrnent funds to ￿pport the running expenses of the church because voluntsry giving and donati￿$ received were not suffic￿nt. Even before the Covld virus this was an ongoing issue each year and it does need to be redressed because we rety on the income from these investments to supplement the shortfall, and the more we draw down each year, the less in¢ome we will receive and then the more we have to drdw down. Reserves The total income from our Investments went down this year by £295 but the value ofthem increased by £22,921 which though much less of an increase than previous years was betterthan ejpeded. Our total investments are nt)w valued at £369,601 made up of unrestrlcied £209.201 and restricted £160,400 Total Assets are: Unrestricted £225.594 and Restricted £199.972 Pathways to the Past Pathways to the Past, which was set up to raise funds for the archeological and subsequent repairs to the pathways and churchyard, received donations and grants this year of £107.350 and expendilure amounted to £108.659 leamng a balance of£12.101 to be carried forward to 2021. Page3of4 Volunteers We would like to recognise and thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. In particular we want to ment*Jn our churchwarden Phll Hawken who has worked so tirelessly on our behalf, verger Bob Lane for his tireless woth in both the thurchyard and the church building and Lynne Lane for her work on the church's accounts and its finances. and all the other members of the PCC for their valuable contribution to our ministry and keeping the thurth runnng. structure. Govemance and Management The method of appointrnenl of PCC members is set out in the Church Representstion Rules. The membership of our PCC consists ofthe priest-in-charge. churchwardens. the readers and members ethted by those members of the congregation who are on the ele(Xoral roll of the church. All those who attend our seNices are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for elecaion to the PCC. The PCC members are responsib￿ for makiig decisions on all matters of general concem and wnportance to the parish includiig decidlng on how the funds ofthe PCC are to be spent. The full PCC mel five limes during the year with an average ￿Ve1 of attendance of 90%. Given its w#Je responsibilities. the PCC has a number of committees and working groups. each dealing wrth a Pa￿ular aspect of parish Ilfe. These. which in¢lude Mission and Outreach and Fabric and Finance, are responsible to the PCC and report back to il fegularty to be discussed as ne￿$sary. Administratlve Informatlon St Mary and St Elhelburga's Church is sriuated n Church Road. LyThinge. K8nt. tt is part ofthe Diocese of Canterbury within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: The PCC Secretary. Lanfranc. Hvjh Street, Lyminge. CT18 8EL The PCC is a body corporate {PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 20CE) and reglstered as Chartty Number 1130345 wlth the Charity commis￿On. PCC members who have served sin¢X the 2020 APCM.. Prte￿In Ch8rp.' The Reverend Jane Weeks (appointed as Rector in 2021) The Reverend Stephen Dougal Deb Scobl8 ASS0￿41e Pri89t.' Lgy Curot•.' R•tlr8d wlh PTO.. The ReNErend Janet Thomty R•&dèrs Dtana Baldwin, Rojer Davenport, Wlliam Meakin. Sharon Paine Lynne Lane, Janet 8utcher-Weiser and Kathfyfft Dwery Phil Hawken, Bob Lane (also Vw Lyle Amold Mike Chinneck (Srfytrf•￿1 Gary Colvin Katherine Go()ty Andrée Hamer Tricia Hawken ALMS.. Elededmembws." Lynne Lane Paul Shaman Derek Smith Syno David Sta)￿leY (rre4sufu¢ Accepted by the PCC In May 2021 and slgned on their behalf by Mike Chinneck IPCC Secrntary) on behalf of The Reverend Jane Weeks (Rector) on 2Q May 2021. Page4of4 ## **Parochial Church Council of St Mary & St Ethelburga, Lyminge Financial Statement for the year ended 31 December 2020** |**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
**Receipts**
Voluntary Income
Other Incoming Resourses
Donations, Grants etc
Income from Investments
Activities for Generating Funds
Church Activities
Mission & Outreach
Pathways to the Past
Music/Organ Fund
Flower Fund
Special Collections
Choir Fund
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**Payments**
Ministry
Service Expenses
Church Fabric
Running Costs
Administration Expenses
Cost of Activities for Generating Funds
Church Activities
Charitable Giving
Mission & Outreach
Pathways to the Past
Music/Organ Fund
Flower Fund
Special Collections
Non PCC Funds - Choir Fund
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**Excess of Receipts over Payments**
Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
Gains on Investment Funds
Bank Balances at 1 January
Bank Balances to date|Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL**
2019
£
£
**£**
21,380
0
**21,380**
27,782
6,481
0
**6,481**
9,252
1,407
1,248
**2,654**
6,423
6,194
4,630
**10,824**
11,118
185
110
**295**
4,284
0
0
**0**
0
0
36
**36**
57
107,350
**107,350**
108,279
411
**411**
397
32
**32**
52
69
0
**69**
601
0
**0**
160| |---|---| ||35,716
113,817
**149,533**
168,405| ||40,079
**40,079**
41,511
4,315
**4,315**
3,441
0
4,900
**4,900**
9,455
3,360
**3,360**
3,183
2,566
**2,566**
2,658
115
**115**
196
0
**0**
0
3,147
**3,147**
300
0
158
**158**
110
108,659
**108,659**
121,308
0
**0**
4,213
30
**30**
113
265
**265**
405
0
**0**
382| ||53,847
113,747
**167,594**
187,275| ||(18,131)
(18,131)
(5,314)
70
70
(13,555)| ||(18,131)
70
**(18,061)**
(18,869)
12,560
10,361
**22,921**
58,098| ||(5,571)
10,431
**4,860**
39,229
231,165
189,541
**420,706**
381,477| ||225,594
199,972
**425,566**
420,706| ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31/12/2020** |**Cash Funds**
HSBC Current Account
**Deposit Accounts**
HSBC CMS/Organ Fund
HSBC Pathways to the Past
HSBC Mission & Outreach
HSBC Church Fabric Fund
CBF Parish General Fund
CBF Parish Hall Reserve
CBF Parish Organ/Music Reserve
CBF Parish Fabric Reserve
**Investment Funds**
CBF Parish General Fund
CBF Parish Hall Reserve
CBF Parish Organ/Music Reserve
CBF Parish Fabric Reserve
**Total Assets**
Unrestricted & Designated
Restricted
**TOTAL**|Unrestricted &
Designated funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL**
2019
8,724
652
**9,377**
8,698
1,516
**1,516**
984
12,101
**12,101**
2,590
3,969
**3,969**
4,087
5,166
**5,166**
9,622
2,389
**2,389**
1,671
5,280
**5,280**
4,804
3,183
**3,183**
2,660
12,984
**12,984**
18,909| |---|---| ||16,393
39,572
**55,965**
54,026| ||25,262
**25,262**
23,630
183,939
**183,939**
193,011
18,190
**18,190**
17,015
142,210
**142,210**
133,024| ||209,201
160,400
**369,601**
366,680| ||225,594
**225,594**
231,165
199,972
**199,972**
189,542| ||225,594
199,972
**425,566**
420,706| lthdependent examin¢r's r*port to the PCC of Si Mary and St Ethelbury Lyminge ReBuJatKMLq 2(K)6{'tr Re8u14iffi￿'} atds.43 of & Chariiiu A¢t 1993 ('& Act.). Resptttlyo ￿P￿Tr$1b11￿l08 of the PCC *ttd the ¢AAJnlntr audit rry]1￿￿or th¢ Rcgujatiol￿s￿ & 43(21 of A¢1 &Ks ￿)¢ oppty. It k5 trly T¢spMibility Buls of thb re￿rt C(>mmissiort under S.4317) oftk Arf afid￿ ￿ four￿ in ￿ C1wrch 8uidanK 2￿ cdilion. That ¢xominuliun inLlu(kd a teviewofth¢ k￿1 ly th¢ PCC oThJ a ofthE und¢rthken &) M)1 ttll the ¢vI(k￿¢ Iht would witirtd ID ID wJiL ¢onJ¢qwdy I thstyx ¢xwr&8 En owlit opinion ¢)ntr* view by tl* IDd¢peDdent ts*thltt*r's tht¢menl requirement of th¢ tF* Re8llldu￿ h&ve JN)I md; or Mts ￿￿￿&rFCCA 4 hulmar Mewa Hawk1T￿¢ Folkest(Me CT18 7TE