St Michael and All Angels, Southwick Year Book 2023 Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 24th of March 2024 Rectorfs ReF￿rt trE *pJ-ityts for me last Christmas w&8 seeing so m￿Y Fe0p￿ cowe into church for the Crib raft,K YOU to Ros and othets akffigside her who help make thal seNice so open and %<,! amilies who live within the parish. This i8 a suc￿Ssful arKI much appwal&Y service 3 c.: -,e Church of England ￿ other denominatb)ns and many churches and cathedrals - lJl 4y seri£e on Chnstmas E￿. The Crib Servi￿ seems to wture peOp￿'S imaJinattons as XÉS Vass where attendance was hv31￿ G￿npar￿j tr) the year teforE * rt ￿ gocxl to see TCfY5 a retuming to wh* ttEy ￿ PWVKI in 2019. ritv th)r rrE last year w&£ Relrthlbran￿ &wKlay. It is aways a great hOn￿r for me to be fvya, British Legion to offKa'th at the kt of Renxmbrance on Southwick Green every -. s a *y>*rful and moving evenl lasi year everythmg seem&J to te even MC￿ exceptiona 'iVt a # Marching Band. Again. trtis is ￿ event that *tr&ts hwdTeds of [• from different L e xrfrmunty as we reflect t￿￿er tc￿e1her(￿ wifice of so many woTrJerful men and iahe dEd for ryjr freedom st(xrfJ up to IhTrnny. • I mavelh)us to see our Klng Chartes aKI th8 (kn￿ cmwnad in Weslmins18r ". a great excuse for us to dwlay Uni)n Jacks in Saint m￿ha￿l,$. to wt ¢)n a special -,iuw s Ir'trkshop to math the cKcasi)n JKI to feel ￿oud that V•P tthg to a w)nderful cwnty with 4SocfS ar a sl*ilily that many countrEs must admire ?￿d long for. The Coronation was a moving -. a -,éJ al ils heart the Christian faith. Who can forget His Majesty the King's words al the tre seNice'l come not to bB ser￿1 to sep4e', a reminder not ¢)nly of our Lord's service ax t* and mintsty are al called b. -￿ pj t e%ery one of you for all ser4v% lo Sa'nt Mthad's and ai that yw give to church r tjjr Lord May GCKI Bless us in the next year a8 IL>Jthr ￿n￿'n￿e lo witness lo the cf ￿$US Christ ￿ this wondwful communrty of South￿. P&Je 1 Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Southwick MEETING OF PARISHIONERS AND ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING Sunday 241h of March ¥J24 at 11:15am in St Mkhael's Church The Ileeling of tho Parfshlofter8 1 Th Ekntion of thè Churchwth Annual Parochlal Church hloetlng Agenda Apjbgies k*AbseTh Ainutes ofth8 APCM hebj on ￿ ofApn'l 2023 Electrc41s pcc SNJ8smn and S￿n Repjrts Fina￿ ReFL)rt- Treamr The other ae sd out in this booklet AppJnkn￿rrt of ItKlet*Thknt Exan RActorfs Report rwnbers of ts PCC pkn * behind mrnute ffthtiivJ to sel some datesl Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Southwick Meeting of Parishioners to elect the Churchwardens Two nominat￿n$ had teen I￿￿￿￿1. so it TKd5 wJrwJ thal Ktr5 Jac4ui W'nall and Ms Karen l te electsd as ChurchYdrd8rE trthe Far 2023r2024. Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting Held oft Sunday 30th WI 3)23 at11.15am In St Michael'8 Church Thè meets'ng vras Oper￿ wth Fraygr bytr* J(th FreTrth. It alteThJgJ by 35 par￿hM)n8r5. Aoogies for Ab5￿Ce. for atÉencE vHe r￿e￿I frcffj l)tts, fv15 IW, 1*5 J&*9M. Bym&Smth ;, K* Hanrktt a¥J Mr5 C Mlnirtes of th¢ last APCM hdd on Irfv A￿1 2Q2 Mrs Cathy Moore had ligted ￿lee urthr the ltsl of SKlesF•. s) th15 Yds corr￿. nynubs agr8•J tsr. a twe record, prO[￿d by Mrs Sue Wthy aKI by Mr T¢￿￿ ￿$h￿l ￿ SIJn￿j by the Chair. There ¥￿e ￿ matte[5 wtsing. EF•¢tlon8: Deanery Synod: The folbwmg were elected to ts Ctsa￿y SwY*J.' Nominee Mrs Jacqui Asynall Ms Karen LorvJ Mrs Jan PO￿11 Mr Grahan Wader S&xnder Karen Long Mrs Elaine LLFff BreThla Wdls M5 Kar8n Mr5 Cathy Mrs Cathy Pknye Mrs Cathy Mrs Jmui Asrml pcc: The folb*ing ￿18 eth￿y a5 memter5 oftre P¥cK*ial CIMth c￿1r￿al. Nominee Mrs Mary Kel Mr Ray Rose Mt5 Pal SincLgir S&))rthr Mts Jan Pol￿1 Mrs WeTrJy ANen MTS Jan WI￿ler Sam B￿smth Mrs AtvJie Jthon Mrs Wendy Stnrger TIE Rector thanked those in Ihe prevKxts I￿, htrs Ary Jaknn Mr5 Sam Byme- Smith YA)0 were reb'riig. was agreed that ￿ foNowwKJ thkj as SKJeThn ￿ Smiern: Mr Tom B&kshdl Mrs Rosemary Hards *5 Gay C￿rth P•trs Ann JanEs Irs Elaine Luff I Ir Simon WI￿ 5 R(￿ Ellts trD￿YJmS k* Grkn Wader *5 kn WPJ)n Paje 3 It *Bs ax 4Trd *2t the fokniry * as ¥￿￿￿[$.. l* Ray Luff Mts Cathy ￿re Mr Peler Scott .W Pkcwn fof fvs hdp ￿ pwanng thè acJ>JJnts Markm l>)ble ts her conb'nued cup rcre by ￿rAjnd £3,000 in 2022. We i￿Urred rrk¥r oullay ffi rep￿.[¥j Ihe church and h811 fra frJ apFew in the 2023 axounts1£12KI. The current ￿lUnt st￿$ al £40,000 and )X. Th6 PCC d￿ed to r&1￿e th& Partsh cLJ)tn'￿tiL￿ Irom £74K to £63K in order to Jxe ft cs*s te Feople on our roll to ￿￿on￿der their Y￿kty givirvj t*fore a is madè on trc• z. atr_l * gThe the Dbx8s8 in 2023 Grah￿ encouraged p* lo gr¥p by slatvjing order or 8thlronic l )xste •) Bsxe costs a￿1 rn￿mEe ￿ an¥)unt of tsx relièf that ￿ be Obt￿￿. ￿e&se use the ￿(e5 m rJuts* to make acash th)natDn g) gfft bé dwn&J Ihtsre applicable. z¥ a (knh￿ clanfied that rw fx* *85 kn u￿rrt￿. miinten￿ b) r6p&rs and servte n)xk Tr ywsts remunèrabon, purch&8e ofcwbjks, eleTh*nts etc fijr ￿ dunng The chaNJe In nel Ios tJowngTrding of ts val￿5 ol the In￿t￿l* Th￿e are cash donab'ons now and ra • was in resF¥)rtse charrty 4reals. Tr rArd m&hine was used mainly by thow" *•a exwessgj th8 wrvJr*'s thJ*s b Gra￿, MarTh aThJ Keith frx all do In running te t) nwK)n their otter th in thè chwth. Jwui WDF#)sed arKI Dave Hilton seconded that the "' JT*• contributors of thè thr re￿ wi ts Annual Y8a Po)k. propc$8d and Mr ￿￿K￿dent Examlner l*: >￿. Mr5 Cathy seccythd that kkn Fkth Co eAyilinL* a5 Irthp8r#J8nt Examlner of the r* pe2y elyB￿3 his th￿kS tr* Mr Tc#Tr arwj Ktr5 Elan8 Luff for tsir Ser1￿ as thurdwardens over the £ resFethdy He s•J Ily haj been tmlli*rt, kew'ro thiry tcoethw duriry ts parthM￿ c)r£rs ts a. and building bndge5 W￿re wessary. They hJJ bro(wJhl a Ofe￿￿￿ presented them toth with b)kers to mwk apprec Gryes%4J gTatitLKle forthe ktsry KeHy hal do￿ in her rDle as SateguatdiThJ Officw ovwsoff* 20 rY- bJnd her very appro&*aL4e, relkgble aFbJ in that hab* teen drffic￿l for churches and TW. tryh+￿(ng up of pr(K£du￿S. A token is *0 b iE ￿'￿en k) W. Tom Bthhafl ha5 aJre&J to take ovei )xw. asstsbj by Cathy thre Swn ￿sfflth as at •. . we trtnj ￿ ',Jrther busi￿, ch)5ed with a prayer all1.￿ am. Tr fi￿1 m*liThJ of new W- ThU￿laY 22ndth June 2023 in the Rthy at 7.30rAn arKI ts next APCM wdl ￿ on 24th of Matct,, AX-.￿ by *he APCM on Surty 24* of X)24 PJJe 4 Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Southwick Rtylstered Charfty Number 1130870 ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31￿ DECEIABER 2023 CONTENTS Pa Annual ReFort of PCC and Churchward￿$ 6t09 Mission ActDn Plan 10 Statement of Financta R￿elpts Payrr*nts 11 Statement of Assets th Liabilits'es 12 Notes lo the Annual F￿an￿al Re[￿rt 13, 14. 15 Report of the Indep￿￿￿1 Examr 16 Reports of the VarK)us Committees of the PCC ￿K1 Church OtganlsaiK￿S 17to22 Pap5 PCC Annual Report for 2023 Churth Courtil IPCCI of St Kknhael & Al AW the ccvnnwnities of &)ulhwick Fkshersgats in dxxe£e of Chth8Ster. ￿ frJlhiTrJ Fe08 $8rAd on thè COUTh￿ duriNJ 2023r24, ¥￿th theif year of 8￿ctiOn Revd J Frth- IrK(mtMI Mr T . Churchwatd Mts E LLfft- ChurthRrden Mrs J As￿n￿l T3 Ms K Loro t3 MIS J PoiAdl 13. S Mr G Wak1er ￿- Trnasu A Belwion 22 Mrs S Bo*Yah 22 Mr D Hilton 22 MrSIMkn22 Mlss A Eeal 19 Mrs B Eln% 19 Mlss K Hamnett19 Mts G Courtn&Je 21 ItIllNJ ¢wl vawcyl trsMKdty23 Mr R Rose 23 Mr5 P &￿air 23 Mr T B￿kshal T3 Sth3uatdiThJ Mrs E Lull ChikJrwVPaslo Tranèry sYn￿j represen - Colloptsd rrMnts3r Structur•, govefflane• and manw The appOIn￿nI of PCC mmb*s 15 go¥Emed ty the chU￿h Rewes￿tskn Rul8s. Aft8r ex-officio pjsts (clergy, ehurchwardens aThJ dewy syrKé rewesentati￿) hm twj faed, om thtd of ts (￿M￿Y reb'r8 y8ar bul can b8 aftercrn y. Elthj r• SeP**th￿￿t￿. Thè PCC L8 a cryr8* trthy eS￿*h￿l by th8 Chwr* of ErwJknl. It otth utts PCC (Pmrsl Measur8 1956 and the Synodtsl Go¥emmnt ￿re I￿. Tr PCC ts bjaty a th*ity aThJ ks regis*ted vthh th8 Charity COMM￿s1on {NUm￿r 11308701 This feFOrt has bagn dr**m w li thè of ts Clwrfles kt >)11, Chanty SORP 2005 and Church AccountsNJ RegUl*'Or￿ 2OA. The address for cormpwdm ts Ktrs J Ptradl, 12 PlThnix StyjlhW￿, West S￿SeX, 8N42 4HR. The Cou￿11'S bankè[5 are B￿layS Bank pk and ts lTrIe￿￿t Exarnirws have yel to be ￿nfirnY￿. Thè PCC has d81egatèd the day to day ofthe P￿s￿ b tr* Rewl. kfflalhan French. Oblectlves St M￿h¥*I'$ PCC has the bJal rnsrpM*bilty of Cl￿0[¢rab.r0 Imlh the ITr)Jn￿I Hi In ts par6h the mission of the Church - p&lyal, evar￿e1￿￿, sctial aTrJ It atso resFQWt4e fry n￿[n￿lnIrrtj vamus buildings in the par￿h ind￿ling St m￿&1'S Churth a￿d Hll. Page 6 Achievements and perfomiance Church al￿dance Dunng 2023, an avewe of 55 pw alknl*l 7Aeety vAx51w. a furtlw23 kss aTrJ 14 remain part of our h￿rShIppIng commurity tArt are unat4e to to sep4bx due to infinyity. Thw8 92 the m8mter5177 ofwhom are over 701 on th8 Ecctht&tsca Eworl R￿, a r*j￿ of 18 frcth ￿22. It IS FAeay'ng that 273, wKluding many children. attendeil church over th8 Chrislmas pèrKKI. SiK£ ts twn of year, v• nLvntexs habE conttnued to dirnlnssh. Revlew olthe ymr Sung Eucharfst is h8kJ Surthy, tr* first SuThJty rfthè mnth teThJ AN Agg Vkw5tsp. A Said Cornnwn￿ ts also held oncè a mnth aKI mid*wk ComnM tsYLé a nKJnth. C1￿[C￿*S Topth8r ￿h1 services in Sl Micha81's each y￿k durmvj t8m) luY* arKI Chthjren's Wrykslw we I￿￿1 a year, *ith an extra one teing held b calebrats the Kiry's Coronab'on th May. tt was gwj è) tAth Chnslwts b ￿b[* Worhj Day of Prayer al St Thergsa's cathol￿ Chwch th Mafch to cwots in trE rth rnfurtAsh￿I South*Kk Square in t*cemt*r. The PCC rrnt 4 thth a FJYA aitsThkn arKI d8alt by ts St8ThJhvJ c￿￿+tree. There ￿Te 2 edu￿ baptisms, 4 confirlna0or￿ {at St Julian's Clwchl, 1 w￿￿￿1[¥d. 7 furwaLs 6 wrtemnts of ash8s. W8 wère greally saddened to Ios8 M￿h￿l Alkn, D￿hne Banrt M•Jkyw, J81ts Bland, Thin8 Rosè, Joslè Petérs PJKI Zana Searfe dunng the year. all of*lw)m m&Jè 4ndhxttc0ntsi￿it￿ b ￿J1 ov8r a loro wic¥l. The l&k of VKJrknng-ag8 in ts congwation ks now making 8 marked effect on vthat W8 are ab￿ to do *)d b of great Concern for th8 ￿ture. Scthl and Fundr8isiNJ Comrlittee organ￿1 8 *ry su¢c8sslul Car Bcot Sab, PAmmer and Advent Fairs and Quiz NghL but il is rK) kjrw feasitde to njn the first of tk*se in fvbjre Thts wll have a big imp&1 both socially and financial￿. in a y8ar have alr8aty h*J to tgJiKe ts arTr)unt we can affC￿ to conbibute lo the DicKese. The Fab￿ Commitbe has aso b88n ch*wJ by pr(*)￿ Vrth th& h8H rcK)f door5 flling incLYne ￿11 make rt difflcull to MaInt￿.n lh8 church arhl hal to ts sthjards wa *rukl like, w1tularty at a b'n% &38 Fmonts k8S5 rk being und8rtaken in house. nK*t those sgr4* on both th8se cOn￿li* for all thèir èfforts to keep things ruMUYJ. The caring and generous n*Jrè of ow thes cortsiue to fvjnsh aThl helps to m￿n￿n our SFrf'nts during what is a difficul and uncertalli throwI￿rt th8 w)rkl. We gfft thanks to i>>a for vthat Iwe and pray for his gUIda￿e and assisla1￿ as ¥￿ fopMd, as￿1 li kw*kn$38 is %ith us *. nt4)dal 2023 St. I.1￿h￿& finished the year in a strW financwl ￿ltion. cul￿nI savJng5 axounts at BarcLays tota £29,38412022 £44.8241 investsnenl ￿￿nts totslliThJ £82,562 {2022 £81.1451. This fall can krgety be attnbuted lo payment of Ihe sth Instaknent for the rew boiler. Ifs notable thatthis was to k)ng.temi invesknEnl funds. r￿)nat￿￿ aThJ ￿re down the yEar to £fAI.645 {3)22 £64.263) as. salPy. the number of wvlar gNet5 f811. Fkn*ever. th6 ￿l￿a)0n v￿S amst 8nb'r8ty offset by irrna59s ui other rn5, mtabty ha4 bth.ngs and fees for bapts'sn￿, JdiThJs arKI funerals, *ith thè r8$￿t ttAt knia ur• from pre¥v)￿S year at £109,81512022 £110.1551. EX[end￿re for the year was up considera)ty at £124.88312022 £110,893) Fkn*ver, b a large extent thi8 rep￿S￿n￿j a retym to fNY8 ￿rnal ieveLs after a large drcy in 2022. thè aftÈrdf8cI of a downbjm in bwty covhl and k)Gkdowi. i)Jr Pansh ContntrAthn d8uBas&J a tsthto £62.1￿ {2022 £83.￿). ks Wy to scon. Pdlcy 1. The CUfr8nl &xount at 31￿ L*8rnb8r2￿23 h8kl £29,384 aThJ ttwe wds £￿1,￿2 in our interest b8arirrfJ inveslment accounts. 2. The Kenyon Trust Is a restrthj fiJTrJ tr Tepalrkn St Church TIP fund comprises CBF sh8ns and 4s valued al £28,862 Al pres6nl West &Jssex Gwnty CourKI ts I￿Ing th8 buildHig, so th8 fijnd remains ￿n$￿nI arKI Ls hekl by lh8 D￿tes8. 3. The sIrrH￿n$ Tr￿￿1 is comytsiffj 449 sha￿$ wi a CBF FuThJ. Val￿ at£10,150 rroy rN)t b& ¥ent Intsrnst from Ihis fund ￿ p•J the Gen￿ FUNI. Approvfrtl by th• PCC on Zlth of Odikn 2024 WKI slgnod (m Its behall byih• C Page 8 Churchwardens, Report This is our fH5t report as Chutchwth aThJ stat by 'in h￿ured faskn, that the Inventory he< been cl*cked and is correct. There are m￿Y hard to ￿[p u5 *ith *wshippir¥J lite, wr s(Kaal life, to keep our bU1￿1ng$ in go repair and lo rase much ne*d ftjnds. Our thanks go to all Ihjse in these groups wi *thatever cap&[ Thts rerK)rts of the varrcNJs grrrtws ￿e (X#)1￿ vththin ths YeaF Bcok. All fv grcw extra ￿)d rf you fee1 yo could assstany ofthem in wty Ydy, rv) materlmm small, ￿Se0￿*the CIAirffl￿ ofthatgmLP or18torn of us know. One ofthe ￿ challenges fftr is rTh￿e. We an 4iThJ ¢x)rvJregation and sc¥ne do not feel abÈ to continuè giving the b'me and commrtment to ourdaty at St. One 01 th8 &ea8 whth will be mainly affe¢lF this year is Socrdl and Fu￿1 VAth sonk offv r¥)t b￿rKj e g the Sumrr*f Fete and the car boo; sale. Hopefully other smalbr ebEnts r8p*è itwe l)ut fflay Th)t be ￿ ILKrthe FuThJ ra￿1r￿j ev8nls are not a. about mrffty, however, ate dsl) a ol to ts wiler C4)mM￿lty and a b'me fr)r us kn come together S(Kialise. Karen has been kJ)ktiry at a SCI￿* caL￿'E￿I￿￿lrWJ, tknnalesto a dwnabj regtster8d charity eac*, bme a membershoF6 with certan reta'kn online. Abwi 7[￿ retsi￿rs are registe￿ wth Ihis scheme to donate a pOrt￿-., of the cost of an item to a ¢harrty extra CLW kn Ihe rJJstomer. ￿Y chuTches we sun8d up to the scheme ar Icome the extra quartety in¢(Mn8. k4Jrn dela'ts hyaT to paTbJ'pate. at extra ￿tst1_ In this wll be given a; thè APCM. 11 was 8n¢ouwirrfJ to see the numbers for the Qib SerK8 ar#J Wnuht we fwd b) ￿)Ur￿Je th088 tha: attend at Chnstmas to visrt LL8 at oth8r bmes of the year Our thanks to all wtKs contFM to Ihe Nfe ol thjr thurch by helpirg out In some way Your efforts are appre¢iatsd apr. valued If you feel you want lo or ￿ aile trj offer help and supFort *Jr the ¥anous th￿es Ihal &8 pat ofour¢hur¢h lil& and worship th8n pk8&88 donl h shy- to Jwui, Karen or Jorbathan. Fabric Report The Fabric Committee COns￿ts ofJwui Aspinall, Sirrth Wilton, Grahan Wakler. Nigel Couthage, Colin Uptop and Jan Powell St Michael's Church and Churchyard Exlemal doors continue lo be difficult lo shut in the *EI wealher bul do improve during the summer months. Ttr,- wesl wall of the nave still needs redecoration follo￿n9 the ￿mOVal ol the rajiators. The colour of Ihe painl h￿< now been agreed and the approval of the Archit¥.; obtained 11 is hoFed that this I￿rk will be carried out Ibi< year. The churchyatd is the resFonsibility of Adur Worthing Th'Str￿ Coun(al. St Mlchael's Church Hall Dullng the year the roof has (fjntinued to a problem bul following WOTk [￿nIlY canied out by a roofer *- hope Ihat this problem has rK)w been resolved. The doots conkn'nue to k a prOb￿M and we are Currently seeki"= the adv1￿ of a ca￿enter and obtaining esb'males for new dcK)rs, hO￿fullY this prOb￿M will be resolved b-, - year. Last aulumn a workiro paty deared the wetabon rouThJ the hall Ihanks to all that helFEd with this 1 Church House Close 1 Church House Close ￿nts'nUes to be lel to the same tenants ￿ provKJes an essenb'al Sour￿ of income The Reclory The Rectory remains the resixmsibilty of the dkxese. J￿q￿ Aspinall and KaTrn L( PwJe 9 Mission Action Plan (2021- 2024) Vie lo celebrate and shate GCKJ'S k)ve for al Fecwe by offeTing a pl￿ of ielonging, exploring faith eilly iV5th an open mind, slnving to live oul ChrBYs Gare aThJ compassDn for everyone as together a) a nhurch family and *&lh communty expk¥e the kjve of Gc#J m* kno￿Tr to us in Jesus Christ. Community links -! ers through all doors ￿ the Pa[￿h 3 per year- ￿nstmaS, Easter, Remembrance ap,dor Summer. We 5houhJ make sure Ihts h¥Fens r8Julaty to ensure consistency of ¢cm,Tunicalion. Within ￿ flier V•P emphagse to those ￿1vIng them that as tsir local ctr.urph we are praying for lkn. Wofkshops laka Messy Churchk iThJuse to &5 thro￿J1￿t the year. Chrislmas, Easter, Summer, Harves( Remerntffa￿ as kxissth fr￿j$eS. Iks lo schcds . make links He￿Jte&he￿ of ai Glth, Easlbrcrf)k, olmbush, Shoreham Academy and shOreh￿ College. (All schools have to demonstrate #>tscts of collective VI￿rShIp a￿j WKyaUSF￿1a educakn under Otslay ￿eteria). Thi8 will some persisten￿ arvj some sthcds will already have involvement from other cr:urheslrel￿I0us1faith groups. If anyone has any links it would be go(xJ io follow these up. St MKha81'8 Pastoral visitors- To deNEki) provwi map wlnerable MeMte￿ ofourcongregath)n rp,aDping out all the contht ￿ hahp haj suppNt both from us and elseythere that is in xe la system used in schwlsl Pasioral links- names a￿1 ￿nta￿ d8taiEs in tew sheefi This need to te DBS thecked. Ov a message to say rf you vnjld like a ￿ernt￿r of the pastoral team to contact you please email Sam in the off￿e ¢￿t￿t detsils- ts will ￿ treated in confthtxe. E￿0 Church - we can p)tentially lie in with group Ihat meet at Sl Giles Church Hall - We will prJ'iide a list of all the recydirvJ that C￿ (x)Ilecbl and how it can be c￿1￿cted. Pooto bjard of all mem1￿￿ oftr* C￿ng￿3￿￿Trn vL8y'ble in church visitors end ¢-ngrega)on can see rt. Py10 PCC of St. Mlchael and All Angels. Southwlck Summary of Financial Receipts and Payments for the year ending 31 December 2023 Charity no. 1130870 fotol GeneThl l Fvrbss Donation5 and 60.645 64263 charkt3bkaCtl￿t￿s Othertradln8aClwtles In¥e5tments 24.833 Other recelpts Totsl recelved 9￿5 Eyndltur•on". Costof rakslngfvnds Ch8ritableccst5 Ill.4￿1 iiwi Tradlnicosts Upkeepof i Churth HOUSeUose 1.756 I￿7 TMII yld JJQ893 ReconcJllot￿fjQl￿W￿S.' riet Incom• vIMi•xpend￿uTQI lJ5JSOI TThfflder$b¢￿qen fvnds t MDWe￿￿1n1unth Currenraccountsti January Deposltaccount atlJallL4ry Chequesacwunted In 2021 trArt 377 8•nk•¢thrtts•t 31 Derembor 17381 P4e11 PCC of St. Michael and All Angels, Southwick Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Year ending 31 December 2023 Charity no. 1130870 G&neral All Funds" nd Futtds Fund Fuhd 2023 B8r¢lay5 rufTent Bu51ne55 accouni Barclays Premium BusinessAccount C8F Deposit Fund (8302332>￿1 C8F Dep051t Fund C83023322-Cln PcC￿WTre￿ bank b#l#nce 2&n8 | 28,738 9,5CK) 84.551 84.551 Ob¢e5e held Deposlt Fund CB￿)5510 Kenyon Trust Slmmond5 Trust 27.395 27,395 28.861 862 '. io. io,uo 150,958 Total bank and deposll *t¢wnts IIL947 Wedding tses notyet Tecel¥ed D•btor$ HMRC re GIftAld Tax Ae¢lalmabie Investment￿•1 m•rk•t ¥*lu• lfiv•strn•nt¥$5•ts•t￿st Fi••hold, l ￿5• ao 2(Q,LhJJ Tot•1 •ss•ts io,uo 350,958 Rthind du8 to Worthing DC r* pa￿￿nI madg in •fft Turning Tlde$- theque outsl¥ndirrfJ al y•ar•nd Rèv. J Washer. ¢hequ• outstsndsr¥J aiyear eThl 8ntish Gas- Church E*clrioty usa e June- D¢c•mb•r Yutsl Ilabllluqs 3Q) 128 128 3,482 These accounts, comprising the Summary of Financial Receipts and Payments, Statement of Assets and Liabilrties. and related notes to the accounts, were approved by the Pan)chial Church Council on 27th October 2024 and signed on rts ￿half by Jacgueline A$pinall. Isignaturel INamel Trustee P¥12 PCC of St. Michael and All Angels. Southwick Notes to the Annual Financial Report for the year ending 31 December 2023 Charity no. 1130870 Analy515 of total received Totsl Endow8d'. All Funds Fundlsi Total All Funds Funds und18 Planned giving18xd. tax rgfvnds) Planned giving Ino tax refijndsl One-off and adhoc donat￿$ Spec¢al appeals Grft Aid frfovered Legacies Gr8nls Don•tson• and legacl Fe•s lor wet keFI in resp8cI of the thanty as rewir&J by ¥e(*on 130 of the 2011 Act; the accounts do r#)t *cor(I with I￿e reccrfds. I have no ￿nCe￿ and havé com8 xross no otrw matters in connedion wrth th8 examinalkin to which attgntson should b6 (trawn in this rep(xt in ord8r to enable a proper LmderstsndirKJ of the actounts lo be reached. 11 ' 1 14..52 Gmn Katie Squire AC4 ATh)v8 Th8 Bam, Meadow Court Faygate Lane Faygate Horsham West Sussex RH12 4SJ Dated: 3011012024 Ptye 16 Reports of the various Committees of the PCC and Church Oryanisations Children's Ministy The Chiklren's Ministy Contin￿ to th￿e Iwthin the clwrch W8 reguLqty ha￿ 5 attend tr* famty worship and &cess the actwthes vithin the seTrKe. Tr p£bwtses have rw fmm deLc*aiNJ b&kp&* c• slabn&l gkws wAThJows and advent ¢3lendar5. Th6 redeveksp&J Ch￿ren'$ CA)whas creaknj a spx8 thal k8TAeknniNJ knchiklren arnl youThJ both in fanily servtce5 and vider wjrship such as aThJ ¢hnsknir#Js. Th￿e a rry of &bvitss, txx*s toys to create a saf8 s￿e and enCoUr￿e farrilBs to f8tum to chu￿h. Wè ran a Chtlslmas atterthd ty 16 ¢￿J￿n. Th8 dmljrgn the aiKvk b) church a5 well as cards, adv6nl countets aTrJ P￿s. tt an en)Y￿le afterrK￿ WKI was WKlgJ. We k£￿'r¥j krfwd b the St GgJge's Day Jrkshop on 20th Aprf WKI rrm knili8s b ex￿8 thè saint WKI ofo)uraJe and peKe. Thank you to thè team that ¢reabs seThJs p¥*5 to owdwtch fanwlBs b W in trmxh. Ajso ￿)U b Gh31 fr)r all h8r he￿ activll￿ Klèa4. K8t8 Hanndl Safeguardlng l am grateful ljr Cathy VLKye Byrrthrfh ts ￿8￿.[vj b) rnviN th8 iisk assesW￿nts di%￿$ any issues. l am ￿rkry thr(wh fv retha of DBS cws n8th1. Tkn online. The Diocese pfovKles detslw infomkn)n ￿ guth￿e tegwding all * of on tsir*bsite. There ￿ also online safeguardiNJ tr&nThJ w4&Lab18 hr trKJsé t* groups aThJ *thib88. All our risk aSsesSrr￿ts for TrjUkVe￿ts tha lth dunrvj curr8nt atNI ar8 rgjulaty. All sk assessments are stored #i thè ChU￿h offke. Ifyou have any corThTh*, p18w ￿￿. Infijmth L8 on ts Sl kl¢h*s T¢Jm B8¢kEh41 Pastoral Care Pastoral in our church is genty minthr&J by wthin the dffleth groups vknth n*et This is as tt $￿UKI be as a are all given differgnt gifts lo ￿1p and ore are kn'ThJ dfftU￿es at dfflerent titrts in our lives and a very irnportant partolsemro imitathrvJ Chiist- Ske. Itis bn'llk4ntttwtso ofus ajcythts p*tOr￿ tc4e m th8¢hurch especially a5 we all b￿On* ohder, ryh)re fral aTrJ ofojr Th8Te are lew on Ihe P￿tor￿ * 6tsdf. Jcth, Elw.￿ Luff, ￿18 JthM. Kaen Gay CourthwJe and Mary Kelly, and the supwrt from everyo￿ L4 very spe￿1 aNI ffl￿h ap￿￿lat￿l bythem. Fkne ￿t kThJw rfyou know ol anyo￿ needs lor vtsts. to r￿eNe CcrftwnunK￿ al orI￿t a or c¥d. E18ine Luff Pap 17 st Michael's Music In ts past year, at St Mrl*f$ has ts)nlirnHI nwtw, and under Ang Jackson's eX￿rt dirthn guKla￿, new choTa teirg expbred k) SWF¥Mthe Sunday S￿re8, inchjding a previously nfamiliar Mass setbng The Fnday rel￿arSalS we an enfv)y&*k eNtnt ANJ* a)d I can tC•3ether effeLtivety in a compÈmentary way. Angi8's 8fforts atts&kn'ThJ ekn*ntsofTraJry ￿)lats)n ivJinniThJ to pay off. Thg Carol Servre Wa5 parbcularfy suK8ssfid arvj ￿11 fPAxBJ. Tr d￿'r hm aso som fuwdl servK8s. Angi8 8r#J l &8 ￿K￿ grdtetvl for the Ch￿￿5 corMlrtmiL &8 a&)&)Anla Bwkntrlwsuwt ￿ Sp￿ (Kxaswm. The organ conts'nu8s to prrknA so to be bwm car8fiJl f8gLstration. bjt ott*N+ise lunctths reasonably ￿11 at¥J feliaw. The or* eX￿n c(£wrr&J durivJ thè Ckn. the *iTrJ WesSu￿ abntptly faded away for no obvious reason. Fortunatsty, the thc4r inye55rrt. keepry everyMg bjetsr I r&start&J the ￿hanL$m1 A fvndraising lunchtirre Co￿ert of c￿c￿ nwjsi was h8kl in C%thr. Thi5 *B5 a swressfvl oc£asiJn. Imth items FerfornMI by Anita Beverton Iviolinl, RKhard 0,￿1 l(th8 ceNo}, (r￿le). P*Aslty l(xganl, aTrJ yours truty on ts p￿. l am nx)St gratefvl to JOna1h￿ for i)tK¥Jw l¥W trot th% a rn9u￿rthrt Hugh O'Neal Family Support Work l am pleased to report that duriTh3 Fast ye¥ FSW h&s rronw to pkn Prxttbonèts in 20 of the 22 deanerEs in our dwse. Th r￿anS Ihatth8y are ￿le to reach rrm families in n*1 than tefore. Jan po￿11 I have b88n to th8 AGM and hèard from sorne ofthè p￿ti￿One[S tly are knng Èvery day Oft￿ wpek. They all have ffiJll c&o*ls aThJ brKJ to tske on ￿re bul are limited by th8 hours availab18 in a day. Pr￿tIti)nerS to be in Fost 8nd lUTh1￿ lor at kast 3 yeats al a b'tre. They 8re in rt for the k)ng tenn, so that fan11￿ can gtajualty get th￿n8* W ints a hapF48raTrJ Kirknrg ￿￿8b0n that helps the vthole family to liv8 and manag8 bèttèr I￿. TIKJse V•h) are SWKI of th￿kS frxth& Np rmed and here for you to r9&1 is ol them'.- FSW r8ceW this email • from a pamt ha5 atter#l'rKJ Imr HorshJn Wy g￿up br the kst year 'Y Just W4nt to say a hupè th•nkyou toyou & Dc¥nlnlque trthe most Wonde￿ s•sslons al the N6ths Communlty Hub. We have been C￿n1ftg to Thny Toes slnce my daughter was 3 months 014 •nd today sho had h8rfln81 sessionl It's golng to be mlssedby us vwy much, as Itwas ourfav(NMfte tsnumemus reasons. The frfendly tèam, the Ioys, the $pac8 and th• sensory room. I will alwarJ recomm￿d thls gr(wM K8ep up the grnat workl" The needs are gre* eSp￿181Y for parents wilh Ch￿Ilen T￿th ofal lypes gxh as phys￿1 disabl1￿e$ or other issues such as aub'sm or mentsl heth wotAeff£. These pmts are oflen tcAd that are on a >year Wa￿ng list lor help. & l %*te homfied to hear Ihatts ￿hC￿$ Oft￿ nurt*(s clchiklr8n *fv) arè on'chihj ProteCt￿n,. The done by FSW In liamn With sclKxk aThJ SXAI Serw its41 is feltto te iTrAu&*. SJ. ¢b keep supp)rb'ThJ FSW as thts is a , m* a drfrerm do5￿1[Wj fiy mi dw8 r*1. Jalluary's work In numbern". 216 vi8ts and 1080 re￿ ￿lIS swortsvJ 255 patents ￿ 169 chrfdren 50 supp)rted nEetings wlh other 45 group Sessio￿ delive[￿j 122 fcod delNeries m&le So, Sl. mich￿1$ please oMlinue b IElp dl (*n tknaw)n is smai. Lcrf)k in the p￿ sheets for7hthat is nTht needed io pul inb the colleCt￿)n tox in the Tow do thiik a)(xrt d￿. ￿ ¢x)ndffl￿ cksthes that you rw té happy to donate wl into a pla8￿ b33. Shella West anLI Powpl PaJe18 Singles, Circle 2023 has pas*J ￿ Ort8 l rnfi&lon 7AtAtthè SH* cl￿ has teen Fffjtyew. It has b88n a ¥wy ￿sY one and VÈ do ty to go at k&st orKe a k) 9)n￿re of ￿lterest ki dl As by this tw)mes I￿re and more difficult as variety is so importsnL We have had sotTh VK41derfvl cArfir￿ as in al dI￿.Orfj aTrJ it i8 gcfl that of ￿ p4xes wa have to have encourag￿ to join in. Is I hawe s•J tEfore, the tik ofour group dl￿ not thal can￿11)1￿ in, everyon8 IS Iconw. As usual we statsd fwr C￿1 by h￿IThj a li January at the Cts'na Pakn in Vlorlh'rg. Febnwy saw us tour H￿r Caglle and vtew the Y￿nderfUl of YN)*￿Tr4)S and other eaty spnry fk)*effs In ma￿ vtsrted VLBèans Centre and then on to a garden centre w Le￿$ fr)r a nwt arKJ browsè In Apnl Aru￿je1 Cath l)r Tulp Fes*'v4 and casue tour. What a fantsslr %ght fio*ers vme ￿ every o)bur inw1￿￿. To showts)Wd￿[s8 owtrI￿a8. in ¥thl Park toso14fjthètt*les. th8ntt*Wg* aNI tkyhmlJ¥J Musewn for June. lo our ￿li kn the Ptair* Gar￿S m July caKelkgJ bul 0)￿1￿ OUf5elves with a nwal al Rushfdds near Lemps. August*w overto Ethy Cath *￿ter￿et0ureII Chalharn tkdyard ￿amir￿j that nolonly was Call th8 Mijvme filrrEd tw **re 8tx)Utto Ihjst the n8Xt ewjes ofthe ston8s aboul the SAS. Th& ￿r8 vèry happy to tour her8 ￿)d also the miles10￿S Museum Ni HamF6hir8, our iknter VNL Wth loyniThJ ￿ Thpnl hunti for gifts at Notuits aKI ow year ty w'rvj to w￿￿U[St for t1￿'r Gkyw il1unmna1￿ arKI BreTrJa Wells organls8d our Chrtslmas m8a atlhe Royal Cwvtsr8ovef3) of us att￿lJ91. Ourth8rts go tothe thubtabb Em wlKfydfN6sthe Sompling Blg Local nIn1b￿ kn us *itlMyJt th8re M)ubJ be rk) Ixtsngs ataN. Shw"18 Wesl Church Hall Not a great d8al to repjrt on ts church hal. Church Lanè Mu￿ery are sts'll ovr mwn hirer and have a grxd ￿￿￿tiOnShIp Nwth them. We have a new regul¥twkeron a T[￿sdaY evenirvj runs yc¥3a classes, so hoF*fvl￿ that wll conbnue well into the year C8sual wkend tKx*w¥Js arn sbll rgJulJty in, txrt nwté rhjt as twy as k5t year- but *ith the cosl-of-living Cnsis I ￿Ul4 Imaglnè a lot of Ffjople do not hm nw to yre to Lhxk a lor a chhj's ￿thJay pwty Wrth that in niTrJ, thèn al raigng th&188s kn ly)th rew TA¢ hm m* an iru8as8, trArtptst a t)￿. roofs6en% to b8 finally wbj ￿ r¥)t kakry, firqws cmss&J m that ward. A few the frontd￿r sbll but ts fab mnitt* are avH8 ofthw ￿$￿. A may t* cm the caTds in the fvtsJ￿. Thanks as ahvays to 8WThlK) h* atth8 hall ￿ 81 repars aThJ thè behwKI ts scenes UF*88p. such as washirvJ the tea to**. S&Yn8ntha BTrTh&Snwlh 19 Social and Fundraising Your Sockgl and FundraNr¥J durry l)23-2024, tTh)rw 5x St m￿ha81,$ n￿nIng 9)nE joyful S￿la1 actwtiès (So￿￿￿ LM)th at timl) In rased several Itsy￿and p)LThJs brd)urch fiH)ds. Th9 Quiz Nwht Is a) annual f&wnb, as is tr* op￿ GaYJ8n. We all kK)kgJ foThvar(I to these events *ith t8ffish and ￿Pre not ￿￿ap￿rnIed. Thè whok congregation t(getsr in A￿j￿1 in order to have enwh *A8 to run th8 Car Bcot Sale. Many had lo be on sts tefijre dwi! We tyjr p*onal f8sINal ￿1th14￿M ￿ cake aThJ a sh*ed lunch mark&1 our harvest fesbval. The church hal busy on Ihe day of the Adwt Fayre, Vtsrt￿s irthirwJ a very imp)rtanl Father Christmas. Going forvard the Scoal aThJ FuThjI￿1¥j to rth 9)md1ff¥xItd￿I￿I[l. has haj lo confront the inevtsbk march of11￿. and the ch￿￿￿8 of running of the fij￿re OY￿s. Ot* of ca5uallies h&s been the Car Boot Sale in 2024. Wè put ¢)ut fthrs for sonwn8 tr) t* over ts njnnry ofthe evert butlkn vwe salty no voknnteers. Aso uryjer the chop B th8 SunNrer Fayre. W8 are hcyThJ ID new events to reFkn tlm8 t*t). Many thgnks to dl the n*rthrs Of￿ avj Fur¥Jra￿lyj c￿VrItte8 th) dwJr* L7¥1)￿ any￿nts ofllnk aThJ t*nt for the tenefft of oth6rs. Ros 81ts Church Flowers We started the last year pjst four rwdular fyJwKr arrwys arKI *re hpiyy t) Jethtts 85 a m8mb8r. ￿￿ty, in Novernber Th8r8sa died qufte s￿Ide￿ was *w8y3 ty O￿nOw•18￿$ to¢hrw4U85 *ith h8rwarw￿nts, her enlhusiasrn was In1￿t￿￿. A h)ss. We have c0ntJn￿l fwr of us, vAth 'g￿r appwrw frc#m son* of ¢)ur fomEr regulars. Thanks go to them. W& have tr￿1 to w thè arrange￿nts on a ￿kty basis, t*Jt aTe atle k)'eke our a) 8rrangem8nl rather than startlng a new one from Thls Sa￿ cffl btrt ab) 8$ ts ￿$t of hvJh at present. congregat*Jn. We ￿r8 ￿ gratsful lo recep￿ tlkse as ty re• browfrt Chwch to life 7hith cobur ￿inal1ty. We are conb'nuing wlth trM$ Klea. Ifw is irkntsd ryi tyry IbawJrar¥Jry, a wjtl aThJ l ¢xgani59 a Thave a go, 8essK)n. We are acutsty ofth8 iwolthè ￿Val￿ w WKI we for mrg eco&fn8ndty ￿lutionS. LookiThJ forKrd, ￿pe tr) Contin￿ dwaiThJ th8 Church ikns( t•. H81èn &ott Elecloral Roll The totsl figure kn this year, thiiThJ Ax althlKrfL% knYKJs, s 116. This 10 tst year arrtl fJ)ntrasts sharpty Isilh the figu￿ of176 for 2019. Thi8 is wointy dtE to deaths a few rrthiThJ outofthe Paish. nw be $?￿ vkno attend fr8]• aThJ M￿hlI￿ to be on thè PJ)IL Ifso. Ibm￿ a￿ avaWe in chwch, or￿￿t ask nE, or Sam in the office. SFeak b Jonathan rf you have &)y q￿rts on iJ'nirYJ the Roll. ten&fits ¥th￿h you to have a votè in Church affa￿ oreven St￿ ky the PCC, th¥ef0￿ an stts in tr* chwch f• I￿. JJ Coffee and Company Oui numter5 do vary Ixrt averwje at￿rt 25 krM)w an￿ *lK) frrxn ￿ ￿ur or ￿ of rthipany Fkne 8neouraaè them to give us a ty. ￿ nEeton f￿1 s￿rday ofts nxwth fr￿n 10 to 12 IK￿. Thanks mustgoto Gtknmwakler*￿ rKlonty*tr*tsN8sset upfix￿8 tmrtaso ￿￿￿straI$[￿rttotho5e￿1￿ m￿h1o￿&￿Il te unable lo att￿d. Thanks as aw go kn Rwwy. Gay. M￿, kn aKI l ccwkln'tdo It7h4tlKArt)Th. Thanks also lo all who attend and it oftm, I{x￿In1 h4¥8n g) Th)t F*¥ in vj give us a ty. Jacqu Awnall Deanery Synod Deanery Synod met 3 times thjrlng tsyew. thè Rw81 Dean. Reld HwKIW￿ Sarah Rogers from Sl Peters W8sl 81*hngton. One ofthe mapr issues was the pansh ¢ontrithth b th& Oixese c£6ts, trainivj, housing and DI￿an costs such as training ministeis. Many panslth, i￿ludir￿ Ou￿. fi￿1 ￿ we ￿￿)le b) cc4)tiibut8 ts )lJll anyjunt, wh￿h ha5 resulted in ￿OnOm*S haviNJ to be further up ts cham of nvaT Rothrs has b80n on hokj in fa￿￿u[ ci encwTr3iro the irKrn*ed prO￿n of Lay Talks ol items of intsr8sI have tsken F*e, ir￿￿1#Yj onè ty the Di)xsan Dlrecky of EdLThtkM alKJUt church8s 8ng8glffj wth th schools in the their area and anoll*r tythè DIjc8￿ 0l1k8rsa￿￿j hab* a duty to ts Gc¥J ￿ *Drship, who Is the creator, to carè ato(rtts su*w'nthilty greenlxme g838s. Pth urg&l b wjoprt prnctic8s. Jan PO￿11 Churches Together and 'Open the Book, These Serv￿ in St. Mth*fs church ￿ regularPy durry fdKM)l at 9 30am. All the chur¢he5 in south￿Ck have been ¥8ry kesn kn suppxl a*0 in a le&Jer5hip t*MvJ tr￿r￿m in providitvj th8 conlei We all h￿e o)nYnibkn Tlwk JKI so nurters ￿ Ikthate ts) lim.11 has b88n ￿￿lI¥j to old frletYJs bgck and makè nèw fr￿Thj5 are sUp￿￿j ￿ frjr ts first tin*. I also Lwi dehJhted to wxepl offers of help in leadiThJ the sèrvTh arnl grtiing their input ￿, Ihanks go kn Graham W*er Bn￿ Box. Ew's c4jntri￿tion is diknnl as lèam to gain insight u)to Jes￿%,S te&hirvJs. In Lu¥da Hthxp f￿￿n is slill Wpy (rfKe a tsm, so thank you tr￿￿n9 Ihis, olouri￿ntwjtshIp 15 taw part in thè Wothj DvrfofW7*t*re to tske part in this very UF4ith'ng semce It is so lovetyMNkir¥J Icgett*r. it k8 ￿ ofthe churths reSwrNtsIrt￿ b Ib)st oryJanise seNc¥ and this Y￿ rt Is St. MKh*s tum, so I'm rwroyvJweg*M T*II VAI. Ck) COr￿1]er0)nIng gMTrJ serite a ty. Iw)kl itfKwn 9.3)am untl loan T*ilh i84c0￿ prothj aftwards. It is such a great opportvnty kam vthat 5s Iwpry yi our Chwch C￿￿les. W8 *8 Chrsvs Wy r8xh out kn all S88k and are in need or ￿Other. PwJe 21 Open the Book thjr church is thal sb'll sUp￿h￿j the (ten intbth, h&s ￿ ffl of our Churd*s are working togelherto go into EastbrTh)kAc&lemy at Im'r invrtal￿ 0￿e a fortnw to share thè storiès fiDm the Bible and act out those stones We are *dyS thking lor offets of heb in fo￿, so if Kjuld like b hdp do t&k to nE abc￿ it. The Bible SOc￿ty has brought out a w t￿k ¥•*h rrfft ofthe Bib￿.8 to re￿ to the chthjren. This gives them varièty and find that use th8 new and 9]￿brI￿ Ihe ore. The chiklm kwe ts slorEs, arKI often remember them even wth fvKI **eks in betsw. Ttrw km drewrvJ up a￿j thJ fArt *twe Ihey w li thè skny. Wè have covered Creation, Jacob and Essau. Jospeh. VL6e5 a￿1 fr￿n ts NewTestrnt ￿7 th8 Baptsl th8 Na￿. aNI thè SIDrn on ljbe Lake. sh￿la West House Group Th8 House Group nEets Fiijays li ts c1w￿. is TAebTh ￿. We meet to pray, Fmaise and tsfK aL¥xrt Jesis, ow Lord Iv)w fix Him to b￿01￿8 ir£reasiNJty rrm ol our everyday Iiv8s and how can sm Hwn fathlty otigin81 group start&J son* y88ts ty) {belye k¢k4MI cJ)nlhI￿S to te a sourceoferK>)ur• and sw881 fèlkmhw) and even *Jn. Recenty we hm ￿1 Meekty for a Lent Serfes by CIMa Amaty d￿CUssI[¥j aThJ prayiNJ abjut Gffts.. 'Gcrfs Grfls tr) arKI l￿W b glts. can w trth), rasw￿ to tl*m and be fwlthjl In our hves.. It hes teen a gcod s8rns, thwghl wovoknw ￿ offeTrw cwrtunr* br dLs(#JsS￿ aTrJ gro*lh. Ray and Elang Luff