Churchwardens, Report We are pleased to report that the Inventory has been checked and is correct. 2024 was a year of change for us. We sald goodbye to Jonathan at the beginning of Septemberwith a well-attended shared lunch. Since then, we have been supported by a rota of retired priests and it has been benef icial to our worship and spiritual life to have these priests officiate at our Eucharist and we are gratef ul fortheir support. Sadly, we have had to suspend the 8 am monthly said Eucharist due to a lack of number5 and staffing issues. The Archdeacon presided over all our Christmas services and all the services were well attended, numbers being up on last year. The Christmas workshop proved very popular and we need to consider how we can encourage those that attend the workshops to join in the life of the Church throughout the year. A Parish Profile was prepared and ready to circulate to interested parties when the Vicar of St. Julian's resigned due to ill health and the Living of St Michael's was suspended to give the Bishop time to consider Parish boundaries and the appointment of Incumbents. We are grateful for your patience and support while we are in this position and hope that it gets resolved soon. We are doing all we can to promote St Michael's and your support and prayers are appreclated. As well as Sunday morning services it Is important that we support one another during these unsure times and you can dothis by attendingthe Friday House Groupi Coffee and Company or stopping for coffee after Church on a Sunday or just supporting any of the fund raising events. There are many people who work hard to help us with our worshipping life, our social life, to keep our buildings in good repair and to raise much needed funds. Our thanks go out to all those involved in these groups in whatever capacity. The reports of the various groups are contained within this Year Book. All the groups need extra help and rf you feel you could assist any of them in any wayi no matter how small) please contact the Chairman of that group or let one of us know. Jacqui Aspinall & Karen Long Churchwardens saintmichael & all angeLS 50UttA¥sck Page 1 Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Southwick MEEfiNG OF PARISHIONERS AND ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING Sunday11th of May at11:15am In St Michael's Church The Me•tlng of the Paiishloners l. The Election of the Churchwardens Annual Parochlal Church Meeting Agenda AFobJies for Abse Minutes of the APCM hekl on 24th of March 2024 Ekntions pcc SideswÉn &desK ReF)Orts Finan￿ Report- Treasurer The other repots are set out in this bcxjklet Appointment of INJewKlent Ex￿1 Churchwath, Rewt (Will n￿mbe￿ of the PCC *ase sky behi￿1 tra minute meeting to set some dates) Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Southwick Meeting of Parishione￿ to elect the Churchwardens Two nominations had ken r8cei¥fd, so it unaniiTxx* Ihat Jacqui Aspinall and Ms Karen LoD.g elected as Churchwardens for the year 2024r2025. Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting Held on Sunday 24th March 2024 at 11.15am in St Michael's Church The meeting w&8 OF£r￿d with prayer led by the RevererKI Jonathan French. M was atterthd by 29 pa*iionetB. Apologies for Absence: ApOkyj￿ for alLsenc8 we reCer￿d firffi th Ja¥ui ￿11￿1, k15 Elts htrs Gay c￿th￿38. Minutes of the last APCM held on 30th Aprll 2023 The minutes were agreed unanimously as a true r￿d by the Chair. There were no Matte￿ arssing. Electlons: pcc: The follo*ing were ejected as mem￿ts of the Parochial Church Council.. Nominee Mrs Samantha 8yme-Smith Mr Raymond Luff Mr Tom B&kshall Prfwer Mr5 Pam Lee Mrs Ros Ellis Mrs WerKly Stringer Seconder Mrs Jan Powell Mrs Carolyn Almond Mrs Anthea Hind The Rector thanked those who had seNed in the previous year, partKulwty Nl&8 AmaThla Beal, Mr5 Beryl Elms, Mrss Kats Hamnett and Mrs Gay Courtnage who were retiring. It was agreed that the following should act as SKYesmen SKleswomen: Mr Tom Backshall Mrs Rosemary Hards Mrs Elaine Luff Mr Graharn Walder Mrs Gay Court Mrs Ann J Mrs Cathy Ihjxe Mr &ThM)n Wilton Mrs Ros Ellis Mr DIKlley James Mr Janet Shaw Mrs Sue Wilton It was also agreed that the folk)wirvJ &t as thMe￿: Mrs Carolyn Almond Mr Ray Luff Mrs He￿n Scott ktrs Sarah Bowrah Mr Tony Seaman Weth Sthnger Ihs Cathy fvtr Peter S( Reports: Flnancial Report- Treasuw. Mr Graham Walder thank￿ Keth v￿Q￿l kn dl ￿ h￿1 (k)ne n ￿lI¥j thr the thurth &counts, Marion Goble for her continued dimt aJminthts(m 0fm[￿n￿ giviffj aNI Ray Luff in I￿l￿ng him as Assistant Treasurer PaJe 3 This year, the ￿)Unts have been presented in a srykr R￿eipts arrfl Paynmts fomHL Graham has been encouragirvJ ai payments to be m* online as thks dces ¥M)t Ir￿Ur charges as cth aThJ transactions now do. Any claims for reimbursement of expenses sh￿Id maje on (Tr of the blue fonns whth are available from the off1￿. Regarding income, which is summafised on paje 11, donatio￿ and leg&ies incI￿jeS our regular giving, chaiitab activities include weddirKJ and funeral fees. other trajing comprises fundraising &tivrties and hire of the hall and inve5tsMents include rent of1 Church House Clc6e arml interest Detal8 of these sums are page 13. Expendilure Cove￿ the self*xplanatory cost of fUrKIraN￿ ￿nts of maintsiniry I Cliurch House Close, charitable costs relate to church and clergy extenses a￿1 embr&es hall a￿1 aCh[t￿ts, fees. Detsils ¥e shown on pa9e 14. The difference between I￿￿Kne and expe￿i￿lTe is a slrtll of £15,068, most of which relates to outstsnding boiler replacement costs which should be regarded invethnt for the future. In order to redress the net movement out of funds, the parish contn'button has been redu(%1. £5,(KIO is to be from savings to the current account to meet immediate [*. Regarding the fvIu￿, the current aCc￿jnt bala￿ is regulty rem￿d, this aided by the Upt￿date balance being available online. The Dk)cese has been wamed that ￿ may have to reduce our contributM)n further and our situalion is unlikely to change. Also. have had to red￿ our fundraisiNJ events Th) longer have the manpower to run them and donab'ons and lega(ies eTr k)wer than in the past Our prM)rity remairts to care for the church building and people. Our main assets are incm from the hall and 1 Church Hwse Cl)se. In response to questions, Grahan cl*ified that sonE of cash iTh>)me frcffi Sur#Jay a￿1 Churches Together refreshments is not tecorded as it is used to purchase supplies but the balance goes into the gerEral fund. We are expecting a leg&y from the estste of late Daphne Ba￿￿tt. The Revd Jonathan French expressed the wTegation's thanks to Grah￿ fi)r ts immTh pdnount of th he puts in to maintain the acujunts. Peter Reygale ￿K1 Colli upt(￿ s￿>)1￿1ed that the ay2Mu)ts be thp￿1 and all wer8 In favour. Churchwarden Ms Karen Long was asked kn inform ts congregatm atout ts Easy Fu￿1raIsi￿J Scheme that had beeri promoted at Deanery Synod and ts widely used by otsr parishes. Under thls, a pansh is registered and firms participating in the scheme give a prcwrtion of the money spent by regEtsred customers to the church quarterly. Karen encouraged parishioners {and their friends ayj I￿llieS) to register with Easy Fundraising naming St Mchael's SOuthw￿k as their thosen chanty, gift aKlirvJ rf tsy we abb. Nethr ts church nor ts shoppers are charged for this. A quartedy payment is received. Karen *ill prepare a lealet to give nKxe detaits a￿1 leave it in the church. Other Reports: FT Jonathan thanked the contributors of the other reports in the Annual Year B(x)k. Ms Kam Long proFosgJ and Miss Kate Hamnett seconded that tlw be accepted arKI this unanimously. Appolntment of IndeW￿nt Examiner The company we have used rFLerty is proving ratr￿ ex[￿￿e, so PCC has apr￿0￿ a &(x)untant, Mi James Tugwdl, who has offer&J to ￿t at an annual CA)St of £500. He has 20 years, eXper￿n￿ in ￿)unting arml credil control. The meeting agreed unanim(xtsly Ihat he stK>uld be asked to eXam1r￿ Ihe 2023 arKI 2024 ￿nts. Rectorfs report: The Rector expressed his th￿kS to Jwui PspirAU arwj Karen ttwr w)rk as churchwardens,. to Graham Walder, Ray Luff, Marion Golk and Keith fvkQueen for their*rxtt on parth finarn￿,. lo Po*EII &% PCC SeGW; to Tom Backshall as Safeguarding Officer, to Sarth BovKth as a reliable ¥w, to kn and c￿1g BYn￿srnlth and Sarah Bowrah for cleaning trE hall,. to Hugh O'Neil, Angle J&kson and ts thrr for thw'r much app￿lated music,. to Gigi Backshall arKI Kate Hamnett for their contribulKJn to the Children's Ser¥ices' to the Fabric and Sc¢ial& FurKlraising Commrttees, to the Ilower lalies arKJ IIN)se who m* E*r baskets arKI es￿￿lty to Bym&Smith vly) is the firt point of call for everyone and has swh a friendly aKI approthth He acknowledged that 90% of parish&8 are haviNJ I￿1h numtws aThJ finar￿eS but gives thath for all this Parish means and does. There baNJ no further business, trE meetirKJ cl￿4 Imth a prayer at11.50 am. TIE first meeting of PCC will be held on Sunday 14th Apn"12024 in at 11.15 am next APCM will be on 1> Aryft Y.% {Palm Sunday). Approved by the APCM on SwKlay11th May 2025 by the &lir¥J C1￿1r Paje 5 Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Southwick Registered Charlty Number1130870 ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31rt DECEMBER 2024 CONTENTS Pa Annual Rewrts of PCC and Churchwardens 7-10 Mission Ac￿n Plan 11 Financial Accounts 12-16 Report of the IndeFEndent Examr 17 Reports of the Varnus Committees of the PCC ar¥J Church Organisations 18-24 Page 6 PCC Annual Report for 2024 Admlnlstrative infonnation The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St m￿h￿l & All ArwJeb (x)mnwnitses of S￿￿Ck and Fishersgate in the dicLese of Chichester. The folbwing p* have serv&1 on the CourKil during 2024r25, with th8ir year of election shown after th￿r naffÉ: Revd J French- Incumbent (b 3rd Septembw 2024) Mts J Aspinall - Churchth3rden Ms K Loro - Churchwarden Mrs J Aspinall '23 Ms K Long .23 Mrs J Pos￿11 ￿3- Secretsry Mr G Wald8r ￿3- Treasurer Mrs M Kelly 23 Mr R Rose 23 Mrs P Sindair 23 Mrs A Beverton 22 Mrs S Bowrah 22 Mr D Hilton 22 Mr S Wilton 22 Mr T Backshall 24- Safeguarding Mrs S Byme-SnMth 24 Mr R Luff 24 structu￿ governanco and managemeTrt The appoInth￿nt of PCC methrs Is govemed by ts CIwTch Represenkn Rulas. After ex-oftlo posts (dergy, churchwardens and deanery syn(Ml representstives) have been filkd, one th1￿ of the ordinary n￿rnbe[S retire each year but can be r&eWed after one ￿r. Elected nHntsrs nom* serve three-year tsmis. The PCC is a Co￿rats tKty estsbnshed by trB Church of ErKJland. K operaÈs urthr ts PCC (Po￿rs) Measure 1956 and the Synodical Govefftment Measure 1969. Tr PCC is leg* a charity ￿ is reglstered v￿th the Charity Commission (Number1130870). This rewt has ￿en drawn up in the of the Charities Act 2011, Charity SORP 2005 aNJ Church Accounting R￿UlaIk￿￿ 2￿6. The address for corres[M)nden￿ is J poV￿ll. 12 Phoenix Qescent, S￿wICk, West Sussex, BN42 4HR. The Council's bankers are Barclays Ba￿ pk and Ihe Indewtht EXalM￿ are Messrs ATh)va of The Bam, Meadow Court, Faygate Lane Hotsham RH12 4&1. The PCC d**J ts day.W mana3ement of the Parish to the incumbent, Revd. Jonathan Fr￿h, wilh ts [eSw￿l)lIbOS transferr￿1 Chwchwth Mts J A8pinall and Ms K Long duriNJ the inter-regnum. This TrFK)rtC0￿s ￿ ywl) E￿athr2024 eaty of2025. Objectivos St Michael's PCC has the ￿81 reSP)ns￿lIty OfCwaatr￿ *Mlh ts I￿N￿ent in prO￿ting In ts parish the whole mfjss￿n of the Church - pastoral, evaThJel*, 8(Klal and ￿MenICal.. ll is also TrS[M)￿sibje for mantaining various buildings in partsh indudiry St Mich*Ys Church aid Hafi. PaJe 7 Achievements and perforniance Church attendance During 2024, an average of 48 people attended *wkly lAt)￿hip, a fijrtsr 14 attend￿lesS regularly and 13 remain part of our worshipping communty but are Unab￿ to C(47E *) services due to infjnnty. There Y￿re 89 acb've mefflbers 159 of whom are over 70) ￿ the EC￿s1&StCal Electord Roll. It is plea&ThJ that 314 peop￿, induding many children, attended church over the Chrthnas perKxI *MJ 91 at Eth, higlw last yw. Revlew olthey8ar We were sory to bse our Rth, Revd jonath￿ Fr￿￿h, ts14 year8, ÉervKe aThJ a shared lunch was eniDyed where ab￿ to I￿sh him **ll in hi5 retir&nert at St W de H￿ra St Julian's benefices have also left so the livings have IEen wthi18 discussK￿s tske plw aLx)ut future affawents. However, we have conts'nued with the help of wsting cleryy axl deligh￿1 to the Arc1KIe￿x)n to officiate at our Christmas services. Sung E￿harISt ts hekl every Surnlay, v￿th the fitst SurKlay of the ￿K)nth ba'ng All Age Worshlp. A Said Communk)n was also tdd a n￿th but h&% haj to be during tr* inter-wnum. Southwrck Churches Togetsr hold ecurt￿lCal ser￿S in St Mich*l's eath V￿8k during tènn tirne. Th8 Advent Children's Workshop was Kell supported, and we Contin￿ to partkipate in the ChurdEs Tofvr'opgn the Book, sessions at Eastbrook School. It was to i￿.n *ilh fellow kKal Chrtstians to ￿lebrats the Worfd Day of Prayer for which we hosted the service and tojoin in the Walk ofwits￿s from the CO￿1￿n￿ chU￿h to SouthwKk Squara on Frfday. Unfortunately, N)int Carol Singing in The Square h•J b be ￿Ce1￿j ￿ath￿. The PCC met 8 til￿S a 74% attendance and urgent matters wpre deatV•ith by the Standing ComnNtt88. Additional meettThJs were conven&1 durirKJ th8 intsr-regnum to keep rn8mbe￿ uwlat&l on prcYJress to make urgent decisions. There was 1 ￿ldIng, 3 funerals and 1 IntemNrt of ashes. We ￿ere greaty wldened to lose Patr￿la Lerner&Goff, Peter Robinson, Geuge Hards, Pete￿, D￿lS Croft Slwla Dean during ttK8 yw, all of whom had contributed greatly to our parish o%*r yea5. The inter-rfrJnum h&s a lot of pressure Wwdens &KI PCC to undertake addltional duts'es to keep everything running snKthly and *Dukl partkularty like tothank our Partsh Administrator, Sam Byrn&Smth, for her extra efforts and help duriThJ thts We do feel that r￿Tal8 in ts parth has Ten￿n￿l high a￿1 have been plea￿1 to gather diff8renl frcrfn (￿r v￿rtIrKj seem ts) enppj with ￿$. Despite the diffKulties VK kn in our C￿￿[ch, o)unty arnl the Iroub￿l M)rhJ, give ttwnks for ts blessings continue to enjoy- a k)ving r￿d ￿IK) promises b be with us always arxl faithful fn.ends around us to help us face the future Imth IK)pe. Flnancial Revlew 2024 2024 hag seen a net red￿tion of of£6,148 of rrw part of this relates to eX{*￿Il￿re on Ihe Church Hall. At the beginnirKJ of the year, finally rey)￿￿j the of fhe le*¥J rTr)f in the kitchen by r￿rK)VIng and replacing the tiles in that area and in AUg￿t repl￿1 ts rotten tinknfront d(x)rs I￿th aluminium door frames. The Church Hall is an important asset for ￿ SuPF¥￿1[￿j not￿ ￿ inwtant source of but aso a place to hold a large number of our s(Kial events. Regular Income griing has la￿ety Ststil￿ed aFKI Gfft Ahl I￿O¥er&I has incmsed this year, due to the fact tb,at we have now mana9ed to make tegukn Gift AMI dain￿ during Ihe year rauw than bawng it until the following year and then making a single daim. Fundraising events howaver been a chalenge for us as an &Je1￿j congregalK)n are finding ft Wy)re difficult to manage the larger events like funniro Ihe car boot sale etc. Our Pansh contribut￿ redU￿d to £4,475 w nKxth althwJh ￿ have managed to i￿aSe this in 2025 to £4,610. We are also planniw on making a C￿tr￿Ul￿￿ tr) the Dtt)Ce￿ th8 tTrdphne Bamett's estate. ReseNes Policy. 1. Our Barclays Current A¢xount was £8,052 Barcty Premium A￿1)Unt was £17,760 on 3112 2024. 2. Our InvestnEnt Accounts vAth CBF hdd by PCC we £52,592 3. The InveSt￿nt Account held by the D￿ese was £28,849 4. Th& Kenyon Trust is a restncted fvnd for St Peters Church ￿re £30,374 5. The Simmonds T￿￿t is an Endowed Trust of £10,382 for the Churchyard **ich fw not be sp8nt but the intsrest is pa￿ into the General Fund Approved by the PCC on 161h ot March 2025 and Sign￿ (m ts bthalf by the ActiNJ Chalr {Slgnatur•i (Name) Page 9 Fabric Report The Fabric Committee consists of Jacqui Aspinall, Simon Wilton, Graham Walder, Nigel Couthage, Colin Upton and Jan Powell St Michaels Church and Churchyard Extemal doors conb'nue to be difficutt to thut in the wet ￿ather but do improve during the summer months, The west wall of the nave has now tEen repainted arKJ thanks go to Peter Scott and Nigel Courtnage for undertaking this task. There has teen some treatrnent for ￿worM arKI evid￿￿￿ of fvrther woodworm ts being monitored. Work has been undertaken on the block11))ring vtsre some blocks have become raised or a￿ unsafe. The churchyard is the reswnsibility of Adur and Worthing Distiict Council. St Michaols Church Hall The roof has now been repaired salisfactoiily. New doors have been fittgj which &e a great improvement. There is a problem with the flooring of strye cu￿)ard arKI howfully this witl be investigated during the summer holidays this year. The land the Hall is buitt on is leased from the Diocese and Ihe temi of this Lease njns (xrt in June 2025 and we are currently seeking to extend the temi of this Leasel have a new Lease granted. 1 Church Hous8 Clc*e 1 Church House Close continues to be let to the ten￿ts provides an essenfjal source of income. A large tree in the garden ￿lch was causing a woblem has been cut down Tho Rectory The Rectory remains the responsibilty of the dic¢ese, however, during an interregnum certain matters are our responsibility. It seems very unlikely but the DifKese are considering letb'ng the property for six months and because of this we are having to completely clear the house aKI garwJe and we are currently arranging for a skip to help with the removal of sY)me large items. We are also responsible for keeping the garden tidy, thankfully the Diocese have arranged for the rel￿Val of the brambles in the garden. Thanks to Peter Scott for the smart new address plaque for the Rectory. Jacqui AspinalllKaren Long Page10 Mission Action Plan (2021- 2024) We aim to ce￿brate and share G(xl's love for ai people by offering a pla￿ of belonging, explon:ry= honestly with an open mind, stiiving to live otrt Chrisfs ￿e afKI compassion f￿ everyone as toge- as a church family arKI failh communtty ￿ explore the k)ve of G(xl made knob*n to us in Jesus ch.rist. Community links Fliers through all doors in the Parish 3 times per year- Christinas, Easter, Remembran andlor Summer. We should make sure this happens regularly to ensuTe consistency of communication. Within the flier we emphasi* to those receiving them that as their local church we are praying for them. Workshops (aka Messy Churchk increase to 3-5 throughout Ihe year. Chrislmas, Easter, Summer, HaNest, Rememtxance a8 possible fwses. Links to schools - make links with He&Jt&%hers of all bcal ythools - Glete, Eastbrook, Holmbush, Shoreham Academy and Shoreham College. (All schools have to demonstrate aspects of collective worship and moravspiritual education under Ofst￿l criteria) This will require some persisten￿ and some schools will already have involvement from other churcheslreligiousffarth groups. If anyone has any links it TM)uld be good to follow these up. St Mlchael'8 Pastoral visitors - To develop provisFon map for wlnerable members of Our congregation mapping out all the contact we have had arKJ any suptx)rt both from us and elsewhere that is in place (a syslem used in schools). Pastoral links - names and contact details in pew Shee￿ This would need to be DBS checked. Or a message to say rf you would like a member of the pasloral team to contact you Klease email Sam in the Off￿ with con￿1 detsils - this will be treated in confKlenck. Eco Church - we can rM)tentially tie in with group that m￿t at St Giles Church Hall- We will provide a list of all the recyding that can be collected and how it can be collected, Photo board of all members of the ￿ngregatKIn visible in church where visitors arKI crjngregation can see it. Page11 St Mithaels and All SouthwKK Chultyn￿ 113( Summary of Financial Re¢elpts and Paymwts. Year Ended 31 December 2024 . Furds Inlomt ￿deadO¥jme￿1{ty: txJnation5ardlE8ades h*rtt¥Ye thrli LTA IEÉ 26883 18234 ot￿￿rre￿ Ewnthjretin". aWlEII.iE 13- r•dlnit05¥ Upke4pofi How¢kn• Xetyrfn#GfftforA•¢iDr I17￿5) JJ 588 l￿d J24 883 JA4 .17 107353 )J05J9 Page 12 St Michaels arKI AU Angels, soUthwK￿ Charlty no. 1130870. Statement of Assets and Llabllltles. Year Ended 31 December 2024 .1 FLV>4ts 2023 A552t OaTclaysCwrent 8wb1￿1c Otlierirndlngcosts 11,8121, 2Jli 1620 19932ai 111409 1223 £342 P.1531 11?421 17.1401 13L¥)I 11.7ts)1 7421 ,1401. 131X)I' ll9￿51 11.OZ91'. 1347 4675 U7,3551 11.0291.. IL71•)). Ilpkeeepoii Church Htyjse Close 11587 Total ald 0Tr4il funds Page 15 St Mlchaels and All An￿e15 Southwick. Charlty no. 11330870. Costs, Year Ended 31 December 2024 Staff costs Staff Wages and salaries Employer Natlon81 Insurance Employer pension contribthion5 tsOA461 19266) (305J HtsnorBrfa charged to Cost ltyrristl or Clwrth 14315 Runr4 Costs iaeanersl 18.942 8,923 Page 16 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ST. MICHAEL'S PCC. SOUTHMCK I report to the trustees on my examination of the aclxbunts of SL Mlcha81's PCC. Southwick for the year ended 31 December 2024. Responslbllltlgs and ba•is of Yeport As the charity trustees of St. Michael's PCC. Southvick are Tesp)￿Ne for the preparatlon of th8 accounts in accordance with Ihe requwaments of Ihe Chartti8s Act 2011 (the 2011 kt). I r8port in r8spe¢t of my examinaiion of SL Mictiael's PCC. S(Arth￿'s accourrts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in caThwng out my examination I have followed all the appli(xbS8 Directions giv8n by the Charity Commission under sedlon 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Acl. Independent examIne￿5 slatamènt I have comty8ted my examinallon. I confirm that no matsrol matt8r5 have come to my attention In conn￿tion vAth the examination gtving me c8use to believe that in any material respett. accounting records wer8 not kept in w of the chwity as requwed ty section 130 cf the 2011 Art or th8 accounts do not accord Mth those rgcords. I have no concems and have come across no othèr matters in o)nneclion with the ex8minallon to which attention should be drawn in this rewt in order to enable a proper understanding of the a￿￿nts to be reech8d. IUCLLLL Katle Squire ACA. Anova The 8am, Meadow Court Faygate Lane Faygat9 Horsham West Sussex RH12 4SJ Dated.. 2310412025 Page 17 Reports of the various Committees of the PCC and Church Organisations Deanery Synod Deanery ￿nc￿ met three tlmes duriThJ the yw wwKled over by ts Rural Dean, R8verend D￿ HelKIe￿. The highlNJht Ytas the Deanery Celebration of ￿ year of faith, Ihe 950 year ￿ni￿erSary of of the ChiGhe*r tX(%ese and the 1700 year anniversary of the Synod of Ni￿. The n￿ting was I￿1 at St Le(Kwds, Akliiw #i Feknw. The theme was to share our beliets arKI dkscover Nice￿ cr￿ unites deterniti￿ was believe. wnising that faith is a process of expk)ratM. At each mee￿ng, there Is a f￿￿Ls talk, ts flrt by ReweThJ ArrfJr8w Snith. VAS a g1vW￿ saytro dlscipleship should be 8 part ofour faith. Tt* nK)rn nyxe Ikety be gwryjs a VISKM for m￿S1On and minislt A call to generosty is a call b prayer stewwts of our tim, tthts treasure {s88 2 Corinthians chapters 8 and 9) Reverend Nlck Turner gave the t&* on evarYJ8ksm and di*esNp, so as th8 UK now has rN)re atrEists than people who beueve in God. He encourayl us to be lokl aKI to ewday as our &tions spea( louder than w￿rdS. We aiB entrust8d with a duty and pj to introduce Chrtstsnity inkn gth wNersth as a natural ovth ofour love for Jesus and to bE Ou￿ard lookn.ng desprte the barri￿5 of n￿lern •, chwch is okn seen as an alien culbjre or not credible. Pwir.,; may be put off by SOC￿ baftiers or p&t aXW￿$, so ￿ r*ed tr) ern7￿r￿je th8m lo f881 c(¥nk)rtth axl We￿0￿ sn and Oli& L,. church, to make Opportunit￿ to share make the ￿￿t of those thal ar8 Put in front of us. These w8rg all very lrn%piring and upteat and gfve fKJpe for a brkJhter fith, desyts atl the bal things In this Kirld that we aiE constantly bombarded with. But these gocKI re ￿ all lo be activ* invdved in every vrdy ￿ can. Jan PoNell Friday House Group The Group meets on Frtdays in the chu￿ and everyone is ￿elcOme to Join ￿8. We contsnue to to pray, praise and talk alx)ut Jesus, our Lord and Saviour. trK)w k)ng for Him to tecome increasingly mr ". of our everyday Irves and how &8n serve Him m(xe failhfulty. The group stsrted Son￿ years ago and continues to be a sour(* of encouragerron( $w￿t felbhEhip and even fun. During Lent VE weekty k)r a series ty tk)uglas Connelly on the '1 am, SayirvJs of Christ, a good series, thought provoking aid offering oppothnities for di￿USsion and Karen a s￿011 paral￿1 group on Saturday rrw)mings which was ML appreciated. Earfier, we also studied a series on the seM￿n on ts Mount basèl on the Beatl￿des. Ray and Elwne Luff P4e 18 Children's Ministry The AlkAge Wotship servK*s, generalty on ts first &ThJay of ts nxrfi, 0)nt￿lUe the nuntsr of children and fari-il attending is very low, sometiffes onty t¥￿) or three Y(￿ngStss all￿. We ca)nlIn￿ tt) ￿ grateful to Gigi B￿ksha11-WilklnSorI ar- Kate Hammett for Org￿ls1￿j activities for the youw durirwJ ts ser*ite. It has *) been a delight to er￿QUrage greaier partrcipatM)n in the serlice frcffi our young arKI, Fn pthlar, the gilltar pla￿ng from Ollie. A Suc￿ssfiJl Advent Workshop vas heky Decern￿ 17 thibjren *ere to Ihe Church Hall for craft ￿tivItI8$, 8 light lunch and a r8-telling of the Nativity story as as sm Carol singirwJ by (Xle Iguitao, Luke (Key￿ard) arKJ Katie. Father Christrnas appeared at the eNI of the *ith a smal gfft thikl. sev￿ patents stay￿1 througftht th8 workshop which gave an opportunty forConve￿nS atK)ut St Mr￿l's, vrtm) ￿ are a￿1 what TIP (k). l am gratefijl to the team for their hail V￿rk and commthenl in makirvJ this day s￿h a ￿K1 to Kth Fr8eman for his ￿lIk￿ne$S to don a red suit and white beard for the ttcasion! There was a g(M)d attendance of yotmg people owlhe Christrn&s WKXI a very suct8ssfiJl Crli Ser¥hx on Chrth Eve, leo by Archdeacon Martin arKI ts Nativty Strmy w nallatsd trj ts Ardthxon out by chiklr8n enthusiasm and Joy: A further workshcp is to b8 in Lent prior to Mjthenw SU￿aY is plann￿. (kn thINJ that ￿ need to th) is follow up contactr, made durirvJ these vA)rkshoF6 to establtsh t￿neC￿)nS ¥￿th famiks so that ￿ can rexh out to them and encourage them tr.1 become involved St Mich*ls. It ts to be hoted that over ts next year, aNI part• wh￿, God ￿lI11r￿, have a n8w pri8g,. we can re-focus on our mlnlsty to children. young 5* and famib'es. K8ren Long Pastoral Team It was the Rectorfs intentDn to refonn ar￿ renew ts Past(d Ixrt sajly Jonathan dKI Th)t achieve INS prlor to hts retirement. i ain grateful to those Ytho 'keep tsbs, on who are pcthy andlor hwtK)und and bring to our attenlon for prayer. Than¥:; especialty to Brenda Wells for her nlnisty oft*ffj comrru)x)n rwJu* b) those are li r8sKlential care or*lK) are housetOL'nC and unab18 to attend chu￿h. In the abSe￿e of a priest, I will be kd(iw at ways to c(￿Ord￿at8 our path care so that all our ch￿ch tsn*y are boked after. Krn Long Church Hall The main thiry to reFDrt re: the church hall for the past year is the new d(￿1 We have finalty got a set of wonderful looking, fully functional d(￿ that work ts same ￿aY come rain OT shinel It ￿inlY makes my job hiring out the hali easier wittbjut this hurdle to cross. The fix to the kitchen roof is holding up n*, with no ￿akS to report. Thank you to everyone who helps al Ihe hall ￿1th fixing, paintiry, general maintenance. More jobs are planned moving forward into the summer. Samantha Byme-smith P4e 19 Coffee and Company Our numbers do vary but we average alK)ut 25130. Ifyou know any￿￿ ￿￿Uld tenefft from an hour OT so of company please encourage them to give us a ty, meet on the first Saturday of the month from 10 to 12 noon. If there is someone you think might benefft from Ihe company but transport is a problem please let me know VE'II see rf we car,. help. Thanks as always go to Rctsemary, Gay, Mary. Sue, Angte and Graham. I rA)uldn't do it Nmthout you. Thanks also to all who attend and vtho make it such a lovety frEndly couple of h￿[s. it couldnl happen witt￿1 you. Why not w)p in and give us a try. Jacqui Aspinall Electoral Roll As you will know, this year called for a complete revision of ts Electoral Roll. ThB is a big undertaking and thank you to all who complet&d forms and drop[￿ them into offi￿. The total figure for thls year (forms reknmed) is 89, compared to116 on the last rdl. Trre are stlll a few forms waiting to be completed and retumed, a few Feople have mov8J from the parish th some are now in nursing homes ap.!1 there ara those who have sadly pas8al a￿aY in ts last year. There may be some wple attend frequently and might rike to be on the Electoral Roll. If so, fomis are available i! I church. Sam Byme4mith Church Flowars The Flower Ladtes cont'nue to prO￿le a beautiful display each ￿tek, Vth￿h hope everyone enjoys, Our numbers are still low but have been boosted recently by Nancy Mofris tho has now bro￿ht our number up to 61 Thank you, Nancyl We are always grateful rf people donate money for fi0￿Er5 in memory of a k)ved one. We do our best to find fiowers in the colours that you request. Please see Brenda Allen or rf you vKh to do this and please give us some notice. Finding fiowers ￿ntinUeS to be dlfficult ￿?thoUt Ihe kKal fiorist or access to the Ik)w Ma￿81 but have experime.Iitfvi with one or two new sources and al￿￿yS have OUT local supemiarkets to fall ￿ on! We are pleased that this year have managed to find a more eC￿friendlY ftlral foam to suptM)rt our arrangements. My thanks go.to all our arrangers, and to those of you who kindly comment on Ihe fi0￿Er5 arKI show your appreciatior.. Helen Scott Page 20 St Michael's Music Choir Angle Jackson (Choir and Music Director) has continued to inspire our small but very k)yal group of singers who have been leadiffj the services tirelessly this past year. Nort of us is getting any younger and ￿ had to accept that one of our senior members coukl not conts'nue in the choirafter DecemlEr. HO￿ver, the enthusiasm of the choir is undiminished. and they rAJntinue in the crucial ro￿ of18ading the congregational siNJirxJ in the seNices. Angle and l o)ntinue to work together at Friday evening rehearsals to prepare for ts servtces and other events, al￿a￿s a stimulating fixture. These events have included an Advent Carol service in the choir was augmented *ith seasonal suptx)rt that Angle manages to pr￿Ure for these ¢xcasions. The choir, to their credit, also featured in the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. Both these services seemgj to be very well received. Unfortunatety, the prosp&ts for recruitment into the choir are not boking gooa at present a problem no doubt facing many parish churches. Organ Intonab'on problems persist, although after I met with ￿ organ bjner to disfJJSS most pressing of these issues, the. 'GreaV organ is sounding considerably improved. Even so, I still have to be very se18ctive in registration choices. Thp instrument was last overhauled 50 years ago and will need s(¥ne expensive attention in the foreseeable future rf it is to contlnue in operats'on, A cheaper option is a digrtal organ, whtch V•Duld wuire little maintenancE. Etther way, a financial decision on longer term plans regarding organ music at St Mich*'s I￿11 have lo be made as srx)n as rthsible. Classlcal Music Concert A repeat of last yearfs successful cOn￿rt was held on the 218t of SeptemtEr. There was a varied programme by six artists. A vocal item for MezZwpra￿ ￿0mpanIed by wla and piano by Brahms was folbwed by a baroque piece for 2 flutes and piano. Anita Beverton ci)nlributed 'The Syran, by Saint-saens, and V￿ ended with the lively Pouknc Flute sonata with Karen and myself on piano. Graham Walder kindly introduced the event I have some ideas about the next cOn￿rt but no date has twn deci￿ as yeL Our kKal support Wds but I was slightly diSapF(jint￿ that in spite of varied adverb'sing ploys. I dKI not rK>tice any 'wtsiders' in the audien￿. Hugh O'Neal (organ and piano) P4e 21 Safeguarding Our Safeguarding procedures are up to date and wularty reVieV￿d. All rwEssary DBS checks have now been updated through the online servi￿. If you plan to run a group or visit others in an activity linked in any Ydy to the church a DBS check should be completed. It is not too onerous- please o)ntact me for infoNnation. You will be aware that the Church is urKler el￿OuS scnrtiny regarding Safeguarding at this time. Infonnation and online training is available to anY(￿e and can tk aC{￿S8j via the Diocesan ￿eb￿le. Ir lTri e more information please let me know. Completing a DBS Ch￿ is rx)t ts same as engaging V￿th tramiing. The training is helpful in k￿pIng us alert to the context and concems around Safeguarding. The key message is that Safegua￿lIng is everyone's ￿S[M)ns￿)I1ty. If you have any COn￿mS about someone or a particular situation please contact me. All concerns will be taken seiiously and dealt with in confidence. Tom Backsh811- Safeguarding Officer Social and Fundraislng During the intefregnum, it is so imwrtant that * all pull together. It is absolutety therful to witness that togetherne