REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1131419 R•port olth• Tn￿to•S •nd Unaudlt•d FlnanGlal Slat•m•nts for th• Yw End•d 31 (l•c*nbw 2020 Th• Parl$h Church of St Jam•8 Cllth•ro• Bennett lQrklw8 Smlth Suite$ 5 & 6 The Printsw)rks Hey Road Clrtheroe Lancashffe BB7 gw8 Th• Parlsh Church of Sl Jam•B Clllh•f Contents of tho Financial SLitements for tho Yew End•d 31 D•cwnbor 2020 R•port of tho TnMtw• 1 to 4 IndopMd•nt Examln•rf• R•port Stat•m•nt of Flnancw A¢lMtI•• Balanc• 8h••t Not•s to th• Flnancw Stat•m•nts 8 to 14 D•tall•d Stat•m•nl (rf Flnanclal Actlvftl•• 15 to 16 Th• Parfsh Church of St James Cllth•roo R•port of Ihe TrustO08 for thè Yoar Endod 31 Docembor 2020 Background St James PCC has the resF¥)nsiblty of c(wperatirvJ Rector. the Rerfd Mark Wckett In rxomoling In the pxclesiaslical parish the whole mi$5ion of the Church, pastLYal. evangelist￿, social and egJmenl¢al, 11 also has the maintenance responsibilities for the Church Centre comptex of St Jame5', Si James, Street. Clithefoe. It has respO￿lbIlIty in the emtAownent of an operat￿ Manager. Youth Minister, a Chrisb'ans Against Povety Centre Manager, a Chlldren's and Famly Minister arKI a part-time administralor. Finaly, il has an imp(Ytsnl role to ￿8Y in the supwt of St James C of E Pn'mwy S¢frfJol. OBJECTIVES AND ACTivrriES Church Attondanc• Al the AGM in 2020 the declcyal rom m8mbtr¥hlp st(M)d at 192. W6 have a(icoted Church Sutte as our chw¢h Lw8ed management System arKi have 317 on that syBtem th another 1(K* chldren. Much has changed this dug to the Cowd 19 Pandem CC'$ have mel on ZCMJM all -church Services were $usperKled in Marc* 2020. opengd social dKSta￿ln9 from June to Sept, suspended agaln In October. oper¢d over th8 Clwistmas period and su$peThJ8d from Jan 11 10 14 March vthen vffj reopened Wth soclal dlstsndrKJ measure5 in pla(x. ur 2020 AGM was poslpornd undl the end of September. -The annual Odober C￿nI was suspended. -There has been no"nomal' Sunday on ￿lch lo base attendance f￿ures. -sunday Services and some mld4¥eek $efvi¢es have either been rectirded arnl avallat48 on YouTube or lfve streamed from church. .Vlewng f¥ures have remaimd high and stat48 durfr¥J avwaging Wound 250. All Charitab￿ actlvllies that have taken pt&* have been for the b8n8fft of tr* publK and the vAder commun 88 8 whde In conjundion with the Charlty Commission's guthrtt. Page 1 The Parl$h Chur¢h of St Jamos Cllthwoo Report of th• Trv•tO•S for the Year Ended 31 D￿mb¥r 2020 ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORIAANCE Charltable a¢tiviti•s R•vl•w of th• Y•ar A full wew of all th& activities at St James. fan be ￿nd in the Annual Rewrts to Ihe APCM Teachlr@ S¢he(lules have irtluded A series on calling Studies in the Eptsue of James Two lerms exploring the theme of Kirodom in MaithtrAs Gospol Small group8 have ¢ontknu&l to mo81 on Zoom and w) pwson rnstrlclbn¥ ware eased. Outreach to our community ha8 contirwtsj aThJ have mad6 (¥ealfvo use of abdity to meet In bubbles or support groups in V•tJrkin9 children. famil￿ and youth. A priorty Ihls year has been pasloral Care of those vltho W to Wale. A pastoral care team look responslblltty for 5UPPOrting wound 70 more eld8rty in our cnngregatlon. Th16 has included regular plM)ne c8118 the givlng out of around 60 plants over Chri8trna8 and membws CA the o)NJregatton *Y#ing and d￿tribut￿9 cards for 5 weeks durlng the new ￿•r. We have engaged in new outreach 1nrtlat1￿ Ihl$ year. Firsl in distritMJting over a thousand b)xo$ of comfort and joy to tl)08e live amongst. These contalned a dwation, a Christian message and Chrf8llngl8 kll. They We￿ well rerA6ved arKI V+*re fdlo*pd up by a similar grft on Volentlnes day ¢elebTaling G￿1,8 love arKI wll be Idlo**d up by a lurther dl$trlbulw)n of boxes 01 livry hope al Ea81or. Thls year ha8 seen growth in outreach. engagemerrt and c4re of our communrty. l)Jr p8rtner8hlp wlth ow prlmwy s¢hoc4 has o)ntlThMd all￿gh ￿ a very dKknnt fa8hth thls yw. Three alpha groups have taken place over zoom ypar a￿1 these have boen ￿nderfullY effectlve. We conllnue to partner mission at home arKI abroad V￿th our mission tithe and our partnership wlth Klng8 Highway Church in Eldorel alhwh curtailed has rminued. Our CAP centre manager ¢ontinue¥ to help dients find themselves In debt bul the￿ has not boen much uptake for thls durlry the svr. AJtr￿gh has been arKI wvje engagement vlth the CAP money ¢ourse$ that have run. We have run CAP morw ¢wrses thls )par fcy members of the communlty. Currént staff membern emplo￿ diredly ty the PCC Hglen Potts full time Chrfdren and Famity Minlstor Naomi L￿1#$ full time Operat￿S Manag8r Lucy Skellon full timè Youth Minister Graham Haldane part lime Chrtstian Against Povety Centre Manager Sue Clark part time OffKe Assislant David part Ilme Clean Tho Parfsh Church of St James Clltheroo Roport of the Trust•os for th6 Y￿r Ended 31 Doc*nb•r 2020 FINANCIAL REVIEW At the erKI of 2020 the total Ir￿Me r￿er￿d for Ihe into PCC xrA>unt was £281,311, vlfth a separate n81 gain on investments of £1.STh. Total exp8nditiKe was £282.808. leaving a net irKome surplus of£409. The total reserves hdd in the surplus ac￿Unt at the of th8 rwting per￿ is £184.411 of there pAe no restrlcted funds, trArt there are deswJnated funds of £4.819 Wthich have been Separa￿ for the purposes of the Discretionary Fund. Re8eNes are held lo enabfe the PCC to continuè lo operate as an enttty and meet any liabiliiies il may have, and to allow Ihe PCC lo conbrth in it's ongoirKJ activities in spreaing fath and worship within ￿ local and wlder cornmun￿. The PCC 18 bbing managed arKI admlni$twed as a golrKJ c4ncem. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The PCC operates through one commlttee wlth a number of teams that meet bets￿n fvll meollngs of ihe pcc. The StandirvJ Committee, the only commlltee requir•J by law has PO¥•W to transact fv bu8ln888 of the PCC bets%*en its meetings subi&a lo any diro¢tths glven by the Councll. In order for the PCG to c•ry wt its funcl¥)n of leadershlp. development oti￿10n maklng a number of teams have been set up vthh the frAlowlng terms of referefK Leadershlp Team - To recelve vl$lon- dketh from God and via others - To dk8lil and darfy visk - To communicale VIS￿ so as to Inspke olhers -To ensure Im￿ementation of visKJn (Induding delem)Inh)g and mothfw'ffj strategy). Setung $trat6glc, measura1￿8 8nd time qU￿tIfi•ble goals. WKI then monltorlry r*ogres8 FabrK Team - To oversee the day lo day Maint￿3￿8 of the - To work dosely wlth th8 OperalK)ns MarwJer in th8 (¥Jt of th to the IwlldirKJ. - To ensure the work from th8 Qulnquennial InskwI￿n is wied ￿j1. - To rep￿ lo the PCC wtyk needed, planned and completed. Finance T8arn - To oversee the finarKes of the chjrch. - To support th8 Treasurer in the settiry of ￿rIY iKMlgels. - To ensure the church ￿ kept infomied abwt Chrisllan Stthvardship Induding the erwelope Scheme, dlrecl debit giving, Iycies elc. - To bring a finsnckql repcrfl lo oach PCC meeting Ministry Team - To overgee the Worship Services at St James - To monitor and ev81uale the need5 of Ihe I￿rShIPpIng commurmty - To prOd￿e a lermty teaching programme Each team reports lo the PCC deci$*)n$ *e malle. TIE PCC has met 5 limes Emjt on Zoom durlrKJ the ￿. Minutss or vffitten or verb81 reports of meeting5 or groups were received by the PCC arvj discussed tpthere neces REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEfAILS Regl8t•r•d Charlty number 1131419 Tho Parfsh Church of St Cllthor00 Raport of the Trust•es for the Year End¢d 31 Decwnb•r 2020 Prfn¢lpal address St James Church St James Street Clithgroe Lancashire 8B71HH TnMt••8 Members of the PCC are either ex-Off￿r0 or ele&ed ty the Arnual P¥rxhk31 Church M￿￿ng In ac￿rdanCe th the Church RepresentalvJn Rules. InC￿rnbent Revd Mwk Pkkett Ct*lman The I￿lO￿n9 people have gwved on the PCC from 2020 Wardens M Howarth Deanery Syrnd R Haklar Elecaed members J White D Pl¢kett MDY J Pellet R H￿danfj H Potts G Haldane E Wood N Shdley S Clark J Frank N ￿len M Dow•J Indep•nd•nt Examln•r Aice Mary Smith FCCA Bennett KiTkFwe Smith Chartered Certrfied A¢Munlants Surtes 5 & 6 The PrinfvAyks Hey Road Barrow Cllih8roe Lancashire BB7 9WB Approved by order of the board of trustees on 17 May 2021 and syned on its behal ty. Rev'd M PiL*ett- Trustee Page 4 Indopendent Examln•rf8 Rèport to the Tn￿lee& ( Th• Parlsh Church of St J•ne• Clltheroo Ind•p•nd•nt ¥￿￿nIn8￿5 report to th• tnoto08 of Th• Parlsh Chur¢h ¢)f St James Cllth•ro• I report lo the ¢lwity trustees on my examinalw)n of the acc#)unts of The Pwish Church of Sl James Clithero8 (the Trust) for the i*ar ended 31 D￿ember 2020. Respon$lblltti￿ and basls of r•port As the charrty trustees of the Trust sY)u are responsibl8 for tho weparatk)n of fv ￿)￿jnts in accorda￿ wth the requirements of tr* Chariti85 Act 2011 llhe Acv). I report in re3pect of my examinaith of the Tn￿￿5 acLX)unts ¢￿t uThler 9ecllon 145 of the Act and In carrwng out my examination I have fdlo*td all awicable Dyections a￿en by the Charity Commlssbn under section 145151(b) of the kt. Indep•nd¢nt •x4mlnorfs stat•m•nt Slnce ￿￿r ¢hariWs gross income exceeded £2￿.000 >r)ur examiner must be a member of 8 119ted body. I can confirm that l am qualif￿ to U￿jertak8 the examination because l am a registered member of FCCA h is one of the118ted bodies. I have Complet￿ my examination. I txjnfirm Ihal no material matters have come to my attenllon In ¢onnectK wtth the examinat￿ gfvlrvJ me cau8e to belb8ve Ihal Mat￿￿1 r88*. accounting rec￿d8 were not kepl in ￿Pect of the Trt￿t a6 requk6d by secth)n 130 of th8 Art" or the accwnts do not accord with lkne fe¢ords; or the accounts do not comply wAth the ap￿ICable r￿U￿rnants con¢emlrvJ the form and conlont of accounts sel oul in the Charities {AcC￿nts and Rwrtsl RegulalTron8 2008 other than any requlremenl th8t the accounts gNe a true and lair view vthich is nol a matter consKlered 88 part of an independent exgmlnation. I have no eoneerns ond have Come across no other mattern in ojnnectlon the oxaminatw)n to whk attention shoukl bo dr*•m In this repcrt In txdef lo enab￿ a proper understanding of the a¢cwnts to be reached. Allce Mary Smith FCCA Bennett KKkhop8 Smlth Chartered Certrfied Accountants Sutie8 5 & 6 The PfFnhAxks Hey Road Barrow Clttheroe Lancashlre 887 9W8 Date: ..2.1... The Parish Church of St Jam•s Clithero• Statem•nt ol Financial Nztlvltl88 tor the Year Ended 31 t)tt8mber 2020 31.12.20 31.12.19 Total funds nd fu funds Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMEPfft8 FROM Donation5 and legac4es 240.564 243,064 315,786 Charhabl• a¢llvlll•o Directly relating to the work of the ￿rch Grant 11.832 12,795 24,OCKI 7,741 6,750 24.1MK) Inveslmenl Inccrfne 1.452 1,725 Total 253.848 27.463 281.311 332,002 EXPENDITURE ON Charltabl• acllvltl Directly relating to the the clwr¢h 255,345 27,483 285.584 N81 galns on investments 3.176 NEf INCOME 409 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought foThvard 184,￿)2 184,002 134,408 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FoRW￿D 184.411 184,411 184,002 The rth fm part of tsse fir￿n¢la1 statements Pa98 6 The Parlsh Church St James Clithon Balance Sheet 31 December 2020 31.12.20 Total funds 31.12.19 Tot81 futNIs UnrestrIc￿ed Restrlcted fuThJ fund FIXED ASSETS Taroible assets Inveslmef 33,5TI 39,818 33,577 39.818 47,479 37,638 73.395 73,395 85,117 CURRENT ASSErs Debl¢Ns Cash at bank 18.294 1￿).189 18.294 1eA),189 15,161 167.832 178.483 178,483 182,993 CREDrroRS Amountg fdling due Mfjlhin one )par (10,305) 110.305) 118,372) NEf CURRENT ASSEf8 168,178 168,178 164.621 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURREiir LIABILrriES 241,573 241.573 249,738 PROVI8IONS FOR LIABILrriES {67.162) (57,162) {65,736) NEf ASSErs 184,411 184.411 184,002 FUNDS Unrestrlcted fund8 10 184.411 184,W2 TOTAL FUNDS 184.411 184,002 The Ilnancw statements ￿ apwoved by the Bow(l of Trustees aThJ aJtrThi5&J for i88ue on 17 May 2021 and signed on its bgw by.. M Pickett- TnJ5ts noles fm part of I￿ finaThial statements Page 7 The Parlsh Church of St J•no Clithwo• Notej to the Flnanclal Stat•monts for th• Year End•d 31 D•c•mbor 2020 ACCOUNTING POUCIES Basis of pr•paring th• finanual slat•m•nts The financial statements of charity, which is a publ￿ benefit under FRS 102, have bean epared in a(xtirdance vrtlh thè Charitiey SORP IFRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporfin9 by Charities: Statement of Recommended Pradic* applicab￿ to chariti25 weparing their accounts in accordance ilh the FIr￿r￿￿4 ReFthing StaThJard ap[l￿ble in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 {effective 1 January 20191., Financial ReportlrwJ Standard 102 The FinancAal ReportirvJ Standard applicabie in th8 UK and Republic of Irdanrf arKI ￿ Charitles 2011. The financial stalwnents have been prepared under the historical ¢ost convent*)n, the exceptkn of Investments vthich are Indud8d at markét valu8, as modified by the revalu*ion of c*rtain as8et5. In¢om• All Income Is recognised in the Statement of Finan¢k81 A￿VIt￿ once th8 charity has enuuement to tho funds, It Is pYob3ble that the irKwi8 ¥4111 be arKI the am¢)unt can bo maa8ured reliably. Exp•ndltur• Liatylities are recognlsed a6 expendlture as Soon as IP*re 56 0 lepal or cons1wct￿8 obllgatk)n committing th8 eharty to that expendllure, 11 Is probab￿ Ihal a trdrtsfer of econom+G b8n8frt8 wlll b8 required in $etllement and the amount of the obllgatlon can be measured reliably. Expenditure 18 accounted for on an a￿J*S basis aThJ has b¢on dassif*d under headlngs that aggregate all cost related to the category. Whefe costs canrNX be diredty attritrtrtwj to particwlar ￿ading5 they have b 811ocated to activitw on a bas18 conslstent with th8 use of rosour¢e6. T*nglbl• flx•d as••t• Depreciatbjn is provided at th8 fdlTh*lng anNal ratss In or(ler to 4wile off each ￿$￿t over h estimated U8eful ltte. ChurGh Equ*rnenl P18nl and machinwy Motor Yeh￿leS Computér equipment 10% ns of £1,895. Grah8m Haldane - EM￿05*d as a part lim8 Christlan ￿1n81 Povety Certre Manager aTrJ was remunerated ¥￿th a gross sJary of £8.108 in the yw 2020. Sue CJark8 . Emplo>*d a8 a part Ilme Chylce hssistant and w89 remunwated ￿th È gros8 salary of £2.808 in the year 2020. This induded penslon c 1,906 409 RKtr1￿Od lund• Restri¢led 27,483 (27.463) TOT￿ FUNDS 281.311 (282.808) Comparatlv•• for mov•m•nt In fund• Transfer8 b8twe8n funds movement In fvnds Al 31.12.19 At1.1.19 Unrutrfct•d fund• General fund 121.244 49,594 13.164 184,IX12 RMtrlct•d lund• Reslrfcled 13.164 {13,164} TOTAL FUNDS 134.408 184,002 Comparalrrfe net movwngnl ￿ funds, Indudod wi the at#)ve are as fdl(Yws: Incomlng Re8wrce8 resource8 exrwKlod Gains and Movement 1088es in fund8 Unr••trfct•d fund• General fund 325.252 (278,8341 3,176 49.594 Re8trlct¢d lund8 Restricted 6,750 (6.750) TOTAL FUNDS 332.O)2 (285.584) 3,176 49,594 Pag8 12 Contin￿1... Tho Parfsh Church of St Jam•s Clitheroo Notes to thè Flnanclal sLiteM￿ - Mntlnuod for tho Y￿r End￿ 31 D•cgmber 2020 10. MOVEMEpif IN FUNDS - continu A current 12 months and wor 12 months combir*d positson is as follm., Net Tran5f8rs movement betsveen in fur furNYs At 31.12.20 At1.1.19 Unr•strlctsd furbd• General fund 121,244 ).003 13.164 184,411 R••lrlct•d fund¥ Restricted 13.164 (13.164) TOTAL FUNDS 134.408 184,411 A (ajrrenl yèar 12 months and 12 monlh8 C4)fflbkned net movem8nl in funds, ir*duded In the above are a6 frJlty*WJ: Incoming Resources resour￿5 expended Galns aThl Movement 108se8 In I￿￿1$ Unr•8trlct•d fund• General fund 579,1(Ki (534.179) 50,CM)3 RMtrlct•d fundg Restricted 34,213 (34.213} TOTAL FUNDS 613.313 (568,3921 5.082 50,003 De8ign8ted fvnd$ kKluded In unrestrKled fiJnds are made up as f￿10*￿- Dlscretionary fund 2019 YoLrth MinislryfurKI Children's Ministry fund Pioneer Ministy fund Discretionary fund expenditure 2020 Youth Ministy fund un(te5b3naled Chlldren's Ministy fund undesignatod Pioneer Mlnlsty fund urKleswnated 1.577 1.180 4.823 (7fj51 {1.5771 {1,1801 (7.8231 4,819 Pag? 13 continued... Th• Parish Chur¢h of St James Cllth•ro• Not08 to the Flnandal s￿ornents- continued tor th¢ Y￿r Ended 31 December 2020 11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES Thwe V•we no related party transactKns for the J•ar erKled 31 December 2020. Pag8 14 Th• Parish Church of St Jamas Cllthoro• Detalled Ststemem of FIn￿l•l *£tivftl•s for th• Year Ended 31 December 2020 31.12.20 31.12.19 INCOME APID ENDOWMEKrs Donations and1ogacl•• Covenanted Gi Other Donations Bequests In￿)me Tax Re¢overatAe 181,622 16.223 176,427 24.378 70.050 44,g31 45.219 243.064 315,786 Invo¥tm•nt Incom• Other flxed asset Invest- Fll Deposit aGcount interest 1,212 240 1,316 1.452 1,725 Charltsbh •¢tlvftl Fee8 Pastora centre Sundry Inc(￿e inlbus hire Grants 1.3 5,265 11,385 471 6,750 24.NJO 36,795 14.491 Total Incomlng r•Kwrc•• 281.311 332,CQ2 EXPENDITURE Charltablo actlvltl Church running expenses In$urarKe Church malnlenance Upkeep of 8ervices Dloces8n quota Clergy expenses Administrator Support cost$ Youth & childrons wurkers Operations Manager Quirrfjuennial Mission Youth ministy Children's ministy Dls¢relionary CAP W￿erS CAP ministy Carried fcKward 41,043 2,643 40,108 2,700 1,766 4,396 78.451 4,022 342 4.888 34.569 25,173 1.133 79,019 3,890 2.857 5,266 52.659 28.302 5.000 18.390 2.406 4,791 765 8.108 8,957 266.177 31.618 2,288 7,361 1.190 8,108 10,845 2fj0.825 This pag8 1kn8 fomi pwt ofthe statutttyffinani>al ststwnents Pag815 The Pariih Church of St Jame8 Cllthon D•tallod Stat•m•nt of Ftnancial Activiti•• for th• Year Ended 31 Dec4mber 2020 31.12.20 31.12.19 CharildJl• a¢tivilwi Brought foThftrd Motor Expenses Clitheroe Pioneer Ministhes Caterlng Di8cipleshlp Adminlstralion Cos16 Sub$c¥ipllon$ Indepen¢Jenl Examinrs Fee 266,177 8S5 260,825 2,232 2,753 1,639 1,117 14,349 1,683 278 9,929 1,729 282,808 285.584 Tot81 resources expended 282,808 285,584 N•t l•xp•ndllur•)nn¢om• {1.497} 46.418 This p￿8 does rK)t fm pwt of the ststsjtory fironThd statements Page 16 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ## Foreword 2020 was certainly a year we'll never forget. As the building was closed for worship for the first time in hundreds of years, 'pivot' became a huge part of our vocabulary. Worship, teaching and fellowship moved online, and we all became familiar with YouTube and Zoom. The year was not easy, but God has been faithful. In this annual report, we see again and again, stories and testimonies of God's faithfulness. We see how God has surprised us, encouraged us and strengthened us in this year of challenge. We see both the care and the creativity of the church family, and we sense God's hand upon us, shaping us through this unforgettable year. ## Contents Rector's Report - Wardens' Report - Curate's Report - Operations and Finance Report - Children and Families - Youth - CAP - Pastoral Care - Small Groups - AV Report **ANNUAL REPORT / PAGE 2** ## Rector's Report ## Mark Pickett Looking back on the last 8 months, three words spring to my mind. The first is Generosity. In October, we communicated the need to raise our regular giving in order to continue on going ministry and your response was amazing. So much so that we were able to set a break even budget for 2021. Thank you so much. As if that wasn’t enough, in January we shared the possibility of buying the builders yard next door to the church and have raised £175 K in additional funds for this. As we go to press with these reports I have arranged a further discussion with the vendor and will keep you posted on the outcome. The second is Care. Throughout the pandemic a group of people have faithfully kept in contact with around 60 people that we identified as vulnerable and having to isolate. In November we distributed a cream tea to every one of these 60 and then early this year we distributed plants followed later by cards written by another band of volunteers in the church. I know that this has been so appreciated and folk have often mentioned how it has made them still feel part of the church family. So again a massive thank you to everyone involved. The third word is Mission. Ian has commented elsewhere that this pandemic has forced us to look outwards in mission. It has given us the opportunity to go out to others because we cannot ask them to come to us! This is always the way it should be. Our services are watched by people as far away as South Africa and Ian has written elsewhere how we are building our digital presence for mssion and discipleship. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 3** I think we are on our fourth alpha group now. However, more exciting has been the way individuals have reached out to their local neighbourhood using the boxes of comfort and joy at Christmas, the valentine’s chocolates and Easter cards. This easier way of giving opportunity for us to connect, build relationships and care for those we know will continue so that we will be ready to “give a reason for the hope that is in us.” But there is also a fourth word and that is Gratitude. I give thanks for our amazing, dedicated, creative staff team. I am honoured to work with our faithful, prayerful PCC. I am in awe of and grateful for all those who have sacrificially served in our tech team, worship groups and teaching team. I am immensely grateful to each and every one of you, who though different, have a common desire to know Jesus and make Him known. Finally I continue to thank God for calling me to this place and for His continued call to connect to Him, be changed by Him and to transform the community for Him. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 4** ## Wardens Report ## _Mary Haworth_ This past year for me has seen many changes - both physically and mentally. Isolation for 12+ months - no hugs, no meeting with people - and little connection with church - in other words, a new way of live and new challenges. I am sure it is the same for many of you. However, God does not change. He is the same, yesterday, today and forever, and throughout this time, I have seen and felt his presence is different ways: a new hope to trust him for the future, to meet the challenges in different ways, and most of all, not to give up, because in the sadness, there have been many blessings. I have seen massive changes in our church life. Who would have thought that in 12 months, most of us are worshipping through the Live Stream, meeting through Zoom, and keeping contact in other ways. Although I personally struggle with technology etc, I have been greatly blessed by our Sunday Services, as I know most of our congregation have been. Thank you so much to everyone involved. As a church, we are moving forward, going deeper with God, being more dependent on him, and I want to encourage you all to be the person God wants you to be. Be who you are. Build your life on prayer, come to know God as your personal friend and saviour. Thank him for words of wisdom, for strength to face each new day, and for healing of body, mind and spirit. Take time to be with God, praise him and give thanks. Time to be still and know that he is God. This is what matters: not the building, where we meet - yes we need to keep it in good repair, but God sees what is on our hearts, and calls us to follow him and have a relationship with him. A massive 'Thank you' to everyone involved in St James: Leading, Preaching, Worship Groups, Small Groups, Teaching, Pastoral Care, Finance, DIY, Cleaning and maintaining the building. To Naomi and the staff team, Mark, Ian and the lay ministers, the youth and children's **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 5** work team (you all know who you are), Graham and the CAP work, and a special thanks to the tech team for keeping us connected. I'm really encouraged by our Youth Team getting more involved in general, through the technology, the worship band and sharing testimonies about what God is doing in their lives. Well done all of you, keep it coming! Finally, a very special thank you to Keith Potts for all his hard work over the past 8 years. Thank you for your understanding, your wisdom and your spiritual support. Many thanks to you all for the love, prayers and support you have given to Keith and myself over the past year. We could not have done it without you. We are family, working together. As I rejoice and give thanks for all of you, let us encourage each other, as we prepare for the next chapter with great joy and excitement. God holds the keys to the future and he will show us which door to push. The foundation has been laid and is ready to build upon. This is a new start for his new people. Go forth with joy in your heats, giving thanks to him and being obedient to him. We have a great future ahead. I'm so excited! **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 6** ## Curate's Report ## _Ian Sarginson_ The last 12 months of my curacy has been very different to how I imagined it. During my training there was no module on 'ministry in a global pandemic', but as challenging as it has been at times, it has been a time of great learning, that I am sure will help shape my ministry going forward. As part of that learning and as a someone that is serving in an area of leadership, I was - involved in forming the response to Covid 19 and the restrictions that it brought. Due to safety and restrictions there have been various changes to how we worship and serve during the last year. One of the main ways that this has happened was in the suspension or restriction of 'in person' services. When this happened we noticed that often more people were watching online than we were having in person. This will have been for a variety of reasons. As a team we felt that it was important to respond to this and identified this and that there were many people engaging with our services, many of who we didn't know. We decided to be intentional with our online presence and content to engage with people as much as possible. We sought to make our social media more interactive and create a variety of content to engage and inform as well as our worship services and content from individual minsitries. We have done that through interviews, videos, questions, polls, short thoughts etc. There has been an increase in engagement online and we have also got to know the identity of more of these previously 'hidden' congregation members. It is our intention to continue to develop this area of our ministry, both in the current context and beyond. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 7** ## Operations ## _Naomi Lynas_ Like many of you, 2020 wasn't the easiest year. We started the year with big plans: at the end of February, I remember standing at the front of church talking about our financial challenges as we considered both the cost of the upgrades to the Oasis Room and the challenge of raising our regular income to cover our regular expenditure. Then, Covid: school closures and lockdown. Those months homeschooling and trying to work full time were not easy! However, we saw our church family mobilised into action - ringing around, moving small groups to Zoom and embracing technology along with the rest of the world. In many ways, coming out of the building has helped us to focus on what is important: keeping connected through relationship; deepening our understanding of God through discipleship; and looking at how we serve the needs of our community. Fully embracing digital church has made us more creative (and tested my video editing skills) and given us clarity around how we communicate. For me personally, leading an Alpha group was a huge highlight. As we opened up the church building over the Summer, the words 'Risk Assessment' have been my most used phrase. Every time the legislation has updated, our procedures and risk assessments have to change as well. In October, we had our month of prayer and fasting, which we called 'Beyond 2020.' This led into three focuses: a plan to increase regular giving by 20%; a plan to raise funds to purchase Seedle's Yard; and a review of our Leadership structure. Over November and December, we saw God's provision through his people as many in the congregation increased or started regular giving. In addition, we received notice in November of a legacy which would cover the proposed developments to the Oasis Room. Despite all the difficulties of this past year, we have seen that God is more than enough to supply all of our needs. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 8** ## Finances Report ## _Naomi Lynas_ Like many organisations, we had no idea how the pandemic would affect our finances. We had some significant financial challenges at the beginning of 2020 and went into the year with a deficit budget, praying for God's provision. Our regular giving stayed remarkably stable for the majority of the year, which was wonderful, and allowed us to continue employing staff while other churches were having to use the furlough system. Our plate giving and our room hire decreased, as our building was closed and services moved online. As may be expected, some of our spending decreased: the obvious areas of savings were in catering and some events which couldn't go ahead, such as Mega Mondays, Love Clitheroe and Prayer Weeks. We did also furlough our cleaner, although we ensured that we 'topped up' his furlough pay so that he was always receiving his full salary despite being unable to work. - Some of the savings were re allocated: Helen was able to purchase additional resources to help her set up Forest Church, and Lucy was able to use the underspend in the Youth Budget to give the Youth Room a make over and purchase resources for Youth Club. Nevertheless, our expenditure came in under budget. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 9** - At the beginning of the year (pre Covid), we set up a 'Capital Projects' cost centre. This was specifically for money given for capital projects such as the Oasis Room refurbishment. Following the Beyond 2020 month of prayer and fasting, we shared again our budget deficit and the need to increase our regular income by 20%. The congregation responded to this and regular giving did increase. Our total income in 2020 was £280,373, against a budget of £266,900. You can see from the pie chart above that Regular Giving (annual total £186,621) and Gift Aid (£45,345) are our biggest sources of income, and this indicates a fairly healthy church, financially. £5,094 was given towards Capital Projects and this will be spent over 2021 on the refurbishment of the Oasis Room and the purchase of Seedle's Yard. So despite the decrease in income from room hire, plate giving and events, we have seen an increase in regular giving which is wonderful. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 10** Our expenditure (£285,069) was under budget, for the reasons explained above, and this led to a significantly reduced deficit: from a forecast deficit of £26,000, our actual deficit was £4,696. While this is great, in other ways, a deficit is still a deficit, and we aim to have - a break even budget for 2021. Managing the budget, book keeping and reporting to the PCC every few months is a huge task, and this year, Jonathan Frank has come on board in the role of Treasurer. He brings real clarity and a sense of reassurance in his reports to the PCC. Sue Clark does the - book keeping and the real leg work of inputting all income and expenditure into Xero which takes several hours a week, and we are all incredibly grateful for the work of both Jonathan and Sue on the finance team. . **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 11** ## Children and Families ## _Helen Potts_ It’s been quite a year! A year full of challenges. Yet we know that challenges help us grow, help us rely on God more than ever and it certainly feels that this is the story of this last year. A year when everything has changed and nothing has stayed the same, yet a year full of God’s generosity and blessing. In a year dominated by restrictions, it doesn’t feel that this has stunted or stopped ministry, but rather it has created growth in many areas of this ministry. Little Fishes could not meet until September, so connections were maintained with doorstep chats, where craft bags or blessing bags were delivered each week, in the summer there were a few picnics and then in September we were able to come back in the building in restricted numbers. This has led to the growth of the group to three sessions to allow as many as possible to come and so we find ourselves with 45 families coming along each week, instead of 20. We are always full and could fill another session. Families are so appreciative of the support and kindness shown, especially the new mum’s who have given birth during lockdown. But now the challenge of how to **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 12** share the good news of Jesus, how to provide opportunities to ask faith questions and have faith conversations. We are hoping to start a morning mums group where this can happen. connecting with God. Kingdom Kids and Families have not met in the building, but family faith has blossomed and grown. Early on the online services had many families doing faith together as they contributed to the online services. From last July we started meeting as Forest Church in the school eco zone, a congregation of families using God’s creation to connect with God. This has supported and encouraged family faith as families talk about faith together, as they lead activities together. Forest Church will hopefully develop into an outreach congregation for community families, where families can introduce other families to God. Rockin has developed. The Rockin team are a stronger team than ever before, taking turns to lead activities and the essential bubbles creating teams where children feel supported and known. Team leaders doing a great job each week answering questions and praying with the children. Being Jesus models to the children. Over the last Lockdown leaders have all delivered weekly challenge bags to children and had doorstep chats to check on families. An amazing team. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 13** School. Our connection has kept going, changing, but continuing. Although school has not had whole school assemblies, I have still had an amazing opportunity to produce a video assembly each week. It is obviously so much nicer to be in the hall with the wonderful children of St. James’ school, but even so what an amazing opportunity, I have been wonderfully surprised by the number of parents who have watched these assemblies and enjoyed them! TLG has continued with a couple of children, Jean French has been amazing coaching each week over the phone, building a wonderful relationship with one child and their family. We were unable to put together an indoor prayer room at Easter, so we moved outside and created an outdoor sensory Eater prayer trail, that each class followed. We hope to repeat this for ‘Thy Kingdom Come’. The wonderful thing was to know the children were using the prayer stations during playtimes. Friday superheroes continued via video until July, but has not met back in the building. Friendships are maintained as most families connect with Rockin, or Little Fishes. At Christmas we dropped craft bags off to many of the families. Many joined in with The Mega Mondays Summer Challenge, following the treasure hunts each week. As we move on, the question I keep asking God is, what do you want me to hold onto from this challenging time and what do you want me to let go of? Which strands shall I pick back up again and what do you want me to leave behind. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 14** ## St James School Governors ## _Mark Clayton, Chair of Governors_ I am sure every section in this year’s church annual report will identify many challenges that that group has faced and that is certainly true of our amazing school. The staff have continued to work tirelessly both in school and at home to ensure the children are educated, developed, cared for and supported. They have cared for and supported children who have lost loved ones to this pandemic, who have seen parents lose jobs or face economic hardships, who have suffered periods of absence from their friends and school, who have struggled to learn and have had to adapt to new styles of learning, who have felt anxious and worried at times and who have, most heartbreakingly, lost a fellow pupil recently. I have been lucky enough to be on the playground at the start or end of the day a few times recently and see smiling faces on the children, on the staff and (I think) under the masks of the parents and carers. I hope some of you saw the lovely story and photo of all the teddies in the school hall, lined up to greet and be given to each child on the reopening of school after the latest lockdown. The simple yet poignant message on the bears read St. James’ School – Stronger Together. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 15** ## St James Youth ## _Lucy Skelton_ It has been a strange first year in post, not only have I had to work through all the normal things that come with starting a new one but of course in addition I have had the covid restrictions on top. First half 2020: We did two youth zooms weekly (one for younger youth and one for older youth), I also produced a video and downloadable content for the young people to use at home. We then discussed the content at our zoom groups. At first this was quite popular but as time went on the novelty began to wear off and the young people began to feel tired from home schooling. We moved to one zoom a week and continued to create videos and downloadable resources. As summer approached the youth band were asked to record worship for a Sunday - morning. This was a huge task, not only because a multi track audio and video recording is a big job but also because some of the young people in the youth band I had not actually ever met! However, as they always do, the young people did a great job! This was the start of the youth band becoming a big part of the youth ministry at the church. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 16** Over the summer the youth band were allowed to practise at church and they spent lots of time playing music together, learning new songs and developing their skills. We were also able to do outdoor youth work. So we arranged youth work sessions in the castle park. It was really nice to finally connect with the young people I had never met and those I had not had any contact with since my initial few weeks. Those young people who had continued with the zoom meetings also felt a great sense of joy being able to see each other in the flesh. Second Half 2020: Face to face youth work was allowed at the church. So Tuesday and Wednesday evening discipleship groups began. Unfortunately, Sunday morning youth group has not been able to happen since lockdown 1. Youth band has continued to grow. Meeting weekly for 2 hours. They learn to set up and pack down, techy things like cameras, easy worship, sound and lights. They also have time to practise songs for leading on a Sunday morning. It is a time of great encouragement and mostly a time for them to worship together. community. RVY has a monthly live stream where we talk about Jesus and the difference he makes in our lives, we also host a weekly online gaming evening. Find out more at www.rvyouth.org With the second lockdown just before Christmas the youth were once again not able to meet, however rehearsals and recording could happen. So, together with the children of the church, the youth put together a Christmas Extravaganza – which you can still watch on YouTube. During the writing, rehearsing and recording the young people grew in their confidence, some of them were involved with the band, some with recording. Some choreographed a dance for the children to learn and one wrote, performed and edited her own spoken word about Bethlehem. I give thanks and praise to God who has made it all possible, He has kept the youth going over this difficult year and has given the team and myself the inspiration, energy and motivation to keep on going. We look forward to what He has in store for us over 2021 and beyond! In November in partnership with Chris Meyer, - - we started a cross town/inter church youth project called RVY. RVY is aimed at creating community with young people currently in churches and be a light in the wider **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 17** ## CAP ## Graham Haldane The ninth year of our CAP debt centre saw lots of changes having to take place. With just a few days warning, the office was transferred from The Grand to Graham’s home, and online models then had to be developed for both client appointments and the running of CAP Money courses. The shift to online working has not suited all potential clients, due either to limited IT facilities or more importantly to adding just one more pressure to the issues people have faced during lockdown. Nationally, CAP and other debt charities have all expected a tsunami of people seeking help with unmanageable debts, but have found that this has not yet materialised; the normal ‘bury one’s head in the sand’ response has been exacerbated by additional mental health stresses, home schooling, and just the need to ‘survive’ lockdown. In the spirit of our ‘resource church’ role, Graham was instrumental in setting up ‘Keep Calm and Carry Online’, a training session to encourage CAP Money coaches to run the online version of the course; 4 sessions were run, with 85 people attending. As of April 2021, we’ve just started being - - able to meet clients face to face again, and have CAP Money courses planned for May and October. We’re hoping that we will be able to pick up some financial education work in schools again in the 2021/22 academic year. With some of our befrienders and volunteers having decided to retire/discontinue following the break of the - last year, we will be looking to re launch and re-envision our volunteer team once a group training event is possible. Prayers for the work of CAP and all the vulnerable but amazing clients we meet are always appreciated. Despite the limitations above, we saw 10 new clients in 2020, and have already met another 4 in 2021. It was great to see 5 clients go debt free during the year, even if we couldn’t celebrate that with our normal ‘Mexican waves’! Graham and Will ran two online CAP Money courses, and Graham additionally ran some for The 180 Project and Recycling Lives. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 18** ## Pastoral Care ## _Peter Williams_ Jesus was The Good Shepherd, or the Good Pastor – and when he told the story of the Lost Sheep, searching out and caring for the sheep who went astray, he also made sure that the 99 who stayed in the fold were secure. He knew where they were. He knew the difficulties that faced them. He could provide care for them too, and when necessary bring in outside help. Over the past year, the core of our pastoral work during these difficult times (knowing how individuals are, the difficulties they face, and supporting with care in both actual and spiritual ways) continues to be through small groups, where members know each other well and care for each other in an excellent way: thanks to all who ensured this continued over the last 18 months. Thanks also to the team who provide additional pastoral care to many in the church family – ranging from anything between providing lifts to appointments, telephoning regularly to ensure those who are likely to be alone or feel isolated, shopping for those self-isolating, through doorstep visits delivering small presents and cards to the older part of the church - - family, to prayer texting or phone praying with those who have particular concerns or referring onward those who need specialist help (plus a great number of unseen but vital acts of love) – there has been a great bunch of disciples doing these brilliant jobs. It’s Jesus The Good Shepherd’s love in action; thank you all! **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 19** ## Small Groups ## _Ali Groves: Small Group Co-ordinator_ Well, here we are another year down the line. For our small groups this year has posed a mass of new challenges. Who knew that so many of us would find that we could rise to the challenge of meeting remotely and master technology that previously we would probably have avoided like the plague? I know that, as in all things, there have been as many different experiences as there are groups and people in them. For the leaders keeping their group together, fresh and meaningful has been an ongoing challenge and I, on behalf of all our small group members would like to thank the leaders for their love, dedication, creativity and resourcefulness as they have continued to seek to maintain community and grow relationships with God and with each other. Some of the ways groups have stayed connected are that: they have WhatsApp groups keeping them connected between meetings, with prayer requests, encouragement and silly nonsense flowing freely to keep people encouraged and feeling linked in; they have played games, had quizzes, eaten ‘together’ and had parties; and another excellent solution has been to create mini groups to help build and deepen relationship in a smaller setting. Not all groups have found it possible to meet on zoom but have spent time calling each other or meeting at a distance to make sure their members are doing ok. As always, the commitment to community and encouragement of relationship with - each other and God stands out in this report! Proud to co ordinate this bunch! **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 20** ## Audio Visual ## _Mark Clayton, Chair of Governors_ Who would have thought that our investment in our streaming hardware and training of people would have become so crucial so quickly? The system we have in place has enabled us to stream services of a higher quality to all our church family and hopefully new people in our local and church community as well. We have been challenged by various ‘tech’ issues throughout the year and have worked hard to overcome these. We now stream both the Sunday 10.30am and Wednesday morning services fairly reliably each week. We have also been able to support families by streaming funerals which could only be attended in person by limited numbers of people. Our screen presentations in church have also developed and you’ll now see camera shots as well as still images and videos on the large screen throughout the service. I need to thank all the amazing operators who are committing more time to preparing resources and attending rehearsals to ensure that the presentations in church and the streaming online is of a high standard that aids worship. We continue to look at training of both existing and new operators and it is inspiring that we have young people acting as operators especially when our youth worship group is leading. We are also looking at ways to enhance and develop our hardware systems. We have been truly blessed in this area which has allowed our church family to stay in touch with our worship throughout the pandemic. I am sure we will continue to have a significant impact with people online even when the church is fully reopened. **ANNUAL REPORT: PAGE 21** SJt ames, Church CLITHEROE