## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** ## **OF** **ST MARK’S, BREDBURY** **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED** **31[ST] DECEMBER 2023** ## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARK’S BREDBURY** ## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** The Parish of St Mark’s Bredbury, Diocese of Chester (Church of England) ## **Church Office** St Mark’s Church Hall, Redhouse Lane, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 1BX Tel: 0161 4306617 ## **Bankers** Lloyds Bank, 60/62 Merseyway Shopping Centre, Stockport SK1 1PL ## **Independent Examiner for the accounts** Julie Howard, 38 Crosland Edge, Helme, Holmfirth HD9 5RS ## **Legal officer** The Diocesan Registrar, Church House 5500 Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4GE ## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARK’S BREDBURY** ## **ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023** ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure and as a charity is registered with the Charity Commission; charity number 1132326. The PCC has no other charities under its control. The PCC pays Parish Share, at a level set by the Diocesan Synod, to the Chester Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd (Registered Charity) to provide the stipends for the clergy, support other parishes in the diocese, pay for vicarage repairs, pay for the central work of the Chester Diocese and the national work of the Church of England. ## **The Parochial Church Council - (PCC)** These are either ex-officio or elected according to Church Representation rules at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). The Churchwardens are chosen by the Vicar and those present at a Meeting of Parishioners, held immediately before the APCM. |_Vicar:_|Revd Andy Bull (Chair)|| |---|---|---| |_Churchwardens_:|John McNeil|| ||Les Cope|| |_Elected members:_|Marina Berry|2023-2026| ||Dave Brotherton (Deanery Synod Rep)|2022-2025| ||Victoria Cope|2021-2024| ||Harry Davies (Deanery Synod Rep)|2021-2024| ||Amanda Dawson|2022-2025| ||Eric Green|2023-2026| ||Richard Hall (Secretary)|2023-2026| ||Kate Hughes|2021-2024| ||Rachel Kanes|2021-2024| ||Simon Owen|2021-2024| ||Sadena Piroozfar|2021-2024| ||Harold Rothwell|2021-2024| ||Christine Wrenn (Treasurer)|2023-2026| The appointment of PCC members is governed by and set out in the Church of England Representation Rules. - Members are elected for a term of three years after which they may not stand for re-election for one year. - Members elected to fill casual vacancies may stand for re-election for a further term of three years at the end of their two or one year term. - Deanery Synod members are elected for a three-year term and may stand for re-election immediately. However, in line with the updated 2020 Church Representation Rules, the 2020 APCM voted that henceforth, individuals may not serve for more than two successive terms on Deanery Synod. - The PCC may co-opt up to two more electoral roll members if they wish to. ## **Standing Committee** This sub-committee is required by church law. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings. This is composed of the clergy licensed to the parish, the churchwardens and treasurer, and the PCC secretary, appointed at the first meeting of the PCC following the APCM. ## **Safeguarding** The PCC oversees safeguarding in the life of the church, along with the church’s designated Parish Safeguarding Co-ordinator, Kevin McKeown and the deputy Parish Safeguarding Co-ordinator, Julie Green. The PCC conducts an annual review of all its procedures, and each year approves amended safeguarding policies for work amongst children and adults. All leaders in children's and youth groups have undergone DBS checks and have signed confidential Declarations of Criminal Offences prior to taking on leadership roles. Safer recruitment procedures are carried out with regards to volunteers working with adults, in line with the church's policies. Contact details for our Safeguarding Co-ordinator along with the Diocesan Vulnerability and Safeguarding Officer are displayed prominently in the church premises. If there are any matters of concern to you, please contact them. As always, our aim is that all of the children, young people, and adults who have contact with the church should be kept safe from harm, and to this end, the most important factor that we can all contribute is to maintain a culture of informed vigilance. ## **Health and Safety** The PCC has delegated responsibility for Health and Safety to the churchwardens, who makes regular reports to the PCC. ## **Aims of the Church** The official aim of the PCC is to "cooperate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical". (PCC (Powers) Measure 1956). St Mark’s Church vision is centred around the following three areas: _Loving God:_ We aim to be a church where people are pursuing a wholehearted relationship with God **,** devoted to a life of worship and prayer, applying the Bible to their daily lives, and responding to the leading of the Holy Spirit. _Sharing Life:_ We want to be a welcoming, generous and loving community, where people encourage and support one another. _Growing Faith:_ We seek to be a church that connects people with Jesus. By being missional and adventurous we will try to create as many opportunities as possible for people to encounter God. As we look back at 2023 at St Mark’s, we are again thankful to God for all that he has done in us and through us. In this last year we’ve strongly focussed on what it is to be a disciple of Jesus. We have studied together Paul’s letter to the Philippians and learnt what Paul says about being a disciple. We’ve also focussed again on the early church in Acts and been inspired to keep 4 things central: 1. Meeting the needs that we see before us through our social action ministries - eg. CAP / Foodbank / Communi-Tea 2. Making and nurturing disciples (evangelism and discipleship) 3. Praying 4. Developing leaders Highlights from the period under review include: - Growth Groups – Many at St Mark’s have joined one of our Growth Groups that meet throughout the week to study the Bible together, pray, and share life. - Schools work – Each Friday morning St Mark’s school comes over to the church for their weekly assembly. Once again there was also a schools week leading up to Easter where during the course of a week each class came over to the church to engage in an interactive re-telling of the Easter story. - Alpha – Alpha creates space for people to bring their friends for a conversation about faith, life and God. During the autumn, 20 people completed our 10-week Alpha course. Some were from the church community and some were new. - Communi-Tea – For the second year running we ran Communi-Tea every Tuesday evening for 20 weeks during the winter months. It’s a free hot meal in a warm environment for anyone in our community; a safe place where people have built friendships and enjoyed conversation over a hot meal, along with a few fun activities too. Many people came from the local community during the 4 months that it ran, peaking at about 80 adults and children. - CAP Life Skills – Once again we ran more of our 8-week Life Skills courses this year. Life Skills is a friendly group that gives people the confidence and decisionmaking skills they need to survive life on a low income. Members have learnt lots of practical skills, and have become part of a loving, supportive community. - Foodbank – Our weekly Foodbank ministry continued to keep up with the need for emergency food provision for local people. It opened for two hours each Tuesday and was made possible by a large team of volunteers. - Prayer – The church community has gathered to pray regularly throughout the year, perhaps most notably every Monday morning at 9:30am for Morning Prayers. In May, we joined Thy Kingdom Come global prayer movement for a week of prayer in a prayer room that we created for local community use. - Graveyard gang – Each Monday and Tuesday morning this team has continued to gather in the churchyard to keep on top of the maintenance of the church grounds. It has grown in numbers and has become a supportive community for a number of new members. The team have also begun to respond to practical needs in the community too. - Toddler Group – this group, called _Minis at St Mark’s_ , runs on Thursdays during term time, 10:00am-11:30am. We usually welcome between thirty to thirty five children at each session. We have a varied collection of good quality toys for children to play with and craft activities & refreshments are included. - Youth & children – Our work with young people has developed thanks to our amazing volunteer teams. There is now provision on Sunday mornings in 4 separate groups for children from 0-18 years and a midweek kids club for the local community and their families. We have received an unexpected legacy that the PCC decided should be used to recruit a children and youth worker. We are currently in the process of advertising. - Seniors – Primetime has gathered regularly to gather those in retirement years for activities. - We continued to maintain regular and one-off hall bookings to complement our income as a church and offer a welcome space for the community. ## **Occasional Offices** In 2023, we conducted the following occasional offices: - Baptisms: 28 - Weddings: 3 - Funerals: 32 - Interment of Ashes: 6 I am so grateful for the church members at St Mark’s who have done so much to contribute to another amazing year. 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