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2022-12-31-accounts

The Parish of St. Andrew’s Corbridge with St. Oswald, Halton and Newton Hall

ANNUAL REPORT for year ending 31[st] March 2023

Incumbent

Canon Dr David J Kennedy

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Parlsh of Corbrldge with Halton and Newton Hall Our Parish Mission Statement Sharing the length and breadth of the love ofjesus We are a community of Christians, committed to serve the Living God we know in Jesus Christ. Along with every Church in the Diocese of Newcastle we strive to grow the Church and bring hope through worship and prayer that is engaged and ho in living out and sharing the Gospel by word and deed through reaching out to the entire community by caring for all by seeking to grow in faith as Christian disciples by welcoming visitors into our buildings and our Church life by working in partnership wrth other Christians in our parish, deanery and diocese To this end our doors are open our minds are open our hearts are open Inspired by the example of St Andrew, we strive to bring children, teenagers and adults to Jesus. ju￿ 2019

ANNUAL REPORTS

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Minutes of AGM 2022 Carol Moffatt
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Vicar’s Report Canon David J Kennedy
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Electoral Roll Maureen Davison
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PCC Annual Report Jean Wilks
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Churchwardens Report Sue Graves, Jean Wilks & David McEwan 16
Halton Report Edward Pybus
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Safeguarding Report Safeguarding Team
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Fabric, Goods and Ornaments of the Church Maintenance Team
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Mission and Ministry
Messy Church Louise Stubbs
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Outside Mission and Giving: Take 5 Max Philbrick
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River Revd Sam Lochead
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Eco Church Revd Sam Lochead
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Contemplative Prayer Revd Sam Lochead
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Book Club
 Jennifer Wright
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Home Group Anne King-Lewis and Max Philbrick
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Prayer Group Jennifer Wright
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Church Music
 Colin Williams
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Women’s Fellowship
 Revd Linda E Hunter
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New Community Initiatives
 Revd Linda E Hunter
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Outreach
Food bank Monica Philbrick 32
Electronic Communication Simon A Hunter
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Parish News
 Max Philbrick 34
Deanery Synod Acting Deanery Secretary 34
Events & Fundraising Jean Wilks & Revd Linda Hunter 35
Church Flowers Ann Prudhoe
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Corbridge C of E First School Suz Hart
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Food bank Electronic Communication Parish News Deanery Synod Events & Fundraising Church Flowers Corbridge C of E First School Suz Hart

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CHURCH AND ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETINGS HELD IN ST ANDREW’S CHURCH 11.20am, SUNDAY 15[th] MAY 2022

PRESENT

Canon David Kennedy (Chair), Revd Lynn Caudwell, Revd Sam Lochhead and 37 laity.

APOLOGIES

Michael & Sheila Priestley, Maureen Davison, David & Margaret Preece, Suzette & Warwick Milne.

MEETING OF PARISHIONERS

David Kennedy explained this first of the two meetings was for the election of two Churchwardens, for which anyone voting must be either resident on the parish or on the electoral register. The two present Churchwardens had both been nominated to stand again and their election was agreed unanimously:

MINUTES OF ANNUAL PAROCHIAL MEETING

Acceptance was proposed by Ian Graves, seconded by Janet Kennedy, agreed unanimously, and signed by David Kennedy. There were no matters arising.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Cliff Wright spoke to the report and accounts. He expressed sincere thanks to all those who help and highlighted the main features over the year:

Overall financial results for 2021 provided a happy contrast to the year before, and are undoubtedly underpinned by the generosity of parishioners. However these are extraordinary difficult and challenging times and complacency for the future would be a mistake. There are significant

upcoming calls on our reserves as we meet the demands of the Quinquennial reports on both St Andrew’s and Halton and importantly also in meeting the demands of our mission and ministry. David expressed huge appreciation to Cliff for the extraordinary amount of time work that he invests in managing our finances and accounting, with good cheer and fortitude.

It was proposed by Alice Bryant, seconded by Gail Williams, and agreed unanimously that the Financial Report be accepted.

REPORTS

David thanked everyone who contributed to and compiled the Annual Report booklet. Linda read out the Deanery Synod report which would now be added to the written annual report; she said work had been ongoing throughout the year in preparing a new Deanery Plan, looking to work more closely together utilising skills and resources, rather than working as individual parishes.

David also expressed appreciation to everyone who gave generously of their time and effort in supporting the work of the church – although much of the work goes unseen he was grateful to all who contribute to the spiritual health and wellbeing of our community, demonstrating a happy and healthy collaboration.

He especially thanked Linda Hunter for acting as administrator to the parish. He hoped that the new PCC would agree to the appointment of a Parish Administrator to take over this role, to free more of Linda’s time for ministry following her ordination in July.

Acceptance of all reports was proposed by Marc Bryant, seconded by Brenda Ford, and agreed unanimously.

ELECTIONS

With the retirement of Ian Graves, Jon Williams, Kate Jenkins and David Preece from the PCC, there were now four vacancies on PCC. Two nominations had been received and their election was agreed unanimously:

Two further vacancies remained, and anyone interested in standing was encouraged to speak with the Vicar. Standing committee members would be confirmed at the PCC meeting to be held in June. There was one vacancy for a representative on the Deanery Synod; again, anyone interested in standing was encouraged to speak with the Vicar.

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Cliff Wright reported that Mike Collins is happy to remain as independent examiner. Acceptance proposed by Alice Bryant, seconded by Linda Hunter and agree unanimously.

AOB

Linda Hunter thanked David Kennedy, on behalf of all present, for his leadership and support throughout the year.

There being no further business, the meeting closed in prayer .

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (PCC) 2022 – 2023

Churchwardens Jean Wilks Sue Graves

PCC Elected Members

2020 - 2023 Anne King-Lewis David McEwan

Edward Pybus

2021 – 2024

Val Barnes Jo Eldridge 2022 - 2025 Alice Bryant Nahidah Remy John Wilson Deanery Synod Max Philbrick Monica Philbrick

Alice Bryant

Canon David J Kennedy

VICAR’S REPORT

INTRODUCTION: STRIDING AHEAD

Last year, when I wrote my Annual Report, I gave it the title – ‘3 steps forward, 2 steps back’ to reflect the start-stop year of 2021-2022 when Covid-19 still had a major impact on Church life. So, it has been great to see normal Church life gradually restored over the past twelve months. Indeed, this has been a fertile period in the life of our Parish with a significant number of new people joining our congregation and some exciting new initiatives and developments in our ministry as a Church. Now is the time to press on, and continue to develop our mission and ministry, trusting in the Lord of the harvest that he will give the increase. Many new members of St Andrew’s have commented positively about the welcome they have received, and the sense of community and positiveness in our Church life and the variety of what we offer in our Church programme over the course of the year. I hope and pray that this may continue, not least as we look forward to our 1350[th] Anniversary year beginning in October 2024. This gives us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to celebrate the faith we profess and the spiritual heritage to which we are heirs, and the remarkable continuity of faith, worship and witness in Corbridge over the many centuries of Church life here.

WORSHIP

It has been wonderful to see the congregation gradually build up over the year, with average Sunday attendance now well over 100 for services at St Andrew’s and healthy numbers at Halton. Also, the Wednesday morning mid-week communion now attracts up to 20 worshippers each week. River , our monthly informal and inter-active gathering is now well-established as a key part of our worshipping life, attracting up to 30 people, including those new to our church. Messy Church is now really building up again – recent meetings have attracted about 18 children and on Good Friday we had 38 children present. I’m delighted for our highly committed team because for much of 2022, number were discouragingly low. This is a reminder to keep praying and persevere, until growth comes and we trust that this will continue.

The music of our Church is developing. The new hymnbook has enabled us to introduce new hymns and songs. It has been great to see new members joining the choir, especially sopranos and altos and some new men (although we need more). But the quality of the music the choir brings us is evident for all to hear and the choir itself is a very committed mutually supportive group. Similarly, we are grateful for the music of River , led by Paul Morris with his excellent guitar playing and leadership. We were grateful to Simon Caudwell for his piano playing and we miss him, but I’m delighted that Jenny Watson and Nicki Swart have brought their skills as pianists to River .

During the past year we have continued to explore the ministry of healing, focussing on inner healing with prayer and the laying on of hands and anointing, and a further healing service will be held in July. Compline and Address is now a firmly established aspect of our Advent, Lent and Holy Week worship. This year we have explored ‘the 4 last things’ (death, judgment, heaven and hell) in Advent, the writings of Thomas Traherne in Lent, and the aspects of the passion narrative – the cup, the darkness, the veil and the earthquake, in Holy Week.

It was a delight to see a packed Church on Christmas Eve for the Crib Service (242 people) and Festival of Lessons and Carols (367, with standing room only), with 221 attending worship on Christmas Morning. Our Holy Week and Easter worship was very well attended, with 266 people at worship on Easter Day.

This past year has been a most poignant and significant year for the Monarchy. In June we celebrated the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a memorable Civic Service and celebration including a magnificent rendering of Handel’s Zadok the Priest by our augmented choir. In September, the Queen’s death saw St Andrew’s as a hub of corporate remembrance with many people coming into Church to light candles and sign the book of condolences. We re-ordered our worship to mark this most significant moment in our history with a Requiem Eucharist on the first Sunday and a very well attended Civic Service on the second Sunday during the period of national mourning. And of course, we have recently celebrated the King’s Coronation with another Civic Service where Zadok appeared again, followed by a shared lunch – street party-style!

We have been delighted to restore our ministry to Charlotte Straker House, Burnbrae Lodge, Riverhill, Abbeyfield and Primlea Court. The congregation of Corbridge Methodist Church now worships in St Andrew’s twice a month. Once again, we celebrated the Covenant Service together in January and shared in Easter worship together. It is great that the Revd Marie Beard is so much a part of our shared ministerial team.

PEOPLE

The great highlight of last year was Linda Hunter’s ordination as Deacon by Bishop Mark at the Cathedral. A bus-full of members of St Andrew’s attended the service and we had a joyful celebration of Linda’s new ministry on the Sunday morning following with another show-stopping cake made by Lynn Ward. Linda moved seamlessly from her ministry as a Reader to her ordained ministry and has firmly established herself in both Church and Community in this public and representative role. She has also initiated a real advance in our pastoral ministry with the new pastoral visiting hub and the establishment of Tea and Chat as part of our outreach to members of the community who value the opportunity to meet together for company and support. We look forward to Linda’s ordination as priest on 1 July and her first presidency of the Eucharist on Wednesday 5 July at 7.30pm when the preacher will be Bishop Dagmar Winter.

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In February we bade farewell to Lynn and Simon Caudwell on Lynn’s appointment as Priest-inCharge of St Christopher’s, Pott Shrigley, in the Diocese of Chester. Lynn presided and preached at her final service followed by speeches, presentations and an excellent shared lunch. We give thanks for Lynn’s ministry over four years here at Corbridge and a group of us were delighted to be present at her Licensing, many more watching the service on-line.

We were delighted to welcome David McEwan as our new churchwarden, working alongside Jean Wilks, and David has assumed his new duties with energy and positivity. We are blessed to have two such dedicated and talented wardens. Sam Lochead completes three years with us as Curate in July, and so will soon begin in his fourth year the process of discerning where God will call him as in the next stage of his ministry. We look forward to welcoming the Revd Phil Smith as nonstipendiary Associate Priest of Corbridge. Phil will be licensed by Bishop Mark on Monday 19 June at 7.30pm. We were delighted to welcome Anastasia Moskvina, an ordinand training for the ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham, on a six-month placement from October to Easter. Ana made a great impact through her friendliness, preaching and leading, and it was a particular joy to hear her sing the Easter Proclamation, the Exsultet , at the Easter morning Dawn Service. For those who were there, it was unforgettable. We are fortunate to have such talented and complementary ministers in the life of our Church. Jennifer Wright has continued her role as Pastoral Assistant, and in

September, Fiona Warin began training as our second Pastoral Assistant. We look forward to Fiona’s commissioning in due course, but this further strengthens the development of quality pastoral care in this parish. In January, Lorna Petrie began as our new Part-time Parish Administrator, working 10 hours a week in the Parish Office. This is a vital development of our parish administration, freeing Linda Hunter who exercised the role with absolute diligence over many years, but is now exercising a people-centred role as an ordained minister. Lorna has made a great start and is getting to grips with the complexity of parish life in this busy benefice. Ann Prudhoe has succeeded Sheila Goldsworthy as our Flower co-ordinator (although Sheila continues as part of the team); we are enormously grateful for the years of service Sheila has given. Lynn Davidge resigned as part-time cleaner and we have just appointed Charlotte Alexandra to succeed her. We were saddened by the death of a number of worshipping members of our Church community over the recent year, notably former Church Treasurer Jack Dalton, Margaret Telfer, Rena Adamson and Ron Gold, loved and valued members of our Church family. A Memorial Service was held for Beccy Graves, daughter of Ian and Sue, and there will be a forth-coming memorial service for John Sykes, former Director of Music, in June.

MISSION AND MINISTRY

The BBC Songs of Praise programme, part of which was recorded in St Andrew’s, was duly broadcast in May and we were delighted to welcome the Revd Kate Botley to St Andrew’s where her fun and humour were infectious.

We continue to seek to grow in our knowledge of the faith. We have had special sermon series on 1 Peter (using the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Thy Kingdom Come material) , inner healing, and a recent Eastertide series preaching through 1 Corinthians 15. A 5-session teaching series on the Creed was offered on Zoom in the autumn and 3 sessions on our Christian responsibility for the environment, led by Richard Adams, in the early part of 2023. In Lent, we held two well-attended sessions exploring the Letter to the Hebrews. Well-established groups such as the home group and Book Club have continued to enable engagement with our faith.

Prayer continues to be central. Through the generosity of a member of the congregation, we were able to provide Try Praying booklets inside and outside of St Andrew’s and many were taken and we trust used. We also offered the novena prayer resources for Thy Kingdom Come between Ascension Day and Pentecost. Sam Lochead continued to lead sessions on contemplative prayer, and the Thursday prayer group has met weekly. Morning and Evening prayer are said daily in Church. On the run-up to the Coronation, the Church of England special commemorative daily prayer books were distributed.

We continue fully to support Corbridge Church of England First School. During the year we bade farewell to Jen Ainsley our excellent Head Teacher and welcomed Suz Hart as her successor as Executive Head of Corbridge and Broomhaugh Church Schools. The ministry team lead weekly assemblies and Harvest, Christmas, Easter and End of Year services are celebrated in Church. This autumn we were delighted to welcome parents and families to the School Services once again after Covid restrictions. Linda Hunter continues to lead regular assemblies and services at Mowden Hall School and Sam Lochead has re-established our links with Corbridge Middle School, leading some assemblies each term.

We continue to seek to engage positively with the wider community. Linda Hunter and myself are Trustees of the recently-formed Corbridge Community Partnership and St Andrew’s is thus a partner in seeking to develop the new Community Hub in the former Methodist Chapel in Princes Street. David Waugh, Ian Wylie and Sean Cutler (from the Pele Tower) are on our 1350 Committee. These initiatives, along with our links with the Traders’ Group - Visit Corbridge, the Christmas Tree Festival, the new Pastoral hub, Tea and Chat, our schools ministry, and our significant ministry through occasional offices, ensures that St Andrew’s is fully committed to serving the common good.

Many, many people contribute to the diverse life of our Church and I will make that a feature of what I say at the APCM.

THE DEANERY OF CORBRIDGE

I have continued as Area Dean and Linda has done a magnificent job as Deanery Secretary as we have responded to a diocesan process of devising a new Deanery Mission Action Plan. Part of this is a response to a reduction in stipendiary posts following consultation with Diocesan Synod and PCCs about what they can offer in Parish Share. As part of this, we are exploring whether Corbridge should also assume responsibility for the Parishes of Slaley and Healey following the forth-coming retirement of their Vicar, Helen Savage, in October. The PCC has had initial discussion of this and a formal consultation with the Archdeacon and Bishop’s Staff will ensue.

CONCLUSION

As I look back over the year, and re-visit many memories in writing this Report, I feel an enormous sense of thanksgiving – to God, for his sustaining grace and the privilege of exploring this great and holy Faith, and to the many people who contribute to the life of St Andrew’s and Halton. Of course, no Church, no Minister, no Christian, is perfect. There is the Church God desires and the Church we are prepared to give him. But the pandemic has taught me to count my blessings and, corporately, we have so many blessing for which our thanks and praise are due. A Church which places thanksgiving at its centre (and we do indeed celebrate the Eucharist – the Great Thanksgiving - each Sunday) will be a Church that is positive, giving and joyful. May we continue to grow in this grace and serve the Lord cheerfully and to his praise and glory.

Alleluia! Christ is risen.

David

ELECTORAL ROLL

Maureen Davison

At the beginning of the year there were 160 names on the Electoral Roll. During this year 15 names have been added and there have been three names removed.

The current number on the Electoral Roll is 172.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL REPORT

Jean Wilks

MEMBERSHIP 2022-2023:

Members of the PCC are either ex officio, elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with Church Representation Rules, or co-opted by the PCC. During the year the following served as members of the PCC:

Ex officio:

Vicar: Canon David J Kennedy Assistant Curate: Revd Lynn Caudwell Assistant Curate: Revd Sam Lochead Assistant Curate: Revd Linda E Hunter Churchwardens: Sue Graves (until Nov. 2022), David McEwan (from Jan. 2023), Jean Wilks

Elected at APCM in May 2022:

Val Barnes Edward Pybus Jo Eldridge Nahida Remy Anne King Lewis John Wilson David McEwan

Elected at APCM, and representatives on the Deanery Synod:

Max Philbrick, Monica Philbrick, Alice Bryant

Co-opted

Cliff Wright Treasurer Carol Moffatt Minute Secretary

STANDING COMMITTEE

It is a requirement by law that a Standing Committee is appointed. It sets the agenda for the PCC meeting and deals with business in between meetings.

Members: Vicar, Assistant Curates, Churchwardens, Treasurer.

WELCOMES AND FAREWELLS

We welcomed three new PCC members in May 2022: Alice Bryant, Nahida Remy and John Wilson. We thank them for joining us and for all that they will bring to the PCC.

Four PCC members stood down at the 2022 APCM: Ian Graves, Kate Jenkins, David Preece and Jon Williams. Also, Sue Graves resigned as PCC member and churchwarden in autumn 2022 due to increased family commitments. We thank them all for their many contributions and their hard work.

REVIEW OF THE YEAR

Eight meetings of the PCC and eight of the Standing Committee were held during the last year, following the APCM on 15[th] May 2022. PCC has been very busy throughout the year with a range of topics discussed. More detail may be found elsewhere in this report, and in the Minute File at the back of church or on the website.

TOPICS COVERED

As well as our regular business, and one-off events covered elsewhere in this report, we have also discussed:

Mission statement: part of each PCC meeting is used to review a specific section of our mission statement

Welcome card: a card is being prepared and printed, and will be given to new Corbridge residents Appointment of Parish Administrator

Corbridge Methodist Church: working together following closure of their building

Corbridge Community Partnership and Community Hub: opportunities for joint working

Plans for St Andrew’s 1350 anniversary celebrations: a sub-committee is planning a range of exciting events and projects

Pastoral Visiting

Plans for the Coronation weekend

CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT Sue Graves, David McEwan and Jean Wilks

It has been a changeable year for the churchwardens. Due to increased family commitments, Sue Graves made the difficult decision to resign as churchwarden during summer/autumn 2022. David McEwan replaced her as churchwarden in January 2023.

Sue continues to work as Senior Sidesperson. We thank her, and all the volunteers who take their turn as sidespeople and on the coffee rota. We are so grateful for all that you do. This is a really important part of the church’s Ministry of Welcome. It is also a great way of getting to know more people! If you haven’t yet signed up to help, please do give it a try.

Thanks also to everyone involved in all the other tasks, rotas and committees which ensure that things run smoothly for all our different services and activities. There are far too many of you to mention by name, but we really do appreciate all your hard work.

As ever, we thank all our Ministry team for their tireless work and enthusiasm, and for being so inspiring to work with. We also thank their partners and families for supporting them in all the work that they do. This was an exciting year, which saw Linda’ s ordination as Deacon, and Lynn’s move to pastures new at the end of her Curacy.

It has been good to be able to return to more normal routines as we emerged from the pandemic. Church services have at last been able to run without the rituals of advance bookings, sociallydistanced seating and sanitising pews. We have had a full events programme, and all three of us have enjoyed taking an active role in running the tree festival, arts and craft exhibition, and a wide variety of concerts.

We found it especially rewarding acting as stewards in church following the death of the Queen. Many people visited, to sign the book of condolence, or light a candle, or just sit quietly. It was good to see how much they valued this, and the comfort they got from being here.

Both churchwardens are members of the PCC and Standing Committee, so we share in all decisionmaking about the work of our churches. We are also responsible for maintaining the church building and property, and addressing health and safety issues, and we are both active members of the Maintenance Committee. In particular, this year we have worked on commissioning our architect to conduct the quinquennial inspections of the cottage and of both Halton and St Andrew’s churches, and on exciting plans for upgrading the cottage. And we oversee the work of our church cleaner. We have turned our hands to a wide variety of tasks when required, including odd jobs and repairs, locking/unlocking church, cleaning loos, clearing cobwebs, sorting out store cupboards, counting money, putting up banners in the churchyard, and stocking the bar for concerts!

HALTON ST. OSWALD Edward Pybus

Halton continues to flourish thanks in greatest part to the pastoral energy and care of Canon David Kennedy and Revds Lynn Caudwell (sadly no longer with us and we wish her all the very best in her new ministry at Pott Shrigley), Sam Lochead and Linda Hunter who make time in turns to come up the hill and conduct our services and preach. From the retired clergy Canon Michael Thompson stands in occasionally and is always most welcomed and most welcoming in equal measure. Our congregation comprises a core of 15 or so and there is a number of others who attend less frequently. Severally they contribute in many ways, in particular in maintaining the church building, arranging the flowers and tending the graveyard. We are deeply grateful to them all.

Regular services of Holy Communion have been held on the first Sunday of the month throughout the year (average attendance 12), including Harvest Thanksgiving in October, together with Easter (42) and Christmas (40). Additionally, David conducted Choral Evensong (40) on 26 June, members of the choir from St Andrew's performing some quite lovely music, Sam Evening Prayer (40) on 6 July at the conclusion of the Parish Pilgrimage Walk from Heaven Field to Halton, and David a further Evening Prayer (6) on 31 July.

In addition to providing a serene place of worship Halton also attracts many visitors. The number seems to increase year by year. Mainly walkers, some exploring Hadrian's Wall, they admire the matchless setting with its expansive view of the Tyne Valley and enjoy the peace and quiet. They are delighted to find the church building open and many write in the Visitors Book messages evidencing how they draw from their visit variously inspiration and hope, solace and spiritual support. One summarised it briefly: "A hidden gem. I'm so pleased my walk brought me here". A sentiment we can all share.

SAFEGUARDING

Parish Safeguarding Officer: Mandy Norton Tel: 01434 632585 Safer Recruitment Officer: Richard Adams Tel: 01434 634869 Asst PSO (Admin): Linda E Hunter Tel: 01434 633742

‘The Church of England is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within the church community so that all can flourish in faith and know the love of God.’ Here in St. Andrew’s and Halton we need to remember that we are all responsible for keeping each other safe. Mandy is always available to listen if you have any safeguarding concerns. She can also point you in right direction if you need any information or further support. Richard looks after the recruitment paperwork in particular the Volunteer forms and on-line DBS checks, new and renewals.

We have continued to use the National Church Dashboard in order to keep up to date with all that we need to do to ensure that our churches are safe places. We have consistently been at level 3 (highest level!) Safer recruitment is really important as we ensure that we recruit to roles safely and those who work with children or vulnerable adults have all the appropriate checks. All those involved in roles which require Safeguarding training have participated in the appropriate course for their role - Basic Awareness, Foundation or Leadership. In addition some people have received training in Domestic Violence Awareness and Safer Recruiting. Basic Awareness training is completed on line and anyone who wants to know more about Safeguarding can go on the Church of England website and register to complete this training.

Safeguarding is on the agenda of every PCC meeting and all PCC members are kept up to date current information.

Over the next few months we are going to be part of a pilot exploring how Safer Recruitment and DBS can link in with the dashboard.

Remember if you have any concerns please speak to Mandy or one of the clergy, or Carol Butler: Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser.

www.churchofengland.org/more/safeguarding for further information.

FABRIC, GOODS AND ORNAMENTS OF THE CHURCH Maintenance Committee

The fabric of both our churches is in serviceable condition, and all goods and ornaments are as required for worship and events to take place in St. Andrew’s and St. Oswald’s.

Quinquennial Inspections: St Andrew’s Cottage. As reported last year, the inspection completed in 2021 revealed a substantial amount of work to be undertaken, especially control and elimination of damp, installation of under-floor heating, and a new kitchen. Our architect is preparing detailed specifications and tender documents.

Halton Church: The inspection was completed in 2022. Recommendations to be followed up this year include repairing the chest tomb, some work on the paths, and some minor repairs and maintenance inside the church. Some repointing is required by the end of next year. Discussions are in progress to implement these recommendations.

St Andrew’s Church: The inspection should be done this year.

Maintenance and works undertaken: Statutory Requirements. During the year we have had inspections of the fire extinguishers, boilers, alarm system, and regular inspections of ladders. Electrical PAT testing was done in November 2022. The 5-yearly electrical inspections of St Andrew’s church and the cottage were done in October 2022, and all recommended remedial work completed in February 2023. Halton’s 5-yearly inspection is due in 2023.

Clock : The clock’s annual inspection was done in October 2022. We are grateful to Mike Collins who checks, monitors and adjusts the clock when required. Fortunately, it no longer needs winding three times a week, thanks to the automated winding installed in 2021.

Utilities: contract renewals: New electrical contracts for St Andrew’s, Halton and the cottage have been taken out as from May 2023. The cottage gas contract is fixed until 2024. St Andrew’s gas contract runs until 2025.

Health & Safety: We are in the process of reviewing our fire safety risk assessments. Event risk assessments are carried out for all new events.

Security Review: We regularly monitor our security arrangements. If you have any church key and are no longer in the role for which it was issued, please return it to the churchwardens.

The Maintenance Committee: The committee meets regularly and reports to PCC. Members are Michael Rae, Jon Williams, Canon David Kennedy, Revd Linda Hunter, and both churchwardens. The committee is especially indebted to Michael and Jon, for all their wisdom, expertise and hard work. Jon has been designated Eco-Champion on the Maintenance Committee, to ensure that environmental concerns are taken on board in all discussion and decision-making.

Church Furnishings: Two beautiful new open ciboria, given by Lindsay Brooker in memory of her father David Ketley have adorned our Eucharistic worship. Also, the existing ciborium was fully refurbished by Reid and Sons of Newcastle and has been restored to use. Also, new altar cloths and altar linen were kindly given by Canon and Mrs Thompson.

Thank You

The fabric of our churches is well looked after, and we are extremely grateful to all those who contribute to this in any way, by giving their time, expertise or financial help. It is impossible to thank all those who play a part in this, as so many people are involved. We are always looking for more volunteers to take on maintenance tasks; if you could offer some help, please speak to the churchwardens.

MISSION AND MINISTRY

CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES MESSY CHURCH

Louise Stubbs

Messy Church is now celebrating its thirteenth year and we have seen many positive changes throughout this last year. The Messy Church banner is displayed well in advance within the church grounds. It serves both as a reminder for our regular participants, but also encourages visiting families to join us. It is pleasing to note that families have visited us from further afield and returned! Our team has welcomed new members and we would encourage anyone who is interested, in helping. to come along and see what it would entail. It can be ‘Messy’ at times but is always a rewarding experience. We conduct planning / review meetings via Zoom but recently have resumed face to face meetings.

Canon David Kennedy, Revd. Lynn Caudwell, and Revd. Sam Lochead have regularly attended our planning meetings and Messy Church days, whenever they have been available. The team has been grateful for their involvement and support. (Revd. Sam’s enthusiasm for clay activities hasn't gone unnoticed!) Revd. Linda Hunter has continued to lead the team and her efficiency, commitment and encouragement ensures we all stay on task during our planning and Messy Church days. Thank you Linda.

The Messy Church format has thankfully reverted back to pre-covid days, which allows ‘face to face ‘communication and interaction with children/ adults in attendance. We begin with a game which we have found to be a successful approach as everyone can participate. This is usually linked to the story being presented. A video is often used to tell the story with input from Clergy or members of the team.

Max Philbrick operates all the technology involved with the laptop and screen. His input is greatly appreciated. Table top activities are now the norm and we always include a physical activity which could be something like a simple obstacle course. This form of activity has always been popular. The days conclude with a recap of the story, song and prayers. A ‘help yourself buffet’ has also been reinstated with tea and coffee provided for adults This has proved to be a great opportunity to sit and chat with parents and children. More recently Janet Morrison has, once again, agreed to prepare tea for us. It is served by members of the team. Janet retired from the team in 2019 and we are grateful for her renewed involvement. The teas are always excellent! Our attendance figures are increasing again. We have been delighted to welcome two Ukrainian families who now attend regularly.

Some of the themes we have addressed have included;

Good Friday /Easter activities, David and Goliath, Daniel in the Lion’s Den, Noah's Ark, The Wise and Foolish Builders, The Great Escape, The Shepherd Boy who became King, Light of the World, The Greatest Journey, The Good Samaritan and The Parable of the Sower.

In conclusion, Messy Church could not continue without the unstinting support, enthusiasm, commitment and creativeness of our team. As in previous reports a special mention must go to Max Philbrick. He has continued to produce a colourful monthly flyer to publicise our days. The flyers are

distributed in school and are always available in church. Thank you Max. for all your skills in technology! We have been delighted to welcome Charlotte Paton and Mike Bewick to our team this year.

As always, our thoughts and prayers continue to be with all our Messy Church families and everyone who contributes, in any way, to Messy Church.

Used with permission

OUTSIDE MISSION AND GIVING: ‘TAKE 5’

Max Philbrick

The ‘Take 5’ team (named after the 5 Marks of Mission) is responsible for:

This is done in line with our mission statement, and we support five projects that reflect the holistic nature of mission. The partners/projects we have supported through 2022-23 are:

The team planned to meet monthly, which – with some inevitable gaps – has been mostly achieved! Some key points to mention for the year include:

Revd Sam Lochead

RIVER

River has continued to grow in various ways over the last year. The average number of people gathering for River each month has steadily increased, as has the number involved in the music and leading worship. It has been wonderful to see the particular ‘charism’ of River as an informal and flexible time together develop, for example through regular discussion of important questions around our faith and how this is lived out in daily life. For example, in 2022 we considered a series of, ‘Fruits of the Spirit’, such as peace - where we felt it was particularly needed in the world and also how we find it in our own lives.

As River grows, so does the variety of contexts and forms of worship we explore through it. For example, over the last year River has taken place outside in the form of a summer afternoon picnic, and during Passiontide 2023 we held River for the first time in the former Methodist Chapel. By worshipping in these different spaces and places, River reminds us of the opportunity to encounter and worship God wherever we find ourselves, as well as through those who we sit with; get to know and learn from as we worship together.

River continues to be an important part of our life together at St Andrew’s, allowing us to explore new approaches to prayer and worship; to learn new songs; and to welcome new faces into our community. River is open to all, both newcomers to church and those who have been a part of St Andrew’s for years - if it sounds like something you would like to try, now is a great time to experience it for yourself.

ECO CHURCH

Revd Sam Lochhead

Our commitment as a parish to care for God’s creation has become an increasingly significant part of our work and prayer as a church. Alongside Take 5’s continued support of A Rocha UK, we have had a series of sermons and talks reflecting on environmental themes.

We were very grateful in February 2023 that Richard Adams was willing to lead a wonderful series linking theological ideas such as covenant to our own responses to the climate crisis, both as a church and as individuals. These talks were held on Zoom, and prompted lively and engaging discussion after each one. The last of these talks, focusing particularly on practical suggestions around individual responses, was recorded - please speak to The Revd Sam Lochead if you missed these talks, but would like an idea of what was offered to us.

Additionally, the parish now has an established Eco Committee meeting regularly, as we continue to develop and expand our engagement with sustainability. This group reflects on both practical matters relating to the parish’s environmental footprint (particularly looking at the Church of England’s Net Zero Carbon target for 2030), as well as ideas about how to further engage the congregation and community in environmental discussion and action.

Linked to this, we continue to work towards our A Rocha Eco Church Bronze Award, which we hope to achieve in the coming year, and we excited to be planning an Eco Festival for the 22nd and 23rd of June 2023. This will include displays from local charities; community groups, and schools exploring all that is already taking place in and around Corbridge to help preserve the environment we share. It will also involve live music; activities for children; and a panel discussion exploring the overlap between local initiatives and the wider church’s work to face both the challenges and opportunities of living sustainably. This event should prove a real highlight and hopefully act as a catalyst for further discussion and change within the life of the church - and perhaps even further afield!

There are further plans extending into the Autumn - more on this soon. In the meantime, if you would like to join our Eco Committee, or would like more information about helping put together our Eco Festival, please contact The Revd Sam Lochead.

CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER

Revd Sam Lochhead

The role of various forms of contemplative prayer continue to grow within the life of our community. Regular opportunities to gather and explore different forms of contemplative prayer continue to widen our understanding of what it means to dwell in God’s presence.

For example, since the last APCM we have gathered together to consider how the writings of saints can inspire and refresh our prayer, particularly looking at poetry and writings by St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross.

We have continued to reflect on different ways of praying as well, usually by practising a new approach over an extended period of time. We spent three weeks looking at Imaginative Prayer, and another three weeks taking a further look at Lectio Divina . It was during the latter we welcomed our first guest to speak to us about contemplative prayer, as The Revd Ollie Dempsey visited from St George’s Church in Jesmond to share an approach to ‘living out’ what God reveals to us as we prayerfully engage with Scripture.

Our parish practices of contemplative prayer have also begun to link with other areas of our shared life, such as in May 2022 when we looked at contemplative prayer’s relationship to healing. This has been an invaluable way of bringing to God both our own needs and the needs of others; something which we then engaged with further when we practised ‘contemplative interceding’ - silently holding before God people and situations when we find ourselves lost for words.

This expansion of contemplative prayer into different parts of church life was also apparent in our developing practice of pilgrimage - we took ideas from contemplative prayer with us as we went to visit Durham Cathedral, taking time to meet God through its history and architecture.

In the coming year we hope this development will continue, with particular links between our contemplative prayer and our engagement as a church with mission. Watch this space!

BOOK GROUP

Jennifer Wright

The two book groups have amalgamated. We are now a group of seven meeting weekly in the cottage. We finished a book that we started with Lynn Caudwell entitled, “The Seven Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership”. Now we are reading a book called Listen by Kathryn Mannix.

HOME GROUP

HOME GROUP Anne King-Lewis, Max Philbrick The Home Group continues to meet at the home of Max and Monica every Thursday afternoon at 4pm starting with a cup of tea and biscuits.

This past year we have had some good sessions using a variety of materials usually centred round a Bible passage. During Advent and then in Lent we have been using meditations by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell. We didn’t finish them all before Easter, and enjoyed continuing on through into May.

Although someone leads the discussion, we all have the freedom to add our own thoughts. We find it is a very rewarding way of getting to know one another better. We always end with a time of prayer for needs of the church as well as our own. The group is open and welcoming to all. We also have Zoom turned on, and Lynn Stow who used to worship at St. Andrew’s often joins us from Bath!! Why don’t you join us sometime!

PRAYER GROUP

Jennifer Wright

The prayer group is now meeting every Thursday afternoon in church. We continue to pray for current issues relevant to our lives here in Corbridge as well as those relating to the country and the rest of the world.

We pray for the work of the Ministry team and all of the groups working within our church including the regular church services, Messy Church, River service, book groups, home group, YouTube services etc. We also pray for people we know of who are unwell, or have asked for us to pray about their particular needs.

In addition, we remember those we have chosen to support financially through the “Take 5” initiative. This includes:

CHURCH MUSIC

Colin Williams Musical Director

In March last year we were hosting an edition of Songs Of Praise – little did we know that this would turn out to be a ‘superspreader event’ which decimated the choir and once again disrupted church life, including the cancellation of the planned performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion. It was therefore particularly satisfying this year to re-instigate the Come and Sing performance of this classic setting of the Crucifixion story on Passion Sunday with an augmented choir and superb accompaniments by our organist John Roper and two guest soloists, Owain Bennett and John Hewitt.

The trials and tribulations of the Covid period are now in the distant past and the choir has rediscovered much of its repertoire and is currently thriving, encouraged by the arrival of several new members. Here are comments from three singers:

It was a bit daunting when I walked into my first rehearsal with the choir a week before Christmas 2022. I need not have worried. The friendly atmosphere made me feel most welcome. The choir is warm hearted, inclusive and laughter as well as singing is a feature.

Joining the choir is one of the best things I’ve done since moving to this area. Developing skills and the friendly social side of the choir make it worthwhile.

The friendship and singing as a member of the church choir has enriched my life.

As well as the regular anthems in the Parish Communion Services we have contributed to all the special Festivals, in particular the services of Healing; the Dedication Festival, the Remembrance Service featuring a setting of Pie Jesu by Kim Arneson and a hauntingly beautiful solo by Charlotte Collins, the Advent Procession and the Christmas Eve Festival of Carols.

Throughout the year we have enjoyed the musicianship of our two resident organists, and this is an opportunity to thank John and Marc for their patience in choir practices and their continued enthusiasm and contribution to the music of our Church. I write this just before the Coronation – an opportunity to sing some special music, including a new piece specially commissioned by the RSCM which will be sung by Parish Churches all over England on the Sunday Morning. Further ahead we have started rehearsing for Ascension Day, and in June we are looking forward to singing Evensong at Halton Church.

Nicki Swart has taken over the role of Choir Secretary and has quickly become an indispensable focus for all choir communications, not least keeping me up to date with anticipated attendances which is a crucial factor in planning the music.

Liz Collins continues to manage the robes, patiently ensuring that everyone including new members look their best. Each singer makes an essential contribution and it is a real privilege to lead such a committed and enthusiastic choir.

WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP Revd Linda E. Hunter We have now been meeting in St. Andrew’s for over a year and have found that meeting in the afternoon with the opportunity for chat after our talks, has been a good move. So, that will continue. We now have about 45 members.

Following our AGM last year we were supposed to have Adrian Langford talking about the work of a First responder unfortunately he caught covid so we were lucky to have Ian McLeod step in at last minute to talk to us about the changes in history over a period of 100 years 1921 to 2021. What a lot of changes there were, some for the good and some well….. In March Kathleen Wilson was unable to join us as she was unwell too. So we ended up having one of Sheila’s fantastic quizzes. Our April Lent service took the theme of Palms to Stones when we recalled the events of Holy Week, members of fellowship led readings and took part. Sally Urwin the ‘pint sized’ farmer gave us a wonderful talk about her life as a farmer’s wife. That was most interesting. We ended the year with more cake, conversation and tea.

We began again in September when Fiona Sample shared with us her experiences of chairing the Oswin Project and the various activities that were offered to help with the rehabilitation of prisoners in particular the Café no 16 in Newcastle Cathedral. Work with Refugees and his experiences over the years working and volunteering in this area was the topic of the talk given by Malcolm Warin. It was devastating to hear how many people were still struggling to remain in the UK, the legalities taking many years whilst people were ‘stuck ‘in a system that wasn’t really fit for purpose. We all took a trip down memory lane when Alex Clark spoke about familiar objects of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. It was fascinating to see a range of memorabilia from our childhood. Our Advent service in December, based round the theme of Waiting for the gift of Christmas, was an opportunity for us to have some quiet reflective time amidst that Christmas hustle and bustle. Of course we finished off the afternoon with more mince pies and tea.

Rosemary Rayfield began as secretary in July 2006 and after almost 16 years in the role she has decided to step back but will remain on the committee, so a special thank you to Rosemary. Thank you to Sheila, Liz, Elsie, Janet and Daphne who have all helped to keep things running smoothly. And to Claire Hay who expertly co-ordinates the refreshments.

We always like to welcome new members so do come along and see what happens, we usually meet on the 4[th] Monday of the month in church at 2.30pm (unless there is a bank holiday!)

NEW COMMUNITY INITATIVES THIS YEAR

Revd Linda E Hunter

CHRISTMAS ANGEL YARN BOMBING

In the months preceding Christmas many knitting needles and crochet hooks in the village and further afield were clicking away. Angels were being created – knitted or crocheted, each angel different as the patterns were interpreted in a range of ways, each individual. The angels came together on a tree at the tree festival – it was laden with angels. Then on a dull Monday afternoon in December the angels gathered together in church along with their creators. A short service of blessing was held. That evening a group of people set off in the dark to hang angels in as many different places as possible to surprise people in the morning. More were put out at 6.00am. As the village awoke many people were surprised to see the angels. Hundreds of Christmas Angels were now in place with a message from St Andrew’s Church of hope, joy, love and peace at Christmas. Slowly the angels disappeared as people took them home. Many comments were made ‘it started my Christmas’, ‘it brought a smile to my face’, ‘what a lovely idea’.

THE PASTORAL HUB

In the Autumn a small planning team met together to look at ways in which we could support the pastoral needs of people at St. Andrew’s and the wider community. Building on the principle we began during covid we invited anyone who would like to be involved to attend a meeting to discuss what our approach would be. Approx 10 people attended 3 sessions of training led very ably by Mandy Norton. We now have a group of parish visitors who currently about to start regular visiting. If you would like a visitor or you know someone else who would like a visitor please let us know.

TEA AND CHAT

Tea and Chat began at the end of March and meets in Corbridge Community Hub ( formerly the Methodist Chapel) on the 2[nd] and 4th Wednesday of the month from 2.00pm to 4.00pm. Tea and homemade cake is served and we enjoy good conversation over a cuppa. It is an ideal opportunity to meet new faces and to get out for a couple of hours. We can collect people if they are unable to get there themselves. Thank you to all those who are helping to get this initative ‘off the gound’. If you would like to be involved in these 2 initatives and have some time to spare please do contact, in the first instance, Linda.

OUTREACH

WEST NORTHUMBERLAND FOODBANK

Monica Philbrick

Boxes at the back of the church are regularly collected and taken to the Food Bank in Burn Lane, Hexham. Over the last year the growth of the work of the Food Bank has been both inspiring, yet sad, as one sees the need increasing…and it’s not just food!

Some key user figures October 2021 – September 2022

570 households - 1241 adults and children

313 households using the Food bank for the first time in the last year

500 regular cash donations – allowing purchases to supplement the Food Bank or provide vouchers*

30+local businesses providing support

65 food bank volunteers

23 trained helpline volunteers

5075 deliveries to 570 homes

Deliveries to 44 towns and villages (Haltwhistle and West, Prudhoe and East)

Hardship awards:

Cash donations and money from Northumberland CC can be used to provide these awards which are distributed via the Help Line which runs alongside the Food Bank. Energy and shopping vouchers* are made available. The Help Line gets calls from 100 households each week and, as well as organising the awards, can help people access other services.

Case Studies: Dave, Vicky and the WNFB

Dave* works 20 hours a week; he can’t work any more hours due to health problems. He receives Universal Credit (UC) monthly. Occasionally his payday from work falls on a weekend or a bank holiday, so he gets paid early. That means he gets paid twice in one UC monthly assessment period, so he doesn’t get any UC for the following month. Dave has shared custody of his children. He has a two-bedroom property but doesn’t get any UC housing element for the second bedroom. After paying his rent and bills, he’s left with just over £20 per week to live on. When Dave contacted WNFB for help, his cooker had broken beyond repair and he had very little credit left on the gas and electric prepayment meters. They used some Hardship Funds to buy Dave a new cooker and get it safely installed. WNFB also provided him with energy vouchers to top up both meters, and supermarket vouchers to stock up on some fresh food.

Vicky* is a single parent of three children, but her youngest was born just after the Two Child Limit came into force in April 2017. This means she gets no extra UC for her youngest, which would have been worth £244.58 a month.

When she contacted WNFB in January, she’d had a very difficult winter. After the Universal Credit uplift of £20 per week ended in October and the energy price hikes came into effect, Vicky was finding it increasingly difficult to afford to keep the prepayment meter topped up and her home warm. She told WNFB that she tries to batch cook for the week ahead and get all the laundry done on Sunday, as her energy supplier can’t turn off the prepayment meter at the weekend. WNFB used Hardship Funds to provide an energy voucher so she could top up the meter. *Names have been changed. For more details, do read the WNFB annual report on their website:

www.westnorthumberlandfoodbank.org.uk

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

Simon Hunter

The increased use of social media, smart phones and mobiles devices has meant we have been able to communicate with more people in the parish than ever before.

At St Andrew’s we have sent out a weekly church email which has helped to keep everyone up to date, we have over 350 households subscribing.

It provides a link to THIS WEEK page on the Church website which gives you access to the bulletin, reflection, orders of services, YouTube services, Messy Church Videos and other relevant information. This information can also be accessed via the Church website directly, or streamed Services can also be accessed directly from YouTube: St. Andrew’s Church, Corbridge. If you haven’t already subscribed to the weekly email, you can do this online on the church website or via our database application form which is available in church.

Website: www.corbridgechurch.org.uk :- Each week the website is updated with the Sunday service resources and also the link to the YouTube channel. Streaming takes place on our YouTube channel at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday.

Facebook: We have three Facebook pages: Corbridge, Corbridge Church Families and St. Andrew’s Church Christmas Tree Festival and a twitter account: Corbridge Church tweets@CorbridgeChurc1 At the main festive seasons: - Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter we produce a booklet containing all the relevant service and event information these are made available on the website. We would welcome contribution for the News and Events section these can be emailed to sahunter@corbridgechurch.org.uk .

Paper copies of the Bulletin and Booklets are available to members of the congregation who don’t have access to the internet

PARISH NEWS

Max Philbrick

Three editions of the Parish News were published over the last 12 months (in May, October and February), with printed copies available at the back of church, and an online version to read or download from the church website.

Max Philbrick stood down as design and production editor after the February 2023 edition.

DEANERY SYNOD

Acting Deanery Secretary

Corbridge Deanery Synod meets 3 times a year to discuss various relevant topics and the Deanery Development group meets more frequently. This is principally a group reflecting on, and suggesting ideas, to take forward the development of the mission and ministry of the Deanery. The decisionmaking body is the Synod. In this session of Synod we have looked at: Living in Love and Faith, Lay Ministry and our Deanery Mission Plan. We have also set up working groups to look at various aspects of the mission and ministry of the Deanery, these are: Shared Ministry, Simplification Management – Use of Skills, Eco church, Communication, Identity / Getting to know each other

All Deaneries have been asked to produce a Deanery Plan on a standard proforma so a considerable amount of time has been spent engaging with this information from the Diocese in order to compile our plan using the Diocesan toolkit.

Thank you to Max and Monica Philbrick and Alice Bryant for being our representatives. Their term of office has now completed. Alice is happy to continue as a rep but we are looking for 2 other people

EVENTS & FUNDRAISING

MUSICAL EVENTS

Revd Linda E. Hunter and Jean Wilks

A small team comprising Mary Oswell, Jenny Watson, Coleen Petrie, Gail Williams, Nicki Swart and Marc Bryant and ourselves meet regularly to plan the musical events for St. Andrew’s. We have held the following musical events in 2022 / 2023:

Unfortunately we had to postpone 2 lunchtime concerts and the Music from the French Baroque concert due to the death of the Queen

EVENTS

July Fete and Autumn Fayre: Lots of people came to browse and purchase items.

Textile and Art Exhibition: This was the first exhibition, the displays were fantastic. We couldn’t believe how talented people were in the village.

Corbridge’s Roman Legacy talk by David Waugh, this was well attended and was enjoyed by all present.

Christmas Tree Festival: As usual there were many innovative ideas interpreted in a range of ways, it was a delight to walk round and see them all. Staying open later on 3 nights helped ease the congestion and made it easier to view the trees. We raised a total of £10, 387.00 on this event which with gift aid should be about £11,000, this was a fantastic result.

Pancakes and Quiz evening organised by Pauline and Susan Bennett.

FUNDRAISING : Thanks to Suzette and Warwick for arranging the Grand Draw which brought in over £1,000.

If you would like to be involved in helping with any of our events or have some suggestions of others that we may have do let us know.

CHURCH FLOWERS

Ann Prudhoe

St. Andrew’s Church Corbridge

The flower arranging Team have had a busy, interesting, varied and fascinating year given the many diverse aspects and nature of the work undertaken at St. Andrew’s Church. The year has also been one of transition.

A Brief outline of Progress and Developments

First of all, we wish to extend our sincere thanks to the Sheila Goldsworthy who has been Team Leader for the flower arranging work at St. Andrew’s Church for many years. Sheila has done a simply sterling job and she decided towards the end of the year that she wished to step down from the leadership role however Sheila plans to carry out some flower arranging work from time to time. We all wish her well for the future.

Planning the Future

The long-term plan is to encourage members of the church community and also all people around the community who may be interested in joining the flower arranging team. In this regard experience and knowledge is not important as the simply qualification is to join the team and gradually progress in the knowledge and experience of the activity.

The aim is to create a happy and enjoyable environment so that the people keep coming back and so the long-term goal to build up an enlarged and accomplished team is achieved.

Finally

We wish to thank all people who have donated money for flowers for Christmas and Easter and anyone who would like to be involved with the flower arranging team are invited to contact Ann Prudhoe on Mobile No: 07483 855385 or 01434 632971.

THE FEDERATION OF BROOMHAUGH AND CORBRIDGE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (VA) FIRST SCHOOL Suz Hart, Executive Head Teacher

I am very proud to be the Executive Headteacher of Corbridge and Broomhaugh First Schools; special places to learn and grow. Since my appointment in September 2022, and promotion from Executive Deputy Headteacher, I have worked hard to build on the successful foundations already in place.

Our team of dedicated staff work hard to provide engaging lessons that inspire our children to take their subjects beyond the classroom and develop a lifelong love of learning.

We have the Christian values of respect, forgiveness, truth, thankfulness and kindness guiding us in all we do, helping us to be courageous advocates who make a difference in our local community and the wider world.

‘Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.’ 1 John 3:18

Through high expectations and encouragement, we empower our children to believe in themselves and be the best they can be!

School Information
Number of children on roll: 158 % SEND pupils: 8%
Age range of pupils: 4-9 years % of disadvantaged pupils: 14.6%

Our number on roll has increased from 138 at the end of the academic year 2021/22 to 158 this year. We have reached our maximum intake of 30 children for Reception in September 2023. There are still a number of places in our Nursery available and we welcome new starters throughout the year.

Key Developments (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education)

The whole school ethos, and promotion of personal development, are enhanced through collective worship, RE, the work of the play leaders and worship leaders, the work of the school council and the work of the eco-council. Picture News is used in whole school worship to discuss current affairs; pupils can access the content at a suitable level. The use of Picture News encourages discussion and debate through links to current affairs. Pupils are encouraged to talk about things happening in the world right now, becoming courageous advocates for change. Staff look at how the Bible can be linked to Picture News. The worship schedule is on the school website so that parents can use links

from Picture News at home and know what has been discussed in school. Leaders will assess the usefulness and impact of this going forward. Pupil voice on PSHE and worship was carried out last year – pupils were positive about their experiences and stated that they enjoy working and learning together.

A PSHE enrichment calendar has been created for the year across the Federation; it includes, for example, global goals week, Black History Month, LGBT+ History Month, Christianity projects, STEM, Remembrance Day and Children in Need. There is a strong focus on the purpose of the days and why the school takes part. In both schools, a Rainbow Bake Off was held to support Children in Need. This was to emphasise that we are all different, like the colours of the rainbow, but we are all equally important. This took place during Anti-Bullying Week and supported the work on this. A lead assembly looked at bullying and homophobic bullying linked to this. British Values are interwoven with the Christian Values (Respect, truth, forgiveness, thankfulness and friendship) and ethos of the school. As part of the PSHE curriculum, each half term each class has a British Value that they dig deeper into. British values are also discussed in assembly. Members of the ministry team support this in school through worship and time spent in classes, working with the children and training prayer and worship leaders.

Commando Joe’s respect curriculum and work in Forest School develop character. Pupils are supported in their development of good listening and communication skills. At CFS, children in Year 4 and Reception have a weekly Forest School time. The rest are allocated throughout the year. Carol Orrick has a day release each week to work on outdoor and grounds development. She has submitted funding bids to extend the allotment area and meetings have taken place to explore establishing a bee colony within this (Our ‘bee the best you can bee’ bees!) Work is also starting on establishing a sensory garden at CFS and children access weekly allotment sessions. At both schools, we are focusing on food, food miles and global consciousness, allowing the children to understand where their food comes from and to grow their own.

Every day, every class chooses someone to be a special person. The special person hears positive affirmations from their peers and provides their own self-affirmations; some pupils can initially find this difficult to do, however self-esteem is boosted as a result. The work also supports oracy and language development.

The SENDCo works closely with a number of external partners to promote positive emotional wellbeing and mental health in school; she has put in place a range of strategies to support pupils and parents. The SENDCo is a highly skilled practitioner who has a sharp focus on achieving the best outcomes for all pupils.

Textile and Art Exhibition 2022

Khrystyna Mychailichenko

The Parish of St Andrews, Corbridge with St Oswald. Halton and St James, Newton Hall FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the ear ended 31st December 2022 1. Independent Examinerfs Report 2. Treasurer's Report 3. Summarised Balance Sheet 4. Summarised Statement of Financial Activities 5. Notes to Financial Statements 6. Grants & Donations

ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, CORBRIDGE INI)F.PEIYI)F.NT EXAMINER'S RF.PORT T() TFIF. Ib¥lllOC'HI,IL CHIIRCH COLINCIL OF ST AliDREW'S CHURCH. CORBIIIDGE I report on lh¢ tt¢counts of the Pa￿)Ch￿l Church Couwil for th¢ year ended 31 DeCem￿r 20?2 which ate atthch¢d. Ke$peclive repon%ibilities of trustees gnd e¥aminer. A% IliL ii)<'inhir8 1)I' Ihi Pi?riKliial Church Council, i'ou are responsible for the prepaNion ofihe accounts.. you consider that th¢ audii TLquirL'ineni ol'seciion 4312) of the Charilies Aci 1993 (the Acil do¢s noi apply. IE is my res￿)nSibIlity to staic. on th¢ basis ol-IhL procidure$ specified in the Gen¢rnl Direciions given by ihe Charity Commissioners under section 43171(b) of th¢ Act. IvheihLr paniculli r mailers have com¢ lo m>. alleniion. Hii%i% (If iiiilL'Pi'NdeNt eiMNiincr'% r¢poTt. M). Ixli 113lllallOII Il'ils ¥iirriLd out in aLcordance wilh the General Directions given b). th¢ Charity Cornmissioners and 10 bc lound in Il)L chiirch bpuidance •0 I l ediiion. An exarnin4tion includes a review ofihe a¢¢ouniinby r¢coTds kept by Ihe Pan)¢hial hiirch Coiin¢il 11 nd a comparison of ihe accounts presenied iviih ih¢s¢ re¢￿d$. li also includes considerdiion ofony unusual ilein% i)r disclo%iires in ihe #ccounis. and s¢¢king explanaiions from you as members conccmin&D any su¢h mall¢r5. The pri)LL4Jiire8 und¢rtak¢n do not provide all the evidence ihai would b¢ r¢quircd in an audiL and cons¢quenily I do not ¢xpre55 an iiiidit opinion on ih¢ vi¢w bTkv¢n by ihe a¢¢ounis. I￿11¢pendent Fx#mlncr's itatcmcnt In L(1111ILLli(Iri i%'iih rii) L.xainiii4Lli(iii, no mair has come lo my ai*niion: lal hich bllVL'S Jn¢ retsonabl¢ rause 10 believe Ihal in any maierial res￿1 Ihe requirements: li) l o kLep accounlinby r¢cords in accordanc¢ wilh seciion 41 of ihe aci.. and lill To prepar¢ accounls which uccord wilh ihe occouniinbp records and io ¢omply with th¢ accounting requirements of the Acl,. have noi bttn mei,. or Ib} io which. in my opinion, oiieniion sI￿Uld be drawn in order to ¢nable a proper understhnding of ihe accounts to be redLh¢d. M al￿) Mike Cullin5

Parochial Church Council of Cort)ridge. with Halton and Newton Hall. TREASURER'S REPORT For the year ending 31st December 2022 1. Summary In 2022. funds increased by £10.011 compared lo an increase of £26.733 in 2021. In order lo propèrfy understand how our finances lared last year. some more detail is required and this is sel out below.. £OOO'$ 2022 2021 Surplus on 0￿ratIng Actlvltle• CapS13l Projèct8 Chango in value of Inveltmonts L•ga¢l•• Rocelvod 18.7 17.9 Not Movom•nt Sn Funds 10.0 26.7 There 19 a timing issue in Ih? payment of dwritable grants (Take 51 %thich affects the comparison 012022 and 2021. Thi5 was mentioned In the 2021 feport. Payments due under the 2021 pcogramme of £7.600 were not a¢lually paid out until 2022 which, as a result. carnes 2 years chanlable grant Costs. If the results are adjusled to 5h¢M the effects of the delay. a moro proper ¢omparl$on for Surylus on Op8ratlng Actlvltles IS £26,300 compar•d to £10,300 In 2021. 2. Maln FgatUrn8 2.1 The level ol personal giving includirwj a$￿al8￿ grft aid rose by 6% in thè year followng anothèr successful annual appeal. 2.2 The value of donations recewed, Including our share of luneral and wedding Collect￿n$ a3 well as wall safe lakirgs etc and ot￿r bona fide contributions, by £6.400 wlh 3 fvrther £1250 coming from gift a￿. 2.3 Nel income from fund raising events rose by £7.900 2.4 Ineome levels wefe generally excellent wrth Ihe already mentioned personal gNing and donations hitting peaks not Seen for many years The fund raising total was also very stron9, falling just short of the remarkable 2019 10ts1. 2.5 Predictably, some operating costs increased as we moved on from the effects of the pandemic but routine maintenance costs were modest. 2.6 Capital spend was also modest Including a new gas boiler for the cottage and Ihg replacement of hymn books which was covered by a legaey. 2.7 The continuing turbulence In Ihe financial markets meant that much of the increase in the value of the Charifund investment that we saw in 2021 was lost in 2022. 2.8 Reserves at the end of the year were very strong at just short of £219,000. Considerable work and expense is, however. needed to Improve the condition of St Andre¥rfs Cottage.

  1. Con¢lu$lon Although rt is not obvious from the fomial section of the accounts. 2022 was an extremely successful year for our Church finances. The most rèliable and Consistent guide Ihal we have lo the nature of financial fesulls Is performance on Operating Aclivrties and where. if timing quirks are corrected, the surplus rose from £10,300 in 2021 to a remarkable £26,300. 2022 was a year when all of the Soufces of income performed well and the￿ were no unpleasant surpnses wthin expen￿rtU￿ Longer tem contr8¢15 avoided. for a while al least. the Oamaging effects ol gas and electricity price increases. 2022 was an excel￿nt year for us and we should enjoy that. It would be a mistake, however, to suppose that a pattefn for future resulis has been established. It was a rema￿ablY troublefree year which has sel the standard al a level which wll be very drffi¢uH lo repeal let alone improve upon.

Parocial ChU￿h Council of Corbridge with Halton and Nèwton Hall SUMMARISED BALANCE SHEET- at 31st December 2022 2022 2021 INVESTMENTS I￿￿1ft￿mi as$6ts C8F Ftsnd ICCLA IS 853.05 sharosl M & G Fund13033 unrtsl 17825 44S71 19977 4721)0 62196 67178 CURRENT ASSETS CBF Fund ICCLA ID + CCLA 201 It160 11015 C#$h at bank a#d in haNJ l•lon G•ngro1 137660 7141 122474 7141 155950 140630 QQ ACCRUED INCOME a PREPAYMENTS 9219 LEla LIABILITIES FALLING DUE WIThIN ONE YEAR 8399 7511 NET CURRENT ASSETS 156770 141778 NET ASSETS 218966 2089SS FUNDS io unl￿11￿0 164748 54221 15593 53017 218966 208956 The attached notes fom part of Ihese financial slatements. Approved by the PCC on and signed on their behalf Chainnan Treasurèr

P•ro¢b41 Chutch Coyn¢ll of Co￿r1d￿. Hallon •nd Nfr¥vlon H•ll sum￿RIsED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - forthe y•r 0nd￿g 31•t Docernb•r 2022 TOTAL FUPIDS 2022 2021 FundB INCOMe & ENDOWMENTS Incomlng r••our¢w Iroffl dtsnorn 111.705 51 111756 103993 Oth•r voluntsry rwourt .615 48111 eAXi7 Ih¢om• from t￿rt￿bI• 4ncllll•ry tr•411ng 5.619 12.319 17936 17221 Oth•r ordln•ry Inromlno 3.991 J991 logr Extr•ordlD•ry I￿Or 1.137 1137 Incom• Iroffl Inv••lm•iii• 3186 2T57 Tolallncome & Endowm•nis •x¢lL•g•¢l¢¥ 131MS 54.236 181120 185686 EXPENDITURE 3.991 19138 1577 A¢tlvltlM v•l•t•d to th• ttIvl￿tt of chur¢h 95.919 138181 1275 Fund-rnlilD9 •nd publlt 5.613 5702 976 Church m•n•g•m•tht ind admlnl¥ir•tbon 4.408 4408 5481 A?￿1r¥ & Mlnt•n•n¢• Prol•c 3.701 3701 297 EAp•ndliUm In r•l•llon to prlor y•rn Toil Exp•ndttum 87 1711 168022 LgB¢hi Rrt•lv•d N•t Incom•lEiwndllur• 1.> 16.J24 -1.332 14802 18664 Tr•n•f•rt 8•tw••n Fund• Othor Rg¢ognl••d Gi1th*lL￿•￿ I.) Galfi¥lL0ts￿ l-l on IDvMtrn•nts 4,•tl 4911 NET MOVEAIENT IN FUNDS lrfJ7 11)011 26733 8ALANCES BROUGHT FNYD AT 1 JAN 2022 156.938 63.017 208gS6 182221 BALANCES CARRIED FWD AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 164,746 4.221 218966 208955

Parochial chU￿b Council of Corbridge. with Halt¢)n and Nèwton Hall. NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACCOUNTING POLICIES Th& financial statements been prepared In a¢¢ordance the Church AccfJunts"r¥a ReguLqtJns 2011 tWh8r wrth applicab￿ accounting 5tandard5 and the Chart￿ SORP The financial statements ha￿ be•n prepared hol￿￿¢4)91 cwwntw. Seopo Th6 financial statemvJn¢s kndude all transactions, assats and IkgbIrt￿ Icrf vthich th& PCC 1$ rnspon$ibK9 In l Th•y Indud8 tho Iransaclion$ ol directty ielated actNrt5 bul not iTrduJe the irnn$acD"ons ol any church groups thot ¢ their main affiliation to an)Iher btrjy nor Ih05e that are Inlomial gairnNJ$ of ¢>lurch memb8 Fun R851Fi¢i•d Ivnds Ore mAinl8in8d to eniur• thai dMathV ty ￿EnbUl￿MI m18 by (hJnoTs for 5pKthc puw8 ar• properly appl￿ ReslrKled fvntts a0 Set up afid ￿mOVI￿ ai the dwectH)n of PCC Unreslncted hjnds •r• subfftfA Io any r•styi¢tKJns Ward￿ th8¥ •￿1 •1• •vo11•ty• lor on the g•rMJral purpow$ of th& PCC. In¢omlnll RoMurc•s Volunlary irthme 8nd¢&pit81 rnSou￿s colle￿10nS are r•co9nM•d r•¢oNeJ by ¢Y on behaff of th• PCC. Plannod givin9 wivabki rn recc¥niso0 Wh￿ rK•N•d. Incom¢ lax ieco¥erabK on CO￿nnts1gth avj donat￿3 15 re¢olfiL￿ in the in whh il applwa Grants and a¢￿S lo the PCC 81• attount•d fof as soon 48 Iha PCC is nolrfrtd of ils k941 •ntttknwnl and lh• Ineoft from fund r8lllNJ #di¥ilS is •¢¢ounled kn gr￿. Sa￿$ of books. rn•g421neg. poslcardl. •tt. frrm IM bookstAI 8r• Aeeount•d for gro•s. Inc¢me will b• 8ccrued Bs apwowi•t• 01h8r0￿rtéry Incom• Rent#l Incom¢ from the ol thur¢h pr￿1•￿ ki r•cognMd l)•n the r•nt•l Income fvom investfftenls DNhJends and inier¢sl are 8ccouni•O for r8c4hf4￿. Tax wecov•rabl• on recL¥nw•d in sam• geeouniing ￿r. RMour¢¢s •xp•nd•d All expendiluie Is accounied tsr on an accrJ#￿ b•sii ¢4$1$ ha% been dir•dty 8ttrthted to the •xpondilurn t¢gones used in Ihe st8twnent of financ￿1 aclvrts Th• kurch rJ not regmtwod for VAT. •¢￿r01￿ty •xF4JndrtuFe i• shown gloss of unr¢¢tyernb VAT Grants and donations ar¢ aco)unted p•wJ o¥•r. or awathj. rfth•i kn•r¢ ct•ates g trfnding ablyt￿)n on the PCC. Th• pansh $hare ￿ accounied for %when payab￿ Any share unpaN1 al 31 c￿rrthr k% prtyK1&1 for In these accounts as an operat￿n￿l (though a all Iiabilty and Is as b credrtor sn Ihtr B•l•fft¢e SI￿1 Flxed a¥•• Cty?seci&ledl8nd OFKI buthngs Consecrated #nd b8nefKed property Is exdLKled fvom the a¢¢oufits by s.%I2Xal of the Chaiil¥ ALX 1993. No value is plac•d on Movab￿ fumY8hirwJs hekl by Ihe ¢hurcwaTd•ns on specKIl tru$t lor the PCC aTra i¢h reguitys facuty for drsposal since the PCC con$wJern this an Inali8nable prwerty. exFendrture ￿Cu￿ed duriw Ihg yèaf on consecrated tsr benefice buiklir¥4s and mo¥ab thurch lumkhiws. ￿ether Mainlen•n￿ or Mpr0￿Ments. B written off as txpendrture in the SOFA arnl separatety do¢k>s¢d.

Investmonts In¥e$iments arn ifiduded al rna￿et value ai 31 De¢wthr. The s¢8mefii ol ￿¥r￿1 a¢tr¥ty y￿￿tIeS the net gain5 and losses arising on ravalua￿nS and dtsp)saL8 dunn9 the ye Not curront a880ts Current Ass8ls Indutte cBsh hehy on deposrt. ertherwrth the C8F chu￿ of ErvJland Funds. al the bank or ￿ hand. Ajnounis owing ¢0. N prepabj by. PCC at 31st Decémber are Sh(￿￿ 85-Awued Inc¥me & Pf8paymèni$" Amounts which have nol be•n invoK•d by 50MC• provider5 but are by PCC ar• shown a5'Liabilithrys Fall￿9 Due Wrthin Ono Yea¢

  1. INCOME 8 ÉNDOWMENTS Unresirtcifrd Restritied TOTAL FUNDS Income Incon• 2022 2021 Incomlrw r•¥ourco from donors 28 Bankers othrs lo Personal ac£ount Tax refund5 Irom grfl aJ Pl8nn6tt gv¢ThJ th ¥8kly 8n¥ehJpas Cash ¢oltb*$ at all 78.997 24.133 78997 77180 21240 24133 8.576 51 5573 Total.. 2a 111.705 61 111766 103993 Oth•r voluntary Incom• r84ourc 2b Donations VotN• CarnlLrtoralur•lW•lox Clher Fund raistThJ Cwn Appeal 2b Church Box 18.185 3.071 15.360 1838S 3071 11261 2778 28055 26529 19712 338 Halton Tot•l.. 2b 11,496 ¥616 48111 60617 Incom• from ¢h•rfi•bl• & •n¢lll•ry tradlng 2c Fe•5 Hire olchuthlcot 5.619 11.389 930 12,319 17C￿)8 930 17938 16206 1015 77221 Totsl.. 2c 6,619 Other ordln•ry In¢omlnp r••our¢ 2d Fun¢i81 Colcl￿n5 Spooai tolkn¢iion$ 3.845 3645 246 3991 950 147 Totsl.. 2d 1097 Extraordlnary It•m• 2¢ Vtilrt*s Su 1.137 1.137 1137 1137 T¢x•I.' 2• Incom• from Inv•8tm•nt• 21 •nd interest 3.￿5 3.065 122 122 3186 3180 2757 2757 T¢l•l: X Total Incomlng ￿•￿￿T¢￿ l>•for• L•y•¢l••'. 2•4 131.U5 54.235 186120 L•g•¢h• Tot•l: 29 Tot•1 In¢omlw mouK••'. 2•-0 131.885 64.235 186120 186686

  2. EXPENDITURE Unrestricied Restriei•d E¥penth"Éure E¥pendilyrn rorAL FUPIOS 2022 2021 Grants PCC doTrahJnJ PCC gfa+)ts Funeral servKes 147 15.145 15145 3645 3.645 3.991 950 Tot•l.. 31 Actlvltlos dlrectly f•lated to tho actlvlum of tho church 3b 16,145 19136 1577

  3. Paiish sho￿ * DKX S•rv Fees
  4. Vtaraye
  5. VKai
  6. Oth•i Cknrgy Church S•rvK
  7. 8uih41ry + buibjiw ￿￿r￿n¢• Serv￿ iequrnrt Mus 77.938 3.484 3.313 83781 3484 3313 $3 84026 3327 2853 7075 10,649 2.767 1e649 16293 2430 1072 Org8wPwnc4 Chow 816 2.628 2628 gan¢s18 $$y Church * Wthmn'i Sl An¢Jr￿S Collag• monal Garden Engraw 9,012 420 4.376 9)12 420 4376 7376 103 2355 Totsl.. 3b 95.919 42,282 138181 127560 Fund.ralilng and publlclty 5.613 &613 5702 5702 978 976 Tot•l.. 3¢ Chufch mana9Thnt and admlnlstratlon Jd Copying. Stslionery •fid t•phoM Bank tharges + prol lees + mc 3.227 1.182 3227 1182 2280 5181 Toi•l.. 3d Repalrn and malnt•n•nc• Mi8c*llèneou8 2629 2629 T+)1•1.. 3• ProlKI• Gas Bo Clock Windi Organ RenovatDn COntr&￿￿)n wtved lty New Hymn Books 2,291 7891 21908 2.410 3,701 2410 3701 To¢•l- 31 29799 T¢i¥l expend1￿￿•.. 11&861 55.567 171128 168022

STAFF COSTS Wages and Salar 7.403 4.271 During the year, the PCC p8hJ fees for oryani$i$ aNJ a ¢rumpeter lor Remembrance Day and also foi a c￿aner None of the re¢ipients ￿re PaKI more than £50.(XX) No rneMb￿ of the PCC receNed any rnmUneraI￿n or benefit during the year. INVESTMENTS CBF CCLA 1S Invesimeni Fund". Unrts= 853.05 ¢ost ¥ £3.519. Market ¥alu• at 31 ooc 2022= £17625.21 131 Dec 2021 z £19976.81) M&G Invéstment F¥nd. Unrt$= 3033 Histor￿ cwt • £12.CQ). Martot at 31 C¢ 2021 ¥ £44670.S4131 2022. £47199.SSI. DEBTORS Acciued Inc￿MI & Pr•p•Wr￿lS.' Gift Athy Insul0n￿ Pr•p•bJ P8rY&h Fe•s D￿rnbel ¢a$h b•nk•d in January irf cord r•8(r Hire Fees 3521 1078 3571 893 2748 444 4621 9219 Gfft tax h•$ b•en •ccnd Iho >¥. This acCn￿l 15 in lim gu￿4nC• pm¥vJed from PCC accounlotylrty 4nd the Choiilie$ Ad. CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND Bank - Corbrklge P¢C (Ltylsl ptanned Giving - co￿r￿19e P¢C18•r¢l•ysl - WornéThs Felknwshy F•br Petty Cash .. W22 44.867 8.803 39.￿5 859 43.089 45.092 6.89T 26.793 602 43.089 137.850 122.474 LIABILITIES: FALLING DUE VIITHIN ONE YEAR A¢¢n￿d Cosl8'. Advance contrutK)ns to ewi Organist lees 1165 728 1030 1546 743 946 624 911 210 Expenses Prepaid WeddirJ Fws BT 496 1246 281 1318 142 556 8399 InvoKes Parish Fees Fu￿ra1 colW)ns 7611 FUND DETAILS The chuich maintains reSt￿ted luThJs for ¥ecth short afid W lemi purpos•s for St ArKlff$ arKI Harton as ll 88 those associated wrth specific fund raising Inilialives and donation5 Financial tran$actKsns ln %¥hich the churth Is $imply an IDletmedra¥v. re¢Nino and tsassim on ¢hantabl& doTralM)n5 •5 In the case5 of funeral s8rwKes or"bud(el" Co1￿￿￿)n$. are

aso Irealed as bth￿ing 10 reslricted furts. 10 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS 8Y FUNO Unrostrie¢•d Funds Ro8tr6ct8d Funds Total In¥eslrnents ¢uirent Asseis Current Debtors Current Liabilit￿$ 2,196 J.447 6,432 (3.3291 164.745 62,196 155.950 9,219 18,3991 218,966 ,503 2.787 15.C691 54,221 R•trict•d fundB'. At31 Dec&mb•r 2022 I￿omIng Ai 1 January 2022 r••ourc• Outgolng rosourc Tr•Ml•f8 Projects Hahon Church Music Building Running Costs Funerals Olh•r Chanthrys Local Emergen Messy Church Vi¢arl¢hur¢hw•thns •t¢ Try Praying Heriiage Bo•rd$ DOF 1350 AnnI￿nIry Other Minor 40.319 7.526 1122 273 4,838 38,603 7.799 14.469 2.485 26763 3645 2477 4,751 3.645 2.443 1.159 1,159 $1 420 107 1.2C6 1.206 195 726 736 $763 5.763 1427 1.083 53.Ot7 54235 55,567 2.536 54,221 Regular Income such as stondiw or¢¢i r•c•w. pl•i• ¢dIts¢1￿)￿a and p8nsh fett tends to b• "unr•¥triei•d" This m88n$ that tho income can t• Used any rtimth exp¢ndrture subjoct to norrnal aFyoval pro￿d￿￿$ W• tarry nitrsindod lund$ which repro#enl the surplus of Income over eynditure •t ¥ny one poinl In time. The8• funds obviou$ly b¢ appl# to •ny rtxmait pur When finon¢e whicn 1$ 10 be appl￿d to a partKular object Iforexampkn the Org8n App•all 15 received from • donor. il is 're$iritted' 10 thai puw The monty has. In effect. gwen on condrtion Ihat rt ￿11 bo sont In Ihat way Wher¢. ho￿v•r. more money Is colcied l(w o part￿￿￿1 obpd than ￿ need. surtyus lunds can be •ppld 10 i purpoa• %tstti¢h a'near In Iho case ol the Organ Appeal. lor ¢x•mpk. Ihi$ coubj be some othei fomi ol MUS￿ In ihe ¢hur¢h subject to tho approval of PCC It Is r￿1 norrnalty p0551b* lo hokj a negatNe fvnd Thai ￿k1 bo a srtuat￿n have $peni more on a ￿$trIcted Ihan had rec•Ned. In a c85e such as Ihal. Ihe shortfall ￿￿) be rnado up out of ￿n￿Stricted lund$. Within our ioial dosing unre$tntxed fund$ lor 20221£1647451. ££6.245 e4me Irom 4 k9acy Atthouyh not re5tricled. thL8 generous donation B to be-des¥Jnated" Isei asthl by PCC for speok purwses. DesvJnatson in this way albws PCC th• ftexibilily lo appty bJTrJs wthere rrtht needed.

PCC Grants & Donations )19 202• X+22 uwe Famity. Supwxl SbJdS crKi$tianA Rryal Bin15h Lewn Ro8¢hirtg TThe unreac N￿bl$lop stop Gap stop Gap 2021 cMr¢h Mbswon S(cty Cmrch MIS￿0￿ so￿ty 2021 PraC1K￿ COMP￿0￿ foF t4btutoChthYW 2021 A Ro¢h8 UK 223 1725 1725 1725 12 1918 1925 A Rocha UK 2020121 1472 The YohannoA 1925 The Yohanne5 lafflity 2021 Lighirths• Miisul Inrtkitive EMI 2021 Mi$$KM) Inrtkgtiv• Eot 2022 climata Stth¥wds Youth In1b￿￿t ¢uthèen'•CyciingChalw...............................-......-..-........-..-.....-................. N&yt8sv• CAMrai R￿0¥$1￿>7 Prcy Note th￿0￿$011￿•1Ue0lp•YI￿r¢11tS. 11SJ 2021 tr.$72￿￿￿￿ zo￿*2021

ST ANDRF.W'S CHURCH. CORBRIDGE INI)F.I)F.NDF.NT F.XANIINF.R'% RF.PORT TI) I'IIF. I'ARI)C'IIIAL C'HI KCH COI,.NCIL OF.ST ANDKEW'S CHIIRCH, cORBRI￿E I retAm on the ￿'ih¢ PAI￿￿1￿1 Clwth Cohryil for the yeW¢ThJ￿ JI Dtctrnkn.•Oa which ar¢ M￿h&11. espttliwt reS￿n11b1111IrS tr•ste¢s •d t￿￿￿r. .4% Ihe iiiL'nibers ill. the PwiKhiul Church CouNil. >ou Art t (or t￿ of the x(IMmls: wisKkr th 1114 4iudii r¢qutr¢mrni i)I' %¢¢iioti 4Ji_i the C'han'iie5 Aci IIW3 lih¢ Adi th.4. apply. It is m% reyMm8ibililJ' io %iwe. on Ih¢ IM%14 ill. Ihe ￿tKed￿r￿. in Ihe CJ¢n¢r41 Dir¢¢iions b) Ily Chanty CommissiThKrs un&T ￿11(￿ 4317Mb) or 1¢ A41. wii¢¥lar moiw5 hAV¢ iu m). au¢Mio liJurMI in Ili¢ Lliurih kDuidanL-e _Wl l ¢dilM￿. An ¢xaminuii(m inrlth a ￿VieW of ￿0￿nI1￿￿1 rrfvrd5 k"¢x b). the PJnKh¥4t I'liiirLh (iw￿11 A lum￿x0￿ acrounis [￿¢n￿￿ wilh ihese re(￿d5. li Alw inclth con%id¢r41ion ol'any unu5wI Ii¢ni% ur d$¥liN￿¢ io th¢ ¥KI s¢¢kin¥ ¢xplnniions from )Iw •$ coKerninb illl% such mJllers. Th¢ prnK¢dure% undertak'¢n Kovid# all the evi&K¢ thm w(wld be r¢wir¢d Ewu¢nily l th) M express tn ijpiiiion ot) lh¢ view kTriv¢n b)" th¢ xciwnis. In i1￿]17l￿1j￿ Mhih m) ¢xaMiniili￿1. nTr#ii¢r htt5 <on)e ￿ my #Wti￿-. .hirh ￿￿11¢5 r¢asoNbl¢ ¢a¥se w beli¢%¢ that in an) ma￿1•1 res￿￿ tht rewir¢ments: lil l i) keep thLLounihn& recon18 in aLcLYdan¢¢ wilh x¢11￿ 41 orth¢ ￿. lill fli Mthinis whi¢h ￿1￿d wilh ih¢ rec￿d5 wilh Ily ol'ily Aci: Imve be¢n md: Ibl io whiltt in my opinion. shwkl b¢ in ofthe Kwurbts ￿ b¢ rL'4Khed. M &LLJJ Mik¢ C'tslll*s