St John the Evangelist, Whittle-le-woods
Annual Report 2020
Charity.ryumber 1134259
The Annual Report on the proceedings of the
Parocbial Cburch Council
And the activities of the Church
To be received by the Annual Parish Meeting
Received and adopted by the PCC on 8 March 2021
Rev Philtp Venables. Chairn]an
Lyndon Wright & Gill Menhenne¢ Cburchwardens

Legal and Administrative Information
The full natne of the chur¢h is St. John the EvangelisL Whittle-le-woods.
We are a Church in the diocese of Blackburn of the Church of Englan(L with worship
entres, thc Parish Church (St. John's) and Clayton Brook Community Church. Each
worship centre has a group of ministry co-ordinators who are responsible to the Parochial
Church Council, which keeps one set of accounts. This Annual Report covers the activities
of the Parish during the year 2019, Tefetring to the parish as a whole with its two
congregations and including the parisb accounts.
Incumbent:
Revd Philip VeTJables
The Vicarage
Preston Road
Whittle-le-woods
Chorley PR6 7PS
Correspondence Add￿$$.
Mr Lyndon WrigtLt
42 Clover Field
Clayton le Woods
Chorley PR6 7RR
Parisb Church Location:
Preston Road
Whittle-le-woods
PR6 7PS
As a church in the Diocese of Blackburn, we are a charity excepted from registration with the
Charity Cornmissioners. Charity number 1134259
Bankers:
TSB Bank plc
Chorley Branch
PO Box 373
LS14 9CG
The Royal Bank of Scotland Pl¢
56 Market Street
Chorley
PR7 2SD

The Parish of St John the Evangelist PCC Report
The vision of the Chureh is as follows:
We Seek Revival through: _
Speak Out
Reach Out
Gather in for Christ
During the year 2020 the following served as members of the PCC:
Rev Philip Venables- vi￿[ & Chair
Rev Paul Davies
- Curate
Gill Menhemiet
- ChuTchwarden
Lyndon Wright
- Churchwarden
Deborab Green
- Deputy Churchwarden
David Barlow
- Trwurer & Secretary
Kathy Bigio
Reader
Tony Cliffe
- Deanery Synod Representative (R¢sigued 27 October 2020)
Diane Jones
Reader (Resigned 14 September 2020)
Les Jones
- Reader and Deputy Churchwarden (Resigned 14 September 2020)
Gill Lancaster
- Reader
Roland Orr
Reader
Alison Wynne
- Deanery Synod Representative (Ap￿inted 27 October 2020)
Chris Wynn¢
- Deanery Synod Repr￿entative (Ap￿inted 27 October 2020)
Nick Brake
Stuart Cross
Clwis Dawson
Frances Grieve (Resigned 27 October 2020)
Peter Griev¢
(Resigned 27 October 2020)
Anne Harris
Gill Menhennet
Cath Orr
Susan Parkinson
Julie Summers
Chris Watts
Val Whittle
Chris Woolham
Throughout 2020 the PCC met seven times. th¢ majority of meetings on Zoom. A ¢o-
ordinator report from each church was given at the meetings and a report from the various
PCC teams as applicable. The Standing Committee. consisting of Chaimian, Secretary,
Treasurer. Churchwardens and Deputy Cburchwardens. were required to meet three tin]es
througbout the y¢ar to make necessary decisions before the next m¢xting of the PC
Electoral Roll report 2020
After deletions and additiolls, the total number of people on the electoral roll in 2020
was 171. 144 resident in the parish and 27 non-resident
134 from Si John's and 37 from Clayton Brook

Vicar's Report for 2020
2020 started in a very exciting way for me, with a week's visit to Uganda Martyr's Seminary
straight after N¢w Year. Th¢n it was back to strange news coming out of China. Then a few
weeks of 'will welwon't we?. (go into lockdown), and the rest .
. you all know.
So this is a shorter report than usual, as I am sure you will understand. Let me make mention
of some of what happened during the y¢ar.
Before lockdown we saw three of our young people confirnied. It is a jov when those who
have expressed faith in Jesus as children wish to CODtinue io do so as they grow up, and how
we pray that this might be true for all our young people.
Having expected a huge number of deaths and funerals when the pandemic started (massive
prcparations were being mad¢ by crematoria all over the country). it wasn't the flood it might
have been. However, each death has. olcourse. brought gre2t sadness to the families
concemed. Sometimes, understandably, there has been bitterness too as Covid made death
and bereavement even more difficult. From our own church family we MTere saddened to say
goodbye to David Bould. Vera Houldgreaves and Maurice Wrennal early in the year, and
Diane Jones just befor¢ its end. They were much loved and are fondly remembered.
It was wonderful to see a small group at Clayton Brook use the week of 'Thy Kingdom
Come, to walk and pray the streets of their pa￿h and deliver invitations to our services. That
has borne fruit for which we thank God.
We delayed the appointment of a new head teacher for Clayton le Woods Primary School, but
in Septernber we were able to conduct interviews in perso￿ which was a relief. We were
unanimous, and delighte￿ in appointing Sara Bashora to the school. l£t me pay tribufr. too,
to Sue Pennington who did so much to bring the school forward through some very
significant challenges.
Paul's ordination to the presbyterate (also called priesth(K)d) went ahead in very rcduced
fashion in June. It was a shatne it couldn't bave been the big-crowd celebTation we should
have loved. but we are delighted to see him going forward in his ministy.
Churchwardens, coordinators and PCC members have conlinued to be a great team and I
thank you all for working with me and Paul as we have had to keep leaming and reinventing
through the year. You have a ￿ellOUS ministry. Thank you. too, to Caroline for pn)ducing
an online Junior Church session almost every Sunday without fail. It is a big t&sk.
We had times of no church building opeD. some weeks with both open, and some with St
John's only, open. We are trying different service times to make a combination of live and
online possible. We are getting things righL making mistakes, and hopefully learning as we
go along. Please continue to bear with one another in love as wc seek tbe best way in the
months to come.
For rne, the highligbt of 2020 was seeing everyone pull together and cany on &$ God's family
in circumsuinces that were totally new for us. Online is very defmitely second besL but it has
been a brilliant subgtitute for the regular weekly meeting which is our nonnal calling. Many
people have done all they can to make it possible, and I thank you all for that. Most of all, I
thank you for holding togeth¢r and continuing to be a church family of which it is a real
delight to be a memb¢r.
Philip

St Jobn's Churchwarden Report 2020
This must be the most unusual. innovative and in many ways the most difficult report I have
had to address in considering the year we have had in the life of St Johns.
In January we were f￿st becoming aware on our news channels of a possible pandemic
emanating from Wuhan in Chin4 now as we all know identified as COVID -19.
It quickly spread around the world Imd consumed 8nd restricted our personal lives
culminating in a National Lockdown of the country on 16.3.20. Will we ever foTgeL "STAY
HOME _ PROTECT THE NHS _ SAVE LIVESIIg With schools closing, parents were
introduced to home schooling and all the joys and difficulties that those posed.
For the first time in my experience our places of WOTship were closed. I believe this wa5 the
first time in the history of the Church in England that chur¢h¢s were closed in Holy Week.
This has culminated in a very dilTicult period for OUT congregation. lay ministy and
especially for Philip, Caroline. Paul Katie and family. Thankfully. step in. Operation You
Tube and our online Service
Although we were not able to meet together in person 2nd share fellowship, we had the
opportl￿1tY to feel in some way united every Sunday at 10.30am. This clearly has been a
massive operntion on bchalf of Philip and Paul and supported by our church family, through
our prayers, readings and wo]Ehip songs. Unfortunately it was identified that somc of our
congregation were not able to access on line services and other measures were necessary.
Alongside this there w&s a network of calls. emails and text communication to all our church
family. making sure that no one felt isolated. unsupported or unloved in any way. These
measures were vitally important to express our love for one another. to ensure the unity,
fellowship 2nd collective responsibility we have as a family of God. It is heartening to know
that it will continue thmugbout thc pandemic.
How did we communicate on line before we had Zoom meettngs? Thankfully these have
been utilised to great effect in being able to proceed with PCC. Coordinators. Prayer meetings
and importantly to maintain our weekly growth groups.
The lockdown ended on 23.6.20 and on the 5th July the government decided that places of
worship once again were 211owed to open.
Our thanks to Paul and others, who were instrumental. following clear advice from the
Diocese, in securing the safety of all our church family who felt able to attend on a Sunday
tnorning. Risk assessments were necessary in partÉcular to the resumption of Junior Church.
The continued involvcmcnt of the collgregation È5 central to the life of the cburcty which has
belped to make St John's a vibrdnt and welcoming church community.
Throughout the year WO￿ has ¢ontinu¢d on our building at St Johns. The necessary work on
the West wall was completed and the identified roof repairs were in progress. This
unfortunately was delayed following the identification of Dry Rot. which has proved be
extensive and months in the planning to be able to Properly and safely address the issue.
Those that are able to attend church will have experienced the scaffolding structure necessary
for Robinsons, the specialist company appoinied io deal with the problem. Progress has been
made and it is ¢nvisaged that the work will be completed in the New Year 2021.
Just as we were getting into a mutine of regular Sunday services, in November the
Government announced a further lo¢kdowD and once again church buildings were Closed.

This rncant that the Remembrance Sunday service was on line. to include the laying of
wreaths by only a few local dignitarics at the cenotaph.
November now became a period of planning and prcparation for Philip and Paul and others in
order to finalise th¢ busy schedule for our December services. It was decided that our
Chrislm&s Day, communion service would take place in church. all other services would
remain on line.
In early December the Pf￿Cr-BioNtecb vaccine was approved by the regulatory b(Kly and on
8 December Margaret Keenan was the very first recipient of the vaccine. (remember that
fact for our next quiz opportunity).
Given all that has occurred throughout the year we do remember those of our Church family
that have died, more recently the sad loss of Diane Jones. A Lay Reader someone who had a
strong presence in the life of the church, all of whom will be greatly missed by their families
and friends. In acknowledgemenL of the restrictions surrounding FuneTal services and the
inability for many, to show their love and supporL
Once again Gill Lancaster led from the front Tn encouraging and facilitating the shoe box
campaign, which I know was supported by both churches and other family participants. The
video clips produced, which werc shown of the children receiving their boxes were truly
joyful.
An enomious amount of Iwd WOTk went into producing our Carol and Nativity Servic¢s.
Little did Paul know when he was training at Oakhill that he would becorne a proficient
musiclvideo editor?
It was great to see so many collaborations of our church family coming together to realise
two rewarding services. given that we were not able to meet in person. On a personal note it
was a sheer delight in singing Carols in our front rooms with no masks and other restrictions.
Philip that￿ you grcatly for your regular uplifting ¢ll￿115 with words of encouragement
through scripturc. which l am sure, has been a source of encouragement to many.
Despite Ihe last twelve months being variously such a busy and difficult period. the
underlying belief and witnes5 of St John's has remained steadfast. As a church community
wc have faced challenges and the need for a Christian Perspective on a changing world
remains. but St John s is well placed to meet them.
The deeper the darkness, the more brilliant will be the rddiant glory of the sun of
righteousness, Christ the Lord.
Finally on 30.12.20 the OxfordUni-Astra Zeneca vaccine ha5 been approved.
God Bless. LYlldo￿ Church Warden
Clayton Brook Cburchwarden Report
2020 started with plans in place for our weekly church services and outreach events e.g.
fundraising evenings, Summer Festival, prayer breakfasts as well as CONNECT get
togeihers. Our community building was booked up with church user groups Tots, Café life,
luncheon club, Friday club as well as non church groups. In January. after years of prayeT.
our main hall was finally Tedecordted and very smart it l(K)kcd too. With the paint hardly dry
we welcomed Bishop Philip on Sunday 19 January. He was enthusiasti¢ about what was
happening at CB church so fe¢ling encouraged we looked forward to serving the Lord with
renewed energy.

Sadly. with the spread of a deadly virus sweeping the world we were instructed to close OUT
doors. Since it was built in the early 1980's our church had never been closed. Throughout
the confusion and worry that followed, God was th¢re to sustain us. He gave us wisdom to
think diffcrently about reaching out to others. If peopl¢ couldn't Come to church then we
would go to them. Philip and Paul quickly learned new skills which enabled our services to
be watched online. We enjoyed our usual fellowship each Sunday morning. albeit virtttally.
We then MTestled with the challenge of Teaching those who don't have access to th¢ online
services. Thankfully, Gill Wrighi volunteered to transcribe the weekly sernions and prdyeTS.
We d¢livered thc printed copies to those who don't have online access every wcek. Praise the
Lord. Our Pastoral team had already been in regular contact with each church member to
ensure they were well and had everything they needed and we continue to provide tbis vital
role. In May. we were again involved with the worldwide prayer initiative. Thy Kingdom
Come. Some of us walked amund th¢ Clayton Brook estate praying for our neighbours and
other got together to pray orJiDe. We continued our prayer walking throughout the summer
and autumn, delivering invites to our online 5erYi¢es as well as UCB daily devotional's.
These were delivered to every house on th¢ cstste and beyond, to Clayton Green and
Woodend.
Our doors reopened in July and although restrictions were in place it was wonderful to
worship together again (at a distance). In November. ow governmeDt announced a 'circuit
break, so our services ceased again althougb w¢ opened for a short time of private prayer
each Sunday afternoon during this time.
Just as we reopened again in December, our rhurch family w&$ shaken by the death of our
larger than life sister in ChrisL Dian¢ Jones. She was a reader in the parish and much much
more. We thank God for all she did at Clayton Brook church. her rock solid faith remained as
strong as ever during heT illness, a faithful witness righi to the end.
2020 was a year filled with God's blessings. He blessed us with Dew members who are eager
to serve him here in this parislL Another. is the weekly Growth Group led by Les JoDes which
has been a wonderful tim¢ of Zoom fellowsbip and study during lockdown. Plcxse read Les's
separate report to find out more.
God has been good to us again this year. &s He always is. How wonderful to know that
whatever we face. even a pandemic. He is with us. Halleluj3h!
Gill Menhennet
Churchwarden
Diane Jones
'Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in
Christ Jesus., (l Timothy 3.13)
Diane, alollg with Les. (to whom, he often saiiL she was joined at tbe hip!) was so much part
of the warp and woof of Clayton Br(K)k Church that it is still hard to believe that she is no
longeT with us. I have knosyn Diane only during my 8 y&us here. during which time she was
a deeply committed licensed Reader. but of course she was active in a number of other Toles.
serving and leading in the church, for many yews before thaL She w&s a gifted and able
woman and she used those gifts to serve her Lord so wholeheartedly. There was never any
question about her commilment.
We all know that Diane had strong views, and sometimes those views could be expressed
forcefully, but theTe was no doubting her love for people and for God. I particularly
appreciated the fact that although she and I felt quite differently on some things-and

occasionally that was ditTicult for both of us-she never held grudges and we were always
friends. In particular, I will always be grdteful tbat I saw Dian¢ at homc just bcf￿￿ sh¢ went
into hospital for th¢ last tirnc and although she was in a wheelchair and her thinking was a bit
slow and her sp¢¢¢h was a bit slurrf she was absolutely the same Diane with the same sense
of humour, her very recognisable smile. and absolute trust in the goodness of God. We had a
lovely last prayer time together.
More than once she said that she dithi't think she would live to be ol(L but it didn't woryy her
unduly because she had no doubt whatsoever about her destination. How lovely to express
such confidenc¢ in the finished WOTk of ChrisL As Diane would certainly wism to Him be the
glory.
Philip
Report on Clayton Brook Community Church Bible Study Groivth Group
I suppose all the reports this year could begin with 'what a year it has been, well this group
has truly been a wonderful year of fellowship. growth and edification.
We began the bible study group in loekdown April looking at the Gospel of John. We
followed the sernlon series each week.
Because of the lockdown. the usual nutnber of approx. 8 who met regularly soon grew to 12
then 16 then around 18119. On average I would think that 14- 16 sign in to the Zoo
meetings each week....nonnally we would have had a rest between topics or maybe at half
term. These time5 were differenL everyone wanted to Ca￿ on...
AfteT the series on John we travelled back in time to the life and times of Samuel, King Saul
and King David which took us from May to July.
N¢w mcmb¢rs. who had only been to church service for a few weeks before lockdown joined
the group and began to input and take part. We always encouraged everyone lo do the study
which was sent out in advance of the meeting. We were sent study notes to whet our appetite
for study.
Some members were happy just to watch and learn, just being with others and that too is okay
but eventually they too began to give input and share what they had learned.
We took a decision to begin a study the book Proverbs. (July to Septetnber) using a study
guide knok which was invaluable. The nauator Joshua Ng. took us on a journey of
discovery...of self and relationships with church, family and the wider community, and last
bul not least with God.
We notieed that everyone was now takiDg part at some level which was very encouraging. It
was becoming obvious that the group wanted to begin to dig deeper into the scriptures.
s￿tc￿bcr to Nov¢mbcr took the group back to the Gospe15 where we studied the continuing
sernion series on Luke 15.
Still the group wanted to cary on though Advent . we took the decision to do the sennon
series on Advent which was again very challengin& studying (Isaiah, Psalrns and the New
Testament) readings and theme of the week.
Sadly, we lost a founding member and greatly valued mentor and leader to the group...Diane
After the Christmas break (yes we did have some time out) we leapt into the 'eome to me
serAes' and changed the way we sent out the study.

Throughout last year we sent out study notes, now, as thc group are hungry to study deeper
tLO notes were sent out, just some ques(ions. We asked for volunteers to come fonvard and
bring comm¢ntary to cach question... The group responded marvclously. and &5 well, people
who had previously tak¢n a back seat and just watched and learned began to tak¢ part.
Bringing new minds and hearts and opinions to the study really did swell the activity and
focus everyone. What a difference when a group gels and ttvs't one another.
To date we are continuing with Jonah and whatever is plamied after ...
Well done the 'Clayton Brook bible study growth gTOUP'...what a blessing. what a
fellowship.
I would like to thank Ed & Gill M for hostillg Tnost weeks. For Kathy and Gill M stepping in
to lead at times and to all the members who constantly sent e mails. texts and what's app
supporting one another through personal SUPEM)rt, prayerful suppor¢ and just simply being in
fellowship along with the Lord. Thank you to our Trinitarian support, our Lord Jesus, the
Holy Spirit and the Faih¢r.
And All God's children say Amen - Jones
St John's- Prayer Report
During January. February and early March. intercessions We￿ offered each Sunday at
10.30am by a small group of dedicated lay people. Since the end of March intercessions hap'e
still been given during services in church. when possible, and in the online seTVie¢ on
youmbc. Thank you to everyone who does this important ministry. The prayer chain remains
faithfully active for urgent or emergency prayers. An increas¢d numb¢r vfpray¢rs have been
requested during the Y￿￿. Thank you to ¢v¢ry rn¢mb¢r who prays so fervently. Tuesday
evening parish prayer meetings were held once a month by zoom. numbe￿ att¢nding vary
b¢tween l O and 16. Small prayer groups continue to meet regularly. again by zoom.
Clayton Brook Church - Prayer Report
Something lockdown has taugbt us is the value of Prayer. because every day someone needs
prayer whether it is for the virus, cancer or some other problem that only God can help with.
OUT Prayer Chain is being kept busy with prayer requests coming in regularly. My prayer
group that nornially meel at my house. we now meet on Zoom. It was greal lo do a parish
praycr on Zoom instead of in the vicarage like nonnal which we cannot do because of
l(Kkdown. We have some groups on IVhatsApp that ke¢p us up to otherfs needs . Our
woman's prayer group, Cburch family, Streei Pastors. We were praying for them when they
went out on patrol in Chorley. and now for Chorley and Area until they do. l thank God for
Zoom and Phones that keep us in touch with everyone.
I thank God that he is there with us always keeping us strong and that we will come out of
this bad time again soon. The best thing we can do is just talk to God- June Summers.
St John's Young People Report
We cnjoyed a happy January and F¢bruary with Junior Church and Pathfinders, but March
saw everything change as live church and children's work stoppeil overnight. While online
services were up and running quickly, Junior Church took a couple of months to catch up, but
by May we were able to record and broadc&5t a Junior Church Sunday Special 3 out of 4
weeks. We were ple&sed to see that between 30 and 50 families were tuning in, but later

discovered that some of these 'families' were actually some of our older members who were
also enjoying th¢ lessons.
We were able to re-start th¢ Pathfinder after school club for a few weeks in September and
October until another lockdown put a stop to our meeting together. Happily though. Paul was
able to continue his zoom meeting with the older pathfinders for several weeks.
Junior Church started in October in a large marquee in the garden. The children (a maximum
of15) bravely shivered through October and November until we were shut down again.
Thanks especially to Sue Mackintosh who shivered with us and shaTed the teaching.
Thc highlight of December for thc children was the Advent Boxes. Many thanks to Nick and
Jen for organizing this in]aginalive and beautiful craft activity for families. Thanks too to
all those who delivered them to the families. It was great to be able to organize an on-line
service to celebrate Jesus and his Advent using these boxes.
Our greatest thanks and praise go to our Heavenly Father for sustaining us and helping us to
keep going 'onwaTds and upwards. during this long pandemic. Thank you Father, thank you
Jesus.
Junior Church Report for Clayton Brook Community Chureh
Our Sunday and Friday groups started the year as norn￿1, with the encouragement of some
new leaders joining us.
In January, 6 leaders attended an excellent trdining course in Darwen focused on
understanding children with additional needs.
In mid_march however, we were subject to the restrictions of the Covid lock-down and all
groups stopped.
Sadly, due to the ongoing pandemic, it has not been possibl¢ to re¢omrnence work with the
children, although this situation is kept under regular review by the Coordinators. with
guidance from Philip and Paul.
We have tried hard to maintain contact with the children on our registers, 2nd have sent out a
number of video and written messages to children and parents via our Facebook page. This
has been supplemented wilh telephone calls to some households.
All our Sunday Kings Kids attenders received a hand-embroidered name l initial fridge
magnet (thanks to Frances).
As we approached Christmas. w¢ delivered over 20 Advent boxes to homes. which were very
well received. Also in December. we took chocolat¢ Sant&s along with some nativity activity
sheets to around 60 children on our registers.
We await the time when we can Safely meet face to face with the children to recommence our
teaching, but until then we continue in prnyer for their safety and well-being. We pray for
children to tnjst Jesus as Saviour, and to grow in faith.
Finally. thanks to all who have served in ministry through Sunday teaching l assisting. in
reSOL￿¢1n￿ and supportillg Friday Club, and through prdy¢rs financial support.
. Stuart Cross
Safeguarding Report 2020
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic the Safeguarding Team which oversees safeguarding policy
and practice within the parish did not meet during the year and unfortuDa*ly a training
session of Domesttc Abuse. arranged for the PCC, had to be cancelled.
The team consists of the Vicar. Curate. two Safeguarding Children's Champions. two Adult
Safcguarding Chan]pions, the Disclosure and Barring Servic¢ Adrninistrdtor and the Parish
Safeguarding OtTicer.
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The team's terms of referenee remain g4s follows:
Complciing the Parish Safeguarding Sclf Audit at Iwt once a year,
Revtewing the safeguarding needs within the paris}4 at least annually,
Reviewing the Parish Safeguarding Policy and Procedures at least annually,
To consider safeguarding trdining requirements within the parish on an ongoing basis,
with particular regard to Diocesan recommendations,
Ensuring that appropriate records aTe kept in a safe place.
SigDiT]g off the Annual Safeguarding report to the PCC and Annual Parochial Church
Meeting
Aetivity
There were no safeguarding incidents during the year.
The Parish Safeguarding Officer revÈewed the Parish Safeguarding Self Audit completed in
2019 and noted that the small number of minor issues outstanding had been progressed.
Social & Outreach Team
Our first meeting was in January 2020. We had some lovely pl8ns-a women's garden paty
again in the sumrner" an outreach meal (or two) in the Bay Horse opposite church" parish
visiting during the week of 'Thy Kingdom Come and of cOu￿e the Clayton Brook Festival
was in our sights. No need to say more about that.
The first few months of lockdown were really a matter of surviving and learning fast. SOT
did meet again in September to plan towards Christmas, as a result of which we enjoyed the
Jesse Tree. Advent in a Box, the Online Family Nativity Se￿ICe. carol singing and the Carol
Service. We have had number of people reach out to U5, onliT]e, so there have been those real
encouragements. 2020 felt rdther limited. inevilably, but we are gra*ful for what we were
able to do.
Philip Venables.
St John's- Pastoral Team
There are 4 members on rhe pastoral team & up to the restrictions placed upon us due to the
global Covid pandemic in March we continued to identify those who were ill, bereaved or
were missing from church. ¢ontacted them by phone & followed up with a visit if requested.
We administered communion in tbe first 2 months of the y&4r to 8 house bound members of
the parish. Three elderly ladies are now living in Residential Care so we took communion to
Arrowsmith Lodge, Hoghton & visited a lady at Jasmine Court, Chorley. We visited a very
poorly man in Meadowbank CaTe Home who later died and a further person was given
communion at home because they weren't well enough to attend church.
We visited the local care bomes. (High¢liffe & Brookside). from January to March where we
offered a short communion service. The residents took part by reading the Bible & singing a
song OT hytnn they were familiar with. The co-ordinators of both these homes are very
supportive of this ministy. We alternated this service with the vicar.
Unfortunalely. during the course of the year 3 people on the housebound list and I lady living
in care have died. another lady has gone to live at Highgrove House Care Home in Chorley.

From April onwards we have kept in touch witb the afore tnentioned care homes by sending
cards of encouragemenL birthday cards where appropriate & a copy of the monthly Gazette.
As we were unablc to caThy on with this ministry in its present fonnat. on the 25 March it
was decided to split the people on the electoral roll between 7 of us with a view to keeping in
touch, (by phone. email or text). with the whole ¢ongregation. This list w&$ added to when it
became apparent there were people attending church who weren't on the electoral roll. At the
end of the first loek down when several of the 7 Teturned to work their allocation of people
was split again between those of us not working.
Clayton Brook Cburch - Pastoral Team
The Pastoral Team met on 29, January 2020 to discuss any concerns we were awarc of and
make plans for the year. Les suggcstcd starting a community artb" & crafts group as a number
of the congregation enjoy painting. knitting etc. Events overtook our plans!
In March tbe Pastoral team responded io the closure of our church by quickly expanding the
team to ensure we kept in regular conlact with the congregation during lockdown. We we
were keen to make sure everyone still felt connected and had eVe￿Ing they needed.
This regular contact continued IhToughout the y&ir and as thc lockdown continued we started
to deliver weekly semions, prayers and the monthly Parish Gazette to church family with DO
access to the online Sunday services.
In December Gill Wright volunteered to be our Pastoral Coordinator. We thank God for her
enthusiasm and vision for this essential work. Throughout a difficult year God has guided us
and given us hearts of love and compassion to serve Him.
Gill Menhennet
Mission Team Report
The Mission Team works on behalf of the PCC to make decisions about how the l 00/0 tithe of
church income should be distribute(L This amounts on averdge to-£IOk per year. The l O
ministries that we regularly support are Barnabas Fun( Churches Ministry among Jewish
People, Church Missionary Society (CMS- Alf and Hilary Cooper in Chile), Crosslinks
(Alex and Kate Phillips in East Asia). Compassion (through individual sponsorship), Open
Doors, Street Pastors, Tcarfund, The Salvation Amiy. Wcllfield Church in Leyland. These
were selected on the basts that thcy are on the whole well-establish¢d, working alongside
local churches worldwide, and that we have advocates within our churches willing to speak
out and pray on their behalf. Intercessors are &sked to pray for our mission partners Tegularly
throughout the year, and we have dedicated noticeboards outlinillg the work of our supported
ministries in St Jol)ns and Clayton Brook churches.
In January Philip gave a short report on his mission trip to Uganda with Crosslinks in church
and at a mid_week evening meeting. In Fcbruary we held two Compassion Sundays, one at
each church, speaking about the work of the Compassion ¢hild sponsorship programme. A
prayer breakfa51 was a150 held in February with a speaker from Barnabas Fund. Then due to
COVID-19 our activities w￿¢ restricted and went online. This year harvest donations were
directed to the Bishop's harvest appeal for TeaTfimd, and Stuart updated us on the work of the
Foxton Trust which had taken over Fox St Mission. In OCtOber￿0veMber we took part in
OperdtlOD Christmas Child supplying 90 shoeboxes (8 online) to ¢hildreT) overseas. In
November we held one online service dedicated to World Mission with scveral short video
clips and Paul preached. and another dedicated to the Suffering Church with Kathy Bigio
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preaching. During the online seryices this year we held a few focus spots with vid¢0 clips on
the work of th¢ various ministri¢s we support including Open Doors. Salvation Arniy,
Samaritan's Purse and a message from out Crosslinks partners.
The mission team met three tiTnes during the year. In Febrnary we Presented a Diary of
Mission Team events ffteld between 2015-2019) to the PCC overviewing all the activities that
had taken place over the past 5 years. Several people wrote Gazette articles to highlight
mission activities. Kathy Bigio provided an overview of the Mission Fund for the March
Gazett¢. feedback on mission outreach for the April Gazettc. and an article on the harvest
appeal for the October gazette, and Gill Lancaster on¢ on Operation Christmas Child. David
Barlow continued writing articles highlighting the plighi of persecuted Christians worldwide.
During the year we had four applications to the Mission Fund (Acom International, Sasc
Torch TDJSI, Foxton Trust) atnounting to £lk. We also supported the local food bank at
Living Waters Church in Chorley making a year-end donatlOD of £500, and a donation of
-£150 to the Salvation Arn]y in B12ckburn. Susan Parkinson continued to collect stamps for
the Leprosy mission.
Wc would like to thank everyone who has supported Mission within our two churches over
the past year, and encourage everyone to get involved. Pl￿e see our mission leaflet for more
infonnation (available online or in church).
Mission Tearn: Gillian Iancaster (chair). Kathy Bigio. Sttlart Cross, Hetti Johnson. Philip
Venables
Communications Team
At the start of 2020, the website was updated with a series of blog articles from Philip's
Uganda trip.
A 'Prayer Request, websit¢ page was set up thiring thc fitst lockdown, which resulted in over
40 requests being posted on the site (the same fonnat was also used as an online Book of
Condolence when Diane Jones sadly passed away later in the year. wtth over 50 memories
and personal reflections of Diane added)
A YouTube link ￿'aS added to the home page, enabling viewaB to access the recorded
services directly from the website.
And a video camera w&$ purchased lat¢r in the year (with a grant from the Di(Kese) in
preparation tor the liv¢ streaming of seryices in 2021.
-chris Dawson
Parish Gazette
The gazette continues to maintain its content and quality and produces at least 16 A4 pages
per issue. It is a good source of communication and inforn]ation for the parigh. From March
onwards the gazette has been emailed out to 130 people each month. These copies have been
produced in colour alld are greatly appreciated by many. Several large print copies are
produced each month for church members who prefer larger print. For those who are not on
email 18 Copies are distributed either by post or by pushing througb letteTboxes. Thank you
to Susan Parkinson for helplng with this task. The Parish Gazette is also available on the
church website. Thank you to everyone who has contributed articles throughout the year.
Café Life Report
This ministy takes place at Clayton Brook Community Church every Monday from 9am-
2pm except during statutory holiday EWi(MIs.
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There 15 a team of 7 volunteers who work in pairs to offer a friendly welcome to whoever
walks through the door. It is a place where people can come for a friendly chat.
We offer a selection of bevernges, soup. bacon sandwiches & cakes at low prices just to cover
costs. Our aim is to offer a safe space with a friendly smile & show the love of Go(L
Due to Covid restrictions the last meeting took place on the 16 March, however since then
Sue Lillie has kept in touch with 12 of the regular customers on a monthly basis sending
seasonal cards OT small gifts as encouragement.
Tots at Cburch
The tots group (tots at church) has been closed sÉnce the beginning of March 2020.
Beehive Report
This year is a very short report owing to the CorOnavin￿ rtstrictions.
We started the year with approximately 25 - 30 children with their parents and grandparents
etc.
The bible story with the craft activity has Ix¢n going well and the children r¢ally enjoy it.
We were going to use some of the grdnt money to invite various pcople to come and do
different activities at th¢ Beehive with the children but then the Pandemic arrived and we had
to close down in March at the beginning of the rust lockdown, and we haven't been able to
open all year. We are praying that we will be able to re-open sometime in 2021.
Cbristine Ivhiteside
Treasurers Report- 2020
A massive thank you again to all those who have contributed financially over the year,
particularly in lighi of the Covid-19 pandemic. We are especially grateful to th05c people
giving regularly ¢ither by env¢lopc or standing order, with a substantial number also gift
aiding their donation. This allows us to claim an additional 25/ from the HMRC (over
£18:000 in 2020) which goes a long way to pay our bills. Thanks to everyone Ivho doe5 glft
aid and to Marion Barloiv for her very efficient work in making the claims.
Income
Encouragingly planned ￿VIng incrffdsed by 3 % over 2019 with a number of new Standing
Order givers, and remarkably total giving of £84214 was slightly up on 2019. as in previous
years over 950/0 of our income comes from our congregation in the forn] of weekly giving,
donations alld gift ai
During th¢ year a Love Fund was established to help people in the parish who were suffering
hardship: thank you to those who contributed ££4,147 during the year of which £l.156 was
distributed.
W¢ had budgeted a deficit of some £1 1.000 in 2020: thanks to carefijl management of
expenditure in this most unusual of years and the modest increase in giving above we
managed to achieve a small surplus of some £4,600, leaving us with unrestricted reserves of
£30,475 at December 2020.
The PCC have agreed a deficÉt budget for 2021 of some £12.500 which leaves us with
reserves of just under £18,000 al D¢cember 2021.
We anticipate that finallee will continue to be a test ol our faith. However, we worship a
generous God and praise Him and our congregation as we have always been able to pay
our bills.
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Expenditure
The largest areas of expense were again:
> Our Parish Share to the Diocese of £66.342. The Parish Share paid for Philip and
Paul, together with support for ministry in many wr areas of our Diocese.
Utiliti¢S and services were £17233 covering electricity, gas, oil. wa*r. Council Tax,
and insurance. down £5,415 OD 2019.
> Repair5 at Clayton Brook were minimal again this yegr. with major exp¢nditure at St
Johns. noted above.
> Ministy and outreach spend w&8 some £2.194 not surprisingly £3.200. down on 2019.
> Finally. even in these challenging times, the church remains committed to giving 10 %
of its w￿eStrIcted income to charity whicb this year amounted to some £10.450.
Whilst the major refiwbishment work at St Johns was delaye& over £86.0(X) was spent on the
Major repair to tbe west wall and roof of thc church and stopping the dry rot in the roof. It is
estimated that the work required to finish the dry rot work will b¢ some £25.000 in 2021,
with some £8,000 to be reclaimed for VAT. This leaves £448,000 in the restricted St Johns
Refurbishment Fund. Thank you to those who ￿ntiThue to give to the Fund.
Independent Examiner's Report
Accounts
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Independent Examine￿5 Report to the Parochial Church Council of St John the
Evangelis( Whittle le Woods, year ended 31 December 2020.
This report is made solely to the Charity's Trustees. as a body, in accordancè with
Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My examination has been undertaken so that I
might state to the Trustees those Matte￿ l am required to state to them in an
Independent Examinerfs Report and for no other purpose.
Respective responsibilities of trustee and examiner
As the members of the PCC, you are responsible for the p￿paratIOn of the accounts,
and you consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144 (2) of the
Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is required.
It is my responsibilty to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
2. to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145 (5} (b) of the 2011 Act- and
3. to state whether particular matters have come to my attention of a material
nature.
Basis of independent 8xaMine￿5 report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by
the Charity Commissioners under S145{5) (b) of the Act. That examination includes a
ieview of the accounting records kept by the Charty and a comparison of the aGcounts
with those records. It also includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the
accounts and seeking explanations from you as Trustees conceming any such
matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be
required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view
given by the accounts.
Independent Examine￿$ Ststement
In connection wth my examination, no matter has come to my attention"
{a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements".
1. to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act,
and
2. to prepare accounts which accord with the accourrting records and Comply with
the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act:
have not been met; or
{b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed.. Gill Taylor
Dated: 12 February 202•

St John th• P C C, Whltd• l&Wtstsdk
2019
Totsl
Totsl
Incornq
Planned GrAig
OtherG1w￿￿
Le8acies Recel¥ed
Grants ReceNed
Taxrecover&lthrou8h Grfr
73,•JZ
IOA12
750
4M7
74,151
15.639
72,160
20.862
250
250
49,628
16,298
158.948
18.103
158
5.985
18.260
IW.601
F￿ retsined by P C C fr
wethlngs arMlfuwds*c
MagazhieaThJ renlalincorne
s.t*2
1.184
6.266
1.144
1.970
6,91B
3.461
In%*slment IrKon
264
264
326
10.396
10.396
548,691
127.$2B
714,883
ExpendStureon.'
R#i*in9 FuTrJs
IOA50
140
iO,S9)
11,687
Churrh
Pgrish ShptE4nd A55wJned Fees ¥J r￿￿ty
Salartes and homrdria
Parish
L7Y
68.136
61.152
7.455
4,3D2
10.835
7,543
98.271
5.316
111
11
2.194
2.108
L145
RegU￿r¢￿￿{th fUnnr￿ experrfes
¢hurch haakng atK*
IS,489
È,3sg
100,314
754a
93224
m3ffi74
108.861
112,fAII
Mafrorcapital bp•n(¥lur•
repa￿ Lts thurth
Now But￿j￿￿
12
86,876
26,783
57.694
84,477
86.876
TOTAL EApBndKur•
11)1674
191737
196.478
8a5
NEToutgolng resour¢•Fand
-67,842
519,241
Rewndlwhjn (rf Funth
Transf•r b•ts*•n Fullds
Total Fundsbrowhtlwwarvj
Total FundB¢afflgd for*¥d
IS￿07
30￿79
531.
557.697
489.855
38.456
557,697

St John thg Evarydlst P C C.Whrfll•
Invesbi￿iS
5392
150,616
557.697
Un￿$￿¢￿￿r
30A75
459
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Total charftyF￿d&
S$7.697
ApprDved byt￿ Pccon 8M¥th 2021
Rev. Phifip VÈAablÈs
PC£Chalr

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Basls of xcountitwj
lJanuary2015l*d a￿￿(abb￿c￿nkng
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r•cer+Fd In v*w ofihe wcwbittyup totre pxxnttyYamTrJrd%otB
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puroLFnr* oW*ves.
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s¢JohnthgEyans￿ P C C.¥thmll*￿wo(￿ts
2. p￿nn¢￿ hKomp
2019
51,855
20.31
13.956
72.1fy)
3. Gwa#ts Retei4*d
In Z019The Chui¢h re¢￿d a r*£￿.148fr£￿rt INfvrtherthrtlthTh)ort￿ at Won Br￿*COMmun￿Church. a￿1£1,480
from rhttese of BkckbJrn In>m t￿r WNon 2026hts￿yt￿IUrtfrer ￿r￿s￿In il*pari5h.
4. Magozlne and rental kncome
P*i5h Gat8it&
Rwtsl IncompfmtTrClayk)n Brtt*
116
L144
Ll44
1.854
1.144
1.184
L.970
InwsbNntlncom•
Bank IntergBt
102
162
162
158
264
326
& OEherlrKoMe
In 2019 t￿Churth. undth-theterm5 of trrttltlede￿ reca%*0 É545.mfrThllthes3￿4nd ¢knwre ofts* Parth0Ub(￿ pres￿ Road. The
proceedsfromthe sale can oTh￿be I￿ed rel￿￿ar￿Malnlen3n￿o1sI&)hn¥thJr
7. Charltab]B gmng
3rxi
SASCA
2C4J
12
130
2ri)
1,2
Fund
HarveSt￿POl
FWKI
321
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rca ML8sknn￿
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12
1.2(Kl
1,2rii
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Sgk48tion knv
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k2(
12(XJ
1,2rKJ
750
1.263
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1.2Q)
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1,505
2￿
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weY￿d CMrch
IOA50
140
io.s
11.687
. Pa*sh Share pald lo trfocese
PdD5h Sharg to the t)Kto$0ofBWluD arKitrai¥rvJ. kn aodthon
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StJohn thé EvknSgW P C C, WhrfllwlvWoodB
9. Parish ckryycojts
Clergy Ewnses
CovncilTax
Water Rates
2019
1,249
4328
lJ78
7A55
1,762
3.19D
364
5,316
2019
11J. Mknlslry¢wt¥
hI￿ren'$I¥￿￿
I￿67
174
19
667
-75
170
L359
667
809
725
807
2,658
72
ayton Bmok Festival
Lay mIn￿c0s￿
iyo
332
1.027
Parish Awa5qJty
safggjatO￿Wj
COMD 19
Love Fut¥J
Other
281
281
29
1,156
375
4.302
375
I￿4
2,489
99
11. Rogularchurch Nnnkng•xp•n
Minor ReFkgit¥
Sl Johns Rwirs
¢￿aning. QaYt￿
￿n￿rA￿e Stthhn's
L281
1.145
425
1,779
1.334
4.112
1,334
4.112
71YJ
819
1,632
4,19S
693
1244
Ckytrm Bro(
Profes51￿al F
Gr(wds
594
366
262
194
10.835
Adrnln1Stra￿ Costs
Patish Gaz*
3E6
262
194
9.69)
7S4
197
15,489
1.145
11. M4or rpwvJtoStJohM
86.876
B6J76
86.876
12. TrvJte
a t(Aal of É1249 rnairlytravthw 8xpms1201*.tso*ve reth*• t1.7
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StJohn the EvanWknt P C C.Whitll• hW+Jod5
NotBs to Finan¢lal Statements forth•Jvonthl 31 Dor*fflbw20X
14. Restrlctsd Fund#
Ba*eat
11 lknbor
2020
Sthhrfj Refuthshment Fth
ASS￿n￿ Fees thticssg
T[￿￿Fund
523.9%
,994 86m
Cafe Lrfe
ChldtOllS
ChristmAsADVENTwE
ay1￿ Brrb)k F8brfc F￿￿
Brook Festsv
ayEOll Brotsk L￿nth￿ Q
Love Fwd
Naw Gazèb
Paihfinde
Pr8yèrBr8aklast
ljwda
124
71
1.144
148
1.144
-75
112
iu
iygi
4.147
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19,S53
92.
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