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## **Annual Report 2022**
The **Parish Church Council** (PCC) of the Parish of St Paul, Kersal Moor (No. S06564) is responsible for two worship centres: **St Paul’s Church** , Moor Lane, Kersal M7 3WX and **St Andrew’s Church,** Woodward Road, Carr Clough M25 9TY, for St Paul’s Churchyard and a parish-owned building, **Rainsough Community Centre** , on Rainsough Brow, Prestwich M25 9XR.
At 15 April 2023 the parish **Electoral Roll** stands at 111 (it was 115 in 2022). St Paul’s roll now stands at 100 and St Andrew’s at 11. At St Paul’s 4 names have been added and 7 removed. 3 deaths, 4 removals). At St Andrew’s 4 names have been removed (1 death, 3 removals). It is with sadness that we report the removal of the names of those who have died since the last report: John Logan (Broughton House), Ian Whittle and Norma Mackinnon from St Paul’s, and Lillian Grundy from St Andrew’s.
The Parish is **governed** by its PCC, which meets bi-monthly. A more focussed approach to planning and management has been brought about by the pandemic, to ensure a more effective use of time and expertise. Two essential management groups (buildings and finance) meet 3 times a year; Worship Planning Group and SPACE (St Paul’s Ancient Churchyard Environment group) will continue to meet 3 times a year. All four will report direct to the PCC. The PCC and Leadership Team meet bi-monthly (alternate months) with the clergy team meeting fortnightly. The pastoral care team meet weekly on Zoom. During the latter part of 2022 all groups resumed face-to-face meetings.
**PCC membership** in 2022-23 comprised 16 members: Ex-officio Revd Daniel Mullaney (Curate in charge from 1 Sept 2022: Chair); Revd Mike Dyson (Associate Minister, SSM); Revd Hilary Shedlock (Associate Minister, SSM); Anthea Darlington (Reader Emeritus); Anne Rockley (Reader/Sunday School leader) Deanery representatives: Lorraine Quinn (ALM), Christine Reid (Safeguarding Officer), _Anthea Darlington_ , Michael Teo (from 2022)
Elected representatives: David Martin (Churchwarden St Paul’s), Tracy Kehoe (Lay Vice Chair and Parish Treasurer), Eileen Booth (ALM), Janet Wood (PCC Secretary), Sian Crosby, Judith Walsh (Churchwarden St Andrew’s), Val Cope, Jean Dyson (from 2022).
**Parish leadership:** provided in 2022 by a collaborative Leadership Team of Associate Minister Revd Mike Dyson, Associate Minister Revd Hilary Shedlock, Revd Daniel Mullaney (from Sept 2022), Reader Emeritus Anthea Darlington, Reader Anne Rockley, ALM Eileen Booth, Churchwardens David Martin and Judith Walsh, plus Tracy Kehoe (Lay Vice Chair, PCC) and Janet Wood (PCC Secretary) as required. The continued absence of the Rector with no prospect of resolution any time soon brought huge pressures to the team, which were partly relieved when Revd Daniel joined us in September. Our structured approach to collaborative leadership enabled us to continue to provide the parish with appropriate leadership and management through the year.
**Warden team:** the Churchwardens, **David Martin (St Paul’s)** and **Judith Walsh (St Andrew’s)** whose remit is to take care of the fabric of the parish buildings and the conduct of services, are supported at St Paul’s by Anthea Darlington and Roy Darwin, and at St Andrew’s by Philip Shedlock. The Parish Treasurer (Tracy Kehoe) is assisted by Church Treasurers Robert Hambelton (St Paul’s) and Revd Mike Dyson (St Andrew’s). The lay assistant team resumed work from summer 2022 with the reinstatement of the chalice (intincting only) at Holy Communion.
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**Staff Team:** in 2022 this has comprised the Leadership Team (see above) who have assisted the PCC in the running of the parish, plus a team of 27 additional people including the warden and lay assistant team plus Sunday School helpers, those who provide music and projection and read and lead intercessions in order to facilitate worship, and the refreshment/sales team. We are fortunate to have so many people actively involved in the work of the parish.
**Worship Leaders:** in 2022 worship has been led regularly by both clergy, plus Reader Anne Rockley and both Readers Emeritus Anthea Darlington and Heather Martin, and St Paul’s Churchwarden. During 2022 the team was supplemented by Revd Avis Gordon, Revd Canon Noel Proctor and Reader Emeritus Beryl Proctor, and by the following visitors: Rt Revd Mark Ashcroft, Bishop of Bolton, Revd Jean Burgess, Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford, Revd Canon Rachel Mann, Area Dean of Bury and Rossendale, and Revd Ian Jorysz, chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester.
**Fresh Expressions** : the parish collaborates with members of Grace Communion International (which meets weekly in St Andrew’s) to provide **Messy Church** at St Andrew’s, meeting on the first Saturday of the month. Attendance has built back up since re-starting after lockdown. A friendship and outreach group, **Time Out** , meets fortnightly at St Paul’s on Tuesday afternoons.
**Role and Functions of the PCC:** the PCC exercises oversight, providing formal structures to facilitate planning, policy-making and general parish management. It helps the church to grow through promoting good practice, supporting positive change, encouraging fresh expressions, interpreting and applying diocesan policy and promoting shared values. It seeks to promote the mission of the Church in the following ways: by living out our **Mission Statement aims to ‘KNOW God through Jesus, GROW in faith and SHOW God’s love in our community** ’ and by working through the parish **Mission Action Plan** to sustain this vision and that of the Diocesan vision of ‘Church for a Different World.’ It aims to sustain and grow our congregations in all respects and reach out to the wider community. Specific objectives for 2023 are set out at the end of this report **.** Throughout 2022 at least one Sunday service and every Wednesday service have been livestreamed on our Facebook page.
**Main activities** by which the parish met its goals in 2022 were: through services in both churches every Sunday morning; through **livestreaming at least one Sunday service every week** on Facebook; and through Holy Communion every Wednesday morning live in St Paul’s church and on Facebook; Monday and Tuesday morning prayers via Zoom and evening prayers livestreamed by Revd Hilary every Wednesday; a fortnightly **Newsletter** with news, events, prayers and reflections via email to over 200 individuals; **parish-wide pastoral system-** phone-calls, emails and texts to keep in touch with everyone; **Lent study group** (Avis, Mike, Hilary) and Advent study materials; **Messy church** events; providing weekly **assemblies** for staff to use at St Paul’s primary school and taking 2 per half term; through social media (Facebook pages for parish, for parishioners and for Messy Church); termly **school service in church** (KS2 only); **‘Time Out’ group** in St Paul’s Social Area; special **series of sermons on Hebrews** at both churches during the summer; **Lightbulb Drop-in** at St Andrew’s where we aim to develop a space where people can come along for a chat over a brew and for advice and activities, but there has not much take up from the local residents: we are working on the best ways to reach those who would benefit from this initiative; **parish residential weekend** at Thornleigh 16-18 September; regular **community groups** including 10[th] Prestwich Guides, Brownies and Rainbows, Keep Fit and toddler group at St Andrew’s and Salford Symphony Orchestra at St Paul’s. Monthly and seasonal
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services in two local EPHs are to be re-established in 2023, as are Churches Together activities. Regretfully the Wednesday afternoon Fellowship Group at St Andrew’s ceased to meet part way through the year, and it has not proved possible to re-establish St Paul’s Toddler Group.
**Rainsough Community Centre** is owned by the parish and managed by means of a Service Level Agreement with its principal user, 19[th] Prestwich Scout Group, and hired to other user groups. Regretfully the number of other user groups has shrunk since the end of lockdown.
**Outreach and Christian service:** members continued to donate food and clothing to organisations supporting the homeless, including Salford Food Parcels and the Booth Centre; over 100 Christmas shoeboxes were filled and sent to Romania; fundraising for Christian Aid took place at a service for Christian Aid week, and the Macmillan Coffee Morning was held in September.
**Post-Covid 19:** we have continued to offer hand sanitizing at all services and events: masks are still available for those who feel more comfortable wearing them. Use of the communion cup was reintroduced in mid-2022 (intincting of wafer only by the celebrant). Reintroduction of communion in both kinds is planned for Easter 2023. A small additional congregation of 5-10 people who would not otherwise be able to participate in worship and organised prayer has been maintained via live streaming on Facebook.
**Keeping going:** we continued to remain without the services of an incumbent during 2022. In September we were joined by Revd Daniel Mullaney as curate with the intention of his becoming curate in charge at least by 2023. The leadership team has continued to work hard to sustain all aspects of parish work and is grateful to be joined by Revd Daniel, considerably easing the load. However the situation regarding the Rector remains unresolved. Our two main advocates, the Bishop of Bolton and the Archdeacon of Salford will leave us in 2023 (retirement and moving on): it is to be hoped that the new postholders will be brought up to speed with our situation as soon as possible.
**Statistics for Mission:** 2022 Average **Sunday Attendance** figure at **St Paul’s** of **52** people, comprising 47 adults and 7 children on a usual Sunday, and **9** adults and no children at **St Andrew’s** . This gives a total of 63 attenders on average on Sundays ( _no statistics collected last year but average was 64)_ plus 34 on Wednesdays ( _32 in 2021_ ). Attendance at the services on **Easter Day** was **71** at St Paul’s ( _55 in 2021_ ) and **6** at St Andrew’s ( _9 in 2021_ ). Attendance during **Advent and Christmas** was as follows: Family Songs of Praise Carols at St Andrew’s: 58; St Paul’s School Carol Service: 193; Nativity at St Paul’s: 62; Lessons and Carols at St Paul’s: 47: Christingle at St Paul’s: 64; Christmas Eve Midnight Communion at St Paul’s: 32; Christmas Day: 39. **Most Christmas attendances were up on 2021.** Towards the end of the year, average attendances at St Paul’s had increased by 5. We hope that this trend will continue into 2023. Numbers joining us online have decreased during 2022 but the same 5-7 people are with us every week. The small increase in attendance at St Paul’s is not related to the fall in Facebook participants. Parish Occasional Offices: no weddings, 1 baptism, 3 funerals in church, 4 funerals at crematoria, 2 ashes burials.
**Outside users in 2022: a** t St Andrew’s, Cherry Trees playgroup continued to meet x4 per week, though with reduced numbers; also the toddler group, Ladies Keep Fit and the brownies and guides. At St Paul’s, Salford Symphony Orchestra (weekly rehearsal plus concerts), and 2 groups of musicians (rehearsing weekly) plus the Greater Manchester
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Collective Sling Library (monthly from November). Other groups are expected to return in 2023.
**Safety and Safeguarding** : all risks are managed by means of full risk assessments at both churches and regular review of Health and Safety (H & S Officer, Anthea Darlington); clear Safeguarding Policies underpin good practice (Safeguarding Officer, Chris Reid).
## **Individual Church Reports**
## **St Paul’s**
The year began on a sad note at St Paul’s with the funeral of Sarah Hart, our Inclusivity Officer, in January. Another sad and moving occasion was the **Memorial Service for the victims of Covid** held on 20 March. Earlier in the month we joined with colleagues from Churches Together at the Servite church for the World Day of Prayer. Other notable services during the year included a joyful Mothering Sunday celebration, the first for 3 years; a **Platinum Jubilee commemoration service** with breakfast (and crowns!) on 5 May; hosting the **Deanery Confirmation service** on 15 May welcoming two new members, Debbie and Dave Larkin at St Paul’s; Presentation Sunday in July with Janet Wood, recently awarded the BEM for services to guiding, as guest presenter; a special **ACE Admissions** Holy Communion service for our two newest communicants, Asa and Kudzai; a **Harvest breakfast service for Christian Aid** on 2 October; a special Bible Sunday service on 23 October; and a joint **Service of Remembrance** on 13 November with the brownies and rainbows. **St Paul’s School** was able to return to church after lockdown and we were delighted to host four services during the year- Easter, Christmas, school leavers and Harvest, attended by pupils, staff, parents, governors and friends. Classes from St Paul’s visited the **Easter Experience** stations set up in church to learn more about the Easter story. During August, part of the **book of Hebrews** was explored in sermons at both churches – they proved very popular and we hope to repeat the format in 2023. We were delighted to host **Revd Hilary’s licensing service** as Associate Minister on 11 October. Christmas services and celebrations returned to normal at last- schools broke up early enough for the children to be involved in the Festival of Lessons and Carols for the first time. On Christmas Day St Paul’s hosted the family communion service, St Andrew’s the quiet reflection, and Revd Mike was able to take a service at **Broughton House** for the first time since lockdown..
We were able to return to **fund-raising** on a regular basis for the first time since lockdown. On Gift Day in May we raise a substantial sum to enable us to **improve and develop livestreaming of services** and events in church. Our **choir** despite being reduced in numbers sang at several services, most notably at our Service of Lessons and Carols. They also sang at **Holt House** for our Christmas service as we began to re-establish contact after lockdown. Collecting for Send a Cow (now called Ripple Effect) resumed in the summerthank you to Rita and Dureen for maintaining our support for them over many years. During September and October, over £1000 was raised for various good causes, including Christian Aid- thankyou to Maureen. The Wednesday morning coffee morning numbers grew, with the fancy goods stall averaging sales of £60 a month for church funds- thankyou to Beryl, Val and Pam.
Our friendship/outreach group, **Time Out** , was able to resume in church, meeting fortnightly. During the year we enjoyed quizzes, discussion and refreshments along with pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, an Easter egg tea, Jubilee celebrations, pilgrimages to Compostela and Iona (courtesy of Eileen’s slides), reminiscences of old Prestwich, and learning about Manchester and Salford’s connections to ‘The Secret Garden.’ **Salford Symphony Orchestra** held its first concert at St Paul’s on 6 November after a long Covid gap which was well attended. We were delighted to host **Diocesan Synod** on 19 March, plus sessions for Continuing Ministerial Development for diocesan clergy.
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On the downside, we were without heating for some weeks while the aged boiler system was repaired. The congregation dressed appropriately! On the upside, as the cold weather set in our congregation raised over £700 via our 12-week **‘£1 a week to keep warm’** scheme. We are pleased to say that our weekly attendance post-Covid has not diminished, and we thank everyone who returned to worshipping in church at the start of 2022.
## **St Andrew’s**
The Sunday morning congregation is small but faithful, averaging 8 people per week. By the end of the year we had welcomed 2 new people who are attending regularly. Judith manages churchwarden duties with the support of Philip, Rev’d Mike and myself, but we would always welcome more support for this important role. We are still supporting Cherry Tress Playgroup, the Wednesday Toddler Group, Rainbows, Brownie and Guides and the Ladies Keep Fit group.
**The Lightbulb Drop-in** ran on Wednesday afternoons from January to Easter and started again September. There is plenty of support from organisations such as Six Town Housing Association (STH), Bury Council (BMBC) and GCI, as well as members of our congregations. The Drop in is registered as a “Warm space” and a “Place of welcome”. STH funded a Christmas party and provided Winter Warmer packs of food to be given out to local residents and Staff from BMBC delivered advertising leaflets.
Sadly, the **Wednesday Fellowship** had to finish in June due to very low numbers attending. Our thanks to Heather and David who have led this service for a number of years. We enjoyed hosting the well-attended joint Platinum **Jubilee Party** along with GCI, Messy Church and St Paul’s congregations, with support from the Brownie and Rainbow leaders. It was a busy and fun filled afternoon with crafts, afternoon tea and a magician that was enjoyed by all.
The highlight of Christmas at St Andrews was the **Parish candlelit Carol service** . Once again, the church was filled with parishioners and families from the wider community. The Brownies and Guides sang beautifully, and the service was enjoyed by everyone. Thanks to David and Heather for their support.
## **Individual Reports**
## **A.Clergy Reports**
## Revd Daniel writes:
After moving from St. Clement’s, Higher Openshaw to St. Paul’s and St. Andrew’s in September I have greatly enjoyed getting to know people at both churches. Before Christmas I tried to visit most of the ministries and services taking place in the two churches to get an understanding of the work of the two churches. I was encouraged by visits to Messy Church and the Lightbulb Drop-in at St. Andrew’s and Time Out and Wednesday coffee after the morning service at St. Paul’s. All these activities provide good opportunities for engaging with members of the local community. I have also enjoyed preaching and leading services at both churches: Sunday and Wednesday mornings at St. Paul’s and Sunday morning at St. Andrew’s. Particular highlights were the Remembrance Day service and the various Christmas services that seemed well attended. I was privileged to be able to lead the funeral service for Maureen Hanrahan in November at St. Paul’s church. Despite moving to St. Paul’s and St. Andrew’s in September, my family and I only moved into the Rectory in November, but felt warmly welcomed by the local community and members of the church when we eventually moved. We are thankful to everyone who supported and helped us as we settled in. Members of the leadership team and PCC have been particularly supportive in helping me to find my feet in my new role. I wish to thank them for their kindness and patience and look forward to working with them to support the ministry at St. Paul’s and St. Andrew’s in the coming months.
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## Revd Hilary writes:
I have had a busy year, as well as regularly taking services at both churches and being involved with Messy Church and the Lightbulb Drop-In here are some of the main things I have been involved in.
I submitted the final reports for my training and in October the Bishop of Bolton licensed me to be an Associate Minister in the Parish. It was a lovely and affirming evening of worship and I was so pleased to see many of you there at this important stage in my ministry. It was a solemn privilege to preside at the funeral of our dear sisters Sarah Hart and Lilian Grundy and for four members of the wider community. I also presided at two baptisms at St Pauls.
In February I led a prayer Vigil at the start of the War in The Ukraine and in March I was involved in the Memorial Service at St Paul’s for those who have died over the last few years. I was pleased at assist in the confirmation classes provided by Revd Avis for Dave and Debbie Larkin and to be part of the confirmation service with Bishop Mark. In August I and some of our congregations took four prayer walks and delivered leaflets about our churches around the new housing developments in our parish. I led prayer meetings at both churches following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Thank you for your support in 2022. I am looking forward to seeing where God is leading us to in 2023.
## Revd Mike writes:
2022 was a critical year for the Leadership team. The continuing absence of a Rector was having increasing effects on several of us, and in the summer, I was diagnosed with burnout, such that I could barely continue to provide the services that I was down to lead, let alone anything else. This was then exacerbated by me contracting Covid-19 for 2-3 weeks, causing me even more problems. In September we were blessed by the arrival of Revd Daniel Mullaney to assist us in the parish. He has proved a great support and enthusiastic contributor to our parish life. This has enabled me to gradually regain some of my previous health and vigour, in addition to being a great colleague to have working alongside the rest of us. Daniel’s insights related to his previous parish have assisted us in clarifying how we wish to proceed as we recover from Covid-19, and to do so in the most effective way we can. Hopefully 2023 will prove the year when we build from our 2022 recovery back to where we need to be for the future.
## **B.Finance Report**
## Tracy Kehoe, Parish Treasurer
The parish ended the year with a surplus in unrestricted funds of £10,776. It was agreed this surplus be paid to the Diocese to reduce the underpayment on the Parish Share. Income for the year was £72,569 which is a reduction of £1,149 against 2021. This amount includes restricted and designated income (money that has been donated, raised or set aside for a particular cost).
Expenditure was £59,703, the majority of which was taken up by the Parish Share of £32,000. Expenditure decreased in 2022 against 2021 by £3,892. The Parish underpaid its Parish Share by £19,484. Should the parish have paid the full cost, the deficit for the 2022 would have been **(£8,708)** . Neither church was able to tithe income in 2022. The parish reserves currently held are £141,517, out of which £114,150 is unrestricted (last year £128,651). The **independent examiner** for 2022 is Mr Vin Allerton
## **C. Fabric Report** David Martin and Judith Walsh, Churchwardens
After all the coronavirus-related restrictions it has been good to be able to use both churches for live worship and other activities throughout 2022. However, our rental income was seriously reduced for a third year - **Salford Symphony Orchestra** has been the only one of our regular paying user-groups to return to St Paul’s, and at St Andrew’s we continue to subsidise **Cherry Trees** (early years provider) to help sustain their continued presence in the community. Welcome one-off income at St Paul’s came from diocesan events and from a
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company wanting to fly a drone from the churchyard (to provide part of their television coverage of a Salford City home game). Both churches received payments from the local authorities for the use of the buildings in May for local government elections.
We have much to be grateful for: When gas and electricity charges went up, members of our congregations raised money to help with our winter fuel bills and then in December all churches in the diocese received large grants to help them to remain heated and open to provide “warm spaces” in their communities. These generous contributions towards our heating costs have been very welcome because we need to spend significant amounts just to keep our churches ticking over: The heating system at St Paul’s failed on a particularly cold day in the Spring, when nearly 100 members of the Diocesan Synod had an all-day meeting here. Repairs took some time, and since the Autumn one of the 3 boilers has been permanently out of action because it proved impossible to source a key part. At St Andrew’s the drains continue to cause trouble.
The only thing new at St Paul’s is the hydroboil water heater in the kitchen, which was donated by **St Paul’s Primary School** . The organisation that manages the housing stock owned by Bury Council ( **Six Town Housing** ) committed to continue with financial support for St Andrew’s – both with the Lightbulb Drop-in and in helping us to provide a memorable Jubilee afternoon social event.
We thank those people who continue to tend the flowerbeds at both churches. The flowers make such a difference and cheer us up.
It is good to see the Rectory occupied again after being empty for more than 3 years. Since July 2019 we had checked it at least weekly and informed the diocese promptly when we became aware of any issues. We had the inside deep-cleaned in the Summer and the diocese arranged for necessary work on the building itself to be carried out before Daniel and his family arrived.
## **D. Safeguarding** Christine Reid (Safeguarding Officer)
Safeguarding is an integral part of the Parish of St Pauls Kersal Moor and St Andrews Prestwich. This is within the Diocese of Manchester as part of the Church of England. During 2022 the Diocese of Manchester underwent a comprehensive ‘Safeguarding Review’ and aspects of this have been cascaded to the Parish. Throughout the year the Diocesan Safeguarding policies have been strictly adhered to. Training opportunities are being made available to relevant members of St Pauls and St Andrews who will be invited to attend as appropriate. As Safeguarding Officer I successfully completed the ‘Safeguarding Leadership Training Pathway’ in November 2022.
The Clergy, Readers, PCC, Safeguarding Officer and the Church members are responsible for looking after children and those who are vulnerable. The Safeguarding Officer works closely with the Diocesan Safeguarding team. Any Safeguarding concerns raised during the year have been directed to and dealt with in conjunction with the team. My thanks are recorded to them for their help, co-operation and patience. Ongoing DBS checks are implemented as required.
I continue to record my thanks to the Staff of ‘Thirty One Eight.’ This is the National body which supports Manchester Diocese with DBS Checks and also provides training. My thanks go to the Clergy in the Parish, the PCC and members of the Leadership Team for their assistance in working with me in all areas of Safeguarding.
Please note that safeguarding is a rapidly evolving area. As a parish we need to continue to keep up with all current information and legislation. Please can I ask that everyone of us is vigilant and reports any concerns or issues to me directly.
## **E. Children and Young People**
**Sunday School** Anne Rockley (Sunday School Leader) This year has seen a small but regular core of children attending Sunday School. The prizegiving Sunday and barbecue in July were a day of celebration with the church family. It
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was good to be able to go through the ACE course with two children and welcome them to communion in September. The children led the Christmas service with a unique pantomime/nativity which was greatly appreciated by the congregation. Throughout the year, Sunday school members have regularly contributed in the services by reading, praying and sharing what they have learned. We have had several All Stage Worship Sundays which include everyone.
The leadership numbers have decreased this year. Pat stepped back from teaching in the summer after many years of loving and faithful commitment to the children’s spiritual growth. We are so thankful for all her hard work and loyal giving. This has meant we have had to adapt the sessions to include all the children in shared sessions. We are very grateful to Sian and Lorraine for leading sessions when able, and special thanks must go to Sian for her Christmas script. Duncan, Kate and Anna regularly assist in the group, which is both necessary and greatly appreciated.
We are grateful to Eileen for her help with the ACE course and Chris with Safeguarding support. Thanks also to the Leadership team for their support, prayers and inclusion in the services. Our children are always welcomed, valued and appreciated in the life of the church. **Messy Church** Revd Hilary Shedlock
We continued to work with Grace Church International throughout 2022 delivering Messy Church on the first Saturday of each month. We provide some of crafts and activities and the celebration, GCI also provide crafts, the delicious meals and welcome the families. Numbers increased during 2022, and we were pleased to see some families attending regularly **.**
## **F. Worship Planning** Anthea Darlington, Chair
This group of people met three times in 2022 (March, May, October) and discussed the following: service planning and evaluation, including Easter and Christmas services and special events such as the Memorial service; provision of music and sound at both churches; livestreaming on Facebook and YouTube; post-Covid management including reintroduction of bibles and hymnbooks and return of the chalice (celebrant intincting only); feedback from the congregations, which is sought on a regular basis. All those who lead and preach are involved in this group, plus our music facilitators and providers and those involved with young people and prayer.
**G.Deanery Synod** The situation in 2022 was confused in that though for all practical purposes we had moved from the Deanery of Salford and Leigh to the Deanery of Bury and Rossendale, in legal terms we remained part of Salford and will do so until the Diocese are able to process this. In the meanwhile we have tried to attend meetings of both Deaneries wherever possible. The legal change of deaneries is a formal item on the agenda for the APCM of 2023. We have continued to link our Mission Action Plan to Salford Deanery’s goals.
**H. Mission Community** Fr Shaun Conlon was appointed Mission Community Leader in February 2022. During the year we met with leadership colleagues from all the churches (ourselves plus St Mary Prestwich; St Margaret Prestwich; St Gabriel Sedgley Park; St Hilda Prestwich, St George Simister) at St Paul’s for an introductory session. Members from St Paul’s attended St Mary’s Fun Day in June. Plans were put in place for a joint commissioning service early in 2023.
Signed:
Revd Daniel Mullaney, Chair, PCC …………………………………………
Janet Wood, Secretary, PCC .…………………………………………. April 2023
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## **Mission Action Plan 2022 END OF YEAR SUMMARY**
outstanding completed (D) Deanery of Salford and Leigh goals for 2022-26 **- A Nurturing knowing God through Jesus:** post lockdown planning; mission community; reinforce management structures; centrality of prayer and care; meaningful worship **- B. Growing growing in faith and numbers:** discipling through small groups/courses; supporting young people; inclusivity
**C. Serving: showing God’s love in our community:** focus on outreach and evangelism; good
## neighbours; church as community focus; ‘Church for a Different World’
|Priority|Action summary|Who?|Action|
|---|---|---|---|
|A**Nurturing**– knowingGod through Jesus||||
|i. reinforce
management
structures|Change group structure
Leadership Team meetings bi
monthly between PCC.
Improve all-round communic.
Kitchen hygiene training level1
Update calendar
Appointment of curate for one
year to augment team
Review collab leadership pol.
Review all policies
Regular clergy meetings
PCC away day
Rationalise bankaccounts|Tba
LT
AWD
RT?
PCC
LTAWD
PCC
Clergy
PCC
FinGr|Role and membership of new groups from
Feb 2022: finance, buildings, WPG,
SPACE: all reporting to PCC.
Financial planning for the future: costs;
plan to merge church accounts.
Responsibility of all active participants
all users March 2022
New online calendars: websites,
management team.
Revd Daniel Mullaney from 1.9.22
Updated version July 22
Ongoing from Oct’22
Weekly from Sept’22
11.2.23 St Margaret’s church hall
Close sep churchyard account|
|ii. Mission
communities|Apply to move to Bury and
Rossendale Deanery within
Prestwich mission community
Begin making links with new
partners.
Appoint focal leaders within
parish. ON HOLD pending new
info from Diocese
Provide occasional cover for
services in m.c. churches
Worshiptogether|PCC/LT
LT
LT +
HS/MD
7 churhs|Successful with support of both Area
Deans and Salford Deanery.
St Mary Prestwich St Margaret Holyrood,
St George Simister St Gabriel Sedgley
Park St Hilda Prestwich.
Joint leaders’ meeting 4 May; deanery
meeting May 2022; sharing Newsletter
and info re functions. Community leader
Fr Shaun to PCC 18 July
MD mainly at moment|
|iii. prayer and
care|Morning and evening prayer.
Support systems and
information.
Continued pastoral support
Regular pastoral update
Re-establish prayer diary for
all church members
Re-establish prayer before
worship and prayercorner|LT
HS
AWD
MD/EB
EB
EB rota|Morning prayer Mon/Tue Zoom
Evening prayers Wed Facebook
Newsletter bi-weekly with reflection.
Updated FB pages, websites, calls,
emails. Meet Mon 9.45am on Zoom
Daily prayer for all individuals/groups/
associated organisations
Manage appropriately.|
|iv. services and
worship|Readjust pattern and style of
worship on lifting restrictions.
On-line worship to continue.
WPG to meet regularly.
Regular AA/AS worship
Seek resolution to lack of
accompanist at St Paul:
Improve St P sound/vision
system
Improve livestreaming at St
Paul’s
Protocols for regular
livestreaming|WPG
clergy
LT
HS/MD
HM/AR/
MD/AWD
DH
HS/MS
LT|Standing for hymns, gospel, creed if able;
Regular review; more readers and
intercessors. Variety of service content
and sermons: ASW no Sun Sch; invite
Messy Church. Continue Fbk, YouTube- 1
service per Sun. Zoom where best.
Use of CDs/YouTube plus HM monthly for
the time being
New amp in Nov ’21; new laptop, wiring
and tablet for leader Easter 2022
Planning for dedicated phone and proper
sound at St P (Gift Day focus) Discuss
protocols LT meeting 1.8.22|
_Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2022 Annual Report**
10
||Simplified Summer liturgy
Christmas services plan
Lay assistant training + 2 new
recruits|HS
WPG
AWD|WPG 28.9.22 review/planning meeting
Balance of appropriate services/events
20.11.22 + extra session in New Year St
A & St P|
|---|---|---|---|
|v. Discipling|Review homegroups. (D)
Study groups.
Seasonal studies
Continued use of technology
Review home groups/bible
study/sermonthemes|RD MT
HS AR
HS AG
EB
AWD
LT+
LT|Plan for homegroup (on hold);
Lent study discipleship live (inc.
confirmation) Wed fellowship, Time Out, )
Study on Hebrews via sermons Aug 22
Zoom, YouTube, FB, email
Plan for something in New Year|
|**B. Growing **– in faith and numbers||||
|i. Numbers|Recover weekly attendance to
pre-Covid total (D)
Broughton House and Holt
House to return on Weds
Welcome new people (D)|DW SCr
All
EB|DONE (apart from care homes) thanks to
new people and on line (overall loss 5
deaths, 2 non-returners)
Hopefully by New Year
4 new people at St P since start of year: 3
onelectoral roll|
|ii. Supporting
children and
young people|Junior Church groups with
flexible format.
Messy Church support team.
Cement links with St Paul’s
and Butterstile schools
DJRM to join St Paul’s
governors|AR +
team
Messy
team
AWD
CR HS
DJRM|Flexible approach to Junior Church to
cater for all eventualities. SC to join SSch
LT: PS to stand down
Messy Church support team from Grace
Communion International plus LT input.
Regular assemblies at St P School;
church safeguarding officer on St P
governors; contact with Butterstile
ex-officio governor from Jan ‘23|
|iii. become more
inclusive church|Ensure all physical needs are
met in buildings.
All stage inclusive services.
Improved signage
Contact cards information.
New inclusivity officer
Re-establish links with Holt
House and Broughton House|Building
group
WPG
SH
AWD
Tba
EB/DW
AWD/M
D/CH/S|New sound mixer, working loop,more
readable screen displays at St P.
Services meeting needs of all
ages/abilities. System to record needs
Contact details cards with indiv needs
(_SH RIP Jan ’22)_in New Year
Duncan to bring/carols on 20.12.22
Steve to plan to bring (23.11.22); MD to
re-est Chr Dayand HC|
|**C. Serving –**showingGod’s love in our community5 Marks of mission(D)||||
|i. improve our
outreach and
evangelism|Lightbulb drop-in: advice and
place of welcome (D); wider
advertising
Leaflet re Lightbulb drop-in: re-
leaflet for Messy Church
Mission communities planning.
include churches in Newsletter
distribution
Info cards for new people.
FB and website current
Plan for new website|team
PCC
clergy
HS/DB
AWD
AWD
DJRM|Community Drop-in from 9 Nov weekly.
Involve range of Bury organisations
including CAP, CAB. Greater community
involvement. Official registration for
Lightbulb and Wed coffee morning
Grace Church to assist
Join with Bury and Rossendale deanery
where over 1/3 of members live
All 5 churches on email list via clergy/PCC
secs
Available in both churches
Service/events info; Newsletter
In 2023|
|ii being good
neighbours|6 Town Housing office
Noticeboards.
Churchyard maintenance St P
Charity links while unable to
tithe.|HS JW
RT AP
RD MD
AR
EB CR
MR JD|Make St A available for clients to meet
housing officer. Keep boards up to date.
Keep weeds and brambles down at St P
and front tidy. Shoeboxes to Romania;
Chr Aid, Boaz, , food banks, Macmillan
Coffee Morning, St James food pantry.
Support to Ukraine appeals. Over £1200
raised for charity|
_Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2022 Annual Report**
11
||Community links through
rentals/church-based events
Eco church: raise awareness
of climate change in our
community and how to help
Complete Energy Footprint (D)
Negotiate new arrangements
with Cherry Trees preschool
group|LM +
AWD+ JW
AWD
HS/PCC|Promote and support both buildings for
range of community uses
Meetings for community discussion (1
already); through services and prayers;
supporting community action and
encouraging individual/group action
Done July 2022
For mutual benefit of both: cover our
costs, provide them with support. Keep
under review|
|---|---|---|---|
|iii. maintain our
buildings|Keep boilers going St P
New outside lights St P
Cleaning in church; kitchen
supplies
Essential cleaning and garden
maintenance at St P
Appoint new church architect
Update building plan for next 2
years
Staircase repairs at RCC
Shutter repairs at StA|DM RD
BuiGr
EB BB
PCC
BuiGr|New parts fitted;
constant round of upgrade/maintenance.
H & S concerns
Rationalise and set protocols
Seek voluntary help- sycamore felling
Ian Lucas RIP: new -Rebecca Grimshaw
Both churches St P complete 20.11.22
Cost implics Obtain quotes|
## **Mission Action Plan: Priorities for 2023 Spring 2023**
**- A Nurturing knowing God through Jesus:** mission community; reinforced management structures; centrality of prayer and care; meaningful worship
**- B. Growing growing in faith and numbers:** discipling through small groups/courses; supporting young people; inclusivity
**C. Serving: showing God’s love in our community:** focus on outreach and evangelism; good
neighbours; church as community focus; ‘Church for a Different World’
|Priority|Action summary|Who?|Action|
|---|---|---|---|
|A Nurturing– knowingGod through Jesus||||
|i. reinforce
management
structures|PCC subgroups
Leadership Team meetings bi
monthly between PCC
Clergy meetings
Improve all-round communic.
Update calendar
Review all policies
PCC away day
Rationalise bankaccounts|PCC
LT
Clergy
LT/PCC|Finance, buildings, WPG, SPACE: all
reporting to PCC. Fi/bu quarterly from Mar
Financial planning for the future: costs;
plan to merge church accounts.
Fortnightly
via Leadership team and PCC
URGENT to do
Review all policies, protocols, role descrip
11 March 2023- overview of MAP
Finance group to check:asap|
|ii. Mission
communities|Change to Deanery of
Bury/Rossendale
Launch service at The Curve
Continue making links with
new partners
Host World Day of Prayer St P
Cross-community Lent courses
Shelve focal leaders until clear
steer from Diocese
Provide occasional cover for
services in MC churches
Worshipand activities together|Area
Dean
SC i/c
HS/JD
LT
AO|Confirm legal transfer after May ‘23
Jan ’23 60+ reps from all churches
Clergy meet regularly
3 March 2023
Feb- 30 March
Officer willing to talk to us any time
MD mainly at moment
ongoing|
|iii. prayer and
care|Morning and evening prayer.
Support systems and
information.
Continued pastoral support
Regular pastoral update
Designated phone calls/visits
Prayer after services St P|LT
HS
AWD
MD/EB
MD/JD/
EB
MD/JD
CR|Morning prayer Mon/Tue Zoom
Evening prayers Wed Facebook
Newsletter bi-weekly with reflection.
Updated FB pages/websites/emails.
Meet Mon 9.30am on Zoom; monitor at
every service so no-one slips thro’ net
Sunday and Wednesday
New Diocesan/CofE requirement|
_Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2022 Annual Report**
12
||Extend safeguarding training
to PCC members/wardens|||
|---|---|---|---|
|iv. services and
worship|Review and rationalise service
format: cloud online storage
On-line worship to continue:
ensure effective livestreaming
Rationalise musical
accompaniment
Aim for monthly AA/AS
worship|WPG
(ask AP)
HM/DH/
MD
Clergy/A
WD/AR|Ensure access for all service leaders both
now and in the future: set of model
services for all occasions
Alt Weds, one service per Sunday. New
stand with operator; review phone situ as
required
Pianist at ‘big’ services; YouTube, backup
piano accompaniment streaming; CDs
Ensure at least 6 opps pa for children to
stay in; relevance to teenagers|
|**B. Growing **– in faith and numbers||||
|i. Discipling|Begin 2 new homegroups.
Lent Study groups.
Seasonal studies
Set up permanenthomegroups|AR/DJM
HS AG
MC
DJRM/AR|Wed and Thur for 4 weeks during
Jan/Feb- Jonah
Mission Community materials from 22 Feb
until Easter: Wed/Thur in this parish
Via Newsletter and ordinary time sermons
After Easter ‘23|
|ii. Supporting
children and
young people|Junior Church groups with
flexible format.
Meet children’s needs in
services
Messy Church support team.
Cement links with St Paul’s
and Butterstile schools.|AR +
team
“
Messy
team
AD HS
AWD/C
R/DJRM|Flexible approach to Junior Church to
cater for all eventualities.
Table with activities at back of worship
area
Messy Church support team from Grace
Communion International plus LT input.
Regular assemblies at St P School;
DJRM new ex-officio gov; church
safeguarding officer gov
Reviewcontactwith Butterstile|
|iii. become more
inclusive church|Ensure all physical needs are
met in buildings.
All stage inclusive services.
Improved signage
Appropriate info
New inclusivity officer ??
Research project on role of
places of worship in meeting
needs of older people
Research project on Christian-
Jewish links in our area|Building
group
WPG
Luciana
Lang
Via
DJRM|New sound mixer, working loop, more
readable screen displays at St P (lettering
size). Services meeting needs of all
ages/abilities.
Contact details cards with indiv needs
(_SH RIP Jan ’22)_
Manchester University: long-term
involvement (AWD/MT on control group)
Due to start Summer ‘23|
|**C. Serving –**showingGod’s love in our community||||
|i. improve our
outreach and
evangelism|Lightbulb drop-in: persevere.
Leaflet drop re Messy Church
and Lightbulb drop-in
Reinstate Holt House and
Broughton House services
Info cards for new people.
Up to date FB and website:
reconsider Twitter/Instagram
NEW WEBSITE|team
PCC
clergy
HS/EB
MD
AWD
RT HS
DJRM|Community Drop-in from 15 Sept weekly.
6 Town, CAP, CAB. Apply for grants.
From Spring ‘23
From Vistaprint- done
Regular updates HM/RT/AWD
Younger audience Urgent|
|ii being good
neighbours|6 Town Housing office
Noticeboards
Churchyard maintenance St P
pursue Community Payback
Charity links.
Regular support to St James
Pantry
Time Out group f|HS JW
RT AP
RD MD
AR SS
EB CR
MR RW
JG PR
EB CR|Make St A available for clients to meet
housing officer. Keep boards up to date.
Keep weeds and brambles down at St P
and front tidy. Help from Steve Slade;
Salford CP org (awaiting contact)
Shoeboxes to Romania, Ripple Effect,
Leprosy Mission, Chr Aid, Boaz, Open
Doors, MAF, Macmillan Coffee Morning,|
_Our aim is to know God through Jesus, grow in faith and show God’s love in our community_ **2022 Annual Report**
13
||Community links through
rentals/church-based events
Eco church: raise awareness
of climate change in our
community and how to help|LM AWD|Promote and support both buildings for
range of community uses
Meetings for community group e.g.
Friends of Kersal Moor, CCND Special
services and prayers; community action
and encouragingindividual/groupaction|
|---|---|---|---|
|iii. maintain our
buildings|Keep boilers going St P
New outside lights St P
Cleaning in church; new
cleaner St P
Essential gardening at St P
New shutter for St A canteen
Consider future of RCC
building|DM RD
DM
EB
PCC
JW/HS
PCC|New parts fitted; constant round of
upgrade/maintenance. H & S concerns
Seek voluntary help (see above)
sycamore felling
Obtain quotes
Advice from the Diocese; discussions with
committees|
||**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal _**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal _**|**_The Parish of St. Paul, Kersal _**|**_and St. Andrew, CarrClough_**|**_and St. Andrew, CarrClough_**|**_and St. Andrew, CarrClough_**|**_and St. Andrew, CarrClough_**|**_and St. Andrew, CarrClough_**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**PARISH FINANCIAL**|**STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER**|||||**2022**||
|||Unrestricted||Designated|Restricted||||
|||Funds||Funds|Funds|**Total 2022**
|Total 2021||
||||£|£|£|**£**||£|
|RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT|||||||||
|**Receipts**|||||||||
|Voluntary Receipts|||||||||
|**Regular Giving**|||||||||
|**Receipts from Donors**|||||||||
||Planned giving||41,280|0|2,471|43,751||37,902|
||Collections other than giving||3,885|0|0|3,885||3,358|
||Income Tax recovered||9,465|0|0|9,465||10,203|
||||54,631|0|2,471|57,102||51,464|
|Other Voluntary|receipts (note 5a)||4,698||0|4,698||10,170|
|Activties for generating funds (note 5b)|||11,622|101|350|12,073||10,368|
|Receipts form Church Activities (note 5c)|||1,293|0|0|1,293||1,688|
|Investment Income (note 5d)|||44|43||86||27|
|Insurance claims|||0|0|0|0||0|
||||72,287|144|2,821|75,252||73,718|
|**Expendiutre**|||||||||
|Church activitie|||||||||
||Diocesan parish share||32,000|0|0|32,000||33,000|
|*|Other Payments||29,276|0|575|29,851||30,595|
||||61,276|0|575|61,851||63,595|
|||||||0||0|
|**Excess (Deficit)**|||11,011|144|2,246|13,401||10,123|
|Transfers between funds|||0|0|0|0||0|
||||11,011|144|2,246|13,401||10,123|
|Bank current and deposit accounts 1st Jan.|||103,673|18,814|6,163|128,651||94,289|
|Bank current and deposit accounts 31st Dec.|||114,685|18,958|8,409|142,052||128,651|
|**STATEMENT OF ASSTS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||
|Cash Funds|||||||||
||Nat West Bank Current Account||-|||**-**||-|
||Barclays Current||65,304.42||5,860.37|**71,164.79**||41,707.50|
||Cash||-|||**-**||41.80|
||Barclays Churchyard||5,315.58||-|**5,315.58**||5,310.45|
||Standard life investment||-|||**-**||13,849.24|
||Shared Interest Account||10,329.53|||**10,329.53**||10,303.80|
||Petty Cash||349.49|||**349.49**||349.49|
||||81,299.02|0.00|5,860.37|87,159.39||39,963.67|
|**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||
|Cash Funds|||||||||
||Bank current account||14,821.93|9,735.32|430.09|**24,987.34**||22,153.29|
||Bank savings account||0.00|0.00|0.00|**0.00**||0.00|
||Cash||55.00|0.00|0.00|**55.00**||**50.00**|
||||14,876.93|9,735.32|430.09|**25,042.34**||22,203.29|
|**STATEMENT OF ASSTS AND LIABILITIES**|||||||||
||**Cash Funds**||||||||
||Co op Bank|£|18,508.65
|6,807.44|2,118.76|**27,434.85**|£|32,507.66
|
||CCLA investment account||-|2,415.35||**2,415.35**|£|2,372.68
|
||||18,508.65|9,222.79|2,118.76|29,850.20|£|34,880.34
|
|**TOTAL ASSETS OF PARISH**|||||||||
|ST PAULS|||81,299.02|0.00|5,860.37|87,159.39||39,963.67|
|ST ANDREWS|||14,876.93|9,735.32|430.09|**25,042.34**||22,203.29|
|PCC|||18,509|9,223|2,119|**29,850**||**34,880**|
|TOTAL|||**114,685**|**18,958**|**8,409**|**142,052**||**128,651**|
|||||||**142,052**||**128,651**|
|**Discrepencies**|||**-(0)**|**0**|**0**|**-(0)**||**-(0)**|
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Parochial Church Council of St. Paul’s Church, Kersal and St. Andrew’s Church, Carr Clough**
I report on the accounts of the church for the year ended 31[st] December 2022.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The members of the Parochial Church Council (who are the trustees of the Charity) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Parochial Church Council considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility:
- to examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- 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 to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep the accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting records of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding the accounts to be reached.
Vincent Francis Allerton
21[st] December 2023
34 Poppythorn Lane, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BY