## All Saints Mattishall with St Peter’s Mattishall Burgh Annual Report and Financial Statement of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2022 **All Saints Parish Church** Church Plain, Mattishall, Dereham, NR20 3QF ## **St Peter’s Parish Church** ## Church Lane, Mattishall Burgh, Mattishall, NR20 3QZ The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2022) and a charity registered with the Charity Commission number 1135038. ## **Correspondence Address: Benefice Church Office** Church Rooms, Dereham Road, Mattishall, NR20 3QA. 01362 858873 contact@matvchurch.uk PCC members who have served at any time from May 2022 until the date this report was approved are: Ex Officio members: - Incumbent: Rev’d Canon Mark McCaghrey (Chair and Standing Committee) - Assistant Priest: Sally Thurgill - Curate: Andrea Woods - until February 2023 - Susan Cossey (Churchwarden and Standing Committee) - Alan Cossey (Churchwarden, Lay Chair, Electoral Roll Officer, and Standing Committee) - Mel Stevenson (LLM and Deanery Synod) ## Elected members: - Barbara Crawshaw (PCC, Treasurer and Standing Committee) - Patricia Menaul (PCC, Deanery Synod and Standing Committee) until January 2023 - David Rudling (PCC and Deanery Synod) - Liz Chappell (PCC) - Steve Clay (PCC) - Pauline Cox (PCC and Standing Committee) - Edward Stone (PCC and Fabric Officer) - Jackie Clay (PCC, Secretary, Standing Committee, and Benefice Safeguarding Officer) - Jonathan Rootham (PCC) Officers (non-members) - Elizabeth Smith (Independent Examiner) Report approved by the PCC on ------------------------------------------------------------------------ and signed on their behalf by --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Contents** |Page|1|Agenda| |---|---|---| |Page|2|Minutes of the last meetings| |Page|4|Independent Examiners Certificate| |Page|6|Accounts ending 31stDecember 2022| |Page|12|Benefice Accounts| |Page|13|Treasurer’s Report| |Page|13|Rector’s Report| |Page|14|Churchwardens Report| |Page|15|Electoral Roll| |Page|16|Safeguarding Report| |Page|16|Little Angels Report| |Page|17|Who Let The Dads Out? Report| |Page|18|Drop In Report| |Page|19|Quiet Mornings Report| |Page|19|Deanery Synod Report| **The Agenda for the Annual Meeting of 2023** Annual Meeting of Parishioners 1. Opening prayer, and short homily. 2. Minutes of the last AMP. 3. Nominations read. 4. Election of Churchwardens. 5. Any resolution to allow churchwardens to stand after six successive terms of office, or to disbar them from doing so. Annual Parochial Church Meeting 1. Apologies for absence. 2. Minutes of the last APCM. 3. Matters arising from these minutes. 4. Acceptance of the reports for 2022, contained within the Annual Reports document. 5. Elections to the PCC. 6. Resolutions concerning the procedures for elections, or the number of lay representatives on the PCC and other items allowed by the CRR. These resolutions take effect from the next APCM. 7. Any questions from the meeting to be considered by the PCC. 8. Closing prayers. First PCC Meeting 1. Opening prayer. 2. Apologies for absence. 3. Minutes of the last PCC meeting. 4. Matters arising. 5. Appointment of officers: Lay chair of PCC, Secretary, Treasurer, Electoral Roll Officer, Independent Examiner, Parish Safeguarding Officer, and Deanery Synod Representatives. 6. Co-option of members to the PCC until the next APCM. 7. The Standing Committee is constituted in accordance with the CRR rules M31. 8. Statutory items: Safeguarding, Health and Safety and Data Protection. 9. Important and urgent AOB. 10. Date of next meeting. 1 **ALL SAINTS’ MATTISHALL & ST. PETER’S MATTISHALL BURGH APCM WEDNESDAY 4[th] MAY 2022** ## **ANNUAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS** Present: Rev. Canon Mark McCaghrey (Chair), Rev Sally Thurgill, Rev Andrea Woods, Steve Clay, Jackie Clay, David Rudling, Pauline Cox, Barbara Crawshaw, Sue Cossey, Alan Cossey, Patricia Menaul, Mel Stevenson, Marney Kuyateh, Jackie Crisp, Anne Molyneux. MM opened the meeting with a short talk on Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Linked with this, MM advised an Away-Half Day for the church family is proposed for the morning of Saturday 10[th] September 2022 at Norwich Cathedral. Further details to follow. Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Parishioners held on 21[st] April 2021 were accepted without amendment. There were no matters arising. Nominations for Churchwardens: MM advised completed forms received from Alan Cossey (AEC) & Sue Cossey (SEC). Both were duly elected. MM thanked Alan & Sue for their extremely hard work and commitment. AEC thanked MM for all he does, often unseen and also SC for his support on Sundays and with the rota. ## **ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING** Apologies for absence: Anna English, John Willers, Marian Willers, Liz Chappell, Fiona McCaghrey, Eddie Stone, Rod Stevenson, Ken Crawshaw, June Rootham and Gerald Rootham. Minutes of the APCM held 21[st] April 2021 were accepted without amendment. There were no matters arising. Acceptance of Annual Reports: Amendments to front page: Mel Stevenson is not an elected member of the PCC but is the LLM representative and a Deanery Synod representative. Jonathan Rootham is an elected member of the PCC, not co-opted. Sara Rootham was not co-opted. AEC requested an amendment to the Electoral Roll (page 17) which should now read 64. PC identified an error in the Treasurer’s Report (Page 14) where the reference to note 5g should read 5h. Subject to these amendments, the reports were accepted unanimously. Eddie Stone joined the meeting. Elections to the PCC: MM outlined the situation: Elected in 2021 (to 2024) Steve Clay, Jonathan Rootham, 1 x vacancy (subsequently filled by Liz Chappell). Elected in 2020 (to 2023) Jackie Clay, Pauline Cox, 1 x vacancy Elected in 2019 (to 2022) Eddie Stone, Anna English & Barbara Crawshaw. Therefore ES, AE & BC have reached the end of their three-year term. Anna English has decided not to stand for re-election. Nomination forms were received for Barbara Crawshaw and Eddie Stone who were duly elected. One vacancy remains. 2 MM thanked Anna for her valuable contribution to the PCC, both as an elected member representing the 9am congregation and as PCC Secretary. MM expressed his grateful thanks to everyone who serves in different ways in particular: BC for the tremendous commitment and service she has given to the role of Treasurer, especially in view of her health challenges over the last two years. Mandy Burnett for all she does in the Office to support the Benefice. 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The life of the church has gathered pace during the year after a period of restrictions and thankfully we have been able to finance various events. ## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022** During the year a couple of changes were made to the operation of the financial accounting system. Firstly, a new bank account was opened to be used for the Benefice receipts (mainly regarding fees from funeral directors, stonemasons etc.) and payments of the Benefice office expenses and all payments relating to parish fees. Previously all these transactions had gone through an ASM general current account and deposit account. Secondly **,** the accounts were transferred from an old Cashbook computer programme to the more up to date Xero programme (as advertised on TV!!) that downloads all transactions from the bank accounts. Thus, making life easier for the Treasurer!! ## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** The General Fund ended the year with a deficit of £2,515 giving a balance of £21,159 in the fund at the end of the year. With an estimated 2023 expenditure of £68,208 this gives an acceptable reserve of just over 3.5 months. ## **OTHER FUNDS** During the year a £5,000 legacy was received for use towards the cost of maintaining the fabric at All Saints church and was therefore allocated to the ASM & SP Conservation Fund. We also received a grant of £450 from the Parish Council towards the cost of maintaining the churchyard at St Peter **’** s. The total Mission Giving paid out from both 10% of our voluntary receipts and any special collections amounted to £7,300 (see Note 5h). The Worship Band Equipment Fund was used to pay for the 3 new TV’s and for audio visual work carried out by AED. ## **Barbara Crawshaw** ## **Rector’s Report** As ever, I need to say a big thank you to everyone who works so hard at ensuring that ASM is a lively and welcoming Christian presence in the village, covering so many bases – reaching young and old, serving the community, and worshiping the Lord. The fruit of this is seen in the amazing links we have with a wide range of people in the community. So many give sacrificially of their time, energies, and money to enable these things to happen, this includes the staff team, churchwardens, PCC, leaders of activities, those who help practically or as part of a team. To each of you I say a big thank you. In our “Away Days at Home”, we have been reflecting on the opportunities God has given us to share his Good News in Jesus in word and deed, and we are looking at ways of implementing the priorities identified there – building on our links with families and children, ensuring that prayer infuses our life as a church, and moving forward with our plans for All Saints so it can better serve us and the village. Alongside these things we also need to ensure we are doing the behind the scenes day to day things that ensure we can carry on – such as administration, or building maintenance, care of St. Peters and its churchyard. These are not always the most exciting tasks, but without them being done well everything else that we do would not be possible. It is very easy for these things to fall on the shoulders of a few people, not least in our case at the moment, Alan and Sue as churchwardens, so we will be seeking ways of sharing the load and identifying teams of people who will be happy to get stuck in. 13 At the last of our away days, I spoke about God’s vision for the church – as a body – which enables us to work together using the different gifts and abilities God has given us. I am grateful to him for giving us such a diverse group of people who bring such different gifts together. I know that his church will not be able to thrive unless we are all working together bringing that which God has given us for his glory. My prayer is that as we give thanks for all that has happened this last year and to seek to fulfil God’s plans for the future, that we will go from strength to strength in our abilities to work together as a church family in the best way to support God’s vision for his church and to build a sustainable, growing, lively, exciting, welcoming, loving, caring, fun, prayerful, and worshipful church that looks more like Jesus and through whom people come to discover his grace, power and love for themselves. Please join with me in this prayer. ## **Rev Mark McCaghrey** ## **Churchwardens Report** 2022 has been a year of both good and frustrating things happening. We had our first ASM Parish Day where we came together to look at what we do at ASM and try to determine where God wants us heading as a church family. We looked at the things we do now, e.g., Drop In, Who Let The Dads Out?, Little Angels, home groups and our services to see, in particular, how we could build on the connections we already have with the community around us. We are due to have a follow-up in January 2023. Early in 2022 we had an Easter fun day, with Andrea leading the session in ASM and we aim to have another one in 2023. During 2022, both Drop In and the Mattishall Book Club both met in ASM. In particular, the move of Drop In from the church rooms seems to have been a real success. Our four home groups continued to meet throughout the year as did our prayer group on Saturday mornings, though attenders of the latter are few in number. We all claim to see prayer as important, but don’t seem to make the connection to regularly praying together apart from on Sunday mornings. Our usual pattern of services continued throughout 2022 with Rob Amey usually playing the organ at our 9.00 services and the Rootham family leading the musical worship at 10.30. Anna English continues to organise the monthly Sunday Specials. We are very thankful for and to all of them. During the year we also had the high of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee followed all too soon after by her death. It was good to be able to look back over her life of service though and we look forward to the coronation of King Charles this coming May. In September, we ran a “Walking in New Testament Sandals” event, led by Rev Dr Sue Woan, which went well. As a follow-up, we are due to have Sue lead us on a “Romp through the Old Testament” in April 2023. In October we ran a “Women’s Day” together with New Wine and nearly 100 women attended. There have been a few encouraging reports of the effect it has had on some of the attenders. Events like The Bright Party and the Christmas events were encouragingly well attended once more as do Little Angels and Who Let The Dads Out? There are separate reports for the latter two. By the end of 2022, plans were under way for the start of a bible-journalling group, led by Cheryl Bumpass. 14 Towards the end of the year, we replaced the old TVs with two new, larger ones, which are better placed, as well as adding a new one at the back of the church which is visible to the service leader. In terms of other building and fabric at ASM, it has been rather hard work to make progress. Back in June 2021 representatives of the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) came to look at the proposals of the R & R project. The R & R project involves some significant maintenance work (about £200k worth) as well as a new servery, a new loo, revamping the tower room and the addition of extra storage (again, about £200k worth of work). We had already moved the sound desk with a view to making more space in front of the intended new servery and the DAC representatives suggested that we do the intended disposal of the remaining 14 pews. Thus, we submitted a faculty request that month, but 18 months later were still struggling to get it approved due to external bodies objecting as they seem to think ASM is a museum rather than a building for use by part of the church of the living God. Mid 2022, we were given permission by the acting archdeacon to move the pews out of ASM ahead of a final decision and store them down at St. Peter’s. However, there is insufficient space and so a request was made to replace some of the very plain pews there with the spare pews from ASM. At the end of 2022 we were still struggling with getting even this approved, though we are confident it will be approved eventually. There are good points about the Church of England, but this is not one of them. Spending time on these frustrating, time-consuming efforts has slowed the pace of the R & R to a crawl at present. Other building and fabric items include: The weathervane getting bent by high winds around the start of the year. We expect its repair (£15k!) to be covered by an insurance claim. The purchase of a defibrillator. Identification of the base of the font as a trip hazard. Several people have tripped over it over the months, and we are attempting to find a contractor to cut the base back (if we can get a faculty for that approved). ASM’s clock-winding mechanism is being automated. This is being paid for by the parish council and is expected to be complete fairly early in 2023. Being a churchwarden is, like some of the things mentioned above, a mixture of satisfaction and frustration. Thank you to those who have supported us in our attempts. Particular thanks go to Steve Clay and the assistant wardens once again. We also very much want to thank Mark (and family) for his leadership in the complicated setup that is the Mattishall and Tudd Valley Benefice as well as all those who lead our services or serve in other ways. ## **Sue and Alan Cossey** ## **Electoral Roll** The electoral roll for April 2023 for Mattishall remains a total of **64** people, with 2 people being added during the last 12 months and 2 people coming off. ## **Alan Cossey** 15 ## **Benefice Safeguarding Report** The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). For me, getting to grips with the safeguarding rules and protocols this past year has been like wading through treacle. There is so much to read and interpret my mind has boggled! However, it is so very important that we do all we can as a Benefice to do the right thing and be seen to do so – there really is no choice. With Mark’s agreement, I have used Mattishall as the ‘guinea pig’ parish. We have agreed role descriptions for almost all roles, and I have started the process of obtaining DBS checks for all who require them. By the time you read this, the roll-out will have started. A new training strategy was agreed by the Diocese recently - some of you will already have completed some levels, which is great and thank you so much. Please do let me know if you hold any sort of role in the Benefice, training to a certain level is required. Much of it is online and I realise that may not suit everyone, so if it is a problem, please let me know and we will do all we can to support you. Some of the documentation may seem overdone and like ‘red tape’ and I am sorry if that’s the case but the consequences of the church getting it wrong have been all too public. The Safeguarding Team at the Diocese are so knowledgeable and helpful and have given me personally a lot of support in my grappling with the rights and wrongs and I have been guided by them in all we have produced. However, this is not really about the documentation. It is about each of us understanding and committing to our own safeguarding responsibilities when we hold a role of any sort within a church, so please look at it through this lens rather than the annoying red tape one. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and must be part of our ethos as churches. If you have any concerns or questions, please let me know. I am learning all the time so I may not know the answer, but I will know someone who does. ## **Jackie Clay jackie.clay@matvchurch.uk** ## **Little Angels Toddler Group Report** Another year has passed, and our Little Angels Toddler Group is still attracting new families. We currently have 49 families registered. The loyal team of helpers continue to welcome in parents/carers/grandparents with their little ones. It is such a joy to see everyone having a relaxing and fun filled time! It allows an opportunity for the adults to chat and the children to play and experience socialising in a warm, friendly, and safe atmosphere. During this time, we have developed some great relationships. We serve coffee throughout the morning and the children receive a snack at 10.00am together with drinks. Birthdays are celebrated with a card and small gift. After snacks we have a very short bible story and songs, including favourite nursery rhymes. The children join in on various instruments! In May we had an Afternoon Tea which allowed the adults to enjoy tea and cakes while the children played. Something we will repeat again. Through the summer holidays when Little Angels wasn’t running, we offered ‘meet ups’ at various parks and beaches each Wednesday for parents to join us if they wanted. 16 When our older children leave at around 4 years old to go up to ‘big school’ we send them with our prayers, blessings, and a gift. It is sad to see them leave but good to have had the privilege of seeing them grow through to youngsters ready to start learning about independence. Christmas and Easter are celebrated with giving the children a gift, usually a book, if it is age appropriate. We also had a visit from Santa at Christmas which caused some excitement and also a few tears! It has been a great pleasure to serve these families throughout the last year and we pray that our love and care for them shows them something of the Lord we serve. Please continue to pray for this outreach in the community. ## **Sue Cossey** |**LITTLE ANGELS ACCOUNTS 2022**|**LITTLE ANGELS ACCOUNTS 2022**| |---|---| |**Cash in hand b/f**|**£ 247.01**| |**Donations**|**£ 710.43**| |**Fees received**|**£1,367.38**| ||**£ 2,324.82**| |**Plus cash from**|| |**Bank**|**£ 29.60**| ||**£ 2,354.42**| |**Less - Costs in year**|| |**Snacks**|**£ 277.03**| |**Resources**|**£ 910.72**| |**Cleaning/Misc**|**£ 204.24**| |**Gifts**|**£ 847.78**| |**Boxes**|**£ -**| ||**£ 2,239.77**| |**Less cash to Bank**|**£ -**| |**Cash in Hand**|**£ 114.65**| ## **Who Let The Dads Out? Report** Who Let The Dads Out? is a group that meets on the 1st Saturday of each month for dads (and other male carers) bringing along their children aged up to and including school year 2. Each session starts at 9.00am and finishes at 10.30am. There are plenty of toys for the kiddies and hot drinks and bacon rolls for the dads (and team!) and near the end we have been having fun together with things like a parachute and the hokey-cokey. We occasionally also get to talk about God with the dads but would love to be able do so more. Numbers have been fairly constant throughout the year at an average of 7 dads and 13 children and have been so since we restarted after Covid in August 2021. This is a significant increase in the number of children to before Covid. 17 We have a couple of claims to fame in that we were featured in the Diocesan Advent Calendar and are due to appear in the next edition of the PCC news. ## **Alan Cossey** **----- Start of picture text -----**
WLTDO ACCOUNTS 2022
Cash in hand b/f £85.62
Donations £411.42
Fees received £150.00
£647.04
Less - Costs in year
Snacks £162.79
Resources £211.00
Cleaning/Misc £-
Gifts £218.68
Boxes £-
£592.47
Less cash to Bank £-
Cash in Hand £54.57
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## **Drop In Report** 2022 has been a great year for Drop In with our numbers increasing over the year. We held four social events throughout the year; an Easter party with a buffet and entertainment; a Jubilee party, again with buffet and entertainment; a soup lunch and then our Christmas party with a ploughman’s lunch and more entertainment. At the Christmas party we prepared 33 lunches, which was more than we have had before. During the year we increased our donation suggestion to £2 to cover the additional costs to heat the church. Most of our refreshment expenses are donated now so our food costs are limited to the packet biscuits and the events. This was agreed with everyone who attends, and they are quite happy to pay a bit more as it is still very good value! I love going to Drop In and am so thankful that we are able to meet new people and maybe shed a little cheer on their day. ## **Lizzie Loades** 18 **Income** £1,650.88 Expenses Biscuits £ 108.47 Events food £ 205.85 To ASM £1,336.00 **Expenses** Total £1,650.32 C/F £ 0.56 ## **Quiet Mornings Report** Being intentional about spending time in the presence of God is a very important part of our Christian lives. We read in the bible that Jesus often went off to be on His own with His Father, so should it not be a priority in our lives too? We have hosted two Quiet Mornings for the Benefice at All Saints, Mattishall. One themed on Advent and the second on The Ascension. By the time this report is published, a third morning will have taken place in 2023 on the theme of The Wilderness, in Lent. The Quiet Mornings are centred on reflecting and meditating on bible scriptures followed by some personal quiet space to engage with God in our reflective and creative spaces, exploring the thought provoking, interactive prayer path or simply resting in the presence of God. Spending quality time with Jesus is important for our spiritual growth. At the Quiet Mornings, we are led into a space where that is possible. If you’ve never been on a retreat or not sure how to draw closer to God, one of our Quiet Mornings is a good place to explore what that would be like. Many people have been deeply touched by the presence of God during one of these mornings, so you would be welcome to come along and give it a try. It’s an informal time of personal prayer. **Anne Molyneux** ## **Deanery Synod Report** This PCC has two representatives on the Dereham and Mitford Deanery Synod, David Rudling and Mel Stevenson. 2022 saw a full programme of face-to-face meetings - the first since Covid 19 restrictions were lifted. Our first meeting of the year took place on 16[th] **March** at Swanton Morley. Agenda items discussed included the identity and purpose of Deanery Synod, the Covenant for Clergy Care and Well-Being, and the Diocesan Strategy Review, specifically looking at buildings and how congregations and clergy can work with the Diocese to look after them. Reassurance was given that the Review is about looking at our churches as Heritage and finding sustainable options for the future. The Commission will report back in due course. **July** ’s meeting was held at Easton. Items included updates from each of our Benefices, Rev James Rosie gave a presentation on the Church’s Living in Faith and Love programme, Rev Paul Cubitt spoke about the Parish Giving Scheme and there was a discussion around practical help with raising revenue. 19 On 13[th] **October** DS met at Gressenhall. Members welcomed Bishop Jane who spoke about the Diocesan Vision and Mission. She spoke about working collaboratively and is keen to include the Deanery’s perspective. She encouraged Deanery Reps to ensure that DS is on their PCC Agenda regularly so that issues can be raised both ways. Paul Roast, Director of Breckland Youth for Christ, presented on the work of NBYFC. A member advised DS that it is proposed that parishes undertake a review of their likely future viability as a basis for discussion. Benefice updates were shared, and official business discussed including notification of the forthcoming elections and the resignation of the Lay Chair. Elections to Deanery Synod are due next year. PCCs will be asked to elect Members at their APCMs for a two-year term. Finally, Rev Mark McCaghrey is stepping down as Rural Dean and will be replaced by Rev Tim Weatherstone, Barnham Broom Group. Dates of DS Meetings 2023: 8[th] March, 4[th] July, 12[th] October ## **Mel Stevenson & David Rudling** 20