2023-12-31-accounts

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 2023

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 [e-mail]

PCC members who have served at any time from April 2023 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: Tori Venmore-Rowland

• 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)

• David Rudling (PCC)

• Cheryl Bumpass (PCC)

• Steve Clay (PCC)

• Pauline Cox (PCC and Standing Committee)

• Jackie Clay (PCC, Secretary, Standing Committee, and Benefice Safeguarding Officer)

• Jonathan Rootham (PCC)

Officers (non-members)

• Patricia Menaul (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 2023
Page	11	Benefice Accounts
Page	12	Treasurer’s Report
Page	12	Rector’s Report
Page	13	Churchwardens & Fabric Report
Page	15	Curate’s Report
Page	16	Safeguarding Report
Page	16	Electoral Roll
Page	17	Deanery Synod Report
Page	17	Little Angels Report
Page	18	Drop In Report
Page	19	Quiet Mornings Report
Page	19	Oasis Report
Page	20	Who Let The Dads Out? Report
Page	21	Singing For Fun and Wellbeing Report

The Agenda for the Annual Meeting of 2024

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 2023, contained within the Annual Report document.

5. Elections to the PCC.

6. a. Elections to Deanery Synod (if required)

7. b. Elections to PCC

8. 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.

9. Any questions from the meeting to be considered by the PCC.

10. 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 Representative(s).

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.

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ALL SAINTS’ MATTISHALL & ST. PETER’S MATTISHALL BURGH APCM WEDNESDAY 26[th] APRIL 2023

ANNUAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS

Present: Rev. Canon Mark McCaghrey (Chair), Rev. Sally Thurgill, Rev. Tori Venmore-Rowland, Fiona McCaghrey, David Rudling, Jackie Clay (Secretary), Steve Clay, Pauline Cox, Janet Day, Barbara Crawshaw, Sue Cossey, Alan Cossey.

Apologies: Mel Stevenson, Eddie Stone, Ken Crawshaw, Dean Bumpass, Cheryl Bumpass, John Willers, Marian Willers, Liz Chappell, Sheila Rudling.

MM opened the meeting with prayer and a short homily based on Jeremiah 29: 4-14 and a game of Jenga, suggesting that, as a church, vital foundations are being removed leaving them shaky, at the same time as expanding ministries and activities. This is not sustainable in the long-term, which is of concern. As a counter, the passage in Jeremiah speaks of hope and God’s promises: “[11 ] For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (NIV). The question is, how do we build strongly together as a church family?

The minutes of the Annual Meeting of Parishioners 4[th] May 2022 were accepted and signed without revision.

AEC & SEC have taken the decision to stand down as Churchwardens. MM thanked them for their years of service in the role, hard work, and persistence with some very frustrating projects.

There were no nominations, so the positions remained vacant. MM will work with others on how to make the role more manageable and appealing.

The meeting was closed.

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING

The minutes from 4[th] May 2022 were agreed and signed without revision.

There were no matters arising.

The annual reports for the year 2022 were accepted.

MM expressed his gratitude to the Staff Team, the teams who deliver the regular activities, to BC for her work as Treasurer, to Mandy in the office, to JDC for moving forward on safeguarding and to Fiona for her constant love and support.

AEC thanked MM for all he gives to the church.

Elections

Deanery Synod:

DR agreed to stand for another three-year term and was duly elected. MS is prepared to stand and, due to her absence, will be elected at the next PCC. One vacancy remains.

PCC:

MM advised Eddie Stone and Liz Chappell have stepped down. MM thanked them for their service. There are 6 x vacancies: 3 x 3-year term, 2 x 2-year term, 1 x 1-year term.

Nominations had been received from Alan Cossey, Jackie Clay, Pauline Cox, and Cheryl Bumpass. MM clarified:

Terms ending 2024: Terms ending 2025: Terms ending 2026 SC BC JDC JR PC AEC 1 x vacancy 1 x vacancy CB

There were no resolutions or questions to be discussed. The meeting closed in prayer.

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING

Present: MM, ST, DR, PC, BC, AEC, SC, JDC. Rev Tori was present as an observer. Apologies from: MS. Minutes of the last PCC meeting have not yet been distributed, due to the postponement of the Standing Committee. JDC to action.

Appointment of Officers: Lay Chair: AEC Secretary: JDC Treasurer: BC. Accounts to be prepared by Pauline Street from April 23 onwards. Electoral Roll Officer: AEC Parish Safeguarding Officer: JDC

This year the accounts were examined by Elizabeth Smith. Grateful thanks were expressed by the PCC, which MM will pass on when asking if she would be happy to continue. MM to action Standing Committee: MM, AEC, PC, BC, JDC. MM distributed Trustee forms for signing.

Safeguarding

JDC distributed Confidential Declaration Forms for signing.

MM reminded all PCC members are required to complete Safeguarding training modules Basic Awareness & Foundations. Please advise JDC when completed.

Health & Safety

DR will review the H&S policy by the next PCC. DR to action

Font: AEC has tripped over the font base twice more when moving items from the Tower Room. It transpires cutting away the base may not be feasible as the font could become unstable. Removing the font and replacing it with a moveable font may be an option but to do so, the age of the existing font needs to be established. BC and JDC will look at the previous reordering papers, MM will approach the Diocese to ask if they can recommend a font expert. MM, BC & JDC to action

Data Protection: nothing to report.

Any Other Business

AEC advised the Terrier has not been reviewed this year. AEC will action when possible. AEC to action

Oasis

A family outreach service is proposed for the second Sunday of June and July at 4pm. A review will then take place to consider whether it should continue from September. It will consist of drama, songs, prayer, and food. All agreed with the proposal. SC asked whether an Assistant Churchwarden would be required. The team will discuss and advise. Leaders will require a DBS check. JDC will draft a role description. JDC to action

Churchwarden duties

AEC and SEC have produced lists of duties to be fulfilled outside of the Churchwarden role. MM will distribute them for further discussion at the next PCC meeting. MM to action BC/MM will consider expense guidelines, particularly in the absence of Churchwardens.

Weathervane repairs and two leaks

Scaffolding is required for the repair to the weathervane, for which the insurers have covered the cost. To carry out the roof repairs will also require scaffolding so it would be cost effective to combine the two projects. This could be managed with an additional cost of approximately £1600.

AEC advised of a query over the cost of the scaffolding which needs to be addressed. AEC will provide details so that MM can email. AEC/MM to action

Next Standing Committee meeting: TBC Next PCC: Wednesday 24[th] May 7.30pm, ASM

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ParochSal Church Councll ol All Salnls Mattlshall and St Peter's Mattlshall Burgh Financial Slatements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 Racèlpts and Payments Accounts 202) TOTAL FUNDS 2022 TOTAL FUNDS General D•s￿nated Olhor Furwj Funds Funds IlJnre3trictgdl {Rgslriclfjd) Nolè R•¢•lpt• Vdunlary receipts.. PFanned Gimng CdIècl￿ns al soths Al other •￿Ing1Vo￿n1ary Gift Aid recovered ACtwIt￿ for genero￿"n9 lund8 In￿SIM￿nI Inc￿0 Churcth activitles Olhgr re￿ip1S 47,3821 2,1741 8,1281 7,3521 460 47,842 2.174 12.886 7.415 51.S 1.710 1,897 4,759 630 Sb) 5cl Sd) 9181 5,T731 2.160, 73.977 20 4,321 31.451 41,073 937 10.095 33.611 115.050 407 9,401 79,265 Pym•nts Chufth activSUos". Pansh Shai8 Benehce Offic¢ Costs All Sain15 Runnmg Exp8nses All Salnts Rgpaws and Malnlenan St Peterfs Running Expen5e5 Sl Pelerfs Repair5 and Maintenance Church Rooms Rtsnning Cosls Rooms Repairs and Mawtenw Churth Acliirilies Costs ,0SB 7,7071 9,56 Z,875 1.0741 1.49S 2.428 8231 4.9931 2101 154 38.058 . .77,376 7.707. 8,772 10.249 8,021 39,010 1 42.779 • 10,715 1.074 1 1.Th)7 1.495 1,1S9 2.428. 1.786 8231 4,505 7.547. 3.097 8,1871 61 7} 6) 5gl Sh) 2,S53' 7.9771 Mission giving and donaL¥Jns Accounliny a MISC Co$ls Totsl PaJThents 256 69.381 . 294 50,827 120,5(12 83.974 EX¢•%￿10•￿tIlj In y•w 4.595 9,753 5,452 Tr•nl•rs b•tw••n Fund* 81 15.7151 5.78$ N•1 Exc••8lDtrficlt In y••r 1.190 3.968 8alanc•8 blhvd 111 January 2023 21.1591 24.197 8.822 Balanc•• Cllwd Jt 31 D•¢•mb•r 2023 19,969 23.903 4,853 48,7Z6

Parochlal Church Councll of All Salnts Mattlshall and St Petorfs Mattl$hall Burgh Stal*ment of Assèts and Llabllities as at 31st Decèmber 2023 2023 2022 Nole FUNDS-All Salnts mattlshall Uniestn'cle<l - G&neTal Fund 19969 211S9 08signaled Funds Sp8cial Proiecl Fund 239031 24197 Reslricle(l Funds MisS￿n Giving Fund All S8ints & Sl Peter's ConseTh8tion Fund Vic8r & Churchwafdens Fund Or9an Fund Bells Fund JET Mus5¢ Scholarship Fund Worship Band Equipment Fund Misc Collections & Speci81 Events Christmas Fayro Little Angels 9281 841t 2072 1549 3492 2344 76 244 767 272 38 202 1S0 112} 4853 48726 54178 FUNDS - Beneflce Offlce Benelice Ofli¢e Expenses 8onelice Inilialivos - Restricted Fund Lile Events 9} 10) 11) 4169 19231 2857 26967 262571 74983 Y, REPRESENTED by.. Pelly Cash in Hand Bardays Bank balancos Current Account Der)osil Account - General Fund Deposii AcoJunt- SP & Consgrvaliom Funds 151 13 59451 5969 f 331 215471 279191 4581 10145 15514 CBF of the CE Dgposil A(xounl 27052 / 8ardays Bank balanc8S Currenl Account Benefice Dep￿11 Account Benlice 3012., 14106J 171181 5716 10000 ceF ol the CE Oep0511 Acc(xJnl Benefice 8384 ( 74983 8124 £81.145 OTHER ASSETS Assets retained lor church use Invgslment Fund shares at markel value 21 3} 7500 1432 7500 1311 £8,811 PHowQ 8932 1,LkJU

Pwxhlal Ch¥r¢h C•uo¢ll •lAII S•lnts M•ittshal St P•t•¢ Il•itlhall euryh Not•s to th• For￿￿¢1￿1 Slat•rn•nts For lh• y••r end&d 310e¢•mhi 2023 J The financial stat￿ents ol the PCC hab prpw¢4 in wilh tr ChurthA￿nIl￿ Reguloty 2006 the Rocwls a￿1 Payment basis ? Fkwd 4s$e¢s ieialrd Ic church Ltse gre thB ch￿th Rotn5. Dgreham Road. ￿lbShall In 1992. The procfieds fr￿ NAle of those moy bfr ewdod M a obittl. Thet DBF ar• Ihe CU5trKJsal Iwsl•es and ihe PCC are manayortal trusleès. J The investrnBnl con$i81s 0172.15 UDrts COIF Chaiili88 Inveslmth)l Ftsnd Is Valu￿ al rn￿￿et al 31 Docomber 2023 The w8slmeni w8S PUfcha8ed Ihe 5819 tlchaiity L8ThJ sTrJ the itKom8 m8y Orty b redtt￿ to Vur¥ an¢J Fund. Tho rrovonwl in r05eryed and reslrthd dLYiw the y8arre.' blhttl Recews 1.1.23 rfraMlèr$ 6A1 31 12.23 rrisfs Dtsignolod Fur spécX￿ Prgbcl Fun R•str￿ed Funds iqgw Giviryj Fund All 5aknlS & Sl Pelei's Fund All Say)1$ 8011fr1 Oil Pvnd ViEEr& Chwth#rEltsn• 24.19r 12041 23.903 1.549 3,4W2 5,7 34,14 2601. V2 136.7931 12601 2.344 2.072 7671 117911 78 Worship Band Ewipn%nl ML8C Co1rt1kJn$ & SpeL¥o1 Events Litde AryB15 & Who Lel Th& Dad& (krf JET Mu51c StholarW Fwd 12B81 14.6T31 IWJOII 2B 151,120 4.321 613 {0) 272 33.018 244 28.7S6 46,8$8 • Fyflhi An•lysls ol R•¢•lpts Payfflont• Ac¢ouni¥ 2023 TOTAL FUNOS 2022 TOTAL FUNDS G￿ra1 t519nated Regtrtde F￿d Funds Funds R•c•lpl6 al All other yiwinfftjwlary rwlb 8.128 8.128 1,607 240 ling i)1 IknBIicffjs 0198n Fund Bel Fknnd ASM & SPUB Cfjn$gr￿t￿ Fund Vicars & ch￿r¢IN4&r￿¢￿$ Fund Lth A￿81• 159• ).5￿J• 8.128 4.759 12.8861 1,897 bl AEts"vibBs lry ll￿rat￿ funds Ca￿ts nd Nkngozines We 222 cl hveslnwl DNidgnd6 COIFItw6sitnonl In￿r￿s1 Irom D•posrf acc¢xmi$ 20 1 9181 9371 918 918 407

2023 TOTAL FUNDS 2022 TOTAL FUNDS Funds Fund¥ dl Church 8ciivMe3 Fés wivtd Chuickn Rtxxn ￿$0 Spoual E¥sn& & Actm 1.995rf 442 3.232 442 4.291 1.268 1.442 3.36rf 2.853 5.773 4,321 10.09 9.401 N8 thopln, LillK7 Angels. Who Let D•ds (hjl & 81t4e Journ￿lIr￿ are Sdl lun(Ing gctwibes that cwlribute cost of All Sainl3 Klattishall thurch. The￿ Ere IndLthd in ¢iwitsvs t•c•W. anw C(Alecb el tE¢eip VAT R8knnd$ IW & SWI Gr8nWLégatsÈs Ir&urar• CLlfflÈ ReTrt recer￿ Tth 5,6821 2.180 24,9601 8D41 2.1 S.450 24,9￿1 2.160 31.4S1 33.611 8.685 Thq GTBnt&QpgBciBy fokn7." Matt￿h81 Pwbh Counc41 49J itrwards tr)•cwtol m•hilenatK• ol St Pelerf$ ctwJr£hyu 1,710 It￿0Td8 th¢ healiny OD&ts olASM12022 & 20231 2.1101 P4ym•nts 91 Churth Adlyths Costs Purthase dtd$ Maoaiks rA&ci￿a3￿p. PaxlDral hnd th88iw Coo Worship and Church StrNKg5 Ccts Spe¢ial Even￿ &AdJ¥illfrJ 126 792 126f 77 1.628 4.076 1 026 1.410 210 3,097 4,993 2.￿3 7.547 1 h) F#i55ian Grffl9. and &thcripkn¥ PauL4 & Dorvk Fknlay50n Open UK North Bwckland Chrlst 302 1.210 1.210 606 2.672 1.530 1.483 2.672 1.5)0 l.d83 Norfdk FWJ Bank DlÈasw Emor9dncy Fund IDECI 333 His10￿church&S Ev8ngek41 MJI Norfdk Churchps Tn Belryer¥ mal￿Shall RainbowslBriwaTi04 Children$ s￿lY Worhl Day of Play L£al appoal

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25 1Tr) 11)) 610 550 25 152 81 158 145 130 130 210 7.977 Anatys16 01 Runnlng Costs fr¢4n Genoral FUNJ TOTAL Elthty Insurance Wat•r I Chur Sl P•l•fs Church Chui(* Rooms 9.$63 1.0741 2.428r I3.￿5 3.490 147 1.872 5,509 2.440 Z972 316 240 438 2.972 512

? $4lhts Replllr Malr¥t¢r¥Jn¢ IrKluttes Ongoing Pr¢leGI c0515 DBsvJnthl Fund Indu¢es mainlenan¢e co¥1$ Ir(w￿ CM$eNatkn, & Wcghty) EguipmeN FuthJ8 S ftom Spgclfil Col￿tIon6 The major r8palrcos18 to Ihealhervano covefBd by 8n Insurtnce dm TraMltr• l)es￿￿81￿J Rstrk Fund6 Fwds 5,7851 Fund 15.7851 6,4[￿/ 621 ks)n Givry n G1vV￿ poKI 621 8ENEFfcE FUNDS Those Funds aro held and manawd by Matllshall PCC ￿hall of the ath•r powlho• in th• B•n•lk• • 8•n•flc• EMP•n￿ kcount. Gèn•ral 2023 20 A•c•lpt• Inloro$1 rec￿0￿ 118 142 P¥l$h EBalTuddanh&rn ock8rlt¥J 1441 1.0681 7.701 87d 7241 1.231 291 8KJ 8.772 870 727 Nonh r￿d￿nh& Wt>lb(xn Yayham 13.046 P•ym•nl Benth St8ff CJ)s Co&tS Chtrr¢h omc (htrthads Church QTfi(x Repw 8 Rewalj Priniiny & StalK)nVry Web¥ile & Compuler CL¥ts 6.646 * ￿3.[￿J7 2.652 164 1.751 453 14.672 12.2441 6.116 347 1.946 353 12,C46 1,C(Jl Excgs¥llD&fKitl l•nc• Bllwd 411st January 1023 Bthlznce Clfivd 31 D2¢ember 2023 1.413 4,169 B•n•llc• Inlllliiws Fund. R•trkt•d Recdyts t)nJik)ns Lea%rytbJ grft donahon8 Glfi AMI EYeni$ Rec¥plg 2.0 11.493 2,873 1,086 15.453 RE5￿CS & Mi8celaneous Cos Leavry Gill EvaN ¢ts9tg 4.459 620 1.075 2.75&1 ExceS￿(DefI¢ll1 in yar 113511 9.919 Balance at 1st J•nuary 2023 Balanco ¢l￿d at 31 0ocembeF 2023 tg.J67 t9.231 11 Lllo Events- Re6tiict8d Fees reEerw•d Fgos pakj 10 lh• Dlrt•s•. Orwr419 & V¢rgeis 11.8251 13.430 10.156 1.669, 115,273 Baln￿ Bltrwd #i l$1 J•nu*ry 2Q23 Balanco Clfvld al 31 Dec•mb•r 2023 1,1811 2,857 Ibq IA3b1 • io

SPJNTS & iIT PETeR7 ￿TrI&m￿LL4 IIATV BtiieFKe ASM GE￿liAL FVNO a BENEFICE EXPEN5ESACCOUIrt BUDGET IIJZJ • ¢4￿paril￿ to Actu￿¢rY3rf & 2024 euoGET & BiIDGeT 2ts14 103 OVDOET Clu ASM GENEII•L FUIID R•c• y￿wA￿Yr<￿p 27Jg1 1970J Z174 PiaTr￿d 2Q• 2120 Ail rwJMrpd lol g￿Tallr¥ lu 7JfjQ 73J2 1995 45Q 3JJe Tolal Q•n•r41 rK•W• £71,977 1 Chwch MOS81 rn7 Beriefi¢e lI￿nI￿ Al SainL¥RLming Eynyoy AI SHinb R9Wlis MpNtqnwrt• $1 P•t¥s R￿￿1￿￿F￿n%w$ $1 Pet￿% RppairJ and ¢uich Ro(xhy Rvnnrfio c• C•urih Rothm5 Plopqnwd Molthr4ThK• ¢iurth AttyWbbS Cosis kliSSKJn gibir¥J 177• 17 2170 1014 24211 3 1 4••J * 7$• TOTL EXPEIIOITURt £7S,1$7 J2n EMEFICE EXPEIIIES AC¢(KIMT 202> 8UDoeT 20ZJ S1411Cts Milli>tu￿ CLxI 31071 21 1641 17511 4521 1000 Chuwth gykn Rfrpws 8 3DU 2000 2S1 ÉiJ.•so £14,772 t13.070 17 Pan•th ConIrt￿rtl0tt• Tib*Jwthwn 197 714 8711 7117 111$ 1701 7241 WelbN IM7 1375 SUAPLUSYDEFi¢m FOR THE 344/ 1.(kao li

Treasurer’s Report

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023

RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

The General Fund ended the year with a deficit of £1,190 giving a balance of £19,969 in the fund at the end of the year. This deficit was despite receiving unplanned giving of just over £8K during the year, together with grants of £1,710 from the Diocese to help towards the cost of heating the church and a grant from Mattishall Parish Council of £450 towards the cost of maintaining the churchyard at St Peter’s.

However, the estimated expenditure for 2024 is projected to be £67,773, thus giving a still acceptable reserve of just under 3.4 months. This is slightly less than in 2022, which if the trend continues, indicates a need for both a stewardship campaign together with a careful approach to spending.

However, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the church family and others for your financial support during the year, both by your regular giving and through supporting ASM’s outreach activities.

OTHER FUNDS

Special Project Fund (Unrestricted). This was set up to provide funds for the Restoration and Refreshment work to be carried out at ASM. This project has for the time being, only hopefully, come to a halt.

Conservation Fund - During the year work was carried out on the weathervane that had suffered from wind damage. An insurance claim of £24,960 covered this cost.

The Miscellaneous Collections consisted largely of pledges and donations towards the cost of further upgrading our audio/visual system with a new screen and projector at ASM.

The total Mission Giving paid out in the year from both 10% of our voluntary receipts and any special collections amounted to £8,187 (see Note 5h).

FINALLY

We must put our hope in God that He will bless us and see us through this time of change during the coming months in 2024.

Keep praying!

Barbara Crawshaw

Rector’s Report

In 1 Corinthians chapter 12, the apostle Paul speaks of the church being a body – with many parts, but which all contribute to the whole. That there are different spiritual gifts and abilities, and different callings, but one purpose. These verses came to mind as I was thinking over the last twelve years. For each parish has had people working, using different spiritual gifts and abilities, different callings for the furtherance of the work of the church in each place.

I am reminded of many acts of loving service, which have contributed in different ways to the work of the kingdom. Some of these acts of loving service have been public and well known, others much more silent.

Each year in my report I say thank you, usually thanking specific people who have contributed significantly over the year. However, this year I’m going to thank you all for your contribution to the mission of God in these parishes, as I don’t want anyone to be left out. Thank you for your support and for all you do.

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All our APCMs this year are after Easter, and therefore in the season of Easter. Therefore, my mind also calls to mind these words of the apostle Paul in Ephesians chapter 1 when he says “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.”

As Paul focused his mind on the church at Ephesus (and elsewhere in Asia Minor), Paul thinks of the resurrection not as a past event at the first Easter, but an ongoing event in the life of the church – and that calls him to give thanks for them, and to ask that their spiritual life may deepen so that their lives are filled more and more with the reality of the resurrection. That is my prayer for each of you as my time with you draws to a close – firstly giving thanks for you and remembering you in my prayers – but also praying that you may know more and more the reality of the resurrection in your lives and in the life of our six parishes.

Lastly, I hope that you will be able to come to Fiona and my final service, on Trinity Sunday, 26[th] May, 2024, at 10.00am at All Saints Mattishall, so we can bid you farewell.

May God bless you richly.

Mark McCaghrey

Churchwardens & Fabric Report

Being Churchwardens, then not, then being again.

2023 was a complicated year for us (Sue and Alan Cossey) as churchwardens. During the early part of the year, we felt very frustrated with the amount of work involved and, despite requests for help, not getting very much (apart from at Sunday services, where Steve Clay continued to organise assistant wardens). In the end we decided to stand down as churchwardens from the Annual Parish Meeting in April (formally known as the Annual Vestry Meeting) with immediate effect.

During the early summer people at ASM were asked, in a structured way, to offer to help with some of the tasks that we had been being doing, but which were not formally part of the churchwarden role. A good number of people have indicated interest in helping out (not all of whom we have yet contacted fully to follow up as the tasks are to do with work to be done as the weather improves). The biggest help has been the creation of a Maintenance Team, whose members have been taking on small to medium-sized tasks on a regular basis, with our main means of keeping in contact with each other is via a WhatsApp group. Such tasks are now being carried out in a much better way than before. Members are: Dean Bumpass, Eddie Stone, John Willers and Rod Stevenson. Thank you, gentlemen.

With this concrete extra help, we offered again in October to become churchwardens, with the formalities being completed a few weeks later.

Buildings and Fabric

The R&R project is on hold. There has not been enough time for us to proceed with this project, despite its importance, both for better use of the church building (the proposed new servery, additional loo, improvement of the tower room and much-needed extra storage space, totalling somewhere in the region of £200k) and for the maintenance work that needs carrying out (a further £200k or so). For the project to continue, it will need volunteers and some serious time put in.

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The 5-yearly Quinquennial Inspection (QI) is due in February 2024 for both ASM and St. Peter’s, Mattishall Burgh, which we have responsibility for even though we don’t use the building anymore.

One highlight, at least for us as churchwardens, was the removal of the 14 remaining stand-alone pews in ASM after 2 years of trying with many emails and some visits and bargaining with the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC). Back in the noughties, when most of the pews had been removed from ASM to allow for the introduction of around 150 chairs, it had only been allowed on the proviso that we would keep 14 stand-alone pews, as well as the fixed pews in the chancel. Removal of those remaining stand-alone pews was an initial part of the R&R project (to give us more space for the new servery and extra storage space and avoid having to hoick them around from time to time). This had been recommended by some of the DAC themselves who had come to visit ASM earlier, but on making a formal application, it met with resistance. It was finally resolved by an agreement to move those pews down to St. Peter’s where they replaced some of its own uninteresting pews. This deal allows anyone who wants to see those 14 ex-ASM pews to still do so, with us still retaining the pews in chancel to still give an idea of how ASM used to look, yet freeing up the space we need in ASM.

Another significant piece of work that was done, at least in terms of cost, was the repair of the weathervane on ASM. A period of very windy weather had damaged the fixings of the weathervane, causing it to tilt over even more than it had been doing beforehand, with several people in the village being concerned about it. Our insurance company, Trinitas, was very helpful and paid out for the vast majority of the work to be done. We made use of the scaffolding involved to get a repair done on the leadwork where the tower joins the knave, a point where rain had been coming through. We also had some work done on the lead on the roof of the side (Lady) chapel, but this latter work looks like being only a stopgap.

One ongoing saga is the work on ASM’s clock. The clock required manual winding by volunteers twice a week. As its maintenance is the responsibility of Mattishall Parish Council and not ours, they decided to get the winding automated, which was a very good idea. This took two years to get done and now seems to be working well. One remaining piece of work, which has dragged on several months, is the installation of a means of keeping the clock accurate. We look forward to seeing that completed.

One piece of work that needs to be done at some point, is work on the font. As you may well have seen, the base is marked with yellow and black warning tape these days after a number of people have tripped over it while moving things in and out of the tower room (one reason why we need the extra R&R storage space). We have made some enquiries about cutting the base back, but it would seem that this may make the font unstable as we don’t know what is underneath it. This will be brought up in the 2024 QI.

Services

We continued to hold two services each Sunday, with our more formal service at 9.00 and a more informal one at 10.30. Thanks are due to Anna English, in particular, for organising the “Sunday Special” services, led once a month by congregation members, and those who regularly help at all 9.00 services, particularly Rob Amey who plays the organ. Attendance at the 9.00 service is back to roughly where it was pre-pandemic, but attendance at the 10.30 service has dropped.

However, we started the Oasis service once a month on Sunday afternoons aimed at families with young children. Though the number of people attending has gone up and down, it is a now a contender for being our largest service, albeit once a month. For more details, please see the separate Oasis report.

Thanks are also due to those who help at the 10.30 service, particularly Jonathan and Sara Rootham for leading the musical worship, despite difficult family circumstances. We continue to struggle to get people to help out on the 10.30 rota (not the 9.00) one and it would be a great help if people would more readily volunteer at 10.30 and for us to not have to continually ask for help.

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Events

A number of events, over and above normal services, took place in 2023. Drop In, Little Angels and Who Let The Dads Out? have their own reports in this year’s report, but below are some other events as well.

Bible Journalling. Each Thursday there is now a small group who do bible journalling while Drop In is taking place. It is an artistic way of learning bible verses led by Cheryl Bumpass.

“A Romp Through the Old Testament” (April 2023), “Mark my Word” and “John – The Word became Flesh” (two half-day courses in October 2023) were run by Rev. Dr. Sue Woan, with 30+ attendees from around the diocese.

An Easter Fun Day was run on the Saturday of Easter, with a pleasantly surprising number of participants. We will run this again in 2024.

The Bright Party took place again on 31[st] October, with 155 participants, a number up on 2022.

The Christmas Fayre took place again in November, with many attendees again.

A Valuation Day, aiming at getting people to visit ASM (maybe for the first time) to get their antiques valued, went well in November.

The Christmas Fun Activities Afternoon again went well in December. Normally, this is followed by carol/song singing on the village green followed in turn by the switching on of the Christmas Tree lights, but the weather was so bad this year that the singing took place, as agreed only shortly beforehand, in ASM. There were a few minor hiccups, but it generally went well so we are looking to do it again in 2024.

Though it is now an established Christmas service, it is worth noting that the Christingle service continues to attract large numbers of people, with – to our surprise – twice as many adults at it as children.

Mission Partners

With Derek and Paula’s work on hold, at least temporarily, money that was being sent to them, has now been transferred to others of our mission partners. Thus, our current mission partners are: Open Doors UK - North Breckland Youth for Christ - Mission Aviation Fellowship - Mid Norfolk Foodbank

As of the end of 2023, we were intending to restart the Youth Café with NBYFC early in 2024 and to have a speaker from Open Doors come to our services one Sunday in March.

Alan & Sue Cossey

Curate’s Report

APCM season has arrived once again, marking a year since I joined you all. I want to start out by thanking all of you for how welcome you’ve made me feel.

I’ve been thinking about stories recently. I'm struck by the power of storytelling. We are inherently beings of narrative, people of story. It’s inbuilt in us and informs every aspect of us. We have a personal narrative about ourselves and about the people we know. Think about how we describe our loved ones—not with mere statistics, but through the rich tapestry of shared experiences and anecdotes. If I ask you to tell me about someone you love, would you give me height, weight, date of birth? Or would you tell me ‘well, there was this one time…’

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Jesus understood the power of stories deeply, speaking in parables that go beyond time and culture to convey truths.

The parable of the lost sheep works even if the closest you’ve ever come to shepherding is roast lamb on Sunday. By making the truth into a story, we can all enter in. Stories allow us to step into the shoes of others, experiencing different perspectives, emotions, and life circumstances.

We’re coming out of Holy Week, 2024, where I told the story of Easter to many people. I don’t mean stories in the sense that they’re untrue, but that they are a narrative by which we see our lives. For us, of course, the story of Easter is a success, a triumph. Jesus, by his death and resurrection, has won. He has conquered death and by extension, we as Christians, as followers of Christ, have also conquered. The Easter story is our story as people of God, as Easter people. The story shapes us, informs how we live our lives, but also informs how we see ourselves. Our story, our identity as people of God, is that we are beloved, welcomed into God’s presence, that all barriers of sin and death are removed from us, because of this love. The challenge for us all is how we live out that story in our lives. We who are welcomed, how do we welcome others? We who are loved, how do we love and show that love?

As we go into our interregnum in 2024, we will be asked to create a parish profile. Here we have an opportunity to tell the story of our churches, of the people who worship here, of the villages and communities we serve. Let's paint a vivid portrait of our churches, our communities, and the values that bind us together. What story will we tell those who seek to join us on this journey?

Tori Venmore-Rowland

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).

The majority of role descriptions are now in place and DBS checks have been carried out where appropriate. Most people who hold a role have completed their training as required and I am confident we will have reached 100% compliance by the end of April 2024.

I am standing down as Benefice Safeguarding Officer at the Mattishall APCM, but I am handing over to Leroy Burrell, who has a lot of knowledge and experience in this subject area and will be a very safe pair of hands. I feel very confident that he will do a great job and I am sure you will give him your full support.

Jackie Clay

Electoral Roll

Total on the NEW Roll 58

Alan Cossey

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Deanery Synod Report

Each of our parishes belongs to the Dereham in Mitford Deanery, which stretches from the Longwater Retail Park and the A47 bypass around Norwich all the way to Rougham and includes five other benefices than ours. There are 48 parishes and 57 church buildings in the Deanery, and although it goes from the outskirts of Norwich, through the town of Dereham into deep countryside around Litcham, most parishes are similar – rural, deeply connected to their local villages, and in multi-parish benefices like ours.

It has a Synod to coordinate activities across the Deanery and to make decisions on behalf of it. Some parishes in this benefice have elected a lay representative(s) to the Synod, and others have not done so – which means they are not represented in any decisions made. Sally, Tori and I are automatically members of the Synod, but it is vitally important that the Synod represents the wider life of the church too.

There are three Synod meetings a year, this last year, the Synod has been focusing on the implementation of a Deanery Plan, to simplify some items of administration and to overcome the challenges that we all face – of buildings, volunteers, and finances. This work will be continuing into 2024. The Synod also had a visit from Tim Sweeting, the Diocesan Secretary, who runs the team at Diocesan House that support parishes, which gave an opportunity for parish representatives to hear more about the work of the Parish Support Team and for Tim to find out more about this part of the Diocese. The next Synod meeting will on Thursday 4[th] July, 2024, at Shipdham Church at 7:30pm.

ASM PCC is allowed 3 Deanery Synod representatives. Over the last year David Rudling has been unable to attend and has stood down from this role. Mel Stevenson has only been able to attend one of the meetings but will continue. At this APCM, 2024, there are therefore 2 vacancies for Deanery Synod. If you feel this is a role you would like to consider, please speak to myself or Mel.

Mark McCaghrey

Little Angels Toddler Group Report

Team members include Sue C, Alan C, Carolyn P, Jackie Crp, June R, Karen K, Marney K, Patricia M, Pauline C and Val G

As we come to the end of another year, we have much to celebrate and thank God for within our Little Angels Toddler group. Our wonderfully committed team of volunteers bring so much as they serve the families week by week with their own individual giftings. The church building too gives us so much space to set out toys and equipment.

As the year has progressed we’ve had new families join us and some have left as their little ones have moved on to big school or nursery school. We’ve received many favourable comments shared with team members about how they enjoy the group which is so encouraging.

We have at present 46 families registered and around 25 to 35 families attend each week. The parents/grandparents/carers are served hot drinks and biscuits throughout the morning and there is water or squash for the children. During the session there is a time for the children to sit at tables and enjoy a healthy snack. This is always a highlight for many! The adults are sometimes treated to cake as well!!

Our aim is to provide a warm friendly atmosphere to welcome families into, for the children to enjoy the various toys and activities and for the adults to have a chance to chat and share with one another. However, alongside this, we aim to build relationships with the families to enable us to share something of our own faith and what Jesus means to us. This can be through conversation, the way we act showing love and concern and if appropriate to offer to pray for them.

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We also promote our Who Let The Dads Out? group and Oasis sessions and encourage families to join with us on those occasions as well.

During the summer break we offered ‘meet ups’ on a Wednesday at various parks/beaches for families to come along to if they wanted. At Christmas and Easter, the children all receive an age appropriate Christian book and also a small gift and card on their birthday.

The sessions are always lively with a craft item that is based on a bible story. Songs and nursery rhymes are enjoyed during our closing music session, including action songs and musical instruments.

Thank you Lord for all you have provided, and we want to make your love known to those in our benefice communities.

With love and blessings

Sue Cossey

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LITTLE ANGELS ACCOUNTS 2023
As at 31.12.23
Cash in hand b/f £ 114.65
Donations £ 356.50
Fees received £1,414.99
£ 1,886.14
Plus cash from Bank £ -
£ 1,886.14
Less - Costs in year
Snacks £ 491.15
Resources £ 693.69
Cleaning/Misc £ 92.06
Gifts £ 462.09
Boxes £ -
£ 1,738.99
Less cash to Bank £ -
Cash in Hand £ 147.15
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Drop In Report

2023 has been a good year at Drop In. We have several new people now coming along and have had up to 35 people attending at a time. Some of the group also meet for lunch after the session and friendships have been made and enriched.

We held 4 after Drop In lunch/party events over the year and all were very well attended. We had some musical entertainment and games as well as food.

Using the church building in Mattishall has proved to be much better than the Mattishall church rooms as we have space for more people and space to have private chats if needed.

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We have a team of people who all take turns to make teas and coffee as well as setting up and clearing away afterwards. If it were not for these people the morning could not take place. They are Anne B, Ruth S, Anne R, Paul N, Ivan L and David B.

Praying for a blessed and successful 2024.

Lizzie Loades

Income £2851.69 Outgoings £2851.69 (Expenses £631.69 / Given to ASM £2220.00)

Quiet Mornings Report

This past year we have hosted another couple of Quiet Mornings for the Benefice at All Saints church, Mattishall. One themed on The Wilderness in Lent and the other was Harvest themed. Both mornings were well attended by people from the Benefice as well as a few others in the area, averaging 30-35 people throughout the mornings.

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. Feel free to stay as long or short a time as you wish. You have the freedom to come and go. Do give it a try!

Anne Molyneux

Oasis Report

Team members include Cheryl & Dean B, Nicola C, Alan & Sue C, Marney K, Mark & Fiona McC, Anne M, Carolyn P, Mel S and Leroy B

In June 2023 we commenced a monthly session called Oasis which runs from 4pm – 5pm every second Sunday in the month at All Saints Mattishall but serves our benefice communities. It is organised and currently implemented by the above team. This is designed to attract children and families to enjoy something along the lines of a ‘service’ but specifically tailored to meet the needs of families with young children. Each session is based around a bible story or event.

A craft time is set up ready as families arrive based around the story that is being used. This is followed by a short drama (sometimes a video) again based on the bible story being depicted. The drama has proved a popular way of bringing the story to life for the children as they can be involved by dressing up and playing a part. After the sketch, a team member summarises and leads a short prayer and the Lord’s Prayer. Then follows one or two action songs that the children (and adults!) can join in which complements the story. Finally, a snack time tea is served for all to enjoy. Food is provided by the team and members of the church family which is enjoyed and appreciated. A good opportunity follows over food to mix and chat.

At present we are attracting around 30 to 40 children and adults (including team members). Connections are being forged predominantly between families who attend Little Angels and Who Let The Dads Out? groups. 19

Please continue to pray for God’s direction for this as we seek what is the best way forward.

Sue Cossey

Who Let The Dads Out? Report

This is a group that meets from 9.00am to 10.30am each 1[st] Saturday of the month (except August) in All Saints, Mattishall, for dads and their kiddies up to and including school year 2. It is usually the dads who come along, but sometimes granddads do instead, which is fine too. We have a good number of families who attend regularly, some from when we started up 5 years ago. In 2023 we averaged 10 dads and 16 kiddies.

We see ourselves as having two main purposes:

• 1) To give dads a place to spend time and have fun with their kids and to get to chat with other dads in a similar situation as well as with the team. We remind mums beforehand that this is a chance for them to have a bit of peace and quiet on a Saturday morning!

• 2) To show that Christians are not too weird in the hope of having some conversations about Jesus.

We make use of similar toys to Little Angels, but do also have table hockey, table football, and Connect 4 as we have some older kiddies than in Little Angels (and dads like to play those). We also provide bacon rolls as part of the snacks and food, so there is a delicious aroma when people come in. I can smell it now...

We spend from 9.00am to about 10.15am in an unstructured way, but for the last 15 minutes or so we gather together to give out birthday presents, have a song, and do something like mess around with a parachute or do the hokey-cokey (those who want to)!

We thoroughly enjoy our time with the dads and kids and there is the occasional conversation about God stuff. We do also encourage the families to come along to Oasis, which normally happens the following weekend, with a small number also coming along to that.

A really big thank you to the team who help on those Saturdays and for those who pray for the families and us.

Alan Cossey

WLTDO ACCOUNTS 2023
Cash in hand b/f £54.57 Donations £256.00 Fees received £216.00 Less - Costs in year Snacks £201.74 Resources £91.12 Cleaning/Misc £- Gifts £82.96 Boxes £- Less cash to Bank Cash in Hand
	£526.57
	£375.82 £-
	£150.75

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Singing For Fun and Wellbeing Report

This new activity was started mid-2023 and seems to be going quite well. All Saints Mattishall hosts the sessions. We have an average of 12 people attending each time, second Wednesday each month from 1pm, and have now introduced an extra session on the fourth Thursday each month at 7pm. Current people attending are mainly from Mattishall village although we have had others come along as well. We meet up a bit earlier so people can have a cuppa before singing, this gives an opportunity to chat. The music is mainly well known popular songs.

We hope that this new outreach activity will continue to grow during 2024 and can serve our benefice communities well.

Everyone is welcome.

Lizzie Loades

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