2021-12-31-accounts

Vicar’s Report

St John’s Church, Sandiway Activities in 2021

2021 began with our buildings closed as we were once again in a period of lockdown to tackle the health emergency caused by Covid 19. It was 21st March 2021 before we gathered in person, but meeting to pray and worship God remains at the heart of everything that we do at St John’s. We offered weekly online services via Youtube and Facebook, honing our expertise with new technologies to enable us to worship and to reach out beyond our parish boundaries. When we re-opened our buildings in the Spring, like many churches, we found that the numbers returning to worship in person had declined significantly when compared to pre-pandemic levels, as people remained cautious. There were signs of a gradual growth in confidence towards the end of the year, until the Omicron Covid variant brought a fresh wave of anxiety in December. Fortunately, we were able to celebrate in church at Christmas, although our Crib Service on Christmas Eve had to be moved outdoors at short notice. This turned out to be a wonderful open air re-telling of the Nativity story – and something that we hope to repeat in 2022 (weather permitting.)

We have made good use of our buildings to offer a range of different worship services at St John’s throughout the year. We continue to meet at 10.15am in the church hall on Sunday mornings as well as worshipping in church on Thursday mornings, Sunday evenings and for major festivals. We also enjoyed worshipping outdoors in the church garden on the first Sunday of the month, and held our first Thanksgiving for Pets service in September.

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Our 8.30am Sunday morning service was reintroduced on the first Sunday of the month in September and in July we trialled a new evening service called “Open House” meeting in the church hall on the 4th Sunday of the month. This was an informal service that included refreshments and an interview with a guest speaker in the place of a sermon.

Changes to the Ministry Team

At St John’s we are fortunate to have a large team of people who lead worship, preach and work with our children and families. In 2021 Marian Harris stepped down from this team after many years of service. We are very grateful to Marian for her valued contributions as a Reader and in so many aspects of church life. However, I’m pleased that Marian, in her “retirement” is continuing to lead a home group at St John’s. Andrew Hardy also became a Reader Emeritus in 2021, but has retained permission to preach and lead worship and will still be involved in these aspects of church life.

Nicola Boot had been employed as the Children and Families’ Team Leader at St John’s since January 2019 but decided to return to full time teaching in the Autumn of 2021. Nicola brought great creativity and warmth to her role and will be much missed. However, I am delighted to say that Nicola took on the post of Youth Group Leader from September and continues to lead our work with young people from the age of 10 – 18 years successfully. At present we have decided not to employ a children and families’ worker, until we are able to assess our needs following the disruption of the Covid pandemic.

We thanked Nicola, Andrew and Marian for their work at a social evening in July. We also used this occasion to raise a toast to Dug Harris who had served St John’s as Reader until his death in August 2020 and is still much missed.

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Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals

As Covid restrictions eased, I conducted 8 wedding ceremonies and 14 baptisms in church between May and December. It was wonderful to be able to open our doors to families who had postponed these special occasions and to welcome them to church.

There were 23 funerals conducted by the Ministry Team during the year: 8 were held in church, 12 took place at a crematorium and 3 were held at the graveside in Gorstage Cemetery.

Offering a warm welcome

Since taking up the post of Vicar in 2019, I have encouraged us to look at the ways that people are welcomed to church and to think about any barriers to inclusion. In November we ran the Living in Love and Faith Course to discuss material produced by the Church of England, looking at issues of sexuality and identity. This prompted in-depth discussions as we talked about attitudes and Biblical teaching.

Governance

I am very grateful to our trustees who meet regularly in our Parochial Church Council to oversee our mission and ministry within Sandiway and Cuddington. As Charity Trustees when planning the objectives for the year, the PCC gave consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. In 2021, the trustees reviewed arrangements for worship, discussed ways to keep our congregations safe and managed our buildings as the Pandemic continued and restrictions changed.

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We also dedicated considerable time to discussing the redevelopment of the church. Plans were drawn up for a permanent ramp to provide access to the building (although this has yet to be approved by the Diocese) and the go-ahead was given for repairs to the roof of the Church Tower that I hope will be completed in 2022. Many of you will know that wider discussions about the redevelopment of the church have been on-going for years, but there are considerable challenges in balancing the heritage of our beautiful building whilst providing the necessary facilities to make it accessible and welcoming. It has been difficult to make headway, so in December I put together a new team who could examine different possibilities and take the project forward in the hope of finding a solution.

Looking Ahead – Priorities for 2022 and beyond

• Making the church more accessible by pursuing our plans for redevelopment

• Ensuring that the plans for repairing the Tower are expedited as quickly as possible

• Considering how to welcome everyone in the name of Jesus Christ so that barriers to inclusion are removed

• Reviewing our worship so that all generations are welcome.

I would like to thank everyone who volunteers their time and talents to support our mission and ministry within Sandiway and Cuddington. The church wardens, Kathryn Holmes and Steve Denton worked very hard throughout the year along with the many teams who take on responsibility for different aspects of our life together. There are so many people who use their gifts and talents at St John’s that it’s impossible to name them all individually but thank you to the lay ministers, the members of the PCC and the dedicated teams whose creativity and skills enhance our life together.

St John’s Groups

The Ark

Despite all the complications resulting from Covid regulations it has still been a very busy year for The Ark. The Ark team supplied lunches during the second lockdown made possible by generous local donations and further funding from the Cheshire Community

Foundation. The Ark also provided packed lunches on a daily basis to 20 Acton Bridge households affected by the flooding along the A49. Funding for this initiative came from Acton Bridge Parish Council, local councilors and a Weaverham business individual. When allowed to open again all Covid mitigations were in place, the garden area was open and we invested in a card machine to reduce handling cash. And we acquired a Hotel Chocolat hot chocolate machine….great fun!

The Community Café has been a real bonus for the village allowing the cautious to meet friends safely and locally. In December table top sales were held at The Ark for The Joshua Tree and St. Luke’s. It is good once more to be able to donate our profits to the organisations that support our community. This time £400 went to both Visyon (a charity supporting the mental health of young people) and £400 to the newly reformed Cuddington and Sandiway Y (previously known as 69ers).

Arts in The Ark

We were finally able to relaunch our weekly Wednesday afternoon sessions in the Church Hall on 4th August 2021 with strict social distancing, mask wearing and ventilation. For some it was the first time they had met people other than family since the long months of the second lockdown. Nearly all members submitted pieces of work to the Finding Hope exhibition in late September. The sessions have continued successfully ever since and remain relaxed, friendly and vibrant creative occasions.

Book groups

For most of 2021 book groups were unable to meet but they have recently reconvened.

Revd Ruth Mock

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Choir and Music

Having become used to singing as trios or quartets often outside in Kathryn’s garden (now famous to all viewers) it was great to meet for choir practice in the church nave albeit masked and distanced once regulations were relaxed. The experience of being recorded was both scary and humbling. Most of the choir have felt able to return to singing and, with numbers reduced to 10 for services, it has been a positive realization that every individual matters. We all appreciate the confidence we get from each other and feel blessed to be part of the group. Thanks to all the choir.

After the break for the ‘Covid years’ we were able to start a lunchtime concerts series in December with music in Church and a soup lunch in the hall. It was great to hear Sophie Rosa and Peter Liang, the violin duo who had been cancelled at the start of lockdown.

Home Groups

Although unable to meet face to face for most of this very difficult year groups managed to ‘meet’ electronically or otherwise to explore faith, the Bible and be mutually supportive.

JIMS

We were finally able to meet fortnightly again in September albeit for just one hour with social distancing in place and no refreshments. Nonetheless it was great to see everyone again and to play some music together. In 2022 we hope to return to two hour fortnightly sessions with a refreshment break in the middle. New players are always welcome.

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Youth Group

The Youth Group didn’t have in-person meetings for the first half of the year, although they did make it to an online ‘Taskmaster’ competition and an online Pancake Party, as well as taking part in a Christian Aid sponsored walk.

They reformed in September, however, with a keen group of young people doing what they do best - playing games, having fun and eating pizza! They also went on a Christmas trip to the bowling alley with their families.

Mothers’ Union

No meetings were held for much of the year but we started off by celebrating MU’s 100th birthday with a communion service in church led by Rev Ruth Mock followed by tea kindly catered for and provided by the Social & Fundraising team: probably the first event we have not had to cater for ourselves in the whole 100 years! It was very welcome. Thank you so much. Meetings were held in November (sharing favourite photographs) and December (Bingo and an entertaining short story kindly read by David Bruce). A full programme has been arranged for 2022 including a rescheduling of January’s lunch.

If you are interested in joining any of these groups, you would be very welcome! Please see the magazine or website for details, or contact Kathryn on 01606 889879 or Steve on 01606 883976.

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St John’s Teams

St John’s continues to be grateful to the many teams and individuals who do so much to keep St John’s running. The formal teams are sub-committees of the PCC and carry out work on its behalf.

However there are so very many other people who work tirelessly either individually or with others to make St John’s what it is: warm, welcoming, prayerful. Even during a very difficult year there are those who clean the church and the brass, those who move furniture about, those who make and serve refreshments, those who arrange flowers and other decorations, those who write and deliver the parish magazine, those who edit online services. There are also those who maintain the buildings, manage our finances, handle our publicity and organise our worship. The pastoral responders (a team established to keep in touch with members of St John’s community during lockdowns) have also continued to disseminate news and notices. They have all been very much appreciated.

Children and Family Team

This is the year in which we said goodbye to Nicola as our Children and Families team leader. She has worked tirelessly to enhance the experience of parents and children at St John’s and we are very grateful to her for all she has done.

Although very many activities were disrupted by Covid again this year we did have an online Pancake Party, take part in Wild Lent activities with families, distribute takeaway bags on Mothering Sunday and enjoy Christingle and Crib services outdoors.

In September we began to review the activities we could offer for children and families. Ruth and Alison, working with volunteers, began a new initiative called Praise & Play; a group for babies and toddlers accompanied by a parent or carer, meeting weekly in term-time on Thursdays to enjoy a Bible story, songs, crafts and playtime. Ruth also trialled an after school club on Thursdays for Primary school children but there wasn’t enough interest to keep this going.

We were unable to offer Junior Church during the Autumn term following Nicola’s departure but plans are in place to re-start this in 2022 in a new format. There have been many changes to the CAF team with people stepping down after many years of hard work and we are grateful to everyone who has been involved in the past few years. We are also delighted that Nicola has taken on the role of Youth Group Leader from September and continues to lead monthly sessions for young people aged 10-18.

Prayer Group

Prayer Group has again continued to uphold St John’s, our community and the wider world in prayer by regularly meeting and praying together whether in person or by Zoom or other electronic means. We have felt unable to safely restart our much loved and sorely missed pre-Covid Saturday Open Church but from September we have offered ‘Prayer Hour’ in church on Saturdays 10.00 – 11.00am, giving opportunity for prayer, the lighting of candles and quiet conversation with welcomers. The Group has again continued to highlight prayer through weekly prayers on the website and newsletters and our prayer page in the parish magazine, This year’s Lent Reflections were also available via the Church website. Our annual Prayer Weekend in September (this year on the theme of Finding Hope) was our most ambitious to date involving many individuals and groups in a full programme of

activities in church and hall and with the addition of our Takeaway Prayer Bags. During Advent our traditional sets of Advent Ribbons were distributed and weekly Advent reflections were held in Church.

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Events in 2021:

January	•Free Friday lunches restart in the Ark •Online services and coffee Zoom continue
February	•St John’s Magazine becomes free (now funded by donations) •40 days of giving for the Foodbank •Lent reflections •Lent activities for the environment •Begin hosting the Food Hub run by Northwich Community Support
March	•In-person services restarted •Eco ambassadors appointed
April	•Easter Day outdoor service
May	•Ark reopened •Christian Aid online quiz •Christian Aid sponsored walk •Annual Meeting online
July	•Open House started •Thank You Evening celebrates contributions from some volunteers •Holidayclub
August	•Heritage Day
September	•Finding Hope prayer weekend •Thanksgiving for pets service •Praise & play started •Thursday Club started •Youth Group restarted •Gift Day
October	•Harvest festival •Living in love and faith course •MU 100th birthday celebration •Harvest Soup Lunch raises money for Vaccinaid •Saturday prayer hour restarted
November	•Music Hour •November Hotpot with winter raffle and quiz
December	•Lunchtime concert •Christmas services

Finances

Thank you to everyone who has continued to contribute to our finances through planned giving, donations and collections, despite another difficult year for so many.

For more financial information, please see the 2021 Business & Financial Annual Report.

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Safeguarding Statement

At St John’s, we take extremely seriously our duty and obligation to protect all. We have adopted the Church of England’s robust procedures and guidelines, and in all our activities have given due regard to the House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. You can find out more at www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding. If you have any safeguarding concerns, please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Julie Westgate (07713 813147) or Mandy Shaw, our Assistant Safeguarding Officer (07504 504087).

Charitable Giving

St John’s continues to care about giving outwards. A meeting was first held to discuss possible charitable causes to receive donations, including suggestions from the congregation. A list was drawn up, aiming to have a balance of worldwide, nationwide and local charities, and this was then approved by the PCC. This year these charities received £500 each, representing a significant percentage of our giving for the year.

Examples of this year's charities include the United Society Partners in the Gospel, a major Anglican missionary agency, Church Homeless Trust, working with schemes and churches to bring about an end to homelessness in the UK and St Luke's Cheshire Hospice providing a safe refuge during a sometimes difficult journey.

A file containing current information, newsletters and acknowledgements is compiled annually and placed in the Baptistry for reference.

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GENERAL ACCOUNTS REPORT BYTHE INOEPENDEpn EXAhllNER Th15 report on the flnanual sthtements of th& PCC for Ihe year gn48d 31 08￿rthr Z021. are ¥ t on page9 9 to 16. 15 in fe6pect of aD exarniDabon eanhed rArt In a(LordanEo with the Church Aewnting Rtyulgtson8 (Yhe Re9ullqlthl¥.l￿$s.43 oflhB Chwikn A¢t 1993 ClhsArfI. GENERAL ACCOUNTS INCOIE ANO EXPENOITURE 2021 2020 Incomlng Fundi PIBnned Giviw. Grft DAY, Tax C￿1Th, donal10n¥￿￿ ¢ash thYK¥bDn6 Operating aCtNIl￿S Fundrai51ng ChLYch actlvllb¥ Invesimeni Incom¢ R￿￿¥• r•ponBlbllttkns olth• PCC and th• •x•mln•r 97.025 88.582 oftho PCC YDU Are reSrAInrAb￿ forthe 01th8 financial statgrnent8.' you C￿￿￿er Ihol th& audrt req￿reT￿nI of th8 Regu￿￿0￿ and 5.43121 ol Ihg Acl tk)BB r￿t apply N 1$ rny reS￿￿bilIty to18sw thi$ferth on ttK)Be financial slalemoN8 In ArxKdarbcewith the term5 of tho Rrful8lonB. 1.156 17,445 1,851 20.311 2.021 B&•lB of Ind•p•thd•t)t •x•mlw'• •tatsm•nt Totsl Incomlnofvnd• 120,051 My ex8mlnaiion wo8 out In aceord•we th• DiredJon& by tho Ch8dty Comrni8810n U￿er s.43I7llbl of the Ara and to be l(yJnd In Chur¢h guklgnce, 2006 edilvjn. Thèi ex8rnln•Uon Irdudeo a revlew acty>Jniino re¢ord$ kepl by th& PCC Bnd 8 ￿Mpan9￿1 ol th¢ accounts whh tho80 reo)rds. 11 Also Indud&8 COn8ldgrfNJ unu8u81 Ilom9 or dlsc105ur85 IhE fiDèrt191 8wornents and seekiry exkqan3Non$ Ircn ￿ as trnGlees Mnc•ming any SLth matt8r8, The proc•dures undBrtak8n do noi provlde Bll th8 OVKJ&nctr th•1 WOU￿ t¢ r￿r•d In •n and con88qu8nVy I do nol oxpre85 an aud op1n1￿ on Ihe Vlew glvan by ihe accounts. Ex￿ndtt￿r+ Donallons mBdè Church act1￿11 Admintstraii 4.223 117.775 4.192 3.797 119,517 3,213 T¢t•l •xp•nd1￿r• 126.190 Tr8n6f8rfrom (tol Rmtrktod FundB 10,995 Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mln•V •l•t•m•nt N•t In¢omlDg loutgolngl ¢3M•rnl fundi In connKdon %%ilh myox•mln81bx, no mBtter hH8 corn8 10 my 8ttontbD.' 18741 16,4981 {11 Whl¢h ol¥e8 rn8 lo belle￿ Ihth In any matwlal rnspect the rnqLlrefrnt• 2,970 1,379 to koop 8cuunlng record8 In &ctO￿•r￿0￿￿h bn41 01 the kt.. and M•tfflOv•m•rrt￿fvtyd• lo prep8rn 8￿Mm￿nIg. which Bcc0￿ With tho 8¢¢wnWng r¢cryd8 wndcorn￿YW1Ih the requirew￿￿n￿oI Ihp Act and Iho ReovlaiionB have Ml been met." 46.965 Fund8 bfvA. 41 IhB &lBrt ollhe yBllr 41,848 121 To thL. In my Opinion. aitonlk)n oh0￿d ￿ dra¥m In ordw to •￿9 4 prw underntaf￿lnll of tho unts to be reached. In ofprforyears FundB Cifwd. atth••nd of lh• y•ar Tho a￿￿￿panYing ntstss èit an Integral partotthiR Stoternenl of and 8XP8ndtturo TknVlrK•Dt Ind•pend•nt Ex•mln•r

GENERAL ACCOUNTS GENERAL ACCOUNTS BALANCE SHEET NOTES TO THE ACCOLINTS 2021 2020 1 Accounung pollth Asurnmary oflhe pnndpBI acrthntity pol￿86. all hB¥e b88n •prA￿, consis1￿ thwhout year and th& yd¥, aro pt ￿tb￿r￿￿ Ministy Fund 23.728 20,758 Currnnl•A••t• r6 Thè ￿nar￿A￿l 8t8lwnant8 havè be￿ prep¥od In attordArw wyth tho Chutc AC￿￿ting RegLI3￿n6 2006 the S￿￿0￿tilRe11Ynmund9￿ Pri¢9- 2￿. CBth al bank 95.049 124372 122,048 ThÈ act￿n￿ Arè thg cojl Dxtept of wots. aFeBhLw41 ¥olue. Curr•n¢ IIAbllltl•• C￿lioTS Fund4 8,454 8.383 R••trfcl•d lunth repres￿1 IneKJrnè from bwsls crendovmiènts thlch rnay be èxp8ndad only on ihosa rgstricted PTovided In the ol Ihg trus18nd buqw&t and or gr8nls r8wivBd lot ecrfK objec￿ or Invw by th• PCC for ll swdficoblgcl. kn IhB ff￿￿B moy only be expgnded on the 8pwnc object IrK whlch Ihgy werè gNen, 8ny un8pgnl al the end ol the year rnu81 b• comthl fcrward ** * b8￿n( on thbt fund. Thb PCC doBS usualy I￿￿1 A4pBrnièly fN each N•t 115,911 11J,18S U￿rn•￿1¢t1￿ fvhd• 44,142 41,848 R••trlct•d I￿nd0 71,77e 71,839 Vnr••td¢t4d fund• rèwemnt rnoneyj In qen•ral knthkh arn for PCC ordlnEry wrpo868. T•t•l fvndB 11S118 113,685 pi8nnÈd giving. wro when Tax refunds aro rwnlMdv4hen tho IrKornlng fundjlovtrdth ￿Y relaie rer•l¥oO. CIv￿endI Brn foi whon roc•ivabl•. InternBI h ocCrn￿o. Olthi In¢cth kn r4CiWJnl¥￿ ¥vhgn It l# I￿￿￿￿bla. Al lth)miw awountodfLYOro86. Th•8¢4Junt8on pap5 9 10 18 aptYov•d bytre PCC on the 8. d May 2022 and gwj cn Ita by.. np l¥ arwuntedts%tsnOJe. Thè p3dgh Bhare 16 Kxounied foren dw. AmounL ratthv4d B￿￿￿TiCallY for MISS￿nAr• d•￿tI￿1h A9 knd•. l olhBrgxpgndltUre18g￿wa1IY Il is Is forgttw, AWCvt•r-Trea Conll•uatsd benelhc• pffjperty ￿ not I￿￿ded In lh• X￿te as ihey ire treated as ￿￿nllb rwty 95 8rg Move8￿9 hdd by thp Vlw Churthwafthns On truBt far pcc. Exper￿tt￿r&￿ ty￿pMAnt ha8 ts8￿ Wrttten off. R•￿rfjnd R AlO¢-V￿r￿d a￿lTMan ofth? Pworhw ¢￿Jr{ CvJNil Inv•JbThnt ￿￿￿kOlV￿￿e ￿818181 Deretniwr2021, y2022 Th8 nDte& on ws 11 to 14oro Hn ￿te￿I wrtolth68e 10

2 IncomirffvN 3 E¥p•ndtture 2021 D¢nallonB gfviro.. stsnding ￿￿er6 and plnk Blue g￿1￿9 Bnvoes T&x reo)very C￿￿￿tIOnS lopen ￿etel 61.822 1.441 18,603 Glvln 1,549 17.8L 2.415 To 80wlarthth15 To ehT￿￿Tr¢ha1lBI 2,571 1.672 3.707 Gltt Day D￿alIans and legfi 6.432 5,759 97,025 ¢tlvld 6.903 88,582 shot010d￿ 67,283 4,199 917 S,449 4.67e 340 5,950 7.17 07.024 4.230 Fyndral•ln9 •v•nl Con¢arts, S￿81 and otherEKUvlty88 Ctrrflslmlll Roffl8 G819 Clergy eypon¥w ChJt( $er¥yr￿B CDBF AèW Fe J￿101¢h￿Ch &yth Chuichvwrgtsng Churth Th￿n￿one• Ma9thnèprthluctlwi¥MI• (krtre&ch HBII H1 5.104 1.156 335 4,570 e,398 3,98ll 11,565 7.184 Church act￿111•1 Hall ren MggBzln8 8a105 and adv8rtdlng Weddlng & Iwe￿1 fe•s 5.908 5.103 S,130 4.498 4.915 8.032 17.445 ?,169 121.996 20.311 A¢h1￿1•IrWts Irw••kn•rrt Inc¢￿• FI9￿ reni co PhOtOCDpOng 1.783 1.981 Trust Inc47mo- School Fund 454 437 D￿l￿and￿ Bnd Intsrelll 754 Tephung 2,021 4,192 Tol*l Incomlnq fvnd¥ 120 Q51 12 13

BUILDINGS DEVELOPMENT APPEAL FUND Tr•nifor Irvm{tol R•thctsd Fund• REPORT BYTHE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER I hav6 oxamlned BuqdlrvJ FuThJ FinerK￿ Slgtementsfor2021 sai￿1 12. Mon9ys raised farSpedflcProiects arets3nsferrèd to F1951rthd FundB. WhÈn this 15 spenl on agrethl C&pital Prt¥Ects il ￿ Aol Induded In I1￿ Inco￿ ond Expandi￿rg Arc(wnl. For Rgwnue wgndrturb h ￿ hdudBd ￿]hIS￿On r¢$￿t81n ftirnnsferfrom Re8Mcttd Funds. No m•ttw hos ry)m8 to rny attenlk)rTr.' 2021 Transf9rBl0 RèAIIpLted Fund8 Tran&fÈts from R•9b1￿84 Fur￿¥ 11IWNth glv88 ma Yea￿ab￿ ¢8uw lo bollave IhAt In any rnth￿ resmtha requ1￿￿nts lo keep S￿ntIng In a¢&Y¢anC￿ wth $8Lbn 41 ofthè A¢t', and N•iTr4nJf•r rwar8 ￿r￿and81 st818￿nts. aGctYdwith tho 8cwunvw rKxy¢$ •nd rdcrylywllh Iho rewirernent8 olthe A¢t8nd th• Regul8tk)n8 HBve not boon m81,. S I ILOMI on rqv•lwlon ollnv•thllrt• 1021 2U2 12ITo whleh, In my D￿n￿)n, 8tsnlon Sh￿Jkfj bo In ord its en8bk• a Fry8r underslandlw ol acuunts tob& r8KhEd. Unwtriutid Mlnlaty FUTh 2,97Q 1,379 R•latsd porty tr￿￿•￿1￿., PCC m8mboTr hllv•durkythD y•er rqcYed rwmbjrnernantol o1•XpJr￿￿ wopBrfy LW Ihe oflho PCC T. RI￿1•dtr￿Its.. Th• Vkai Churchwtha aTO tr￿￿eBa 01 th• ts{0￿ furwj 501 up on of ortglnaiiy Chwth Scho￿ tur￿ CLvnpTr589 752 ir￿￿ share9 In th• ¢BF Churth ol Ern91a￿j In¥e$￿en1 lund.. thè Sn8tF8 0rt9ln8lly cosi £5.073 Rnd havè 8 ¢urrent mthgt Vaknb at 31 D6c£fflbBr 2021 01 E17,84512020 E15,8111. cgpilg11g not on thè BalarKa Shw91 as undÈr teim8 olthe knJSI Only tho d￿dends Irom Ih? luThl aro M￿d￿t￿￿ lo the PCC and rnuèt uEed for'yothh and Churth" purkws orAy. TIM Vlnc•nt Ind•p•r•J•nt Examln•r 8. Th•ArkC ThèArtCafèis nontDII mo￿n0 E￿Y 9u(plus bBSw u59¢10 heIpth•iyJmmu￿ty. r)Jrtnp 2021 IheArt C¥ro bs¢¥u5eol(￿V1d wag only ow 9pttadic4lty¥￿th r9pellted lo￿￿0￿n5- htrw8ver£8W been thThted lo locÈl gtso¢ CBUB85 froKn reethvg5 al￿ L￿￿nu￿0 FndHy 1￿ch vulnèréblg hl thg path during kn¢kd￿-1hI5 W88 fvndèd by fvomlh8 and fputvJalkntsfundlng10ttè1 InitiDtrYgB. Th&th also WOvidBd lu￿￿¥1￿20￿¢tcn Bndge Ndwnts aftected byff0od￿g ￿ IheA49. opi Ifunded 15

ANIIUAL FABRIC REPORT BUILDINGS DEVELOPMENT APPEAL FUND Churchward•n ROl￿rt ol th• Church Fabrk good• and fvr th• year 2021 Intom Expond￿r• 2021 2020 Credtors off 1.376 83 duriry Int4r••t rnG•I￿b1 Exp&￿ture Not IOut(p)Inglfurnl• 20 Fabr1¢ A chuf¢h arthiteLt o qUiwUenn&￿ inspxb.on In Plovemtr and ￿m￿r 2020 aRhDuph w8 dkj not thB report Un￿ M￿h 2021 rewyt klentiw 8 nunBr of that ￿ h•J 10 deal wllh in the ahort term and a numbwol other &GUBS todèal wth In the madlum and knn9ei term. The report 5U9gestsd thot ty8r rtyjf slqb rThght èe rviro￿". tt(yw8vw, a 5trhthral •ryin8erir¥J Ingp8th In effect rul&l thL80rt Thtrcostofrepknrnont8nd dhort¢4￿m)lk1w1le•1b"rr￿tfjd by aguantty Surw to bo oY8r £8Ok It the and 012021 Skn¢e John FrJEer ond Jim S•n th• 8rthit8Ct to wduc•the replAw￿￿te0thttsa ￿[e affDrdobbfigUtg A full ta ry•¢t¥)n of thè dKlrk#l in Januyy 2021 h1enfjfi•d •8¥Érn1 w•r• InThli8t•ty and l•Mqr, rt•d thAt ￿11 t• dqlit Fwr••lvdy •nd when theeW￿fv￿ty aria 141Ql 18S# Fund5 bm Atthe stsrt cl t￿ye&r 23.133 21.674 Fund ¢lA￿.At th• qnd of th• y••r Repr88ent84 by.. Cuff•nt ABB•ts The rlghlrv40jn￿rWal te•t•J•th p&tstJ8ft•r llomTrrnrned￿ th to knwov• th••wth cuff•nt Dgbto CCLA Dapolltt Bcthuni eank bB1anc88 19.539 19,529 184 3804 22.723 23,133 m•0• nwgry ¥rr8npments to Irryo¥e th• wd •y4tsm In D•xmbw ￿ern to hw• ur•d m￿1 ofih• iuuoo ￿ h•d h￿¢ •lw us to bo￿1 tho haarfNJ kjop. •r• thwkful for g don•bon ihat ctherthe c￿1 Amhkng on ordor•t thefmdolthe year Tho ¢ro•n D2nUnu•• tp t• and ¢un•d Curr•nt Ll•billtl•• A nWrt •nKunt of tro• cwwllld OLI In th• r4¥Jrthywd kn aCtud8￿ wth maim•D•W plan up by • Ire• rfok In 2020. A nutr•r ol thodD￿Ndron ind 14u bu8he8 wer& •lw removed to th•wl ofth• ¢hu￿hYa￿ to the ￿fidary hedoo, whkh thon laid dvnng the Auiurnn. ￿ olw rnnvrtd lloulhem aB pwt ofw Eco plan to Crèdllo 72 Nots.. The BuldiryJ Fund w8$tr8n8fermdlo Ms set ofac£tyJnts n 201Q 0rn4m•nts No change ¢￿Inu0 to b• Lthued wrth vdunteern ¥thD rngu r8n tho churth, wVh brasa•J, tsnd th• p￿ts h thtrehuprhynrd and undtt&ko rngny othgri8sks The Fab￿ T•8m (nUnuu to overne8 rou￿n￿ maint￿￿Ge and wMgeg ser%e 081 oknYJKal ek. ihank everyone for Ihe wotk and ded￿tion thr￿ghoUlthe YBW 50 Ihose hv4e supported b)th In ffnanoalty and b￿r A? }￿￿rrt￿ern, So rfyL¥J clln Any any the￿ s knr￿. 8i•wnd Kallyn Church￿1￿• 16 17

PROCEED114GS OF MID£￿E￿cH DEANERY SYIIOD 2021 THE CHURCH OF 8T JoTrw THE EVANGELvaT. 3ANDIWAY SAFEGUARDNG & VULNERABILITY POLICY STATEMENT ¢y4 CHILDIIEN. YOUNG PEOPLE & AWLTS AT RISK Steven8onl to Oe3w SyncKJ ￿u5 ￿Jr Vtsr, R•¥d Ruth Moth, ffl the Hous8 Of C9y. Thkl provid8& th• Pccwith a iikttO ts parth and tswktr8trtthfvsoKItFrt>church. TMfO1k￿iNj •othSatthe PwvthkglChLYch CtyJrKH IPCCI ffwlb¥ h•bJ co) 7th 2022 oftho PCC. &Jsan H8ddenand P8Ld Steww￿ are a￿0 R8•kn. Th¢ D••n8ry Synod Imtth•fjn￿5M2Q21. h Februarylty Z￿￿), JunB4ndOdcw. heard f•POrt8 from donn￿Y oflrn and (¥iB5 of from th8 DxJcaw Gone 8yno&s. P8d8h wE8dAo s￿[￿. ￿￿ul￿Of1ha SyWw• mihble on wuelt PrmtSng aryj rJJliurv. S818ty Farwiting and SUPPOlbn9 &1 lkn• Arry rnW•Jtochl￿r￿. youty poop jd vul￿bI￿&￿￿l￿lthlnth0 church The GL￿t Spe•kw8 kn 2021 ¥Mre 8•folkM". CAFkng p88tornNy forvKtirn•ur¥wornol8bLe an& otheraffthl POf¥ons. c￿n0 pas￿￿ tr tho•• aro the SL4ecl ol concws ty aath)nB af othor F•bru•ry 2021.Cnon J•n• VIE• D•an •￿¢￿￿ lAB•1w￿￿￿1lYC•th￿Y•1. Jan• op0￿ abou¢1￿¥111j olthe colw ShB ekn¥ Yo ab b t4niknu• In w4y4 ¢knno thq Cowd 19 Th• Part•h ￿11. Cr•8w 8 a•1•￿d ￿0c0￿ra11 Hwo 8 naNwd Parf&h Sthou•rdlno Otknr IPSOI Ind • Parith SAl•gu•rdlrv4 otlcer{APSOI t0￿rk vAththo 1nvJnentw￿thg PCC to kr￿nt and recntht. traln •fyJ 8UPPOrt 411 Ihobe wkh for chihlrnn. youry peop￿ and 4duh lo Ih•eonfiJthice Ar￿ kiVJto rwd lo •tr¥J Enguro thom l¥ apyO•t tsur•nc• co¥w for ￿1 In￿1￿ thlkJr•n ana undèrt&thi h th8 narno oflho p•rhh. tIWoy hi church PFwn Ind on th• th• d•W• of to Lwl•# N ih•r• g or wpyl n•th. L15ten to And iaka aedtyJ8fy 41 IhowvknodW•8M￿•. T4k• thp• kn prcwA chih1ren odult• vthon 8 8th9wthrJ of ￿ kAnd rolkyknw of 8Mhw gu￿￿, ￿dIng noUfyKy the Dlow•n knw•r IDSAI and BtstytOry8owcl•¥ knmeOknt. Offw wpport to ol •kn• r•g•¥knw ol IM typ• ol bu, whlln or •r• Flnlly, thewt4n•d ih•eth•drnf•fvtrJr•4r•tknn& •th JuM2021. Wl•hop +M•rfrf wk8 of own CAI to famh fmm bdny a youngslor agad 8 In Co¥•nty, IfvIN4 In 4 Chrfelan IB8pU•ii tsmity. do¥eWlrwJ Into Yatiuus knad¢rnhp rolo6 wound th• 8w of 14 irtludlng th• •cbool CU, Youth Groupand w••)￿n9 hiEf#st llenrnn wod 14 feekng Ih•fllh mul￿ty. Followlng re•d m8lh8 81 unNwvty berry• •ywderKlry •"crf•b' •r#J t¢￿￿1￿9 • Y￿th Pathr In Covonty thI¥•n￿lw￿ Youth lorGthrtI. At ittfr Urr• OTh￿ ialk +Mwk on hk4Yiiiw ts th• dlcK• th• Wn1m￿l ollhD nw$uflf8aon• ¥trDuh1 fvJrw4rd. 131h Oetob•r 2021.R•v<l DrJo•l(￿￿1ty.Th En￿￿1￿￿￿¢ kn•y•.How¢￿ w• m•p￿d￿ Th• Rwd OrJLM Kanrnbjy * ¢￿tha1r01thO DbJe￿lln envIr￿ Foru HÈ del￿bod wrr of tho hsw taken F iho ewth'8 In￿￿n￿nt ovor the pgtst 70 yeBrn. knclud￿9 9lobd W0￿r￿a. ro•80 ol •xtth• e•rbon knto tho alrnMphor•, ond of COTV fol ond Ir￿lIar 4ny mwnbw ol th• thur( cunmunty ¥thts pom 4 ki ¢hihJrnn lurtawM&i Malntsknlw •pprowtseonfidènW llrKI tha sthtyoll parL• Enlure tho1 he•lh wut•duM * rknk In p*• th41 ele are Favwed ann￿ly. Rev th• th• ProJum thr￿ 4¢ annuAI Joa noted three 8pproxhos thzt ChriiUoni tak￿ ts the the 1970$. 8n fostNM80, 8 bhxanlrk reBP(Mlg0', and J the0c￿ty￿ respJn••. He suqgBStad OTr￿ • Ihwrenlnc regp)n8e rn •Jequats 10 th8 fac•. th81 thwvfDre the Church h•6 ¥ koy to In r8gponding to tm ￿￿￿nrrTrt8l £ritsi& H• C￿Nn6r￿ Dr l)•VWt' BiblK•l Each wrnon ¢hLch cornTh•Jnll at4Jo ty thni and th• F￿del￿e￿￿1•t40h￿j thurth. Th18chur¢h Juli? th•P•¥ salty￿￿￿￿OMCar1nd m￿dY Shw88 th• cMr¢￿th￿s." ￿athryn Hdrrw8nd Ster*w Danion DatE.'7th Mirth 2022