**The Annual Report of the Gilgal Pentecostal Church (Reg. Charity No. 1141435) Bury St. Edmunds, for the period from 1[st] April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022, presented on the occasion of the General Body Meeting.** ## **Date and time of Meeting: 27[th] March 2022 Venue: Gilgal Pentecostal Church, Bury St Edmunds** ## **Beloved in Christ,** Another eventful year has passed, and the Lord Almighty has protected us and showered His mercy and love on us all throughout the year. Like previous years we were able to serve large sections of the community this year by offering a range of services. Over the course of the year, our community had found these services beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. These services include area prayers, night prayers, cottage meeting, youth meeting, Sunday worship and ladies fellowship. The Church fellowships were conducted in an intimate and reflective environment conducive for worship whilst opportunities were given to people to worship and lead especially to youths from and within the church. **Impact of Covid Pandemic:** The church has been able to restart the meetings in the church premises on Sundays and all families have been attending it. The cottage meetings were also restarted although not yet on a regular schedule. ## **Sunday School Ministry - (Sunday 11 – 12 PM)** The Sunday school activities were aimed at inculcating in children, Christian hopes and values and thus making a generation of visionaries and role models in the society. The students are divided into various classes according to their age and are taught prescribed Sunday school syllabus based on biblical themes. During this year, a total of fifteen students and five teachers served in the Sunday School Ministry. The Sunday school ministry has helped our children in their efforts to become role models in their universities, schools, and the society. The children were taught on Sunday 11 AM to 12 PM. ## **Youth Meeting and Worship - (Saturday 5 - 7 PM)** Youth Ministry is the primary source where youngsters are given opportunities to conduct praise and worship, discussions on contemporary issues faced by youths and biblical solutions to issues, counselling to avoid temptations of drugs, alcohol etc. Youths are also given advice to become bold, independent, resilient, and truthful in their lives and how to integrate themselves into the society in accordance with true Christian perspective and value. During the youth meeting youngsters were given opportunities to recite Bible verses, say short stories and deliver biblical short messages. There were opportunities to perform their skills with musical instruments and singing. There was occasional Bible Quiz to broaden the biblical knowledge of young people. There were interactive games held as well to keep the youths engaged. All the activities were done via Zoom meetings. ## **Sunday Worship Service: 10 AM TO 1PM** The primary aim of our church is to worship God in Truth and Spirit according to the Christian faith based on spiritual and Pentecostal direction. "God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth”. Worship is the consciousness of the presence of God and the response to that consciousness. So, the aim of worship is to outreach the deepest emotions of the soul in adoration, reverence, homage, exaltation, and praise to the Almighty. Worships were conducted in an informal manner with freedom of expression. It was not dependent upon created environment and circumstances, but attitude, appetite, and anticipation created atmosphere for worship. As an essential part of the worship, we engaged in constant prayers, singing spirit filled vibrant songs, Bible reading, inspirational testimonies, spiritual messages, seeking and receiving prophetic words from God, infilling of Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues etc all that brought us steps closer to our Lord Jesus. In this year also the Lord has enlarged the boundary of the church by adding new families. God has revealed His power and mercy in our midst through miraculous healings and deliverances from difficult problems and answered all our prayers. Many men of God were invited in this year to our church meetings and their messages were a great spiritual blessing to all our families attending from Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich, King’s Lynn, Sudbury, Red Lodge, Haverhill and Colchester. The Fasting Prayer Meetings conducted on the last week of every month and Year End/ New Year fasting prayers and messages were great opportunities for believers to pray in union and to interceding for communities, leaders, rulers, nations etc. Holy Communion was also conducted as we could gather in person at the church. ## **Cottage Prayer Fellowships:** We wee able to restart the cottage prayer meetings after such meetings were stopped due to the Covid pandemic. Different meetings were conducted in family homes at Red Lodge, Cambridge, Colchester, and Haverhill. These meetings helped believers to pray in union and to intercede for the families, communities, leaders, rulers, nations and also to hear from God’s word. ## **Weekly Bible Class: Wednesday 9 PM to 10 PM** A weekly bible class was conducted by Pastor Sunny John where families would join via zoom and spend useful time learning and understanding the Bible in a systematic way. The topics covered this year included the Spiritual Gifts, New Testament church etc. ## **Ladies Prayer Meeting** Ladies Prayer Meetings were conducted on the 4th Sunday of every month between 10 AM to 11 AM. These meetings were primarily prayer towers for all the activities of the church and other specific issues of the families. In this prayer ministry, the members have prayed for several requests given to the church by non-members and families. Their prayers in unity with God had found remarkable results. ## **Other Key Highlights:** ## **Monthly Talent Program for Youths:** Talent program was conducted on a monthly basis (every 4[th] Sunday) where all youths of the church actively participated to display their skills in singing, bible memorizing, bible quizzes, dance, skits, speeches and debates on relevant topics and other special programs. This was a great encouragement for young children to grow and develop their skills as well as helping them to speak and perform before other people. ## **Christmas Outreach Program: 18/12/2021** A Christmas Outreach program was conducted in the town centre of Bury St Edmunds. The youths of the church sang Christmas songs, invited the public to the Christmas carol service and also distributed gospel tracts. ## **Christmas Carol Service: 22/12/2021** A Christmas Carol Service was conducted in the church premises on 22/12/2021. It was attended by a number of people from the community and everyone had a blessed time with great worship and also sharing from the word of God about the meaning of Christmas. ## **Street Outreach Programs:** The youths of the church also conducted street outreach programs in Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds which involved distributing food packets to the homeless and spending time talking and interacting with such people who need help and support. ## **Gospel Outreach:** The youths of the church also participated in gospel outreach programs partnering with other churches and gospel groups on weekends where they went to different towns across Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and took active part in sharing the gospel at the town centres. ## **Collection for Food Bank:** The church organized a collection box for getting food donations from the church members and the collected food was delivered to food banks in Bury St Edmunds. ## **Visiting Servants of God:** We had different blessed servants of God ministering to the church on various days throughout the year and their ministry with the word of God was a great blessing to all members of the church. ## **Church Annual General Body Meeting** The Church Annual Report was presented by the secretary on 28[th] March 2022 and the existing office bearers and trustee members were elected to continue for the year April 2022 to March 2023 as decided by the general meeting. Additionally, Mr Roji Samuel was elected as the Safeguarding Officer of the church. The names and position of the trustees are as follows: |NAMES|POSITIONS| |---|---| |PASTOR. SUNNY JOHN
10 Poppy Close,
Red Lodge,
Bury St Edmunds
IP28 8FL|PRESIDENT| |Mr. VARUGHESE ABRAHAM
50 St Johns Road
Colchester
Essex
CO4 0JW|VICE PRESIDENT| |Mrs. ALIENA SUNNY
2 Thistle Way
Red Lodge,
Bury St Edmunds
IP28 8FR|SECRETARY| |Mr. SAM THULAMANNIL BIJU
37 Ranworth
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 4XD|TREASURER| |Mr. EBIN ABRAHAM
54 Blackthorn Close
Cambridge
CB4 1FZ|YOUTH LEADER| |Mr. VARGHESE VARGHESE PLAPARA
26 Fleming Way
Withersfield|TRUSTEE| |Haverhill
CB9 7SQ|| |---|---| |Mr. JIKU SAMUEL THAMPY
4 Fern Way
Red Lodge
Bury St Edmunds
IP28 8WW|TRUSTEE| |Mrs. JIJI GEORGE
50 St Johns Road
Colchester
Essex
CO4 0JW|TRUSTEE| |Mr. LIJO VARGHESE
24 Larch Way
Red Lodge
Bury St Edmunds
IP28 8YA|TRUSTEE| |Mrs. SAJINI SHAJI
8 Monarch Close
Haverhill
Suffolk
CB9 9QW|TRUSTEE| |Mr Roji Samuel
1 Redwood Drive
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 6TN|SAFEGUARDING OFFICER| ## _**Donations to Charity:**_ During this year, the Church had the privilege of deepening gospel partnerships and to extend support and assistance to various charitable missions around the world as previous years. We were also able to support some local food banks around Bury St Edmunds, supplying them with essential food items along with some monetary donation. The list of recipients of financial support and contributions are as given below: . **Aliena Sunny Pastor Sunny John Secretary President and Chairperson Reg. Charity No: 1141435 Reg. Charity No. 1141435** Charlly NamB GIL¢AL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 1141435 Recei Is and ments accounts CC16a For the period PBIiDd *nd dai& 9110312022 0110412021 Seclion A Receipts and payments Unreslrlcted funds Restrlcled fund5 EndowmeTht funds Ttital funds Last yqar tD the nEBresl E lo thp neBrest E to the hEarESt £ A1 Recei OFFERINGS DONATIONS GIFT AID 15 487 29.899 7.884 4e7 2y.899 7,884 30,547 Sub total(Gross income for ARJ 38,270 38.270 42,833 A2 Asset and Investmeni sales. (see lablel. Sub total Total re¢eipts 58,270 3B.270 42,813 AJPa enls 5.197 400 2,976 Gills Donal￿￿5 Tiavel oth￿ 8xpenaes leim￿lsea 400 5.000 5,000 7,600 $0 ChaiLIY AccOunlanGv efreshmellts E￿￿O￿lIsM Fund 500 50D 482 755 404 29 9.897 482 755 40d 29 9.837 1.762 600 Td9 on¢ 36d Fixed Assets GDntribullDll toAOG In5uianc con 6QO 940 600 887 6,674 6.603 Fumiluo Sub lolal 28,175 40,054 A4 Asset and Inveslment urch85es, Isee table) Sub 10181 Totalpaymenls 28,176 28,176 40,054 Net ol receipt51(paymenls) A5 Transfers between lunds A6 Cash funds lasl year end Gash lunds Ihls yearend 10,094 10,094 2,779 5,592 15.686 5,S92 15,686 2,913 5,592 Section B Slatement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Reslricled lunds Endowment turids Categories Detalls B1 Cash funds A¢wunt Cash ID Ha￿j Tolal ¢ash lunds 4EFuvntls11 OK 15,686 OK OK Unreslrlcted funds to n￿1¢$1 £ Reslrlcted funds Endownienl funds Delalls B2 Other monetary assets Fund to whl¢h Cuirent valuB Detalls B3 Investment assets Fund to whl¢h CuTrent valu Dpta(Is B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use IIC SYSTEklS FURNITURE SAFE S SHELF LAPTOP GENERAL FUND GENERAL FVN GENERAL FUND GÈNERALfLIND 548 700 264 250 Fund lo whlch relales Church buildlng AMOUMI dug Wh¢n duè Detalls B5 Liabiliti88 Slyned by one or iwo tru8iees on Signature Prlni Name Dale ol rova S￿nn John Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Reporl Report to the trusteesl members ot GILGAL PENTACOSTAL CHURCH On accounts for Ihe year ended 31 March 2022 Charity no lil any) 1141435 Sel out on pages Respective The charity's trustees are responsible lor the preparation ol the accounts. The responsibilities of charity's Iruslees consider Ihal an audit is not required lor this year under section trustees and examiner 144121 ol the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Actl and that an independent Èxamination is needed. 1115 my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 01 the 2011 Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Cotnrnission (under section 14515llbl ol the 2011 Act, and to state whether particular mallers have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was Carried out in accordance with general Oireclions given by the examiner's slatement Charity Commission. An examination includes a review ol the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison ol the accounts presented with those records. 11 also includes consideration ol any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the Iruslees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidènce that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as lo whether the accounts present a 'true and lair, view and the report is limil&d lo those mallers sel out in the slaletnent helow. Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come lo my allenlion lolher than examiner's statement that disclosed below '} 1. which gives me reasonable cause lo believe that in, any material respect, tho requirernenls.. lo keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 01 the 2011 Act. and lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements ol the 2011 Act have not been mel ', or 2. to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding ol the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets fhey do not apply. Signed: Date: 1211112022 Name: Sebastian Machukatlu Devasia Relevant professional qualification{s} or body lit any).. Association ol Chartered Certified Accountants Address.. 17 Neals Corner , 2 Bath Road Hounslow , Middlesex TW3 3HJ red Certified Accountan 17 Neals Corner, oun IER TEL: 020 3490 9263 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material problems. Give here briet details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER