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2023-03-31-accounts

Mansfield Baptist Church

Testimonies of God's Activities amongst us

Church Annual Report 2023

C O N T E N T S

1 -3: Pastor's Report

4-5: Treasurer's Report

6: Church Administrator

7-8: Children, Family & Youth

9-10: A Heart of Worship

11-13: Study Groups

14: Pastoral

15: Mission Updates from Jeanette ( CYM/MBC Student)

16: Blessing Bags

17: Bags of Hope

18: BMS Church Partners

19: Recovery

20: Renew

21: Feeding with the Word: Men's Breakfast

22: Hope Craft & Cake

23: Young Adults Fellowship

24: Romanian Group

01-3

Pastor's Report

God in His genius created this world and established the seasons.

The beauty of Autumn as the plants and trees in an amazing display of autumnal colors prepare for the harshness of winter. The spring is when the sun arises and brings new life, restoration, freshness, and the certain hope that summer is on its way. And summer filled with celebration, holidays, and nature bursting with colour, life, and vitality I love them all! You can’t beat walking in the lake district in the autumn, or taking in the sun on a beach in the summer. In a way, they all reflect that God works in all seasons and all have purpose and are part of life.

In a similar way, we have had all seasons in the life of our church this year. We have seen growth and change, mixed with loss and sadness, and experienced challenges and difficulties.

There have been some Sundays when I have been at the front of the church and have had a tiny glimpse of heaven as I see people of all ages, a diverse gathering of nationalities, and a mixture of established members and new people who have joined us plus a steady flow of visitors and people from all walks of life. There is much to celebrate and thank God for.

I just want to thank everyone who so faithfully serves and gives so much time love, care and support to MBC and those that are part of the church and those who we reach out to. Much of it unseen but without it we just couldn't do what we do.

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This year has also been mixed with sadness as we have lost a number of members through bereavement, we continue to pray for and support our brothers and sisters as they grieve and adjust to new circumstances. We have also experienced some relational breakdown which has been painful for a number of people across the church and we are very sad that this has happened. We are praying and working towards reconciliation and understanding and have been reflecting very deeply on how things could have been different and the lessons to be learned. We remember we are a family first and foremost and are called to love, care, encourage, and also forgive and bear with one another’s faults but also seek to change & address them so we continue to grow in Christ’s likeness

The seasons ahead- Turning the Challenges into Fresh Opportunities

We have a number of matters that we need to address in the coming year that shape and affect our church’s future and direction. We will be planning for church meetings where we can work together to shape our Vision and Values, make decisions and plan ahead. So, we ask for your support whether you are a member or not in contributing to the conversations. There are 3 important areas to focus on in this coming season:-

1.Growing into a stronger, healthier church

Deeper relationally: Supporting and loving one another, connecting everyone together as a family that is fun, joyful, full of celebration, welcoming,and helping new people to belong. We will need to be strengthening our pastoral systems to include those who can’t attend our gatherings, support one another when the needs arise, and continue to grow our openness and unity together.

Deeper in discipleship: We have started a number of ways to help us to do this with a series of teaching on what it means to be a disciple of Jesus, and also the All Age themes of Holy Habits which we will be teaching but also thinking of practical ways to help us all adopt these good habits into our church community life and as individuals, that also practically enable growth towards spiritual maturity and powerful life change and healing. We would like to continue to grow small groups where relationships, care, and discipleship can grow deeper.

Clearer about our Vision and Values : For the whole church and for every ministry where every person grows and flourishes and is enabled to serve. Jesus has given us everything we need to be the church. He calls us to be centered on Him, His word, and upon people. So our core activities flowing from our Love of God, our worship, prayer, and obedience to His word are to: care for people of all ages, disciple and help everyone to grow to maturity and discover their calling and gifts, and Mission with All Ages, both inside and outside of the church.

We at MBC as part of the church of Jesus Christ and with His people all over the world are designed to be world-transforming agents of the kingdom of God. It’s a call where everyone has a part to play, gifts to use and serve with. We encourage everyone to serve and be involved in these tasks.

2. Ongoing uncertainty - Our church has been blessed and shielded from the impact of rising energy costs so far, but in June 2024 this agreement will end and we will be facing large increases in costs, that cannot be ignored as doing nothing will mean by mid2025 we will be at crisis point.

We need to prepare and plan for that time so that our church can continue to fulfill

its ministry and mission in our community and further afield remaining a sign,

foretaste and instrument of Jesus’ Kingdom . We are asking you to join the leadership in a process to make plans that should the cost of energy remain at similar levels that we have now. There are 3 key areas in which with prayer and fasting we need your help to discern a way forward to agree on a clear plan we can implement should the need arise.

Financial: We will work on producing a detailed cost of usage of different rooms and events, to develop models for different use so we can make clear decisions, while maintaining our vision and responsibility to continue to serve this community, and sharing the Gospel, and our community life together.

Structural: This could involve changing the frequency of meetings at certain times of the year and how we use our building. We may also need to decide and make priorities for its use. We may even need to find different ways of being church at different times. Any plans must continue to work any changes out in a way that we remain a united body functioning together.

Ministry: What ministries will be priorities during winter months? And how will we run them, where will we run them? Will the impact of rising costs also mean we need to serve our community in new ways?

3. The Baptist Union conversation on Human sexuality:

The Baptist Union has asked all Baptist churches and its Ministers to complete a survey to express their views concerning same-sex marraige.

At the present time, the Baptist Union defines marriage as between a man and a woman only. We will be providing more details in the near future about why this conversation is happening now and releasing resources to enable you to understand the issues so you can express your views on the survey.

We will need to prayerfully plan well and not just hope for the best. These situations need God-sized solutions that will need us to deeply seek the Lord in prayer and fasting, but in all circumstances trust that God is sovereign, continue to look up with hope, and move in faith because He is for us and more than able to do more than we can possibly imagine. Jesus promised that he would build his church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it. He has promised to never leave us or forsake us, and that we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us, He will work all things for good for those who are called according to his purpose, we can be sure he will complete the work in us he started. We are his much-loved sons and daughters to whom He is committ

Finally, I’m reminded of King David’s words to Solomon his Son

David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished. 1 Chronicles 28:20.

The work of God building his temple is no longer in bricks and mortar but is now built of people. This will continue until the end of the age as Jesus affirmed in the words of the Great Commission in Matthew 28 and also promised that He would be with us until that time. I recently played a song in church that I found so encouraging, I encourage you to listen to it or google the words it’s called Firm Foundation by Cody Carnes.

He sings

Christ is my firm foundation: The rock on which I stand: When everything around me is shaken: I've never been more glad: That I put my faith in Jesus: 'Cause He's never let me down: He’s faithful through generations: So why would He fail now?: He won't. He won’t fail.

I've still got joy in chaos: I’ve got the peace that makes no sense: I won't be going under: I’m not held by my own strength;’ Cause I've built my life on Jesus: He’s never let me down: He’s faithful through every season

So why would He fail now? (Shout it out) He won’t! He won’t fail

Yours humbly in service of Jesus, you, and your family. With much love Mark and Jane

04 - 5

Treasurer's Report

You will see a detailed presentation of our accounts at our AGM, after they have been checked by our auditor Patrick Henderson.

This year has seen us end the year with a ‘general fund’ surplus of £9,032.

Our general fund has increased in the last 12 months from £31,436 to £40,468. This surplus is after three consecutive years of general fund deficits.

However, whilst this is good news it does not tell the full story. We were blessed with £25,000 in September 2022 from the closure of Stanton Hill Baptist Church. This was very timely and allowed us to end this financial year in a position of financial stability that we would not otherwise have been in. It prevented our general fund falling below our reserve fund threshold of £25,000. Our thanks go to the former membership of Stanton Hill for expressing their wishes for this to happen, to the EMBA for facilitating the payment and also to The Bridge Baptist Church, another beneficiary, who chose to approve the donation.

Aside from this blessing. It has been an eventful year in the financial life of our Church in a number of other respects. We have seen payment for the restoration of our Manse in Andover Road, following the eviction of a wholly unsatisfactory tenant, which cost our Church £14,500.

Conversely, on a positive note we did acquire a 2nd Property (in Tattershall Walk) from the profit of the sale of our original Manse (in Alexandra Avenue) and the purchase of a new smaller Manse (in Andover Road). Some upgrading of the new 2nd property in Tattershall Walk was necessary and has cost Mansfield Baptist Church £11,900.

These are two very costly projects totalling £26,400. However, I am pleased to report that neither of these have impacted on the general fund. The restoration of Andover Road came from a Property Maintenance (PM) fund of £24,000 set aside from the profits of the sale of Alexandra Avenue. We have also wisely used some of this PM fund to replace most of the Church windows and significantly improve the heating system in the Sweitzer Room. This has been an important investment in our Church building.

The funds for the upgrade of Tattershall Walk came from a generous donation of £20,000 towards the purchase of a 2nd property and for Mission. £11,900 has been used for the 2nd property and £5,700, so far, towards mission work.

So, despite these major events the general fund was unaffected. However, it must be noted that the c. £9,000 general fund surplus would have resulted in a £16,000 deficit without the £25,000 from Stanton Hill. An anticipated budget deficit of £6,755 was forecasted. As a result, there was an underperformance of £9,245 (£16,000 - £6,755) against the budget.

This can largely be explained by the general fund giving. Which ended the year £10,000 under budget and over £3,000 less than the previous year. See figures below

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This Year £85,580 Budget £95,810 Last Year £88,864

The kind of deficit that could have arisen this year cannot be sustained. However, with both our properties now occupied and generating significant rental income, our deficit in 2023/24 should be significantly lower. With our general fund currently standing at over £40,000 this should remain at a more manageable level.

The ‘elephant in the room’ at present is the looming end to our fixed price energy deal in July 2024. This, at the present time, will have a colossal impact on the funds of our Church. Our Church meeting in September will look to make decisions on how we should prepare for this eventuality. I would encourage everyone to participate in the discussions and please pray.

I want to end this report on a more positive note. Because there have been a lot of positives. Not least the generosity of our Church fellowship in giving to other causes. This commitment never seems to diminish and this last year has been no different.

Donations for our Uganda Fund totalled £3,100. Leprosy Mission £1,335. Bags Of Hope supporting people in our local community raised £1,600, BMS Birthday Fund £650, £275 for the Turkey/Syria DEC Earthquake Appeal and for the Homeless in our local area £600. Thank you to everyone who donated, or helped in the raising of these funds.

From our Mansfield Baptist Church general fund we also contributed £12,600 last year towards mission work locally, across the country and worldwide supporting ALL who are in need, wherever they may be. This represents over 11% of our total income.

We give thanks and praise to the Lord for His continued blessings through the work of our Church. We thank Him for always providing for us.

So, we must continue putting our finances in His hands, to guide us and show us the way.

Thank you for your faithful prayers and continued support.

Neil

06 Church Administrator

When you wake up in the morning actually happy to go to work, then you know God is working his purpose in your life, well that's it feels like for me anyway!

God has given you a gift, what is yours? As administration is a Spiritual calling which honours God and helps people, i'd say this is mine!

I'm often asked, both inside and outside the church, what I do, and it’s quite a lot really here’s just a few of things I do - creating the weekly newsletter, sending out prayer requests, agendas and minuting meetings, safeguarding administration, updating Church Suite (our church management system), funerals & weddings, making sure there's enough paper in the printer! Nagging! ...sometimes! ..and a lot more besides....

I have been working on the new ‘ WELCOME PACK’ and it is definitely a labour of love, and is nearly ready, yes it is taking me longer than I would of liked BUT it’s coming, so bear with me. Everyone will receive a copy.

We have a new WEBSITE coming soon, and thanks to Jonathon & Neil for all their hard work behind the scenes.

The next project will be to update the church database, as we have many who either no longer come to the church, or do come but are not on there! I will be working on how best we can use the church management system to make administration is more streamlined and efficient.

A special thanks to Sam for managing the church facebook page, and Clive for managing the phone when I'm on annual leave, and Neil for being such a great line manager.

I would also like to thank Clare for all the work she’s done as Designated Person for Safeguarding (DPS) and thanks for Clive for now taking this very important role on.

Finally, thanks to everyone else for all for the love and support you give me in my role as your administrator, and finally if you are making a drink mine’s a herbal tea, and Mark’s a coffee – we never say no!

Cathy

07- 08

Children, Youth & Families Paula Skinner

To be honest writing this report each year is my least favourite job but as always God turns something I dislike into a blessing. As I look back over the past year I see a faithful and good God within the ups and downs.

“Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.” Psalm 36 v5

It is indeed a blessing and a privilege to have the opportunity to share Jesus with the children, youth and families in this place.

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22 v6

First Steps

We have continued meeting on Wednesday in term time from 9.30-10.45am. We aim to show God’s love in the community by providing a safe, caring, stimulating environment where carers and children develop friendships and children enjoy access to a wide range of play experiences. We have introduced a welcome pack with Children, Families and Youth information, a picture book of First Bible Stories for their toddler and of course chocolate for the parent to enjoy when reading the information at a more appropriate moment. We also have leavers bags for each child which once again has a Christian sticker book and leaflets about

future events. A lot of our time during each session is about building up relationships, praying for and encouraging the children and their parent/carers. Due to these strong relationships we have started to meet once a term for a catch up and coffee with a group of parents and carers who have now left the group.

We have managed to keep our charge to £1.00 per family per session which people really appreciate. During the year we received another grant from the very supportive local councillors. This money and our weekly charge has meant we are able to continue a donation towards the cost of the church heating and lighting, have help putting out the larger equipment when setting up and packing away, provide hot drinks for adults and keep our toys updated. We now have 35 families on our weekly register and continue to have a waiting list.

We invite all our families to Get Set GO Toddlers, Get Set Together and various other events, and have been delighted to see a number of them join us.

Get Set GO Toddlers

This once a term time event links lots of messy activities to a bible story which we join together and share at the end of the session. Due to the age range, 1-5yrs, it is an ever changing group but appears to be a gentle way into sharing God’s word with families. Many of these families have gone on to join Get Set Together.

Get Set Together

The aim of this group was to provide a welcoming and relaxed space to share God’s love through activities, food and worship together for all ages. It has been fantastic to see both the church family, those attending various church groups and the community come together. This time together is never wasted in building relationships and having opportunities to share faith with each other

Other Events

Over the past year there have been lots of other events including the Light Event and the Christmas service and breakfast. These can’t be mentioned without saying a huge thank you to Lucy. It was a privilege to work alongside Lucy and I have been blessed to have her as a friend and colleague for the past three years.

Team

A massive thank you to all those who have helped and supported the work of the children, youth and families work this year. It requires a massive team to keep everything running, from setting up and packing away to working with the children. I am always looking for more helpers, some things are weekly and others are for one off events, some jobs need a DBS but not all so please have a chat with me if you think you could help in any way

Prayer

I have just introduced a prayer hour once a month for the children, youth and families. Our first one was a great opportunity to thank God for his many blessings, the abundance of children and youth within our church and seek His will for the future. We would love you to join us next month. There is a prayer sheet available for anyone who would like topics to pray about.

Blessings Paula

09-10

Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. Psalm 66 v 1-2

In my report I just want to highlight the amazing people who are in the team with their gifts and talents and their commitment. I want to thank them for their support. Over the past couple of years, we have had new people join us too which is amazing.

Also, a massive thank you to the tech team who are incredible in what they do for us every week, both on a Sunday and in the worship team who practise every Thursday. They do more behind the scenes that perhaps people are aware of.

Before the pandemic and lockdown, we tried to organize a regulat time to get together for the worship team, called ‘Refresh and Blessing’, but then lockdown came and since then this has. been put on hold for various reasons. However, it is my aim over the next couple of months to start again with trying to eventually get this off the ground. It's vision is to bring the team together for Praise,Worship and Prayer.

Another area we are aiming to work on is to empower younger members of our church to be involved in the worship or tech teams and to encourage them to prayerfully look at the gifts they can bring.

Another part of my role in church is service leader and I am always looking for people who are interested in either doing the Bible reading, Prayers, or their personal testimonies.

In the services, we also will be including the various Ministries of the life of the church so everyone can prayer for the work that happens every week.

If there is anything you are interested in being involved with that I have written about, please come and have a chat with me.

Thanks Jane

Hebrews 13:15-16.

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that openly profess his name

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Study Groups

House Groups, Bible Study Groups, Zoom Groups; call them what you will but all of them are Life Groups. When we meet to share our lives and study God’s word for guidance together, our lives are changed. Friendships take on a new life, being explored and strengthened. Our knowledge of God’s word for application in our lives changes our daily life in many ways as we respond to what we learn. Through all the Life Groups, God continues to meet with us, challenge us and transform us.

Hebrews 4 v 12 “The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any doubleedged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart.”

I always like to do a look back to give thanks, and a look forward to what God may have in store for us :

We ran an Alpha Course between September and December of 2022 and this was attended by an average of 15 people each week led by a team of 5 leaders and supported by a rota of 13 cooks and helpers.

Most of those attending the course are now in a Life Group.

IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART IN THE NEXT ALPHA COURSE, PLEASE SPEAK TO NEIL MEADOWS OR ME.

Our Advent reflection in November and December of 2022, overlapped with the Alpha Course. In our reflection we looked at four videos on Love, Hope, Peace and Joy. Ahavah, Rakmah and Agape: God overflows with love for the world. Our purpose is to receive this love and give it to others.

Yakhal and Quavah: Christian hope looks back to the risen Jesus in order to look forward ..and so we wait. Shalom and Eirene: taking what is broken and restoring it to wholeness.

Chara: a profound decision of faith and hope in the power of Jesus’ life and love.

(Did you remember the phrases?)

To support those who had completed the Alpha Course, all the Life Groups were asked to begin the study ‘A Life Worth Living’ in January 2023. This is the Alpha Group follow-on study. It is an excellent study of the book of Philippians and proved beneficial for us all, not just those starting out on their Christian faith journey.

Philippians gives a unique window into the heart of mind of the apostle Paul, and he gives us a beautiful Messiah Poem which expresses his convictions of who Jesus is and gives us an example to follow.

Throughout Lent this year we met in Church for 6 weeks to look at something new. Rather than follow the familiar texts leading up to Easter, we looked at the work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ life, and how Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to prepare us for purpose.

Endued from on high; Energised for Life; Enriched in Character, Enlightened within, Equipped to serve and Empowered for purpose: all the work of the Holy Spirit within us. It was a good opportunity for us to have fellowship with one another – time to talk and catch up arounds God’s word. It was also great to see different members taking the lead in the sessions. While I set up and introduced the course, the weeks were led by Neil Meadows, Elaine Harrison and Jean Durrant, Clive Butcher, Sam Lockwood, and Babu Gunasekaren. It is not always easy to step out of what may be your ‘comfort zone’, but in fellowship together is the safest place to try out your gifts or just try something new, and so we were blessed by the leaders’ own styles.

Between all the main studies that we do together , each individual life group works through different courses as well as individual books of the Bible: these are personal choices for what the group needs or decides.

For example, our Coopers group zoom weekly on Thursday evening and is presently studying the prophets, beginning with the book of Daniel.

Jeannette’s Monday group meets in person weekly in the evening/term time only and is working through a 6-week video study, learning to hear God’s voice and how that helps with developing your gifts.

The Monday afternoon group held at Church and led by Neil is taking a 6-week journey through Esther.

For more information on all the groups available and the contact numbers, please see the ‘Moving Forward’ notice board in the Church lounge.

There is always room for more people to join in these groups and there is always the option for new groups to set up, especially as we are growing as a family.

We all need spaces to ask questions about life as well as the Bible. We all need a safe place to ask for help and prayer. We all need a laugh as we find out about one another and these Life Groups are the perfect place to get to know one another, perhaps find new friends and feel part of the MBC Family.

Looking forward, I am currently researching some more study material relevant to our growth as a Church body and, believe it or not, looking ahead to Advent -yes already!!

God has plenty in store for us and He loves us to have fellowship and fun around His word.

Thanking God for the continuing transformation of your lives through the application of His Word and looking forward to what God has in store for us,

Elizabeth Cooper

N.B. study material is always available even after the groups have completed their studies so if you want the information, please get in touch.

“ I have learned that everything has limits; but your commandment is perfect. How I love your law! I think about it all day long. s

Your commandment is with me all the time and makes me wiser than my enemies.

I understand more than all my teachers, because I meditate on your instructions.

I have greater wisdom than those who are old, because I obey your commands.

I have avoided all evil conduct, because I want to obey your word.

I have not neglected your instructions, because you yourself are my teacher.

How sweet is the taste of your instructions—sweeter even than honey!

I gain wisdom from your laws, and so I hate all bad conduct.

Your word is a lamp to guide me and a light for my path. I will keep my solemn promise to obey your just instructions.” Psalm 119 v 96-106

Pastoral 14

When I think back to lockdown and covid, I can hardly believe it all happened. Who would ever believe we would be in a situation where churches were closed and we were not allowed to congregate together. The pastoral team and our minister Mark got together and organised a system of 'telepastors' where we tried to ensure everyone received a telephone call from one of a group of volunteers every few weeks or so. It is wonderful that this system is no longer needed, but we do try to ensure that people from our church who cannot come back on a regular basis are visited and/or phoned.

We realise that pastoral care in our church is ever changing and needs occur unexpectedly and suddenly sometimes, but we endeavour to be a loving and caring church.

There is a pastoral team at our church, but we are aware that there are many visits, phone calls and prayers offered regularly by many of our church members. In John 13:34 it says 'A new command I give you, love one another, as I have loved you, so you must love one another'.

There are many ways in which we can show love towards one another and in Galatians 5, (22,23) the gifts of the spirit are listed,

'But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, against such things there is no law'.

God bless you.

Dorcas Burnett

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Updates from Jeanette (Our CYM Student)

Women's Life Group

We now meet regularly on Monday evenings from 7 -9 pm term time only. Our meetings vary, including Bible study, creative prayer evenings, Christian movie nights and fellowship, meals out together, and sharing our lives with the support and encouragement of each other in our journey of faith. We recently welcomed five new members, so we are growing in numbers and in our relationship with Jesus. Exploring the word of God and the transformation this brings in our lives.

Street church Oaktree

is going from strength to strength; we have recruited a few more volunteers and have a great team willing to serve in any way they can, including new volunteers regularly preaching the word of God. Periodically go door-knocking, leaflet drops, and prayer walks, building positive community relations with th church by responding to the needs of individuals where possible and showing them the love of Jesus. This resulted in an increase in individuals and families attending each week. They are showing an interest and are willing to listen to the gospel talks each week. We are still going into the homes of a couple of people and have started doing alpha with them. Exploring together who Jesus is and how to include him in their lives

Rooted

meets every friday at Oaktree leisure center 2.30-4.30pm. This is an extension of what we do at street church; we feel that this is the birth of a new church; there are about 15-20 people that attend each week, and we offer a renew style meeting with crafts for the first hour and prayer worship and bible study together for the last hour. Individuals that attend are engaged with the study, gaining in understanding and sharing views and insights, which is fantastic to witness. We have introduced the possibility of setting up holy communion once per month. This was welcomed and wanted, so we had conversations on why we take HC so they understood this. We had our first trip out as a group and visited Southwell Minster, the aim was to help them connect and to explore the stations of the cross and reflect on the bible verses relating to this. It was a very moving experience for all who attended. The next stage is to set up monthly HC for rooted, in the hope of extending to the rest of the Oaktree community. It's such a privilege to be part of the team/church and to witness how God is moving and working in the lives of the people of Oaktree.

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We run two different types of food bags and they are very different. 1) Bags of hope ( see previous report) 2) The Blessing Bags: to simply bless people who are finding things hard.

Each week we send out 24 bags to street church. They range in content, with a small amount of food such

as:

cereal, long life milk, bread and jam or beans.

200g pasta or rice or tinned potatoes, tinned meat - e.g chicken in sauce, minced beef onion, stew, tinned veg and bread.

Bread, tuna, a pot noodle or pasta and sauce sachet and tinned soup or rice pudding. Pasta bake sauce, 200g pasta.

Bread, soup or beans.

Bread, beans, soup or tinned tomatoes and a dozen teabags.

They are always well received each week & do what they say simply bless the people who have one. With the cost of living increases, we no longer add a packet of biscuits as a regular but sometimes as a treat.

We have a few regular people who bless us with regular drop offs for the cupboard for things we can no longer buy. We have a small fund coming in that keeps this work going, and a regular monthly payment from another church to help. - Thanks to helps with this!

The bags are also what we give to people who turn up at church in need of some food.

Sue is able to make up a blessing bag and give them out, and we bless people in our church family with them also. When you have nothing, it's a real blessing!

Daniel has been helping for the last 6 months again, every week to obtain his silver Duke of Edinburgh award, and it has been lovely to shop and pack the bags with him.

How you can help this vital work continue? - It's as simple as adding one or more of the following to your shopping each week & bringing it on Sunday to church or a money gift marked 'blessing bags'!

Tin soup, beans, tinned tomatoes, rice pudding, tin potatoes, peas, carrots, corn, minced beef onion, stew, meatballs, tuna.

1kg pasta or packet dried spaghetti, When I was hungry you gave Jar pasta bake sauce. me something to eat, when I Box cereal 90p cornflakes, long life milk, teabags, jar jam. was thirsty something to Packet biscuits, bar chocolate a real treat now in the bags!!! drink. - Mathew 25 35 40.

When we are blessed with harvest festival drops from Queen Elizabeth school and our church the cupboard is full, but it soon goes at 24 bags a week. The faithful few who bring food weekly and give financial help to this enabling the bags to have a variation each week, not just bread, soup, and beans each week, this makes the cheapest week @ approx £1.30 a bag. X 24 = £31.20. Cereal, milk, bread and jam £2.0 X 24 = £55.20. The meat weeks bless the recipients with approx. £4.50 worth of food X 24 = £108.00.

Thank you for reading this and your prayers over this vital outreach work. We have seen people give their lives to Christ at street church from the continued love and support they have seen and been given.

With love and thanks from Elaine and the team who cover sickness and holiday weeks.

Bags of Hope

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Thank you for reading this and as you will see from the figures the funds are really low!

Bags of hope are just that a week's food for people who are really struggling that have hit a difficult time for all sorts of reasons.

Recently we’ve helped a lady who lost her purse and hadn't eaten in 3 days, someone from street church told her about us. The relief when I took the bag of food was huge and I was able to pray with her.

We have helped a mum and her 5 children long term (over eight months), this is highly unusual but so were her circumstances. Jenny B looked after this lady and the family showing lots of love with a listening ear, clothes from share wear and a weekly food parcel from us. She had nothing coming in at all in the beginning, and as things got slightly better, we reduced the amount of food until the status to remain was sorted and universal credit when the Mansfield Baptist church food support stopped. Can you imagine 2 babies under two five-year-old and two older boys and nothing at all???

As the time went on our church family provided the funds for the weekly food as it became a longer-term support. This family have seen the love of Jesus and we have prayed with them. Jenny remains in contact with them for ongoing support with clothes etc.

Over Christmas, 2 families I had got to know were sanctioned on their benefit. They missed an appointment with DHSS as their children were ill or in hospital.

There is no leeway the money simply stops while they are investigated, both mums were so upset and had a meal from Jesus which was sorted by Dorcas and Jenny B.

There are so many families we have helped this year all referred by various people, including our own church family having support when needed.

Many more come to mind, but some I put in the newsletter last year, one gave their life to Christ with Jeanette this year. God is so faithful.

To continue this work funds are needed, thank you for those who give to this work, and raise money already. If you want some of your giving to go to this ministry, it needs to be marked ‘Bags of Hope’. You can see on the spreadsheet where we stand at the end of year.

Thank you for taking the time to read this report and I know God has it in his hands. He provides for the sparrows the Bible tells us, so I know He will make provision for the people in need He places in our path. To show love and practical help too.

Love Elaine and Jenny B

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26

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BMS Church Partners

Claire Bedford is our BMS Link missionary working as a pharmacist at the Guinebor 2 (G2) Hospital, on the outskirts of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad.

The hospital welcomes many patients from all over N’Djamena, the rest of Chad, and from neighbouring countries. This demonstrates the confidence people have in the care the hospital gives. Please pray that this is a great witness to the patients of the love of Jesus in action.

March has seen their busiest month ever at the G2 Hospital and those working there are all tired. They are happy, however, to be serving more and more of the local population.

Claire’s colleague Audrey left at the start of March and Cleopas has stepped into the role. Although Claire is finding it draining having to explain things to him, he does have a good attitude and is willing to learn and ask questions. Cleopas is getting more confident but is still unsure sometimes and double-checks a lot of things with Claire. A new intern, Jacqueline, has stepped into Cleopas’ old role.

A new solar power system has now been installed. The installation didn’t come without its challenges, but it is up and running and it is projected to reduce the hospital’s use of the diesel generator by 50-75%.

Although Claire’s work has been in the pharmacy the last few months with the handover from Audrey to Cleopas, she is still overseeing the lab and imaging departments and working with their Chadian department heads to ensure the departments function well in all aspects.

Claire is still on the Senior Management Team (SMT) and writing the notes up from the weekly meetings. She finds it a privilege to be on the team as they work together to try and solve the seemingly unending list of issues and challenges facing the hospital.

Claire is planning a break in mid-April, outside of Chad for just over a week with a friend, which she is really looking forward to.

PRAYER POINTS

Claire thanks us for our ongoing interest in and the support of Guinebor II Hospital. Our support is very much appreciated.

Claire issues a prayer letter every few months which is available via email. If you would like to be added to the list, please email me at davidardron456@hotmail.com asking to be put on Claire’s mailing list.

David Ardron

19 Recovery

God at the centre is the essence of Recovery . It involves a writing and sharing programme in which God leads people towards healing and a greater freedom. Wounds and hurts are healed , feelings of unworthiness, anxiety and inferiority are reduced, and chains of obsessions and addictions are broken . It helps people to feel more peaceful and their relationships to become healthier. It encourages self-understanding, allows God to heal damaged emotions and draws us into a greater knowledge of God’s love for us and into a deeper relationship with Him. The programme is for anyone and everyone.

To create an atmosphere where healing and renewal can occur , guidelines are needed. Confidentiality is a major part of this. The guidelines also include maintaining an environment where nonjudgemental attitudes, unconditional love, acceptance and respect for each other and their views are essential. A safe place for sharing is created, where other group members and leaders listen, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Prayers are given for any wounds, hurts or habits that have been shared, lifting them to God for His healing.

We let God be God and soak every meeting in prayer, both within meetings and during the rest of the week.

Groups and Zoom Calls. Most groups meet in church. Two types of Recovery programmes are used – the Genesis Recovery programme and the 12 Step Recovery programme. Although the latter

programme is generally used in Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous groups, it is also commonly used in Christian groups.

On Mondays, the 12 Step Recovery programme has been used by two groups. One of these has just completed the programme successfully. The same Recovery programme is also used by several individuals using Zoom. Recently, the Genesis Recovery programme has been started by another group. This group meets on Thursdays.

We also offer deeper prayer if anyone would like this. This does not involve a programme but a prayer time or times to help inner healing.

We ask you to respect the privacy and confidentiality of these groups as far as is possible and we would also greatly value your prayers for them.

Thank you, Bronwen, Fiona, Spro.

If you would like to know more, please see one of the above people.

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Our Renew Space is one of around 240 across our Nation. We meet between 10am and 1.30 pm on Thursdays with a variety of activities available such as board games, jigsaw puzzles, quiz books and colouring books. Those attending value the opportunity to meet, talk and relax in a caring atmosphere. Interaction with others can be as much or as little as the individual needs at that time. All are welcome.

We are extremely grateful to Derek and Brenda Rumbol who introduced Renew Wellbeing to Mansfield and have now stepped down from their leadership role. Thanks to their example Renew continues with the team that they have worked with and trained.

Quiet shared spaces where it's OK not to be OK

The number of attendees varies from week to week but is usually over twenty with about eleven volunteers. We remain grateful for the support of Sue Kemp and her helpers who provide the excellent meal that closes our session.

Prayer is a vital part of Renew, the team starting the morning with prayer based on Psalm 103. There is also reflection on a different Psalm each week, guided by a commentary from Ruth Rice the national Renew leader. Before the meal there is prayer in the Chapel which follows the words of the Lord's Prayer. This is voluntary but many appreciate the time of peaceful contemplation.

During the morning a ‘Quiet Room ‘is available for prayer and reflection.

We thank God for this resource and for all the similar centres across the Country, which are much valued by all who attend.

The Renew Team

21

Feeding with the Word Men's Breakfast

This is the Mansfield Baptist Church group aimed at men; to give them an opportunity to get together, share in fellowship, hear the word of God and enjoy conversation over a simple breakfast.

The group has been running now for 13 months and meets on the 3rd Saturday of the month between 9.00am & 11.00am.

We share scripture, testimonies, music and prayer, along with a range of discussions to support and help one another grow to in faith and face the day-to-day challenges of Christian life.

We have guests from other churches joining us too as there is a real call for men wanting to fellowship together and share the word as brothers. Numbers attending have varied between 7-17, with an overall monthly average of 13.

The discussions are very much Spirit led, and so often we find the topics raised by one person are also brought by another in a different form on the same subject.

Seeing people grow in faith and gain encouragement and support from other members shows how God moves within our group; there have been so many uplifting moments.

We continue to look for more people to join us and share their experiences in Christ so that we can all continue to grow together.

Special thanks to Sue Kemp and Elizabeth Cooper for their support with the shopping and in the kitchen which has enabled the men to focus on their time together.

Praise be to God.

Tim Tim Cooper

2 Peter 3:18 -

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

22

Hope Craft & Cake

We have had three sessions now and some great fellowship together.

We start with a time of craft and laughter, followed by a time with Gods word in a bible study.

We are looking at women in the bible which has been really good as an opening to group discussions how it is relevant in our lives today.

We follow up with beautiful cakes by Alia and refreshments.

We are a small group but it's open to all women, please feel free to bring along a neighbour or friend to join the fellowship and hear about the women in the bible and how their lives are so linked to ours today.

It's completely free and a lovely two hours of Christian fellowship on the third Saturday of the month quarterly. The next one is June 17th 2.30 to 4.30pm.

We hope you will join us and bring someone with you.

Love from Elaine, Helen C, and Alia

Young Adults Fellowship 23

We gather once a month. We started in May 2022. Usually we are 15-20 persons ,once we were 33 persons.

Before starting this fellowship, in March 2022 we gathered with Lionel, Christine and Nathanael, Lurie, Paul and Ana-Maria and myself, we prayed and discussed about our aims and objectives which Lionel printed for us. We met again in October 2022 to discuss about improvement in our gathering.

Aims:

1.Inclusive and welcoming

2.Encourahe personal and communal faith in Jesus

3.Discover God given purpose and provide a place where others can offer support. 4.Building meaningful friendship

Objectives: 1.Regular 90 minutes meeting, 2.Prepare young adults for a Bible based future 3.To raise awareness of Jesus as a major contributor in our lives 4.To encourage young people to recognise God's hand in everyday life. 5.To encourage prayer and familiarisation with the Word of God 6.To explore young people talents and abilities 7.To develop a family environment for everyone to feel belonged.

Our Vision: "We are a group of young adults that Love God and we meet monthly to give glory to the Lord and learn more about Him."

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget.

We are so blessed to be part of this wonderful church...... Blessings Corina & Lurie

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

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Romanian Group

We started in June 2022.

We are a group of Romanian Orthodox and Baptists families who want to find more about God and His word.

Our motto is: YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH. Psalm 119:105

Once a month we gather together to read His word, discussing about God, Bible ,having a worship time, a cup of tea and encouraging each other. Usually we are in total 20 -25 persons with children.

As well, we meet all these people online.

We have every Saturday 7.00pm an Inductive Study Bible on Zoom lead by Lurie. This method helps us achieve our goal of understanding scripture and making application for our lives.

I lead a group of women every Wednesday 7.00pm on zoom Women's Prayer in Romanian: Femeile Rugaciunii, an hour when we bring requests of prayers and we pray as well for the church and the requests we have via email. They are Romanian women, some of them participate to our Church program.

Monthly, we have a Romanian family meeting discussing about God, Bible, having a worship time and a cup of tea.

Corina & Lurie

MANSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH END OF YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENT

31st MARCH 2023

• Introduction

The information in these accounts have been transferred from ‘Finance Co-Ordinator’ and reconciled with bank statements. The accounts were examined by Mr P Henderson on 22[nd] May 2023 as per the attached statement.

They have been approved by the Church at the Annual General Meeting.

Statement of Financial Activities

Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowment
Total
Prior year
funds
funds
funds
funds
total funds
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary income
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Other incoming resources
Total income
Resources used
Cost of generating funds
Cost of generating voluntary income
Charitable activities
Other resources used
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure) resources before
transfer
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains / losses on investment assets
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Represented by
Unrestricted
General fund
Designated
Chhahari Nepal
Family Worker
Light House
Mission
Parish Nurse
Property development
Sue Personal
TODDLERS
Youth Worker
Restricted
Fixed Assets
BMS Birthday Fund		 139,350
7,902
—
147,252
119,180
60
730
—
790
1,351
6,220
—
—
6,220
2,124
145,631
8,631
—
154,262
122,655
—
—
—
—
—
33,231
5,843
—
39,073
17,796
129,435
7,472
—
136,908
122,968
—
—
—
—
15,851
162,666
13,315
—
175,981
156,615
(17,035)
(4,684)
—
(21,719)
(33,960)
—
—
—
—
309
—
—
—
—
(309)
—
711,852
—
711,852
495,917
—
—
—
—
—
(17,035)
707,168
—
690,133
461,957
99,577
5,067,826
—
5,167,403
4,705,446
82,541
5,774,995
—
5,857,536
5,167,403
74,935
—
—
74,935
81,180
50
—
—
50
50
(6,302)
—
—
(6,302)
1,593
112
—
—
112
112
(5,621)
—
—
(5,621)
(2,726)
(1)
—
—
(1)
(1)
13,208
—
—
13,208
13,208
269
—
—
269
269
115
—
—
115
115
5,777
—
—
5,777
5,777
—
5,801,777
—
5,801,777
5,089,925
—
1
—
1
—

Page 1

BMS World Mission — — — — —
BUGB Home Mission Fund — — — — —
Chhahari Nepal — (50) — (50) (40)
Family Worker — (758) — (758) (758)
Fellowship Fund — (5,649) — (5,649) (5,813)
First Steps — — — — —
Foodbank — 0 — 0 0
INF — 0 — 0 0
Light House — (113) — (113) (112)
Minister in Training — 0 — 0 0
Mission — 0 — 0 0
Own A/C Baby Talk — — — — —
Own A/C Coffee Shop — — — — —
Own A/C Family Fun Night — (40) — (40) —
Own A/C Little Explorers — 1,364 — 1,364 935
Own A/C Ministers Fellowship — 1,465 — 1,465 1,174
Own A/C Toddlers — 49 — 49 49
Own A/C Vintage Club — — — — —
Own A/C Welcome Break — — — — —
Power Pack — — — — —
Preg. Crisis — 0 — 0 0
Property development — (17,679) — (17,679) (13,208)
Shine — 1 — 1 1
Sue Personal — (269) — (269) (269)
TODDLERS — (115) — (115) (115)
Uganda Fund — (33) — (33) 962
Welcome Break — 0 — 0 0
Winter Shelter — 819 — 819 870
Youth Worker — (5,777) — (5,777) (5,777)

Balance sheet

Class and code
Description		 This year
Last year
Fixed assets
FA001
Church Building Rosemary St. Mansfield
FA002
Fixtures & Fittings in Church building
FA003
Pipe Organ in Church
FA004
Manse 50, Andover Road, Mansfield
FA005
2nd Property, 19 Tattershall Walk
Total Fixed assets
Current assets
CA001
Bank current account
CA002
Deposit account
CA003
Bond 9mths
CA004
COIF accounts
CA005
Petty Cash
CA006
Minister,s Community A/C
CA007
Toddler,s Own A/C
CA008
Vintage Club A/c
CA009
Welcome Break Own A/C
CA010
Coffee Shop A/c
CA011
Power Pack Own A/C
CA012
Holiday Drop-in A/C
CA013
Youth Drop-in A/C
CA014
Baby Talk A/C
Total Current assets
Liabilities
LIA001
Underpaid Electricity
LIA002
Unpaid specified funds		 4,542,356
4,125,616
228,502
207,538
595,487
540,854
255,432
215,917
180,000
—
5,801,777
5,089,925
52,268
74,296
—
—
—
—
1,054
1,035
—
—
1,465
1,174
49
49
—
—
(64)
(64)
—
—
19
19
34
34
935
935
—
—
55,759
77,478
—
—
—
—

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LIA003
Long-Term loan EMBA
Total Liabilities
Net Asset surplus(deficit)
Reserves
Excess / (deficit) to date
Z01
Starting balances
Z02
Gains/(losses) on investment assets
Z03
Gains and losses own use
Total Reserves
Represented by funds
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Endowment
Total		 —
—
—
—
5,857,536
5,167,403
(21,719)
—
5,167,403
4,671,486
711,852
495,917
—
—
5,857,536
5,167,403
74,935
81,180
7,607
18,396
5,774,995
5,067,826
—
—
5,857,536
5,167,403

Statement of assets and liabilities

General Designated
Restricted Endowment
This year
Last year
Fixed assets - Tangible assets
Church Building Rosemary St. Mansfield
Fixtures & Fittings in Church building
Pipe Organ in Church
Manse 50, Andover Road, Mansfield
2nd Property, 19 Tattershall Walk
Totals
Current assets - Cash at bank and in hand
Bank current account
Totals
Current assets - Investments
Deposit account
Bond 9mths
COIF accounts
Totals
Current assets - Cash at bank and in hand
Petty Cash
Minister,s Community A/C
Toddler,s Own A/C
Vintage Club A/c
Welcome Break Own A/C
Coffee Shop A/c
Power Pack Own A/C
Holiday Drop-in A/C
Youth Drop-in A/C
Baby Talk A/C
Totals
Liabilities - Creditors: Amounts falling due in
one year
Underpaid Electricity
Unpaid specified funds
Totals
Liabilities - Creditors: Amounts falling due
after more than one year
Long-Term loan EMBA
Totals
Grand total		 —
—
4,542,356
—
4,542,356
4,125,616
—
—
228,502
—
228,502
207,538
—
—
595,487
—
595,487
540,854
—
—
255,432
—
255,432
215,917
—
—
180,000
—
180,000
—
—
—
5,801,777
—
5,801,777
5,089,925
73,965
7,607
(29,304)
—
52,268
74,296
73,881
7,607
(26,782)
—
54,705
76,443
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,054
—
—
—
1,054
1,035
1,054
—
—
—
1,054
1,035
(500)
—
500
—
—
—
—
—
1,465
—
1,465
1,174
365
—
(316)
—
49
49
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(64)
—
(64)
(64)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
19
—
19
19
10
—
24
—
34
34
41
—
893
—
935
935
—
—
—
—
—
—
73,881
7,607
(26,782)
—
54,705
76,443
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
74,935
7,607
5,774,995
—
5,857,536
5,167,403

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Fund movement by type

Opening
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers Gains/losses
Closing
BF - BMS Birthday Fund
Restricted
Sub-total for BF
BMS - BMS World Mission
Restricted
Sub-total for BMS
BT - Own A/C Baby Talk
Restricted
Sub-total for BT
CS - Own A/C Coffee Shop
Restricted
Sub-total for CS
FA - Fixed Assets
Restricted
Sub-total for FA
FB - Foodbank
Restricted
Sub-total for FB
FF - Fellowship Fund
Restricted
Sub-total for FF
FFN - Own A/C Family Fun N
Restricted
Sub-total for FFN
FS - First Steps
Restricted
Sub-total for FS
FW - Family Worker
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for FW
HMF - BUGB Home Mission Fu
Restricted
Sub-total for HMF
INF - INF
Restricted
Sub-total for INF
LE - Own A/C Little Explo
Restricted
Sub-total for LE
LH - Light House
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for LH
MCA - Own A/C Ministers Fe
Restricted
Sub-total for MCA
MIT - Minister in Training
Restricted
Sub-total for MIT
Miss - Mission
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for Miss		 —
651
650
—
—
1
—
651
650
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5,089,925
—
—
—
711,852
5,801,777
5,089,925
—
—
—
711,852
5,801,777
0
—
—
—
—
0
0
—
—
—
—
0
(5,813)
1,245
1,081
—
—
(5,649)
(5,813)
1,245
1,081
—
—
(5,649)
—
57
97
—
—
(40)
—
57
97
—
—
(40)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,593
10,122
18,017
—
—
(6,302)
(758)
—
—
—
—
(758)
834
10,122
18,017
—
—
(7,061)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
—
—
—
0
0
—
—
—
—
0
935
590
161
—
—
1,364
935
590
161
—
—
1,364
112
—
—
—
—
112
(112)
83
83
—
—
(113)
0
83
83
—
—
(1)
1,174
2,145
1,855
—
—
1,465
1,174
2,145
1,855
—
—
1,465
0
—
—
—
—
0
0
—
—
—
—
0
(2,726)
280
3,175
—
—
(5,621)
0
—
—
—
—
0
(2,726)
280
3,175
—
—
(5,621)

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PC - Preg. Crisis
Restricted
Sub-total for PC
PD - Property development
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for PD
PN - Parish Nurse
Designated
Sub-total for PN
PP - Power Pack
Restricted
Sub-total for PP
SHI - Shine
Restricted
Sub-total for SHI
SP - Sue Personal
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for SP
SS - Chhahari Nepal
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for SS
TOA - Own A/C Toddlers
Restricted
Sub-total for TOA
UG - Uganda Fund
Restricted
Sub-total for UG
VC - Own A/C Vintage Club
Restricted
Sub-total for VC
WB - Welcome Break
Restricted
Sub-total for WB
WBO - Own A/C Welcome Brea
Restricted
Sub-total for WBO
WS - Winter Shelter
Restricted
Sub-total for WS
YW - Youth Worker
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for YW
td - TODDLERS
Designated
Restricted
Sub-total for td
General - General fund
Unrestricted
Sub-total for General
Grand total		 0
—
—
—
—
0
0
—
—
—
—
0
13,208
—
—
—
—
13,208
(13,208)
—
4,471
—
—
(17,679)
0
—
4,471
—
—
(4,471)
(1)
—
—
—
—
(1)
(1)
—
—
—
—
(1)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
269
—
—
—
—
269
(269)
—
—
—
—
(269)
0
—
—
—
—
0
50
—
—
—
—
50
(40)
146
156
—
—
(50)
11
146
156
—
—
1
49
—
—
—
—
49
49
—
—
—
—
49
962
3,105
4,100
—
—
(33)
962
3,105
4,100
—
—
(33)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
—
—
—
0
0
—
—
—
—
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
870
610
662
—
—
819
870
610
662
—
—
819
5,777
—
—
—
—
5,777
(5,777)
—
—
—
—
(5,777)
0
—
—
—
—
0
115
—
—
—
—
115
(115)
—
—
—
—
(115)
0
—
—
—
—
0
81,180
135,228
141,474
—
—
74,935
81,180
135,228
141,474
—
—
74,935
5,167,403
154,262
175,981
—
711,852
5,857,536

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Analysis of income and expenditure

Incoming resources from generated funds - Voluntary income

IN001 - Gift Aid
IN002 - Collections
IN003 - Donations - Unr
IN004 - Lettings
IN005 - INF
IN006 - Sundries
IN007 - Maintenance
IN008 - Property Development
IN009 - BMS Birthday
IN010 - BMS World Mission
IN011 - BUGB Home Mission
IN012 - Chhahari Nepal
IN013 - Children, Families & Youth
IN016 - Mission
IN019 - Christmas Outreach
IN021 - Youth Pastor
IN022 - Tax Refunds
IN023 - Sue Personal
IN026 - Minister's Community
IN033 - Toilet Improvements
IN035 - Parish Nurse
IN036 - FW Fund
IN037 - Legacy
IN038 - Garden Plants
IN040 - Foodbank
IN042 - Conferences
IN044 - Donations - Des
IN045 - Donations - Res
IN046 - Church Services
IN050 - 200th Anniversary
IN051 - Homeless
IN052 - EMBA Loan
IN053 - Fellowship Fund
IN054 - Church Maintenance
IN055 - Supply
IN056 - Induction
IN057 - Manse Maintenance
IN058 - Expenses Income
IN059 - Donations - Photocopier
IN061 - Uganda Fund
IN062 - Children & Families Pastor -
Resources
IN063 - 2nd Property
IN064 - Bags Of Hope
Total		 Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
This year
Last year
48,182
—
—
—
48,182
52,425
27,276
—
—
—
27,276
23,111
25,039
—
—
—
25,039
328
2,622
—
—
—
2,622
265
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
117
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
651
—
651
543
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
146
—
146
130
—
10,122
—
—
10,122
13,328
—
280
—
—
280
314
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
13,541
—
—
—
13,541
13,364
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,145
—
2,145
2,474
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
370
3,984
—
—
—
3,984
2,736
2,776
—
—
—
2,776
4,946
—
—
—
—
—
100
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
610
—
610
1,009
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,245
—
1,245
1,314
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(50)
—
—
—
(50)
—
2,809
—
—
—
2,809
588
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3,105
—
3,105
1,708
—
—
—
—
—
10
1,211
—
—
—
1,211
—
1,557
—
—
—
1,557
—
128,948
10,402
7,902
—
147,252
119,180

Incoming resources from charitable activities

IN014 - Light House
IN015 - Minister in Training
IN017 - Impact
IN018 - Preg Crisis
IN020 - Welcome Break
IN024 - Shine
IN025 - Toddlers Own
IN027 - Vintage Club		 Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
This year
Last year
—
—
83
—
83
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

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IN028 - Welcome Break Own
IN029 - Coffee Shop
IN030 - Impact Own
IN031 - Family Fun Night
IN032 - Little Explorers
IN039 - Lounge Tables
IN041 - Other Salaries Income
IN043 - Messy Church
IN047 - Baby Talk
IN048 - Donations - Heat & Lighting
IN060 - NCC Supplies - Income
Total		 —
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
57
—
57
—
—
—
590
—
590
1,181
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
60
—
—
—
60
170
—
—
—
—
—
—
60
—
730
—
790
1,351

Other incoming resources

IN034 - Shaw Trust
IN049 - Manse Income
Total		 Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
This year
Last year
—
—
—
—
—
—
6,220
—
—
—
6,220
2,124
6,220
—
—
—
6,220
2,124
INCOME TOTAL 135,228
10,402
8,631
—
154,262
122,655

Cost of generating funds

EXP056 - EMBA Loan
EXP077 - Interim Minister
EXP082 - Travel
Total		 Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
This year
Last year
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Cost of generating funds - Cost of generating voluntary income

EXP069 - Homeless
EXP070 - 200th Anniversary
EXP072 - Nepal Earthquake
EXP073 - Donations - Restricted
EXP074 - Fellowship Fund
EXP075 - Dishwasher
EXP076 - Toilet Improvements
EXP078 - Donations - Designated
EXP079 - Induction
EXP080 - Manse Allowances
EXP081 - Manse Maintenance
EXP084 - Uganda Fund
EXP085 - Manse Sale & Purchase
EXP086 - 2nd Property
EXP088 - Bags Of Hope		 Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
This year
Last year
—
—
662
—
662
523
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,225
—
—
—
2,225
7,682
600
—
1,081
—
1,681
3,628
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
910
—
—
—
910
2,566
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
14,930
—
—
—
14,930
—
—
—
4,100
—
4,100
1,400
—
—
—
—
—
—
12,205
—
—
—
12,205
1,997
2,361
—
—
—
2,361
—

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Total 33,231 — 5,843 — 39,073 17,796

Charitable activities

EXP001 - Stipend & Salaries
EXP002 - HMRC
EXP003 - BMPF
EXP004 - Team Expenses &
Resources
EXP005 - Supply - Speakers
EXP006 - Manse Allowance
EXP007 - Manse Insurance
EXP008 - Manse Fuel
EXP009 - Manse Phone
EXP010 - Church Insurance
EXP011 - Gas
EXP012 - Electricity
EXP013 - Cleaning & Kitchen
Supplies
EXP014 - Church Maintenance
EXP015 - Music
EXP016 - Junior Church
EXP017 - Subscriptions & Copyright
EXP018 - Conferences
EXP019 - Books
EXP020 - Publicity
EXP021 - Youth Worker
EXP022 - Administrator
EXP023 - FW Fund
EXP024 - Phone and BB Church
EXP025 - Photocopier
EXP026 - Printing & Stationery
EXP027 - Sundries
EXP028 - BMS Contributions
EXP029 - HMF Contributions
EXP030 - ICIS Gifts
EXP031 - INF Gifts
EXP032 - Evangelical Alliance Gift
EXP033 - Outreach Giving
EXP034 - BMS Birthday
EXP035 - Youth Fund
EXP036 - Children, Families & Youth
EXP037 - Christmas Outreach
EXP038 - Chhahari Nepal
EXP039 - Property
EXP040 - Impact
EXP041 - Minister in training
EXP042 - Light House
EXP043 - Mission
EXP044 - Welcome Break
EXP045 - Sue Psnl
EXP046 - Shine
EXP047 - Toddlers Own
EXP048 - Minister's Community
EXP049 - Vintage Club
EXP050 - Welcome Break Own
EXP051 - Coffee Shop
EXP052 - Impact Own
EXP053 - Family Fun Night
EXP054 - Little Explorers
EXP055 - Youth Pastor
EXP057 - Parish Nurse
EXP058 - Shaw Trust		 Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
This year
Last year
32,665
—
—
—
32,665
28,874
5,280
—
—
—
5,280
4,967
9,004
—
—
—
9,004
10,340
4,657
—
—
—
4,657
1,455
220
—
—
—
220
—
9,612
—
—
—
9,612
9,612
481
—
—
—
481
261
445
—
—
—
445
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4,188
—
—
—
4,188
3,767
883
—
—
—
883
338
9,649
—
—
—
9,649
9,503
1,263
—
—
—
1,263
1,080
6,034
—
—
—
6,034
4,559
—
—
—
—
—
872
7
—
—
—
7
—
3,187
—
—
—
3,187
3,921
465
—
—
—
465
1,616
552
—
—
—
552
988
—
—
—
—
—
221
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,282
—
—
—
1,282
1,108
1,812
—
—
—
1,812
1,531
1,448
—
—
—
1,448
1,170
—
—
—
—
—
117
4,950
—
—
—
4,950
4,800
4,800
—
—
—
4,800
4,800
2,400
—
—
—
2,400
2,400
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
650
—
650
563
—
—
—
—
—
—
705
18,017
—
—
18,722
15,664
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
156
—
156
120
—
—
4,471
—
4,471
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
83
—
83
—
—
3,175
—
—
3,175
2,012
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
475
—
—
1,855
—
1,855
3,638
—
—
—
—
—
49
—
—
—
—
—
60
—
—
—
—
—
216
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
97
—
97
—
—
—
161
—
161
654
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

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EXP059 - Lounge Tables
EXP060 - BMS World Mission
EXP061 - Garden Plants
EXP062 - Other Salaries
EXP063 - Foodbank
EXP064 - Messy Church
EXP065 - Training
EXP066 - Baby Talk
EXP067 - Church Services
EXP071 - Social Justice
EXP083 - Development
Total		 —
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,795
—
—
—
1,795
451
—
—
—
—
—
—
459
—
—
—
459
766
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
108,243
21,192
7,472
—
136,908
122,968

Other resources used

Other resources used
EXP087 - Slessor Insurance Repairs
Total		 Total
Unrestricted Designated
Restricted
Endowment
This year
Last year
—
—
—
—
—
15,851
—
—
—
—
—
15,851
EXPENDITURE TOTAL 141,474
21,192
13,315
—
175,981
156,615
GRAND TOTAL (6,245)
(10,790)
(4,684)
—
(21,719)
(33,960)

• Conclusion

These are a fair and true record of the financial activities of Mansfield Baptist Church for the year commencing 1[st] April 2022 and ending 31[st] March 2023, kept by Neil Meadows, Church Treasurer.

This report dated: 7[th] June 2023

Signed _ neil meadows_ __________ MR NEIL MEADOWS

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epen en examine report on the accounts FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Section A Independent Examiners Report Report to the trusteesl MOM￿YS of MANSFIELD BAFThST CHURCH On accounts for the year ended 31 vl March 2023 Charity no (If any) 1141724 Sot out on pages I ￿port to the trustees M my examination of the a¢￿Unts of the al)ove charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312023. Responsibllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are reSF￿nSIb1e for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with Ihe requirements of the Charilles Act 2011 {Ihe Acri. I report in respeca of my examination of the Trust's accA>unts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material mallers have come to my attention lother than that disciosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me causo to believe that in, any material Independent examinerfs statomont a¢D)untSng records were not kept in accordanc8 wlth sedlon 130 of the Act or the a￿oUnts do not accord the actsjunting records I have no conixms arKI have come across no other mattets in conr)ection with the examination to vthich attention should be drawn In order to enable a prop8r understanding of the accounts to be reached. Ple delet e words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: Z3 Name: PATRICK HENDERSON Relevant profassional qualiflcatlonls) or body (rf any): Addrèss: J+s sg I 65 Lsf IER October 2018

ection B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of COn￿M {see CC32. Independent examination of charity aC￿Unts.' directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any itsms that the examiner wishes lo discloso. OA£ IER October 2018