2022-12-31-accounts - The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John The Evangelist, Fareham

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St John the Evangelist Church, Fareham

Review of 2022

Prepared for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) April 2023

Vicar’s Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council ................................................................................................ 3 Electoral Roll ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Mission Action Implementation Plan................................................................................................................. 5 Safeguarding Report to APCM ........................................................................................................................... 7 Church Fabric (Buildings), Grounds & I.T. .......................................................................................................... 8 Deanery Synod ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Health and safety committee ............................................................................................................................ 8 Church Grounds ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Church Hall ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Prayer Diary ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Website Report ................................................................................................................................................ 10 YouTube channel ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Social Media ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Music, Sound and Projection ........................................................................................................................... 11 J-Club ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Youth Worker ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Schools ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Fareham College .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Readers ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Pastoral Care Team .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Parker Meadows .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Tuesday Coffee Morning .................................................................................................................................. 14 Sidespeople and Welcomers............................................................................................................................ 14 All Age Messy Church ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Alpha ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Missions and Community & World Care .......................................................................................................... 15 St John’s Eco Church group .............................................................................................................................. 15 Social Team ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 Christian Aid ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank .................................................................................................................. 17 Recycling and Collecting .................................................................................................................................. 17 Fairtrade Church .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Afternoon Home Group ................................................................................................................................... 18 Wednesday evening House group ................................................................................................................... 18 Christians Together in Fareham ....................................................................................................................... 19 Spring Harvest .................................................................................................................................................. 19

Vicar’s Introduction

Welcome to the 2022 Annual Review booklet, prepared in readiness for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) on Monday 24th April at 7pm.

We’ll be reviewing the past year and, after eight years at St. John’s, I’ll be giving my final ‘Annual Vicar’s Report’!

We’ll also be holding elections for our two Churchwardens, Deanery Representatives and new PCC members. This year’s Annual Review booklet reflects all the great things that God has been doing in and through St. John’s and each one of us. It’s truly amazing – great news! Thank you everyone! Thank you to all of you involved in our many different groups and ministries for all your hard work and support for the church and its mission.

You’ll see our Mission Action Implementation Plan on page 5 of this booklet. It’s not the whole story but it gives a flavour of our vision, priorities, values, beliefs and challenges.

St. John’s is a great church. It’s great because Jesus loves us and he has plans for our lives! And it’s great because we love Jesus and we seek to show that love in all that we do and say.

As we celebrate 60+ years of St. John’s Church we have much to celebrate – so come along to the APCM and hear just a little of how we’ve been serving Jesus!

With my love and best wishes.

Rev. Bruce

Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council

for the year ended 31st December 2022

Administrative information

St John the Evangelist is situated in Upper St Michael’s Grove, Fareham. It is part of the Diocese of Portsmouth within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: St John the Evangelist Church, 1a Upper St. Michael’s Grove, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1DN.

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission. Registered no. 1143777.

PCC members

Incumbent

Revd. Bruce Deans (Joint Chairperson) (since May 2015)

Curate

None at present

Churchwardens

Miss Eleanor Coutts
Mrs Vicky Duboc

Deputy Churchwardens

None at present

Representatives on the Deanery Synod

Mr Andrew Arnell
Mr Richard Jarman

Lay Reader Representatives

Mrs June Haye
Mr Jeremy Hicks

Elected Members

Mr Geoff Collins
Mrs Sue Lupton
Mrs Ursulla Lewis (Secretary)
Mr Ian Cranstone (Co-opted)
Mrs Elizabeth Webb

(Until APCM 2025) (Until APCM 2025) (Until APCM 2025) (Until APCM 2023) (Until APCM 2024)

 Mrs Rachel Hicks (Until APCM 2024)  Mr Thomas McCorkell (Until APCM 2024)  Mrs Janet Tucker (Treasurer) (Until APCM 2023)  Mrs Sally Cranstone (Until APCM 2023)  Mrs Charlie Stevenson (Until APCM 2023)

Structure, governance and management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

Objectives and activities

St John’s PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the Church, the Church Hall and 7A Upper St Michael’s Grove.

Church attendance

The average weekly Church attendance in 2022 is 73 people.

Annual review

The PCC held meetings in the coffee area of the Church seven times during the year with an average level of attendance of 14. Committees met between meetings and their minutes were received by the full PCC and discussed where necessary. All PCC meetings began with a Bible reading and prayer, received financial reports and safeguarding reports. Synod reports were given by the representatives.

To begin the year, PCC met in January with 14 attendees. We were reminded that our vision as a Church is to see ‘Jesus in the heart of our community’ and this will come about if we follow Jesus and, in his name, fish for people. The meeting reviewed the Christmas services, and looked at ways to fund the vision, mission and ministry priorities of the Church – our children and youth work, pastoral care work, our work with local schools, Alpha courses, home and life groups, as well as worship in the church.

In March the PCC meeting had 11 attendees plus one person observing. The main topics were the annual financial statement, the APCM and a possible vision not just to maintain, but to develop our church and buildings to make them even more welcoming for the community as a whole.

The April meeting was a business meeting to appoint our PCC officers. There was also a discussion of our hopes and dreams for St. John’s.

May PCC meeting had 14 attendees. New PCC members were welcomed and appointments made for specific roles. The Church Buildings Review, our need for a Youth and Children’s worker, and updating the Church’s website and other social media were the main focuses of this meeting.

June’s PCC meeting had 14 attendees. Safeguarding measures, including the implementation of a new ‘traffic light’ approach to reminding volunteers to get their DBS / training done promptly, were discussed. Plans for holding joint services for Remembrance Sunday and the Christmas period, supporting the Food Bank, and a proposal aimed at improving St. John’s online presence were also discussed.

The 15 members attending the September PCC meeting gathered at the altar in memory of Her Majesty the Queen and prayers were offered in thankfulness for her life and many years of faithful service to God and her country. A book of Remembrance was opened and PCC agreed to make the church available to people affected by the Queen’s passing. The church finances, plans for a Gift Day, and the impact the cost of living may be having on church members’ finances were discussed. Hosting the Deanery Synod in October (with Bishop Jonathan attending), and ideas for the St. John’s 60+ birthday was also discussed. The Parish Procedure for dealing with Allegations of Abuse was adopted.

Our November meeting was attended by 15 members. The updated safeguarding policy was adopted. The main discussion centred around the Draft Quinquennial Report, action plan and buildings review. Highlighted was the success of the Light Party in engaging with many in the local community including people of different faiths, as well as schools holding their Harvest Thanksgiving and Christmas Carol services in church this year. Other matters discussed included St. John’s Mission Action Plan and recruiting a Parish Administrator, and plans for the Christmas services were finalised.

Ursulla Lewis (PCC Secretary)

Electoral Roll

There were 110 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll up to the end of March 2023, of whom 62 were not resident within the Parish. Ursulla Lewis

Mission Action Implementation Plan

Our Vision is to see: ‘Jesus in the heart of our community’

Our Beliefs

We believe in Jesus, we believe what the Bible says and we believe that God’s love is for everyone who seeks it.

As a church, we think that everyone is important. We aim to be accessible to all sorts of people and seek to be a community who care for, support, and serve each other.

We believe that everyone should be given the opportunity to hear about the Kingdom of God, the good news of Jesus Christ.

Our Key Challenges

Our numbers, our finances, our church building, our place in the Diocese with the Diocesan reorganisation.

Our Context

St John’s Church is situated in Fareham South, a more deprived part of Fareham. The parish is full of amazing people and they face many challenges. It is an urban area with a population of c. 10,000 and includes many people who are 'just about managing' and many who are not managing, with pockets in the 30% (some in the 20%) most deprived in the country according to the EIMD (‘English Indices of Multiple Deprivation’). There are around 960 social housing homes (c. 660 council housing and c. 300 housing association) in the parish. St. John’s is therefore part of part of the Church of England’s 2019 commitment to ‘having a loving, serving, worshipping Christian community on every significant social housing estate in the country’. There are six schools: one primary, two infant, two junior, and one secondary school. We also have Fareham College in the parish. There is considerable need in the parish and also a huge opportunity for the church to demonstrate God’s love in word and deed.

Our Mission & Ministry Priorities

No.	Priority	Timeframe: Ongoing/ ASAP/ Medium Term	Resource Required to make it happen
1	Social Justice. Support for CMA Connect, Fareham (money advice centre) Supporting it financially as part of our ‘missions’ giving Church members directly involved Bruce’s Chaplaincy role/ College Pastors Bruce continuing to encourage the relationship between churches and college Bruce leading & encouraging pastors Would benefit from a Youth, Children’s and Community Worker’s involvement Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank Long-standing relationship Regular collections Church members directly involved Eco-Congregation Workingtowards the silver A Rocha Award	Ongoing Ongoing ASAP Ongoing Ongoing	Ongoing support Ongoing support Paid Youth, Children’s and Community Worker Ongoing support Ongoing support

No.	Priority	Timeframe: Ongoing/ ASAP/ Medium Term	Resource Required to make it happen
2	Community. Schools work We’d like to develop our engagement with the six schools in the parish Would benefit from a Youth, Children’s and Community Worker’s involvement Church services which are accessible/ inclusive Pastoral Care We are a family and everyone is encouraged to look out for others Develop our dedicated pastoral care team Visiting/ phoning/ cards ministry/ bereavement/ home communions etc. Develop the strong relationship with, and ministry in, the local care home, Parker Meadows Recorded sermons which can be watched online Paper ‘church at home’ packs including Sunday worship and sermon materials Turning the church inside out initiative Overhaul of our web & social media Bags of Hope give-aways Social events	Ongoing ASAP Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing ASAP Ongoing	Paid Youth, Children’s and Community Worker Ongoing support Ongoing support Ongoing support Ongoing support Ongoing support
3	Disciple-making. Alpha Develop our Alpha Course and Team Grow the numbers attending Alpha Run a Youth-Alpha Preaching & Teaching Develop existing and potential new members of the Ministry Team Youth & Children’s work Develop and grow our youth & children’s offering Home & Life Groups and Lent Courses Innovative worship e.g. Messy Church & Encounter for All Reaching and teaching different groups of people in different ways(learningstyles etc.)	Ongoing Medium Ongoing ASAP Ongoing Ongoing	Ongoing support Paid Youth, Children’s and Community Worker Ongoing support Paid Youth, Children’s and Community Worker Ongoing support Ongoing support

Our Resourcing Priorities

No.	Priority	Timeframe: Ongoing/ ASAP/ Medium Term	Resource Required to make it happen
1	Finances. Installation of contactless card reader Regular communication on giving Regular teaching on Giving Annual Gift Day Appeal Review of all buildings and property by architect Possible decisions on use of property/ buildings	Done Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing ASAP ASAP	New contactless reader Vicar to lead Vicar to lead Architect Unknown at this stage
2	Paid Youth, Children’s and Community Worker We have been unable to recruit a part-time paid Youth, Children’s and Community Worker so far and so we’re now exploring two options: Re-advertise in new year for St. John’s only Explore application for SDF funding for a paid Youth, Children’s and Community Worker to cover all of central Fareham (St. Js, P&P, HT& St. C). This would need a lot of time invested in agreeing job spec/ priorities/ reporting lines/ accountability etc. and completing the application form It’s possible we might want to do both of the above.	ASAP	Finance and time
3	Full-time vicar Having a full-time vicar is a key part of our plans. Currently our vicar’s role description includes an expectation that around 2 days per week will be devoted to a chaplaincyrole.	Ongoing	Discussions with Archdeacon

Safeguarding Report to APCM

Safeguarding means the action the Church takes to promote a safer culture in all our churches. This is the responsibility of the whole Church and everyone who participates in the life of the Church has a role to play in promoting a Safer Church for all.

At the 2022 APCM a new Safeguarding Policy and Policy Statements were adopted, minor revisions were approved at the November PCC meeting. St John’s is committed to the implementation of the Diocese of Portsmouth Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, and the relevant statutory legislation and guidance for the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and victims of domestic violence. Graham Newton was Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) throughout 2022.

During 2022 a total of 12 (6 in 2021) Self Declaration forms and 18 (11) DBS checks were completed. Some face to face training has been reintroduced after being suspended due to Covid restrictions, however e- based and Zoom training continue to be the main format with the following courses completed: Basic Awareness 8 (1), Foundations 22 (2), Domestic Abuse 16 (9), Safer Recruitment 3 (1), Leadership 3 (1), PSO Induction 1 (0). These totals exclude the Vicar and Readers whose records are held by the Diocese.

At the APCM the PCC should provide an annual report in relation to safeguarding. In the PCC ’ s annual report will be a statement which reports on progress and a statement as to whether or not the PCC has complied with the duty to have “due regard” to the House of Bishops’ guidance in relation to safeguarding. There is also an instruction to PSO’s to provide a more fact-based report, hence the numbers. Graham Newton

Church Fabric (Buildings), Grounds & I.T.

2022 has been a busy year with regard to our church buildings! Our Quinquennial (five-yearly) inspection by our new architect, a car unfortunately driving into our building and concerns about the ceiling inside the main church to name just a few items! And yet, prayers of enormous thanks for Ecclesiastical insurance and their ongoing support, as well as the fact that no-one was hurt in the accident!

The Church – In addition to our thanks to our insurers, we are also very grateful for the time and expertise of our new architect this year (above and beyond what was expected for sure!). Our quinquennial report has been undertaken and PCC have been looking at the list of tasks ahead in order to plan for the future, please keep them in your prayers! Regular maintenance such as servicing of the boiler, gutter cleaning etc has of course also been ongoing. Huge thanks to the Fabric, Grounds & I.T. committee who have been working on many things behind the scenes to keep our buildings in good order.

I.T. - this year Thomas in particular has worked very hard on ensuring our wi-fi is more reliable, and we hope people using the hall will be grateful to now be able to use it – along with this being very useful in allowing Geoff to kindly manage the hall heating remotely.

Church Grounds – We remain very grateful to Bill Pratt who kept the grounds neat and tidy during the year. An enormous thank you to all who have kindly helped at grounds days this year too - the day we held in March was definitely a highlight of the year with so many of the church family coming together.

Health and Safety and Fire Safety Training – The Health and Safety Policy document was approved by the PCC (copies are available from the Church Wardens). The H&S and Fire Safety training for Clergy, Readers, Sidespeople and Group Leaders who use the church will now take place every 3 years instead of annually. 7A – We have continued to invest in 7A by using some of the income we have received for any general repairs and upkeep. Our tenants remain in place and are very happy with the property.

Church hall – Ongoing thanks to the hall committee who have ensured the remedial work following the Electrical Conditioning Report was completed at the beginning of 2022, a switch to heating that can be controlled remotely and many varying bits of upkeep throughout the year.

APCM Documentation - The Church Terrier (Inventory) has been checked and was found to be in order. The Church Log Book has been kept updated. Both documents have been signed by the Churchwardens. Vicky Duboc and Eleanor Coutts – Churchwardens

Deanery Synod

Andrew and I have been able to attend both meetings since we have been your Synod reps. The first was held at St John's, and we were able to meet the new Bishop and speak to him about his vision for the diocese. Our most recent meeting was to discuss the roadmap that has been produced for the Fareham deanery to help us grow and reach out to our communities within our parishes. The focus of the roadmap is to how we can encourage and evangelise to our young people and senior members of our communities. As we look forward and contribute towards the future of the deanery plans, we will also keep you updated how this will impact St John's.

Rich Jarman

Health and safety committee

At the health and safety (H&S) committee at St John’s, we aim to make sure the church is as safe as we can, and minimise the risk of any accidents.

Recently our main focus has been on ensuring that people remained safe while there was a risk of falling ceiling tiles, and responding to a small number of near-misses we’ve had recently.

We’ve also updated our risk assessments to make sure they are fully up-to-date, and all the information (including safeguarding) is all in one place. Our health and safety policy and fire safety risk assessment was updated recently; if you would like to see a copy, please just ask me.

If you are interested in joining the committee, you would be very welcome. It’s really important for ensuring that we are looking after everyone who visits our church, and being good stewards of the building. You do not have to be on PCC to be a member – if you are interested, please speak to me.

Finally, if you see anything that you think might be a risk to someone, or see an accident or near miss (even if minor), please do let us know.

Eleanor Coutts

Church Grounds

It was so good to see many of our families working together to tidy up our grounds late last year after being sadly restricted inside with COVID conditions. Everyone was so committed to clearing the weeds out of the borders and pulling down the ivy which had started to climb the walls. There were those who came along with their tools for others to borrow and others tussling with the brambles. Such a blessed sight to see! Thank you.

We have regular grounds days. Do come along and join in – we will have refreshments available for you. I also hear that the Eco Committee have some good ideas for the garden area. Watch this space! So let’s look after our Godly place of worship and make it a place to be proud of! June Haye

Church Hall

2022 was a much better year, with all of the Covid-19 restrictions removed and several regular hirers coming back on a regular basis.

The hall was closed for just over two weeks in January for the electrical installation to be updated. So we are now compliant with the latest regulations: some of the wiring was possibly original and added to over the years! My regular hirers were (as usual) very helpful and understanding about the work needing to be done to keep us all safe and legal.

As the year progressed more and more regular groups returned, including some older groups who gradually felt safer, if not initially for all of their meetings.

BrendonCare restarted under a new leadership team and seem happy to be back.

Although we lost two regular groups last year, I have got a new regular group who meet once a month for training virtually all day: so another good hire.

The Blood Donors continue to use the hall usually once a month. They have now agreed to vary their days for each session so that it’s not always the same regular hirers that need to cancel their meeting each time. This is working well.

It has been great to see Birthday Party hires continue to be popular, now that we can all mix pretty much as we did before the pandemic. They are a very good source of income and most weekends there is at least one booked in! As only Saturday afternoons (most weeks) or Sunday afternoons are available for these bookings, it is often very challenging to fit all families in on (or near!) to the Birthday! But I usually come up with a suitable time for all concerned!

And we were pleased that we were again able to host the Churches Together Christmas Day lunch as usual. In June St John’s Church Hall hit the 22nd Century! As the hall wi-fi was more reliable we had a remote heating hub installed so that I am able to set/amend the heating from my phone: this saves me having to go down to the hall to manually switch the heating on or off as the previous programmer was a bit basic! Very useful technology!

Obviously the Hall Committee were very pleased that once again we were able to serve our local community in the provision of a very nice hall for their use, as part of our outreach locally. I think that we should be very proud of our hall and what it means to them.

I would like to thank our amazing Hall committee for their support as usual. This has made my job a lot more straightforward than it could have been! And I count it a real privilege to serve all hirers (regular and

occasional) as well as I am able to. And I get on with all of my (our) regular hirers: they are almost like an extended family! They are a really good bunch who are really appreciative of my efforts, and very flexible when necessary.

As ever, if anyone is interested in joining our small happy committee we would be pleased to hear from you. The meetings are always productive under our illustrious Chair (Charlie Stevenson) and are held via Zoom. We always have a forward-looking agenda of plans and ideas, so any input from other people would be welcomed.

Following the major refurbishment in 2017 and redecoration in 2018, our next major project is (still!) the clearing out and re-organising of the small hall which is currently used for storage but is very messy! This project is long overdue but we are keen to get it done eventually!

So if you would like to help us move this forward, please get in touch with us and join our happy band! Thanks very much.

Geoff Collins (St John’s Church Hall Secretary)

Prayer Diary

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Prayer Diary, it is worth explaining what it is and why it is important. The diary includes the names of those of our congregation members that are happy to be prayed for, every road in the parish, organisations that we have a close affiliation to, and our Missions and Community and World Care partners. Each day we pray for named congregation members, a particular special focus group and an outside focus group which includes our Mission and Community and World Care partners. We also include the name of every road in the parish so that we can pray for the people of the parish street by street, each month. The Prayer Diary is updated in January and distributed to the congregation on request, as printed copies or as a soft copy depending on people’s preference. If you have not received a copy but would like to, please contact Elizabeth Webb.

Website Report

The website is now live. Over the course of the year we have technically built the site, consulted and agreed to colour schemes, fonts and look and feel. We have added content and ensured the messaging equates to the St John’s family ethos and values. We have had PCC’s feedback and implemented requested changes. The website should now be a ‘living thing’ with ongoing content being added including content reviews, news, images, videos etc., as time and events in the Christian calendar progress. Andrew Arnell and JR Duboc

YouTube channel

In September 2021, we launched our very own YouTube channel with recordings of the Sunday sermons. Since it was created over 80 videos have been uploaded to the channel for those who were unable to make it to the church service, or who want to re-watch a sermon they enjoyed, or to just send to a friend to show them what St John's is all about!

We currently have 14 subscribers, and each sermon generally gets between 10 and 40 views (with the record being 66 views). Since the channel was created there have been over 1500 views watching a total of 85 hours of videos!

The address of our YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/@stjohnsfareham Thomas McCorkell

Social Media

The social media scheduling platform has been provided, and logins shared with the social media working group. Social Media posts in line with the colour schemes and “branding’ of the website are regularly going out across our Facebook and Instagram channels and videos are regularly shared on the St John’s Youtube channel.

Andrew Arnell and JR Duboc

Music, Sound and Projection

At most churches, the music is one of the things that give the worship its distinctive quality, and that is certainly true here at St John's. For us, this is due to the hard work of the whole team: not only our musicians, but also the technicians who operate the sound desk and the projection equipment.

The two services on a typical Sunday morning have different flavours and require different musical support. At the 9am service, we normally have somebody playing the piano, and sometimes a singer; at the 10.30am service there is a band consisting of one or two instrumentalists and up to two singers. At both services, we have someone on sound and someone on projection.

But there is more to the life of St John's than just the Sunday services. The church is used for occasional services such as funerals and weddings, and also the special services when we welcome schools and other community organisations. These occasions almost always require someone to control the sound, and sometimes also projection and/or music. They are a great opportunity to share in the church's ministry of welcome and witness to those who come in.

We are always on the look-out for new people to get involved. This is particularly true of instrumentalists and technicians. If you play an instrument, we would love you to join us; if you don't think you are very good, there's no better way to improve than by playing regularly with other people! And if you could give some time to help on projection or sound, that would be most welcome – training and mentoring will be given to help you build knowledge and confidence.

We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to all our technicians and musicians, for all you contribute to the life of our church. Thank you so much.

Jeremy Hicks (music), Thomas McCorkell (sound and projection)

J-Club

J-Club meets every other Sunday in the hall during the main church service. It’s for children aged 5+ (and their leaders), to have fun, make new friends, and - most importantly - to learn more about Jesus and grow our faith.

Since our youth worker Rox sadly left in March 2022 (to take up a new job on the Isle of Wight), we have not had a youth worker. But J-Club has continued to meet – thanks so much to all the volunteers who have given their time to make sure our young people have a great time at J-Club.

We normally use resources from the website Mustard Seeds. We’ve done a few different series over the past year, including:

Parables of the Kingdom – learning about parables Jesus told that teach us more about the Kingdom of God.
The story of Esther – where we learnt that God is always working for our good, even if things don’t seem that way!
The story of Jacob – which reminded us that even though we make mistakes and mess up, God doesn’t give up on us.
The Easter Story – which looks at the ups and downs of Peter’s journey following Jesus, and what it teaches us about who Jesus is.

We hope you enjoy hearing about what we’ve been learning about when we come back to church!

If you think you could help out as a leader at J-Club on a Sunday morning, please do get in touch, we are always looking for more volunteers! Speak to Bruce or Eleanor. You don’t need to plan and lead the session if you don’t want to: helpers are there to help the children with the activities, no pre-planning required. Eleanor Coutts

Youth Worker

Reps from the three central Fareham parishes have been meeting to explore the possibility of a paid Youth Worker to cover all of central Fareham potentially funded by an SDF grant.

At my request, Dom Deboo, the Youth Worker behind High Tide came along and spoke at our Jan 23 meeting. As the discussion went on we felt that perhaps the best way forward would be for Dom to submit an application for a Strategic Development Fund (SDF) grant for several areas including Fareham, as part of the

development of High Tide. We as parishes would contribute to this process, but it would come under a High Tide banner.

Greg Bakker, Mission Priest at Holy Trinity and St. Columba, is going to find out who to speak to at the Diocese about SDF applications, as we continue to explore how this idea might be taken forward. Rev. Bruce

Schools

Brian Powell and I continue our ministry at Ranvilles and Wallisdean Infants schools, respectively. Brian attends monthly during term time and I attend twice a term. We have very good relationships with both schools. Wallisdean Year 2 come to church for a baptism talk around June each year and we usually baptise a doll!

We held our first post-pandemic Harvest Service for Wallisdean Infants School in church in October, with 178 children and 131 adults making a total of 309 people attending.

Redlands Primary and Wallisdean Infants hold their Christmas Services in church and June Haye takes a Christmas assembly for Wallisdean Pre-School. At the Redlands service this year we had 192 children and 216 adults, making a total of 408 people attending.

Redlands Primary, Wallisdean Junior and Ranvilles Junior schools come together for a joint annual Year 6 Leavers Service at St. John’s in July.

Rev. Bruce

Fareham College

In my chaplaincy role, I have been involved with various events and initiatives at Fareham College for eight years now.

The college pastors were established in 2018 and became a regular feature at both CMAST and Bishopsfield Road campuses each Wednesday lunchtime.

Post-pandemic, the way the college functions has changed significantly and so the role of college pastors has changed also. I have had several discussions with the college about

how the College Pastors can help with enrichment and wellbeing going forward. All sorts of ideas have been discussed including a Gardening Club, Mental Health & Wellbeing Group and Remembrance Sessions, but the one that has worked best is Table Talk sessions.

Table Talk is a game in which students turn over question cards and then discuss different questions, exploring topics relevant to their age group and at the same time, learning how to disagree agreeably.

There was a very successful Table Talk session in March 2022 and three great sessions took place in March 2023. One student said it was so good it should be a weekly event! Rev Bruce

Readers

St John’s Readers (Brian, Caroline, Ian, Jeremy, Jeannette and June) meet with Bruce approximately once every six weeks around the kitchen table in the vicarage, with (yes you guessed it) coffee and tea and inevitably cake or biscuits. The meetings always begin with a time of prayer and looking at the set reading for the day, followed by some very interesting discussions on the reading. After that we tend to discuss church matters and catch up on church news. There then follows a time of prayer, particularly focused on those

in the church who are known to be struggling at the time. The meeting usually closes after about an hour. It is a valuable time for us of sharing, fellowship, and prayer.

But of course, that’s not all. In addition to helping to prepare, lead and preach at the Sunday services (9am, 10.30, Encounter 4 All, Messy Church), June, Ian and Brian help with the monthly Wednesday Morning Communion service, Brian is involved with Schools work, Caroline is involved with our Young Peoples work and Jeannette is involved with Parker Meadows Care Home. Jeremy and Ian are also involved in Christians Together in Fareham, most notably last year taking on leading and technical roles with their Holiday Club for Primary school age children. June, Jeremy, and Ian also attend the PCC and various sub committees, and Ian

is the Fareham Sub Warden for Readers which means he also can be at various Deanery Meetings including the Deanery Standing Committee, Deanery Synod and the Diocesan Readers’ Board. Among other things, this means he is involved in welcoming applications from those who might be considering Reader training. And that’s just the things I’m aware of! So all in all, a lot goes on in front and behind the scenes with your Readers.

Ian Cranstone

Pastoral Care Team

St John’s is blessed with a spirit of love and care that is offered freely and generously. There is a very strong and active network of friendship, support, care and prayer that goes on all the time. It happens naturally and spontaneously between congregation members, and is very much appreciated and valued.

To back this up, we have a dedicated pastoral care team who keep an ear to the ground and pick up on people who may be in particular need at particular times.

This is a very brief summary of what the team is involved in:

Home visiting – to people, mainly from our congregation, who are limited in their ability to get out and about and who may be struggling or in need.

Home Communion – to people who can’t get to church but wish to remain linked with God’s family through that special gift of sharing in the Lord’s supper.

Bereavement support – for people within our congregation and also family members of people who have had their funeral services at St John’s. This may be short or long-term depending on what they choose. Prayer chain – a network of folk who pray for people with particular needs. Ably and efficiently run by Sharon Findlay (please ask her if you would like to get involved).

Card ministry – we send out cards at special times of the year (e.g. Christmas and Easter).

Meal ministry – we cook and deliver meals to congregation members at times of particular need.

Parker Meadows Nursing Home – an excellent ministry has grown over the last few years with the staff and residents (see separate report form Jeannette).

Regular team support – the pastoral care team meets every two months to share and support each other, raise questions or concerns, pick up on new people needing our involvement and to pray together. What we do as a team is to underpin and enhance what already happens in church, not to take over from it. If you would like to know more about any of this, or have someone who you think might appreciate our time, or if you might like to join the team, please have a chat with me.

Rachel Hicks, Pastoral Care Team Leader

Parker Meadows

Our Parker Meadows Team is Sonia Brown, David Scotney, Shirley Boyd and Jeannette Poulter. Together we visit on the first Wednesday of each month with a Holy Communion Service for residents. Rev. Bruce leads the March and December Services and is very popular with the residents and staff. We hold additional services for the Act of Remembrance, Easter and Christmas Carol Services, and by popular demand a further coffee morning after Christmas Day was added to enjoy singing more carols. All services are still held in the large foyer which offers a comfortable area for all to sit with their guests while they enjoy their service together; this is followed by a cup of coffee and chat. In 2022, Parker Meadows asked if we would be able to give individual pastoral visits to some residents, this has been successful with two of the team visiting once a month. We have also continued with our monthly newsletter which is well received. Parker Meadows is a very open and welcoming Care Home normally holding lots of seasonal, daily and weekly activities for residents. I ask you to pray that 2023 will see Parker Meadows continues to remain fully open to welcome their families and friends into their home.

Jeannette Poulter

Tuesday Coffee Morning

Our coffee morning, which happens every Tuesday between 10am and 12 noon, is a long-standing part of the social life of St John's, but it is much more than that: it is a part of our outreach. It attracts not just church members, but people from our local area who have little or no connection with the church. They come in because they know they are assured of a warm welcome, friendly company, a hot drink and excellent cake. The cake is provided by a band of talented volunteer bakers, and any that is left over is donated to a local women's refuge.

During the winter, the coffee morning was also a part of the "Warm Welcome Space" initiative of Christians Together in Fareham – offering welcome and warmth to anyone who needed it.

If you're available on a Tuesday morning, why not come along and see for yourself why it is so popular? And if you would like to join our rota of cake bakers, please speak to Stephanie Sweetland.

Sidespeople and Welcomers

St John’s is known as a church where there is always a warm welcome and a friendly smile. Part of that is down to the faithful teams of sidespeople on duty each week. They make sure that the church is set up and ready for worship, welcome people as they arrive, distribute service books and any other papers that the congregation requires, keep an eye on things during the service and respond to any need, and then clear up at the end of worship.

If you would like to know more or would like to get involved, please just ask.

Shirley Boyd

All Age Messy Church

All Age Messy Church continues to be popular on the 1st Sunday of the month with both church members and those who do not normally attend church. Our creative mix of teaching and worship, supported by craft activities and discussions to reinforce the message of the day, works well across the ages. The return of the sausages in rolls has also gone down well! We are very fortunate to have a committed team of helpers supporting us who ensure that everyone is very welcome! Thanks once again to everyone involved in Messy Church.

Sally Cranstone

Alpha

Once again it was great to run another Alpha course, and we hope that those who came along enjoyed the time we spent looking at the Bible and discussing the big questions in life. One of the best parts of the course is our away day when we speak about the Holy Spirit, and have the opportunity to pray for one another and receive the Holy Spirit. A big thank you to the Church on the Green in Rowlands Castle for letting us use their chapel. Please pray for those who might be interested in the next course. It is always great to hear why and how people discovered Alpha and even greater when they become Christian after coming along. Thank you to all those who make Alpha happen. Bruce, our hosts Jade and Andy and all those that fed us with cake!

Rich Jarman

Missions and Community & World Care

The people of St John’s Church have a real heart for looking outwards. We have a long tradition of reaching out to, caring for, and supporting people and projects in the local and world-wide community.

Each year we select twelve missions – one for each month of the year – and make sure that they are highlighted on the church website, prayed for each week during their focus month, and receive a share of our tithe.

The Missions Board is situated on the wall at the back of the church and is used to display information about the Missions that the church, as a whole, supports through the year. Below are the displays we had in 2022:

Month	Mission	Mission Champion
January	Traidcraft Exchange	Rachel Hicks
February	Operation Mobilization(OM)- The Leal family	SallyCranstone
March	The LeprosyMission	Rachel Hicks
April	Open Doors	Joseph Deans
May	Christian Aid	Rachel Hicks
June	Servingin Mission(SIM)– Lizzie White	Sharon Findlay
July	Mission to Seafarers	Mike Ahern
August	The Rowans Hospice	Ann Abraham
September	RotaryClub Shoeboxes	Liz Webb
October	Tearfund	Jane Tredgett
November	Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank	ShirleyBoyd(& VickyDuboc)
December	CMA Connect Fareham	JR Duboc

The Community and World Care Board is situated on the wall in the coffee area. On it we feature groups and activities that we support as individuals as well as a church. The following are the displays we had in 2022:

Month	Charity	Contactperson
January	Tools for Self Reliance(TSFR)	Rachel Hicks
February	Fairtrade	Rachel Hicks
March	Celebration of all we do at St John’s beyond Sundaymornings	Rachel Hicks
April	The Basics Bank	ShirleyBoyd
May	Refugee Matters	Maggie Horton
June	Toilet and other Twinning	Liz Webb
July	United Christian Broadcasters(UCB)	Liz Webb
August	Naomi House and Jack’s Place	BettyWright
September	Stella’s Voice	Rich Jarman
October	Eco-friendlyChurch	JeremyHicks
November	Royal British Legion	Mike Homer
December	Bible Society	Liz Webb

If you would like to know more, or get involved, or if you have any suggestions for future missions or displays, please talk to Rachel Hicks (Chair of the Missions Committee).

St John’s Eco Church group

The Eco-Church group aims to help the St John’s church family, both corporately and individually, to tread more lightly on the earth, and to be better stewards of God’s creation. During 2022, we made a start on the Eco-Church award scheme run by the Christian environmental charity A Rocha (https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/), and it soon became clear that we were very close to meeting the requirements for the Bronze level award. So we applied, and were granted the award! The next step is to work towards Silver; given the

recent uncertainty over the status of the church building, our efforts are likely to be focused on making better use of the church grounds, and encouraging church members to make lifestyle changes that combat climate change and protect the environment.

In the last week of October 2022, we also promoted the “Change the Climate” challenge from Tearfund, which involved daily challenges for church members to engage with, followed by a speaker from Tearfund at the Sunday services at the end of the week.

If you would like to be involved in the group, you will be very welcome; please speak to Jeremy Hicks to find out more.

Social Team

For many years now the social team have been quietly beavering away with organising and running events so that people are able to get to know each other better. The team have thankfully been able to run ‘fish and chip’ nights, bereavement refreshments, afternoon teas and many other occasions carefully under two years of restricted COVID conditions.

Because the team believe that bringing friends, relatives and those unknown to the church to a social event can be a very blessed and welcoming mission thing to do, they are now starting to look to the future, and are looking for enthusiastic mature and young team members.

So firstly, with this in mind, the team are calling for any men or ladies who would like to take part in this social venture together. The commitment would not be demanding and no qualification are required, just a smile and support in times of need.

Secondly the team would welcome any of your good simple event ideas please. Please do speak with June Haye or Sally Cranstone and they would only too happy to hear from you.

And lastly, we would like to give a big thank you to all those who have generously given so much of themselves in the past to the committee and the church; let’s look together to the future with God’s blessing and give a welcome to all.

June Haye

Christian Aid

Christian Aid is the official relief and development agency of over 40 churches in the UK and Ireland. It works to support sustainable development, stop poverty, support civil society and provide disaster relief in South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia (Including the Middle East). Christian Aid insists the world can and must be swiftly

changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We work globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality.

At St John's we support Christian Aid in partnership with other churches, of different denominations, in Fareham and Portchester. Christian Aid Week this year runs from 14th to 20th May, and we are again planning to have a stall in the shopping centre, for which volunteers are always welcome. There will also be an opportunity to give at church.

Another regular event is our very popular Harvest quiz night and supper, which is held in the autumn, in the church hall at St John's. This was a great success once again, and we raised about £1000. We were joined for this event by Laura Mead, who is Christian Aid’s regional co-ordinator, and it was great to spend time with her and learn more about Christian Aid’s work. This year’s quiz will be on Saturday 30th September.

Many thanks to everyone who supports and prays for the work of Christian Aid – you are really making a difference. If you would like to know more about Christian Aid, please visit http://www.christianaid.org.uk/, or speak to Jeremy and Rachel Hicks who are the local co-ordinators.

Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank

The need for food and basic household goods has increased dramatically over the last few years. The cost of living crisis means that people are struggling to make end meet and stay afloat. Donating food and other household items is such a simple and valuable way of showing God’s love in action. Thank you. Shirley Boyd

Recycling and Collecting

At St John’s we are brilliant at collecting and recycling stuff!

Instead of throwing things away, why not collect them so that they can be reused or recycled? It’s a great way of reducing waste and caring for our world.

For more information, contact Rachel Hicks.

The following items are collected in the church foyer. The church is usually open on Sunday mornings, and also on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings between 9am and 12noon. It is advisable to phone Kerry in the church office 01329 280762 before you come, to make sure the church is open.

Used Postage Stamps

These are collected by Hampshire Air Ambulance. They are sorted, bagged up and sold to stamp collectors around the world.

Coins

They can be any type of coin – UK or foreign, old or new. These are collected by Oxfam and sold to collectors.

Unwanted Spectacles

All the specs you give us are sorted by a team from the Lions Club of Chichester along with other volunteers. They support volunteers from the ‘Unite for Sight’ charity with a supply of spectacles to take with them on

missions to countries across the world. Some specs are shipped directly to known contacts undertaking eye clinics in Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Nigeria and Nepal.

Unwanted Hearing Aids

These are collected and re-conditioned and sent to people in various places in Africa who need them. Please put each set/pair into a separate bag so that they stay together and can be used together.

Old Mobile Phones

These are collected by Oxfam and sold for recycling. The money raised goes towards Oxfam’s work across the world.

Used ink cartridges

These are collected and taken to Cartridge World where they are refilled and reused.

Aluminium Foil

This must be clean and must be foil. Just because it’s shiny does not mean it’s foil! Use the scrunch test – if it stays scrunched when you open your hand, it probably is, if it unscrunches when you let go, it probably isn’t! It is taken to the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Activities Centre (in Manor Farm Country Park) where it is crushed, stored and sold to provide funds for the work of the centre, providing activity opportunities for people of all abilities.

Plastic Milk Bottle Tops

These must only be plastic milk bottle tops (nothing else) and must be clean. They are collected by our local Friends of the Earth group, and are sold to a recycler who pays good money for them as they are a high quality plastic.

Don’t forget that you can also recycle many other things:

Soft plastics are taken by many supermarkets.
Glass jars and bottles can be taken to the many bottle banks around the local area.
Empty pill packets can be dropped off at Superdrug.

Fairtrade Church

St John’s is a Fairtrade Church, and has members of the congregation who actively promote Fairtrade across the borough of Fareham. As a church we always use Fairtrade coffee, tea and sugar and encourage our church members and hall users to do the same. We also use other Fairtrade products whenever possible.

There are now over 4,500 products that carry the Fairtrade Mark. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t make a difference – you can! Just buy something with the Fairtrade mark on it next time you go shopping and you will not only be making a direct difference to the person who produced it, but you will also be sending a clear message to the big companies and supermarkets that you care about where the things you buy come from, the people who produce them and how they are produced.

If you would like to find out more about Fairtrade, please contact Jane Tredgett or Rachel Hicks. Rachel Hicks

Afternoon Home Group

We have been meeting together fortnightly now for over a year and have had some very enjoyable times. We have celebrated with meals out, visit each other’s homes and always have homemade cakes with a cup of tea. Our afternoon is spent listening to each other and sharing our good or not so good news and helping each other out. We read the Bible and study passages, we pray together and even enjoy singing together.

I love my home group and everyone who comes along. Here are some quotes from our members:

“I love coming to Home Group. I’ve definitely grown more confident in myself and my faith since coming. I really enjoyed learning about Luke and ‘The Coming of our Saviour’.”
“I know I can ask anything about Jesus, the Bible or share and discuss something that may be troubling me with the others in the group, we all know each other so well now and have become good friends too.”
“The most special thing for me is that I’m excited to pick my Bible up and can’t put it down when I start to read it – thank you to Home Group!”

If you are interested in joining this group please do contact myself or Revd Bruce or Rachel Hicks. We would love to see you.

June Haye

Wednesday evening House group

Over the past year our house group have continued to meet on a weekly basis. We rotate who hosts each week based on child care needs, or work commitments. Our studies this year have been varied; we looked at the book of Habakkuk in the Spring of 2022 which was a shorter 6-week study. After breaking for the summer we decided to do something based on a writer rather than a book of the Bible. We settled on C.S Lewis as our choice and delved into a 12-week study on his book “The Problem of Pain”. This lasted for the whole of Autumn and was heavy going and difficult at times, but we discovered many an enlightening truth from C.S. Lewis on the struggle of sin, pain and human nature. In January we started our year at the beginning of the Bible studying the first 11 chapters of the book of Genesis. This was also not a light book, but built quite nicely upon the things we had learnt from C.S. Lewis.

2023 is going to be a period of change for our group, with some participants leaving and some arriving. By placing prayer at the beginning of our evenings and putting our faith in God, we trust that this group, which has been going in one guise or another for about 15 years, will continue for many more. Laura Craft

Christians Together in Fareham

We are very blessed in Fareham to be part of a really strong partnership of Christians from a wide range of traditions – Methodists, United Reformed, Baptists, Roman Catholics, Lutherans and at least two different community churches, as well as the three Anglican parishes.

2022 saw a gradual resumption of the pattern of activities that we had become used to before the pandemic. Our business meetings returned to being face-to-face, and we were

also able to hold the Good Friday Walk of Witness in person at the Podium. Our Lent study groups were a mixture, some being in person and some on-line.

The summer holiday club for children resumed after a three-year hiatus, and was an enormous success. We will be running it again this year, in the first week of the school summer holidays. We also engaged very successfully with children and families at the switch-on of the Christmas lights in November, where we made Christingles until our stock of 200 oranges ran out!

We also continued to join with our brothers and sisters from other churches in outreach to socially and economically marginalised people in our town. Family Matters, our community sponsorship project for refugees, welcomed a family and have been supporting them as they integrate into the community. We also continue to support the Basics Bank, and CMA Connect Fareham, and during the winter of 2022-23 we have run a “Warm Welcome Space” project which included the Tuesday morning coffee morning at St John’s.

A number of other initiatives also come under the umbrella of CTiF because they have their origins in ecumenical co-operation: these include Christian Aid, Fareham Good Neighbours, Fairtrade, College Pastors at Fareham College and CEMAST, and the marriage preparation course Love and Cherish.

CTiF holds five meetings a year at which we review and plan activities, share good news stories of what God is doing in our churches and our community, and pray with and for each other. All these meetings are open to everyone; if you would like to know more please speak to Rachel or Jeremy Hicks.

Spring Harvest

After two years without Spring Harvest taking place due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was great to be back at Minehead mixing with about 6000 other Christians from literally all around the world! Just five of us from St John’s went: Zara and I shared a chalet with Mike Homer, and Trish and Dave Scotney also went.

The worship was as good as ever, with excellent speakers and musicians, and the teaching each morning was also very good with several different streams depending on how deep you wished to go! There is even a session at 9.00 each morning called (appropriately) The Big Start! It is for all ages but especially children, as there is often a sketch every morning with a story which carries on until the finale on the last morning. Always great fun and ideal to get you going! There is no Big Top now, so the main worship and teaching takes place in the Skyline pavilion where all of the society and organisation stands are, as well as various eating and coffee places which is where you refresh yourselves between sessions.

So it was great to be back, and Zara and I are really looking forward to going again soon (in April 2023): you always come back refreshed spiritually, but (depending on how much you try to do!) sometimes very tired and ready for a holiday!

As Peter Holland has stopped booking for us after very many years (despite not attending: thanks Peter!), it is up to you to book direct with Butlins when the bookings open. I found that it was very straightforward, and we managed to get our ideal accommodation straight away.

If you would like any further information, please have a chat with me sometime. Geoff Collins

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FAREHAM

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 December 2022

Note INCOMING RESOURCES Voluntary income 2(a) Activities for generating funds 2(b) Church activities 2(c) Other ordinary income 2(d) Income from investements 2(e) TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Grants / Donations 3(a) Support costs 3(b) Directly relating to the work of the church 3(c) Fund raising and publicity 3(d) Church management and administration 3(e) Other expenses 3(f) Staf costs 4 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED NET INCOMING / (OUTGOING) RESOURCES BEFOR OTHER RECOGNIZED GAINS AND LOSSES Transfer of funds GAINS AND LOSSES ON INVESTMENT ASSETS Depreciation on assets NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS BALANCES B/FWD AT 1 JANUARY BALANCES C/FWD AT 31 DECEMBER	Unrestricted Restricted Endowment TOTAL FUNDS funds income funds funds 2022 2021 64,943.95 0.00 0.00 64,943.95 66,941.26 8,305.54 4,099.28 0.00 12,404.82 9,351.33 2,457.94 40,422.55 0.00 42,880.49 31,840.65 0.00 1,296.60 0.00 1,296.60 0.00 0.00 7,688.49 0.00 7,688.49 0.00
	75,707.43 53,506.92 0.00 129,214.35 108,133.24
	3,000.00 0.00 0.00 3,000.00 2,812.50 185.00 0.00 0.00 185.00 0.00 73,203.73 3,108.12 0.00 76,311.85 73,688.09 0.00 543.99 0.00 543.99 30.00 1,710.39 157.74 0.00 1,868.13 2,468.78 0.00 25,801.56 0.00 25,801.56 13,488.80 7,232.89 1,013.34 0.00 8,246.23 12,747.14
	85,332.01 30,624.75 0.00 115,956.76 105,235.31
	E -9,624.58 22,882.17 0.00 13,257.59 2,897.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2100.97 0.00 0.00 0.00
	-9,624.58 22,882.17 0.00 13,257.59 4,998.90
	65,604.09 24,633.12 0.00 90,237.21 85,238.31
	55,979.51 47,515.29 0.00 103,494.80 90,237.21

The notes on pages 3-7 form part of this account

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FAREHAM Financial Statements for the period ended 31 December 2022

2 £ 51,491.21 2,764.02 4,380.31	20 £ 54,631.44 1,263.47 1,564.64	21 £ 57,459.55 11,777.69 1,294.67
0.00 1,378.57 7,940.31 6,308.41	0.00 90.00 2,224.93 9,462.76
1,743.64 1,100.22	929.06 365.61
3,000.00 53,092.89 11,865.96 1,379.48 1,123.71 0.00 4,581.44 1,500.36 5,710.80 1,522.09 185.00 367.77	2,812.50 53,259.00 9,467.91 647.14 1,028.07 0.00 1,977.78 2,179.39 7,225.49 542.95 0.00 289.39
		70,531.91


		79,429.62
		-8,897.71

nt - restricted 2 £ 28,705.77 10,156.80 7,688.49		14,078.54 5,180.83
	20	21
	£ 15,894.34 18.95 9,730.00 0.00	£ 25,643.29 13,590.30
25,053.50 157.74 748.06	13,026.49 101.50 462.31
2 £ 219.76 139.53 2 £ 1601.82 3,108.12 1,013.34
		12,052.99
		60,853.32 72,906.31
	20	21
	£ 75.98 30.00	£
		45.98
		226.61 272.59
	20	21
	£ 1601.82 5,302.73 4,978.70	£ 7,036.40
2 £ 2 £ 404.46
		131.85
		-131.85 1,624.00
	20	21
	£	£ 3,250.66 410.46
		2,840.20
		14,532.55 17,372.75
	20	21
	£ 0.00	£ 0.00
		0.00
		106.58 106.58

2 INCOMING RESOURCES

2(a)Incoming resources from donors Planned giving: Gift Aid for general fund Standing orders CAF Free will giving Open giving Parish Giving Scheme Other donations 2(b)Activities for generating funds Prices charity grant Oversea mission Christian relief Bishops Lent Appeal Contribution from Hall Miscellaneous income 2(c)Church activities cofee money Bookstall Church hall lettings 7a rental income Special projects Fees - church 2(d)Other ordinary income sundry social 2(e)Income from investements Interest - Gen ac CPAS interest Interest - hall account TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 3 RESOURCES EXPENDED	Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds £ £ £ 4380.31 7068.00 1327.10 2764.02 43096.11 6308.41
	64,943.95 0.00 0.00
	3,085.94 1378.57 6926.97 1,013.34
	8,305.54 4,099.28 0.00
	1,100.22 219.76 28705.77 10156.80 240 2,457.94
	2,457.94 40,422.55 0.00
	1296.60
	0.00 1,296.60 0.00
	7688.49
	0.00 7,688.49 0.00
	75,707.43 53,506.92 0.00

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
		funds	funds	funds
3(a)	Grants & Donations
	Oversea mission	3000.00
	Christian relief
	Other donations
		3,000.00	0.00	0.00
3(b)	Support Costs
	Lay readers allowance	185.00
		185.00	0.00	0.00
3(c)	Directly relating to the work of the church
	Parish share	53092.89
	Clergy costs	1123.71
	Young people		3108.12
	Outreach	120.00
	Subscriptions	1379.48
	c fees	714.30
	Services costs	4461.44
	Special projects (contra)	445.95
	Church running costs (gen & cdf)	11865.96
		73,203.73	3,108.12	0.00
3(d)	Fund raising and publicity
	Social fund	0.00	404.46
	Book stall		139.53
		0.00	543.99	0.00
3(e)	Church management & administration
	Administration & stationery costs	1500.36
	Bank charges	210.03	157.74
		1,710.39	157.74	0.00
3(f)	Other expenses
	3a
	Hall expenses		23982.59
	Scout hut		1070.91
	7a expenses		748.06
		0.00	25,801.56	0.00
	TOTAL RESOURCES USED	78,099.12	29,611.41	0.00
4	STAFF COSTS
	Wages - church cleaner	1522.09
	Wages - ofce	5710.8
	Wages - youth co-ordinator		1013.34
		7,232.89	1,013.34	0.00

5 FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY THE PCC GROSS BOOK VALUE at 1 Jan additions at 31 Dec DEPRECIATION CHARGE at 1 Jan Charge for year at 31 Dec NET BOOK VALUE at 31 Dec CURRENT ASSETS 7 Debtors Cash General A/c High interest a/c Hall A/c Petty cash Social fund 8 CURRENT LIABILITIES CPAS loan 6 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND Fixed Assets Current Assets Current Liabilities Fund balance	Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds £ £ £
	0.00 0.00
	0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
	0.00 0.00 0.00
	0.00 0.00 0.00
	20536.27 18536.06 63,395.14 28.61 998.72
	39,100.94 64,393.86 0.00

	0.00 0.00 0.00
	0.00 0.00 39,100.94 64,393.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
	39,100.94 64,393.86 0.00

9 FUND DETAILS

The restricted funds comprise of the Prices fund, Circus Charity fund (hall, scout hut & 7a), Bookstall. Special projects, social and youth donation

TOTAL	FUNDS
2022	2021
£	£
4,380.31	1,564.64
7,068.00	7,700.20
0.00	0.00
1,327.10	2,394.60
2,764.02	1,263.47
43,096.11	44,536.59
6,308.41	9,481.71
64,943.95	66,941.21

3,085.94	7,036.40
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	30.00
1,378.57	90.00
7,940.31	2,224.93
12,404.82	9,381.33
1,100.22	365.61
219.76	75.98
28,705.77	15,894.34
10,156.80	9,730.00
240.00	3,250.66
2,457.94	2,524.06
42,880.49	31,840.65
1,296.60	0.00
1,296.60	0.00
0.00	0.00
7,688.49	0.00
0.00	0.00
7,688.49	0.00
129,214.35	108,133.24

2022

2021

3,000.00	2,787.50
0.00	0.00
0.00	25.00
3,000.00	2,812.50
185.00	0.00
185.00	0.00
53,092.89	53,259.00
1,123.71	1,028.07
3,108.12	5,302.73
120.00	125.82
1,379.48	647.14
714.30	1,595.00
4,461.44	1,851.96
445.95	410.46
11,865.96	9,467.91
76,311.85	73,688.09
404.46	0.00
139.53	30.00
543.99	30.00
1,500.36	2,179.39
367.77	289.39
1,868.13	2,468.78
0.00	0.00
23,982.59	12,327.57
1,070.91	698.92
748.06	462.31
25,801.56	13,488.80
107,710.53	92,488.17
1,522.09	542.95
5,710.80	7,225.49
1,013.34	4,978.70
8,246.23	12,747.14

TOTAL	FUNDS
2022	2021
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
2022	2021
20,536.27	30,015.61
18,536.06	11,691.00
63,395.14	48,481.90
28.61	48.70
998.72	0.00
103,494.80	90,237.21

0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
0.00	0.00
103,494.80	90,237.21
0.00	0.00
103,494.80	90,237.21

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FAR

BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2021 Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible fxed assets (net) 5 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 7 Cash at bank and in hand LIABILITIES 8 NET CURRENT ASSETS FUNDS 6 Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Approved by the Parochial Church Council on Mrs V Duboc (Church warden) The notes on pages 4 to 7 form part of these accounts	2022 2021 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 103,494.80 90,237.21 103,494.80 90,237.21 0.00 0.00 103,494.80 90,237.21 55,979.51 65,604.09 47,515.29 25,476.55 0.00 0.00 103,494.80 90,237.21 and signed on its beha Eleanor Coutts

LOF 0.00 Ilf by: (Church warden)

Independent Examinerfs Report to the PCC of St John's Church, Fareham for the Year Ended 31st December 2022 This is my report to the Parochial Church Council of St John the Evangelist, on the annual report for the year ended 31" December 2021 set out on pages Respectlve responslbllltles of trustees and examiner The PCC members are responsible for the preparation of the annual reports. The PCC member5 consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 20111.the Charities Acri and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to fdlow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commisslon (under section 1451511bl of the Charlties Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 8•515 of Independenl examlnptrs ststement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Dirertion5 given by the Charity Commission, including the updated directions 2 and 9 Isept 20171. An examination include5 a review of the accounting Tecord5 kept by the charity and a omparison of the accounts presented with those fecords. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matter5. The pr¢xedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair. view and the report is limited to those rnatter5 set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's statement In wnnection wrth my examination, no rnaterial matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect- accounting records Vre not kept in accordance wtth sectlon 130of the Charities Att or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. Examlnerfs SIBnare Examlnerfs name C4ATALS LIA OGD Date Relevant professlonal quallflcatlonls) OT body Ilony Examlner's address 14, April 2023 ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS

Independent Examinerfs Report to the PCC of St John's Church, Fareham for the Year Ended 31st December 2022 Section B Disclosure (knly complete It the examlner needs to hitsllght marrers ot concern Isee CCJ2, Independent examlnatlon of charlty accounts: dlrecuons and gUIdan foi e¥amlnersl Gl¥e here brlef detalls of any Items that the examlner wlshes to dlsclose