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The Parish of St Barnabas, Clarksfield, Oldham

The Deanery of Ashton and Oldham; the Episcopal Area of Middleton; in the Diocese of Manchester.

Ministry Team in 2020

Vicar The Revd Dr Paul Monk Assistant Curates The Revd Jane Hyde Lay Readers Pete Haslam (St Barnabas) Rosie Kingham (Holy Trinity) Ruth Lees (Reader Emeritus at Holy Trinity ) Lucie Reilly (Reader in training)

Parochial Church Council for 2020

Church Wardens Mr Peter Haslam Nicola Williams Church Secretary Mrs Joanne Monk Church Treasurer Ms Gisele Onwumere Deanery Synod Rep Position vacant Elected Members Mr Tom Edmondson Mrs Joanne Monk Mrs Megan Patrick Mrs Nicola Williams

Other Church officers

Administrator Ms Sarah Gura (part time) Child-protection Officer Paul Monk (acting) Electoral roll officer Revd Paul Monk Treasurer Vicky Heaton Gift-aid Secretary Vicky Heaton

Parish Information

Benefice St Barnabas, Clarksfield and Holy Trinity, Waterhead, both in Oldham. Bank The Co-operative Bank , Spindles Square, Oldham. Insurance The Church, PCC and property are insured with Ecclesiastical PLC . Fees The list of Diocesan fees are displayed in the Church porch and vestry. Parish Share The Parish Share for 2021 was £10,500, which was paid in full.

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ST BARNABAS CHURCH, CLARKSFIELD TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2021

1. Accounting Basis

The Financial Statements have been prepared on a receipts and payment basis in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations.

2. Funds

Restricted funds: Any Church income received in trust or endowment which is subject to restrictions on the use to which the funds may be used are separately identified in these financial statements. The balance as at the end of the year represents the cumulative difference between the restrictive income received and the expenditure for approved purposes. There are three current funds; The Youth Club Fund, The Building Fund and the Community Fund.

Minutes of the 2021 APCM

Sunday 16 May 2021

Annual Parochial Meeting

Present Revd Paul Monk (Chair), Pete Haslam (Reader), Revd. Denise Owen (Asst. Curate), Jo Monk (secretary)

Apologies Nicola Williams, John Marshall, Sarah Gura, Tom Edmondson, Megan Patrick

Proxy votes Votes were received from Tom Edmondson, Megan Patrick and Nicola Williams.

Prayers Paul Monk opened the meeting with prayer.

Introduction Paul summarised the church’s year, which has been difficult, largely owing to Covid 19. We need to plan for things getting back to some kind of normality in the near future. But we need to be aware that this ‘new normal’ may differ in many ways from what we regard as familiar. Perhaps in some respects we should welcome change and new ways of doing things.

Minutes from the Annual Parochial Meeting 2020 Pete proposed that we accept the minutes as a true and reliable record of last year’s APCM and Jo seconded. On vote (including proxy votes), all were in favour.

Any other business Nothing was requested

Unrestricted funds: The General fund represents the total of income and expenditure on all non-restricted activities.

Election of Church Wardens The secretary received two nominees. Both are currently Wardens already: Pete Haslam (proposed by Sarah Gura and seconded by Jo Monk) and Nicola Williams (proposed by Sarah Gura and seconded by Pete Haslam). There being two candidates and two positions, it was decided to vote for them together. On vote, all were in favour with no votes against or abstentions.

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Reports All reports were accepted as a correct record.

Policies and updates

Paul took us through the Child Protection Policy. It was agreed that we would add ‘spiritual’ to the types of abuse we need to safeguard against.

Paul took us through the Vulnerable Adults Policy: it was agreed that we would add a clause saying we would protect vulnerable adults from physical, mental, emotional and spiritual abuse and that we would add a sentence to say that we are aware that anyone can become a vulnerable adult at some cy.

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Election of Deanery Synod Representative(s) Jo Monk is our sole Deanery Synod rep and is standing down. Nobody else volunteered for the post, so we currently have no lay Deanery Synod reps.

Elections to the PCC As Jo Monk has stood down as Deanery Synod rep., she is no longer an ex officio member of the PCC. She does however wish to remain on the PCC as an ordinary member. Sarah Gura proposed her election, and Pete Haslam seconded. On vote, all were in favour.

Appointment of sidespeople We have not needed sidespeople for the last year because of Covid restrictions, so we will keep the current list and co-opt people as necessary when things are more back to normal.

The next meeting of the PCC is on Monday 17 May 2021, via Zoom:

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Report from the Vicar

As expected, coming out of lockdown has been, in some respects, more difficult than locking down. All sectors of UK society are debating the issues of how to offer personal choice in an era of misinformation and ‘fake news’. Much of our Church’s life has resumed, but services and social events often look different. Fewer people attend. Many are frightened or want to offer different commitments than previously. Into this new world, it seems wise to pause often and think deeply. Prayer has never been more important.

As we look to the future, we need to build on the past but move on: we continue to serve the people of Clarksfield and Greenacres; those areas have changed beyond recognition so perhaps our provision should too. Perhaps God is asking us to dream big and aim to build back better. Playing safe was never a Gospel option.

We have ambitious plans for redeveloping the Church end of the building, particularly the nave. We also have exciting plans for ministry and service. As St Paul says, ‘We run the race before us …’ so we are looking for new partners, new ways of ‘being’ Church for a new world.

Please be aware that the Church and its leaders are praying for you. Please pray for them. Paul Monk: Vicar (March 2022)

Report from the Church Wardens

We welcome those who are new to the Church and joined us during 2021, and hope you feel comfortable at St Barnabas. Please speak with us if you want to get more involved and contribute to the life of the Church.

In all Anglican Churches, the wardens bear the prime responsibility for the well-being of the Church, both as an organisation seeking to sponsor the ushering in of the Kingdom, and for the fabric of the building.

Within this context we, as Wardens, are bound to note how 2021 has often been a challenging year. Having had to close our doors on occasion to meet safety requirements and having had to cancel some key services such as most of Holy Week, we are still working to ensure that when we are finally ledge that we will worship God as a community, looking after each other.

Nevertheless, to repeat a sentence from previous years’ reports, ‘The building is clearly in a superior state of repair and decoration than at the start of the year’.

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We had many tasks to address in 2021. Most involved improving our core finances to afford our commitments, and sponsor outreach and other work within our deprived community. The offerings each Sunday are insufficient to cover the Church’s costs and are not improving, although we received several generous individual donations. We all experienced a difficult time financially this year, perhaps owing to the pandemic. We would like to thank all those members of St Barnabas’ congregation who have lavished support on us as a Wardens during 2021. We hope we can continue to earn your support in 2022.

Our thanks go to the team that lead each week’s services at the Church: the PCC members, readers and intercession leaders, sidespeople, and those who brew. And please notice how the Church always looks clean and tidy every Sunday so many thanks to all who work to maintain this high standard of presentation.

As Wardens we continue to pray for you all and we very much look forward to seeing you in church again soon.

Peter Haslam and Nicola Williams : Wardens (February 2021)

Report from the PCC Secretary

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) convened on six scheduled occasions in 2021 through the video-conferencing computer programme Zoom. The

REPORT TO THE MEMBERS ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, CLARKESFIELD, OLDHAM

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st December 2021, which are set out on pages 4 to 6.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity

and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures 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 matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

  2. To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and

  3. To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or

  4. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Kim Barton

20 Saffron Drive, Oldham OL4 2PU 20 April 2022

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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS

APCM occurred in the nave of the Church.

I have sought to publish the minutes from our meetings as soon after each meetings as practicable.

Jo Monk: PCC Secretary (February 2022)

REGISTERED CHARITY NAME THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, CLARKSFIELD, OLDHAM

CHARITY NUMBER 1147033

REGISTERED OFFICE St Barnabas Church Arundel Street Oldham OL4 1NL

TRUSTEES Trustees

Revd Dr Paul Monk (chair) Tom Edmondson Peter Haslam Revd Jane Hyde (in part) Jo Monk Revd Denise Owen Megan Patrick Nicola Williams

TREASURER Vicky Heaton

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Kim Barton

Co-operative Bank 12 Market Place Spindles Centre Oldham OL1 1HE

BANKERS

People news

It’s always good to celebrate the achievements of our Church’s members.

Report from the Property Committee

It is pleasing to note that the Church and Hall are both in better condition than this time last year, and probably at its best for a generation or more.

We undertook only small amounts of building work in 2021:

By law, the fabric of an Anglican Church is inspected every five years by a nominated architect. Our most recent inspection occurred in November 2018, when the architect found several small problems (all of which have been solved). But the architect also said the Church needs a new roof. The Church Council commissioned a quantity surveyor to inspect the roof. She assesses the likely cost at £206,000 with a further contingency of 10%.

Paul Monk, Peter Haslam and Nicola Williams: Vicar and Wardens (March 2022)

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Report concerning ecology

The highpoint of the year was being awarded a rare and prestigious Silver Eco Church Award. During the year, we dramatically decreased the amount of paper we consume, replaced a great many of the lights with LEDs, and installed an electric heater in the curate’s office in the hall.

We cannot double-glaze the windows in the nave so have set in train their covering with sheets of Perspex, which will also protect them. And we are investigating greener sources of energy. Paul Monk, Peter Haslam and Nicola Williams: Vicar and Wardens (March 2022)

Report concerning community work

The Gospel imperative demands that we seek to establish the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven.

Our Church is continually devising and resourcing projects to meet the needs of local people. We also offer the use of the Hall to projects that offer help that complements our own projects and that seek to address local needs. Incidentally, this aspect also generates income for both Church funds and renovation work.

ST BARNABAS CHURCH, CLARKSFIELD

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONTENTS

Members of the board and professional advisers 26
Independent examiners report 27
Receipt and payments account 28
Statement of assets and liabilities 29
Notes to the financial statements 30

Since 2011, the Church has been supporting our community through the provision of food when we started an embryonic food bank. Since 2017, the Church has subscribed to Fareshare : for a small monthly fee, we receive large amounts of subsidised, good-quality food. That food underpins the project (as below on page 14).

During 2018, we started the process of changing the food bank into a food co-operative. The rationale is straightforward. While our food bank was working well insofar as we gave maybe 30 parcels a week, it was also generating a culture of dependency. The Church therefore started a co-operative pilot in August 2018. It now operates within a model known as a ‘food pantry’: we purchase food and members select their own choices and each gives a donation.

By the end of 2021, the project was distributing nearly a ton of food each week to about 130–150 people (including dependents). Members of the cooperative come from many local Churches (principally St Barnabas and Holy Trinity) and a wide array of local residents from most ethnic backgrounds living in this deprived area.

For example, the Institute of Fiscal Studies suggests those hardest hit by Covid will be women; younger workers; workers on low incomes. Before the pandemic, these groups were over-represented in the economy of east Old-

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Charity Registration Number: 1147033

ham (ONS: 09-04-2020). And recent data (released on 15 February 2022 by the House of Commons Library) shows that in our parliamentary constituency, and across all age groups, the unemployment rate has risen by 43% since the start of the first lockdown.

That’s why we started the Women Thrive! project in the third quarter of 2021. Several grants have funded the work. All clients are female, local, and all benefit from the programme of peer support.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, CLARKSFIELD, OLDHAM

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND

Paul Monk (March 2022)

Report from the Diocese and Deanery

The Diocese of Manchester has started a great many new initiatives over the past year.

At the Diocesan level:

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31st December 2021

The Diocese has decreased the number of Deaneries from 21 to 7. Our own Deanery (of Oldham and Ashton) came into being on 1 June. Our Vicar Paul is the Clergy Secretary and a member of its standing committee.

As a second, related initiative, the Diocese created ‘mission communities’. Our Parish will work more closely with a group also comprising Glodwick, Hey or Lees, the Leesfield benefice, Moorside, and Waterhead. Our Vicar Paul has been asked to lead this group.

40% by 2025. It is well on target to do so.

This ambition will require so large a commitment of time and money that it’s currently unclear if it is possible for our Church; we will of course try.

At the Deanery level:

The Revd Lyn Woodall (who is currently the Vicar of St John’s, Hey or Lees) is now also Vicar of Leesfield.

The Diocese is selling St Mark’s Church in Glodwick, but legal matters are causing delays. The Diocese want to create a new church ‘plant’ in its place. All the Deanery Synods in 2021 were conducted via Zoom. The principal subjects of debate have centred on the new deanery structures and creating new mission-communities (as above).

The Deanery Mission and Pastoral Committee (a sub-committee of the Deanery Synod) is no longer a legal requirement and has ceased to convene. Paul Monk and Denise Owen (February 2022)

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The Parish of Clarksfield is multi-racial, with a composition that is changing at a bewildering speed. Many recent statistics appear below. The accuracy of some is unlikely to be high but, nevertheless, they well illustrate our daily challenges and our social context.

We obtain our statistics from three sources:

  1. Data collected and analysed by members of the Church Council.

  2. The Church Urban Fund at, https://cuf.org.uk/parish/240284

  3. Oldham Council via its monthly compendium at, https:// www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200632/profile_of_oldham/1588/ research_and_statistics_about_oldham

The most up-to-date figure for the population of the parish comes from the Church Urban Fund . It suggests the number of adults on 1 January 2019 was 4,993. This figure is probably too small.

Deprivation indices

or deprivation. These IMD bring together 7 statistical domains: employment; income; health and disability; education; crime; housing and services; and living environment. The IMD are a relative measure that is used to compare geographical areas; they are not a direct measure of deprivation. Other measures, such as child poverty or working-age poverty, are necessary to develop a fuller understanding of an area.

The Church Council is extremely grateful to these funders for putting their trust in the Church. It is hoped that subsequent grants will enable yet further improvements to the building. A superior building means less maintenance and more projects that help more local people. It also enhances our potential for higher rental income.

The borough’s overall ranking worsened from 34th to 19th of 317 Local Authorities from 2015–2019. Indices of multiple deprivation are compiled by the Anglican-run Church Urban Fund. The most recent were published on 1 November 2019 and suggest our Parish is in the most deprived 1.7% of all Anglican parishes in England. Stated otherwise, we rank 251 out of 12,382. This result demonstrates a slight worsening since the previous statistics (published in 2015) which suggest we were then in the most deprived 2.1%. And the lower super-output area (LSOA) near the Church is in the most deprived 0.3%.

Deprivation within the parish is localised into small pockets. The colourcoded map in Figure 1 visibly demonstrates the diversity. Data from the Church Urban Fund suggest the approximate ethnicities in the area around the Church are: Asians of Pakistani heritage, 65% : eastern European 24% : white British 6% : other, 5%. In fact, these figures are changing fast owing to Brexit and other pressures.

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General fund

The total income for 2021 was £63,522, which is less than in 2020 (£84,826) because we received fewer grants for building projects. Apart from building work, income was £42,312, which is more than in 2020 (£34,015). Overall costs over the year were £70,284 (down from £73,947 in 2020).

Restricted Funds

Building Fund The building fund was in credit at the turn of the year. We received small grants to improve the sound system in the Hall, and notice of grants to reimagine the nave but none was received before the end of 2021.

Community Fund The Church’s Community Project runs the food co-operative and the new Women Thrive! project. The community project not only gave regular food to maybe as many as 500 different local people but also contributed significantly to Church

operative. Most grants were for the food co-

operative and Women Thrive!

Grants received in 2021

12.01.2021 DCMS £600 Food
05.02.2021 Natonal Lotery £5,350 Food storage + CCTV
10.02.2021 Oldham Covid Recovery Fund £1,000 Food storage
18.02.2021 Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund £600 Food storage
02.06.2021 Oldham Community Champions Grant £5,000 Covid response
19.07.2021 Arnold Clark Foundaton £1,000 Food co-operatve
01.10.2021 Near Neighbours £1,660 Women Thrive!
23.11.2021 One Oldham Fund £1,000 Sound system
14.12.2021 Oldham Community Champions Grant £5,000 Women Thrive!
£21,210

Table 3 Table citing all the grants awarded and received by St Barnabas Church during 2021. In many cases, the paperwork needed when applying for these grants was compiled in 2020.

The Church was awarded eight grants during 2021 totalling £21,210. This amount is smaller than in recent years.

The three grants for the Church’s food project come from national, regional, and local funders. These grants are a way of recognising this project’s worth.

Regular services

It’s impossible to interpret any of the statistics for 2020 owing to the Covid pandemic. The data for 2021 are somewhat better but unlikely to help our understanding. Table 1 contains a simple statistical analysis of attendances at services; data for previous years is for comparative purposes. The ‘All Sunday services’ line is a weighted average of all our Sunday services. The lower entries help unpack this headline number.

Figure 2 shows the average number of adults attending services (both Sunday and Tuesday) since 2000. The adult attendance in 2021 varied between the extremes of 33 and 8. The Sunday average was nearly 16 adults and 3 children. Between 15 and 8 members were unable to attend worship owing to health and disability. This number has fluctuated widely over the year, owing to Covid infection rates, illness, and death.

One obvious trend in Figure 2 is a general decrease in attendance before the pandemic, which might be reversing somewhat. Attendance in the period 2015–2020 This correlation need not hold too closely in an era of choice and transport, suggesting it may be unwise to explore it too closely.

It seems wise as we seemingly come out of the pandemic to actively

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Figure 1 by colour. The key appears bottom right.

explore evangelism, but also explore new ways of worship, new content, etc. An increasing feature before the pandemic was lay participation. We benefit from a growing pool of talent. It comprises: one Lay Reader, one ALM (Accredited Local Minister), and members with a gift of preaching, leading, and so on. We also benefit from a Lay Reader in training from our sister Church of Holy Trinity. During most of the pandemic period, only members with a licence led services owing to insurance, etc., but we can now call again on the wider pool.

Virtual services

Owing to the Covid pandemic, the Church delivered services online as well as live events in the Church. These additional materials were first delivered during the first lockdown in March 2020, when the Church was physically shut but have proved popular, so we continue producing them.

st few years. blessings); and right-hand page bottom: funerals.

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Services to mark the liturgical year

Treasurer’s report

The accounts which append this Annual Report offer a detailed description of the Church finances. They show the Church had an overall net deficit for the year of year of £6,768 against a surplus in 2020 of £10,877. But we have outstanding payments to make of nearly £15,000.

The Church paid its full parish share in 2021: it paid £10,000 and also paid off about £2,000 of our loan to the Diocese.

In summary, Church funds continue to be under great pressure, making achievement of its missionary and charitable aims a challenge. The Church holds four funds. The year-end balances are:

General Fund –£35,199 deficit Community Fund £17,856 surplus Building Fund £23,675 surplus Reserve Fund £249 no change

We celebrated more of the additional services than in 2020. For example, we could celebrate the whole of Holy Week and Easter, Trinity and Whit, Harvest and , Advent and Christmas. Some of those services looked and felt different owing to Covid restrictions

for Christingles and for Midnight Mass.

The Covid pandemic also precluded almost all joint services with our friends in Churches Together in East Oldham . The only shared event was a Carol Service occurring in St Barnabas.

Statistics for the occasional offices are given in Figure 3. The numbers of services were small owing to Covid and, realistically, could remain small until fears of infection are allayed.

Miscellaneous

In addition to the above, during 2021 the Vicar and Curate also led:

Figure 3 The numbers of occasional offices occurring in our Church during the pas Key: Left-hand page, baptisms; right-hand page top: weddings (including

Figure 2 Average annual adult attendances: the data include both Sunday and Tuesday attendees. The numbers include those unable to attend the Church, so receive communion by extension.

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extremis ). Rather, by offering food at an exceptionally low fee, clients can have

This programme is published assuming that the Covid-19 pandemic will not cause any postponements.

PCC programme for 2022

Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) on Sunday 24 April 2022 after the service at approximately 10:45 am.

Most PCC meetings will probably convene via Zoom, with an intention to resume in the Vestry when completely safe to do so.

Monday 24 January Monday 21 March Monday 23 May Monday 18 July Monday 19 September Monday 21 November

Liturgical programme for 2022

Sunday 10 April Palm Sunday Eucharist Monday 11 April Holy Monday Compline Tuesday 12 April Holy Tuesday Compline Thursday 14 April Maundy Thursday Eucharist (then vigil at Holy Waterhead Church)

Good Friday Word service Meditations at the Cross (at St Barnabas’ Church) Easter Day Eucharist Harvest Festival . Commemoration of the Faithful departed. Remembrance Service .

Friday 15 April

Sunday 17 April Easter Day Eucharist Sunday 9 October Harvest Festival . Sunday 30 October Commemoration of the Faithful departed. Sunday 13 November Remembrance Service . Sunday 16 December Annual Carol Service . Thursday 24 December Christingle service (at Waterhead Church) Thursday 24 December Midnight Mass (at Waterhead Church) Friday 25 December Christmas Day (Eucharist at St Barnabas’ Church)

Paul Monk Vicar (March 2022

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2021. Other members lost a loved one owing to Covid.

Paul Monk (March 2022)

Report from the Child-protection Officer

St Barnabas’ child-protection policy is displayed prominently at the back of the Church nave.

The Parochial Church Council insists that all adults who work with young people must have an enhanced DBS. Most have undertaken online training and all have been advised of the procedures they should adopt if concerns arise. If they, or any member of the congregation, have safeguarding concerns about any child, they should in the first instance contact me as Child Protection

for advice if required.

No children’s work has been possible since the start of the first pandemic lockdown in March 2020. We very much look forward to resuming when it is safe to do so.

Jo Monk : Child-protection Officer (March 2022)

Report from the Sunday school

The Sunday school has not been able to re-convene since the first lockdown owing to a lack of leaders.

Churches Together in East Oldham

The local Churches Together group comprises five Churches: St Barnabas in Clarksfield, Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Waterhead, Elim Fountain of Hope located close to Greenacres School, Greenacres Congregational Church, and St Thomas’ Anglican Church in Moorside.

We held only one joint event in 2021 owing to Covid—a highly successful carol service which occurred at St Barnabas in December. The ministers of the Churches met once for prayer and discussion.

East Oldham Methodist Church on Ripponden Road has a new minister: the Revd Adrian Burdon joined us in early 2021. And, the minister of Greenacres Congregational Church, the Revd David Lampard, left Oldham in the autumn.

Paul Monk : Vicar (March 2022)

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2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2019 2019
Table 2
Total
Living in the parish
Living outside the
parish
No. adults non-
adults		 adults non-
adults		 adults a
non-
dults
2021
2020
56
18
38
2019
64
22
42
2018
61
21
40
2017
62
21
41
2016
73
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Sunday
All Sunday services 44 16 3 18 5 28 12
Parish Eucharist (not parade
or family)		 42 15 3 16 3 25 14
Family Services (Eucharistc) 2 19 4 26 9 28 11
•Covid prevented services occurring in Moor Haven Nursing Home
on
Table 2Numbers of Church members on electoral roll
Morning worship (non-
Eucharistc)		 0 — — 22 8 28 12
Tuesday
All morning services
of HolyCommunion		 17 4 — 6 — 7 —

Table 1 Average adult attendances (which do not include home communicants).

School liaison

No services for local schools occurred within St Barnabas during 2021. Nevertheless, work with local schools has been extensive:

Paul Monk (March 2022)

Electoral-roll Officer

The list in Table 2 quantifies the adults on the electoral roll. The list is subdivided according to residency within or outside the Parish. It is unwise to trust the data for predictive purposes owing to Covid: the list is undated every three years, and some of those on the list have not returned to worshipping in the Church.

Two members, Doreen Byron and Beryl Hargreaves died during

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