2021-12-31-accounts

			Trustees'	Trustees'	Trustees'	Annual	Annual	Report	Report	for	the	period	period	period
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				Charity name					Bethesda		Evangelical			Church
Other	names charity			is known		by
Registered		charity number			(ifany)		1149548
	Charity's		principal		address		Bethesda Evangelical				Church
							Main	Street
							Brampton
							Postcode					CAS	1SH

me	s ofthe charity	trustees who man	age the charity
	Trustee name	Office (ifany)	Dates acted ifnot for whole	Name of person (or bodyi entitled to appoint trustee (if
				any)
1	David Niven		Resigned 25/03/2022	Trustees
	Paul Bacon			Trustees
3	Huw lley	Pastor/Chair		Trustees
4	Robert Pickett	Secretary		Trustees
5	Jonathan West		1/1/2021 to 26/5/202(	Trustees
	Russel John		Appointed 15/05/2022	Trustees

Type of governing	document	Trust Deed	(16eOctober 2012)
How the charity is constituted = '.""..a'Icc Incan'J		Trust
Trustee selection ai.ccl; r —r v	methods al I,t)	Appointed	by existing trustees
Additional governance	issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include	You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
~	policies and procedures
	adopted for the induction	and
	training oftrustees;
~	the charity's organisational
	structure and any wider
	network with which the charity
	works;
~	relationship with any related
	parties;
~	trustees' consideration of
	major risks and the system
	and procedures to manage
	them.

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Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year				2021 was another year of significant change for Bethesda Church, especially as a result ofthe Covid-19 pandemic. The year began with most church activity still online. Attendance at Sunday services, midweek Community Groups, and the Pathfinders group, was amazingly
				consistent. It has been a huge encouragement to see people persevere
				throughout the pandemic, and to see how much the church community
				means to people, that despite the limitations ofZoom and Facebook,
				people have made such an effort to join in and stay connected.
				For Bible teaching, we focused on Jesus (in the Gospels) for Sundays,
				and New Testament teaching on the identity and purpose ofthe church	in
				midweek groups. These encouraged folk to keep trusting Jesus, and
				helped the church to continue as a community during the pandeinic, and
				be better equipped for church life after it. People really appreciated being
				able to meet together in-person, as Covid restrictions eased.
				The importance and value of human relationships has become more
				clear, and simple things such as a chat over coffee after a service is more
				appreciated than before Covid. As Covid progressed, a significant
				proportion ofthe church moved away (15-20%)for family and work
				reasons. Itwas difficult to say farewell appropriately, whilst Covid
				restrictions were in place. Wonderfully, new people have joined, and it
				has been a good challenge to welcome them to Bethesda (and in some
				cases to Brampton too), whilst some restrictions were still in place. This
				made the Autumn, with the resumption of full in-person Sunday services,
				daunting, as it was more ofa re-start ofchurch than we envisioned when
				Covid first struck.
				It has been wonderful to see people serving in new ways, as musicians,
				serving on welcome, refreshments, maintenance teams, leading Sunday
				Club, and contributing to Sunday services. Many have integrated well,
				and Sunday attendances are not too far below pre-Covid levels. Itwas a
				joy to see a relatively normal carol service, after so much change. A good
				number ofnewcomers have also joined in with midweek groups and are
				already a key part ofthe church community. Some folk still join online on
				Sundays, and we hope that they will be able to rejoin in-person in 2022.	A
				few have drifted from any engagement with us, and we hope they will
				reconnect next year. There has been a general unity around church
				policies in light of Covid, which we are very grateful for.
				Particular achievements include:
				- Persevering with and improving church online. Worship services, Bible
				teaching and prayer were offered every Sunday. Materials for Sunday
				Club were provided for parents 8 carers each week. Playlists of
				encouraging Christian songs were produced weekly. Breaking of Bread
				services continued throughout the year. Church Facebook pages and
				the church website were regularly updated.
				- Sunday meetings and services in-person resumed. New teams were
				formed to make services possible, risk assessments updated and Covid
				guidance followed. Sunday Club attracted encouraging numbers of
				children, numbers at Sunday services, on average, only about 10lower
				per week than pre-Covid. The tech team made streaming ofservices from the new building possible, with 5-10people joining in online on a
				typical Sunday. This has made it possible for everyone to continue to
				attend and be part ofthe church community. The opportunity for people
				to share their experience of Covid, and how God sustained them
				through it, was greatly appreciated.
AR				March 2012

Brief statement ofthe charity's	Brief statement ofthe charity's	It is our Charity's unrestricted funds	It is our Charity's unrestricted funds	It is our Charity's unrestricted funds	policy	to hold at	least three months	expenditure	in its
policy on reserves
Details ofany funds in deficit	materially	g f No unds	are in deficit
Further financial review details		(Optional	information)
You may choose to additional information,	include where	Our income congregation		is primarily plus some		from the giving ofmembers ofthe church additional external supporters.
relevant about
~ the charity's principal
sources offunds	(including
any fundraising);
~ how expenditure	has
supported the key objectives
ofthe charity;
~ investment policy	and
objectives including any
ethical investment	policy
adopted.
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		Charity	name	Bethesda	Evangelical	Church
Other names charity is known by
Registered	charity	number	(ifany)	1149548
Charity's		principal	address	Bethesda Evangelical	Church
				Main Street
				Brampton
				Postcode	CAS	1SH

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Type of governing document i 0 '.ru.'i deed. cohshioiior	',	Trust Deed	(16'"October 2012)
How the charity is constituted
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		Appointed	bY existing trustees
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		To advance the Christian	faith in accordance	with the Statement	with the Statement	with the Statement	of
		Beliefs in such ways and	in such parts ofthe	United	Kingdom	or	the
Summary	ofthe objects ofthe	world as the Trustees may from time to time		think fit.
charity set	out in its governing
document