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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
							Townfoot			Industrial		Estate
							Brampton
							Postcode						CA8	1SW
Names of		the charity trustees				who	manage		the charity
	Trustee name			Office (ifany)					Dates acted			ifnot for whole		Name ofperson (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if
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1	David Niven								Resigned		25/03/2022			Trustees
	Paul	Bacon												Trustees
3	Huw	lley		Pastor/Chair										Trustees
4	Robert Pickett			Secretary										Trustees
	Russel John								Appointed			15/05/2022		Trustees
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Sum&ary ofthe main achleerements ofthe charity during the year				Having returned to in-person services part-way through 2021, much of 2022 was a time of re-establishing and settling, to enable new growth As a significant number ofcore folk had moved away, new people began to take on roles to enable services to happen, including musicians, welcome
				and refreshments teams, and helpers for Sunday Club.
				Numbers attending in-person were generally 10%down compared to pre-
				pandemic, but were building up over the year. Family attendance was a
				little more varied than pre-pandemic. It was encouraging to see new
				people try us - typically they were either people who had recently moved
				in to Brampton, or who wanted to re-connect with a church after some
				years ofabsence.
				Services continued to be available online, with 5-10%ofthose attending
				typically online. Numbers of holiday-makers visiting on Sundays started	to
				grow again; we hope to be an encouragement to them, and they often are
				to us.
				Children (and parents/carers) have generally been very glad to have
				Sunday Club in-person.
				We continue to appreciate resources from Mustard Seeds and Faith in
				Kids, and children who attend regularly get a good grasp of the overall
				Bible-storyline, whilst having lots offun along the way! Some of the
				leaders are fairly new, and so some training and support was needed.
				The Pathfinders group was settling and building up, with some new
				members and leaders ofthe group. Those in the group are clearly
				growing in Christian discipleship through it, we hope it will also
				increasingly be a way for young people to explore Christianity for the first
				time.
				Community Groups, some in-person and some online, have been highly
				valued by those in them, and now play a key role in the prayer and
				community life ofthe church.
				Itwas very encouraging that the summer Holiday Club could re-start - the
				leaders were almost as excited to be back as the children! Numbers were
				only slightly down on pre-Covid, and it is hoped the club can develop and
				grow again.
				Bethesda O5 is a very promising new development. Some larger youth
				work ministries are recognising that too often youth have been kept in a
				slightly separate group, and that there are many benefits from 'inter-
				generational' church. Whilst this is less of a danger in a smaller church,	it
				has still been very encouraging to see the level of mixing across the
				different age groups at these meetings. It will be reviewed in 2023, but
				looks promising. It also provides a good opportunity for us to talk and pray
				about things that are harder to fit in to a typical Sunday morning service.
				Three people who grew up through the youth ministry at Bethesda are
				now studying at university, and it has been encouraging to see their
				continued growth and service whilst living in different places and
				attending new churches.
				Three people have begun travelling from the Haltwhistle area to be part	of
				Bethesda, and have been a great encouragement to us. They have also
				begun a small, informal fellowship in Haltwhistle. Whilst it isn't formally	a
				ministry of Bethesda, we are delighted to see the fellowship
TAR				March 2012

Briefstatement ofthe charity's	Briefstatement ofthe charity's	It is our Charity'a unrestricted funds	It is our Charity'a unrestricted funds	It is our Charity'a unrestricted funds	policy to hold at	policy to hold at	least three months expenditure	least three months expenditure	m
policy on reserves
Detail~ ofany funds in deficit	materiallY	No f nds	are in deficit
Furthei!f financial review details		(Optional	information)
You ivIay 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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