St. Francis Church, Monks Hill
Annual Report & Financial Statements and Statement of Public Benefits of the PCC for the year ended December, 2022
April, 2023
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St Francis Church, Monks Hill
Agenda for Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Opening Prayer
Annual Meeting of Parishioners
1. Election of Church Wardens
2. Appointment of Assistant Wardens
3. Thanks
Annual General Meeting
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of previous Annual Parochial Church Meeting
3. Matters Arising
4. Finance Report
5. Church Wardens’ Report
6. Fabric Report
7. Social Report
8. Pastoral Care Report
9. Deanery Synod Report
10. Children’s Work Report
11. Youth Work Report
12. Safeguarding vulnerable children and adults report
13. Churches Together Report
14. Floating Shelter Report
15. Overseas Mission Report
16. Electoral Roll Report
17. Community Work
18. Food Stop Report
19. Minister’s Report
20. Election of PCC members – instruction to new PCC members, date of meeting 3[rd] May
21. Election of Sides people
22. Election of CTSA Representatives
23. Election of Deanery Synod Representative for 3 years
24. Appointment of Independent Examiner
25. Minister’s Address
26. AOB (notified ahead)
27. Closing Prayer & blessing
Appendix 1 – Report to Charities Commission on Public Benefits Appendix 2 – Annual Accounts for 2022
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Item 2: Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting of St Francis Church, held on 24[th] April 2022 at 12noon in the church.
There were a total of 17 people attending, with 15 people present in church and two people present by zoom.
The Meeting opened in prayer by Rev Peter.
Annual Meeting of Parishioners
Item1. Election of Church Wardens
Jimmy Wavamunno and Yemi Oseni were unanimously appointed as Church Wardens.
Item 2. Appointment of Assistant Wardens
Geoff Okeke was unanimously appointed as Assistant Church Warden assisted by Steph Waddell, and Roger Pearson. They were unanimously appointed. Peter thanked them.
Annual General Meeting
Item 1. Apologies for absence
Apologies for absence were received from Paul & Steph Wardell, Geoff Okeke, Yemi Oseni and Sarah Burne.
Item 2 . Minutes of previous Annual Parochial Church Meeting
The minutes of last year’s meeting were unanimously approved subject to the correction of deleting Sam Pearson as Assistant Warden and correcting of typo to “is” instead of “in” under David’s question on the Finance Report.
Item3. Matters Arising
There were no matters arising from last year’s minutes.
Item 4. Finance Report (see attached)
Sarah Burne Church Treasurer was unable to attend.
The Report was taken as read but Rev Peter highlighted that in spite of a difficult financial year the congregation had reduced the predicted deficit to only £81. Also, it was reported the Lighthouse is now contributing important rental revenue. However, the Lighthouse also increases church expenditure particularly energy costs which are going up.
After discussion it was agreed that in September, the PCC should review the rental charge for hiring out the Lighthouse.
The Annual Accounts for 2021 were approved unanimously.
Item 5. Church Wardens Reports (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 6. Fabric Report (see attached)
David Huntley gave a summary of the report. There were no questions.
Item 7. Social Report (see attached)
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The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 8. Pastoral Care Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 9. Deanery Synod Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 10. Children’s Work Coordinator Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 11. Youth Work Report – Youth Action for Monks Hill 2022 (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 12. Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Adults Report(see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 13. Churches Together Selsdon and Addington (CTSA) Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 14. Floating Shelter for the Homeless Report
See Community Report Item 17.
Item 15. Overseas Mission Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 16. Electoral Roll Report
With a late addition corrected at the meeting, the total on the roll now stands at 69, 5 more than last year.
Item 17. Community Work Report Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 18. Food Stop Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 19. Ministers Report (see attached)
The report was taken as read. There were no questions.
Item 20. Election of PCC members
There was one vacancy and one candidate Sarah Omoreme-Richard who had been proposed by Steve Thomas and seconded by Paul Waddell. Sarah was unanimously elected.
Item 21. Election of Sides People
The following current Sides People were re-elected: Margaret Mowll, Lincoln Smith, Melva McIntosh, Sam Pearson, Anne Beinomugisha, Jimmy Wavamunno as well as new ones – Morgan Pearson, Shaun Lightman, Pamela Joseph and Moriam Oseni.
Item 22. Election of CTSA Representative
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Gay Costello and Olu Akitoye were unanimously re- elected.
Item 23. Election of Deanery Synod Representative for 3 years
Gay Costello was unanimously re-elected.
Item 24. Appointment of Independent Examiner
The independent examiner was to be decided between Sarah Burne and Peter Wyatt.
Item 25. Ministers Address and Questions
Peter gave particular thanks to Carol Edwards and Olu Akitoye for their pastoral work and he spoke of the treasure and reward in relationships.
Peter thanked Jemimah Barnes for her work as church Safeguarding Officer and announced she is standing down and Jimmy Wavamunno has now taken over.
Peter requested help with administration which he said takes up a lot of his time. During discussion it was suggested that perhaps Jonathon Canning’s hours could be extended to help with this, if the budget allowed. This had been previously discussed and suggested at a recent PCC meeting but tight church finances had prevented it. It was agreed that this should be again considered.
Peter also requested a clear up team after church meals in the Lighthouse to prevent those preparing food having to clear up as well.
Peter also requested volunteers to help transport elderly people to church.
Peter thanked everyone for their hard work over the past year.
Olu Akitoye thanked Peter for all the work he had carried out over the year. Olu also emphasised the problems of young black children and youths who do not know their ancestral background and highlighted the Church of England black history month that is taking place in the autumn.
Item 26. AOB
There was no other business.
Item 27. Prayer
The meeting was closed in prayer at 1pm
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Item 4: Finance Report
Financial Highlights for 2022
General Fund Surplus £6,412.51
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Utilities we received a credit of £4,211.11 for paying incorrect tax rate of 20% instead of 5% covering the period 2019 to 2022. Foodstop & Community Worker Fund pay collectively £4,800 toward utilities cost. Utility costs to general fund was £1,529.39
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No major repairs or redecoration to Church in 2022
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Cleaning costs of £2,218 are allocated to Foodstop & Community Fund
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Mission & Evangelism cost increased by £612 compared to 2021 due to increase in events and costs associated with Café Church
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Increase in insurance costs of £874 compared to 2021
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No change in quota, however we have increased our quota by £500 for 2023
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Overall expenditure decreased by £4,861 compared to 2021
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Increase in standing orders tax efficient giving of £717, however due to members of congregation moving out of area we will see a decrease of (£2,880) in 2023
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Light House Hall hire was an increase of £5,598 compared to 2021
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Afterschool hall hire was a decrease of (£1,150) compared to 2021 and no payments have been received since July 2022
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Sum up donations was a decrease of £103 compared to 2021
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Overall income increased by £1,633 compared to 2021
Donation to Missionaries & Charities
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£1,000 CCAT
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£1,000 Priscilla
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£1,000 Mahbuba
The full set of Financial Accounts 2022 for the church are set out in Appendix 2 at the end of this Annual Report
Item 5: Churchwardens’ Report
Services to crafts and story time for children, prayer meetings, PCC meetings and home groups/ bible study groups, Café Church are running as normal service.
Numbers at the Sunday Church have started to increase which is encouraging.
We are continuing to live stream out worship service every Sunday at 10:30am. People can join us at church safely now. I must thank everyone who work behind the scenes and do so much for the church.
The church continues to be used as a Polling Station and the staff were again remarking on the beauty of the building and its very calm ambiance.
The Light House Hall has been heavily used by many different groups with a prospect of good financial gain. The heating bills are still high in this current financial crisis, and we have made small changes by switching off the main lights in the Church Hall during services only when needed if it seems dark then few lights will be switch on.
Thank you for your support.
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Yemi Oseni
Item 6: Fabric Committee Report
This report finds me handing over the fabric and building matters to a well-placed and able person – a great pleasure to work with!
Over the past 12 months, our thinking and action has of course been focusing on the building and equipping The Light House, though the church building still has its own need for fabric etc care.
The history of The Light House started with a long-term sense of need of extra space, coming to completion in early Autumn 2021. It has been rented out in the community, but also provides a welcome on Wed & Fri mornings, as well as for Church functions and lunches.
Some acoustic work has reduced the serious echo, but it remains rather ‘live’ due to the many opposite parallel surfaces. Ideally, these need some further acoustic treatment to absorb echo, especially at certain frequencies. The easiest way of doing this is to make panels ‘stood off the wall’ at about 12 cm. Acoustic tiles made of perforated soft fibreboard are even more effective; these can be ‘own-make’ or bought ‘ready to mount’-- and may be mounted flat on the wall.
The former Dr Bike shed has yet to be relocated. But now that we have willing hands to construct things and fixtures, one suggestion is to make the Dr Bike shed into a workshop; with bench tools that have been offered. Exceptionally we have received excellent electrical help at professional level – from a qualified friend.
The various construction etc work has called for documentation, i.e. architectural drawings etc. The originals of the St Francis Church cannot be found, though the architect’s sketches have been located in Lambeth Palace Library.
The structural drawings for The Light House, have been placed in the Palace Library, (our Wardens also hold a copy). The architectural “as-built” drawings of the Light House are apparently still en-route to us via the architect; when it comes, we can complete the archival requirement for the new building.
The ‘Next Bus Times’ electronically listed on the notice board at the stop, and also in the entrance to The Light House, are much appreciated, especially now that the 359-bus service is less regular and less frequent, but still running to time-table. Many of our Wed and Fri guests use this bus service, as well as a few on a Sunday. Another time of next bus panel in the church = might be appreciated on Sundays?
I’m stepping down now! David Huntley.
Maintenance Report
Over the last 12 months the church has seen some larger work done including the new bin shed and bike stand.
The smaller but just as important jobs that have been done this year have been covered by a few helping hands which are always appreciated. These jobs include some of the following and many more: installing new speakers, changing all the light bulbs in the church, changing the leaking taps in one of the church toilets, fixing doors/ Windows in the light house, new shelving in the light house, cutting pack of the bushes around the church and starting a new path between the vicarage and the small hall.
Over the next 12 months we will be looking to complete this path as well as insulating the food stop garage and looking to paint the inside of the church as the paint work is looking very tired now.
As always if anyone see’s anything that needs a repair or would like to get involved in any of the hands-on work please feel free to talk to me at any point.
Roger Pearson.
David Huntley/Roger Pearson
Item 7: Social Committee Report
See Community Report
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Peter Wyatt
Item 8: Pastoral Care Report
I thank God that I was able to visit few members, send emails to a few, ring a few, and send Christmas and Easter cards to members.
I am glad that was able send messages to few members who had relocated. The response has been positive. I observed that a few started coming back to church with their families, some attended the prayer and healing service, to testify to the power of God to heal and to restore. Others testify the power of God, on healing of their ongoing illness. We have one on dialysis whom we have prayed for who celebrated his 90th birthday praise God. Also, we have one person with cancer of colon, and the cancer is receding.
Another with palpitation of the heart, and their heartbeat is now gradually getting slower. We thank God also for one who has mental challenges and is who has now agreed to seek medical help. May his healing be permanent in Jesus. I also visited people in their home and hospice and prayed with them. I thank God for His healing power on me and family. I thank God for an old member who had now started to come to Church and experienced power of God to forgive and restore. We thank God for journey mercies and breakthroughs at work.
Olu Akitoye
Item 9: Deanery Synod Report
There are four Deanery meetings each year, chaired by Rev Debbie Forman the Area Dean. After the business meetings there are talks which are open to everyone. These meetings are intended to provide ways to share time together, to develop ideas and to support each other in all that we do. They include feedback notes from the most recent Diocesan Synod and General Synod meetings.
On 21st February 2022 the topic was, ‘The direction and mission of the deanery over the next three years with discussion and ‘the opportunity to dream dreams and to think outside the box’. Wednesday 8 June - Nelly Misenga, Southwark Development Officer. Discussion topic – Southwark Together. Monday 17 October, Speaker - Deputy Director of Discipleship and Lay Ministry. Presentation from Dr Michael Brockett, the interim lay ministry advisor. Michael spoke about the variety of affirmed, commissioned, and licensed lay ministries and the training pathways.
There was also a Deanery Pilgrimage in June, walking between all the 14 churches and pausing to pray in each one and a Deanery social in November.
Gay Costello
Item 10: Children’s Work Coordinator’s Report
This report is just for Splash (11 years and under) – see Jon’s report for youth.
It has been wonderful to see the Splash group grow in number. We still vary in numbers from 3 or 4 to 12 children with ages ranging from 2 to 11 years. We meet in the Light House foyer area. We mainly use Urban Saints material (previously Crusaders) which has material that covers this broad age range. From April to June 22, we finished our Life of Jesus series. Since then, we have looked at famous bible characters interjected by teachings related to our church and secular calendar for example teaching about God’s love for us on the Sunday after Valentines Day. On the weekend of the King’s coronation, we will of course be learning about the King of kings! Each Sunday as leaders we aim to teach one main truth about our Lord and our faith, to pray together and have fun together. We usually have some games and/or craft activity.
This year we have said a sad goodbye to Sarah Springett who has been an adult helper for many years and to Susan who has been a Splash leader for even more years. Thank you both for your faithful and very much appreciated service. If anyone would like to help with Splash, then please let me know.
Michelle Wyatt
Item 11: Youth Work Report - Youth Action for Monks Hill 2022
Our Youth Action for Monks Hill project continues to provide free and accessible activities and support for young people on Monks Hill. Our three main activities continue to be:
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Monks Hill Youth Club – 6.30-8pm on Thursday evenings for 11–16-year-olds
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Monks Hill Football Academy – 2.30-4pm on Sunday afternoons for school years 5-9
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Mentoring – 3 students are mentored in Quest Academy each week.
Monks Hill Youth Club continues to be popular, with regular attendees ever present each week. We did unfortunately lose access to the Sports Centre, which has seen a reduction in average attendance. We now meet at The Light House and have enjoyed taking advantage of the new cooking facilities there and continue to provide a stable offering to our young people. Monks Hill Football Academy also continues to do well, despite again losing the use of the Sports Centre, and a few older players leaving us due to their age. We enjoyed a huge day out at the annual Kick London tournament, taking 3 teams to the event (the most we have ever produced from our academy!), and have significantly increased the number of matches/fixtures we have competed in this year as a result. Mentoring continues to offer a valuable 1-2-1 support for young people and allows for intimate and personal support to be given. The young people really benefit from having a safe space to talk with an adult they trust, and really appreciate having their voices heard. Moving forward we expect both groups to grow again, and hope to secure more funding to maintain the services of our new Youth Worker.
At Church, our Sunday School has seen a big increase in numbers, and there is a new life among the group! Whilst we expect to lose a significant portion of young people next year as they enter adulthood, there have been some great moments of spiritual growth and unity among the group, including Youth Services, where the young people take charge of the service. We continue to implement a combination of Bible studies, topical discussions, prayers, testimonies and time in the Holy Spirit in the sessions. Food for Body and Soul has been thriving over the last year and is currently displaying its highest numbers ever! As well as the popular cooking/games and discussion format, we have also started introducing off-site socials this year, which has proven very popular, and has helped make the group even more tight knit! Again though, we expect to lose a significant portion of young people next year as they enter adulthood. Our summer camp was hugely popular and is easily one of the best things we have done for the young people in my time! The young people enjoyed a great week of games, sports, activities and fellowship, as well as worship, talks, seminars and prayers. We took the largest group we have ever taken from St Francis and anticipate next year we will take even more! Newly launched this year, we completed our first Youth Alpha course, which went very well, and proved significant for those who attended for the full duration. We also ran our first ‘Young Men’ fellowship events where the older teenagers and young men of the Church and local community, came together for a football match, before a short talk together on Faith.
A huge thank you to all those who support the work.
Jonathon Canning
Item12: Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Adults Report
Safeguarding vulnerable children and adults at St. Francis church. Selsdon.
The past year has been a difficult one but with all its challenges, we have not had any major concerns regarding safeguarding.
As a church we believe that it is just unacceptable for a child, young person or adult to experience any form of abuse and recognise the responsibility to safeguard and protect the welfare of all by commitment to practises that protects them. Together with the incumbent have developed and actioned safeguarding development plan that has promoting a safer church as its core theme to all media communications, promotions and marketing. All
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members of PCC, employees and volunteers have been actively encouraged take relevant safeguarding courses, certification and DBS checks where necessary or relevant.
Safeguarding is an item on every PCC and leadership meetings to make sure we actively discuss and deal with any issues that are arising if any.
The Diocese offers ongoing safeguarding training and there are basic and leadership courses online that anyone in the church is welcome.
https://safeguardingtraining.cofepotal.org/
The church has a copy of the Diocese safeguarding policy and practice available. https://Southwark.anglican.org/safeguarding/diocesean-policies-and-procedures
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility therefore if you should have any concerns regarding the welfare or safety of a child or vulnerable adult, please do not hesitate to speak to Reverend Peter or myself.
Jimmy Wavamunno, Parish Safeguarding officer.
Item 13: Churches Together Selsdon and Addington (CTSA) Report
Clergy and lay representatives meet four times each year to discuss, share our experience locally and beyond and to plan joint activities which witness to our Christian unity. We hold annual services for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January and on Good Friday, with a Walk of Witness following the Cross through Selsdon. This year we also had a third combined service for Pentecost. We arrange three family rambles, one in each season except winter, to walk, chat and share lunch together, everyone welcome. Our ecumenical Lent courses offer the opportunity to mix and discuss with Christians from other denominations and this year was called ‘Face to Face’ and was based on the story of Jacob and Esau and examined issues around reconciliation, applying these ideas to our churches and lives today. In September our Quiet morning was blessed with warm sunshine and was a welcome mini retreat from busy lives. On a Saturday before Christmas, we sang Christmas Carols for the community at Sainsbury’s as usual and were glad to be able to do so inside again. Events are always advertised by Peter and included in the notices, and everyone is welcome.
Gayle Costello
Item 14: Floating Shelter for the Homeless Report
We continued to make sandwiches for the homeless every Wednesday night during November and December which got taken to and distributed at Queen’s gardens in Croydon. Thank you to all those involved. It seems unlikely that the floating shelter will resume in its current form, but there are other ideas which are being investigated, which will support homeless people in a different way.
Michelle Wyatt
Item 15: Overseas Mission Report
Currently we support two overseas Missions, and also CCAT locally: -
- Dima and Mahbuba are ministering to children in Tajikistan, a west-Asian
country relating to Russia. Their ministry seems to be highly successful – almost entirely towards children, who will of course be ‘tomorrow’s Church.’
In the UK they are part of Scripture Union .
Like many missionaries they are not good communicators, but are in closer touch with Margaret Mowll.
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2. Croydon Co-operation Against Trafficking (CCAT).
This organisation helps the police and other agencies (including several churches) to help young girls forced into prostitution, to extract themselves from gangs and be rehabilitated - and helped to find jobs in homes or with ‘safe’ employers. Many other Croydon churches help CCAT financially and welcome the girls to worship and to join ‘safe’ social activities.
3. OMF International (The Former China Inland Mission) serves throughout East Asia. It was pushed out of China around 1952 when Communism took over but is now re-opening to foreign Christian teachers. Via OMF we support Miss Priscilla Ng , a UK-born Chinese lady missionary. She has been invited by several churches in China, also in university and college Christian Unions, to teach the Bible and Christian living among students. A couple of years ago, Peter Wyatt and I visited her in Hang Chao, to see her at work, and in a Sunday ‘senior youth’ gathering. She sends us colourful newsletters every couple of months – with lots of interesting items to read!
Our Missionary support therefore amounts to at least £3000/year. Some of our neighbouring churches wonder how we ‘spare’ such a sum – especially when we have been building The Light House. But God knows more about our funding than we do! He has not let us down!
David Huntley
Item 16: Electoral Roll Report
The roll has increased from 68, with 9 additions and 1 deletion, so the total on the roll stands at 76.
Gay Costello
Item 17: Community Work Report
This update is meant to be about the community yet this year it feels that the report is less about them and us, and more about how the church the community are becoming one. Over the last 12 months I feel that combined events have allowed for an open warm relationship to develop. We have shared meals as one, it’s been fantastic to see community members at the harvest lunch and church members at the Christmas lunch.
We have run multiple events over the 12 months, at least one children’s event in every school holiday, 3 shared lunches, a very well attended celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee and sadly a smaller but just and meaningful day to mark Her Majesty’s passing. These have all been well attended by both church members and community members alike, I look forward to more of this growth in the coming year.
A Place of Welcome
The Wednesday coffee morning has had some highs and lows over the last 12 months, but we have continued to keep the average attendance at 19 a week. We have shared foods from around the world and have even had two work experience children cook for us. At the end of the summer term in 2022 we stepped away from the normal breakfast and shared a 3-course meal which was well received and something we would look to do again this year. We enjoy the regular church members coming along and sharing their time and experiences with us.
One to one work
This has continued to be a task that takes up a lot of time and led me to look into lots of subjects that I have not always been familiar with. We have tackled subjects such as benefit support, immigration, housing right through to domestic violence and many other things along the way.
Hall hire
The hall hire has had some really busy times but also some very quiet times, but I believe this has been a reflection on the troubled times we are living in at the moments. We have been blessed with some amazing people using our hall and some that have led us on a learning curve. We have faced these challenges and grown along the way.
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Over the last 12 months the Light House has really grown into what is truly becoming the hub of Monks hill, and we hope with the support of the lottery we can continue to develop and grow in whatever direction the community needs it to be.
Sam Pearson
Item 18: Food Stop Report
For those who don’t know:
Food Stop started in October 2019. ‘Food stop’ is like a food bank but we ask for £3.50 towards the cost of the food and members receive over £20 food and a non-food item such as shampoo or washing up liquid. People choose what they have, rather than being given a standard bag of food. Everyone can have fruit, veg and some meat/veggie alternative and diary as well as ambient food. The shop is open every Friday morning until 12.30 pm and on Thursdays we organise the shop, buy any food that is needed and deliver to people who cannot come to the shop for COVID or other health reasons. Our food stop is open to anyone locally who has ‘more month than money’ so if that is you, please come along to the food stop. And if you have food, toiletries or domestic products in your home which you are never going to use but are in date we can probably find a home for them! We have been given food and monetary support by many individuals and groups, (Purley Food Hub in particular) for which we are very grateful.
From March 22 to March 23 the numbers of people who have come to food stop (or been delivered to) has increased from 33 households coming at least twice a month to 55 households. Another way of putting it is from 32 members using the service each week to 42. The quantity and quality of food received from Fareshare/Phoenix Project, Waitrose and Coop has decreased over this time as the supermarkets etc are producing less waste, because of the general shortages throughout this year that we all know about and because people have less surplus to give from.
We now have more volunteers who help on a Monday, Thursday, and Friday – a big thank you -you know who you are!! Our volunteer hairdresser continues to cut hair for free once every 4 to 6 weeks. We have an employment adviser coming most weeks and approximately once a month council officers come to support residents with housing and other issues.
We have helped people with a variety of issues from threatened eviction to filling forms in. We have accompanied people to hospital, prayed with people, cuddled babies while the parent does their shop and (some would say most importantly) played pool! We have laughed and cried with one another. Please continue to pray and support us as we seek ‘God’s kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven’ and to quote from one of my favourite hymns: We seek your kingdom throughout every sphere We long for heaven’s demonstration here Jesus your light shines bright for all to see Transform, revive, and heal society.
Michelle Wyatt
Item 19: Minister’s Report
Attendance at church has grown in 2022, and we look forward to further increases, although we must never be complacent. Financially we have met all our obligations and continue to grow our offer. Our God is faithful, and we came through this year with optimism and vision for the future.
Highlights
There were many highlights in 2022, including:
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An Alpha course attended by 10 people
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Growing congregation
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Growing community work
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Summer camp with the youth
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Our sixtieth anniversary in October 2022, presided over by our new Bishop Rosemarie, with many past vicars and members in attendance. What a wonderful day!
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Mission Action Planning
These are our vision areas and I include a highlight for each one.
• Working together – we have increased our number of volunteers who serve the church and community. We have approximately 50 volunteers who do at least 2 hours a month – well done. More help is needed on the increasing admin side, if you have those skills!
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A Church full of people – numbers are one the up with new families joining us in 2022.
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Finding healing – we have continued our healing services every term and offer prayer ministry at the end of every service, where we have seen some important ‘matches’ to prophetic words given out.
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Praising God – we were so pleased to welcome the Harding family with their musical skills and they are now leading the singing every month, and their ministry is much appreciated. Also thank you to Joel and Deborah who continue to excel at the keyboard, along with Paul who leads, and Richard on drums. We would welcome more talent, especially as Joel and Ben are heading to uni this Autumn – particularly drums, keyboard and a bass player would be fantastic!
• Transforming lives in the community – this has gone from strength to strength with 50 families now attending the Food Stop every week, and 15-20 at the coffee morning. I always say we now have two “flocks” – the church and the community, and we try to support both in practical, spiritual, and emotional ways. I am pleased to say that around 12 from the Food Stop now attend church. More volunteers are always appreciated, both to offer support and do practical jobs. We have some exciting new projects we are proposing – Men’s shed and a Vegetable Garden.
Other Areas
Cadets
I continue to do “padre’s hour” at 66 squadron Air Training Corps, Mitcham Rd, encouraging spiritual interest amongst the cadets, mostly online. We are grateful for their support at various events.
Thanks
A very special thanks to David Huntley who is stepping from his duties this year. He has worked tirelessly for the church over many years. Also, to Yemi stepping down as churchwarden after 6 years. Thank you for all your service. Also, thanks to Jimmy our warden; to all on the PCC, especially those stepping down this year; all who run the Kids Hour who work incredibly hard to teach our children; to Jonathon, and the youth; to our pianist Deborah; the coffee morning; prayers, readers, wardens and musicians and social committee; housegroup leaders and helpers; sound and PA and not forgetting maintenance of the premises! I would also like to thank Olu and Steve our readers, and our clergy David for his great help and support in the time I’ve been here. Finally thank to Sam for all the lunches and events, and Roger for being proactive in maintaining our increasing facilities and all they do for our church and community.
Peter Wyatt
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Appendix 1: Public Benefits Report for 2023 to the Charity Commission
ST FRANCIS CHURCH, MONKS HILL
We are a church and provide to the local community all the Christian services and events set out in the attached annual report which we believe are in themselves a public benefit in promoting a strong and healthy community on the Monks Hill estate where we are located. For the purpose of reporting on general public benefits to the charity commission we would specifically highlight the following items: -
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Running a Food Stop which helps feed those in need and enables them to access relevant council services
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We provide youth services to the estate including a mentoring programme for young people, running a youth club and providing with Kick London a regular programme of football for children on the estate. We have also formed a band and given young people experience with playing the keyboard, brass instruments, drums, acoustic and electric bass guitar. We believe this provision of youth services by our church is of public benefit in helping young people and giving them positive things to do. We believe this Youth work is of public benefit.
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Our premises are used for weekly coffee meetings which promote a sense of community and help combat loneliness. Both uses are of clear public benefit.
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We host four sessions of Pilates per week.
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Our premises were used as a polling station for elections in May 2022. We believe such use of our premises will continue and is of public benefit.
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Our premises can be (and are) hired by the public for parties and other special occasions and we believe such a use of our premises is of public benefit in promoting a strong sense of community feeling.
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The Monks Hill Community Association carries out activities based at our church such as quizzes and craft events. Our premises are also used for big community events like a Queens Jubilee party and a Christmas Event, and we believe these bigger community events are of public benefit in promoting a strong sense of community on Monks Hill.
We opened in 2021 a new church hall cum community centre which provides far better facilities for community events and services to the Monks Hill community and so we expect the list of public benefits provided by the church to increase over time. We use our website and Facebook to promote the services we provide to Monks Hill to generate a strong sense of community on the Monks Hill estate.
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Appendix 2: Annual Accounts for 2021 Parochial Church Council of St Francis Church, Monks Hill Year Ended 31st December 2021
Incumbent
The Revd. Peter Wyatt
Registered Charity Number: 1150124
Bankers
CAF Bank Church of England Deposit Fund 25 Kings Hill Avenue Queen Victoria Street West Malling London ME19 4JQ EC4N 4TR
Independent Examiner
Chaweevan Williams
Contents Accounts Cover Page Page 1 Statement of Financial Activities Page 2 Balance Sheet Page 3 Statement of Income Page 4 Statement of Payments Page 5 Statement of Movement of Funds Page 6 Report of the Independent Examiner Page 7
Agreed and Signed on 2023 by
Revd. Peter Wyatt Minister in Charge
Churchwardens
THIS IS PAGE 1 OF APPENDIX 2
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