## **Trustees’ Annual report** Gathering of the saints’ trustees has the responsibility of co-operating with presiding Pastor Veronica Pinneh in promoting and bring to reality the aims and purposes of this ministry. ## **Objectives and Activities** The trustee members are committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our Church and to be become part of the Church family. The trustees have been seeking ways in which we can better serve our community. We seek ways to improve our services to accommodate people from different ethnic back ground and build them into one big happy family of God. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer, scripture, music and communion. We encourage members to live out their faith as part of the ministry and in accordance to the scriptures through: Worship, prayer, daily scripture reading Developing their knowledge of God Personal relationship with God. Provision of pastoral care Group Bible study. . ## **Achievements and Performance** ## **Worship and Prayer** Gathering of the Saints continues actively in weekly Bible study and prayer meetings, and this has been beneficial and spiritual uplifting for every member. To save cost, members continue to hold meetings: Bible studies, prayer conference and Sunday services via Zoom every week. The weekly prayer meetings provide an opportunity to share each other’s problems by choosing a prayer point that addresses each individual’s circumstances. Group Bible study is usually a time to socialise and table fellowship, but because most of our meetings are now online, socialising has been badly affected. The Pastor regularly makes phone calls to members to inquire about their well-being and encouraged members to keep in touch with each other. The Zoom virtual call afforded members the opportunity to relate with one another. If all goes well, we planning an out-door gathering this summer. Our Ridley Street market out-reach had been hampered/stopped because the council would not renew our licensing because of new co-vid rules regarding traders. Thus, to reach our community **,** we have resolved to street witnessing, door to door and sometimes open-air preaching, where we offer prayers, encouragement and emotional support to people in different communities. Sometimes, we travel to our towns and city to evangelise, providing free Bibles, Christian books, leaflet, tracts, etc. ## **Pastoral Care** The committee ensure the pastor visits members when needs arise. The pastor also offers online advice and prayers to members and new contacts that we sometime make during our street witnessing. Some do phone for prayers. Currently, we are actively looking for a new place of worship which has been very difficult to secure because of the pandemic, as many Churches are not will to rent their hall out. ## **Mission and Evangelism** Like Jesus, helping those in need and share the gospel with the lost, is our priority as a ministry and as a way of demonstrating our faith. The trustees continue to donate immensely to this ministry, which in turn had enabled us to support other ministries in mission outreach and evangelism. From time to time, we carry out door to door evangelism and street witnessing. Door to door and street witnessing has increased with the lifting of some of the restrictions of COVID 19. ## **Ecumenical Relationship** Our pastor attends minister’s fellowship meeting, once every month and monthly prayer evening with other ministries and denominations. At the present, our Pastor can only attend meetings with other Ministers via Zoom. And she remains a member of the International Ministers Fellowship (IMF), UK. ## **Financial Review** Total receipts funds from 1[st] June 2020 to 31[st] May 2021, in tithes and offering was **£1,416.02** And the amount B/F from previous financial year was: **£20,663.63.** Please see the annual account for more details. ## **Structure, governance and management** The method of appointing a trustee member is set in the Church representation rules. At Gathering of the Saints, membership of trustees consists of the Pastor, elders and senior members of the Church. The trustees are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the ministry including decisions on how the ministry’s fund is spent. The trustees meet every three months via online to discuss issues and take decisions on matters that will help move the ministry forward. ## **Administrative information** Gathering of the Saints held its weekly and Sunday services at the pastor’s residence (23 Morton Road, London N1 3BB). And now via Zoom. The correspondence address is still the pastor’s home address and there is no landline at the moment. For contact, please reach us through our: E-mail: gatheringofsaints@yahoo.com Website: www.gatheringofthesaints.org (Not active at the moment) Pastor’s mobile: 07916140892 ## **ACCOUNTS OF GATHERING OF THE SAINT JUNE 1[ST] 2020 – 31[ST] MAY 2021** **----- Start of picture text -----**
MONTH YEA INCOME EXPENDITU DESCRIPTION/COMMENTS
R (£) RE (£)
May 2020 B/F
20,663.
63
June 2020 Offering and Tithe
69.05
July 2020 166.76 Offering and Tithe
August 2020 Offering and Tithe
231.45
September Offering and Tithe
2020 165.50
October Offering and Tithe
2020 149.30
November Offering and Tithe
2020 163.02 140.00
December Offering and Tithe
2020 155.04
January Offering and Tithe
2021 84.85
February Offering and Tithe
2021 58.79
March Offering and Tithe
2021 53.40 139.00
April Offering and Tithe
2021 73.30 55.00
May Offering and Tithe
2021 45.56 20.00
Sub- Total 354.00
1,416.0
2
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B/F
20,663.
63
Total
22,079.
65
Expenditure 354.00
Available
balance: 21,725.
65
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