St. Budeaux Parish Church Report of the PCC for the year 2021
Agreed 29 March 22 by the PCC for the APCM 26 April 2022
Jesus: Real Hope for Real People
(Our Vision is Jesus. He loves us. Will you follow Him? And help others follow Him too?)
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1) Address for correspondence: Revd S. Beach. St. Budeaux Vicarage, Agaton Rd. St. Budeaux, Plymouth PL5 2EW. We are a registered charity: “The Parochial Church Council for The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Budeaux Plymouth” – CHARITY No 1161649
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2) The function of the PCC as laid down in the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 is as follows: To co-operate with the
minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
3)The following have served on the council in 2021 Stephen Beach(Chairman), Helen Beaven, David Manners (both wardens), Dave Belringer, Joan Clements, Lyn Crews, Pam Jewitt, Jackie Knapman, , Aubrey Trevains, Jane Trevains, Alison Walford, Linda Bates, Liz Price Peter Sparkes, Judy Walling, Suzie Bickford (*Deanery Synod representatives)
4) The Council has met with a mixture of in person meetings, zoom in the room and on line, and zoom only depending in COVID regulations at the time 5) The Council continues to monitor the implementation of the Diocesan Policies on Safeguarding children, young people vulnerable adults and the church, including new on-line training. The Policies are available for inspection. Thanks to Peter Sparkes who has taken over from Pam as the Safeguarding rep, and to Pam for all of her work too.
6) There are 82 people on the Electoral Roll; the Participants figure (those who come to worship 12 times or more in a year recorded for the Common Share) was 105
7) The pattern of Sunday Worship It is tricky to record average Sunday attendance, as some people have been in the building and some online at different times (live and later). Average at 9 and 11 … numbers online….
During the year we have been saddened by the death of Evelyn Miller
There was 1thanksgiving for a child, 2 weddings; and 4 funerals in church with 1 further at the crematorium (and a figure not mentioned before, but 6 more whose ashes were interred with no service in church)
8) Junior Church : We are grateful to Sophie for her work, and to Louis for organising rotas. Junior Church and Identity need more volunteers – and our numbers of children have meant most Sundays now we have had no Junior Church meeting. Playtots has kept going on Fridays.
9)Y oung People Many thanks to a team of people who have shared in leading Identity -Lee & Marie Whitford, Sophie and Louise Beaven and Louis T who supports both Junior Church and Identity and then Morag and Joanna who have supported too. Thanks also to the team who have run Ignite both virtually and in person.* See later
10 Adult fellowship/learning: Bible Study and prayer on zoom, have been a great strength for people during the year. The zoom social time has come to an end. Two fellowship groups have restarted and a new daytime Bible Study has started up.
Friday fellowship after many years has called it a day
11 Prayer ministry. The opportunity to pray for people face to face is one of the distinctive things we miss because of COVID. Zoom prayer meetings have been a great source of strength
12 Church Wardens : Enormous Thanks to Helen Beaven and Dave Manners and to deputy warden Dave Belringer.
13 Foundation School –The Trustees (a charitable trust to support the Christian education of children in St Budeaux) continue to be keen to develop the link between Church and School: thanks to Louis Tregonning our link worker
We need to find more School Governors
14 Links with other churches : "Feast of Fun" has continued - great local initiative with local churches. Delivery of food to over 50 families is an amazing service. CTiP continues, as does the City Deanery. A Household Support Grant of £5000 was given to support families in need and fuel poverty.
15 The Churchyard : many thanks to John and Jackie Knapman for
coordination with the Probation Service who have done a great job. This is an enormous ongoing task.
16 The Church Community Hall – We are very grateful to Phill Parker for looking after the bookings. Thanks to the Hall Management Committee the
Hall Development Committee. The hall has been shut for a larger part of the year, but used as a great base to store and organise 100s of food parcels 17 Church Cleaning – we are thankful to Dave Belringer for keeping everything in order
18 communications: a weekly email is sent out, and a monthly letter to those not on email. Maureen Blackler has stepped down from her role – and we thank her for her many years of service.
19 Web site : thanks to Dave Manners for looking after this, and uploading services to youtube and to Phill, Simon and Louis for posting of facebookj. We have made constant appeals for help with technology but with little success. 20 Flowers* : Thanks to Liz Price Linda Bates and the team
21 Music . Thanks to all the musicians who make such a valuable contribution to our worship – live and recorded.
22 Marriage Preparation – not able to do this this year
23 The Allotments have continued (thanks to Jackie and team) and the PCC have been working on the renewal of the lease.
24 New Wine – The New Wine summer event happened free online – and many found it really helpful
25 Bells –Thanks to Peter and the team.
26 Soup Lunches have continued as takeaway, but restarted in Jan 22 in person- thanks to all the team
27 Lee Abbey; another casualty of the year
28 Butterfly Lodge (formerly Freshfields Nursing Home & Waypoints thanks to Joanna Bound for her ministry to Care Homes and to the team who were going in every month, and to Linda Lewis who has been commissioned for the work – and then lockdown. Anna Chaplains have been encouraging ministry amongst the more elderly
29 CAP - Thanks to Jo as Centre Manager and the whole team, for going above and beyond during lockdown, for Tim for organising prayer, and for Tony and his cooperation from Hope Baptist
30 Fun on the Green: another thing that could not take place!
31 Care Team – thanks to Ali who has been coordinating this.
32 Church has been open regularly for quiet prayer on Wednesdays – thanks to Dave B for organising this.
- Treasurer Report see separate sheet Review 2021
Clearly, all of 2021 is affected by the different stages of Coronavirus lockdown, the effects of which are still being felt. Here are some themes: Changes to last year’s key points:
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2021 melts together with 2020 by being affected so much by COVID
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Sunday Worship numbers are difficult to analyse – we know why some are not returning, but many seem to have disengaged?
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Livestreaming has enabled many to join in and proved a blessing to many
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West Park plans to meet, greet, pray and share testimonies had to be postponed for another year.
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At the time of writing, we are still waiting for a faculty for our plans to turn the vestry into an accessible toilet; make a servery (kitchenette) in the north aisle; remove the two back pews and one pew on the left at the front and two on the right to make flexible space and wheelchair access.
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Bishop Nick made a formal proposal that we should explore forming a team ministry with St Philip and St Boniface.
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Work with families through CAP and Fareshare has developed and a drop in on a Thursday morning and the ongoing delivery of food to some has been a significant development and is one of the most important things to foster.
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*We have consistently struggled to find volunteers for work with children and young people, technology – this means the a very small group of people wear too many hats which is not healthy
The PCC has been thinking about about how to react to the situation caused by COVID, knowing that we need to seek what God is saying to us and learn from Him and not necessarily bounce back into all that we were doing before in the same way. One decision at the end of the year was to experiment with one Sunday Service at 10am over Christmas and in January.
We have tried to gather people together for extra prayer but this has proved a challenge: for future growth we hope that more people will engage in this vital part of church life
| 2020 | RECEIPTS | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 33,+28.60 | +- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I06E798 | l | 3591.57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ,14116.58 | 41310.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7',7.30 | 165.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3',74t29 | ,1r9638 | 27e21 I | 28.14 | 00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26000 | Toilet | 2881 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| t_598 04 | 262921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5599.33 | I2,18 57 | ofSeNicesIncr New Sound | System)(6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I01.81 | Services | Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22575 | Pens,on | School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Or!,anRen.ir Don.rion | I2-.) | 27000 | 929.00 | 1704.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 311900 | &Vol | 5966.83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I00.00 | Bells | & | Hand | 1E0 00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 5000 | 12279.60 | 12050 | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7000 | [/ad/ino onrqr /?a| |
140.00 | 19 | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9000 | Services Extra | &Funerals" | 230.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5000 | Tax&MQuarterly(8) | l | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,+500 | rnernlVeroer t'25| | 75.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 72000 | on.tion aommonShrre | 20I | I & | 2021 | 60000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10000 | Donation SoupLunch | Takea\ay" | (25) | 000 | 81,15.,+4 | 6612 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60 00 | t,D-KeeD Beils&Donation(25) | 120 00 | ,1021 85 | :1209 | 06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| .1000 | Donatron "HalI Development"(25) Furreral/Weddin.s Donation"ToTheChurch'(25) |
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| 70.00 | Retrnn! Collcction for | N,lercv | Shins(BSmalcl125) | u00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| {59,1_00 | 7916.55 | to Diocese | ConrmonShare | 202I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OTHF]RORDINARY | INCO]!IE | to Diocese | Fees | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relund "RenewableEnersr(:9) | __L0:927- | l3rr.40 | Diocese Solar | l-oan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall DonatronSoupLunch CovidI9"(29) | 745.00 | 38605 00 | toDrocese CommonShare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I108.17:Community | 2E348 | 1746.00 | Payments | to Diocese | Fees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2877.50 | ChurchHa11 | I | 302t.60 | Il,l700 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall"free | Work"Donation | 5000 | 83.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 61000 | Hall Donation | 28000 | r9r326 | Administration | Postaqe/Printrnq',Lease,'lnkiPaper(I2) | 2014 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I | 31 | 00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| _T | 16.92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| l | 165600 | '7 | Junior | 133 | 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5q000 | &w6 | 240.00 | 6082.04 | Charities: | etc. | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 557t.72 | Inleresl& A/C |
505.1.82 | "FWO | 2021" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 671'/.79 | HMRC ]RS | Grant | 2898.20 | FeastofFun | St | Budeaux | A/C Transfer ,NW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100000 | CAP"TGMGrantW | 000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25000 | FOG Grant,/Ballard Trust | 000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 207100 I290000 |
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| t]50.00 | CA? Grant |
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| 0.00 | CAP Grant |
145,1 69 | "CAP' | Food Barrk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 000 | PPIltlCAP "St Ardan's | & | Stlludeaux" | 25562 87 | 6053.25 | "CAP | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20000 | l | 000 | -J-- | 165 00 | \'estern | Pou.er Grant Grant |
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| 260000 | Church Revltalisation'Chnstmas | NewWine | 5',7.12. | 32538 | ln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38145.18 | 62434.03 | ljeast | ofFunFood "New | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grant | "Ash Trees Nlaintance"(I28) | ..-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Etc. | t- | 23 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 00 | CAP "ACTS435"Rclund | CAP | Food | t-ocal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 500.00 5,10.00 |
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| 100.00 | CA?Local Food | Donations | 160 00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| r9350 | STBtiDSCHfOTrustees | Pension | 000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| t -5000 | Donations"ACTS,l35CAP" | ,190 0l) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 112.28 | + | Transfer to | Bell | Fund | A/C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6t00 | 0.00 | Church Care Teanl | Xmas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| r5,10 00 | Youth N{inister Leader | II90.00 | 258 90 | Bank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1392 00 | CAP Local StBudeaux |
I2E2.00 | 984.00 | 'l-ransf'erfrom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20000 | STBLlDJSchool "l'isherman's | Tail | :llrront | Refund | 0.00 | 910.27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| on the Green Donations& | 000 | 039. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13000.00 | Theatre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| + | Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12995 | wrau | Provider | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50.00 | & DonatlonCAI RefirndSB |
(r2) | 0.00 | + | 9639.91 | -t | I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CrearrleasDonatlons | 17895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 139150.81 | TOTALRECEIPTS | 168517.48 | 139150.81 | 1685 | 17.{8 |