**Croydon, Church of the Nazarene® CIO CN1161652 Next to 57 Lower Addiscombe Road** **Croydon CR0 6PQ** **Annual General Meeting Trustee Board Report AGM held on Sunday 28th January 2024 at 11am. All departmental reports were read, moved and adopted. A question time took place related to the work of the organisation.** **Trustees for the new church year were elected following church manual guidelines and procedures** Trustees elected to serve for 2023:Rev Edward Davis Miss Emma Davis Mrs Margaret Shambare Ms Busi Gumbi Mrs Lola Barrett Mrs Shelia LaTouche ## **AIMS** - To help promote the advancement of the Christian faith as part of the International Church of the Nazarene and the British Isles South District in Croydon Church of the Nazarene, Greater London. - To explore the Christian faith and to serve and enhance the local community ## **OBJECTIVES** - Hold weekly Sunday morning services for Christian worship, Holy Communion, prayer and Bible teaching to minister to the needs of the congregation - Special Church services, celebrations and events to mark key occasions such as Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, funerals and Christenings. - Hold weekly Prayer Meetings and Bible Studies - Hold weekly Sunday School - Make the church premises available to the community to hold afternoon Sunday services, weekly evening prayer meetings and weekly praise meetings. - The establishing of an Open Door ministry to serve the whole Addiscombe community including a food bank to help those in need. - To raise awareness of the church among local businesses by doing a hot chocolate outreach at Christmas and Easter. - To provide lay members with in house training and online training to enable them to lead worship, preach and teach. - To maintain the church property and develop a small garden of remembrance at the side of the church hall. - To increase the church income by offering the church premises for use by the community willing to adhere to the Church’s aims and objectives. ## **PERFORMANCE** - We have maintained regular attendance at Sunday services and been joined by new families - We have raised awareness of the church among local businesses and this has been appreciated by them and they look forward to the Christmas and Easter visits beginning again this year. They have came in to the Open Door ministry for a chat and hot drink. - We have begun to develop weekly ministry to children and young people through various ministries and social events. - People are being developed to use their preaching and teaching ministry in the church. - We have tried to develop an Open Door ministry to several days a week instead of only a Monday evening. This has been well received by the community. People can drop in for a chat or reflection and prayer. People of all faiths and none call in with us at Open Door. We have developed a food bank as part of Open Door, the numbers of people using the food bank have increased 100%. - We have been able to hold a few pot luck lunches and a few social gatherings for the church community. - We were able to open the church premises to the whole community. We have seen an increase in usage of the church premises by various organisations for educations classes, exercise classes, and local community information forums. A Local Resident Association also use the premises for their AGM and any necessary business meetings. The pastor in the last year has worked with the trustees in preparing a work schedule for the organisation to continue when he leaves. A schedule of works needing to be carried out in organisations properties has also been listed and actioned by the trustees. The Trustees have met regularly with the District Superintendent and are developing a programme for the calling of a new pastor. They have developed plans and programmes to allow for church services and ministries to be carried out. The church sends representation to the Annual District Assembly and actions any directives from the District to ensure we align ourselves with the wider church policies. Our financial reports for the year are also attached. We are thankful for the support of church members and adherents and organisations that use the premises. Emma Davis Church Secretary ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Income and Expenditure foryear to 30.09.23|||||| ||||||||| |||Croydon church of Nazarene|||||| ||||||||| ||Income||||Expenditure||| ||||||||| ||Tithes and oferings||£7,698.64||Church||| ||||||||| ||GiG aid||£13,236.71||Tyco fre|22/23|£276.00| ||||||Locksmith||£299.82| ||DonaNons||£800.00||gas/electric||£932.26| ||||||Audit||£85.00| ||Interest||£67.79||Water||£213.07| ||||||Insurance||£1,722.48| ||Hire of hall||£410.00||CCLI license||£172.00| ||||||Sundry||£150.00| ||Budgets/Gasd||£2,441.03||||| ||less to fower||-230.00||||| ||Christmas card sale||£105.00||||| ||||||||| ||AGernoon church||£2,900.00||||| ||||||||| ||cash for dinner 22.10||_£185.00_||||| ||||||||| ||Bequest||£23,931.14||total||**£3,850.63**| ||put on deposit||-24000.00||||| ||||||Manse||| ||from deposit||£5,000.00||maintenance||£192.00| ||||||council tax||£2,601.25| ||award from co op||£886.53||insurance||£872.54| ||||||water bill||£656.58| ||proft b/f 2022||£3,216.39||gas/elect||£1,850.00| ||||||telephone||£510.35| ||||||total||**£6,682.72**| ||||||Minister||| ||||||SNpend net||£15,975.05| ||||||Tax/NI||£2,450.72| ||||||Expenses||£1,217.43| ||||||pension||£872.28| ||||||total||**£20,515.48**| 1 ||||||Grand total|Grand total|**£31,048.83**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||excess income over expenditure||||||£5,599.40| ||||**£36,648.23**||||**£36,648.23**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| 2 6Tubbenden Lane Orpin8ton Kent BR6 9PN Croydon Church of Naz8￿ne 57a LowerAddlscombe Road Croydon CRO 6PQ 24 January 2024 To whom it may concern This is to confirm that I have examined the books and accounts for year ended 30 Seplember 2023 forthe Croydon Church of Nazarene and signed them off on the 24th January 2023 Yoursfalthfullv Susan Braybrooke