All Saints and St Stephens (Ockbrook with Borrowash) Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ending 31 De￿mber 2024 All Saints. Church is stuated on Churth Stre4 Ockbr￿￿ and & steph￿ s Churth Is situated on Ststion Road, Borrrwth. The Parith is part of the DI￿ of Derby within the urch of England. Tr corrWOn￿ address is Tr Vicardge, Tr RidirHJs, Ockbryx) Derby, DE72 3SF PCC Memb￿5 wt￿ have serfftl from jan￿ry 2024 until the date ths rewt ￿S approval Incumbert Wardw Revd rim Sumrt Chairman Mr Paul Cullen on the Dean Synod Eletted m￿be15 Mr Martin Shaw Mrs L￿All Mrs Sally Beaver Mrs Jenny Wallace Chaimwn and Treasur Until May 2024 Mrs suzan￿ Cullen Mr Mike Allwood Mrs Natalie Coxon Mrs Pamela Throsby Mr Patrith Smith Dr Rod James Mrs Sue James Assistsnt Warden Assistant Warden Secretary unbl Octrjbw 2024 Until May 2024 Fnyn May 2024 Structurei governance and managemert The meth(xJ of appointsnent of PCC manbus is s& in Churth R•tion Rules. All ￿Urch atta)dees are en(x)uraged to regiSt& cffi the Electoral Roll and ID Stand for election to the PCL Rev Tim Surnp￿, in promotiryJ in the ecdesiaslical parith the whole mission of the Churth. Church attendan The￿ were 121 parithion&s the Electoral Roll, 19 of whcmn are not resident within the parish. The average Churth attamIan￿ reLDrded duriThJ Cktobw was 79. Review of the year (by our WKar) The PCC Met bi-monthly throughout the year. The Standing and ￿nan￿ Committee met between PCC meetings and infornwtion (draft minutes eto) from those meetings were highlighted at the p￿ and discussed where necessary. There continues to be a sense, articulated by manyi that we continue to move on from some of the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, whith saw both the St Stephen's and All Saints. congregations (fiminish signifKantly. Most of the church family have now retumed to frdtrtrtrface servtces. Over the la* year we have welcomed a significant nurnber of new members to our church family• especialty in All Sainlg, which has b￿n very encourdging. Although we can always finesse our welcome, I am heartened by the numerous comments I continue to receive alx)ut how welcoming our church families are. A big THANK YOU to all who share in this deeply important ministry. sin￿ the last AGM we have welcomed Rev P￿b Shrt a retired pri& who live in Nottingham. Bob play an active role in our churthes. leading the monthty 8am BCP Holy Communion Servi￿ on the Sunday of each month, in All Sain￿, along with the Morning knyer Servi￿ in St ste￿en's on that dayi and one Wednesday Holy Communion serv1￿. a month, in St Stephen's. I am grateful to Bob, and Jeffrey for thelr support in priestly ministy, and to all who contribute to the lrfe, ministy, and mSsslon of our churthes, both in visible, upfront roles, and In less visible roles. It has been wonderful to have the Presen￿ of a choir among us again. The Communty Choir (led by Major Steve Fraser-Burton) wondethjlly led a Silver Servi (for those 50+), a BCP Choral Evensong, A Remembrance and Hope se￿1￿, and the annual Nine Lessons and Carols by CandlelighL Aowing out of these occasions, our church choir have now refOrn￿ and is leading worship in St stephen's Borrowash at the 9.15 am servkes on the 2nd and 4th each month. ably supp￿ted by our organlst Rob M051ey. We are deeth grateful for the time and effort the thoirs put into the life of our community. IVS also apposite to mention other organSsts who play on ￿ndayS (Greg MaskalicK Lecky Ally￿￿ and Ele Feetham) alongside those who have played for weddings and funerdls (fony Haryey and Ele Feetham). We are deeply grateful for their willingness to lead, as and when they can. It was also with deep sadness to leam of the sudden death of Tony Harvey and my Condolen￿ go out to Ju(fi and all the famity. It has been wondthl to see the ongoing development of the presen￿ of the Growth (knup5- which Geoff Peel continues to coordirklte. These a￿ wonderful weekdaylevenlng contexts within which to develop. deeper friendships with others, grow spiiitually together as we read and rellect on the bible and pray. and engage In missional/evangdislic actsvitses. We have continued to benefft from the newly refurbished All Saintg, OckbrooL The space offers us flexibilty for our own worship services and events, alongside being a space for community events: Local Electlon Hustingi a Wami Spa￿, a Ikmentia Café and Shining Stsrs, our pre-school t