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2022-12-31-accounts

Parish of Sawley

Annual Report & Accounts

2022

Plus Minutes of Annual Parish Meeting May 2022

Annual Meeting 2023 is on Wednesday 26[th] April St Mary’s Church, Sawley 7pm Please bring this report with you.

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Parish of Sawley PCC 2022-2023

Rector: Tony Street Retired Priest: Ross Clayton Curate: Elaine Jones Curate: Samantha Dennis Reader: Paul Cavill Churchwardens: Kathryn Moran Joan Suiter (5[th] year of possible 6) Deanery Synod: Pat Hassall (elected 2020) Kate Bassford(elected 2020) Joan Suiter (elected 2020) PCC: Member 1 Keith Scales (elected 2022) Member 2 Kristin Simmons (elected 2022) Member 3 Lynda Purdy (elected 2022) Member 4 Sandra Mellors (elected 2021) Member 5 Mary Phipps (elected 2021) Member 6 Val Glover (elected 2020) Member 7 Ian Johns (elected 2020) Member 8 Hannah Winn (elected 2020) Member 9 Abi Parker (elected 2020) Member 10 Angela Clayton (elected 2020) Member 11 Sue Cavill (elected to General Synod 2021) Lay Chair: Paul Cavill Treasurer Mary Holland (co-opted onto PCC) PCC Secretary: Abi Parker

Minister, Associate Minister, Lay Readers are not elected by the parish, but go on PCC each year. Co-opted members are accepted also each year as the Annual Meeting. PCC members are elected for three years but can resign before. Churchwardens are elected each year but can serve for six years.

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Parish of Sawley PCC 2023-2024

Rector: Vacant Retired Priest: Ross Clayton Curate: Samantha Dennis Reader: Paul Cavill Churchwardens: …………………………………….. …………………………………….. Deanery Synod: …………………………………….. (3 Vacancies) …………………………………….. ……………………………………… PCC: Member 1 Vacancy ………………………… (5 vacancies) Member 2 Vacancy ………………………… Member 3 Vacancy ……………………….. Member 4 Vacancy ……………………….. Member 5 Vacancy …………………………. Member 6 Keith Scales (elected 2022) Member 7 Kristin Simmons (elected 2022) Member 8 Lynda Marlow (elected 2022) Member 9 Sandra Mellors (elected 2021) Member 10 Mary Phipps (elected 2021) Member 11 Sue Cavill (elected to General Synod 2021) Member 12 Angela Clayton (elected to Diocesan Synod 2022)

Lay Chair: …………………………………… Treasurer …………………………………… PCC Secretary: ……………………………………

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The Parish of Sawley

All Saints’ with St Mary’s

Minutes of the Meeting held to elect the Churchwardens

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Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting Held on Wednesday 18[th] May 2022 at 7pm

Present: There were 29 Church members present, plus Tony Street our Rector, Elaine Jones our Curate and Abi Parker, PCC Secretary, taking minutes. Tony Street chaired and opened the meeting at 7.05pm with a reading from Colossians 3: 1-4 and in prayer

Apologies: Sam Dennis, Roz Walker, Leah Hill, Geraldine and Mike Else, Janet Micklewright, Keith Scales, Mary Holland, Peter and Rayleen Rankin, Pat Hassall.

THE MEETING HELD TO ELECT THE CHURCHWARDENS

The nominations for this year are:

As these were the only 2 nominations both were unanimously appointed for the next year, with our thanks.

THE ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING

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Minutes of APCM held on 19[th] May 2021

2 Matters Arising

There were no Matters Arising

3 Electoral role

The Electoral Roll was prepared by Ian Johns. Ian reported that Total on electoral roll : 122

Joined : 6

Left the area : 6

Deceased : 3

Of the 122 : 75 are Residents, 47 non-residents.

Paul asked has there been much change to numbers on the roll since the pandemic and Ian reports no, it generally seems similar. Tony extended thanks to Ian for undertaking

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this task this year.

4 Reports

Tony directed members of the meeting to the reports contained in the Annual Reports Booklet, which includes the report from the Deanery, church activity and Buildings etc and asked for any queries.

Paul asked had there been any feedback regarding the notices in the churchyard (Buildings Team report) and Kate said no, not really. One person had asked about it when seeing the team clearing an area of old or inappropriate stuff but she said she understood. Angela has also discussed this with John Nye (resident at the Old Rectory) who she believes has spread the information to others. Tony says he has met with Karen Padley, Area Dean, who will be overseeing our Parish in Interregnum. She was very interested in the churchyard and we will be able to refer any complaints or issues which arise to her. June asks will the council come to mow the grass without being told?! Angela recently spoke to someone about this and it should be fortnightly through summer so we live in hope that this happens reliably. There were no further questions or comments about the reports in the booklet.

7 Annual Fabric Report

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the chancel roof had moved, causing the lightning conductor to fail the strike test. There is complexity in who will pay for repairs due to the church commissioners involvement in our insurance and in finding an approved roofer. Fortunately there has been no rain breaching the roof. June asked are we insured and this is a tricky one, Joan says the insurers have been kept aware of the situation at every point and the lightning conductor may work, but it doesn’t have the certificate to prove it. Scaffolding is now half up so hopefully this will now be sorted very soon.

The painting of the George III coat of arms has now been taken to Lincoln for restoration and it should hopefully be back before Tony goes, in about 12 weeks. This is detailed on the church website and Tony extended thanks to Angela for her work on content for this webpage over the years and to Elaine for updating and reformatting it in recent years. It is very attractive and informative. Tony mentioned we would like someone to take on managing this going forward, Elaine said it’s not too arduous, quite like using Publisher, maybe we can all try to think of someone to ask regarding taking this on.

June highlighted our concern that once we are in Interregnum we will not be able to take any action regarding the buildings etc but Tony said if something arose that needed sorting out we would just have to get Karen involved to help.

8 Election to the PCC

This year there are no Deanery Synod vacancies. There are now five PCC vacancies; Tony explained 3 people had reached the end of their term and Steve Gayle had unfortunately also had to step down due to ill health. Jenny Russell sadly died in January. We have three nominations including 2 from St Mary’s congregation and we discussed whether we need any more. We do have a good number of representatives for running our church (we will now have 10 elected members but also have further Churchwardens, Deanery Representatives, co-opted Treasurer and Lay chair). Nominations were :

iii Kristin Simmons, proposed by Angela Clayton and seconded by Roger Harris

There being no other nominations the three people were elected unanimously and will serve for 3 years

9 Chairman’s remarks

Tony said that this time last year, when he addressed the APCM, he said 2021 would be a year of preparation and it has been. He is retiring in the summer and he has wanted to ensure there is a good team working together and confident to move forwards into the Interregnum. He is pleased we have tonight elected two Churchwardens and three new people onto PCC to ensure good representation. Mary Holland has agreed to be co-opted onto PCC as our Treasurer and she supports Glynn, who likes to be called the Finance Manager. Tony said several people have agreed to continue in their roles helping to manage the various tasks of the PCC: Abi as Secretary, Ian as Electoral Roll officer, Paul as Lay Chair and Mary Phipps as Safeguarding Officer, also Kate and Pat as Assistant Wardens. These are people who have been working with Tony in order to try to be ready for the challenges of Interregnum and he is pleased they have all readily agreed to continue. He knows colleagues in other churches have found it hard to appoint Wardens and Treasurers and Safeguarding Officers because these are demanding but vital roles and he is grateful for our volunteers’ willingness to step up and for our commitment to our

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church. This puts us in a position of strength as we approach the vacancy. Tony said one of the ways we support each other is by having Teams of people in some of these areas - for Finance, Buildings and Safeguarding, the team for which consists of Mary P, Sue Cavill, Angela and Kate.

Tony also said he has been blessed to be part of a great Leadership team with Elaine and Sam, it has been a privilege to work with them during this past year. Although Elaine will also soon be leaving Tony is so pleased Sam will be ordained priest on 2[nd] July, hopefully in a full cathedral with lots of representatives from our congregation. And Sam will be supported as she continues her ministry at Sawley, by Ross and by Paul our Lay Reader. Tony read an extract from John Betjamin’s poem ‘Septuagesima’ which captures those faithful members of the church of England who help to keep things going with dedication.

He said his prayer for our congregation at All Saints and St Mary’s was that we would grow closer together through the vacancy period and that we look back on it with thanks to God for what He has taught us and done through us.

Finally he asked if we had been praying for his successor and urged us to start doing so. God knows who this person is and we can ask Him to prepare them for the task of taking our churches forward. Tony then led us in praying for this person, that they are blessed and guided and for all of us as we go forward into change.

Joan gave a vote of thanks to Tony. She said he has been a blessing to us and taught us a lot.

We were told that sadly Hilda Heap had died that morning and Elaine has been supporting the family.

11 Blessing

Elaine drew the meeting to a close with prayer at 8.10pm

Signed…………………………………………………

Date..........................................................................

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Church Wardens Annual Report for January to December 2022

2022 was again to be a year in which we, as a Church, would face some major changes. In August our Rector Tony Street retired and moved to York, where he and Sue are settling in well and enjoying their retirement. Then in November our Curate Elaine Jones moved to Northumberland to be Priest in Charge of 3 parishes with a total of 7 churches. We are grateful for the time both Tony and Elaine spent with us and for what they taught us in their time here. We continue to pray for them as they move to a new phase of their Christian life.

From the time Tony left the Parish was deemed to be ‘In Vacancy’. During this time the responsibilities of the Churchwardens increases under the supervision of the Area Dean. We are blessed that Rev’d Sam Dennis is still able to serve our parish as a Curate. Sam is still in training and her Curacy will not end until 2025 at the earliest. As Curate Sam can lead services and assist in our fellowship. The Churchwardens are the people to speak with regarding any administration matters or problems with the buildings as we have the authority to make decisions and delegate as necessary.

Your Churchwardens recognise many of you continued to support the community in different ways, Pat and others at the Foodbank and everyone generally looking after neighbours and family. The Manna Food Boxes provide a valuable service for the community particularly as people’s budgets are tightening due to the Cost of Living Crisis. We were grateful for the PCC support to be able to open St Mary’s on a Friday morning as a Warm Space so that those who were struggling with the cost of heating their homes could spend some time in a warm space. The Wellbeing Café in the Church Hall and Youth Café at St Mary’s continue to offer a service to those who are older and those who are younger. It has again been a challenging time for everyone but we all have engaged with our frontline in any way we can. You truly have done your part working to further the Kingdom of God in Sawley.

We are thankful that as the nation moved to ‘Living with Covid’ we did not have to close either church despite fluctuating infection rates. It was good that we were able to lead the Sawley Act of Remembrance for the community in November.

Your Churchwardens would like to thank everyone who contributes time, effort and expertise to the many and varied aspects of church life. All Saints’ and St Mary’s require many willing volunteers and a team effort to keep them going and serving the community. We also recognise, appreciate and support all church members who apply Christian teaching within their places of employment, leisure and roles within local community life.

The following are some issues in no order of importance.

We are assured that this church takes its responsibilities towards the Diocese and local community seriously. Our buildings are well maintained and our Safeguarding and Health and Safety procedures are secure.

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Towards the end of the year the Parish Profile and Advert for the Vacancy was ready for the Vacancy to be advertised in 2023. We are in God’s hands to guide the right person to apply for the post.

We are grateful to those bellringers who have been trying to fix the church clock. The piece which was broken was fixed by Smiths of Derby, in the end, for free. The church bellringers will be attempting to refit the part at the start of April. Prayers for them as they try and fix it. We are very grateful because it was a costly repair.

The Local Authority has responsibility for Churchyard maintenance. There are Churchyard regulations in place which should make it more eco-friendly. Notices have been put up to explain the regulations. Some areas have been left to grow to encourage wildlife it is however an emotive issue for the church family and the wider community. Any enquires regarding churchyard maintenance should be directed to the local authority. Our prayer is always for openness and honesty in our interactions with others.

We are very grateful to Angela who undertakes the Parish Administration, much of the preparation of weekly news sheets and printing anything that we have needed for the services, as well as her ongoing work looking after the Church Hall.

There are a number of people who maintain the three buildings and some of the grounds of both churches. The work undertaken by these volunteers frees up time and money for the furthering of God’s kingdom and they are a blessing.

Your Churchwardens continue to be grateful for all the help that is given by the Assistant Wardens and for those involved in the services at both churches. Thank you to everyone who has had a part to play in welcoming our community and visitors to All Saints and St Mary' with the warmth and friendliness that we know are so important. We also thank those who have planned, decorated the church, opened, welcomed and made the refreshments. It is the case that ‘many hands made light work’. We cannot do it without you and we would like to thank everyone who plays a part, you are all working to further the Kingdom of God in Sawley.

We remain a church with ability to provide a varied menu of worship for all the church family and the wider community. It is inevitable that the pandemic has instigated changes but we feel that we have served the community to the best of our ability.

We wish to remind you that there is a dedicated email for the Sawley Parish Churchwardens. We share this email and it will remain constant even when the people leave their post, the password to access the email is changed as required to keep the email secure. The email is wardens.at.sawleyparish@gmail.com. This will be used to circulate the Rotas by email, if requested. Please use this email for anything that we, as Churchwardens, need to be aware of.

Kathryn Moran and Joan Suiter, March 2023

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Buildings Team Report 2022

As we began to return to some kind of normality we began planning what the team needed to address.

Many of the jobs are carried out by volunteers of whom we are extremely grateful. Work on the Graveyard began and we realised what a mammoth task this has turned out to be. We still have many hours of work to carry out clearing graves of old or inappropriate tributes and pray that we can find volunteers to help.

The Lightning Test Strike proved to be far more complicated than originally thought and led to extensive work being carried out on All Saints’ roof before the Test Strike could be reinstated. Thankfully the bill was paid by the Church Commissioners.

The PCC decided that as the hall was being used to its full capacity, we should have a cleaning company come in to take over the roles of volunteers, especially our Church Hall administrator, to ease the burden somewhat. This has proved to be positive decision.

Due to the Church being closed for so long, the mice and other rodents felt they were very safe inside the Church and sadly we found ourselves with a huge infestation. We have now entered into a yearly contract with a local Pest Control Company.

The outside of St Marys has been repainted by a local guy who specialises in Churches and we were all pleased with the outcome.

As we move into the next year, we are aware of the outstanding maintenance of both Churches, grounds etc. We will be directed by the new Quinquennial. Reflecting back we are pleased to share that we have completed nearly all of the items listed on the previous quinquennial and feel very blessed by all who have helped in this.

Thank you once again to all our volunteers.

Kate Bassford

Administrator Report and Church Hall lettings

During 2022 I continued to do many of the day to day administrative tasks, such as producing the weekly news sheet, service orders, preparing easyworship projector presentations, answering emails and telephone enquiries, producing notices and keeping the church family Facebook page up to date, along with ‘A Church Near You’ national site which has details of our local services etc. A new parish website was launched by our curate Elaine and later administered and updated by our Curate Samantha. Since Tony’s retirement in August, I have also taken on co-ordinating funerals, ashes burials and applications for memorials etc plus co-ordinating bookings for St Mary’s which now has 6 regular groups meeting, 4 of which are paid bookings.

I also continued in the role of volunteer church hall manager throughout 2022. I took care of bookings, invoicing for hall use and passing on any payments to the treasurer. Regular bookings went back up to full occupancy during 2022. We now have full use during weekdays apart from some Monday afternoons and two Friday evenings per month.

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Weekends are fairly busy with parties and one-off lettings plus church services took place in the hall on Sunday mornings from October due to the high cost of heating the church.

We were also able to host church quizzes, Christmas Fair and The Sawley Festival again during 2022.

Angela Clayton

Children and Young people’s team

Open the Book

Three teams present Open the Book in assemblies at Dovedale School, Sawley Junior School and Sawley Infant School. We were warmly welcomed back after the pandemic.

We present an Open the Book story each academic half term. We are grateful to the staff in the schools who help facilitate this and to the children who dress up and help us present the story. Dovedale School came to St. Mary’s Church for Real Christmas on 8th December and Sawley Infant School came to All Saints’ Church on 9th December. The children love coming to our churches as do the teachers. We are grateful to all those who help present Open the Book and help when the children come to church. More volunteers are always welcome, if you are interested in helping, please ask.

Mary Phipps and Rosemary Broadbent

Sunday Club

Sunday club continues to be staffed on a rota basis by Jenny Johns, Joy Binding and Janet Micklewright.

At the start of the year we studied the Lord’s Prayer. This culminated in the children writing their own prayers in the run up to Easter. After Easter we studied Acts, then we followed Rev Street’s sermon series about journeys. During the autumn and winter we followed the lectionary New Testament readings.

As the weather got colder the 10.30am congregation moved into the hall to worship, so Sunday club had to vacate the hall and move into the small committee room off the main hall. This was a challenge some weeks due to space.

Numbers of children attending haven’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels. By the end of 2022 we had 2- 6 children attending regularly from three families. This occasionally increased if there was a baptism service taking place, with visiting children being welcomed to Sunday club.

Jenny, Joy and Janet

Little Saints

The Stay and Play Group has taken off well. We now have 40+ families registered with us and 25+ families regularly attend each week. In 2022 we have also had some child minders who bring the little ones in their care attend the sessions. We have a Bible story each week and craft that often ties in with the story and at the end of the session there is a music time with singing and instruments. We have a dedicated team of 4 church members and also a member we can call on to cover holidays. The leaders make refreshments, set up and clear away and most importantly chat to the parents and carers and offer a kind ear.

Jenny Johns

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Youth Café has been consistently well attended through 2022. We only meet during term time and often offer seasonal craft activities and snacks, often relating to the church calendar where possible. Weekly there is table tennis, colouring / drawing and miscellaneous table top board games which the children engage with as they please or with the leaders. We offer toast, biscuits, hot and cold drinks at no cost to the attendees. Most of the young people come very regularly but some less frequently, it’s always nice when they drop back in. The age range is mostly year 7s and 8s but we have a few children from year 6 or 5 once they are age 10 and one older girl who attends with younger cousins. Our team of 6 volunteers are very dedicated; we can usually cover weeks if some of us are busy with work and we generally come along whenever we are available. During 2022 we did occasionally need extra helpers from church family and Tony was a welcome support. It is good to know we can ask for help when needed. During the summer term the group enjoys spilling out into St Mary’s grounds and we really need more leaders at this point to be able to facilitate indoors and out.

We average between 13 and 20 young people each week and the leaders are Peter Monk, Sarah Johnstone, Hannah Winn, Kathryn Moran, Kristin Simmons and me.

Abi Parker

Wellbeing Café Annual Report

God continues to bless this project with ample resources and I give thanks for that.

Guests and Volunteers

By the end of 2022 we had 50 guests registered and two people were on the waiting list. The majority of guests live in the Sawley or Long Eaton area, but we have others who travel from Stapleford, Sandiacre, Toton, Breaston, Draycott, Hemington, and Ilkeston.

One of the aims of the Café is to provide space for people who live alone, but also for carers to have a safe space to bring the person they are caring for. We have 14 guests who bring the person they are caring for, including 3 health care professionals who bring their patients. Attending the Café is part of their rehabilitation. We have 16 guests who are living with dementia and 24 people who live alone.

We continue to be blessed by the hard work, talents, generosity and commitment of our 17 volunteers. We welcomed two new volunteers during 2022, but lost three due to the retirement of Rev Tony Street and his wife Sue. Also Elaine Jones our Curate finished her training and moved to take up a post in Northumberland. Before Elaine left we had a short commissioning service at the Café for my two new deputies, Mary Phipps and Jo Daniels. Thank you to them for stepping up. Finances Jan-Nov 2022

Another aim of the Café is to provide the opportunity to give to others. This has been shown to be a contributing factor to improving the feelings of wellbeing. The volunteers bring cakes and the guests are able to donate each week via collecting tins on the tables. It is made clear to the guests that after expenses these monies are donated to a charity which the guests choose each December. The charity for 2022 was the Canaan Trust.

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The donation money and grant money is paid into the PCC account, but is ringfenced for the Wellbeing Café. This means that although I keep our own records of income and expenditure the accounts are audited by church as part of the church accounts. I’d like to take this opportunity to give a huge thank you to Mary Holland and Pat Hassall who administer the income and expenditure for us. The amount collected in the table tins from January to December 2022 was £2,283.54. After expenses £1,673.26 was donated to the Canaan Trust at the end of the year. This year we have bought extra refreshment supplies, plus copier paper and laminating pouches to reimburse church for the church supplies we have used. We will also be buying the next order from Kingdom Coffee to reimburse church for the drinks supplies we use each week.

In 2022 we donated monies towards the purchase of the new TV for the hall. This was the remainder of monies granted to the Wellbeing Cafe by Erewash Voluntary Action and Sawley Community Network for the purchase of the round tables, wipeable padded chairs and round tablecloths. All of these items are not only used by the Wellbeing Café, they are a resource that has benefited other hall users. The Wellbeing Café is a church outreach project and as such we do not pay hall rent. This was recently discussed by the PCC and it was decided that this arrangement should continue. However, given the rise in the cost of energy we decided at our annual meeting in November to donate 30% of our net income each month towards the running costs of the hall. This is now written into our policy

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Spiritual Support for Guests

Provision for spiritual support is another factor that can contribute to wellbeing. When I started the Wellbeing Café my initial vision was that there would be a separate quiet area for prayer and devotional activities facilitated by the clergy. However that vision proved problematic to carry out because we didn't have a suitable quiet area and the clergy were busy helping guests with the reminiscence activities. Following discussion with the prayer chain team leader we now advertise to our guests that we have a prayer team who are willing to pray and that people can pass prayer requests to the volunteers in confidence. As volunteers, part of our role is to pray for the guests which we do at the start of each session and I’m sure many of us also do this individually.

Our Sessions

We have been able to plan new reminiscence topics for each week of 2022 including World Book Day, the Oscars (but we had the banana awards), poetry (some great limericks were written), Wimbledon and Goose Fair, to name but a few. We continue to signpost each week to helpful information and useful organisations. In 2022 we also had visits from a falls advisor, the Sawley Self Help group leader and a company called Enriching Communities who did a seated dance session with us. Roger Harris did a session on pyrography, Mike Daws DJ’d with his record collection, Linda Phillips brought in her dance costumes to display, Chris Partridge brought his working model fairground for our Goose Fair week and we had a visit from the mayor of Erewash.

Thank you Lord for all the fun times we’ve had.

Janet Micklewright

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Green report

2022 was a year mainly of maintenance for green activities at All Saints’ and St Mary’s. We were able to continue enjoying the rewilded area in the churchyard and the many spring bulbs that have been planted. Our land continued to provide a haven for wildlife, including the bird and bat boxes, the bug hotel and the hedgehog house.

Our recycling facilities are particularly important now that the Manna Food Boxes have a distribution from All Saints, as there are many food packaging boxes to recycle every week.

We are still a Fair Trade parish - please can everyone who purchases tea or coffee for either church remember to buy Fair Trade - this is available at the Co-Op and other supermarkets.

The PCC are still hoping to progress a plan for solar panels on the church hall roof. Our rector Tony Street started investigating this before he retired in August but the original potential supplier stopped replying to emails. We have found out that we will need a faculty for this, so we cannot make any further progress until our new Rector arrives. We hope at that point to begin further survey work about the feasibility and costs involved. These will help us progress towards the Church of England’s aim of being carbon ‘net zero’ by 2030. The decision to meet in the church hall during the winter to save fuel costs also helped All Saints to use less energy, thus cutting fossil fuel emissions in the cold weather.

During the year Elaine Wheeler worked with children from Dovedale School who produced illustrations to go on a nature plaque explaining what wildlife to look out for in the church yard.

This has now been erected and there will be an event to celebrate the children’s work in 2023.

Sue Cavill

Food and Friendship on Friday (part of the Warm Spaces Initiative)

The Parish set up a Warm Space on Fridays at St Mary’s as a response to the cost of living crisis and the need to keep warm as well as the loneliness felt by a lot of people over the winter months. Other churches in Long Eaton did similar things and between us we ensured that there was something available each day of the week.

We have a team of six volunteers, mostly from our congregation who make snacks and chat with visitors. We opened the doors at St Mary’s on 4[th] November to 6 visitors initially but by Christmas we had about 21 people visiting from a range of backgrounds and living situations and ranging in age from 1 to 102.

Church members donated a lot of the food and we got a grant form Councillor Gary Hickton for £500 which paid for a new toaster and fresh milk, bread and butter weekly. All food, which included soup, toast, porridge, biscuits and warm drinks, was free to anyone who visited. People soon started making friendships and enjoying crossword teams and dominoes as well as adult colouring and crafts. The venue was open every Friday including over Christmas and continues into the new year. Angela Clayton

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Leadership/worship team

The keynote for the year is one of thanks to God for His goodness in leading us through the changes that have come. But we also want to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of a range of people taking on new roles and responsibilities. Since Tony retired eight or so months ago we have relied on leaders doing more of what they did before (preaching and leading worship, coordinating music, prayers, readers and orders of services, organising the PCC, preparing the worship spaces and much more) but have also been served by new gifts among our own people and by leaders from outside. Sometimes it has been difficult and costly in time and effort, but we have all been cheered by the sense that God has blessed us and we have been a blessing to each other. All those taking part in the leading of worship have been encouraged by the support of the congregations. Things have worked because we have pulled together: we are the body of Christ and we have served together in love.

We have prepared a Parish Profile, have consulted the Bishop and her advisors and have advertised for a new Incumbent. There are relatively few trained and ordained priests compared to the number of positions available, and the process of appointment is taking longer than we hoped. We are presently awaiting the outcome of the latest advertisement. We are all praying that the person God has called will apply and be appointed, and we trust in Him. In the meantime, the leadership team is being supported by the Area Dean, Karen Padley, and the Archdeacon, Karen Hamblin. We are grateful for their encouragement and practical help in this and in providing cover for some services.

One of the signs of a church working properly is the readiness of people to exercise their spiritual gifts for the benefit of others. Activities of all sorts, both longestablished and newly-started, meet the needs of our communities, and are led and provided for by dedicated volunteers. This annual report as a whole shows that people are taking training seriously, are accountable to the church and to God, and are making a significant difference for good in the lives of people, particularly the vulnerable, in our communities. We are not waiting for a new incumbent to do what we can see needs to be done, we’re getting on with it! We are looking for a new incumbent to share the load, give new insights, shape our priorities and lead with us in God’s work here. So ‘don’t grow weary of doing good, for in due time we will reap a harvest’ (Galatians 6.9). Paul Cavill

Frontline Groups report

Sue and Paul Cavill's Frontline meetings continued to meet online during 2022 by popular request. This enables people to attend who otherwise would not be able to. The group met every fortnight, with a break during the summer. They studied the Bible passages from the Sunday services. They met weekly during Lent and found the Lamentations studies challenging but ultimately helpful. Some of those who attended the Lent meetings as new members now continue to attend the group. The group value the opportunity to share and pray with one another.

Another group meets at Geraldine and Mike’s house, who report this : Our group meets fortnightly, we have nine in our group. Our meetings are quite open and lively, everyone is invited to and does contribute towards our discussions based around text and questions provided by Paul Cavill.

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Curate’s Report

Having celebrated my priesting with you all in July 2022 my curacy has taken a very different path from my Deacon year. With Tony retiring and Elaine moving to her own parish by the time we reached November there was a much reduced clergy team at Sawley.

I have been allocated a training incumbent, who is Revd Chris Smedley in Breaston, Draycott and Church Wilne. Chris and I meet monthly and he is at the end of the phone to answer my questions which usually start ‘I can’t remember if …’ or ‘Are we allowed to …’. It is good to have Chris’s support but it is not the same as working closely with Tony and Elaine. I have been, and remain, extremely grateful for Paul Cavill’s support and wisdom as well as Churchwarden’s Joan and Kathryn and Abi, PCC secretary. I could not feel more supported by you all and I am thankful to be serving here amongst friends being upheld by your love and prayers.

The diocese provide ongoing training during my curacy and this covers a range of topics – there are practical sessions on the occasional offices, training on leadership and managing conflict as well as small group meetings to reflect theologically on our own stories and contexts.

I continue to work fulltime for Southwell and Nottingham Diocese and while there are aspects of my work that are complimentary with my curacy this does mean some weeks I am extremely busy. I am careful about protecting my family time and when not on the rota for Sawley (or on training sessions) I head elsewhere to worship on a Sunday morning to fill up my own spiritual reservoir. Inevitably there are weeks when I do not get a day off but I try to ensure I balance this with some longer breaks.

I pray our new Incumbent is hearing God’s call to our Parish and I am looking forward to working with them. In the meantime, I think we are working really well together and #teamsawley is great!

Reverend Sam Dennis

Report on the proceedings of the Deanery Synod

For 2023 Annual Parochial Church Meetings: Church Representation rules: M5(1)(e)

The South East Derbyshire Deanery Synod met formally on three occasions in 2022.

In February we had to meet through ‘Zoom’. Our guest speaker was Kevin Curtis from the Canaan Trust – a Long Eaton based charity that supports homeless folk. There followed a more general discussion about the best way to support homeless people who approach churches for help.

We had hoped to hold an ‘open-air meeting in June at Stanton-By-Dale but the weather forced us indoors. Two members of Synod shared their experiences. Phil Selby, Rector at Stanton-By-Dale spoke about his role as a church leader during

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and after the pandemic. Anne Veale from Swanwick also spoke about the ‘pandemic’ experience but from the point of view of a parish in vacancy. At this meeting it was suggested that Synod discussed environmental issues and this will shape our 2023 meetings.

In October, we met at St John’s, Long Eaton. We welcomed the Ven. Karen Hamlin the newly appointed Archdeacon of East Derbyshire, returning to the church of her curacy. Jason Kennedy, the Diocesan Missioner spoke about Mission Action Plans.

We are fortunate having Sue Cavill from Sawley as a member of our Synod. Sue also sits on the General Synod and has been able to brief us on some of the issues being considered at a national level.

In addition to the formal work of the Deanery Synod, a number of other meetings and support had been offered across the deanery. Chapter meetings for clergy and readers were held regularly. The clergy held a quiet day at Locko Park and also discussed a variety of topics including Safeguarding and ‘Living in Love and Faith’.

Regular meetings were held for representatives of parishes without incumbents, to support and update them with worship resources and advice.

On 1 December we held an Advent Carol Service at Swanwick.

Amanda Sandland joined us as our Deanery Administrator at the start of 2022 but moved to a role within Church House by the year end. Helen Bridger has been appointed as our Deanery Administrator from the start of 2023 and is available to offer a range of support to parishes.

Karen Padley- area dean; Brian Parker- lay chair

Bell Ringers’ Report 2022

The beginning of 2022 saw us ringing for Sunday morning services with the help of Long Eaton ringers, for the first time since the pandemic started. We then recommenced our routine practice nights towards the end of April, a combined practice at Sawley with Long Eaton. During the pandemic we had been practicing over zoom and a website called Ringing Room.

We rang 7 bells on Friday 3rd June at 11am in celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee before the service at St. Paul’s Cathedral began. Saturday 9th July was the Sawley Festival, when the church had an Open Day, and the bell tower was open for tours. A rota was arranged by the ringers to show and explain the workings of the bells. This was very well attended in small groups, with around 70 people coming up to see the bells. From this we had two who were very interested in learning to ring. Gill and Ian have since been to our practice nights and are getting on well with the handling of the bells. Later in the year we also welcomed Rueben and Rachael who are also learning bell ringing and progressing well. As we have a joint practice with Long Eaton we also have Selina learning with us from St. Laurence.

Friday 9th September Kirsty tolled a half muffled bell in memory of Queen Elizabeth II and also on the Sunday morning. Steve tolled the bell on the 18th September and Stuart on the 19th before the time of the funeral service in London. October 1st was the day of the 8 bell District striking competition and half yearly meeting at Sawley. We prepared a buffet tea after the contest, in the church hall,

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which was attended by over 40 ringers from across Derbyshire. The Southern District team, which included ringers from Sawley came 2nd in the competition. Again on November 13th Stuart tolled a bell for the Remembrance Day Service when the procession walked to the Sawley War Memorial. We also rang for the Carols by Candlelight service and Crib Service in December.

At the end of the year we could again resume our Christmas social night which was held at Ian and Judy’s house. We had a very enjoyable night with a quiz, handbell ringing and a buffet. A lovely way to round up 2022. We would welcome anyone to contact us with a view to learning bell ringing, to help us increase our numbers for the future.

Kirsty Shaw and Maureen Holbrook

Church Music

During 2022 we had a couple of months of services in the hall and the decent upright piano and band leading acoustically worked fine for this. We also had Sunday services in the hall from October to December, excepting large community or festival services such as Remembrance and Christmastime.

I organised separate adult’s and children’s choir rehearsals during the Spring and we all enjoyed learning ‘Captain Noah and his floating zoo’ chorale, Tony’s favourite. We had Tony singing as Noah and Chris Ebbern joined us as the voice of God, as well as a few lady soloists and we performed in church to a large audience at the end of the Sawley festival weekend in July. I think we all had fun and I was very proud of everyone. The adults and children also sang together at Christingle and the Candlelit service and I hope to continue bringing people together to sing at special occasions like this.

Abi Parker

Safeguarding Report for APCM

There are no serious Safeguarding issues to report. Two members of the congregation are being supported by the Safeguarding team and Social Services, in confidence. As the time frame for updating training changed to every 3 years, there were quite a few volunteers who needed to update. Most have completed relevant new or updated training. As with training, DBS checks are now due every 3 years, and most who needed to have been re-issued with updated certification. All risk assessments for the churches and various groups using the facilities are reviewed regularly by the Safeguarding Team, and amended as necessary. There are currently 12 groups using the facilities at All Saints’ and St Mary’s, and 4

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church run groups. All are aware of the Safeguarding policies and have risk assessments in place. Sawley Parish Policies are assessed regularly and reviewed by the PCC annually. There are copies available to be viewed by all in the church hall and St Mary’s. The Parish Dashboard progress is at 97%. The PCC needs to complete their Domestic Abuse Awareness Training to bring us to 100%

Mary Phipps, Parish Safeguarding Officer

PCC approved fees 2022

FEES 2023e vised March vised March
CODE WHAT IT IS TOTAL PCC PCC net **DIOCESE ** **ORGANIST ** VERGER BELLS PRIEST Digger
W1 Weddingwithout organ* 545.00 276.00 276.00 229.00 40.00
W2 Weddingwith organ* 630.00 276.00 276.00 229.00 85.00 40.00
W3 Weddingwith organ,bells* 780.00 276.00 288.00 229.00 85.00 40.00 150.00
F1 Funeral at Crematorium/Cemetery 232.00 35.00 29.00 182.00 0.00 0.00 21.00
F2 Funeral at Church and burial 707.00 448.00 427.00 134.00 85.00 40.00 21.00
F3 Funeral at Church and cremation 389.00 99.00 78.00 150.00 85.00 40.00 21.00
F4 Thanksgiving/Memorial(Large) 224.00 99.00 78.00 0.00 85.00 40.00 21.00
F5 Funeral at Church,burial elsewhere 374.00 99.00 78.00 150.00 85.00 40.00 21.00
B1 Burial only 412.00 332.00 311.00 47.00 21.00
B2 Burial of Ashes 182.00 135.00 115.00 47.00 20.00
B3 Burial & Graveside Service 467.00 349.00 328.00 118.00 0.00 21.00
B4 Burial of Ashes elsewhere 48.00 33.00 0.00 16.00
M1 Headstone 158.00 142.00 149.00 16.00
M2 Cremationplaque 84.00 68.00 68.00 16.00
M3 Inscription only 33.00 17.00 17.00 16.00
M4 Small vase 84.00 68.00 68.00 16.00
Small Cross of Wood 52.00 36.00 36.00 16.00
M5 Stone Mason's Search Fee 34.00 34.00 34.00
C1 Publicationof Banns + certificate 51.00 51.00 For couples not marryingat All saints
C2 Duplicate baptism certificate 17.00 17.00
C3 Duplicate weddingcertificate N/A N/A
C4 Duplicate Banns certificate 17.00 17.00
BM1 Blessingof Marriage No Organ 328.00 288.00 288.00 40.00
BM2 Blessingof Marriage with Organ 413.00 288.00 288.00 85.00 40.00
BM3 Blessingof Marriage,Organ & Bells 563.00 288.00 288.00 85.00 40.00 150.00
Notes- For funerals and memorials not requiring an organist - deduct £85 from fee.
Fees to PTO clergyconductinga service usingchurch should bepaid to church and then re-imbursed topriest subject to apportiomnment of fees table from
A charge of £50 for heating is added to all use of church from 1st October to 30th April
Funeral costs highlighted inyellow are amount to bepaid to PCC byFuneral director

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The Parlsh ofAII Salnts SawlÈy- Goneral F￿nd Payments and Re￿aPt$ Attounts 2022 4.225 416 6.052 395 673 6314 a37 Dwxq5￿Q•J0ts {2022 wK£6.810 to m•k• up2021) 42A 3.970 672 Rpavrs. and VF¢w<* 5wvKe5 2Q22) 661 72S 4.178 103 512 ?s 3.549 Church I￿￿VanC• 185 124 S14 310 2￿9 3.157 636 1170 634 ÉtyilknÈvrt & Cap￿1 Eqvyrnqrt th 120211 612 437 415 22 L065 IA123 8.453 .thlOi 954 2.719 434 1719 a.461 33.461 20

Ile¢eim$ Plarn￿d Gi¥irf orGift DAY 23,155 9.670 10,212 24554 9,569 10,092 43.037 44.214 Fee510 P.CC. 7.057 4395 7.057 DLThwors recehd linc£850giftA Slye￿> Ref, Canaan, UP5G 2022la¥itti￿b￿ 2W21 CIYEtinas Far l& C￿1120221 663 936 835 11.144 7,314 ,841 3.750 732 4491 431 8.453 T1￿ St Marf5 Tvan5fer from WelkB•r¥ CafÉ Othw li￿5 of r*le5. roof n5. HeSx tk520221 Rtlthdsfrtth SWAEq 5v¥tm T& rn￿vAT Z022 833 2,lY 74 14?74 4D.613 9>206 23222 36 23222 2136 Swnmary Tatal knEeipts 75.601 97.119 99206 76387 12L5￿) 22.819 48,039 25221 26524 48,039 21

St Mary's Ch4pcl of Tr.H5e 'in&ncial StAlemeMti fnr iht ye•r cndcd JI Dccembcr 2022 Cicn¢ral liund Ilectip15 #nd Paymtnti Actoi¥nl- Desi%nited Receipts 2022 2021 Iiicoviini Rtsoiircei froni l)onnrs Planned Cliving C.()IleLli(In% Inconie Tax Recover¢ 12,347 In,4(10 16.93() L720 14,664 Oilier Voliinihry IncoininR Reltsurccs Donalions Qiher fuiidTaisinb aclivitl¢8 Luan TLI)aymLnt I'rom All Saint$ Miscellaii¢ous Derby l)ioc¢san Enortsry Grant 100 764 5,000 814 1.612 2,291 6,678 Inconie from Investmcnts Bank Intcrest 19.249 21,342 Pymenls Church Aciivities Gas and elcciri¢ity Repairs and renewais Insurance Cliurchyard maintenance Sundry expenses Subscriptions Capital ExpendiNre Donaiions ottt of ¢olleciions Visiting Clergy expenses 925 2.613 1,460 159 577 283 83 657 190 80 500 237 500 5.218 3,046 xcess of receipts over p2ymentS 14,031 18.296 10.935 2.734 10.622 Diocesan Quota Final l/* cheque noi cashed yet Bank curi¢nt and dep051t account cash in hand at l January 20.716 13,042 Bank current and deposii account cash in hand ai 31 Deccmber 26 22

Sawley All Saints, Parothial Churd) Coun¢il nanaal Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 General Fund Receipts and Payments Account- Designated Fund 11432 521 U&raine Welcome 214 5A02 ottrwityand Gas Aepars&SuThym•lEvi￿s 352 lif4) 535 Water Rar ￿T￿l￿an¢0￿S 234 145 317 TealCqrflepsuwIs 315 Llg) 241 6.974 2.165 8?15 1927 Tran5fvtoGEneral Fund £1.915 £18731 Cash in Hand ljamwy £1.553 426 Cash ID H•r*l * 31 December 23

Charity Donations 2022 INCOME All Saints LESS.. Donations from Hall Account Collettion re Gift A Street Grants St Marys Contr to 2021 Donations Other RefundslUtilitie5 and VAT roof rep3irsl Wellbeing Cafe Incorne 75,604.00 7,000.tKJ 850.rKJ 8,453.L)O 500.00 833.00 2,192.00 1,996.00 21,824.00 53,780.00 PLUS St Mary, 17,185.00 70,965.00 Donation to be made.. 5% of £70,965-£3,560 between 5 charities equates to £712 to each ICanaan7rust. Sawley Foodbanl Arabworld ministries.open Doors, USPG-Malawil N8 St Marys Income figures LESS Lettings and DD Enerey Grant Open Collecton Planned Giving Gift Aid 2nd Hand books and Warm Space5 1,638. 12,348. 2,954.00 245.(M) TOTAL 17,185.OCI oiher donations made from special Appea15 during thÈyÈar Derby Refuge Open Doors Christingle IChildren5Sotietyl USPG ChristianAid £ 247.(K) 37.(M) 35.80 £ 173.90 E 180.Crf) CanaanTru5t Donations elix Conttrt Harvest Donation Ire Brian Parker) WellbeinE Café Subtotal £ 152.50 90.00 E 100.(N) E 1,673.26 £ 2,015.76 £ 2,015.76 Total donations £ 2,689.46 24

Saints General FurMI thurch Hall Fund st Marvs monet￿ Assets 3V1212022 Bank Treasury Reserve Account Bank Current Account 11.299.90 15.223.66 £ 3.467.57 £ 26.523.56 £ 3.467.57 £ 10.986.82 15,559.63 26,546.45 Totals 2022 Monetwy Assets Bank Treasury Reser¥e Accounts £ Bank Current Accounts 22.286.72 34,250.86 s6￿37.58 25

In4JepeThtlent examinerfs report to the truslees of All Salnts 5avwley T r'?pDrt to Ihv trustoe.% on my exarnlnathjn of thè gèneral atC(JiJnts of All Sfjints. Sawlo.y for Lhe ycar ended 3 1 December 2022 R£sponsibilitles and basls of rÈport As LI1￿ Llidrity truqtees of lh¥ Trust you ar@ responsible tor thc preparatlon of the LLvuriLs in actnFdance wilh Lhe ￿￿￿4￿1￿e￿cDrS of the iliaritie% Ar.t ?oii rthe Att'}. I report in i-c5pecL tsf rny exary)ination of the rru5t'.5 ac.counts carried out undpr ection 145 of the 201 J Act aiid i n caryying out my e.xaminatlor', I lidve followp.d all the applir.ablo Direction5 qiven by the Charity Lommissini) Ltnder seLtlon 145(5)(hl or the Art. rndependent exaffliner's state•nent I have cumplEted my e%arnOnati(>n. I rnnnrm that no matei-lal malters have corne t my ollellt￿n in connection with the p.xamir)aLiun glvin9 r.ausc Lo believe that iii dfiy ITl4dLeria I ￿C5PecI.. 1 . ac.cr)untiny records wer• not kept In rÈspert of tlip Tnjst as requI￿d by 5ettion 130 ot the. Act,. or 2. tti* dLcounts do noL ètttsrd with tha5e Tccords," or 3. rhe 4c¢ounts (Jil not comply wilb Lhe applical)Ip. reqU1￿MentS coiicorn ing the forn nd contonl of account.4 out In thp Chtirities (Ar.r.Tru nts ar)cl Report5) Regulatiotis 2D06 other Lli¢ln any rgqoAir9mgnt that tFie account4 give a 'iriie dnd tair view wnlch Is not a mattoi ovn5iderp_d aq parr of ali In¢Jependent cxamination. I havc iio concer n5 have mrne. Hrross no other mattpt'% in <oi)rieiLion with the exomin<ltion to which attention shou Id bp d I'awfl Iri ihis report In nrder to étlcJblÈ proper unde.r5tEinding ol the accounts to hp IEached. Signed.. Namc.. Driar. Pai-ker Addre55', 103 Willidrn Stre.r.t. l ong Eaton. NGIO 4GB Datc.__. 26