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2022-12-31-accounts

Annual Report and Financial Statements of the

Church Council for

Trendlewood Church Nailsea

for the year ended 31st December 2022

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1170989

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TRENDLEWOOD CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT 2022–2023

Contents

Parishioner’s Meeting Agenda 2021 3
Annual Church Meeting Agenda 2021 3
Minutes of Parishioner’s Meeting 2021 4
Minutes of Annual Church Meeting 2021 5
Report of Church Activities 7
Reference and Administrative Information 7
Church Council Members 8
Structure, Governance and Management 8
Minister’s Report 10
Curate’s Report 11
Music Group 11
Homegroups 12
Children and Family’s report 12
Mission Partners 13
Pastoral Ministry 26
Evangelism and Outreach 27
Social Report 29
Financial Report 29
Church Warden’s Report including Fabric, Goods and Ornaments 30
Safeguarding Report 31
Deanery Report 32
Attendance and Electoral Roll 33
Financial Affairs
Statement of Financial Activities 34
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 35
Notes to the Financial Statements 36
Independent Examiner’s Report 37

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Parishioners Meeting Agenda 14[th] May 2023

  1. Approve minutes for Parishioners Meeting 2022

  2. Any matters arising

  3. Election of Church Wardens

  4. Election of Duty Wardens

Annual Church Meeting Agenda 14[th] May 2023

  1. Apologies

  2. Approve Minutes of the 2022 ACM

  3. Any matters arising

  4. Electoral Roll report

  5. Proceedings of the Church Council and Activities of the Church Written report already circulated – any comments or questions Collation of information from each of the main headings Minister’s report (reflections) Worship Homegroups Children and families Mission Partners Pastoral ministry Evangelism and outreach Social 6. Financial Report Approve accounts) Appointing of an independent examiner

  6. Warden’s report – fabric 8. Deanery Synod report Including Rob Norman Previously circulated by Deanery Secretary

  7. Safeguarding 10. Elections to PCC 11. Appoint Duty wardens 12. Open Forum - Q&A

  8. 13.Close in Prayer

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Trendlewood Church, Nailsea Minutes of the Parishioner’s Church Meeting 1[st] May 2022

Present

Ed Sheffield, Ruth Sheffield, Peter Furneaux, Wendy Furneaux, George Spencer, Sandi Prangle, Mike Hitchings, Barbara Hitchings, Coleen, Sharon Brown, Mike Bird, Sarah Bird, Fiona Austin, Toby Austin, Mark Austin, Michelle Taylor, Gillian Andrews, More Andrews, Mark Walters, Lindsey Hutchinson, David Hutchinson, Paul Mason, Caroline Mason, Teena Cross and Simon Cross.

Apologies for absence

Apologies were received from Dave Manton, Ceri Manton and Andrew Slade.

Minutes

Minutes of the last meeting held on 9[th] May 2021 were agreed as an accurate record.

Matters Arising

None.

Election of Churchwardens

Those present thanked Simon Cross for his service as Churchwarden. Lindsay Hutchinson, proposed as Churchwarden by Sharon Brown and seconded by David Hutchinson. There remained one vacancy for Churchwarden

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Trendlewood Church, Nailsea Minutes of the Annual Church Meeting 1[st] May 2022

Present

Ed Sheffield, Ruth Sheffield, Peter Furneaux, Wendy Furneaux, George Spencer, Sandi Prangle, Mike Hitchings, Barbara Hitchings, Coleen, Sharon Brown, Mike Bird, Sarah Bird, Fiona Austin, Toby Austin, Mark Austin, Michelle Taylor, Gillian Andrews, More Andrews, Mark Walters, Lindsey Hutchinson, David Hutchinson, Paul Mason, Caroline Mason, Teena Cross and Simon Cross.

Apologies Andrew Slade, Ceri Manton and Dave Manton

  1. Apologies for absence

Apologies were received from Dave Manton, Ceri Manton and Andrew Slade.

  1. Minutes

  2. Minutes of the last meeting held on 9[th] May 2021 were agreed as an accurate record.

  3. Matters Arising None.

  4. Electoral Roll report – Simon Cross There were 52 people n the electoral roll.

  5. Proceedings of the Church Council and activities of the Church – Ceri Manton A written report had been circulated prior to the meeting and there were no questions.

  6. Financial Report – Sharon Brown

  7. Sharon introduced the report which had been circulated prior to the meeting. She reminded those present that a QR code was available each Sunday to make a one-off donation online.

  8. Morey thanked those present for their generosity. Sharon proposed and George Spencer seconded the accounts

  9. Jenny Holmes was proposed as Independent Examiner, seconded by George Spencer and duly agreed by the meeting.

  10. Fabric Goods and Ornaments – Lindsey Hutchinson Lindsey reported that as we do not have a building all our property is listed in the Terrier. This was available to be viewed. Lindsey thanked Golden Valley for their welcome and allowing us to store items at the School. The rental agreement at the School was up for review in September 2022. Lindsay thanked Mike and Barbara for their care of the Communion Vessels, and thanked Mike Bird, Toby Austin and Mark Austin for their help in recording services to be shown online. Martin Davies advised those present that the services are still recorded but audio only.

  11. Deanery Synod

Report was circulated prior to the meeting and there were no questions. Those present thanked Wendy Furneaux for her service.

Edward Sheffield was proposed by Lindsey Hutchinson and seconded by David Hutchinson as Deanery Synod Representative. Agreed by those present.

  1. Safeguarding – Ruth Sheffield

Ruth reminded those present that training was available online for all Church members as we continue to hold Safeguarding as a whole church responsibility.

  1. Appointments and Elections

Mark Austin, Pauline Davies and Andrew Slade had reached the end of their term of office and were not seeking re-election. Those present thanked them for their service. Two members were standing for election

Toby Austin, proposed Teena Cross and seconded Liz Tilley

Simon Cross, proposed David Hutchinson and seconded Rosemary Lea Wilson

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This was agreed and they were duly elected.

Appointment of Duty Wardens

Morey thanked George Spencer for his service and gave him a gift as appreciation for his long service.

Duty Wardens were named as Ann Ray-Rowley, Ed Sheffield, Lindsey Hutchinson, David Hutchinson and elected en bloc. Mark and Sarah were noted as keyholders for Golden Valley School.

11. Vicar’s Reflections

Morey gave thanks to David and Michelle for their service over the past few years who will be leaving us this summer. He asked for prayer for what is God asking of us as we move through this year. We are the shape that God has called us to be right here and we might need some flexibility as we go through this year. If gaps on the rota are not filled, this might be something to accommodate and be flexible as we look to the Lord to grow this Church in this place.

Ruth reminded those present that cakes were available to give to those who have moved into the area and suggested that we might.

In response to a question from Caroline Mason, Morey answered that his greatest joy was the people he has meet who have been supportive and the area which he has enjoyed running in. His biggest challenge is time.

Michelle thanked those present for supporting her ministry and asked for prayer for her next steps and for her family in the next few months, and reminded those present of the mission of the Church of England to live Humbler Simpler, Bolder lives.

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Church Council Annual Report of Church Activities 2022

The Charities Act 2011

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Church Council (CC) for Trendlewood Church, for the year ended 31st December 2020. Trendlewood Church is a Conventional District, situated in Nailsea. It is part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells within the Church of England.

Address: 41 Vowles Close, Nailsea, BS48 1PP Email address: welcome@trendlewoodchurch.org.uk Website address: www.trendlewoodchurch.org.uk

Clergy

Associate Vicar Rev’d Morey Andrews 41 Vowles Close Nailsea BS48 1PP 07916987254 Morey.andrews@trendlewoodchurch.org.uk

Bank

CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4JQ

Curate

Rev’d Sarah Sanderson 16 Briar Close Nailsea BS48 1QG 07305269366 sarah.vicarintraining@gmail.com

Independent Examiner

Jenny Holmes 20 Farleigh Road Backwell Bristol BS48 3PA

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Day to Day Management

The Vicar and Church Council manage the ministry and mission of the church.

Church Council members who have served from April 2021 until this report ’ s approval date:

Name Role
Incumbent Rev’d Morey Andrews Chair
Curate Rev’d Sarah Sanderson
fromSeptember 2022
Churchwardens Lindsay Hutchinson (ex-
officio by virtue of being a
Churchwarden)
Deanery Synod Edward Sheffield Until 2025
Karan Price Until 2023
Elected Members
Ceri Manton Secretary Until 2024
Simon Cross Until 2025
Sharon Brown Treasurer Until 2024
Toby Austin Until 2025
Reader Caroline Mason
(chooses not to attend)
Reader Sylvia Phillips
(choosesnot to attend)

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The CC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure of 1956. In accordance with the Charities Act of 2006, the CC has registered with the Charity Commission as an independent charity under the legal name of Trendlewood Church, Registration Number 1170989.

It is the primary duty of the Church Council to co-operate with the incumbent in promoting in the conventional district the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

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Appointment of CC members

Members of the CC are either ex-officio, elected or appointed by the Annual Meeting, or coopted by the CC in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.

Recruitment, induction and training of CC members

Prior to the Annual Meeting the congregations are informed of the forthcoming elections to CC and Deanery Synod. People are encouraged to stand for election and/or nominate others. The Congregation is informed of resulting appointments and the new members are prayed for publicly and offered the opportunity to attend an induction session. Ongoing training is offered for all members of the CC, particularly in areas of special interest such as finance and child protection. We avail ourselves of training offered through the Diocese and the School of Formation.

Health and safety, disability, discrimination, safeguarding

The CC has ultimate responsibility for a wide range of matters affecting the conventional district, including finance risk management, approval of individuals for authorised ministry and such matters as compliance with Health and Safety, Disability Discrimination Legislation, Safeguarding and Data Protection. Therefore, the CC avails itself of training as and when provided by the Diocese.

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Minister’s report 2022

Matthew 28:18-20

8 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19 ] Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20 ] and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

As we look backwards and then forwards on our life as Trendlewood Church – this is exactly what Jesus was doing as he offered his great commission. It offers us encouragement and challenge, but it sets the priority of Jesus at the centre of what the followers of the way should be. As we read these reports, they are more than words, they are the life of who we are – lets thank God for his goodness and pray for each other as we seek to serve Him.

January 30[th] 2022 I was licensed as Minister of Trendlewood Church. I was fortunate that I had had the opportunity of getting to know a few people before taking on this role and working alongside Steve as he came to retirement.

It has been wonderful getting to know folks and I am excited as to where God may be taking us.

Over the year we have been seeking God in searching for the vision; this included a PCC away morning, church engagement and continued prayer.

Please do keep this “working” vision document to hand as we move forwards.

We have worked our way through the book of 1 John with Love at the heart and looked at the need of deepening prayer – seeking God – looking back and moving forward

We celebrate all we have done.

A year of comings and goings

Saying goodbye to Steve and Liz early January.

Saying goodbye to David Smith (our student from Trinity) in June

Saying goodbye to Michelle in June

Saying hello to Sarah and her family in September 2022

Colleen Fleming, a committed member, also left the Church and area during the year to move in with her son and family so they could offer her closer support.

All we do is only possible by the hard work of all of us together. I know it is not always wise to mention folks by name but there are a few who have been a blessing this past year and I want to say THANK YOU.

To Lindsay as our church warden keeping us on track. To Sharon our treasurer who enables us to keep paying the bills To our team of preacher sand leaders that enable Sundays.

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To Ceri who keeps the TWCC on track.

To Fiona who provided creativity for the weekly news and space for myself.

To everyone who serves in any way duty wardens, communion set up, prayer ministry, musicians, technical team and to our coffee-making team who provide refreshments after our Services.

I will have missed people out but please hear my heartfelt thank you.

Morey

CURATE’S REPORT

Thank you for the warm welcome I have received and the blessing it is to work with you serving this community. I have been so encouraged by the events that we have done – the star event and the great Eggscape – not only from the community who have come but also the number of you who have come to serve and be a witness of Jesus’ love. It has been a joy to be with you, when I can, on Sunday mornings, to pray on Wednesday mornings and other prayer meetings. It has been fun to do alternative Sunday mornings for example our prayer walk which was mainly greeted by you with interest and a willingness to try it out! Thank you for allowing me to pursue the idea of holding a weekly junior parkrun in the field next to the school. It is a long process but it is still on the cards! Do continue to pray that if it is right God opens doors and for what our involvement as a church might be.

Thank you again for being a community willing to try things out and engage with the new. I am excited to see what God does in the next year.

Blessings, Sarah

MUSIC GROUP

It continues to be a privilege for the group to lead sung worship on a Sunday morning. As social distancing rules relaxed it made it easier for us as a group.

The number of people in the group remains low, partly because other musicians are filling gaps elsewhere on the rota.

Towards the end of 2022 we had a few Sundays where we trialed backing tracks to play along to. For each song this gives us the option to fade out the recording of instruments which we have available, while keeping the sound track of instruments we don’t have, hence giving us a fuller sound. We hope to be able to explore this further in 2023.

Thank you to everyone who is part of the music group.

We are very grateful to the sound team and laptop operator who support us each week. If you are interested in joining the group then please speak to Sarah.

Sarah

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Home Group Report

Our church small groups have been meeting regularly for some years with a new one having started, led by Lindsay, that has been taking shape though the year.

Our leaders, Mike and Barbara, Pauline and Martin, Derek and Elaine and Lindsay have been faithful in their serving this ministry and meet with Morey and Gillian about three times a year for encouragement and equipping. Our thanks go to our leaders for this ministry.

The groups meet to primarily encourage growth in our discipleship.

The purpose of small groups is to help members of our church to concentrate on what Christianity is really about. God doesn't call us to follow him on our own, but to join with other Christians to worship him and to learn; to love and support each other, and to invite others to know him personally - the small groups are encouraged to shape themselves around these five values:

A - All involved

To help small Groups do this, every meeting could follow the pattern of the four W's:

Welcome, Worship, Word and Witness.

They provide a framework for support and fellowship.

The Bible studies are based primarily on the week’s sermons; with questions supplied by the preacher of that week; topics have included Prayer, studying the New Testament book, 1 John and other specials through the year. These meetings are intermingled with social events.

It is true to say that growing churches are those with healthy growing small groups and if you are not a part of one then please do speak to me. We would love you to join.

Morey

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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

As a church we do not have children of groups age attending church on a regular basis. We now have an activity table at the back of church here there are resources for children aged 0 to 11.

We would welcome any suggestions how to encourage more families to join Trendlewood. As a children’s and family’s team we ran a very successful “follow the star event” the Wednesday before Christmas which was well attended. Our plans are to run an event each term.

Ruth

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MISSION PARTNERS

Mercy Ships

– Representatives Ed & Ruth Sheffield 2022 report:

Africa Mercy Global Mercy

Mercy Ships is an international charity that delivers surgical and dental care using hospital ships to those who cannot afford it, or the surgery they need is not available in West Africa. Mercy Ships also provides long-term resources and sustainable development. Surgery performed on board includes orthopaedic procedures, cleft lip and palate repairs, thyroid and head and neck tumour removal. Dental patients are treated, and local medical personnel trained. Eye surgery such as cataract treatment is performed.

Conditions requiring surgical treatment kill more people in low-income countries than HIV/Aids, TB and malaria combined. Globally, five billion people have no access to safe, affordable surgery when they need it.

In sub-Saharan Africa, up to 69% of people live on less than £2 a day. Healthcare in these countries either doesn't exist or is unaffordable to the vast majority of the population. As well as completing thousands of urgent operations onboard our floating hospitals, the Africa Mercy and the Global Mercy , Mercy Ships volunteers also work closely with host nations to improve the way healthcare is delivered across the country, by training and mentoring local medical staff, and renovating hospitals and clinics.

Founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships has worked in more than 55 countries, providing services valued at more than £1.3 billion. By improving healthcare delivery in every country it visits, Mercy Ships is working to eradicate the diseases of poverty and effectively do itself out of a job. Mercy Ships follows the model of Jesus by “bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor”, helping people of all faiths and none.

Among the countries Mercy Ships serves, which lie on the lower third of the World Health Organisation’s Human Development Index, access to safe, affordable and timely surgery is extremely limited. As a result, countless people suffer and die from “diseases of poverty” that can easily be cured.

Mercy Ships delivers a customised five-year partnership model with every country it is invited to support. Relationships are built with the national government and ministry of health, so that the needs of each country are met.

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In this way, Mercy Ships doesn’t just address the immediate need on the ground, but also works to strengthen the country’s healthcare systems and drive policy change. The aim is to tackle the root causes of the problems rather than just the consequences.

Ed and Ruth Sheffield help with the provision of a pathology service on the ship, Ed being a pathologist.

Previously they traveled once or twice a year to the ship to work, but now much of the work is done from the UK using an internet-based remote diagnostic system on board the ships.

It is the first time since 2008 that we can say that ‘Mercy Ships’ is truly ‘Mercy Ship s ’ as the new ship Global Mercy has now joined the Africa Mercy in providing healthcare services to the poor. This new ship is twice the size of the Africa Mercy and has been built as a hospital ship from the start rather than being a converted ferry like the Africa Mercy . The remarkable thing is that when the new ship was launched it had already been fully paid for.

The Africa Mercy has been in Senegal, West Africa since January 2022 and at half-capacity already 200 crew are on board and providing medical services in the port of Dakar. COVID had delayed the start of field service. After November 2022 the Africa Mercy sailed to Durban, South Africa for dry-dock maintenance.

The new hospital ship Global Mercy sailed to be fitted-out in Tenerife and then met with the Africa Mercy in Senegal in May for a joint ‘Africa Celebration’ and training. The Global Mercy then sailed back to Tenerife to continue fitting of medical equipment, ready to start field service in early 2023.

When the older hospital ship Africa Mercy finishes work in Senegal, West Africa, she will then sail to Durban, South Africa to have major refitting to prepare for the next outreach.

With all that coming-and-going, the greatest need is for crew to staff both ships. Please spread the word; it’s not just medical staff that are needed, but all sorts of roles are required to run both the hospital ships.

Below are a few slides to illustrate some of the points for prayer and praise from 2022 and a summary of the work done in Senegal by the Africa Mercy.

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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY AFRICA MERCY

Please visit: www.mercyships.org.uk for the full list of current positions available.

The Mercy Ships organisation is dependent on donations to function, and I know that they really appreciate and are very thankful for the support given from the many donors around the world like Trendlewood Church.

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ZUIA TRAFFICKING TANZANIA ACTIVITIES REPORT – Jenny and Elifadhili Ayo

- First Quarter (Jan March 2022)
Date Location Beneficiaries Activity and achievement
8/2/-1/3
2022		 Kimambira Primary School
Mvomero,
Morogoro		 43 students Four two hour sessions of teaching on physical
and social development that occurs throughout
puberty at Kimambira Primary School. Class Six
and Class Seven were divided into same sex
groups and taught.
They now know:
-
physical development of their own sex in
great detail
-
an overview of the physical development of
the opposite sex
-
what changes occur in their emotions
-
what can help them handle the emotional
changes
-
how to respect the opposite sex and elders
-
how to respect yourself
-
how to maintain hygiene
-
sex education and the negative
consequences of early sexual activity
-
taught how to wash their underwear
-
taught how to make reusable sanitary pad
linings
Our program enabled girls and boys to ask
sensitive and important questions in a safe
environment about sex, abuse and puberty.
Second Quarter (April-June 2022)
Date Location Beneficiaries Activity
14/4-
2/12		 Lukobe Primary School 100-150 Building two classrooms in partnership with the parents
and government. The parents have been contributing
bricks to build more classrooms, we boosted their
initiative and contributed a few extra bricks, cement,
sand, water and labour costs to build the classrooms
up to the lintel beam. From the lintel beam the
government will roof, floor and finish off the
classrooms. The average is 100-150 students in one
class.

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11-15
April
YWAM Arusha,
Discipleship Training
School		 18 Female
20 Male
38 TOTAL		 Teaching on the following subjects: Healthy
relationship with self, family, friends,
enemies, romantic (singleness, courtship,
marriage, sex, divorce) group discussion
one to one counselling
The delegates gained greater understanding
of the significance of our relationship with
ourselves, and how it influences in our life
and all other relationships. They were
championed to accept themselves not to
remain with inferiority or unhealthy over
confidence. They learned about the purpose
and characteristics of different kinds of
relationships and how our development
affects these and different stages of life.
Group workshops and teaching on how to
nurture and maintain healthy relationships
and how to respond to unhealthiness in our
relationships.
5/5 Child Protection
Seminar		 We attended an AIM Child Protection
seminar, it was a good opportunity to
network, team build and invest in our
ministry.
21/5/2
2
Bonde la Baraka Church
Seminar		 28 Female
25 Male
53 TOTAL
(University
Students)		 Teaching on the purpose of sex, teaching
on pornography and masturbation and its
effects. The students gained a clear
understanding of how porn misrepresents
sex. The male and female body have
negative consequences on individual's
selfesteem, sexuality and it promotes
violence, rape, racism, sexism, abuse and
incest, human trafficking. They also
understood what can help them recover
from a porn and sexual addiction. They
learned that masturbation trains the brain
that sexual pleasure is only about one
person and this can make it hard to please
or be pleased when in a sexual relationship
with another person.
9/6 Morogoro Africa Day
Celebration		 We joined the local government and local
NGO’s in celebrating African Children.
Great opportunity to network and contribute
to the towns movement in protecting
children and creating awareness of abuse.

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14/6 We purchased a piece of land to build an office,
training and counselling facilities!
14/6 We purchased a piece of land to build an office,
training and counselling facilities!
Third Quarter (July-September 2022)
Date Location Beneficiaries Activity
27 Sept 2022 Lukobe
Primary
School
Lukobe,
Morogoro		 53 students
(randomly
selected)		 Basic introduction to human trafficking, how it functions
(recruitment/transport/harbouring/ exploitation) and what
can be done to prevent it.
21 Sept 2022 Zoe.FM Radio
Stationer
Morogoro		 Listeners within
Morogoro
Region (unable
to attain exact
figure)		 Basic introduction to human trafficking, how it functions
(recruitment/transport/harbouring/ exploitation) and what
can be done to prevent it.
July-Sept UK Reconnecting with individual partners and partnering
churches and building the network for Zuia and the Ayo
family. Sharing and teaching at Trendlewood, Holy Trinity,
St Marys (Knowsley),
Network church (St. Albans) and West Kilbride Parish
Church (West Kilbride)
Date Location Beneficiaries Activity and Achievement
24-28 Oct
2022		 YWAM Arusha,
Arusha		 19 youths Relationship/Abuse/Safeguarding
•
a persons identity and self worth,
•
characteristics of healthy family relationships (parent
to child and in marriage),

Fourth Quarter (October- December 2022)

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•
the importance of talking to children about
life lessons and changes in puberty as a
form of safeguarding,
•
abuse (how our experience and
traditions can create the opportunity
for abuse), safeguarding,
•
sexual development,
•
healthy communication,
•
healthy discipline and conflict resolution.
One to one counselling- individuals who shared
with us, it was their first time to share their stories of
abuse or challenging relational matters. Being
listened, affirmed and encouraged was a part of
their healing and gave them strength and comfort to
carry on.
8 Nov- 5
Dec
2022		 Lukobe Primary
School, Lukobe,
Morogoro		 15 teachers Teaching the following modules:
•human trafficking
•abuse
•how to talk to children about
development
•safeguarding
•Law of the Child Tanzania
•healthy discipline
16 Dec
2022		 Dumila, Morogoro 250 youth Teaching an introduction to Human Trafficking.
What it is and how to prevent it. We cultivated
interest and understanding about the new concept
of human trafficking. People responded well and
were interested.
The participants gained the knowledge of what they
can do to protect themselves and others as we
taught how it is done and what signs to look out off
and how to prevent it.
21-22 Dec Kihonda, Morogoro 85 The youth understood the definition of human
trafficking,how it was done,and for whatpurpose,

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2022

what makes someone vulnerable, how to protect self and others from traffickers. We taught this to the entire group on the first day. The second day we divided the group into two groups according to their age 9-14 and 15 and above. Aged 9-14yrs Puberty- physical, mental, emotional, social and character changes that occur and how to respond to the challenges of this time in a helpful way. Healthy relationships- focusing on having friends and how to interact with the opposite sex in a healthy and respectful way. The importance of respecting self. How to respond to sexual development that doesn't put self or ones future at risk. Abuse- definitions of abuse, signs and symptoms, safeguarding measures (how to protect self and others and who to go to if you need help) Setting goals- what is a goal, why have goals, how to set and readjust goals. Aged 15 and above Healthy relationships- focusing on having friends and how to interact with the opposite sex in a healthy and respectful way. The importance of respecting self. How to respond to sexual development that doesn't put self or ones future at risk. What to look for in a future husband or wife, having a goal helps avoid unhealthy and premature relationships. Abuse- definitions of abuse, signs and symptoms, safeguarding measures (how to protect self and others and who to go to if you need help) Setting goals- what is a goal, why have goals, how to set and readjust goals.

Zuia Prayer-

Good communication between the land offices in Morogoro and Dodoma as our title deed is processed.

For volunteers.

Continued favour and welcome in the community.

Building a healthy leadership team.

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Ayo Jenga - the business is going well. We were amazed at our first year making £5,440 profit. We were thrilled to be able to give to Zuia £544. Last year it provided us with an extra income of £240 per month and this year we have been able to increase that to £300. This is a massive help and will pay for over half of the children's school fees in the next academic year. We have a part time worker to help with accounts.

Prayer - Customers for Ayo Jenga and for building of our team. We would like to increase our online presence.

Family - we have seen a shift with the children and sense a corner has been turned in their transition from their old school and Jovan now starting 3 days a week. They are all enjoying school more and after Easter Nora and Alfie will join the school swim team. On a recent teaching trip to Arusha we were able to see Margi and her new family. It was lovely to meet our granddaughter and have time with Margi, who we haven’t seen since last July.

Prayer - Elifadhili and me as we continually navigate doing everything together, family, Zuia and Ayo Jenga. Wisdom in our parenting.

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Hope for Life Katanga – Mark Walters

Hope for Life Katanga is in its 10[th] year working in Katanga, Uganda, following initial financial support from Holy Trinity and Trendlewood Church in 2011. In the past decade we have provided opportunities in education and vocational training to children, young adults and parents, so that they may be able to generate an income to escape the generational cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient. We currently work with over 100 individuals who have made tangible progress towards self-sufficiency. In the last 5 years, 27 students have graduated vocational training and are now generating an increased income as a result of scholarships we provide. Another 16 will graduate at the end of 2022. We continue to follow the progress of each individual to ensure they are in work and earning a sufficient wage at least one year after their graduation.

Covid has been tough for most of the families we work with (and our staff) but thankfully, with the country's restrictions dropped fully in Jan 22, we are back to normal, providing opportunities that make profound differences in the lives of families in Uganda. Despite this, inflation in Uganda (and UK), as a result of Covid, the war in Ukraine (and the value of pound), has significantly impacted families in Uganda (and us as a charity). The support of Trendlewood Church over the years and to come means so much to Hope for Life Katanga and those we work with. Thank you.

Update from Francis

Hope for Life Update

Our sponsored children have continued doing well in schools, they have completed the first term and are currently in school holidays.

It was too sunny in Uganda a month ago, at the moment it’s raining almost every day, which helps people to grow more food since some of the families we support do subsistence farming.

Despite the school fees being hiked, due to the economic crisis, all our sponsored children have remained in their respective schools and their parents have been really good with topping up on school fees were need be.

In 2022 we graduated 15 young girls who were sponsored in different vocational schools and doing different trainings and we’re so happy for that achievement.

Four of our staff team have attended different Trainings this year, in order to improve our support of families. Brenda and Molly training in project management and Joshua and I attended a training in Corporate Governance.

Story Highlight

Justine has not only transformed her life, but she also employs two other young ladies in her salon whose lives have also been improved because of the opportunity to earn a living.

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West End Impact

West End Impact (WEI) is a registered charity managed by Christians from Morecambe Community Church & other local Churches. West End ward in Morecambe is one of the poorest in the country with residents facing many issues. Founders, Michael and Tracy Kohl, with their team, help people in need, giving advice and guidance and support through our various projects and services. They are also leaders of Morecambe Community Church which meets in the same building as West End Impact.

Relationship with Trendlewood Church

Trendlewood Church became aware of West End Impact when Jono Peatman, was our Worship Intern for a year. Members of the church have been to support the work in Morecambe, and founders, Michael and Tracy Kohl have visited, most recently in 2022. We were one of their 20 for 20 organisations, receiving a thank you cake for our support on their 20th birthday celebrations. Fiona A is link for Trendlewood Church and receives regular mailings, as well as keeping in touch with Tracy and Michl. We regularly pray for them in our weekly email and in our services.

What our money supports

Michl writes

“Our funding strategy is to eventually reach 1/3 funding, 1/3 generated income and 1/3 donations. In reality we're not quite there yet, the majority of our income still comes from funding applications. These are time consuming (we apply for several, get some, but most respond with 'sadly because of the volume of applications....') and they are very specific what the money can be used for. Donations, like Trendlewood's regular donation, are an absolute life-line for us. They help us pay for things that aren't visible enough for funders to support - like electricity, insurance, consumables like toilet roll etc. Of course these are absolutely essential, without them we couldn't function - what use is a fully stocked food bank in a dark and freezing building, you can't open, because it's not insured!

So a massive thank you for your continued support. You play a vital role in the overall impact of Impact. I've therefore also attached our overall stats and figures, I hope they make sense. Just to highlight one item: We used to support around 550 individuals per year, which remained a fairly steady number for many years. In October alone we worked with 300! We have a bigger team than we used to have, but it still means we are very stretched on all fronts.

Thank you once again for your support, prayers and financial contributions.” Fiona

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CAP – CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY

Trendlewood Church continues to support Christians Against Poverty (CAP) as part of its regular giving. It is a charity that offers free debt counselling to clients (and their families) as they journey from severe debt to being solvent. The CAP Debt Centre is based in Portishead and supports the Portishead, Nailsea and Clevedon area.

As a church we regularly pray for Ann Tarr the debt centre manager as she visits and takes clients through their journey out of debt. Ann is supported by a network of befrienders who walk alongside each client on this journey.

Covid and the cost of living crisis made 2022 an exceptionally challenging year for CAP at national level. During the year fundraising and donation levels struggled and their income was £1 million below expected. A review carried out in light of the current economic climate decided that expenditure over the next five years needed to be reduced by around 15%. They are reducing non-payroll costs across the organisation but also had to significantly reduce the number of staff employed by CAP HQ.

At a local level the debt centre has now been going for 5 years. Ann has continued to raise the debt centre profile and has appeared on ITV local evening news and has been interviewed on Radio Bristol. She also did a fundraising cycle ride across England from the Kent coast to Burnham – 205 miles raising £1,660 for the debt centre.

We have had a good level of referrals from different agencies including Foodbank, Social Services, Social Prescribers, the Job Centre and national advertising.

CAP HQ has informed us that the debt centre has a case load above the national average. We had 21 new clients in 2022 plus a number of referrals for debt and money help which did not turn into full cases.

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CAP accepts clients which other agencies refuse. We see people face to face rather than over the phone. We offer far more support than other agencies. This means that we have more clients with complex issues which is a challenge.

Please continue to pray for new clients being referred to the Debt Centre, for those deciding to or working their way through the process. Also, for CAP HQ, Ann and her team of befrienders who work with these clients and that all clients will see God’s love in all that they do.

Mark Rowley

PASTORAL MINISTRY

Jeremiah 29:11-12

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. [12 ] Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

1Timothy 2:1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—

The Pastoral Group has met regularly, praying for our people and their needs. The Group has been mindful of practical needs too. We also seek to reach our community and care with the love of Jesus in both word and deed. This focus on the people of Trendlewood and those known to us is an integral part of our pastoral work.

Karan

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Evangelism / Outreach Report

Our desire is to make Jesus known in our community and there are many ways this can be done.

We as a church have been looking at what God does require of us, right here, right now and looking at opportunities that may do that.

This year we have been supporting Karan with the “film club” initiative, in conjunction with Christ Church and are pleased at how this has been developing.

We are very fortunate that we are based at Golden Valley School and have the opportunity to get involved in various school initiatives, whether it is providing crepes (thank you Sarah and team) or taking assemblies and lessons in class. We pray this continues under the new headship.

We also held our new Christmas event inviting folks in and telling them the story of Christmas by following the Star! This was a great success and provided a bedrock for new future initiatives.

Morey has led an exploring Christianity course called “the start course” and plans to continue to do this in the future.

We also support town wide initiates including the connect project; CAP; the town centre chaplains and the food bank and of course the “skatefest”, with Phil Williams at the helm! Alongside this we get to minister with the

Christians Together in Nailsea and District as we support the Good Friday act of Witness and the “Son-rise” service at Backwell Lake on Easter Day.

Looking forward, we will continue our prayer walks to discern what the Lord is saying; we will engage with the new folks moving into the area, especially the new build at the end of Trendlewood Way. Please do let us know if you notice new folks – so we can provide the cakes and welcome we are known for.

We also will have the opportunity this year to engage with the “beer and cider festival” again and of course “the Trendlewood Festival”. Please see information as it comes out this year as to how to be involved.

We are also exploring opportunities for Junior Parkrun as a means of blessing and getting to know others in our area.

As I said, we want to make Jesus known and please keep praying for those opportunities. In Acts 2 we are shown that a faithful church is one that others are drawn to; along-side this a prayer I pray each day is this - “Who do you want me to speak to / share God’s love with today” and “Actively - lead me to the lost who are ready to be found.”

Morey

Film Club

In October 2022 Trendlewood and Christ Church joined to launch First Wednesday Films as an outreach project. The films offer a free and fun social activity one afternoon each month. There

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was a gap in the provision of daytime activity of this nature. This is now a welcoming group of people, and the tea/coffee time afterwards gives everyone the chance to get to know each other and make new friends.

Karan

Crepe Stall

Having make contact with GVSA (Golden Valley School Association) at the TWCF (Trendlewood Community Festival) church members have been able to make crepes at both the Car Boot Sale and the Christmas Fair at Golden Valley School. We have been able to come under the church’s insurance for these events.

As a church we have paid for the ingredients and all money taken has gone to the school. Having the church banner at the back of the gazebo has made us very visible as a church. This looks like becoming a regular way to support the school.

If you are interested in helping (you don’t have to cook crepes) please speak to Sarah.

Pauline and Sarah

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SOCIAL TEAM

Although things were gradually opening up in 2022 after the worst of Covid a lot of people were still very wary of large events and a lot of people were catching the virus in the first few months of the year. So there were fewer of the usual social events.

Teaming up with the after church coffee team, we organised cakes, biscuits and fruit kebabs for Morey’s licensing in January, when we welcomed his friends, family and some people from Wraxall and Failand churches. We also supported them in September when Elsie, James and Alice’s daughter, was baptised. Both were good advertisements for Trendlewood as a welcoming church.

In June we said goodbye to Michelle and held our first shared lunch for 3 years. As usual people provided a wonderful spread which was enjoyed by about 25 people.

Finally in December we held our regular Christmas social at the Trinity Centre for the first time since 2019, when 30 people came together for a meal.

In 2023 we’re planning for more regular social events.

The social team would like to thank all the people who have helped to make things, serve, set up or clear up at these events as we couldn’t do it without you.

If anyone would like to join the planning team, please speak to one of us.

Pauline Davis, Sarah Bird

FINANCIAL REPORT

We all know that 2022 brought challenges to many. During a time of financial hardship you have continued to give faithfully and generously to support the work of Trendlewood Church, its Mission Partners, and various Outreach projects.

The decline in income that we saw in 2021 has continued throughout 2022. From January to December our income fell by more than 20% per month, primarily because of people moving away from the area and, in a few cases, choosing to worship elsewhere. This is the second year in our independent history when we have not carried forward an operating surplus. We have adequate reserves to finance the work of Trendlewood Church. However, repeated annual operating deficits will eat into these reserves limiting the scope for future growth projects.

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Our Parish Share still represents a huge amount of our expenditure. In 2022 we paid approximately 70% of our total income to the Diocese. We paid the sum requested by them, which was still based on 2019 regular worshipper numbers. As mentioned last year, this number does not reflect our export of a significant number of people to Andy’s. Had we adjusted our giving to reflect these reduced numbers we would have paid approximately 54% of our gross income to the Diocese. Trendlewood has always aimed to pay over and above the amount requested to reflect the generosity of our congregation and our belief in supporting the work of the wider church. However, in early 2022, we wrote to the Diocese to inform them that we couldn’t continue to overpay to this extent in future years.

We are committed to donating a minimum of 10% of our gross income to our Mission Partners and continued to do so in 2022. We have kept 2023 support at the same level as 2022. Due to the falling income mentioned above, we’ve notified our partners to expect a reduction in support in 2024. We also supported some local Outreach projects such as CAP, Connect, CTINAD.

Our overheads and related expenses actually fell slightly in 2022. It’s not clear yet how inflation might impact our expenses in 2023.

Reserves Policy

It is our policy to maintain reserves of at least 6 weeks of operating expenses. This equates to £8,189 based on 2022 expenditure. At the end of the year, our total assets stood at £76,621 which equates to 65 weeks of operating expenses, which is well over our target for reserves.

Sharon Brown Treasurer

WARDEN’S REPORT including Fabric, Goods, Ornaments and School

As always, I’d like to start by thanking Golden Valley School for letting us meet in their building and also providing us with storage space to house a lot of our set-up equipment. It continues to be much appreciated and we are grateful for the good relationship we have with the School. During 2021 we met on-line some of the time but come 2022 we were again able to meet back in the School, with regular risk assessments based on COVID guidance from the Diocese. Trying to accommodate people’s concerns with keeping people safe was often a difficult balancing act but we did our best and continue to do so.

In August 2022 our letting agreement expired and a new three year term was entered into by the TWCC on your behalf. This will take us to August 2025. Because the Church generously decided to continue paying rent in 2021, whilst not using the premises, the School responded in kind by not upping our rent in 2022, although the school remains able to trigger rent reviews on every annual anniversary of this new agreement if they so wish. This clause was in the previous agreement but never activated – we will see.

As some of you may be aware, Steve and Liz moved out of the Rectory last October and the Diocese decided to sell it. Within a week of it going on the market a sale was agreed. However, the Diocese has kept the house in Briars Close, which our new curate, Sarah, and her family moved into towards the end of August. We are grateful to God for this provision. Moving on - in November the Church donated £50 towards the Golden Valley Christmas Tree and at the School’s Christmas Fayre Sarah with the help of Church volunteers ran a Crepes

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Stall, which was very popular - so much so that she has been asked to run it again for school events in 2023.

Moving on – last year as a COVID safety measure we purchased individual small communion cups, two cup trays with filler bottles and continue to be grateful to Mike & Barbara for looking after these, together with our other Communion items. The Church boxes containing Children’s craft materials and Coffee resources continue to be stored by Pauline and Sharon, respectively, and Mark has the TW Festival boxes. We are grateful to them for continuing to do this for the Church.

In 2022 to streamline the after-Church coffee process Sharon sourced a coffee filter machine which she has now kindly donated to the Church. I want to thank Sharon for this. The Terrier has been updated with this item, together with the two communion trays, small cups and pourer purchased in 2022. However, due to the Terrier’s huge size it’s impractical to send this out via email so should anyone want to view it I’d be happy to arrange that. Just let me know. Finally as we look Into 2023 – as you are aware the music group has started to use backing tracks to enhance our worship music. My thanks to Mark, Sarah and Mike for the huge amount of work they have put into researching and making the tracks compatible with our existing equipment and where necessary, sourcing new Tech items. I expect the fabric report for 2023 to contain some further additions in this department. Watch this space!

Lindsay Hutchinson

SAFEGUARDING

Trendlewood Church Council has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults).

TWCC has ensured that all safeguarding policies have been followed. There have been no disclosures or concerns raised.

Children’s groups have not run during this year.

Ceri Manton has taken on the administration for DBS checking.

The process for renewing DBS checks is ongoing.

Safeguarding training by all those who need to do so has taken place mostly online with only the leadership module being done face to face.

The diocese has a very good website and online training.

As a parish we use the safeguarding dashboard, which prompts us with reviews of policies. There are 3 levels of this and as a church ours is now at level 3, this means we have kept up to date with all the policies and checks.

We now have access to the safeguarding hub which has made the task of keeping up to date with checks and training much easier.

Ruth

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DEANERY REPORT

Portishead Deanery 2022

We met four times as a Deanery this year; as usual, two of the meetings (June & November) were deanery-wide meetings which anyone could attend while the March & September meetings were full Synods.

March – We met at Holy Trinity Nailsea and the main item was a presentation by Charlie Peer, the Diocesan Head of Mission Support & Ministry Development, on Enabling Ministries This was followed by a lively discussion in breakout groups and then a plenary. We also said goodbye to our Deanery Youth Worker, Neil Wylie, who had been in post since 2008.

June – The venue for this meeting was St Andrew, Backwell and the subject for our June Deanery-wide meeting was Exploring your Calling when our main speaker was Helen Weld, the Diocesan Vocations Adviser, and we also heard from a local panel of people who spoke of their experience of God calling them.

Also in June, Astrid Tiesema-Samsom and Rob Eastwood Dewing were commissioned as CoArea Deans and Rob Norman was commissioned as Lay Dean, forming the Deanery Leadership Team.

September – We held our September Synod meeting at Walton St Mary Church Hall where we divided up into groups to look at a new Deanery plan to replace the one agreed by Synod in 2017. We also heard a presentation from Suzy Kirkham on the Good Grief Project and the Memory Project, both of which had been part-funded from the Deanery Mission Fund. We also commissioned Sharon Matthews as a Lay Pioneer.

November – The November Deanery-wide meeting had the slightly provocative title of What has Bath & Wells Diocese ever done for us? “and the main presentation was given by Julia Hill (Diocesan Head of Deanery & Parish Support) & Claire Horton (Bath Archdeaconry Deanery & Parish Development Adviser). This full presentation was followed by many questions from the floor!

We have enjoyed having Assistant Diocesan Secretary Peter Evans as our Deanery Accompanier. He has been present at most Mission and Pastoral Group meetings and Synods. From September, Claire Horton, the Bath Archdeaconry Deanery & Parish Adviser was also a guest at Synods and deanery-wide meetings

During 2022 we were told by the Diocese that our Deanery had to lose 3 Stipendiary clergy posts over the next 5 years and that has been a subject at every meeting of the DMPG since. In 2023 we shall hold a special consultation Synod in April.

We want to express our gratitude to the clergy and officials of all the deanery churches for their hard work and commitment during this difficult year.

Rob Norman (Lay Dean) Astrid Tiesema-Samsom (Co-Area Dean) Rob Eastwood Dewing (Co-Area Dean) February 2023

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Average Sunday Attendance 2012 – 2022

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
*		 2021
*		 2022
16 and over 48 49 49 45 42 41 42 27 16 28
Under 16 13 14 15 13 11 9 9 4 <1 <2
Total 61 63 64 58 53 50 51 31 16 29

ELECTORAL ROLL

In the Church of England, the electoral roll is the list of members. The members are entitled to vote and stand for office at the Annual Church Meetings. In 2007, and every six years thereafter, a completely new electoral roll is formed. So this year is a continuation of the electoral roll formed in 2019. Last year we reported to the diocese that we had fifty two people on the roll, with thirteen residing in the conventional district.

Simon Cross

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Trendlewood Church's Receipts & Payments Account

for the year ended 31 December 2022

2022 2021
Incoming resources £ £
Planned giving 46,009 50,337
Income tax recovered 11,362 11,954
Legacy Gifts - -
Donations from Fundraising 35 24
Grants 750 -
Interest income 103 -
Other income - -
Reserves transferred in as opening balance - -
58,259 62,315
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Charitable activities:
Parish Share 42,416 41,886
Clergy expenses and Training 3,329 3,057
Outreach 1,679 1,050
Youth, Children's and Families Work - -
Rent, Property & Sunday Services 6,208 7,599
Administration costs 835 1,167
Mission Support 6,338 7,464
Giving from Fundraisers - -
Other 27 126
Total resources expended 60,832 62,349
Net (outgoing)/ incoming resources (2,573) (34)
Net movement in funds (2,573) (34)
Funds brought forward at 1 Jan 2022 79,194 79,203
Funds carried forward at 31 Dec 2022 76,621 79,194

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

for the year ended 31 December 2022

Cash Funds £
Bank current accounts 76,595
Liabilities
Creditors
Community Festival (26) 2
Net Assets 76,621
Bank Accounts 2022 2021
Giving 4,045
 3,976
Expenditure 22,514
 76,766
Reserves 50,036
 -
76,595
 80,743

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Notes

for the year ended 31 December 2022

  1. The financial statement of the TWCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis

  2. Trendlewood Festival is now operating independent bank accounts. The balance of reserves held were transferred to this account in October 2022. A small amount was retained to offset ongoing website hosting fees being paid by Trendlewood on behalf of the Festival. It was expected this arrangement would come to an end by the end of 2022 and the reserves account would be brought to zero. However, for technical reasons, this didn't happen until February 2023. therefore a small debit balance remained on the account as at the end of the year. Technically, this should be shown as a liability through the use of a receivables account but, because Trendlewood operates on a Payments and Recepts basis this practice is not followed. At the time of preparation of these Financial Statements the amount outstanding was zero.

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