SUThON ON HULL MEtHODIST CHURCH ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING SUNDAY 11TII IAAY 2025 PRESE Rev Debbie Lucas, Mr Phil Langdale. Deacon Sue Langdale. Mr Jim Maslen. Mr Andrew Bettley, Mrs Margaret Parker. Mr Bill Dixon, Mrs Penny Dixon, Mrs Elalne Cafver. Mr Steve Calver, Mrs Angle Meadley. Mr Phil Plumb. Mrs Elaine Plumb, Mrs Pal Dyson, Mrs Margaret Bettley, Mrs AM Borrill. Mrs Eileen Edwards, Mrs Dcfeen Hampshire. Mr Matthew Bunting, Mr Dennis Robson, Mrs Barbara Whelan, Mr Mike Winfield, Mrs Wendy Winfield The n7eetin slart•d at 12.35 PENING PRAYER Rèv Debbie opened the meeting with prayer. V￿1h prayers f(Y the i￿SIneSS to be covered during our meets'ng time. APOLOGIES: Mrs Fiona Houghton, Mrs Julle Uoyd. Mr Ray Lk)yd. Mr Colin Harker. Mrs Ruth Harf(er NUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes frorn the last Annual Churth Meeting held Sunday 12th May 2024 were accepted by those gathered and signed by Rev Debbie Lucas. AR NG FROM THE MINUT None The meeting remembered with thanks the lives of Frank Dearing {passed away March 2025), rthur Kitching (passed away January 20251. Maurice Lunn (passed away December 2024), Audrey Hall (passed away Augusl 2024). Gary Thomas (passed away March 2025), Sheila Drake (passed away July 2024), Paul Dowling (passed ￿¥ay September 20241. CHURCH STEWARDS Mrs Fiona Houghton, Mr Andrew Bettley, Mrs Margafel Pather, Mr Btll Dixon and Mrs Wendy Winfield are all able and willing to serve 85 Churth Stewards for a further year. In addition Mrs Angle Meadley and Mr Robin Siddle are happy to C￿ntinue fulfill'ng their roles as Church Life Stewards. Mr Phil Langdale Fmpose(I that the Meeting accept the above Church Members as Stewards and Church Lrfe Stewards, for the year up to May 2026. and Mrs Penny Dixon seconded this. This prorosal was carried unanimousty. ELECTION OF CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CHURCH COU Currently Churth Member Representatives to the Church Council are: Deacon Sue Langdale. Mrs Elaine Calver, Mr Jim Maslen, Mrs Ann Bonill, Mrs Margaret Bettley, Mrs Pat Dyson, Mr Phil Plurnb. Mr Steve Calver. Mr Jim Maslen expressed his wish to step do*Tt from this role. Rev Debbie Lucas thanked Jim for his many years of service on the Church CC￿JncI1, and she also thanked him for his continuing work with rr preparation for worship every Sunday. Mrs Angle Meadley proposed that the above rnembers continue as Church Representatives to the Church Countxl and Mrs Doreen Hampshire se￿ided this. WRrrrEN REPORTS FOR 2024 - 2025 The Reports were distributed as paper ccyies. Rev Debbie Lucas thanked all had written and submlited a report. and Wendy f(x (xjmpiling the reports. Rev Debbie Lucas then asked Mr PIMI Langdale rf he wished to add to his Tr•asureVs report. Phil said that allhough our reserves mlght be looking healthy, we are using up these reseNes at the rate of £10,000 a year. He went on to thwk everyone for their gNing and asked if we nwghl review our giving with the possibility of makw)g an increase. Phil cornm8nt8d that ihrough deaths over the past two OT three years we have lost some 'good givers. with the result that our weeklylmonthty income has Wl8 down. Mrs Angle Meadley thanked Phil for all his work as Churth Tr6asurer. Wlth regard to the Bu51ne5s Commlttee report, Phil went on to talk about a recent visit to our premises by Methodist Insurance. A suggestion from the insurance representstlve had been to create a photographic inventory of the premises and sis contents. Steve Calver has followed this up and done all the work to create a photo album (to be kept in the safel, and also has a digital copy on a memory stick as well a5 a copy ￿ his own comwter. On behalf of the Church, Phll thanked Steve for all the wc*k that has gone into the creation of the Inventory. Mr Steve Calver expanded upon the Wami Welcome Teport. He said that currendy a CAB (Cillzens Advice Bureau) advis(x o)mes into Wam) Welcome on a weekly basis. This may change Sn the future but as it stands it is provlng helpful f(Y Ihose are unable to travel into town. Imth reference lo figures in Ihe Room Lettlngs report compiled by Mrs Elalne Calver, Mr Bill Dixon thanked all who in any way fac41rtste the fact that 550 people access our premlses each week. Use of our premises by outside agencies he*s wilh our funding. With reference to property malntenance. Mr5 Wendy Winfield said that Mr Ray and Mr5 Juli8 Lloyd had asked rf anyone has an unwanted eledriG lavmmower that they could donate to the Church. Mr Steve Calver commented on v•that a great asset to the Church Mr Ray Lloyd is with his willingness to tackle all sorts of maintenance and 'fith"ngffixing' jobs. Rev Debbie Lucas thanked Mr Mike Winfield for his work in reinststing Meel and Eat ov8r the last year. She said that getting people together outside ol Ihe Church pr8mises is a good thing, particularly as the range of those who attend widens. Mrs Angle Meadley expressed her thanks again to all help wilh Messy Church. Without the helpers, the seS￿onS cx)uld not be held. Wendy thanked Angle for all the hard work that she puts into Messy Church. Rev Debbie thanked Mrs Elalne Plumb for her work in keeping hnks going with Bransholme Methodist Church. particularty the (J)mmunirations regarding Chalr Exercise. Rev Debbie asked the meeting If it was happy to receive the written rep¢yls as a record of what has happened and is happening within Suiton meth￿ist Churth. Ev one reed. Debbie said thank you for all the 'secret wayer and love, that goes on, cre81ing a heafthy SDII for futur8 growth. ITEMS RAISED CONCERNING THE LIFE AND MThESS OF THE CHURCH Warni Welcome has collected many resources and from Ihe abundanGe of books and jigsaws, several are now available for folks to take. to use and recyde, but not to retum. A possible Service of Blosslng Warni Welcom• had been Tnontioned at the 2024 Annual Church Meeting. Rev Debbie asked Deacon Sue Langdale if this was something still to be c¢)nsKJered. Deacon Sue said she would think about this. Rev Debbie commented that the lovely garden fumiiure purchased via Warm Welcome had proved its worth. Worship Leader news- Rev Debbie explained thac %Mth a hea￿Y heart. Mrs Pat Dyson had deuded that she needed to step down from being a Worship Leader. Debbie thanked pat for all her y88rs of seNice as a w￿shIp Leader. Debbie informed the Meeting that she had had a Confimiation and Membership request from Mr Brendon Arnold. Debble sakl that Brendon Is really keen to become a member but he has stressed that, due to ¥￿Tk and family commitments, he is not able to attend Worship every week. Mr Mike Winfield said that he had had several conversatiC￿S with Brend£￿ in vthith he came across as very loyal and committed. Night shifts inemtably controlled *that Brendon can do during the day. and, weekends when he is not at work, he needs time to spend with his family. Several other people who have also spent time talking with Brendon agreed with vthat Mike was saying. Angle sald that she has been tying to support the famlly wkth Messy Church resources. Debbie said that Brendon wants to be able to seNe and help in the Church. Deacon Sue asked rf we could make sure that Brendon received a copy of the Churth reports and Rev Debbie said that she would provide Brendon with a membership booklet. Rev Debble checked wth the Meeting that Remembrance Sunday arrangements that have existed over the past few years should be continued In the future, thal is no morning service at Sutton Methodist Churdi and a combined sep4ice with the congregation of St James and people of the local community. Thls, of course. also Involves the Unrfomied Organisations. The Meeting agreed. Remembrance Sunday 2025 will take placA on Sunday 9* November. Mrs Angle Meadley requested that S8fer Recruitmenvsafeguarding fomis re roles in the Church should be retumed lo her as soon as possible. Mr Dennis Robson wanted to record how impressed he was with the visit lo Wami Welcome of the Green Doct￿. Oennis had received a home vlslt from Green Doctor and was very grate￿1 for the service he received from thern. Dennis said Ihat Wann Welcome does some gocmj signposting. Rev Debbie said that Rev Arthur Harbottle, is helping us ￿ problems Viith our electricity meters. had spoken to her al Synod. He is committed to sorknng Out the problems In our Hall premises. Rev D8bbi8 said that at Syntxl there had been discussion re deeper awar8n8ss and deeper conversation leading io spiritual wth with a spiritual safety net. Prayer cards had been mentioned at S￿0d. Wendy wondered whether these might be similar to some that she has seen in several Anglican churches - a set of cards meeting various needs. Perhaps we could obtain some and have them available in some of the areas used by the publc throuth¥)ut the week? Rev Debbie said that there are also Melhodist Prayer booklets. Deacon Sue said that she also has some 'Cross in my pocket's and perhaps these could also be made available. Bransholme Methodist Churth - Rev Debbie gave the MeetiThJ an update. Debbie said that she had taken the question of 'WheYe is BMC going?. to the last Circuit Meeting. With regard to dosing or 'ceaS￿g to worship, relevant foms were filled and sent to the District. As a result, District decjded that they wanted to look further into the problerns and potentials bef￿e anything else happens. Debbie had a meeting with Ruth Gill and explained Ihal. althwgh we don't want to pull out of a needy estste. we just haven't got the resources at SuttonAMthin the Circuit to manage the building. Ruth Gill has compiled a r8POrt in which it says that fc( any continuation of BMC there needs to be discussion r8 governance, grants, finances etc. Debbie has stressed that it is not just the work with the kThl corrvnunty but the huge task of looking after and maintaining the building. Mr Bill Dixon said that from our discussions in the Meeting. it is dear that Church is no bnger primatlty about what we do on a Sunday, but all the other things that happen In the name of'ChurGh'. suth as Wann Weknme. Me&sy Church, Thursday Fellowship, Zoorn Prdyer Meeting, Zoom Bible Study, making SutKlay Worship a consolidation of everything else that is going on. Deacon Sue sald that someone had said to her that our Church has kept the C(xllmunty going. particularly with the Hedge Ministry. Phll pondered what the falks in the Lambwath might be thinking when they see a group of 40 people frorn the Churth gathering together regularly for Meet and Eat. Phil also said that he has had some interesling ¢C￿VersatiOnS al Warm Welcome. conversations initiated by Guests. He said peopEe say that Wann Welcome is their Church. ANY OTHER BUSINES None. DATE OF NEXT laEETING It was agreed that the next Annual Church Meeting w0￿d lake place thls tlme next year on 10th Ma 2026 followirKJ the 10.45am servtce. MEETING SUMMARY Debbie said that the Wa￿ thal was stsrted In Lockdo￿ carrfes on. CLOS NG PRAYERS Rev Debble closed the Meeting with wayer, sperial reference to the Stewards and the Representatives to the Church CcAJncil. The meeting finished just after 2.00pm. Vrfw 01106125 STC We have then, my brothern 8kntern. c(* freed(Kn Inlo the Most Holy Plac8 by m8ans of the dealh cl Jews. oPe￿d for us a naw way, a living way. tPYrrtNJh the ￿rtain- thal is. his own ￿￿y. We have a great prwt in chargè of the h(MJse ol Go*J. So, lel us ¢omo noar to Gcwj *Trlh a 8ne•re heart and a sure falth, with hearts that have been wrified from a wHty ¢X)nscienL* and with tKMli85 washed with dean water. Lot us hLld to the Iwe we profess. be￿86 we can t￿￿t God b keep hi5 prnmlse. Let us be concemed for ono another, to help one aTr)ttw to 8h(Mf k>¥e and lo do gwj. Xebr4w*lO.' 19 . 24 Once again, the SteWa￿ls, tsam rema￿ urK*arW and we cOn1w￿ to meet fac8 to on a regular basts to rfmJ&s pasloral cOr￿ms, practical matters a￿ing in the day io day runnirwJ of ￿r c￿[Ch and lo plan futur8 adivit*s, as wel as tr> evauate *that has taen place both at Sutton and in th8 cir￿11 re(x* We arn pl8as6d lo rth Ihat outreath tADrk. parti¢￿[8￿ in Ihe form of Wami Welcome, is still thriving and ha5 sevordl members of I￿r wider communty Nito the fdd of tyjr famly via events as the Church Pantomime. montNy 'lknt & Eat, get-tL¥Jetlws and Ihe i￿t Wwlchurch social events like the re￿nI Beella Drive. We w)uld. as always. like to Ihe tre￿￿kn harrl work and wmmitment on the psrt of Rotmn Helen SwJdlts in organis•ig 3 significant ￿la1 &vents in our rAlendar- the Chufch Pantomime, Harvest Supper and Chrislma$ Fdr. all of draw in m8mber5 ofthe Icthl wnmunity and bri￿ enjoyn￿t to SO fwly p￿￿4￿. Our hadga nNnlsty saoms to be a$ as evw. wilh a swift uptske of the knitted creatNJn¥ (most reL*nlly the Easter bunnies). We a￿ very gr8t8frJl lo all Ihe fiiermls of the Chu￿ 1fvt￿ tsko Ihe tiff* to knit for us and, in so d￿n9. g¥e pltsasu￿ to 80 many. We ha¥e, onc* agaln. enloyod maw 80rvkxs the year, includin9 Harvest Festival, the Gift Swvice. cwr Church Annivewry 8ervlcg anij also ow mu*cal kul wrnnprrnnt seNtr* in Dec&r when Dur singing gi￿9 perfo￿ad 'Wh4e Sloptrords Watched,. After many of the8• ￿CeS we on￿Y the sharing of FAIth Lunchès. It 1wu￿n.l be right lo (y)nchJde thLs rnport wllhout r•(xxdng our hearlfett thank5 and appreciation lo Rov D8bbi•. as 8h& prepares to move on to hor now Post aft&r tho $ummw. The Stw*ards' team have bgnefiled greally fr￿ havsng tr￿r eAlm, wagmatic and steady presence to gwde u¥ over the last 7 or so y8ars, path.￿lartY as we Ined to navwjate our way through the very dlfficull Co¥KI I'm sure tt18118peak for al of us when I say that we are truty 9ralefvl f¢y abl yrwr halp arKJ supF4J1 and wo sho11 mlss you weaty. Messy ChurGh We ar8 Still hokling the Messy Churth orK* a month. ￿ to summer 2024 our rKJmbèrs h*1 r8duc£d bgxL8e styne ofthe ch*kn WIK) had ba8n t¥)ming for y8ar5 had into the 2nd Year0fse￿ sc*Kd and found other things to do on a Thuth. However. in the auiumn twrn a number naw farnknp￿j u5 aThJ curr8ndy hav8 12 rw children r8gl8teThl lor thi5 pwkyj. We aro stiI ioin8d by ¢yJr regular famkn. Chrfgtmu 2024 We hekl a Christmas Crnft Afterncm on SLvthy 15th D8cenknr 2024. This was very *ll atterrfled with 25 ChAd￿n and &Jul& totakng 46 people. Onc• again famdies pined us. We m*Je varths crafts of the glfftery vaiiety and aso the Chiisbnas Nativity themed uats, and decorated bistsjits. We had a Nati￿ty ser¥ke in Ihe at 4rMn and we wor8Join8d by memb8ts of the Ctrrtjfth and pJblic as port ol their Sunday Worship. The Nativity seN1￿ was prepared and led by Rob]n and H818n Sith. The scene was get 8nd the parts p4asvJ by 41 Ihe chldren at Messy Church. We got to $iNJ Christm88 80ThJ5 too. This was specAI as the helpers don't aPw8ys get to 5Be the chldren's seNi¢e a$ we are uwalty 50tting Ihe H41 rnady ft)r tea. Thank Y￿ kn Rob¥i 8nd Helen for creating the Natmty. to Wenty for playwvJ the 8rrtS of cour8e 6veryone that joined us. Afternards ￿ al Shar￿ our usu81 me81 together in the Ham then all th8 chldren were grrfen a Se18d￿ box for Chrfstmas. Ealtsr Cr•ft Aft•ffloon 2020 We held our Easter Craft Aftem(xffi on Sundgy 2025. Wo had 17 chrfdren and 16 adu*s. IWh we 811 ￿MM￿nIed that li lett like more, 8spec1811y b8cause of th8 noise thl. The numbern w•ro kM*r du8 to some childrfjn b8iro on hol*Jay and a f8w lIness￿. The children who regularfy loin us wll gel an Easter Egg at next Moswi CPxJrch in May. Some of our new familw8 N)ined us for they Ilrst Easter at Sutton. We modé knls offftuffy Easl•r crafts arnj It￿ dec¢rnt8d and 8 biscuit. It was finally lime lor our popular Easter Egg Hunt. Altrwh th8 weath8r was ok Ihe plaslic 8999 hvjden In Ihe clnwch again this year. Wendy took tharge of the children ensuring they Icok their tkno findlrnJ tho egg8, wing u8 wh time lo set up tha Hall for next cr8ft8. Orw the chldren W bthi prnsented their egg5. *ng with an Eosler B￿nY hedge ministy pa¢K a Palm cross arnl an Easlef p￿, we carried on with our reli&ious Eastw crafts. A Ilttle later the chHdffjn went back lo the c￿rCh ft)T an E&ster Seryice led by Keith Thomas. Thls was èn￿&1 by everyo￿ arKI I woukl like lo thank Keith for his curt1r￿l8d suppryt ￿ Messy Church h8 is avalable. Paront feedback Whilst I was typing this r8rMXt ofth8 parents sert a Wure CA an Eastar card her dawhter hod ftwlg kwseifft¥ grtnckna hor new found quiUirvJ skills. We have quill'ng18ty {otlww known as Lesley Brown} has a qusling uaft for every bible lesson. nd Eastar was no d#7erent. Ajlce made 8 Q￿1r￿j pattem ￿ her Gard at Church, arnl then mad8 at h[¥￿. We recentty dhj Samson crafts aMI one ￿thoSe was t) makè a s￿k head filled with sod and grass Seed, $0 that when Ihè grass grm it wll repr888nt Samson'8 har grovAh. I rec*iv¢d ￿C￿re$ from Nancy's grandma to show the FfftJf8s8 of gru•th was batter than my ovm). I would Ilko to tsk• th18 OPpw￿n1ty to thank •v•ryon• who h holpod to mak• •ll th• eraft s•88lon¥ and chlldrnn'• 8•r¥lc•8 posslbh. I know ￿ •ll •nloy It as mu¢h •• th• ChIldr￿ and th•lr f•mllh$. I would ¢spedally likè to thank Trjr tswn of r8g418r Kts88y Church helprn.. Wendy Winfiebj. Mabel Bumws, fiona Pkwhton, Phll Hwib. Elaine Calver. Margarel Parker. L* Bro*fi and Varnssa T￿￿. Also, Ann Bc￿rtI aThJ Eileen Eth￿rds us when they we able. Mike Winfi8ld when requwÈd for kit(hn dutss. ￿118 Lkjyd for providirvJ some crafts for som of Ihe srfsions, Ken Pather who and helps dear Ihe Hall after ￿ swsions have eTrJed. Thank you for m•klng M•My chu￿ poMlbl•. Sutton Mèlhodl8t Bffjwnies ha¥e ￿1)Sed 8nother year of ￿t￿l￿o$ and adventures. Our ffWT*Jorship numb8r5 conlmua to remain hyh aThJ we cuThenly have 20 bnMni89. Cjjr loader5hip team consists 014 regular volunteerg, and we h8¥e 8190 welc¥)ft*d a unrt Throughout tho past year the have continued lo fcth￿ tho Gukllng FY¢>Jram many sho*n lots d c#)mmilm•nt and have worked at home to gain inter88t t**e8 on thenxs Gw** as baklng, painlng, local kn1S￿ and TNS cA)mMIn￿nI has given many of th& 9irts ts opportunity to eam thelr tmnz6 arKI sifver award. wlth girfs eamirwJ thelr gdd awaftl. the Nghesl award av8dable al Br¢)vm*1ov81. As a uTht we hav8 had Ihe r4eagJre of takwvJ part in events, a8 the Diwsion Day, was hekj at lfjngston We*y Church r* J 2024. The Sutton Brownies had the than￿ to ff*et ￿her rainl￿￿, brownies aThJ guKJes vnrts aLYC6S the ¢JYi5Th wwj spent the day 'camping without rampirKJ'. inL*thg k)ts of canyfre s(Mrys and toasting marshmallcvts. We also try)k part in the (X￿nty *•Je cirema day tiip where the girfs exp￿nrthI a special vI￿1r￿j ofts k*>ana 2 flm. IVS been another very Lmtsy ￿Tor Ihe le•kn aThl y￿lI¥j p8opkn of(xJr S￿ul Gro￿. W6h taken part In t￿lks. ￿mP5. ¢orwtsiK)r*. and our Scouts *r)n the seA)uling (x)mpetrkn at City of Hull Open Week8nd. provlng wh81 we already knew. Ihat they are b8St SCAxts in HUM. We've alse b88n out abtyrt helpirwJ ￿ comffwjnty avKI fed the homeless in the uty (*ntre. a INty eyWnl￿ 8yrIe￿. We ￿0k forwafd lo rr￿e camps this summer, starting ¥Jith a ramp at Fort Paul in May. Following thaL aft adventure al Ray￿￿ Pafk in Jun8. taking part in archery. dimbng wall, iifié $hootitvJ. grass sledges 8rKI unlry w81ks. In Juty. at M8tton. Ihe S￿uts WIN take in a $LKvfval mp wher8 lh&￿11 to Its test ￿ they hm16amed kntylh regards 8hell8r. fire buikling and (X￿Ing on an open fir8. We then have a ￿t explorer camp in Sept8mt*r belore the weather puts a stop to our campirvJ 88a8ors. That wm't stop us srxxrtiThJ thwh. ￿nt￿lue with the lun ￿ the dark and rAd. Once again, we have enjoyed our weekly meetings V•hich are hold on m05t Thursday aftemoons thro￿l￿*t the year. Inv¢ted sp8akers deliver Interesting talks and demonstrn￿n$ on varv)us to*s. and w& organK%8 our own Memt%ts' AftenYxJns on *lem8ts ￿￿ks. Members. Aft6mc4)ns we lake part in g8m¢s. qurzzes aThJ di8oJssions. We keep In touch rewlarly with past members or anyone who18 ynwel, and hop8 to txrtknue and welrx¥M othors inlo ow Fekr*thlp. Patoyso Thu 11 k% almost fwe Yea￿ s•Y* the Prajw Gfw) bg9an on z(￿rn. In that time a few peOe have dipped thertcw in IYA telt it ¥rasn't for them. olhers have come and sta￿1 kJrwJer then n￿ed on to ty rmv things. But for now. we g￿p of 10 I￿￿n Hethn. Sutton and Kingston Wesley Ihat meets week. We t￿JaIY begin Wbth $liort time of prayer, somelj.mes Ihefe ￿ musr. a bth r8adirvJ. a short rellection or story, and thks18ads intrj a rrK)re tsmal time of Interce Prayer, praying for the Worfd. othws and ours8l¥es. F￿ Ihose involved fonns an important oftheir prayer lrfe helpng thw laith to grow doapen. It also 9bves a 8en86 of c*6eno$9 to God, 88th Ot1￿ and tkK)se being prayed for. A year ago. we led by four peo* trArt sadty Geoff p8￿d away unexpectedly. In May wo witl be rétr￿nbering ￿1st anni￿Trary of his passing. When a nv4¥ person. ￿n, offgred to lthe Geoffs place we w6r6 delighted, bul not ￿ after She tegan to t¢ 11 a￿j h*J to stap back. But sh8 Is fwlng to return so￿. If you fo81 you VKMJhY like to be ol lh8 Prayer Grw ZrM)m. or 1881 you would Ewefvr to link in via telephom, please cxJntaGt Arvjie Mea¢Jey lor delalls. If there is siJmeKJne or somethiffj >YJu woukl like us lo pray about on your b8haW. 8gain KAease c￿lac1 our ¥nk p￿5￿. Angi8. We wo￿￿ love to hear fr£Mn you. 5uwLo•wd41• for th8 9ffOUP 81 Every W8dn8sday e¥eniThJ o smal oroup gathw Ic￿ts fora LMtI& Study on ZcK¥n. It beLom& a req￿ar event each wedr￿sdaY ft prédominanty pW from gJttCffi fArt aLqo a r8gular atteThdee frc Portobdkj. It tthe5 tt5 I￿ Irom slwty bcM*3. 81 tha nK 'Mirnd85. Slgns of Sgd's GW. ￿1th disa￿ aTrJ ¥AA Soarthng. Wo ha¥6 8 teThJenGy to eypwKI the and In oxperiencth ￿￿rt3￿ing to the extraL* U￿er ljsuj88K￿. mpht Say we go off at a tstwt bjt IAe Ih'nk it aOJ3 depth to urvJernlandirKJ. Al in all, It brfrwJ8 us c*)ger kn God arrfl (ts. tho 9rrxip The Meet tr Eat gr{￿p Fw¥e 13 sirtt * r&8larknd. l ttir 8veryone goes enjoys it It i% a trm to m8et i¢￿th￿ as a l*g8r grcmjp, enjoy a ml ¢xrt and We ￿ be cnntinuing ￿ th8 first Tuesday cltr* 81lhoJah ￿ *vdl ffiss the up belween 5.15pm 5.S)wn. The ater*Jar￿ vrn frLYTr to rnnth Ixrt the n￿l￿r ofalt8rbJarrns forth8 13 snc* v restsrted 15 434. {1 will lei do the nmths to fmd the aver¥ attendan￿.) I Ihank everwTh wrKts I tex( or LX)nW as it nwans I ¢afi gNe the Lambwalh an ￿Kate Nmber f(x Ihe ta￿ settmgs. I yrAJ feel ￿￿[ V•il able to txvrtinue lo p)wi us aTrJ ifyju can thnk of 46as8 ask tham and let me k￿￿. See you at the Ipttt'n Eat rrE*. a a dlfference. Once again. my thanks go to al Iho86 k) the Ilower lund. It gives me ￿easu￿ k) arrarvJe h f1ry￿. arKI I krthv th8t they arn appreaat8d by those tltho see Ihem in the Churrth on Sundays and by thos& who receive them afterwarLts. My th￿kS go to Ann for ensuring that the flowern w on to be en￿1 by rAhws f(knhlrvJ the Sur¥Jay service. Due to changlng dr￿￿￿tances, we hav8 som8 In the llrmer rola. If 8nyone wY)uld like to 8(kl their name * Ihe N81 ￿ 8P68k lo Ann Borfl cr rrt on 788721. Thank you. Je•w Wood* sin￿ the last G￿er81 ChuTch MeetlrMJ tr* stm of £593.76 has been donaled. In view of the ec4)nomic silualM)n, this is amezingly gener(￿S and very gra18fiA Ihank3 to al Ihe ￿lleCtorS and supporters. money into the bank, the r￿1st recant nE•￿￿tter states th* ¢xmmuntty and afftsate¢J churchas have given us frxolv 150 year& Thank you for all ts ways you bjrn k)¥o inb actiryj kn y￿r￿￿ble chlldren. l think that says il al re*y, tS)8snl iri Last year Hannth aThl I slarted the Cttr*t*n Akj valk ￿ 19th May. a bit lator than usual as I was getting over a smal operation. W8 again pl8nned Iu w81k 10,(W $teps a day, 8ftIK#Myk 2 we•ks ￿t0 the walk wilh 209,732 stsps and 97.84 mlles t*xked up. with of this in heavy r8in. Hannah w88 unable to w8kirrfJ for pa￿81 rnason8. So, I had a m8d Idea to ty and match Ihe last yearfs steps. w*ant another 173.53 mll88 In 16 days. I w8$ walkiro over 10 m185 a day. Thr wa8 not the ea￿est w85k. as wo as a family had some issua$ out of our control and God dKln'l setrn to t* Iherè help"rrfJ. so l $p8nl many mi188 8rguing with Gtrj and feek'ThJ he wasn't listening and I question8d my faith. Cm the plus slde I dvj morg mles whan I w&s awJry. On the last day I waknj from to Barton. c4rJwng the Humb Bddga ￿[Ce. On my way across the Bddge towards Barton, Gc*J ftNJsl h8Ve thought will yw 81op ￿)m￿OI￿*r￿J, and I fell I'ke I had a special momént whan ev0￿bIng ar(rfJrKI me qu*tened and the peace I fell throughout, although onty $hor(8NI afteThvwds wa8 Immense. So, I carried on waI￿ng, shTh¥er than I had ¢h)ne. enpying th18 fe6liNJ. Thls onty matt8red *tben I realri•d Ih81 Mike was diivifVJ me back to Sutton Church Hall lor a surprise calthtK>n al the CoMpl￿￿)n ol the walk. Thank you so for Ihe bdkjons, o)ffe8 and cak88, and of Gourse th& people who w•re lt￿￿. I kntr4¥ il was shryt notth, l)ut il wa8 $0 8pea.al and thank YDU for wailiry for me. The support from everyone wlalrty kepl gokng Jnd the Iln818leps were 639,460 and 288.41 miles. This was an inc*eas8 of 17.04 mles on th• prnvths year arrfj 19).57 In tho 16 day& Thanks to •wryon• b•cau8• toyth•r w• rnl••d a ma•th• £1293.50 Including gift ald for Chrlth Ald. This y&ar l am pjanniig on walkyy again Chiiskn Avj WKI be throughout the month of May laThJ at IM ts'm8 of this ietKrt I will hopefully be hawway thrw it). I have a in my h@a(l. also I need to lose S(￿ this yw. I have s￿k￿n ￿th a ¢xuple crf ts IMomi•d Le*Jers a and W to pop in to S88 ff they want in w*NvJ (* thxio tlwown event lo raise for Chrisknan AKI l also Van to other 9￿￿p￿. yearwa8 a diffkth Ime us as a f8mity. and the wak and al IIM>se miles became of a joumay than Just a 7Avalk. So. I ￿ share thls exp8rl&nca with othéts 8ThY hopefvlly Insplrn pwrde to do soMethw￿. or to syptKJrt m in the furwj ral&ng. I will include the Humt>er BThJ3e agaHI in my wall at som rA)int L*è last year, w6 can h¢Sd the fund rai￿r￿j (ur Chrt5tian Akj unlil Ihe erMI of August so peorde can rai8e funds when it sU￿S them. on￿ again, I would Ilke to thank éveryone >wrnntirN*d SUPFW We havo 10 (y)Ilec*or5: durkng the to 31* 2024 wo raisod £496.00. I woukj welcome any new colle(kn, (*thn ar￿ a￿￿8, to ￿pp￿t thè Important work cl missign. In Last summer many of our Slngers were a9aYi ir￿(*￿ed in t porfom)anr*s of a Ckajh Musical. T¥￿ Sistérs arKI a F￿￿r￿. mposed by Rc8er J￿¢$, was perfonY*d al Wlthémsea Meltrtt)dist Church and Hoklemess Road Melt￿1$1 Church. As in 2023. tho Chdr and audiences at both r*rfmnces onlo￿1 a r*h Ilme of lellowthip and blessing. In OrAob8r 2024 Our Singers lor Chrf3b)wg. Wo work¢d on Ihe mus￿81, Whil8 Stwhtrds W8lc*ed'. We r￿rf0rn￿ I¥ of the 8OfVJ8 8t tho Martin Pkyjse Carol Servic* at Hold8ma88 Road MelhodL8t ChLffth, and then perfo￿￿ the nMJsKal durirKJ Ihe moming semce on thè so¢orYl Sunday wi Athenl A bigger Ihan averaje ryxvjregation. as wel Svyr5. fthd lh8 ￿￿*￿sta1￿ ofthe On the last Saturday in February of 2025, Sutton Methc#*￿ Church was pleased to te abl8 to present lo ts Su11￿ Comft￿nity arKJttw greatly- anlicipaled pantoryime. fe8￿r￿￿ a r4ry of talents and TTKJsic21 contribukn'ons. Thank you again to Robffi and Helen for ryn$irvJ prc*Jucing 'Peter Pan.. 11 was gcw)d b see new-ttrttrwnlomime perforniers tsknng part. and relwft agakn of WW￿.1 A￿OsS the Cir4Jay+week oporing. Thè Sut￿lef days have encx)urage(l the gwden seatwig to SI0￿￿Y reap￿31. Th6 RNLI don8￿n$ are c#)nttnulng and. on 10th April 2025. stand al £150. hJzhelmer'$ &Klety also T8Gei¥ed a d￿alKin 01 £60. The uafv'rKa sadion have created a vawj Selecti￿ of (yeations. These indudè Hearts. Fish. Toddy Bear5. arKI Cthls. al passed on kn 8uFwt othor cwganisatb induding Dove Hc¥Jse H(￿F*￿ th& NHS. the in￿￿¥th￿nI arwj direction fTtJm Sue L this Ea5kr. If* Crafte￿ have kn#i8d Rabbits u*1 to complement the Church'5 Easler H* Min￿ty. The guests ar￿ the ¢xNnmunty tr￿1r 98nerosity and SUP[￿ by donalirq a nknjre of W¢￿ts. supplbes and financial dO￿ls. Th8 Wam) Wel(xTh t8am aptThi* al the contributions and thmaticns aThl are I0(￿1n9 foThwd to rA)nttiiuing supporting 811 the guests Ilwl#yJt 2W25. usln Buslness Comffmttee megts every 2 Ir> 3 trj 4Jis(yJ55 PrO[￿ty Issues and He81th and Safety mgttets withff) prEmi8es. We have timetabled into our over811 a9￿￿a an annual'PrDperty Walkalxwt. to make notes on areas Ihat roquiro attent*Jn in t￿m& of general mainlenancA or potential ￿lu￿lshmenL findings help in the compleb'on of requred 'Annual PrDFwty Chéckllsf and ihe 'AnNal Relurn$'. Ir the188112 n￿nthS the Primary R(M)m has boan fethcoratad and recarpeled and all h'ght lubes in the a￿olary (rKxns behind the church hav8 been reF4aced. Thank YDU to Graham Scwjen for his part in thls el8ctricBI th. kn additN)n. the Iv*tirYd lor th wtskjè passageway that conne¢ts our trwo sets of promtses has been Updat￿ and ren*•Ad. The flat roof seLtion of the Hal premiges was also ccrfnrAetely r8new8d after sever81 attenyts to stop the wrntsr trffjYBSS. ￿pendi1￿e was ngcessary to prevent further damagé tr) ihe Inlemal d￿)￿lI)n WKI Ilghting. money $pendin9 on them, but to FmrlliÉ6 these. ¢Jeciding on what 18 es8erf81 and wthat w0￿d t* d88ir•t48. AJ(x¥p'd• th8 08sentlal and the de8irai4e. there is anolher layer to be c¢nsidoTrJ. haallh and safety. that is our *al duty to pmted all users of our premi$88. To thls 8nd wo have rec￿￿y had th8 help of W￿￿ne Wthes n ¢arying out a Fire Risk A858sSll￿t thé H41 premlse8. a le$￿t of this 8sses9ment. rntary fir8 81atrn have been filled lo be used lor 'r8ising the alam, in the event ol a fire kn Ihe Hall. The expendittye for th￿ h8$ been minknal crArpgf6d to what was 8F*nt kn th8 Chur premises last year. Thruughout thè year we enwoy proless￿n* lo make safety checks an g88 8pplian￿, 8mergency lighting. Ihe fve 818m system, ffiro extinwi8hers arwj Otr￿ requ*ed in¥*dKTh. dllwe th8r*s wkl to the cost of wnnirKJ lh8 c*urch prettll The Churth FaM￿Y thank all those *tKJ cany out ￿gUI￿ deanirYJ. gardening and ger*rnl wcwty rnWten8￿. *Eek by woek at other points thjring It* year, esp&* kn Ihe Kwemises naed spec￿1 preparation a￿1 tityir¥J lip. b8forn and after tha or the Christmas Far. In ertertaIn￿￿t ty the Bel*& We nwagal to éMkÈ £120 vthKh T*AS to the [* 4ip*t. r reoularCl#1In￿ F*ln ￿e0 £ns. fvrmts ￿l*her £240 fLY S4cr& Th15 wewks trtsl frf £2.31S.LKI forfivml i&ibvJ Av ￿On Ildhcd# forthls finaftci)I md £3EiI fcr tharllle& 1und-rn*￿ ès a￿1 enthuthm 15 begknnry to At the nN]mert we (trj any t￿5 ts fiJrx1 ra15ng the thrithas Flr the Pantrrfth*. We we to gIJgeth￿ knd Nt*Jnteers we￿1 undutske ty￿*vj aNI F￿n1rffj fiffid r*#J We Gurrnntty have S fe•vpaylw exlemol grcwps ￿ the premlses on a we8￿Y ba￿8. Gingef Fttne88 Yoga 8rookland8 Pl¥Jlo Soclety Spring Cott46 Super8tsrs- Maj'orettas Sllmming W¢ykJ- 2 groups groups mean that we have 350 ICAI acce8slTrJ tho pr6mK%es each week. AddthnaNy, we have 80mo fatrpayuig gfOUF6 a ffrfxg 8 hrx basis.. Mooryiew C Reform Salty Drury- Wrnath.makwy & S8asond UDOIT Dance Fe￿ndatioft REA Tots had to c*ase lo meet a ￿*￿ed I￿aRb IS￿ forth8 group leader. In 20242025, the fewaying groups &￿trIl￿￿j £14,512.fKJ lo the Churth aCC￿nts FAUS £1.807.(Kl Irom 17 chikjren's parbes. 2 je*Yllery Valualic￿$. 4 dance pTrdwxs. 1 Tcythjler sessi￿, 4 Messy Bambw)o sessions and 3 Crealive Craft sess#)ns. Warm Welu) Thufsday Felkxshlp Messy Church Brownles & Guides 88avers, Cubs & So)uLs The Rainbows gr￿p at the I￿￿nIr￿j of2025 as a leader c¢vld not be found. Overall, these grouy arwj scKioti8s. pl￿ Worship on Sunday& mean¥ that an aver￿ of arou￿1 S￿1 p￿IK￿e y ¥**ék %cess the Chur¢h promi8es. All d these acbvitres a m￿l￿val￿d Witr*￿t￿￿ to th8 commuiNty in. around, thè area. To enab18 thése valJabl8 to tske pkn inv(4ves hard work from various church Me￿*￿$. The process generalty beg1r￿ via **bslle whth 18 at administwed by Matthew 8untiw and by Angk* Meadl6y. Enquires thèn arrive via email to Elaine Cal¥w ne9otstes room avarlability & hire to corylele a btx*ing. ROW users arn then invoiced to facalit&e paynvJnt aThJ parties etc are paid for In cash. Onty a few d Ihe groups usé the are key hold8 which means th8t al oth¢r users need to be wel(X￿￿ to I premises and tho wenM8es made secwv after the 6vent. Thls part olihe Proc￿ requyes 8 wy11-manag￿ ilary. Margarel Parker valianlly lakes on timw￿r￿uMirVj task with dhorn. suth as An￿'e Meadlgy, Ray & j￿18 LW and Wendy Wlnllekl. slepw*in on occ8sions. The Chwch Hal premises and Ihe Church premiges are kept dean and tidy by thjlie Lbyd V•ith Ray undertaking numerous W￿l¢al tasks to kegp th¢ premises oper8tirg elfedI￿y. TNS means Ihat our premises we ahydys wesenth and in4rtry payiw users whth is important lo ensu￿ repeat trK**ings Thanks go to 8veryor* o)ncerned for the hard wort and dedKatwJn which enables th8 Churth kn (x￿trIbUte to the kKa ty mainlaining a wsibl8 presence willin Ihat o)mmunty. We finish&1 our last financi81 year trj 31* August 2024 in a healthy position. Our res6Ne$ stwj at £81.585 are high than the recomff*rnJed18vel of SYA of annual exp&vJilwe. Our churth ino)me wa$ up by £17,77110 £75.1)89. co￿tIOnS aThJ akl w8re up a I*Ue, t￿t this was offset by in¢rèa8es in dr￿a￿nS 1£10.0841 and ￿ternst (£6.133). However, expandilure rose by £32￿ to £80.824, thè maln wl)rit being energy costs up by £7,753. rnpav5 Ma1rtena￿e by £18,402. and as88￿M￿S by £3.600. Th& assessment iru88se iy due lo the fact that Th8 Circuit gave us a tempcxary rwjuction ol this anKwnt in the pr8vlous year. I have rer*ftlly pffjdU￿d the hal year accounts b 28* F&bft￿ry 2025. Our rasorves have Teduced by £10,848 to £70.737. The haN year In￿Me 8hows a r￿l￿tion in kwving glt a￿j of£1.488. Last year we had rec*ived an indr¥idual donalbn of £10,0(NJ. The IDtal reduction in income c¥Jmpwed to this ts.me last year was £9.181. Our total expendbtufe ha8 risen by £7.886 to £39,874. pl￿•rtY man8gemenl o)sts are up by £7.493. During the la81 eKJhteen Ir￿1h$ VM ha￿ s[￿t a considornblg sum on refurfoishinq the Primary Room. fire r*ecautions in the Church and a new roof for Ihe todel bkK* in the Hal. Th￿8 Ofe t￿1 wo need lo be aware that ￿r Church proriw affe 16S yéars a￿1 thè Hal is ovér 60 years old. HO￿luKY we can c¥)ntain repw'r expendiiur8 in the next few years. We are Gurrently Usbng up ￿r r8ser¥fjs by £10.920 per year or £219 per week. Please h)ok at yryjr ￿t0￿JY givirvJ rf ￿. Plè8se s•8 Th if you wijuld like to give by stanth'ng order difeo to the Churth. Can l offer my thanks to Elaine Cafver tirelessty ￿ rr bookings, to Androw Betlby lor admini8terirKJ gift gid. to Biil Oixon t*t organi$es the envel￿le Scheme 9￿J. last ￿ ThX18asl. to Jim Maslen who counts and banks the weekty c￿e￿￿)n5. Finally, a blg Ih8nk you lo you al lor woekty gmrij. CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS SiITfoN IAETHODIST Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 SOUTH HOLDERNESS Clrcult Clrcult no. 29132 R•gl•l•red Ch•rlty- Charfty R•glstrallon numb•r If not a registered charrty Hw MaJ••ty'• R•v•nu• and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered chanty number in terns of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to &)nors or grant funders wishing to See evidence of the organisation'8 charitabl8 Status. Methodist Char￿¢8 in England a￿1 Wales that are not regislered Charities are èxcepted from registration WK18r Statutory In8trumont 2014 No.242) 1179285 Minister. Rev D.Lucas to 3118r25 Church Stv*ard$.' Mrs F.Houghton Mrs M.Pari(er Mr W.Dixoo Mr A.B¢ttl¢y MT5 W.Winfield Treasurer.. Mr P.J.Iangdale ¢hw¢h R and P 2015￿$ Ids Accoumfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 SUThON METHODIST Church Totsl• l••t y•ar SECTION A Fund• Fund• a1 RECEIPTS Oflerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 33,817 a3 2.486 2.486 18.884 3,892 59,079 6,139 18,411 14.508 75,089 Leth'n 18.884 3,892 59,079 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 06 (a7) SECTION b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circurt Assessment or Share 36,000 2,505 36.000 b3 Donations 2.505 10.520 Re alfs and Maintenance Utilities Ilnsurances, water char es, heatin hb'n Pension Fund b5 11,720 15.554 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 6.045 66,790 6.045 66,790 5,9(15 80,824 b8 Ib91 SECTtON C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 7,711 5.735 Total funds brought fop*8rd from la81 yèar ¢3 Sub total c1+c2 63,864 Transfers ar￿ ad'ustments c7 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR {e3+e4} 63,864 63.B64 (c81 71.575 {c6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVEO ANO PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS the8• amount• ar• not to bo Includ￿ In total v•c d1 Balance brou ht foThvard from last d2 Offerin sIGffts . received for extemal o anisabons 4,695 1,541 d3 OfferingyJGifts - passed to extemal Organ￿￿on5 4.872 1,541 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1+d243) 1TI PX)1S.xk 2of5 SUThON METHODIST C￿r¢h ¥E¢TKIN E Summaryofth• 31￿￿t￿l22￿1 CwKafhurth ihe TERN ORGANISATJC* Pr• S¢hool 101 ¢7 broLwhtlonwnl l¥#m p 2-t¢t•l• column •7 l¢n BY CHLVIC 6•,025 74n6 81.686 67.414 TOTAL AECEIPTJ TOTAL PAYIIEllf¥ SECnON F CLOSING BNLINCEI CHURCH.CAaH FLI•JS Callh in 132 129 8•r* Cuii•ntkt•Jnt B•nk C•niMI F CXh•Ffvn SUB TOTAL.Chw¢h K¢tyJnt• Totsl oy knwn•l lirwto1•1 from •twel le121 71 •12 11.580 SECTION G Al 31 Au￿?¢22 Inv••tmon¢• LIr￿ 8 Wkl Oty￿r L￿￿1rd•S Name ofchurd)........................... Declarations and Scrutiny confimi that these accrualsths8d accounts forthe year to 31 Augusl 2025 have been prepared frorn the re￿rdS of Ihe Churth and Ihatthey indude all funds underthe control of the Church truste8S. Signalure of treasurer........ Name and addr&8s of treasurer... . Ikl Postcode.................. Pres•ntstlon to th• Church tru¥t••• I Cx)nfimi Ihat the annual report and acu)unts for the year ended 31 August 2025 werelwill be. presentad to the meeting of th8 Church Iwstees held on .... ... ... Slgnature of the Chalrof the meetlng: .......... Namaofthe Chalroflhe r￿ts'ng:.............. . Independont Examlnerfs Reportto the Trustses ofth• isc ..Church Charhy Numb•r.............. Responslblllllos and basls of rnport I report to th8 trustees on my examlnalon of Ihe accounts of Ihe . Church forthe yearended 31 August 2025 set outon pages 4 kjs As the Church's trustees. you are responsible forthe preparation of the accounts in accfNdance with the requirements of the Charities Ad2011 <'th6 Acf). I report in fespect of my examination of Ihe Church's aG￿nts carried out undersection 145 of the Act and. in carrying out my examination. I have followed all Ihe applicxble Dirpdions given bythe Charity Commisslon undersects'on 14515Xb) of Ihe ACL delete or cirde as appropriale S￿￿rf r) J hr¥e and lo do gwj. Xebr4w*lO.' 19 . 24 Once again, the SteWa￿ls, tsam rema￿ urK*arW and we cOn1w￿ to meet fac8 to on a regular basts to rfmJ&s pasloral cOr￿ms, practical matters a￿ing in the day io day runnirwJ of ￿r c￿[Ch and lo plan futur8 adivit*s, as wel as tr> evauate *that has taen place both at Sutton and in th8 cir￿11 re(x* We arn pl8as6d lo rth Ihat outreath tADrk. parti¢￿[8￿ in Ihe form of Wami Welcome, is still thriving and ha5 sevordl members of I￿r wider communty Nito the fdd of tyjr famly via events as the Church Pantomime. montNy 'lknt & Eat, get-tL¥Jetlws and Ihe i￿t Wwlchurch social events like the re￿nI Beella Drive. We w)uld. as always. like to Ihe tre￿￿kn harrl work and wmmitment on the psrt of Rotmn Helen SwJdlts in organis•ig 3 significant ￿la1 &vents in our rAlendar- the Chufch Pantomime, Harvest Supper and Chrislma$ Fdr. all of draw in m8mber5 ofthe Icthl wnmunity and bri￿ enjoyn￿t to SO fwly p￿￿4￿. Our hadga nNnlsty saoms to be a$ as evw. wilh a swift uptske of the knitted creatNJn¥ (most reL*nlly the Easter bunnies). We a￿ very gr8t8frJl lo all Ihe fiiermls of the Chu￿ 1fvt￿ tsko Ihe tiff* to knit for us and, in so d￿n9. g¥e pltsasu￿ to 80 many. We ha¥e, onc* agaln. enloyod maw 80rvkxs the year, includin9 Harvest Festival, the Gift Swvice. cwr Church Annivewry 8ervlcg anij also ow mu*cal kul wrnnprrnnt seNtr* in Dec&r when Dur singing gi￿9 perfo￿ad 'Wh4e Sloptrords Watched,. After many of the8• ￿CeS we on￿Y the sharing of FAIth Lunchès. It 1wu￿n.l be right lo (y)nchJde thLs rnport wllhout r•(xxdng our hearlfett thank5 and appreciation lo Rov D8bbi•. as 8h& prepares to move on to hor now Post aft&r tho $ummw. The Stw*ards' team have bgnefiled greally fr￿ havsng tr￿r eAlm, wagmatic and steady presence to gwde u¥ over the last 7 or so y8ars, path.￿lartY as we Ined to navwjate our way through the very dlfficull Co¥KI I'm sure tt18118peak for al of us when I say that we are truty 9ralefvl f¢y abl yrwr halp arKJ supF4J1 and wo sho11 mlss you weaty. Messy ChurGh We ar8 Still hokling the Messy Churth orK* a month. ￿ to summer 2024 our rKJmbèrs h*1 r8duc£d bgxL8e styne ofthe ch*kn WIK) had ba8n t¥)ming for y8ar5 had into the 2nd Year0fse￿ sc*Kd and found other things to do on a Thuth. However. in the auiumn twrn a number naw farnknp￿j u5 aThJ curr8ndy hav8 12 rw children r8gl8teThl lor thi5 pwkyj. We aro stiI ioin8d by ¢yJr regular famkn. Chrfgtmu 2024 We hekl a Christmas Crnft Afterncm on SLvthy 15th D8cenknr 2024. This was very *ll atterrfled with 25 ChAd￿n and &Jul& totakng 46 people. Onc• again famdies pined us. We m*Je varths crafts of the glfftery vaiiety and aso the Chiisbnas Nativity themed uats, and decorated bistsjits. We had a Nati￿ty ser¥ke in Ihe at 4rMn and we wor8Join8d by memb8ts of the Ctrrtjfth and pJblic as port ol their Sunday Worship. The Nativity seN1￿ was prepared and led by Rob]n and H818n Sith. The scene was get 8nd the parts p4asvJ by 41 Ihe chldren at Messy Church. We got to $iNJ Christm88 80ThJ5 too. This was specAI as the helpers don't aPw8ys get to 5Be the chldren's seNi¢e a$ we are uwalty 50tting Ihe H41 rnady ft)r tea. Thank Y￿ kn Rob¥i 8nd Helen for creating the Natmty. to Wenty for playwvJ the 8rrtS of cour8e 6veryone that joined us. Afternards ￿ al Shar￿ our usu81 me81 together in the Ham then all th8 chldren were grrfen a Se18d￿ box for Chrfstmas. Ealtsr Cr•ft Aft•ffloon 2020 We held our Easter Craft Aftem(xffi on Sundgy 2025. Wo had 17 chrfdren and 16 adu*s. IWh we 811 ￿MM￿nIed that li lett like more, 8spec1811y b8cause of th8 noise thl. The numbern w•ro kM*r du8 to some childrfjn b8iro on hol*Jay and a f8w lIness￿. The children who regularfy loin us wll gel an Easter Egg at next Moswi CPxJrch in May. Some of our new familw8 N)ined us for they Ilrst Easter at Sutton. We modé knls offftuffy Easl•r crafts arnj It￿ dec¢rnt8d and 8 biscuit. It was finally lime lor our popular Easter Egg Hunt. Altrwh th8 weath8r was ok Ihe plaslic 8999 hvjden In Ihe clnwch again this year. Wendy took tharge of the children ensuring they Icok their tkno findlrnJ tho egg8, wing u8 wh time lo set up tha Hall for next cr8ft8. Orw the chldren W bthi prnsented their egg5. *ng with an Eosler B￿nY hedge ministy pa¢K a Palm cross arnl an Easlef p￿, we carried on with our reli&ious Eastw crafts. A Ilttle later the chHdffjn went back lo the c￿rCh ft)T an E&ster Seryice led by Keith Thomas. Thls was èn￿&1 by everyo￿ arKI I woukl like lo thank Keith for his curt1r￿l8d suppryt ￿ Messy Church h8 is avalable. Paront feedback Whilst I was typing this r8rMXt ofth8 parents sert a Wure CA an Eastar card her dawhter hod ftwlg kwseifft¥ grtnckna hor new found quiUirvJ skills. We have quill'ng18ty {otlww known as Lesley Brown} has a qusling uaft for every bible lesson. nd Eastar was no d#7erent. Ajlce made 8 Q￿1r￿j pattem ￿ her Gard at Church, arnl then mad8 at h[¥￿. We recentty dhj Samson crafts aMI one ￿thoSe was t) makè a s￿k head filled with sod and grass Seed, $0 that when Ihè grass grm it wll repr888nt Samson'8 har grovAh. I rec*iv¢d ￿C￿re$ from Nancy's grandma to show the FfftJf8s8 of gru•th was batter than my ovm). I would Ilko to tsk• th18 OPpw￿n1ty to thank •v•ryon• who h holpod to mak• •ll th• eraft s•88lon¥ and chlldrnn'• 8•r¥lc•8 posslbh. I know ￿ •ll •nloy It as mu¢h •• th• ChIldr￿ and th•lr f•mllh$. I would ¢spedally likè to thank Trjr tswn of r8g418r Kts88y Church helprn.. Wendy Winfiebj. Mabel Bumws, fiona Pkwhton, Phll Hwib. Elaine Calver. Margarel Parker. L* Bro*fi and Varnssa T￿￿. Also, Ann Bc￿rtI aThJ Eileen Eth￿rds us when they we able. Mike Winfi8ld when requwÈd for kit(hn dutss. ￿118 Lkjyd for providirvJ some crafts for som of Ihe srfsions, Ken Pather who and helps dear Ihe Hall after ￿ swsions have eTrJed. Thank you for m•klng M•My chu￿ poMlbl•. Sutton Mèlhodl8t Bffjwnies ha¥e ￿1)Sed 8nother year of ￿t￿l￿o$ and adventures. Our ffWT*Jorship numb8r5 conlmua to remain hyh aThJ we cuThenly have 20 bnMni89. Cjjr loader5hip team consists 014 regular volunteerg, and we h8¥e 8190 welc¥)ft*d a unrt Throughout tho past year the have continued lo fcth￿ tho Gukllng FY¢>Jram many sho*n lots d c#)mmilm•nt and have worked at home to gain inter88t t**e8 on thenxs Gw** as baklng, painlng, local kn1S￿ and TNS cA)mMIn￿nI has given many of th& 9irts ts opportunity to eam thelr tmnz6 arKI sifver award. wlth girfs eamirwJ thelr gdd awaftl. the Nghesl award av8dable al Br¢)vm*1ov81. As a uTht we hav8 had Ihe r4eagJre of takwvJ part in events, a8 the Diwsion Day, was hekj at lfjngston We*y Church r* J 2024. The Sutton Brownies had the than￿ to ff*et ￿her rainl￿￿, brownies aThJ guKJes vnrts aLYC6S the ¢JYi5Th wwj spent the day 'camping without rampirKJ'. inL*thg k)ts of canyfre s(Mrys and toasting marshmallcvts. We also try)k part in the (X￿nty *•Je cirema day tiip where the girfs exp￿nrthI a special vI￿1r￿j ofts k*>ana 2 flm. IVS been another very Lmtsy ￿Tor Ihe le•kn aThl y￿lI¥j p8opkn of(xJr S￿ul Gro￿. W6h taken part In t￿lks. ￿mP5. ¢orwtsiK)r*. and our Scouts *r)n the seA)uling (x)mpetrkn at City of Hull Open Week8nd. provlng wh81 we already knew. Ihat they are b8St SCAxts in HUM. We've alse b88n out abtyrt helpirwJ ￿ comffwjnty avKI fed the homeless in the uty (*ntre. a INty eyWnl￿ 8yrIe￿. We ￿0k forwafd lo rr￿e camps this summer, starting ¥Jith a ramp at Fort Paul in May. Following thaL aft adventure al Ray￿￿ Pafk in Jun8. taking part in archery. dimbng wall, iifié $hootitvJ. grass sledges 8rKI unlry w81ks. In Juty. at M8tton. Ihe S￿uts WIN take in a $LKvfval mp wher8 lh&￿11 to Its test ￿ they hm16amed kntylh regards 8hell8r. fire buikling and (X￿Ing on an open fir8. We then have a ￿t explorer camp in Sept8mt*r belore the weather puts a stop to our campirvJ 88a8ors. That wm't stop us srxxrtiThJ thwh. ￿nt￿lue with the lun ￿ the dark and rAd. Once again, we have enjoyed our weekly meetings V•hich are hold on m05t Thursday aftemoons thro￿l￿*t the year. Inv¢ted sp8akers deliver Interesting talks and demonstrn￿n$ on varv)us to*s. and w& organK%8 our own Memt%ts' AftenYxJns on *lem8ts ￿￿ks. Members. Aft6mc4)ns we lake part in g8m¢s. qurzzes aThJ di8oJssions. We keep In touch rewlarly with past members or anyone who18 ynwel, and hop8 to txrtknue and welrx¥M othors inlo ow Fekr*thlp. Patoyso Thu 11 k% almost fwe Yea￿ s•Y* the Prajw Gfw) bg9an on z(￿rn. In that time a few peOe have dipped thertcw in IYA telt it ¥rasn't for them. olhers have come and sta￿1 kJrwJer then n￿ed on to ty rmv things. But for now. we g￿p of 10 I￿￿n Hethn. Sutton and Kingston Wesley Ihat meets week. We t￿JaIY begin Wbth $liort time of prayer, somelj.mes Ihefe ￿ musr. a bth r8adirvJ. a short rellection or story, and thks18ads intrj a rrK)re tsmal time of Interce Prayer, praying for the Worfd. othws and ours8l¥es. F￿ Ihose involved fonns an important oftheir prayer lrfe helpng thw laith to grow doapen. It also 9bves a 8en86 of c*6eno$9 to God, 88th Ot1￿ and tkK)se being prayed for. A year ago. we led by four peo* trArt sadty Geoff p8￿d away unexpectedly. In May wo witl be rétr￿nbering ￿1st anni￿Trary of his passing. When a nv4¥ person. ￿n, offgred to lthe Geoffs place we w6r6 delighted, bul not ￿ after She tegan to t¢ 11 a￿j h*J to stap back. But sh8 Is fwlng to return so￿. If you fo81 you VKMJhY like to be ol lh8 Prayer Grw ZrM)m. or 1881 you would Ewefvr to link in via telephom, please cxJntaGt Arvjie Mea¢Jey lor delalls. If there is siJmeKJne or somethiffj >YJu woukl like us lo pray about on your b8haW. 8gain KAease c￿lac1 our ¥nk p￿5￿. Angi8. We wo￿￿ love to hear fr£Mn you. 5uwLo•wd41• for th8 9ffOUP 81 Every W8dn8sday e¥eniThJ o smal oroup gathw Ic￿ts fora LMtI& Study on ZcK¥n. It beLom& a req￿ar event each wedr￿sdaY ft prédominanty pW from gJttCffi fArt aLqo a r8gular atteThdee frc Portobdkj. It tthe5 tt5 I￿ Irom slwty bcM*3. 81 tha nK 'Mirnd85. Slgns of Sgd's GW. ￿1th disa￿ aTrJ ¥AA Soarthng. Wo ha¥6 8 teThJenGy to eypwKI the and In oxperiencth ￿￿rt3￿ing to the extraL* U￿er ljsuj88K￿. mpht Say we go off at a tstwt bjt IAe Ih'nk it aOJ3 depth to urvJernlandirKJ. Al in all, It brfrwJ8 us c*)ger kn God arrfl (ts. tho 9rrxip The Meet tr Eat gr{￿p Fw¥e 13 sirtt * r&8larknd. l ttir 8veryone goes enjoys it It i% a trm to m8et i¢￿th￿ as a l*g8r grcmjp, enjoy a ml ¢xrt and We ￿ be cnntinuing ￿ th8 first Tuesday cltr* 81lhoJah ￿ *vdl ffiss the up belween 5.15pm 5.S)wn. The ater*Jar￿ vrn frLYTr to rnnth Ixrt the n￿l￿r ofalt8rbJarrns forth8 13 snc* v restsrted 15 434. {1 will lei do the nmths to fmd the aver¥ attendan￿.) I Ihank everwTh wrKts I tex( or LX)nW as it nwans I ¢afi gNe the Lambwalh an ￿Kate Nmber f(x Ihe ta￿ settmgs. I yrAJ feel ￿￿[ V•il able to txvrtinue lo p)wi us aTrJ ifyju can thnk of 46as8 ask tham and let me k￿￿. See you at the Ipttt'n Eat rrE*. a a dlfference. Once again. my thanks go to al Iho86 k) the Ilower lund. It gives me ￿easu￿ k) arrarvJe h f1ry￿. arKI I krthv th8t they arn appreaat8d by those tltho see Ihem in the Churrth on Sundays and by thos& who receive them afterwarLts. My th￿kS go to Ann for ensuring that the flowern w on to be en￿1 by rAhws f(knhlrvJ the Sur¥Jay service. Due to changlng dr￿￿￿tances, we hav8 som8 In the llrmer rola. If 8nyone wY)uld like to 8(kl their name * Ihe N81 ￿ 8P68k lo Ann Borfl cr rrt on 788721. Thank you. Je•w Wood* sin￿ the last G￿er81 ChuTch MeetlrMJ tr* stm of £593.76 has been donaled. In view of the ec4)nomic silualM)n, this is amezingly gener(￿S and very gra18fiA Ihank3 to al Ihe ￿lleCtorS and supporters. money into the bank, the r￿1st recant nE•￿￿tter states th* ¢xmmuntty and afftsate¢J churchas have given us frxolv 150 year& Thank you for all ts ways you bjrn k)¥o inb actiryj kn y￿r￿￿ble chlldren. l think that says il al re*y, tS)8snl iri Last year Hannth aThl I slarted the Cttr*t*n Akj valk ￿ 19th May. a bit lator than usual as I was getting over a smal operation. W8 again pl8nned Iu w81k 10,(W $teps a day, 8ftIK#Myk 2 we•ks ￿t0 the walk wilh 209,732 stsps and 97.84 mlles t*xked up. with of this in heavy r8in. Hannah w88 unable to w8kirrfJ for pa￿81 rnason8. So, I had a m8d Idea to ty and match Ihe last yearfs steps. w*ant another 173.53 mll88 In 16 days. I w8$ walkiro over 10 m185 a day. Thr wa8 not the ea￿est w85k. as wo as a family had some issua$ out of our control and God dKln'l setrn to t* Iherè help"rrfJ. so l $p8nl many mi188 8rguing with Gtrj and feek'ThJ he wasn't listening and I question8d my faith. Cm the plus slde I dvj morg mles whan I w&s awJry. On the last day I waknj from to Barton. c4rJwng the Humb Bddga ￿[Ce. On my way across the Bddge towards Barton, Gc*J ftNJsl h8Ve thought will yw 81op ￿)m￿OI￿*r￿J, and I fell I'ke I had a special momént whan ev0￿bIng ar(rfJrKI me qu*tened and the peace I fell throughout, although onty $hor(8NI afteThvwds wa8 Immense. So, I carried on waI￿ng, shTh¥er than I had ¢h)ne. enpying th18 fe6liNJ. Thls onty matt8red *tben I realri•d Ih81 Mike was diivifVJ me back to Sutton Church Hall lor a surprise calthtK>n al the CoMpl￿￿)n ol the walk. Thank you so for Ihe bdkjons, o)ffe8 and cak88, and of Gourse th& people who w•re lt￿￿. I kntr4¥ il was shryt notth, l)ut il wa8 $0 8pea.al and thank YDU for wailiry for me. The support from everyone wlalrty kepl gokng Jnd the Iln818leps were 639,460 and 288.41 miles. This was an inc*eas8 of 17.04 mles on th• prnvths year arrfj 19).57 In tho 16 day& Thanks to •wryon• b•cau8• toyth•r w• rnl••d a ma•th• £1293.50 Including gift ald for Chrlth Ald. This y&ar l am pjanniig on walkyy again Chiiskn Avj WKI be throughout the month of May laThJ at IM ts'm8 of this ietKrt I will hopefully be hawway thrw it). I have a in my h@a(l. also I need to lose S(￿ this yw. I have s￿k￿n ￿th a ¢xuple crf ts IMomi•d Le*Jers a and W to pop in to S88 ff they want in w*NvJ (* thxio tlwown event lo raise for Chrisknan AKI l also Van to other 9￿￿p￿. yearwa8 a diffkth Ime us as a f8mity. and the wak and al IIM>se miles became of a joumay than Just a 7Avalk. So. I ￿ share thls exp8rl&nca with othéts 8ThY hopefvlly Insplrn pwrde to do soMethw￿. or to syptKJrt m in the furwj ral&ng. I will include the Humt>er BThJ3e agaHI in my wall at som rA)int L*è last year, w6 can h¢Sd the fund rai￿r￿j (ur Chrt5tian Akj unlil Ihe erMI of August so peorde can rai8e funds when it sU￿S them. on￿ again, I would Ilke to thank éveryone >wrnntirN*d SUPFW We havo 10 (y)Ilec*or5: durkng the to 31* 2024 wo raisod £496.00. I woukj welcome any new colle(kn, (*thn ar￿ a￿￿8, to ￿pp￿t thè Important work cl missign. In Last summer many of our Slngers were a9aYi ir￿(*￿ed in t porfom)anr*s of a Ckajh Musical. T¥￿ Sistérs arKI a F￿￿r￿. mposed by Rc8er J￿¢$, was perfonY*d al Wlthémsea Meltrtt)dist Church and Hoklemess Road Melt￿1$1 Church. As in 2023. tho Chdr and audiences at both r*rfmnces onlo￿1 a r*h Ilme of lellowthip and blessing. In OrAob8r 2024 Our Singers lor Chrf3b)wg. Wo work¢d on Ihe mus￿81, Whil8 Stwhtrds W8lc*ed'. We r￿rf0rn￿ I¥ of the 8OfVJ8 8t tho Martin Pkyjse Carol Servic* at Hold8ma88 Road MelhodL8t ChLffth, and then perfo￿￿ the nMJsKal durirKJ Ihe moming semce on thè so¢orYl Sunday wi Athenl A bigger Ihan averaje ryxvjregation. as wel Svyr5. fthd lh8 ￿￿*￿sta1￿ ofthe On the last Saturday in February of 2025, Sutton Methc#*￿ Church was pleased to te abl8 to present lo ts Su11￿ Comft￿nity arKJttw greatly- anlicipaled pantoryime. fe8￿r￿￿ a r4ry of talents and TTKJsic21 contribukn'ons. Thank you again to Robffi and Helen for ryn$irvJ prc*Jucing 'Peter Pan.. 11 was gcw)d b see new-ttrttrwnlomime perforniers tsknng part. and relwft agakn of WW￿.1 A￿OsS the Cir4Jay+week oporing. Thè Sut￿lef days have encx)urage(l the gwden seatwig to SI0￿￿Y reap￿31. Th6 RNLI don8￿n$ are c#)nttnulng and. on 10th April 2025. stand al £150. hJzhelmer'$ &Klety also T8Gei¥ed a d￿alKin 01 £60. The uafv'rKa sadion have created a vawj Selecti￿ of (yeations. These indudè Hearts. Fish. Toddy Bear5. arKI Cthls. al passed on kn 8uFwt othor cwganisatb induding Dove Hc¥Jse H(￿F*￿ th& NHS. the in￿￿¥th￿nI arwj direction fTtJm Sue L this Ea5kr. If* Crafte￿ have kn#i8d Rabbits u*1 to complement the Church'5 Easler H* Min￿ty. The guests ar￿ the ¢xNnmunty tr￿1r 98nerosity and SUP[￿ by donalirq a nknjre of W¢￿ts. supplbes and financial dO￿ls. Th8 Wam) Wel(xTh t8am aptThi* al the contributions and thmaticns aThl are I0(￿1n9 foThwd to rA)nttiiuing supporting 811 the guests Ilwl#yJt 2W25. usln Buslness Comffmttee megts every 2 Ir> 3 trj 4Jis(yJ55 PrO[￿ty Issues and He81th and Safety mgttets withff) prEmi8es. We have timetabled into our over811 a9￿￿a an annual'PrDperty Walkalxwt. to make notes on areas Ihat roquiro attent*Jn in t￿m& of general mainlenancA or potential ￿lu￿lshmenL findings help in the compleb'on of requred 'Annual PrDFwty Chéckllsf and ihe 'AnNal Relurn$'. Ir the188112 n￿nthS the Primary R(M)m has boan fethcoratad and recarpeled and all h'ght lubes in the a￿olary (rKxns behind the church hav8 been reF4aced. Thank YDU to Graham Scwjen for his part in thls el8ctricBI th. kn additN)n. the Iv*tirYd lor th wtskjè passageway that conne¢ts our trwo sets of promtses has been Updat￿ and ren*•Ad. The flat roof seLtion of the Hal premiges was also ccrfnrAetely r8new8d after sever81 attenyts to stop the wrntsr trffjYBSS. ￿pendi1￿e was ngcessary to prevent further damagé tr) ihe Inlemal d￿)￿lI)n WKI Ilghting. money $pendin9 on them, but to FmrlliÉ6 these. ¢Jeciding on what 18 es8erf81 and wthat w0￿d t* d88ir•t48. AJ(x¥p'd• th8 08sentlal and the de8irai4e. there is anolher layer to be c¢nsidoTrJ. haallh and safety. that is our *al duty to pmted all users of our premi$88. To thls 8nd wo have rec￿￿y had th8 help of W￿￿ne Wthes n ¢arying out a Fire Risk A858sSll￿t thé H41 premlse8. a le$￿t of this 8sses9ment. rntary fir8 81atrn have been filled lo be used lor 'r8ising the alam, in the event ol a fire kn Ihe Hall. The expendittye for th￿ h8$ been minknal crArpgf6d to what was 8F*nt kn th8 Chur premises last year. Thruughout thè year we enwoy proless￿n* lo make safety checks an g88 8pplian￿, 8mergency lighting. Ihe fve 818m system, ffiro extinwi8hers arwj Otr￿ requ*ed in¥*dKTh. dllwe th8r*s wkl to the cost of wnnirKJ lh8 c*urch prettll The Churth FaM￿Y thank all those *tKJ cany out ￿gUI￿ deanirYJ. gardening and ger*rnl wcwty rnWten8￿. *Eek by woek at other points thjring It* year, esp&* kn Ihe Kwemises naed spec￿1 preparation a￿1 tityir¥J lip. b8forn and after tha or the Christmas Far. In ertertaIn￿￿t ty the Bel*& We nwagal to éMkÈ £120 vthKh T*AS to the [* 4ip*t. r reoularCl#1In￿ F*ln ￿e0 £ns. fvrmts ￿l*her £240 fLY S4cr& Th15 wewks trtsl frf £2.31S.LKI forfivml i&ibvJ Av ￿On Ildhcd# forthls finaftci)I md £3EiI fcr tharllle& 1und-rn*￿ ès a￿1 enthuthm 15 begknnry to At the nN]mert we (trj any t￿5 ts fiJrx1 ra15ng the thrithas Flr the Pantrrfth*. We we to gIJgeth￿ knd Nt*Jnteers we￿1 undutske ty￿*vj aNI F￿n1rffj fiffid r*#J We Gurrnntty have S fe•vpaylw exlemol grcwps ￿ the premlses on a we8￿Y ba￿8. Gingef Fttne88 Yoga 8rookland8 Pl¥Jlo Soclety Spring Cott46 Super8tsrs- Maj'orettas Sllmming W¢ykJ- 2 groups groups mean that we have 350 ICAI acce8slTrJ tho pr6mK%es each week. AddthnaNy, we have 80mo fatrpayuig gfOUF6 a ffrfxg 8 hrx basis.. Mooryiew C Reform Salty Drury- Wrnath.makwy & S8asond UDOIT Dance Fe￿ndatioft REA Tots had to c*ase lo meet a ￿*￿ed I￿aRb IS￿ forth8 group leader. In 20242025, the fewaying groups &￿trIl￿￿j £14,512.fKJ lo the Churth aCC￿nts FAUS £1.807.(Kl Irom 17 chikjren's parbes. 2 je*Yllery Valualic￿$. 4 dance pTrdwxs. 1 Tcythjler sessi￿, 4 Messy Bambw)o sessions and 3 Crealive Craft sess#)ns. Warm Welu) Thufsday Felkxshlp Messy Church Brownles & Guides 88avers, Cubs & So)uLs The Rainbows gr￿p at the I￿￿nIr￿j of2025 as a leader c¢vld not be found. Overall, these grouy arwj scKioti8s. pl￿ Worship on Sunday& mean¥ that an aver￿ of arou￿1 S￿1 p￿IK￿e y ¥**ék %cess the Chur¢h promi8es. All d these acbvitres a m￿l￿val￿d Witr*￿t￿￿ to th8 commuiNty in. around, thè area. To enab18 thése valJabl8 to tske pkn inv(4ves hard work from various church Me￿*￿$. The process generalty beg1r￿ via **bslle whth 18 at administwed by Matthew 8untiw and by Angk* Meadl6y. Enquires thèn arrive via email to Elaine Cal¥w ne9otstes room avarlability & hire to corylele a btx*ing. ROW users arn then invoiced to facalit&e paynvJnt aThJ parties etc are paid for In cash. Onty a few d Ihe groups usé the are key hold8 which means th8t al oth¢r users need to be wel(X￿￿ to I premises and tho wenM8es made secwv after the 6vent. Thls part olihe Proc￿ requyes 8 wy11-manag￿ ilary. Margarel Parker valianlly lakes on timw￿r￿uMirVj task with dhorn. suth as An￿'e Meadlgy, Ray & j￿18 LW and Wendy Wlnllekl. slepw*in on occ8sions. The Chwch Hal premises and Ihe Church premiges are kept dean and tidy by thjlie Lbyd V•ith Ray undertaking numerous W￿l¢al tasks to kegp th¢ premises oper8tirg elfedI￿y. TNS means Ihat our premises we ahydys wesenth and in4rtry payiw users whth is important lo ensu￿ repeat trK**ings Thanks go to 8veryor* o)ncerned for the hard wort and dedKatwJn which enables th8 Churth kn (x￿trIbUte to the kKa ty mainlaining a wsibl8 presence willin Ihat o)mmunty. We finish&1 our last financi81 year trj 31* August 2024 in a healthy position. Our res6Ne$ stwj at £81.585 are high than the recomff*rnJed18vel of SYA of annual exp&vJilwe. Our churth ino)me wa$ up by £17,77110 £75.1)89. co￿tIOnS aThJ akl w8re up a I*Ue, t￿t this was offset by in¢rèa8es in dr￿a￿nS 1£10.0841 and ￿ternst (£6.133). However, expandilure rose by £32￿ to £80.824, thè maln wl)rit being energy costs up by £7,753. rnpav5 Ma1rtena￿e by £18,402. and as88￿M￿S by £3.600. Th& assessment iru88se iy due lo the fact that Th8 Circuit gave us a tempcxary rwjuction ol this anKwnt in the pr8vlous year. I have rer*ftlly pffjdU￿d the hal year accounts b 28* F&bft￿ry 2025. Our rasorves have Teduced by £10,848 to £70.737. The haN year In￿Me 8hows a r￿l￿tion in kwving glt a￿j of£1.488. Last year we had rec*ived an indr¥idual donalbn of £10,0(NJ. The IDtal reduction in income c¥Jmpwed to this ts.me last year was £9.181. Our total expendbtufe ha8 risen by £7.886 to £39,874. pl￿•rtY man8gemenl o)sts are up by £7.493. During the la81 eKJhteen Ir￿1h$ VM ha￿ s[￿t a considornblg sum on refurfoishinq the Primary Room. fire r*ecautions in the Church and a new roof for Ihe todel bkK* in the Hal. Th￿8 Ofe t￿1 wo need lo be aware that ￿r Church proriw affe 16S yéars a￿1 thè Hal is ovér 60 years old. HO￿luKY we can c¥)ntain repw'r expendiiur8 in the next few years. We are Gurrently Usbng up ￿r r8ser¥fjs by £10.920 per year or £219 per week. Please h)ok at yryjr ￿t0￿JY givirvJ rf ￿. Plè8se s•8 Th if you wijuld like to give by stanth'ng order difeo to the Churth. Can l offer my thanks to Elaine Cafver tirelessty ￿ rr bookings, to Androw Betlby lor admini8terirKJ gift gid. to Biil Oixon t*t organi$es the envel￿le Scheme 9￿J. last ￿ ThX18asl. to Jim Maslen who counts and banks the weekty c￿e￿￿)n5. Finally, a blg Ih8nk you lo you al lor woekty gmrij.