The Parish of Holy Trinity Littleborough ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 St Bamabas. Shore. Holy Trinity, Ltttleborough. St James. Caklerbrook Sharing Christ with Littleborough The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of HOW Tnnty. Litlleborough is a charrty registered in England arld Wales {1179711). Bank
Virgin Money Rochdale Independent Exarnlnor Mr D G Kershaw ObJectlv8s Holy Trinity P.C.C. ha5 tts responsbility lor managiThJ Ihe mission of the Church and the maintenance of the church building during this time of intenegnum. Structure, governance and managemont The method of appointment of PCC members is Set out in the Church Representslion Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC held six meetsngs during the year, and there was one meeting of the Standing Commrttee. P.C.C. Mwnbernhip The Parochial Church Council <P.C.C.) i¥ a body ¢orporate (P.C.C. PovRrs Measure 1956, Church Rwesenlation Rule$ 2022) and registered with the Charrfy Commission. PGC mernbers are dected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance wth the Church representation Rules 2022 and during the year. in addrtion there are a number of officers who are Ex-officio. Dunng 2024, the follo*ing served as membws of the PCC Incumbent.. Vacant Churchwardens.. Mr Frank Kershaw (Ex-officio) Mr Graham Windslow {Ex•offKlo) Deanery Synod.. Frank Kershaw Vacant EleGted Members., Chrisbne Kershaw (Term of offi Expires 2025) Lynnette Wlndslow (Tem of 0[re Expires 20251 Br8nda Wilson (rerm of Expwes 2026) Glllian Jackson (Temi of Office Expires 2026) Val LaYK8nson {Term of Office Expires 21y27) Narnes in italics denote members of the Slanding Committee. standlng Commlttee
This the onty commrttee required by w. It has the power to transact the busine55 of the PCC between its meetings. subject to any directions given by the council. It consists of.. the churchwardens. P.C.C. Secretary and one elected member of the P.C.C. Benefice Church Councll This committee has not met during the p8riod of inlefregnurn. Electoral Roll On the Electoral Roll in December 24. tsre were 41 names. In 2025 the Electoral Roll will be renewed in full.
Review of the Year MatterJ dlscussed ty the PCC The PCC met Six times over the year. A range of Issues have been discussed.. APCM: Preparations for the meeliTrg and the sutffiission of reports 8uilding Maintenance.. in particular, as 8 result of the lead theft and18aking gutters. Parish Finances.. Day to day running cosls and the payrnent of our Parish Share. The Vacancy.. Responding lo the legal paperwork arml the preparation of the Parish profile. Mission: Our response to the convnand of Jesus in ils two forms, leathiw and outreach. Safeguarding: Our Action Plan. Fund raising Succession Planning. Flnancial Report 2024 was again a challenging yeai for the Parlsh, tmth grvlng do4%m approxlmately £4.000 on 2023. Once again, the Youth Theatre workshop made a large contribulmin to church funds of approximately £2.500. We have continued lo keep a tigm rein on the budget and have made ends meet. We pald 100 % towards our Parish Share after woliating a new lower figure viilh the Diocese due to the interregnurn. During the year we contlnued to have additional costs due to the ongoing repairs to damage caused by Ihe theft of lead from the Vestry gutter. Afthough most costs were met from the insurers the church made a contrlbuticffi to the cost of new boilers as a fitsl step in the Project 2020 revorder of the church. Propct 2020 has very much taken a back seat with only a limited Increase In funds as fundraisirJ adivities continuè to be a challenge. Through good financial fflanagement, the Paiish has Tamained Viab onco wJaiTr this year, and we wlll continue lo work on the principle of a balanced budget whilst we work on recovery fr(Mn the COVID pandemic, aThJ the witerregnum. We wll strive to meet our commilrnents at the highest level it is possible to achieve whilst pse[vIng a reasonable operating b&t. Sadly, for a fourth year running we have not recovered Ihe thl of giving pre-COVID. and this continues to have a knock-on effect to our ability lo meet all our commitments. Signrficant increases in energy costs have also had an impact on our budget. Despite the challenges Ihat 2024 presented to us all, Holy Trinity has weathered the P8ndemic and interregnum reasonably hell. but must focus on recovery and grovl(h. Holy Trinity continues to deperKI on its memb$ for supwrt. both practical and monetary, for its continued existence and outreach to the communty. Thank you to all who support the Parish in all your vatiOU5 ways: your generous giving of time and money is greally valued.
Fabrlc Our thanks go to the small team who regularty clean the burfding. Our thanks must also go lo those who helped us bmth the work of clearing the Vestry. Even th0h we had to unfortunately put everything in Chancel. All this was a CtInuation of the amount of water damage that Crred vthen the lead was taken of the roof Ihe yeaT lfore. The replacement of the W0en floor we are told wll be earfy in the New Year. Thankfijlly these costs were cover&l by insuran. Durry this peri(xl w8 had lo install a movable Altar to assist with our Services. Thanks must go to our Brothers and Sisters in Christ for the support they 50 freely gave. An offer of f]ng rthv toilets has been forthcoming but we are waiting for an archite to fuffil the necessary application for a faculty, this is akso reason that we have not been able to replace the w1nd0b that so badly need replacing. Some repair work has also had to be carried out on Ihe toilet. Another cO8M Is that tiles from th8 orlglnal sanctuary going bath to 1820 have Vth age started to become vnstuck. this prObrn we are golng to have to look Into at some date dunng next year. We also have had to have the Chancel lighting repaired due to not being ab to sort the probkni ourselves. Wornhlp Surbjay moming 10.'15 Services of Hoty Comrnunh have taken place on Ihose mornings for whiGh we have been able to recrutl a retired priest. Our sFecial thanks go to Rev Shirley Harrtson who has not onty supported us very regularly but also our Church School. On thos8 occa&ons that havé been ¥Mthout a wiest. the ¢hur¢hwarden$ have led our Morning Prayer service. Our thanks go to all those vkno have taken part in our woryJhip by readlng one of tho lessons or leading the prayers. Prayers cont[n to be wrrtlen by a smal group on a rota basis and used by each of the three Ghurches. There have been sevwal Benefice ServrA$. these are usually held at Ioam, on Holy Days and 5" Sundays iotating around the Pishes. We were delighted that Bishop Mark VRS able to lead our first Back to School Service in September. This service was well supported by membeis of our ¢hur¢tr school and Itrr families. Children were involved in leadin9 the servTce and singing durirKJ Holy Communion. The school have requested that this event be hekj a coupbe of ts'me5 a year. OUT Christmas Carol Service was well atteTrJe(l. this was led by the Holy Trinity Youth Theatre Workshop. Outreach and Activities Refreshments Oui thank5 go to the team who prowde refreshments each *Eek. Having refre5hmerrt5 after each service and at key events has 5UPPOrted us as a church in getting to know one another. Pastoral Response The Benefice Pasloral Response Team has ClInUed lo respond rapMJly to calls for prayer. In addition. some members of the Team have been authorised to take out pre-consecrated Hoty Communion. During the year, all member5 asked to complete Domestic abuse
tralning and guideline for operation were agreed by Hoty Trinty PCC In response to the Safeguarding Action Plan. Study Throughout the year, with short breaks for holhdays, the Tuesday evening Bible Study group mel in the horne of one of the Churchwar(lens. This year. as there vms no formal Lent course, the group continued to meet over the Lenten period. We have studied books from both the New and Old Testament. We average t8n members: however. w8 afe pleased to not8 that not all our m8mbers belong to Hoty Trlnlty Church. Wednesday Coffee Group The group from churche5 across the Benefice has contlnued to meet on Wednesday mornings lor a chat and coffee. The group has become very popular and meets in a local Sunday School The Sunday School, for Primary Schcol children, has met durirvJ the moming service throughout the h0o1 year. Thig year, have contiTh lo meet in one of the vestries in church. Our numbers have been stable averaging six each week but with ten on our register. Meeting in church has meant that we are not ab lo play noisy games or sing but we have been able lo continue to ofler craft activilies related to our Bible Reading. Our sessions have, as far as approtKiate linked to Ihe readin9s used in church. Children have enjoyed the sessions, and I have bw) pleased lo LE ab lo display the work in church to be shared by other rnberS of the CongregaOn. We need to recruit volunteers to join in 1th th wo. Of course. this role is subject to the DiOcan recruitmenl and safeguarding requirewnts. School• work Several members of Ihe church see on the SclK*oI Govemlw Body. In September, we were delighted to kOma members of the school to start their school year with a special Back to School Sunday service. This event was well attended and enjoyed by all. The school have expressed a wish to join us again in the Spring. The school choir were invited to take part in our Youth Theatre Workshop productions. Christmas Hearts In addrtion to advertÉsing our Christmas serrfices on leallets that Ere given out at the lights swtch on, this year we gave out over a hundred Christmas tree decoration hearts. Exh was labelled wilh a message of the love of God and an invitstion to oui Carol ServKe. Social Ever Afternoon Tea at st Barnabas Quiz night at Sl Bainabas Rothdale Orchestra wilh Rev Graham Marshall
Littleborough 8arKI cOnrt Stalls at the Rush Barij an¢J Chtistrnas Lights Switch on events. Annual Arts Festival For the a number of yeats the money raised from the fundraising in the Benefice has been shared wth each Church, unfortunately due to eh of the churches having financial problems it has been decided by each ChurGh that money raised will be for the Church that has the said event. Proièct 2020 This project has been put on hold for the m(Mnent. The PCC madè thè dècision that we would look at Phase 1 of the Project. the renewal of the wndows. We cannot move forward until we have the appropriate faculties and petmissions in place. We e waiting for an architect to be available to help us with this. At the moment, VOP are not in a positK)n to waise funds for this project as we need to put our money into running of the church and the payment of ow Parish Share. Holy Trlnlty Youth Theatro Workshop Durkng the year the Theatre Group Worked on two woductions Ihat proved successful. W8 are consiantly amazed at how the children pull together at the last minute to make successful show. We are aKvays impressed at h4¥ the children grow in both confidence 8nd abllty. We would like to thank those who help the shows to come togethèr, and the band of P8rents who help both erect and dismant the stage, which take an¥here from 4 to six hours each tlme Charlty This year our H8rrfest food donation$ here gNen to the Food Bank. Christingle morw was also collected through the school, then was sent to the Children's Sociely. Safeguardlng The Parish tskes th8 safeguarding of children arvj vulnerable adults seriously. We 0rate in a¢¢ordance the practices CAJtlined by Manchester Diocese. During the year, they have updated several of their praclKes. docunnts receNed have been passed on to the PGC for our acceptance. We have tsken up the invitation to make use of the Dlocesan Safeguarding Dashboard. Thls guides us through our safeguarding respon5ibilitEs and generates an Action Plan which help$ us to fulfil our responsibdities. As VR work through Ihis document an update18 giv8n at each PCC meeting. We have ensured that we are folk)vng guidance on OBS, safe recruitment and training. This year. Domestic Abuse training was introthrd for all nMberS of the PCC and the Pastoral Response Team. The website has been updated to reflect best pra¢ti¢es arbd d?beS the way that anyone with concerns can seek assistance. Webslte
Web address: http:hwM.coftrlittleborough.co.uk The website is ¢L•rrently maintaird ty one ow thurchwardens and it continues to hOj current infonnation regarding services and the rg4uired Safeguarding links. The"A Church Near You site". has also been updated regulady. The Facebook pwe is managed by a member of one of the other churGhes. Accounts The Ace(Junts were adopted by the PCC on A.P.C.M. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF DEANERY SYNODS IN 2024 2024 APCM SUMMARY OF DEANERY SYNODS.do¢x Page 1012 Here'5 a surrmary of the main points from each of the RoGhdale Deanery Synod meetings in 2024. Provided by John Pye 1. Tuesday 20th February 2024: Cukural Mlsslon Enabler & Nurturlng Prayer Communlty by ZOOM . Cultufal Mlsslon Enabler: David Onabanp inlwoduced his rok as a Cultural MIss)n Enabler, focusing on engaglng UK Minorty-Ethnic hefitsge IUKME) communities In wor$hip and chuich lrfe. His initial task was to connect 1th exi8ting worshipping communities in the diocese and fa¢ilitale their grob%th, offerlng to meet with parishes to collaborale. . Maln Item: Dlocman Transfornilng Prayer Communlty." Kim mOrganOne$ presented the.Transformg Prayer Communty.. a dwxesan inib'ative with over 800 members. Weekly reflections and prayer conrlections are shared. and the group will meet at Manchester Cathe(Iral on Pentecost Sufmjay. Breakoul SeOnS allowèj Synod members to refiect on personal prayer Irfe arKI share stories of answered wayers. 2. Tuesday 23rd Aprll 2024: Mlsslon Across Traditions at N•lson Stree( Rochdale • Mlsslon A¢ro$s Traditions: Rev'd jan Cronin and Canon Paul Hutchins discussed Iheir experiences ofworship and mission across different tradrtions. Rev'd Cronin emphasized the importance of Welc0Th and engagement for first-time atterths, hbjhlighting practical strat&]ies such as serving coffee first and creab'ng a flexible
spa. She shared her thurth's steady growth. aslaIlY among chihjren. Canon Hutchins spoke about his ministry in dewNed area5. the importance of prayer, arKI his church's grovAh through vibrant comrnunty engagement. The session focused on how churches can better *Elcome arKI er¥Jage with diverse communities. 3. Tuesday 26th June 2024: WOW Project & Plastlcs Polley at St Thoma8. B0ee, Mlddleton . WOW (Watch Our Worfd) Project: Pupils from three local schools presented their work on climate Change and environmental avrareness Ihrough art arKI presentations. They engaged Synod members in a hands-on actr¥ty ab(xJt recycling and decomposition times of various items. Plast1¢8 Pollcy.. Loretta Lwr¥J introduced the Deanery's Plastic Policy, aimed at reduang yastic waste in churches. Small group discussions followed to explore practical ways churches can iffylement this pohry, including recycling candles. The se851on ernphasized the importance of environmental stewardship 88 part of the church'8 mission to ¢are for creation. A.P.C.M. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF DEANERY SYNODS IN 2024 2024 APCM SUMMARY OF DEANERY SYNODS.docx Page 2 of 2 4. Tuuday 23rd Juty 2024: Parl•h Share at Sl Luke's, Heywood Parlsh Shar•'. Carotyn McLoughlin from the Di0¢8se of Mance$ler dls¢u$sèd th• Importance of parish share, which furvJ$ clergy. training. and seNices. She hlghllghted the decline in parish share receipts and the need for suslalnable contributions. Carotyn encouraged parishes to focus on stewardship, grant funding, arKI digital gNing to support financial $ustainabilty. She also •Jvised parishes to conslder successlon planning and roLrtiTre ik11ng maintenance. The session stressed the need for Churthes to collaborate with Dlocese to ensure finanGial health and gr¢)vrth. . Wednesday 27th November 2024: Wolcomlng Well at Sl Martln. , Castlelon . Welcomlng Well.. Kim Morgan-Jones led a session on cfeatlng a welcomwbg church environment. She provided a fNtrpoint strategy for effective welcoffe.. pray, Ihink about a¢¢essibility. consider new fomis of service, explore understanding and in¢$10n, and refiecl on barriers to chLwch allendance. Resour& were offed for
hurches to improve accessoilrty and support fo of service. Kim encouraged Synod members to conduct a Welcome Audrf to assess and improve their ¢hufch's welcome for all. These summaries highlight the key fu$ of each meeting aThJ their themes. which include fostering inclusive worship. environmental respombilty, financial sustainability. and building welcoming church communiti8S.
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