# **St Mellitus Church Hanwell** # **2020 Annual Report & Accounts** ## **Contents:** ## Page(s) - 4-5 St Mellitus in 2020 / Vicar’s Report 6 Vestry & APCM Meeting 2021 Agendas - 7-10 Vestry, APCM & PCC Meeting minutes – 12 October 2020 11-14 Annual Report: - Church Membership / Electoral Roll - PCC Annual Report - Safeguarding - Fabric & Goods Report - 15-19 Financial Report & Statements 2020 20 Deanery Synod report 2020 3 ## **St Mellitus in 2020:** ## Dear friends, I think it’s fair to say that 2020 didn’t turn out in quite the way we might have expected! For many of us, it has been one of the most challenging years in living memory as the COVID-19 pandemic caused all of our lives to be turned upside down. Yet, in the midst of all the disruption and pain, God has continued to be at work in wonderful ways in our church community. From phone calls to practical help, through to umpteen Zoom calls and walks - each of you have played a part in enabling our church family to support and encourage not only one another, but the wider community. In March last year, the world as we know it was turned upside down, and ever since our lives have been characterised by constant change and adaptation, but through it all God’s love and faithfulness have carried us. As we reflect back on 2020, here I want to highlight some of the things that have been going on in our church family, but I do so conscious that they’re only the tip of the iceberg as it were. Although we have may not always have been able to gather together as a church this year, through it all we have continued to be the scattered church, bringing help and blessing in the name of Jesus. ## **Online & In-Person Services:** Through various lockdowns when we’ve been unable to meet in-person we’ve managed to take church online with services on YouTube, Zoom Coffee times, online quizzes, and a weekly online life group. We’ve all learnt new skills, members of the church family took time to record videos and songs for our services, and although this has been challenging, we’ve seen the church family continue to grow. Throughout this year we’ve had stories of people finding faith, coming back to faith, and getting to know others in a deeper way. Many testified to the way that our online ministries were a real ‘lifeline’ in the midst of the struggles. Alongside this, we worked hard to ensure that the building was as safe as possible for in-person worship, with a temporary 9:15am Sunday service supplemented by a 10:45 family service due to social distancing guidelines limiting space in the church. ## **Mission Giving:** This year, despite the financial challenges we all faced, we were able to give over £24,000 to support mission locally and overseas. This included special collections for our friends in the Kigeme Diocese in Rwanda and the RedTribe Project in Kenya as food became short and markets were closed due to the pandemic. We also took special collections for the work of ‘Power the Fight’ working to support those who affected by knife crime, and ‘Housing for Women’, a charity who support vulnerable women and those suffering from domestic abuse. ## **Building Project:** At the beginning of 2020 we were excited about finally beginning work on our new kitchen and toilets. Despite the immense challenge of completing this huge project in the midst of a global pandemic, this work has now been completed and we now have a new suite of toilets with a shower and laundry room, and a new commercial-grade kitchen within the church. This will be a key resource as we seek to serve our community as we recover from the pandemic. 4 ## **Partnership with Ealing Foodbank:** For much of the year we gave over the church building to Ealing Foodbank to enable their work to continue, with the church effectively becoming the warehouse and base for the whole of the Borough of Ealing. Members. Members of the church family along with many from the local community have gave up time to volunteer, given practical support in the way of donations, and enable this ministry to continue though the height of the pandemic. For much of 2020 Foodbank clients came to the church 5 days a week, and home deliveries were put together at St Mellitus to get food to those unable to travel. Over the course of 2020 nearly 30,000 people in our community were fed through this work as oppose to nearly 14,000 the year before due to the effects of the pandemic. ## **Children’, Family & Youth-Work** In March, our children’s and families work moved online with countless hours spent recording videos and doing Zoom calls to help families navigate the challenges of everyday life. We also started a new support group for parents of new babies. We were helped greatly in this through our full-time St Mellitus New Wine Discipleship Year student, Hannah Fox, who was an incredible blessing to us as a church. Our partnership with the St Paul’s family of churches came into its own in this area with the churches working together on producing regular ‘family worship services’. Our youth group combined with those from St John’s and St Paul’s to create a new worshipping community for the young people of Ealing, and this has grown and developed through the year meeting online and in all three churches. As you can see, the church doors may have been shut for much of the year, but the church was most definitely open! So finally, I want to say huge thank you to you all for all that you contribute to the life of St Mellitus, especially this year. One of the words that always comes to mind when I think of our church family is ‘Generosity’. Many of you give so generously of your time, gifts and finance, and that has continued to be the case even in this most difficult of years. As ever, it’s a privilege to serve you as your leader and I look forward to seeing all the Lord does in and through us as we continue to journey together in the years to come. With my love and grateful thanks, ## **Rev’d Stu Plumb / Associate Vicar** 5 ## **Agenda for the Meeting of Parishioners (Vestry meeting)** Sunday 23 May 2021. 11:15am. 1. Opening Prayer 2. Minutes of the previous Vestry Meeting held on Monday 12 October 2020 3. Matter arising 4. Election of two Church Wardens ## **Agenda for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting** Sunday 23 May 2021, after the Vestry meeting 1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes from the previous APCM held on Monday 12 October 2020 3. Matters arising from the minutes 4. Receive report on electoral roll 5. Receive annual report on the proceedings of the PCC 6. Receive financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2020 & appointment of independent examiner 7. Receive annual fabric report 8. Receive report on the deanery synod 9. Elections to the PCC 10. Elections to Deanery Synod 11. Vicar’s Report 12. Any other business - 13.Closing prayer 6 **Minutes of Vestry & APCM Meetings** Held on Monday 12[th] October 2020 on Zoom ## **Vestry Meeting** ## _**1. Minutes of the previous Vestry Meeting (“meeting of Parishioners”) held on Sunday 28[th] April 2019**_ The minutes of the previous Vestry Meeting held on Sunday 28[th] April 2019 were adopted as a true and accurate record of the meeting. This was proposed by Margaret Jones and seconded by Conrad Franklin and voted unanimously. ## _**2. Election of Church Wardens**_ Rhodri Harvey and Gifty Coleman were appointed to serve as Church Wardens. Rhodri Harvey was proposed by Alison Hood and seconded by David Fletcher. Gifty Coleman was proposed by Helen Wilson and seconded by Dami Woolen. ## **Annual Parochial Church Meeting** ## _**1. Opening prayer**_ Stu Plumb opened the meeting in prayer and with words from Philippians Chapter 1: ‘He who has begun a good work will complete it’ ## **2.** _**Apologies for absence**_ Apologies for absence were received and recorded from Verne Lawrence, Natalie Glasby, Carol Doe & Dami Woolen. ## _**3. Minutes from the previous APCM held on Sunday 28th April 2019**_ The minutes of the previous APCM Sunday 28[th] April 2019 were accepted with the following correction: Typo in vicar’s report should read: ‘24 hours of non-stop prayer.’ This was proposed by Pansy Gabriel; seconded by Hazel Prentice and voted unanimously. ## _**4. Matters arising from the minutes of the previous APCM**_ There were no matters arising ## _**5. Receiving the report on new electoral roll**_ This year the electoral roll stands at 74 which & saw 1 new addition (12 in parish, 62 outside) ## _**6. Receiving the annual report on the proceedings of the PCC**_ The Annual Report on the proceedings of the PCC were received with no amendments. ## _**7. Receive financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2019 & appointment of independent examiner**_ Rhodri Harvey gave an overview of the Annual Finance report in the APCM booklet: Income for the year amounted to £147k which is £23k below last year as 2018 included over £35k raised through a gift day for installation of a new kitchen and toilets in the church building. Expenditure amounted to £121k meaning a 2019 surplus of £26k. The total retained funds carried forward are £139k, of which £60k is allocated towards future work on the building and £2k restricted for a mission project. £11k is designated for mission giving. 7 The majority of income comes from planned giving which totalled 79k and we were able to claim back Gift Aid of £16.5k in the financial year. Income from hire of the church and the hall in the year have generated a further £38k. The overall expenditure of £121k was above that of 2018 due to increased activities Our common fund contribution for 2019 was £39.1k, an increase of 3% on last year. Our staffing costs of £19k are above 2018 as these included costs (September to December) for our New Wine discipleship year student in addition to a full year of the children’s & youth pastor. The overall running costs of £29k for the church and £2k for the church hall were in line with last year’s costs. Church Repairs & Maintenance has increased to £17k this year versus £5k in 2018. This increase being due to £13k worth of costs from the building project (kitchen and toilets). Hall Repairs & Maintenance also increased by £2k as new hall doors were fitted to improve the weather resistance and security of the building. In 2019, we gave away £11k and supported the work of Besom, Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter, Ealing Food Bank, Ealing Street Pastors, Hennie and Becca Marais and RedTribe in Kenya, Kigeme Diocese in Rwanda, Mother’s Union and Tearfund in Yemen. We also committed to paying the annual salary of a teacher at the RedTribe Maasai Academy in Kenya. The underlying giving to mission remains at 10% of income and the unspent allocation from 2019 will be given in 2020. The Annual Financial Report and accounts were formally accepted by the meeting. This was proposed by Rhodri Harvey and seconded by Janet Fletcher. All were in favour David Conacher was reappointed as the independent examiner of our accounts; proposed by Rhodri Harvey, seconded by Hazel Prentice and voted unanimously. ## _**8. Receive annual fabric report**_ The meeting received the annual fabric report. ## _**9. Receive report on the Deanery Synod**_ Margaret Jones has represented St Mellitus on the Deanery Synod. The meeting received the report on its proceedings in 2019. ## _**10.Elections to the PCC**_ There were three resignations from the PCC in 2019: Miriam Lubega (Elected 2018, Resigned September 2019) Roy Harvey (Elected 2019, Resigned September 2019) Rebecca Coleman (Elected 2017, Resigned September 2019) There were 3 members required to relinquish their roles on the PCC this year: Jude Ogboona (Elected 2017, retired APCM 2020) Janet Fletcher (Elected 2017, retired APCM 2020) Conrad Franklin (Elected 2017, retired APCM 2020) Stu expressed his gratitude to all those who had served on the PCC The following five members were newly elected to the PCC: Abby Jones (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Werner Schutz (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Leonard Williams (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Mena Hatchman (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Alison Hood (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Martin Percival (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Natalie Glasby was appointed to be the Safeguarding Officer at St Mellitus. ## _**11. Elections to the Deanery Synod**_ 8 Janet Fletcher was appointed to be St Mellitus Deanery Synod Representative. Proposed by Margaret Jones and Seconded by Jane Harvey with all in favour. ## _**12. Vicar’s Report**_ Stu began by speaking of the strangeness of holding an APCM referring to the events of 2019 when so much has changed since then due to the pandemic. However, 2019 had been an exciting year in the life of St Mellitus with growth in the number of people who call St Mellitus home. He also believed that our reputation among the local community had grown, with many joining us for our ‘Curry & Quiz’ night and ‘International Food Evening’, along with our Christmas & Easter services. In 2019 our toddler group ‘Tinies & Tots’, continued to thrive, with over 100 families from our community joining us on a weekly basis, meaning that we had to create a second weekly session. Worship and prayer had been a real focus, with growth in our Sunday music teams, ‘Thirsty’ evenings dedicated to prayer and worship, the development of a second life group, and the extension of a 24 hours of prayer at Easter to now cover 72 hours. As a church committing to looking outward, we have continued to seek to serve those on the margins of society. To aid us in this work, one of this year’s most exciting developments had been the finalising of our plans for our new kitchen and toilet area and work on this is now almost complete (Oct 20). We began a new ministry ‘Meet and Make’ - seeking to use craft to create a safe space for those who are alone or isolated to come and build friendships. We continued to host an Ealing Foodbank café once a week and support the Ealing Church Winter Night Shelter. This was supplemented by a number of events to support our local community including a community clean-up led by our children, the hosting of the annual Hanwell Hootie, and Brownies using the church on a weekly basis. Our children’s and families work has continued to develop, and in September we welcomed our first full-time St Mellitus New Wine Discipleship Year student, Hannah Fox, who has helped develop a new youth group for those in years 6-9. We continued to host Family Film afternoons to support families during school holidays and have also hosted a parenting course, equipping parents with skills to help raise their children. Our partnership with St Paul’s continues to be a great blessing, with the churches working together on ministries such as Youthwork, Alpha, the Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter and Carols by Candlelight service. Stu finished by saying thank you to everyone who contributed to the life of St Mellitus. Through the offering of people’s time, gifts and financial support, we are seeing God do wonderful things as our ministry & mission. ## _**13. Questions and Any Other Business:**_ Stu spoke of our current financial situation as of October 2020 and his gratitude to everyone who has continued to give financially to the church. This giving had meant that despite the loss of income from church rental and plate collections, due to lockdowns, we are in a relatively healthy situation. We are however, anticipating a bumpier road ahead. The building project has continued despite the pandemic. When we initially started the project, we anticipated it costing around £100,000, but it will eventually cost approximately £175,000. Despite this, although we’ve taken a £60,000 loan from the diocesan, we anticipate potentially finishing the project owing around £35-40,000 of this. This means that over the past two years, we as a church have contributed approximately £145,000 towards this project. Stu expressed his gratitude to all who had given so selflessly and believed in the vision and what we’re trying to accomplish. _Q. Is it possible to release Rhodri from the role of PCC treasurer given he’s only ever been an acting treasurer_ _A. Yes, this is on the PCC’s agenda along with finding a new PCC secretary. Covid-19 does make this a bit harder._ _Q. Will we be able to host the Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter this year?_ _A. No, this is unable to happen because of the pandemic. We have given money to the Night Shelter to help them employ a worker and respond to the needs of homeless in the area._ ## _**14. The meeting closed in prayer**_ 9 ## **PCC meeting** ## Held on Monday 12 October 2020 after the APCM ## _**1. Appointment of the following:**_ - Lay vice-chair: Rhodri Harvey - PCC Secretary: TBA - Treasurer: Rhodri Harvey (acting) - Electoral Roll officer: Simon Richardson - Standing committee: Mark Melluish, Stu Plumb, Gifty Coleman, and Rhodri Harvey - Safeguarding Officer: Natalie Glasby - Children’s Champion: Martin Williams ## _**2. Formal Adoption of Safeguarding Policy**_ The existing St Mellitus safeguarding policy was formally adopted and recognised by the PCC. **Annual Report and Financial Statements** 10 **of the St Mellitus with St Mark Parochial Church Council** ## **For the year ended 31 December 2020** **Priest in Charge: Rev Mark Melluish** St Paul’s West Ealing Ridley Ave W13 ## **Bankers:** Charities Aid Foundation CAF Bank Limited 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ ## **Independent Examiner:** Mr David Conacher London W13 ## **Electoral Roll Report** ## **Church attendance as of 31 December 2020:** 11 This year the electoral roll stands at 75-an addition of one from 2019. 12 live in the parish, 63 live outside the parish. ## **Annual Report 2020** ## **Background:** Since the vacancy created in November 2013, St Mellitus PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Priest in Charge, Rev Mark Melluish, in promoting in the ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It has the maintenance responsibilities for the parish church of St Mellitus, which is a grade II listed building, and the church hall. It is sited on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Church Road, Hanwell, London W7 3BA. ## **PCC Membership:** PCC members are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church meeting in accordance with the church representation rules, currently a three-year term. The following have served during the year: Chair: Rev Stu Plumb Lay Vice-chair: Rhodri Harvey Church wardens: Ms Gifty Coleman & Mr Rhodri Harvey Treasurer: Rhodri Harvey (acting) Secretary: Position Vacant **Deanery Synod:** Janet Fletcher (elected 2020, Retires APCM 2023) ## **PCC Members:** Rev Mark Melluish (Priest-in Charge – Ex-Officio) Rev Stu Plumb (Associate Vicar) Rhodri Harvey (Church Warden-Elected 2014- Retires 2021) Gifty Coleman (Elected 2019) Pansy Gabriel (Elected 2018, retires APCM 2021) Steve Weaver (Elected 2018, retires APCM 2021) Chris Prendergast (Elected 2018, retires APCM 2021) Ian Wilson (Elected 2019, retires APCM 2022) Martin Williams (Elected 2019, retires APCM 2022) Abby Jones (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Werner Schutz (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Leonard Williams (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Mena Hatchman (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Alison Hood (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) Martin Percival (Elected 2020, retires APCM 2023) ## **Officers of PCC, elected at the first meeting after the APCM in October 2020:** Lay Vice-chair – Mr Rhodri Harvey PCC Secretary – Vacant PCC Treasurer – Mr Rhodri Harvey (acting) Electoral roll officer – Mr Simon Richardson Safeguarding Officer – Mrs Natalie Glasby The following will have served three years on PCC and retire at the 2021 APCM: Steve Weaver, Chris Prendergast, Pansy Gabriel ## **PCC Attendance: 1 January to 31 December 2020:** The PCC met 6 times with an attendance level of 90%. From March onwards, all meetings were held on Zoom due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. ## **Governance & Finance:** The financial state of the church accounts is reviewed at each PCC meeting, with a common fund contribution in 2020 of £43,00 (a 4.65% increase to £45,000 has been agreed by the PCC for 2021). Rhodri Harvey has continued as acting Treasurer and has worked on the church accounts with the input 12 and help from Dawn Daniels who acts as our bookkeeper. We have received substantial payments back from Gift Aid recovery. At least 10% of the Church’s income each year is allocated to Mission Giving – and this year we were able to give over £23,000. The Mission Giving Committee has successfully approved and organized payments this year to Red Tribe, Kigeme Diocese in Rwanda, Street Pastors, Ealing Foodbank, Ealing Soup Kitchen, Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter, Besom, Tearfund and Open Doors. We took out a £60,000 loan from the LDF (London Diocesan Fund) to enable the work on our kitchen and toilets to go ahead. This is repayable over 5 years with an interest rate of 2% above the base level ## **Achievements and Performance:** Reverend Mark Melluish has continued as our priest in charge with Reverend Stu Plumb as our Associate Vicar and chair of the PCC. The Reverend Jeremy Hyde is licensed as an Assistant Curate and Margaret Hyde as a Licensed Lay Minister. Lucy Plumb is employed as a part-time children’s and family pastor. We also employ a part-time cleaner and book-keeper. We continue to benefit enormously from our partnership with St Paul’s, Ealing. The PCC oversaw work on a new commercial standard kitchen within the church, and the replacement of our solitary toilet with a number of unisex toilets, disabled toilet and shower. This building work began in January 2020 and was completed in December 2020. We have continued to invest in our children’s & families work through the employment of a children’s and family pastor. Alongside this, this year we benefited from a ‘New Wine Discipleship Year Student’ who spent a year with us helping to develop our work with those under 18. For much of the year these ministries took place online, although when possible, we managed to put on in-person groups whilst working to social distancing guidelines. Tinies & Tots, our toddler group moved online for weekly session, alongside seasonal ‘Messy Churches’ and we began a new support group for parents of new babies. With so much work amongst children and young people, safeguarding is a key consideration and responsibility for the PCC and is reviewed at each meeting. The PCC continues to manage and seek to maximise our resources in order to release finance for mission and ministry. This year has been difficult, with the national lockdowns and building work in church meaning that church rental was much reduced on previous years. The St Mellitus church hall continues to be leased to Ealing Foodbank acting as their central storage facility. This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the church building has acted as an extension warehouse for the Foodbank, and been open 5 days a week for Foodbank clients. ## **Safeguarding:** The PCC considers the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults to be of utmost importance and safeguarding features on the agenda of every PCC meeting, with one meeting focused upon reviewing the safeguarding policy. The Council has complied with the duty to have due regard to House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 ## **Fabric and Goods Report 2020** 13 ## **Kitchen and Building Project:** Our main work this year has been the building project to create a new commercial grade kitchen, 6 new unisex toilets, a shower, and a laundry room. This work began in January and was completed in December. This also involved new gas piping in church, and drainage and water supplies being dug through the back garden and vicarage garden. ## **Front Garden:** Plans are still in place for a project to remove sections of the railings and renovate the garden in order to open it up for the local community. This is an Ealing Council funded project, and we have communicated regularly with them for an update on the project, but with the financial challenges currently facing local councils, we may have to be patient. The trees and bushes within the garden have been professionally pruned back. If anyone in the church family would like to be regularly involved with gardening, it would be much appreciated. ## **Back garden:** The Japanese knot weed has been continued to be treated, it is now thought that this has been eliminated. ## **External work:** Gutters have been cleaned, and some repair work to the roof has been carried out to stop leaks. ## **Covid Compliance:** Automatic hand sanitisers for all main entry points have been bought with the costs split with Ealing Foodbank. Chars have been temporarily moved to comply with social distancing measures. The church has been regular cleaned, and all users of the church are expected to clean touch points after their sessions. ## **Windows/Vandalism:** Unfortunately, over the course of the year we have had 8 windows (over three different occasions) smashed on the Church Road side of the church. These have been reglazed. The PCC is currently considering whether to install some sort of protection for the ground floor windows. We have also had graffiti sprayed on the side door of the church, which has been removed. ## **Vestry ceiling:** A section of the vestry ceiling was damaged due to water ingress and has been replastered. ## **Small repairs/ongoing inspections:** Wi-fi within the church was upgraded in order to facilitate the live streaming of services, this included the installation of ethernet cable through the vestry into the main body of the church. Regular inspections were made on our fire extinguishers, boilers, lightning conductor and pest control measures ## **Insurance:** Buildings and contents insurance has been taken out for the church. ## **Future Work:** Our quinquennial (5 yearly inspection of the building) is due in 2021. Our 5-year electrical inspection is also due. ## **Rhodri Harvey | Church Warden** 14 ## **St Mellitus with St Mark Parochial Church Council** ## **End of Year Financial Statements** ## **Year ending 31 December 2020** 15 ## **Financial review** The income and expenditure for the year is presented on the following pages and is shown for the calendar year 2020. The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis. The continued generosity of church members enabled the PCC to meet its normal commitments for running and maintaining the Church and its activities. Like many churches, we experienced a reduction (£15k) in our income compared to last year due to loss of income as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our total income for 2020 is £132k. The majority of income comes from planned giving, a total of 75k. We were able to claim back Gift Aid of £22k in the financial year. Whilst overall planned giving fell slightly, with an increased benefit from tax efficient donations, the overall income from planned giving and gift aid combined increased marginally; 98k in 2020 vs. £95k in 2019. Collections and other giving also rose by £5k, from £3k in 2019 to £8k in 2020. We have had a significant decrease in income from the hire of the church, and income from activities such as children's groups and events. This income has more than halved from 44k last year to £21k this year. Covid-19 restrictions meant that many groups were unable to operate. However, we fully expect these users to return as and when it is permitted. Overall expenditure has increased from £121k last year to £270k in 2020. A £149k increase. This is due to £157 expenditure on church repairs and maintenance: £156k of that being expenditure towards the building project. The installation of a new kitchen area and toilet facilities in the church serves to improve the functionality of the building and better enable us to serve our local community. An £25k VAT rebate from the DCMS listed places of worship grant relating to the building project is expected in 2021. To fund the building project, a £60k London Diocesan Fund loan was taken in May 2020. Following regular monthly repayments, the outstanding loan amount (liability) is 53k at the end of the year. This expenditure decreases the total retained funds carried forward (2k) as previously these reserves had been held over for the now completed building work. At the end of 2020 we had approximately £55k in our bank account. All costs and budgets are carefully managed and monitored through the year and our ministry costs were reduced in 2020 as many of our groups, activities and ministries were paused during the pandemic or moved to meeting virtually. This is reflected in the decrease in church running expenses by £4k from 29k in 2019 to £25k in 2020. Our staffing costs of £20k are in line with last year. As a church, we make a contribution to the Diocese of London for the salary and housing costs of a vicar, for training and supporting curates in the Diocese, and to the national church. Our common fund contribution for 2020 was £43k, an increase of 10% on last year. Finally, we tithe the income that we receive and so we give away 10% of our income to support mission partners each year. In 2020, we gave away £24k (£9.5k from prior years' mission allocations) and supported the work of Besom, Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter, Ealing Food Bank, Ealing Street Pastors, Hennie and Becca Marais and RedTribe in Kenya, Kigeme Diocese in Rwanda, Mother’s Union, Open Doors and Tearfund. 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W13 9JU IER Oct 2018 17 31M2fio20 31112r2019 fM.70 139364.92 120.fL) t20.C#) UaWIM Ex￿1[￿l0d 1172.052. 37281. 139.334.92 IN￿.03 704 I￿5.71 T(ttl P4a1 18 1191 8.441 3273 3AJS 16,50 641 324 t2J24 19,7fJ 11.783 37,UiS 8.Ir£ Co•lofq•wabTrJfL¥th 21,3S2 Z.041 IQ817 .IrA) 1&7n 19m 2S3n 341 157.182 341 11)7.rn 2￿1 11x1 Pl*11) 24473 i) 711 16 FW3J21 Py 1 19 ## **Deanery Synod Report:** Due to the Covid-19 pandemic only two meetings took place in 2020. In February the Synod focused upon the Deanery mission plan which is being developed to identify how churches the deanery might develop in response to the rapid pace of change in the borough. In October, the focus of the meeting was on how Anglican churches in the deanery could respond to climate change. Rev Dave Bookless the vicar of St Mary’s Norwood Green and part of ARocha UK, presented some thoughts on how churches could improve their practice, and all churches were asked to think through how to promote and develop EcoChurch within their congregations. Janet Fletcher is the St Mellitus Deanery Synod Rep 20 St Mellitus Church Church Road, Hanwell, London. W7 3BA ## 020 3067 0035 office@stmellitushanwell.com stmellitushanwell.com St Mellitus, Hanwell. Registered Charity No. 1180084 21