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St James Parish Church, Silsden Our Vision To be Jesus Shaped

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Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2022

with reports for 2021 St James, Silsden, 3[rd] April 2022 10.30am in the Church Hall

OUR MISSION PRAYER

God of Mission, who works on Earth through all those who love you, we pray for your Church here in Silsden. We pray for our fellowship here at St. James; that we may grow in faith and in the confidence to bring others to find your Son, our Lord Jesus and so to find You.

Send your Holy Spirit on us to bring vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, faith to our lives, hope to our community, and love to our hearts. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

St James PCC is Registered as a Charity with the Charity – Commission – Charity Number 1180781 Official Charity Name : The Parochial Church Council Of The . Ecclesiastical Parish Of St James Silsden

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St James the Great, Silsden

Vestry Meeting and Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Sunday 3[rd] April 2022 at 1030am

Vestry Meeting

  1. The meeting opens with prayer

  2. Apologies for absence

  3. Minutes of last year’s Vestry meeting

  4. Appointment of tellers

  5. Election of churchwardens

  6. Archdeacon’s Visitations

Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)

  1. Minutes of last year’s APCM

  2. Matters arising

  3. Reports – most of the required reports have been circulated in advance, allowing for summaries and questions

a)Incumbent

b)PCC Report

c) Mission Groups

f) Churchwardens’ Report

g)Electoral Roll

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h)Safeguarding

i) Other reports

i. CAMEO

iii. Bellringers

  1. Elections

  2. Parochial Church Council

  3. Deanery Synod Rep

11. Appointment of independent examiner of accounts

  1. Data Protection

  2. Any other business

  3. Date of next meeting

  4. Closing prayers

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Minutes of the 2021 Vestry Meeting and 2021 Annual Parochial Church Meeting held in person and via Zoom on Sunday 25 April 2021

Vestry Meeting

  1. David Griffiths opened the meeting and welcomed both those in person in the hall and those joining via Zoom.

  2. Apologies for absence were received from Sue Francis, Louise Outhwaite and Alison Loryman.

  3. Minutes of the last meeting were approved. Proposed Pam Rycroft, seconded Alison Rohatynskj

  4. Tellers – Not required

  5. Election of Churchwardens:- Neil Whitaker and Jayne Robinson were appointed to serve as Churchwardens.

  6. The Archdeacon’s visitation will be on Zoom on 24 June at 7.30pm.

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

  1. Minutes of the last Annual Parochial Church Meeting were accepted. Proposed Helen Anderson, seconded Joanne Towers.

  2. Matters Arising – None

  3. Reports, these were pre-printed.

The reports were accepted as printed with no comments on the majority of the reports.

Mission Groups – thanks were given to the Chairs of the groups.

Adoption of Accounts – The accounts were accepted. Proposed Val Goddard, seconded Michael Wilkinson.

Electoral Roll - In 2021 there are 83 on the electoral roll with 7 being non residents.

Other Reports – Thanks were given to Revd Pat Smith for her work with the Mothers’ Union. Thanks were

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given to Alison Rohatynskj, Helen Anderson and Neil Whitaker for their work with our social media accounts.

  1. Elections:

PCC: The following were elected to the PCC:- Leanne Newsome, Derek Smithson

  1. Appointment of independent examiner of accounts: David thanked Bob Smith for his past work. He is willing to continue in the role.

  2. Data Protection: Nothing to report.

  3. There was no any other business.

  4. Date of Next PCC meeting: 15 June 2021.

  5. David closed the meeting with prayer.

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2021 Reports and Accounts for the Parochial Church Council of St James the Great, Silsden

St James’ PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend David Griffiths, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the church and hall of St James the Great, Silsden.

VICAR’S REPORT for 2021

This year’s resolution – “fail more and lean less” – trying new things and trusting God more!

If this is not very galvanic – I apologise but Covid has got me yesterday!

PRAYER

We will grow our prayer life at St James, making prayer for all of us a central and natural conversation with God.

Prayer is one of our vision priorities that we want to encourage and deepen this as a church and as individuals.

PRAYER GROUP – a weekly prayer meeting using Zoom has been seeing 3 - 6 people meeting for just 15 minutes - it works surprisingly well!

If you have not tried this please do as we want to see more of these small prayer groups coming into action and ask you to see this important aspect of our church

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life improve. Zoom is a good medium and the short time means that it is focused.

Prayer courses have been run through our Home Groups this last year and have been well received.

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TEACHING

We will work together to know and understand the Bible and to develop our faith in God.

Encouraging greater confidence as Christians is one of our vision priorities that we want to encourage and deepen as a church and as individuals.

WORKSHOPS - suspended - the future of our youth and children’s work is uncertain and of some concern to me. A group of us are meeting with Ima Lomax from “The Kitchen Table Project” on Zoom on Thursday 5 May – if anyone wishes to join us to rethink the future please contact me.

HOME GROUPS - continue to enhance our church life and faith journey greatly and it has been a joy to learn of people trying things that they have never done before. We are very grateful to the leaders and hosts of the Home Groups for their service to us. The number of groups has been 3 this last year led by Neil, Val and Brian, Alison and Jayne [coming out of our Alpha 4 course] with a 4[th] one formed for Lent led by Rev. Pat Smith. These groups are part of our vision to build confident Christians and to develop new leaders. Thank you Lord and thank you for their leaders and hosts as they have “failed more and leaned less”!

HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE - 9.30am - thank you to the Anderson crew for all the work they are putting in with the Wi-Fi in church and sorting the tech out that enables us to Stream this service. We are also committed to continue to Stream this service as part of our Mission. Indeed there will be a commitment to always, if possible, Stream all our Mission events and

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church meetings. We are seeing some new faces here but also need to see some older faces return.

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INFORMAL SERVICE – 11.00am - this has been

running since last September. Val and Brian, and home group members and mission group members have joined the leading of this service. This is a development of the monthly Gathering that we had been running for four years before Covid hit. This has meant that our goal to offer this kind of service weekly has been achieved!

We are seeing some new faces. Val and Michael are running the Proclaim Worship Software which is taking some of the workload from the Andersons which is great – thank you.

We have been pushed into new ways of being church, using music and teaching resources more imaginatively and seeing more people "have a go" at ‘breakout room' leading, prayers, bible reading which is great and provides pipelines for leadership training and experience – please let’s have more!

As we begin to meet physically we are looking to keep this service as our focus to attract younger people to meet with Jesus and it will therefore remain in a state of some fluidity as we try new things that may or may not succeed. This may well be a combination of service delivery using Zoom and physical meetings, going outside the church building to help with community projects and having a service in a field!. It will mean experimenting with doing "church" differently - getting out of our church buildings and being 'church' in the community - getting behind community activities, already up and running, whose aims align with our Kingdom values - helping with the environment - beck clean ups, litter picks, greening initiatives - helping in the park and then holding a service outside for any to attend.

With the arrival of summer and an improvement in the Covid situation the above may happen!

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ALPHA - We had our first ALPHA Course in 2019 - it was small but was very encouraging as we saw people touched by God and we were too! We have just begun our 6th. course a big thanks to Neil who has led this, Alison, Brian, Malcolm, Jacky, Mags, Michael, Susan and Jayne the hosts, and tech. support helpers.

Although this next item should be in the APCM Report for 2022 – 16 of us had a great Alpha Weekend at Scargill House in Kettlewell in February – our first residential time to look at The Holy Spirit – there was a unanimous response that we should do it again! So a big thanks to folks who came as guests and the hosts that led the week end and to the Scargill Community.

PROPHETIC CHALLENGE

We will help to make a fairer and sustainable world by speaking out against injustice and working to build God's kingdom.

Prophetic action and challenge is one of our vision priorities that we want to encourage and deepen as a church and as individuals.

FOOD BANK - Locally we continue to be involved with supporting the food bank at the Salvation Army in Keighley. Our local Co-Op store send their redundant fresh food and donated items to the Army via our church on Wednesdays. At the Vicarage we are keeping some food to hand out on behalf of CTIS [Churches Together in Silsden] to about 2 people. This situation is being monitored and discussions have taken place with Keighley Salvation Army about the possibility of us being a satellite food bank for them in Silsden.

PLASTIC - one of our vision objectives is environmental as we try to reduce our negative impact on the

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environment. This has taken a real hit with all the PPE and plastic test kits BUT this remains one of our vision actions - please do what you can NOT to purchase excessive plastic - go for the paper and cardboard which will not last for 200 years and end up in our grandchildren's stomachs!

MODERN SLAVERY - we have made a start on this with Brian Gregory and the Mission Group's lead for which I am very grateful to Neil and the Mission Group. We will be getting better informed and acting to oppose this godless crime.

'PROJECT 200 +' – Jayne and Neil have touched on this and it was very exciting to watch long dreamed of, and worked for, works carried out in 2021 with Phase 3 – opening that beautiful oak hall door is an occasion not just a process! A big thanks to Brian, Derek and Malcolm without whom it would not have happened.

Sadly the Covid event has changed the whole grant funding world as well as so much more – so Phase 4 works will not be happening this year but hopefully next.

'PROJECT 300 +' - having served us and our community for 300 years our church building also needs modernising for the next 300 years and we are planning to do this but when we do not know. We are applying for a grant to carry out a stain glass window condition survey having seen that the East window has problems as we cleaned it this last summer.

Major works do need to be carried out, but, alas, that will be for a future Incumbent.

We will continue to improve our church with a larger 80 inch screen going in and a new Audio Visual desk for the tech. crew at ground level.

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PEOPLE

We want to be confident Christians, led by the Holy Spirit, enabled to show God's love to all people and so bring change to the world.

SILSDEN'S GRAND JULY - Has not been meeting and there are no plans for any events this year. Although not a church group, Neil is Chair and Deborah is Treasurer. It is a great Ecumenical platform and has other community members with no church or religious affiliation.

QUEEN’S JUBILEE - We are working with the other community groups to celebrate 2 – 5[th] . June with, hopefully a street party in the Highstreet and a CTIS . service of Thanksgiving in the bandstand on Sunday 5[th]

SILSDEN'S GALA TEAM - There is only David on this committee at the moment and others from St. James and the other churches would be great. We are planning a full scale Gala this year with procession.

Please consider joining this valuable community group.

SILSDEN EMERGENCY COMMITTEE - David is the

rep. on this committee and needs to be replaced as we look to succession planning as he approaches retirement. This committee came out of the Silsden's 'Gasgate' in order to be better prepared for any town emergencies and has, with Brad. Met., prepared a plan and has resources stored at the Town Hall. We have met to plan and go through mock emergencies using Zoom.

The committee has also done a great job offering a Telephone Help Line, Chat Service and practical assistance follow up when needed during the Covid pandemic.

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CHRISTIAN AID COMMITTEE - This committee has

joined with CTIS [Churches Together in Silsden] and the two groups have joint meetings on Zoom - activities have been limited but we have plans in place for Christian Aid Week next month.

PERSONAL GROWTH and LEADERSHIP COURSE -

12 of us have completed this diocesan course - the 3nd that we have attended. It is going well, is pretty intense, thought provoking and is helping us to be intentional, try new things - pushing our own, often selfimposed, limitations.

We need to attract and train new, younger leaders and that is part of our Vision 2022 aims.

Please consider coming on the next one which is in September 2022

GRAVEYARD RENOVATIONS - another unexpected

area that could be part of our Mission. As we have built on Brad. Met's. work to stabilise the dangerous headstones in our graveyard by getting £15,000 of grants to resurrect fallen headstones; community members are responding positively. We have seen 6 + people turn up as FOG [ Friends Of the Graveyard ] to help work on the graveyard. Our Church Work Days join . with The FOG as part of our Mission on the 2[nd] Saturday of the month @ 10.00am – please come and join!

TEAM BUILDING

Encouraging everyone to help build a world-wide community of Christians, with servant hearts on a shared adventure.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURH COUNCIL [PCC] - a big thanks to the outgoing PCC - it has been a very

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challenging year and the technology challenge has divided church and some members of the PCC as the availability of Wi-Fi and the equipment and ability to employ platforms like Zoom meant that some people have lost out. I am sorry about this, we have tried to keep in meaningful contact with all of you – if I have failed – I am sorry – and ask that we apply ourselves in a new way to the future and the new challenges that now present themselves.

PCC MISSION GROUPS - These are composed of Mission Groups for Mission, Social, Fabric and Worship aspects of our church life and have been reorganised, meeting bi-monthly and have wider remits. Thank you to all the leaders of the Mission Groups - vacant – Worship; Deborah Thorley – Social; Neil Whitaker – Mission; and David leads the Fabric group at the moment.

THE CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SILSDEN [ CTIS ] - has been meeting on Zoom and now physically. Our Chair - Barbara Ayrton, Secretary - Pam Lloyd and Jayne Robinson and Treasurer - Pam Lloyd. We welcome Clare the new Methodist minister. Thank you to Jayne who is our church rep. If anyone else would like to be rep. with Jayne please contact Jayne or me.

We are getting behind the effort to get electricity into the Band Stand and Cenotaph to enhance what we can do there as CTIS and other community events.

THE PARISH SHARE - our part to the running costs of the Diocese was not paid in full for 2021. We paid £35000 towards the Share which was 63% of that requested. We were short by £. Thank you for your giving - if you can increase it please do as we are in "financially challenging" waters!

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CHURCHWARDENS - we have been served this last year by Jayne and Neil and a big thank you to them. This has been further enhanced by Brian Goddard our Deputy Churchwarden - I have valued greatly their help during these challenging days. Neil has been fab at keeping up with the everchanging Covid rules and getting risk assessments sorted.

THE LEADERSHIP MISSION GROUP - has been a great blessing to as we meet for brief meetings from twice to once a week via Zoom. The team comes from, and is answerable to, the PCC. Its members are the Church Wardens Jayne and Neil, Deputy Church Warden, Brian, Val, Susan and myself.

PASTORAL CARE TEAM - a big thanks to all who have stepped up or put up with all the changes in this area of our church life. We have set up a communication system using emails with a Weekly Newssheet - thank you Deborah, Neil and Susan for this. We have also been sending out paper communications by hand monthly for those not on the internet - thank you to the delivery crew. We have also set up a pastoral "tree" where 1 person rings 6 others weekly to see how they are and there is a system to provide further assistance should it be needed.

On the community front David has made contact with areas of the town where more vulnerable people live and made contact with the key community people in those areas and has offered to be an avenue of assistance should it be required. This is reducing now but key relationships have been built up which will continue to be of value.

ADMINISTRATOR - A big thanks to Deborah our Administrator who is also our Treasurer, Safeguarding

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Officer, Electoral Roll Officer, Bell Ringing Chief and is a great asset to us as she works at Diocesan HQ to!

MAINTENANCE - a big thanks to Avril our Cleaner, the Gardening crew, Brass Polishing team and flowers and church decoration crews.

Our church runs on all sorts of groups made up of you individuals giving your gifts back to God in service and I say a big THANK YOU to you all.

Love David

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) 2021 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PCC

The St James PCC

Clergy: - David Griffiths, Susan Griffiths

Deanery Reps: - Michael Wilkinson, Malcolm Hudson

Churchwardens:- Neil Whitaker (lay vice chair], Jayne Robinson (Secretary)

PCC Members:-

2019:- Deborah Thorley (Treasurer), Val Goddard,

Brian Goddard (Deputy Churchwarden)

2020:- Steve Anderson, Connor Anderson, Joanne Towers

2021:- Derek Smithson, Leanne Newsome

The PCC meet monthly via Zoom

A big thank you to all the PCC members as there is a lot to consider these days from policies of all sorts to buildings and building God's Kingdom through it all - please thank them yourselves and pray for them. Chair - David Griffiths

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Mission Groups

FABRIC MISSION GROUP

See notes in vicar’s report.

PROJECT 200 +

We have achieved another milestone with Project 200+ this year with the delivery of Phase 3. Enoch Harrison and Son Ltd have been very busy over the Summer to complete the works during the Pied Piper school holiday.

We are extremely grateful to all our funders who have generously supported us and enabled us to progress the scheme:

Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, it has not been possible to hold fund raising events this year, but it is hoped the improving situation will allow these to restart in 2022 because there are further works needed to complete the modernisation of the hall.

Phase 4 is planned for Summer 2023 when we hope to have finance available to remove the suspended ceiling, insulate the roof, replace the electrics, renew windows and radiators and redecorate. We have

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already received a grant of £6,000 from the Allchurches Trust and a pledge for £20,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation. We are approaching other potential funders to raise the £70,000 required, but please keep your gifts and donations coming to help us move forward with this next phase as soon as possible. Thank you for your faithfulness and support so far.

Brian Goddard

SOCIAL MISSION GROUP

The social mission group are:- Deborah Thorley (chair), Joanne Towers, Louise Outhwaite, Leanne Newsome, Mags Croft, Alison Rohatynskyj and Jackie Hudson.

We were very disappointed that we were not able to have any events in 2021 but we are now planning for some in 2022. Our remit is to look at both the social side of our church life and to raise funds for all projects. If you have any ideas, then please do let us know. Chair – Deborah Thorley

MISSION GROUP

A definition of ‘Mission’: working to bring about God's Kingdom and telling through our words and our lives the good news of Jesus Christ to everyone.

The Mission Group has met regularly since our last APCM (April 2021).

Our remit is:

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Much of our work has involved learning about modern day slavery and how it is an evil which exists in our communities. We have looked at a lot of information and come up with what we consider are the best sources of that information (such as Unseen UK). For resources we continue to look to the Clewer Initiative - the national work of the Church of England to combat modern slavery

We want to inform people – you and our wider community – about modern day slavery; then decide what we can and should do in response.

We are still at the informing stage – as we learn and then start to share what we learn through eg our newssheet, and when the Mission Group led the 11am service on 6 February.

In the near future we hope to organise an information event in our church hall – aimed at, not only our church, but the wider Silsden community.

We have also considered, and continue to consider, our church’s mission and outreach – thinking about ways of making our church more visible, how to build on our Christingle services outreach, Alpha, and the elements of our revised Vision which concern Mission, and which therefore need taking forward.

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Our thanks to Helen and Alison who look after our social media.

A prayer from the Diocese of Oxford:

God of love,

The sea is so great and our boat is so small.

Inspire your church as we put out into deep water, Help us to be contemplative, compassionate and courageous in your mission,

Guide us by your Spirit to discover where you are working,

Help us to join in the building of your kingdom

and anoint us afresh to make disciples of all ages in your name

For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ who calls us and sends us

With you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen

Please let us have your ideas for mission at St James and please do consider joining the Mission Group

Alison, Jayne, Joanna, Louise, Neil and Paul

WORSHIP MISSION GROUP

See vicar’s report about revised service times.

Financial Review 2021

Total receipts on unrestricted funds were £63607.67. Planned giving gave us £29371.50, and £7329.58 was claimed as Gift Aid from this, some donations and by the small donations scheme. £13205.00 came into

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general funds from church hall lettings. Details of all the income strands is given in the full accounts.

Total receipts on restricted funds were £27756.54. This included £15000 from the Bernard Sunley Trust for Project 200+.

In 2021 we paid £35000 towards the Share requested by the Diocese – this was 63% of the request. We carried out a number of repair works to the church and continued work on improving the churchyard and making memorials safe (£12038.56 from unrestricted income and £17453.66).

Full details of all expenditure can be found in the full accounts.

Reserves Policy

It is the PCC policy to hold at least £1,000 in the unrestricted funds at the end of the year. At the end of 2021 there was £4775.69 held in unrestricted reserves., some of this has been allocated to pay for further repairs to the vestry roof.

2021 has been again been a difficult year. I say a big thank you to everyone who has continued to give to the work of the church.

Can I please ask that if you give to the church by cheque that you write it out to Silsden Parish Church PCC. If not, the bank will reject it.

Deborah

Bank – Barclays Bank

Independent Examiner – Bob Smith, Lower Park Green, Silsden

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of St James’ PCC

I report on the accounts of the church for the year ending 31 December 2021 which are set out on the following pages.

The church’s trustees (the PCC) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts (delegated responsibility to the PCC Treasurer). The PCC consider that an independent examination of the accounts is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general procedures of the 2011 Act (as explained in the PCC Accountability booklet 5[th] edition).An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

  2. To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and

  3. To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or

  4. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understating of the accounts to be reached.

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Churchwardens’ Report

Jayne was elected Churchwarden at last year’s APCM, where Neil was re-elected. It is a privilege for us to be able to serve in this way.

By the time last year’s APCM was held the church building had been reopened after another long closure in the first quarter of 2021 as the Covid virus resurged. The ongoing presence of this virus has meant we have spent quite a bit of time during the last year working with David and Susan to keep on top of the Church of England’s guidance, keeping risk assessments up to date and monitoring the Government regulations to make sure we were compliant. We are grateful to the Diocese and the Church of England generally for their help and guidance throughout the Covid crisis.

Over the Summer we refined some of the detail of our church’s Vision (it remains our Vision that we want to be ‘Jesus Shaped’). It was invigorating to have a look at our Vision again, to fine-tune our priorities and to come up with an updated list of areas for our church to make progress with.

The Summer also saw the carrying out and completion of our Phase 3 works for Project 200+ and also the installation of the new toilet at the back of church. We are grateful to (and thank God for) the Lottery Community Fund grant we received for the works to the

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Hall, and the Bernard Sunley Foundation grant we received towards the works to create the new toilet at the back of church. We are very pleased with the result and we are grateful to the building contractor for the works. We are, though, particularly grateful to Brian Goddard, Derek Smithson and Rev David for their hours of work in getting these projects to a conclusion.

It is good to see the use of the Hall coming back after the pandemic, with different groups being able to meet again.

We need to raise funds for Phase 4 of the Hall (there are a series of windows in particular which are in serious disrepair) and during the last 12 months we have had works done to ancillary roofs (not the main roof) to the church building, sorted out a problem drain and stopped some movement in a non-structural wall. Thank you to Rev David for his tenacity with these works and to Malcolm Hudson for his expert advice.

Thank you for all your giving – whether to the church generally or to specific projects such as Project 200+.

It was good to be able to fully open the building in September, as we continued with two Sunday morning services, and it has been good to be able to welcome back, not only our whole congregation, but also our bellringers and Chris Brook our organist – it is great to be able to hear our church bells and our church organ again. It is also wonderful to meet for coffee again on Sunday mornings (albeit with a Covid break across the turn of the year).

This all means we have rotas back up and running again – with welcomers, readers, money counters, coffee teams, tech crew etc. Thank you to everyone who serves in this way. Thank you also to everyone who serves our church and community in other ways too – our Parochial Church Council members, those on our mission groups, the Home Groups, the Alpha Team, the Bible Course team, the weekly newssheet team and

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contributors, Rev Pat Smith for helping out by leading some of our services – and of course Rev David and Rev Susan.

We are grateful that we could acquire a TV screen for the church, and it has worked well in improving the quality of the projection at our services. We are also continuing to broadcast our 9.30am service on YouTube, so that people can still attend our services where, for whatever reason, attendance at the building is not an option for them. Much time goes into preparing the sound and vision in the run up to each Sunday; thank you to Steve, Connor, Simon and Val specifically for all their work with this.

Continuing with the thank yous, there are of course are so many people who serve in many other ways to make our church function – church administration and finances are very important necessities, whilst pastoral care, spreading God’s love within our community and constant prayer are also important parts of a dynamic church. Then there are those who help at the work days, those who garden around church, those who clean, those who polish, those who produce and arrange the lovely flowers in church, the Friends of the Graveyard – the list goes on. We thank God for everyone who contributes to all areas of our church ministry – and we say thank you to them.

We would like also to thank Brian Goddard, our Deputy Churchwarden, for all his work with the David, Susan and ourselves as we have navigated our way through another unpredictable year.

There is a lot going on at St James Church! We feel the Holy Spirit in action in our church and we couldn’t be the active church we are without everything you all do too, in and for our church. Thank you.

Jayne and Neil

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Safeguarding

St James Silsden has adopted the Church of England’s Safeguarding policy, which is reviewed annually. We also have in place procedures for ensuring that this policy is applied in all parts of St James’ work.

I am pleased to report that there have been no safeguarding incidents at St James in 2021.

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Other Reports

CAMEO (Come And Meet Each Other)

Unfortunately, this group has not met since the start of the Covid Pandemic. We used to meet once a month in one of our local cafes for a coffee and a chat. It would be good to get this going again. If this is something that you are interested in joining, or returning to, then please let me know and we can hopefully make it happen. We used to meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 1.30pm. Is this still a good time for everyone?

Also, just before the pandemic started we were thinking of starting a second group - meeting once a month at a local pub in an evening - maybe moving from venue to venue each time. This would give those among us who are not available during the day the chance to meet together for a drink and a chat. Is this still something that you would like to think about starting? If so, please let me know.

I look forward to hearing from some of you and hopefully starting / restarting our CAMEO adventures. With love, Susan

Thursday Group

This is (or was) our fortnightly Communion service held at 2pm at The Vicarage.

It is a small and welcoming group who meet together to share in a service of Holy Communion followed by a cup of tea and some biscuits. Sadly, during the Covid times we have been unable to meet but we are missing each other and now are now hoping and planning to restart this again at the end of March. If you would like to join us then we would love to see you. We can provide lifts for those who need them. Please have a word with me if you would like to know more. Looking forward to getting together again.

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With love, Susan

Bellringers

We held an open day on 1 August 2021 on Yorkshire Day as part of the organised events by the Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers to recruit new ringers. We were successful and recruited one new ringer and informed others of what we do.

We have been ringing on Monday afternoons during winter (it is a much nicer time than a cold dark Thursday evening) and have rung between the two Sunday services at 9.30am.

We will review ringing times again to suit the ringers, so if anyone wants to join please do talk to me.

Deborah

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"ST. JAMES’ CHURCH SILSDEN IS JESUS SHAPED"

We express this Vision using the 5 JSP themes as follows :-

1 PEOPLE Becoming confident Christians, led by the Holy Spirit, enabled to show God's love to all people.

2 TEACHING

Knowing and understanding the Bible and

learning about our faith from each other.

3 TEAM BUILDING Encouraging everyone to be part of a world-wide

community of Christians, with servant hearts and

on a shared adventure.

4 PRAYER Making prayer, for each of us, a central and natural conversation with God.

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5 PROPHETIC CHALLENGE

Speaking out against injustice and acting to build

God's kingdom.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

Unrestricted Restricted Unrestrcited Restricted
Notes Funds 2021 Funds 2021 TOTAL2021 Funds 2020 Funds 2020 TOTAL 2020
RECEIPTS
Voluntary Receipts
Planned giving 29371.50 29371.50 28156.30 28156.30
Collections 4924.36 4924.36 3912.17 3912.17
All other giving 5a 4596.57 4948.38 9544.95 6624.71 7365.56 13990.27
Project 200+ 22121.91 22121.91 7126.73 7126.73
Gift Aid recovered 7329.58 686.25 8015.83 8314.66 766.52 9081.18
46222.01 27756.54 73978.55 47007.84 15258.81 62266.65
Activities for Generating Funds 5b 13685.00 13685.00 11476.13 11476.13
Investment Income 5c 1586.84 4.17 1591.01 1532.31 44.89 1577.20
Church Activities 2070.00 2070.00 1656.00 1656.00
Other 43.82 43.82 182.50 182.50
Total Receipts 63607.67 27760.71 91368.38 61854.78 15303.70 77158.48
PAYMENTS
Church Activities
Diocesan share 35000.00 35000.00 35000.00 35000.00
Clergy and stafng costs 5d 5151.64 5151.64 6714.67 6714.67
Church and Hall running expenses 5e 8775.24 8775.24 9097.98 9097.98
Church and Hall repairs and maintenance 5f 12038.56 17453.66 29492.22 9606.38 2679.73 12286.11
Project 200+ 5g 7777.92 7777.92 11290.31 11290.31
Mission giving 5h 0.00 50.00 50.00
Other 20.00 20.00 82.80 82.80
Total Payments 60985.44 25231.58 86217.02 60551.83 13970.04 74521.87
Excess of Receipts over Payments 2622.23 2529.13 5151.36 1302.95 1333.66 2636.61
Cash in bank and in hand at 1 January 2153.46 18227.98 20381.44 850.51 16894.32 17744.83
Cash in bank and in hand at 31 December 4775.69 20757.11 25532.80 2153.46 18227.98 20381.44

5. Further Analysis of Receipts and Payments

Unrestricted Funds Restrcited Funds Unrestricted Funds Restrcited Funds
2021 2021 TOTAL 2021 2020 2020 TOTAL 2020
RECEIPTS
a All other giving
Donations 4596.57 3105.15 7701.72 2793.46 6248.00 9041.46
VAT reclaim 1843.23 1843.23 0.00 0.00
Project 200+ (z) 22121.91 22121.91 7126.73 7126.73
Legacy 0.00 1117.56 1117.56
Gift Week (*) 0.00 3831.25 3831.25
4596.57 27070.29 31666.86 6624.71 14492.29 21117.00
b Activities for generating funds
Church hall lettings 13205.00 13205.00 11382.78 11382.78
Saturday/Sunday Cofee 476.00 476.00 86.40 86.40
Autumn Fair 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cards 4.00 4.00 6.95 6.95
13685.00 13685.00 11476.13 11476.13
c Investment income
CBF dividends 1586.84 1586.84 1532.31 1532.31
CCLA fund interest 4.17 4.17 44.89 44.89
d PAYMENTS
Clergy and stafng costs
Clergy expenses 2233.84 2233.84 2060.47 2060.47
Organist 150.00 150.00 400.00 400.00
Cleaner 2275.00 2275.00 3515.00 3515.00
Administrator 492.80 492.80 739.20 739.200
5151.64 5151.64 6714.67 6714.67
e Church and hall running expenses
Gas 2306.47 2306.47 2202.84 2202.84
Electricity 1315.64 1315.64 1146.41 1146.41
Water 325.39 325.39 355.30 355.30
Insurance 2118.70 2118.70 2091.41 2091.41
Organ tuning 170.00 170.00 160.00 160.00
Children's work 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pastoral work 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Service consumables 108.45 108.45 129.37 129.37
Cleaning materials 525.97 525.97 1128.57 1128.57
Printing, stationery and web 1260.04 1260.04 1245.83 1245.83
Music etc licences 644.58 644.58 638.25 638.25
8775.24 8775.24 9097.98 9097.98
f Church and hall repairs and maintenance
General 12038.56 17453.66 29492.22 9606.38 2679.73 12286.11
g Project 200+ 7777.92 7777.92 11290.31 11290.31
h Mission Giving
CTIS 0.000 0.00 50.00 50.00
British Legion 0.000 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.000 0.00 50.00 50.00

2020(z) £766.52 Gift Aid claimed for Project 200+ included in Gift Aid reclaim figures 2020(*) £590 Gift Aid claimed for Gift Week included in Gift Aid reclaim figures

Notes

  1. The financial statements of the PCC have been produced in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments basis

  2. Fixed assets retained for church use are the access to the church hall car park

  3. The movements in designated and restricted funds during the year were:

Bal b/fwd Receipts Payments Bal c/fwd
Designated
Utility fees 932.00 275.00 0.00 1207.00
Restrcited
Gates 1092.10 1092.10
Churchyard 8355.57 8355.57 0.00
Electrical works 6.25 6.25
Tower works 6.25 6.25
General projects 3902.85 1843.23 5746.08 0.00
Boiler 74.76 74.76 0.00
Project 200+ 2919.88 22121.91 7777.92 17263.87
Interest 207.95 4.17 212.12
Flag 56.20 110.00 166.20
Vicar's Fund 1051.16 1051.16
Live Streaming 555.01 555.01
Roof Repairs 0.00 2341.25 2341.25 0.00
Clock 0.00 1200.15 796.00 404.15
Drains 0.00 140.00 140.00 0.00
18227.98 27760.71 25231.58 20757.11

Where the money is

01/01/2021 12/31/2021
Current account
Unrestrcited funds 2083.75 4705.98
Restrcited funds 4691.64 572.61
Project 200+ 0.00 0.00
DBF fees 0.00 211.00
Charity Money 108.50 108.50
Parish Weekend 1134.00 1134.00
CTIS Electricity 0.00 516.87
Stonemason 0.00 197.00
Alpha Weekend 0.00 -360.00
Total 8017.89 7085.96
Petty Cash 69.71 69.71
Hall account
Flower Guild 192.26 192.26
Project 200+ 2919.88 17263.87
Total 3112.14 17456.13
CCLA account
Restricted funds 10616.46 2920.63

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Note Funds Funds Funds TOTAL 2021 TOTAL 2020
£ £ £
Cash Funds
Bank current account 4705.98 572.61 0.00 5278.59 6775.39
CCLA account 0.00 2920.63 0.00 2920.63 10616.46
Churchwarden's Petty Cash 69.71 0.00 0.00 69.71 69.71
Hall account 0.00 17263.87 0.00 17263.87 2919.88
4775.69 20757.11 0.00 25532.80 20381.44

Investment Assets

Investment fund shares at market value £62,442.49

In 0ut In hand
fees other 780 780 0
fees dbf 464 253 211
Stonemason 869 672 197
Alpha Weekend 350 710 -360

I report on the accounts of the church for the year ending 31 December 2021 which are set out on the followin8 pages. The church's trustees (the PCC) ale resp(￿￿ble for the preparation of the accounts Idelegated responsibility to the PCC Treasurer). The PCC consider that an independent examination of the accounts is needed. It is my responsibility to= Examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Charrties Act 2011) To follow the general procedures laid out in section 145151 Ibl of the 2011 Art To stste whether particular matter5 have come to my attention Basls of Independent Examlnerfs Report My examinatlon was carried out in accordance with the 8eneral procedures of the 2011 Act {•$ th explained In the PCC Accountsbility booklet 5 edition}.An examinatlon includes a revlew of the •¢¢ountlw records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. In connection with my examination. no rnatter has c(xne to my attention." l. Whl¢h gl￿S rne re•sonablt cause to believe that in any m•teri•l respect the requirements To keep accounting records In •crnrdance with sectTon 130 of the 2011 Art: •nd To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting record5 and compty with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understating of the accounts to be reached. Name.. Date:.... l£r /c£k£}4 iQ& bzo .