Annual report for 2021 churches in Penlee clustsr: 2021
Charity Number: 1180956
Introduction
What a yead. Little did any of us think when Covid 19 first appeared in our
consciousness in January 2020, and the first kxk down announced in March,
that we would still be in this uncertain pandemic time in may 2021.
Each of us will have our own story to tell about the impact of this pandemic on
us. our families and the communty that we live in. Each of us will have been
challenged in different ways." famity deaths, illnesses. work and leisure times
unrecognisable. Even the living out of our faith. serving our communty and
worship totally changed, totslly challenged.
As we meet for our annual meeting I want to thank God for the many many ways
that the Penlee cluster of churches communty in this place have responded
to the situation that we found Ou￿et￿eS in.
Pray, the way that we have a deep relationship with a living God, has been at
the heart of our corporate lives. So many people being prepared to pray daily
for the needs of others, for those who have worked and served their
community, for guidance when the road map of life seemed utterty changed.
We thank God for people who daily have joined together online to pray
moming and night prayer...More than a syml)olic act to remind us that we are
united with each othei and G¢)d as a praying ￿MMUnty of faith.
Online worship, zoom. courses.
Corporate worship went online and together we leamt how to lead worship
differentty. You were prepared to travel a new n)ad in worship. singing an old
song in a new land, as it were. We give thanks particularly for the skills of
Keno and Chris Osbome, gifted and inspirational, who have added a new
exciting and challenging dimension to our worship through their IT skills. For
Chris and Dave who have enabled us to live stream worship and even
funerals, allowing people across the world to be part of important lrfe
moments. All this seems so new, so foreign and almost a break with the past.
But it is the same gospel of Love and the overwhelming generosty of God
that is preached.
Financial Gift from ST Paul Trust
Much of this would not have been possible without the G(ft from the St Mary
and St Paul Trust to the Cluster of £17k to help us though this Covid period..
in some ways a gift from Christians from the past who have gone before us

and were prepared in their day to be generous. This gift helped with staff
furlough costs as we decided to top up the Government grant and pay staff
the same as they would have eamed had it been possible for them to work.
This was particularty important for playzone which had to be closed during the
pandemic.
Through this time of pandemic our churches have not been closed. Some of
you have faithfully met to provide food parcels for the vulnerable and, in
connection with our church school, have taken food and offered support to
families. We have offered support groups to others, being prepared to meet
and offer a human face in a time that has been quite lonely and confusing for
so many. Though this valuable work that we have felt called to do we as
individuals and as faith communitEs have grown doser to each other and to
the God we serve. The process has, I believe made us more genuine, more
humble and more expectant as we wait upon God.
Moving many things online certainty have had their challenges and the
leaming cuNe has been steep. We have used zoom for worship, PCCS,
nurture groups and staff meetings. We have also been able to access training
materials and resources from so many places and in doing so have been
enriched. Thanks to Olive Stevens and David rake we have even been able
to have Quiet days on line and Mel has led weekly Julian group.
HeartEdge suppor( commercla118atlon and creativity
Through the pandemic we have become part of the HeartEdge communty
linked with st Martin in the field London. We ran a very successful Heartedge
conference in this diocese and were blessed. George Dow through Green
Christian ran a very thought provoking 6 week course wh￿h challenged the
ways we live sustainability. Wisdom reflection groups have continued to
nurture us in our farth and so dKI the "Being Interrupted. 10 week course.
Work supportlng young people
Despite the challenges of the pandemic we supported our young people
running Covid secure holiday clubs, assemblies and seasonal appropriate
activrties. We are indebted to our head teacher Hilary for not only ensuring
that daily worship when out from our schools through this pandemic time but
also that so many vulnerable chiklren have been cared for....a unprecedented
number of children have been tsken into care this year and we pray for their
safe future and their fk>urishing.
Shared Meal Project: never alone .
The ' shared meal projecf has enabled meals to be taken out to people in the
cluster area three times a week: pub lunch on Monday in the paul area ,
pasties on Wednesday and Newlyn and fish and chips on Friday in

penzan￿. It has enabled us all to keep in touch with each other and to
support those who were lonely or vulnerable with a spirt of generosity. A
massive thanks to all who have delivered meals over the last months.
Grateful to the people in all 4 churches who have for months tirelessly taken
out meals 3 times a week to keep in touch with their church community.
Reimagining Chrisknas
Reimagining Christmas. certainly made us rise to the challenge and rethink
our priorities when it looked as if another major Christian festival was in
threaten. In the end, with huge amount of work from our chuTch communty
1 OOOS of envelopes with art activities were produced and delivered. It was our
first joint working with Mounts Bay Area. . The gift of fireworks to people in the
town and surrounding villages over the bay on Christmas Eve was so
memorable . helped people to feel part of a caring communty.
Intergenerational working
Lent and Easter saw an intergenerational ° parcel per you are never alone
project which was so well received by schools within the cluster.
Environmental project
Our "Peter rabbit and the G7 summit project. caught the imagination of local
schools. We provided the funding for each chikl to watch the newly released
PeteT Rabbit film and then to engage in workshops connecting the film to
environmental issues. Our churches provided many volunteers to enable this
to happen in a Covid secure way for 5 local schools. Schools feel that we
care al a time when they feel so stretched and vulnerable. Our children had
not had such an experience for the whole of lockdown. Thank you for making
this possible .
Challenging Covld Tim89
We certainly have even more challenging times ahead as church
communities across Comwall. Covid has sped up many problems that need
facing. The "On the way. review process of the church in Comwall in this
deanery will ￿rtainlY change the way the church operates...thank you to all
who have offed tireless support and vision to this process.
Financial assistance
We are so grateful to those of you who have financially supported the work of
the church in this place: for being prepared to grft one off donations to our
many projects especialty to feeding the hungry through the pandemic, for
people who have set up direct debts or have raised their giving. We are
aware that every person is doing all that they can to financially support church
life here....and how soul destroying it often feels to be labelled as failures just
because we live in a financially poor and challenging place. We believe that

ministry of clergy offered onty to parishes who are enough to pay is not in
the spirit of Jesus, ministry to the poor and marginalised.
So we are grateful to all of you who have kept the faith alive this year. A real
tribute to the Trustees, Wardens of the cluster. Readers, worship leadets,
pastoral assistants , stewards, well being teams and musicians ...and our
church school staff. We n(yu embark on a new joumey conf￿enty .
Sian yates: chair of Penlee duster churches . March 2021

PENLEE aUSTER
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PMXINTS FIXI THE PERKJD ENDED YI DEQM8ER 2021
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TLxal
Grants
Parlsh C¢thtr￿1CfftS
50
49.6S9
11,250
4,758
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9.735
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68.637
68,5
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750
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926
1.104
2.327
1.316
166
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1.175
2,226
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Trfal Brwm Fornard
T(tsl Carrl•d Forward
4625
26.514
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44.334
52,959
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
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applithle Directions ￿Ven by the Cbanty Commission.
Independent eumlner's Jtstemeat
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