The Deanery of Thurrock in the Diocese of Chelmsford The Mardyke Team Ministry Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council st For the Year Ended 31 December 2021 Team Rertor The Rev d AT Frankland Team Vicar. The Rev d M Drummond The Revd P Rabin (Retired 31"July 2021) Banker Barclays Nat West Santander Independent Examiner AP Day Accountants 3 Hollow Cotrnges Purfl.eet RM19 IQP Page | I Mardyke Team Ministry- Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31 December year Administratlve Information All Saints is situated In Beihus Park, Sc Michael's Church is sltltated in Aveley. St Nicholas In South Ockendon, and St Stephen's in Purfeet. It is parr of the Diocese of Chelmsford wtthin the Church of England. The correspondence address 15 The Vicarage. Mill Road, Aveley, Essex. RM15 45 Incumbenc Team Vicars.. The Revd AT Frankland The Revd M Drummond The Ravd P Rabin (Retired 31, July 2021) G Petrit H Webstrr Chairman Team Reader.. Wardens.. K D'Arcy Cumber L Langenburg Z Mills A Pool O Akinkunml Assistant Warden.. Representatiyes on the Deanery Syiiod. K D'Arcy Cumber S Honnor C Aderln K Ford Elec*d members PCC: Mark Antrobu5 LindA Buckingham Clifford Edwards Katie Ford Andrew Halles Zyle Mllls Charity Okoro DCC.. All Salnts Vicki Akinosho John Buckingham Linda Buckingham Christine Langan Dave Pammen Sue Stamp Roberc Stamp Brenda Whan Saint Nicholas Fiona Bunton Pamela Bunton Christine Ford Alexandra Hatch Page12 St Michael Anne Copeland Candice Ur5ell Beverly Slatterly Saint Stephen Margaret Vertry Page13 Strurturei governance and managemert The method of aPp)inUrw￿ of PCC rrEmber5 is set out in the Church Rewesentation Rules. Al Church attendees are encouraged ro on the Electoral Roll and srand for eJecti¢)n t¢ the PCC. Objectives and activities The Mardyke Team Ministry KC has the ￿s￿nSIbIlI￿ of COryOFw2ting with the incumben( the Revd Tard Frankland, in promoting in the ecdesiattic31 parish the whole nxssion of the Church. pastoral. evangelisiic, social and ecumenical. Achlevements and perfomiance Church attendance Electoral Roll Report For the year 2021 there are 133 people on the Electoral Roll for the Mardyke Team. of these 117 are resident in the parish and 16 are non- residert Glynis Pettit PCC & DCC Reports SECRETARY'S REPORT FOR THE MARDYKE TEAM MINISTRY 2022 The PCC consists of the Clergy, Readers. Churchwardens. lay representstives from each church and Deanory Synod representstives. As the APCM was not held unril May 23 2021. the PCC has met only four tlmes. twice by zoom. ontr In person and once in a comb"nation set up. Father Peter retired in July 2021 so we are now Se￿ed by two priests for our four churches. Reverend Tara Fr2nkl2nd has responsibllity for Saint Michael'5 Aveley and Saint Stephen's Purfeet and Father Matt Drummond has responsibiliry for Al Saints Belhus Park and Saint Nicholas South Ockendon. This was formalized at the Candlemas SeThI￿ on the 30 January 2021 Having only LWO prlesrs to serve four churches h25 necessttated changes co our serytces. At P￿sent thls has meant two out of four churches has a Eucharistic Servi￿ while the other two have Morning Prdyer from the Book of Common Prayer or from Common Worship. This is then reversed. All Salnts and Salnt Stephen's have a Eucharistic service on the ume Sunday as do Saini Michael's and Saini Nichola5. This system has tried to be robust enough co cover clergy illness and holidays etc Morning Prnyer can be led by lay people rf a priest is unavailable. It is anllcipared that these arrangements will sray in Pla￿ for the foreseeable future. However, each churdi will k able to develop Morning Pr7yer services to suit their individual situacions. Discussions regarding service format5 will be held in February with the relevant DCC'S. We would like to sincerely thank our clersy. li￿nsed Minis￿r5 and lay people who lead our worship. As latt year, our church irrter-acDon vrds Curtailed by covid 19. Ir wasn't until the Summer that we began to feel there Tr*vere more opportuniti£s. By Septsmber 2021 we were all receiving a weekty servrce and after a Covid risk assessment via5 rr4d& choir prncttce re started at All S￿nts. Craft groups reaopened at All Saints 2nd Saint Nicholas and although we did nor manage a Harvesc Supw. V￿ celebrated Har¥est Festival and donated the gifts to Food Ban Page14 Also in 5eptrM￿r. the new Bishop of Ckdmsford. Bishop Gull Frana>Dehqani was in5t311ed and opportunities to meet her are in ￿ac& Fc>od Baftk continued throughout the wtde pandemic. Thursday morning and Satyrday morning at All SainLE and Friday morning ac Saint Stephen & Our thanks go to all those who enab￿ this to continue especially Trevor Fuller and Glynis Pettit at Al Swnrs , the volunteers ar Sw'nt SteFthen's and Reverends Tara and Matt who have been and are. both involved in overseeing this. It is hoped to return ihe Saturday morning slot back to Saint Michael's new volunteers are needd for thi& For the rime being it will function at Afi Saints. Plans for Chrisunas Fairs and Christmas Services were discussed and puc in place. However. there wa5 much uncertainty as the Omicron variant had i*gun rdmpagin8 through the country. Severdl plans were put in place to cover a variety of scenarios. All four churches held Christmas Pairs and raistrj muth needed Incon￿ We had fthver stalls and kept masks on. Hand sanitiser readily aTroilable and a c￿e -way system vns in Pla￿ Doors were kept open to allow for air circulation. Luckity the weather vlas not too cold. All Saints. thoir attended Leatherland Lodge in mid -December to sing cards to its resldents. Henry led the singing on his violln and we rook carol sheets so that staff and residents could join in if they wished and were able. We were jolned by Father Matt and Louis L3ngenberg and finished wth tea and mlnce pies. We had a lovely time and are hoplng to continue the connectlon. As we were singing ourside in chelr quadrangle. we were pleased that It dldn't raln. On the last Sunday of Advent some of Salnt Nicholas. congrepDon along with Father Matr trlalled an Informal carol sing outside the church. This vos foll0v￿ by Carols by Candlelight (although it was by torchllght due w covid.) 1¢ vns not attended as well as usual a5 the omicron Ydrlant was infecting many and mask wearing. open doors. social distancing and a limlt on numbers were all in place. Add ro th2( the weather was freezing!!!! But tt happened. Our thanks to Roberr Petherum, org2nist from Salnt Mary Magdalen< North Ockendon, who played for us. We were also joined ty some of hls choir members. The cholr were pleased ro be able to lift people's spirirs at yet another time of un￿r(ainty. ChrSsrmas servtces had to be re4rranged ac the last rninu￿ as Father Matt ended up self-lsolatlng. At All Saints we had a Wdlk through 'seThlce' for familles at sp.￿ on Christmas E￿ Children had quizzes and scavenger sheets and then collected their ChrisDngle at the end, from outslde. Although ic was not our usual Chrlsrrn8le Servic& it vrds better supported than we anticipataj (it was pouring with rain and cold.) and it will be worth loo￿n8 at the format of future event5 next Christmas Season. Left over Chdstingles were delivered to Leatherland Lo*e by Louis. They were pleased to receive Ehem. Reverend Tara hosted Aveley Pdmary School for three Christingle Servi￿$ tefore the end of trm). She then provided cr]b servicesl carol servi￿S for Saint 5￿phen s and Saint Mich2el's followed by the Chrlstmas 'Mldnight Mass, services for all four churthes in the Team! Well Done ar¥J a big 'Thantyou' to her. After Christma& Tara had to self- 1501ate and Father Mau took the fyyo Eucharisrtc services. while members of the congreiarion took Morning Prayer. As we entered the New Year. there has teen a lessening of covid restrictions and th15 has been gradually reflected in our churches. We are Singing mre and lay people are able to share readings and In￿rceSsion We are acutely aware that the pandemic is not yet over. so each step we Take is Girefulty a55essed. We are already thir>king longer ￿rm. After carrying out a risk assessTYEnL we intend to offer a children, craft session for Mothering SundaylEaster at All Saints. on Saturday 26 March from ￿n co one p.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult All are welcome and as usuai this is a fr* acrivity. Also. the Soup Kitchen to raise fundsfor Christian Aid. will take place on SaDJrday 21" May srartlng at I l a.m. Soups and salads will be available and ail profits go to Christian Atd. The past two years have been extremety difficult for everyone and for many It has keen 3 time of loss and great sadness. In the mhdsr of this there has teen much to celebr3tL There have been innovauons in the way Page15 seNices have been p￿sented and in the way we have communic2ted with each other. Zoom and live streaming have kept people in touch and made services accessible to others who may never be wlling to 'darken the doors, of our church buildiw. Our thanks to Katia. Father Alex and Anne Pool from Saint Nicho13s who have used the internet to live stream Morning and Evening prayer during the pandemic 2nd are Continuing with it at present Our Sunday Eucharistic services were live streamed and still are. We now have ume ro reflecr on whar we have learnt from the experientr. How will we cononue ￿llIng the 'Good News. in our time? We pray for God's guidan￿ in the year ahead as we *in to move forward. Sue Stsmp Secret Review of the year CHURCHWARDEN'S ANNUAL REPORT All Saints Church, Belhu5 Park 11 Sai n's Fin Another year down. another year with Cowd restricting what we can do. However, we must celebrdte that we got a Chrisrmas fair and Christmas services,. that is mor¢ than last yEar. May this year give some normality and openness of all that we do and plan to do. We contjnue to try to rescore what we had pre pandemic within ￿ason and with reaSona￿e adjustment We have reinstated our rora and we have gone back to two readers and an ￿n￿rceSSOr and the cholr roblng ard processing OUL Within thls APCM year. we say goodbye to Reverend Peter Rabin and Richard. We wish them luck in thelr new advenwre and new hom& Now the diocese should declde what to do with the vlcarage. As they were rankin8 parlsh4 lets sell off the ￿carage so we do not need ro worry about another I￿lIding within the team. At All Saints we celebrnte and thank God for Father Marr Drummond. We are ever grnteful for his mlnistry, consistency and interest in the parish. The congreg3tion has felt they have someone caring and praying for rhem and with them. We thank him for connecting with the local schools in Ihe warish and welcoming children once again to the church. Thank you Reverend Tara Frnnkland. for your running around durfng Covld from church to church. We were very grateful to still have four Servi￿ across the wm at Christmas due to Father Matt's isolation. We wish her well on her annual leave as she must take some soon to 8ive her a ittak from the frontline Covid hosplt21 warrls, l￿n8 on call at the HO5￿Ce and taking many funer41& l am very grateful for us to have weekty servlce5 instead of fOrt￿￿hrIY like the beginning of APCM year. Whilst l understand why we have 2 communions (due to illness and holiday), I feel we could have 3 communions as we have 2 vicars. Obviousty if it changes to S vicar. can return to I We have trialled morning prayer both nEW and okl and now we try the service of word liturgy. Fingers crossed it works well. Hopefully as Covid eases we rewrn to the communion CU￿ and we uke communion in 2 ways" bread and winL Aso, as capacity limiotions are lifted hoFthliy more tAptism5 will be hekd at All Saints. ell Rlngin8 for HRH Prince Phlllip: thank you (o those who rang the bells to mark the passing of Prince Phillip and for the flag being flown at half-mast Harvest: We celebrated Harvest and vle saw a lot of donations and fresh woduco HoFefully the fresh produce can come from the allotment ai the back of the Church. Page16 Joint Team Service: in October we welcomed the team to All Saints on the Fbfth Sunday. Ic was a ple2sure h05tJng everyone and we look forward to the next one. Remembrance Sunday. A thank you to John, Linda, Brenda and June for ringlng the bell and flying the flags at half-mast ac I l o'clock on Remembrance Sunday. l am very grateful for Father Matt keeping up with filling out the Service Register 2nd making sure all the online seryices are recorded correctiy in the LN)oL ct. ities an rou The crdft group continued once restrictions alloNYed whicli gave those who live alone to be around others after a long period of isolation. This group continue5 to gmw and will continue to do so as the word spreads. I wonder whar we can get them to do for the jubilee. The choir ha5 grown, 2nd we are grateful to have the choir. Finilly, they can pro￿$$ out WSth the cross and vicar. We thank the choir lor singing carols at Leatherland Lodge and we hope this is the beginning of a good relationship. We gave sorne Christingles on Christmas Eve for them to use on Christmas Day. Our Church conunues to be used for Foodbank and we provide a Wdluable service to the local communiry. We thank Keverend Ta￿ Glynis 2nd Trevor lor their hard work and determination. Trevor goes oui and collects food early from Tesco to be able ro share this wizh Ihe families or indwiduals who use food bank. Our church is used on a Saturday and a Thursday every week. Our church hall continues to be used by the Rainbows. Brownies and guide5. They created aThork for Remembrance Sunday and gave a nice donation for H2rvesc tovf&rds the collection for foodbank Other h311 users 3re WeEhtWatchers, Slimming world. High Intrnsity Tr2ining (Hrr) club, Karyate and the National Autism S¢xiery On￿ a month. hurch an The Ground This is our quinquennial year and we need to book our inspecoon. We have worked hard ro fundraise and save for the works requlred and other things will need to be thought about from the to do list from the last report I have also had to think aboutthe things we can do as a Church to save money on paying someone. Unfortunately, nothing goes to plan so we have had extr2 exFtnditure as things have gone wrong. ThSngs achieved: Outside: The boiler room ￿llIng rep12ced with new tiles - nettles cut down on old allotment with weed barrier and woodchip covering it- G3rden of Remembrance parh has been slabbed and cemented honk ou nerous donotions The gJ7vd from the Garden of Remembrance was moved to the window under the hall to suppre55 the weeds- the flowerbed in the garden of remembrance reinstated- gurlering sealed and emptled- clekred drain5 and water gullies-diseased birch cut down to prevent POS5ible damage rf there was to be a 5corm. Inside: heater5 have trken fixed in the church- Removal of a bird nest from the flue of the heater and a cage wa5 to be put on to prevent it happenlng 2gain- water heater r￿ed- electrical certificates comple￿d- checked for asbestos in the org2n box and ic wasn't asbestos- wlndows with new putry. Let's conclude. it has been a pleasure seimng Al Saints as churchwarden for the last 4 years (I thinkl. It is now time to pass the ￿t0￿ on to someone els& This is slmply for personal reasons, as my family 15 growing and I want to spend my time with our baby and the rest of ry family. l am willing to help with thing5 like cutting the gras5 as it is a good form of exercise. 'It is 300 calories for every 60 minutes of exercise I lust don't wanc the responsibility anymore. So finally thank you All Saints. Clergy. Wardens PCC and DCC for putting up with me. As I leave, I leave you with some 'food for thoughr,; Things to be considered fvr next year rden For t4ealth- 8enefit5 Of Gard£nin Pago17 Exercise ardentn knowhow.com A ￿rnembrance servitt ot All Saints A corol service ot All Soints Whot we offef to schoots? How con support schoo15 with their cumculum? d5U rtthenewch their role. StNi aL￿h￿r(h South O hurch War en's Re rt 2021 It Is hard to remember what things were like before Covid. On wrifjng this time last year, we were just over a year into these stran8e times and thinking thin8s must get lEt￿r s¢)on, yet here we are anorher year on only tentstively starting to regain even footing. Of course this has wented many challenges for us as a church locally and further afield. arKI will continue play a part in directing our onward travel for the foreseeable future. Some refiethon¥. As ever, the startsng point has to be yving thanks that 'she's stlll standing.. although much Ilke the rldiculously shallow foundations of Salisbury Cathedral it feels very much like this is mostly thanks ro prayer and God's go￿ grace rather than anythlng we have done! Our qulnquennlal took FA3￿ in 2021 and ￿a5 a ￿rn1nder of the huge amounc there is to do to look after one so ancient. We have been grdteful for a mild V*rynw as the archicect suggested that snow and a subsequent frost would LE the end for the roof. Anne Pool has W0￿ed on a statement of signfficance and along with Dee's asslstance and Advice we are finally starting to look at how to address the serious issues that simply can no longer be put off. We have had other challenges. such as elettric31 problems and remperarnental tCJiler& but have managed to move fOr￿1rd on rhese so we now seem to be In a slightly better sta*. We have made little prc%ress with the hall. however now have a copy of the lea* and have had some contact with l¢xal councillors about how to progress this. We are boking to form a working parry to get thls moving. It should be noTrd that the currert lease only has a few years th to run. so this needs to be taken Into conslderadon. After offering a varlety of 35siStance to our 'l¢)dger vo took the dedsion. advisad by Tara to start to secure the p)rch area of the church. meaning that enrry would tt trespas& And our lodger now seem5 to have moved on. In term5 of getting on wlth the things of the fabric of the churth that we could undertake ourselves, we are Ilmlted by a lack of b)dies. We are very grateful to those who grve so much of thelr tlme and effort but the Soad can EEcome onerous with so few to carry 1¢ There ha5 been little opportunity for any major eyents during 2021. We conunued with our monthly online quiz night& which were a great social tlm¢ but also kept a lirtle fijndraising coming in. We were very pleased to be able to run our Chriscmas Fair which, while scaled down from previous years. reminded people that we are still here and also put 2 little more money in the PJL meaning we We￿ able to close the year with some payment toward5 our Parish sha￿ After much discussion abouc salety in gathering, we also zook some of our Cdrol singing outdoors and felt that this would ix a gwd way forward in order to engage L￿tter wrth the community. Many thanks to th0￿ who have supported our efforts over the last year, P3¥e18 Having established a pattern of online wor5hiFK this has continued throughout 2021. Morning Prayer is live- streamed each w&day mornin& services sh3red t￿een Tara M3ffj Anne & myself. Night Prayer and Evening Prayer have continued on Zoom each weel wlth our Sunday social taking place most weeks. We continue wtth a small. dedicated group- It has been good to return to something of normaliry with in person worship. At St Nick's the new pattern of Mass tw1￿ a month with Morning Priyer alterna￿ week5 has worked well. giYin8 flexibiltty where needed. We have experimented with different 11tury￿ but settled upn Common Worship Morning Prayer for non-Eucharistyc Sundays. Singing was greatly missed so it has been g¢xd to return to this. We have 3lso been delighred to have a new, young organiK Elizakth. who joined us after Christmas ar￿ who is doln8 brtllSantly well. We have also rewrned to in-Per￿n weekday Mass and continue to review how best to approach Sunday mornlngs. This has been a year of change. After a considerable period of sick leav& Father Perer took medicai retirement at the end of July. Ir was good ro Celebra￿ tO8ether and to thank both Pe￿r and Richard for all they had contrIbu￿ to the Itfe of St Nfchola& Inevitably thls has freant things changlng across the team. With reducln8 Stipendlary dergy across the dlocese, Fr Peter's post has been d05ed. We are gratrful to Fr Matt who has now ioined us In an official capaclry and we are st¥ting to explore our collective vision for the next stage of our journey together. My fellow warden. Steve, and treasurer. Juli& felt it was the light time to find a church closer to home and are now part of the worshipping communiry in Wickford. Our thanks go to them for all that they contrlbuted to the lrfe of St Nick, We were sadderEd to hear of the death of forn*r churchwarden. Brian Eames and the ongoing ill-heath of Carol. Both members of SN tr many. m3ny years arMJ vtho toth contr1￿ted much to the lffe of St Nlcholas. They are fftiswj. As we have moved inzo the new year a￿1 reducing levds of risl we have been able to re-start Wednesday Coffee and Chat Thanks to Glynis for her role in making this happen. Despite the challenges we are 5ts11 here There are many contributions that have made thls happen. Thank you to Matt and Tara for all they do in leading us. to Gr￿71$ for 211 that she gives at St Nicholas and within the local community. To Alex for his contribution co the ministry of SN. Thank you to those who have served on DCC, PCC. Deanery Synod aThJ all who have pitched in in whatever vtay to keep the show on the road. E$￿CIal thanks to Anne Pool who one day agreej to Lecome a dew vRrden and suddenly found herself church warden. Please pray for us and with us as we start thls fresh cha￿r in the long life our thurch. h¥e19 St Michael's Church, Aveley CHURCHWARDENS, ANNUAL REPORT (Including Fabric Report) 2021 Fabric St Michaells is in a good state of reFQtr except for the ongoing Froblem of a damp wall in the porch and one in the vestry. Both damp patches arE on the watch litt and under constant consider2tion for further Investigxtion. Both areas have shown sgns of drying OUL There is peeling paint at the back of the central heatlng rddiators in the church. This is due to w cold walls meeung warni radiators. This problem can be dealt with at the next round of remulial work after the 2023 Quinquennlal insFecrion. The wathwater goods around the thurch are in gocrfj order and are reasC￿abIY clear of debris. The graveyard is well ke￿ apart from the need for special care to remove Ivy from a couple of table-top graves. At last the Council woke up and rÉm¢)ved hea￿lY fftrgrown ivy from the south and south east boundaries. UFrfortunatsly. the Ivy was very invasive causing a great deal of wessure on the wall. destabilising and eventually 18mtrs of the vfall fdl durlng the storni in February2011 The splre 21s0 suffered some damage In the storm. losln8 a number of cedar shingles from the south fa￿. The insurance company was informed of the damages,. the daims are now in hand fcf the wall arml the spire. In splte of the pandemic the church functioned well. thanks co Tara for her focus sterling work and guldance throughoui the year. Church atrendance held up well ￿[hOugh sporadic at time5. especially Morning Prayer but slnce Chrlstmas we have seen the reappeardnce of some member5 who were ￿Ing cautious In comlng OUL I believe the finance 15 in fa?r shape at the moment and should improve during the warmer weather when C05rs of uulities are not so high. We have h3d no social or charitable evenu In the church over the year eX￿pt for the Chrisrmas Fayre in November. Foodbank Satyrday morning dropin. Foodshare and the monthly community lunches are all on the back burner until such time as we can safely invite people back to a fairly safe environment wthin the churth. Afcer Easw 2022 is a good time to make a tentative starL openlng up again possible for Saturday mornlng dropin. Tara has been very brdve and steadf3St during the year, at Al Salnts and St Srephen's foodbanl along with Matt and carrying out her other dutie5 rtgardless. Foodtqnk was and is sull very impK)rtant our ministry In the par5sh. I would like to convey a big thank you to Tara on behalf of everyone at St Michael's... Also a big thanks you to Joan Gibson for her suwrt in opening and locking the main gate5 when they are needed, especially co glve members of the public the opp)rtunity to visit the grave5 of their loved one& That is a very worthwhile ministry Indeed. Church Hall Progress on the project to rdevelop the SI￿ was exceedingly slow. mainly due to Thurrock planners off sick or working from home. Planning application for 22 dwellings ￿d$ prepared. the planners advised thar 19 would be coftsidered and not 21 $0 an application v4as Put in for 19 dwellings. Urrfortunatrly we are still Wai￿n8 for a result after eight month During the year we had a few youth Incursions in the hall and scout huL We y￿rE fortuna￿ not to have had any known accident in either p&c¢ It is hoped that the building project will be on the way in 2021 complering in early 2023, assuming ptanning ￿mil5510￿ is granted very soon. Summary Apart from repairs to the spire and boundary fence there are no major works to be done on the church or graveyard. Hopefully. the Church Hall Project will get on the way in the first half of this year. Fundraising Pa8e | 10 effort5 needed to be sTrpped up in 2022 to improve church funds and to fund projects such as repairs to the tower clock. We are looking fornard to the rerurn of the choir at some stage and the return 10 larger congregations. Ic is well to say that the ministry of outreach at St Michael's will vastly improve when we restore Saturday tnorning dropin. Foodbank. Foodshare aiid the Monthly Communiry Lunches and will, no doubt, improve furrher as we get back to some kind of normaliry. God bles5 Demus, Churchwarden St APCM 2021- 202 The year starced unlike any other a5 we continued to wrestle wich the Covid-19 Pandemlc. Having spent much of the previous year making all manner of adjustments to be able ro dellver some semblance of church as safely as possible al￿ wichln Ihe Government restrictions and CofE guidance. Unsurprisingly It has proved to be a very challengin8 year. However. as dlfficult as it has been. we have srarted to See the signs of recovery. We are back in church with weekly servlces, the congregatyon 15 socially distanced and required ro wear face masks. We h¢iYe also restarted receiving communion, slnging hymns and removed rhe requirement for social distancing and wearlng of lace masks. We continue to work closely with the St Stephen's Communiry TrusE Food Bank, and others to enable the church premises to be used safely for the beneflt of the wider Purfeec community. Use of the church premises are now back up to the pre pandemie level5, Cl)urch Building Jnd Grounds The church bulldlng and grounds refnaln Sn a good state and all safety checks have been don& Qutstanding Works. Loose roof ciles A survey of the roof still needs co k carried out to confirm the extent of the repairs to be carried out. A secuon of the roof morrar over the kitchen has now fallen out and will re9uire replaclng. Scoiie Font We need to contact the stone mason to get the font whlch is currentty outside repositloned In the Santtuary. There Is 2 Standing offer to pay for the remaking to the font cover (origlnally dona*d by the scouts) reusing the brass pieces. The wocd looks to be irreparably damaged by years of exposure to the elements. Window Lead work on the large wind¢)w (South East of the Nave) is coming away from the glass. We need to find a glazer able and wllling to undertake this y￿rk as Grnys Glass are clearly not wllllng to do the work. The W3r Memorlal Work to ￿infOrCe the original name plaques ha5 been approved by the PCC and we have not made contact with the stone mason yet to arrange for this to get don Trees We are now pressing on getting 4 of the [a￿e trees to the front of the church yard trimmed. We have been quoted £700 for trim and retTw41 of Was￿ The tree surgeon has made the necessary enquiries with the Local Council regarding any Tree Protecuon Orders on the trees in questlon and Is awairlng their response kfore commencin8 work Mlscellaneous The large Cross on the Atrr will be reFKJSitioned outside of the church as it would be a stronger symbol outside than it 15 inside. It should stEak to rlE community not just the congregarion. Owing to the e2rty ret1￿men[ of Fr. Pe￿r Rabn thwe was a significant reducuon in clergy resources. Hence. it was deemed prudent th3t Fr. Matt who lives on the Ockendon side would swap resFK)nsibilities and is now reswnsible for Ail Saints and SL Nicholas. Nvhile Rev. Tarn who has respL)nslbility for SL Michael'5 has now also assktmed reswnsibility for SL Stephen's Flnally, I want to say thank you to Reverend Tard and Father Matt for thelr Suppo￿ consistency, and steadfast commlrment to ensuring are able to serve the St Stephen'5 and Mardyke Team Family and the wider communities of which we are parL Report p￿Pared by Zyle Mills (Church Warden) 1810512022 Parish Clergy Reports St Mlchael & St Stephen & Team 2021 has been another complicated year with lockdowns and resEricEions requirin8 some last mlnute changes to plans. Eastrr wa5 another malnly online PJPErience and my thanks go to all those who wllllngly changes plans and adapted liruw In order to make it as aC￿sSible as possible. This year at Christmas we managed to do all servlces Sn person. although some Sa5t minute adaption was needed to enable safe attendan￿ as infection rates stsrted to rise a￿1n. The past r*YO years have really shown the creativity and adapttmlty within the Team. Thank you to all who have organlsed services and fet￿ who have pl2>Ed music and arrnnzed flower& The cleaners and organisers. those who have ￿lephoned and written during kxkdowns. who have livestreamed and zoomed and found many other v4ay5 of worshipping and caring for each other. This year we also commemorat¥J ￿ Duke of Edinburg followirsg his death. The Team bade a fond farewell to PeTrr on his rettrement and exwe5sed our grntrful thanks for his many years of mini5(ry within the Team and in the Pdrish of South Ockendon & Belhus Par As Peter is not going to replaced rhe Team has had t£• rethink how ministry can be done with two Stipendiary Priests and the help of AkeK Glynis and Henry. The decision was made to continue with the two Districts. consequendy the focus of M2tts ministry chang8J to Belhus Park and South Ockendon and my ministry focus moved to include St Michaels and St Stephens. We also h3d to k)ok at service patterns Page | 12 to enable us to have a regular Pa￿rn which allowed for holidays and sickness. The stipendiary cler8y are allowed Six Sundays a year of holiday and are occasionally asked to assisc in cover for other Parishes. In order to make this possible we needed to find a pattern which allowed us to hold Sunday setyices with only one Priest available and without the need to cancel any service5 or change their nature. We therefore have agreed a pattern of fortnightly Eucharists and a non*uch2risric service on the other Sundays. This pa￿rn means that there will always be a Eucharist in each Districc on a Sursday and there will always be a Eucharist at 9.45am 3nd I1.15am to enable those who wish to, to rravel to another Church to receive Communion if their usual Church is having a non-eucharistic service that Sunday. This decision has not been taken Ilghtly and l am only too well aware that many of you are disappointed that a weekly eucharist will not be availible in your usual Church but l am afraid thar this is the m05t sensible solution which avoids the need to cancel eucharists on a regular basi5. We have also agreed thar there will always be a Eucharisi for festival Sundays and tha¢ Patronal Festivals Mll alwdys have J Eucharist whilst we still have Ewo stipendiary priests In the Parish, in addition on a fifth Sunday there will be a eucharist in one of the Churches in the Te2m and no service in the other rhree. Over the next few months the non- eucharistic sernices will evolve withln each Church commuiiiry to reflecc the cong￿81[1011 and the churchmanship of the area. If you would like to be involved in the planning for non-eucharisilc services please do Speak with your Churthwardens and Clergy. I know that all of this wlll take some gettlng used to and I do thank you for your patlence and wisdom as we haye been maklng these decisions. I do appreciate your willingness 10 have a new pattern of *Thlces and the prayerful way In which you have approached the issue5. We are now back to a reasonably normal way of working alchough we are sti15 keeping an eye on Infettion rates and are sull keeplng some of the safery measures In place. It ha5 been a real learning curve for all of us and I wlll be forevor grateful for the Pll tience and good humour that all of you have shown and for the assistance of M2K the Churchwardens. Alex. Henry and Glynis in all the changes and uncertaintles. l am sure that we will all emerge stronger and having learnt a lot about ourselves 2nd our faith. In 2022 we look forward to continuing to emerge from the Pandemlc and to rhe Platinum Jubilee for the Queen. As we look forward we trust God that he will continue to be faithful and rhat we wlll continue to grow. The new pattrrn will look Ilke thls". Fesivals Advent Sunday, Christmas, Epiphany, E25Trr, Pentec05t, Trinity will be Eucharisc In All Churches Each Church will have Eucharist for their Patronal Festival Mid week Services Alternate weeks St Nicholas & St Michael l Oam Pa8e | 13 First Sunday 9.45 All Saints Non bjcharlstic St Mithael Eucharisc St Nicholas Eucharist Live Stream si Stephen Non Eucharistic Second Sunday 9.45 AJI Saints Eucharist St Michael Non Eucharlstlc Sr Nicholas Non Eucharistic St Stephen Eucharist Uve Stream Third Sunday 9.45 All Saints Non Eucharistic St Michael Euchartst Live Stream St Nicholas Eucharist St Stephen Non Eucharistic Fourth Sunday 9A5 AJI Sainrs Eucharist Live Stwm St Michael Non Eucharisric 11.15 St Nitholas Non Eutharistlc St Stephen Eucharist Fifth Sunday First St Sthphen Eucharlrt Second St Nicholas Third 9.45 St Michael Fourth 9.45 JI Saints All Sainvs, Belhus Park and St Nicholas South Ockendon The last years have been ones of extrem￿ moving frofft lockdown Into 'new nomal, (whatever "normal" might LE), and le2rning to adapL Similarly when l arriv&d in the Team in 20191 did nor expect to be moving post so soon, even rf it has beo) an internal, in-Team transfer. Sintt Candlemas I have been formalty serving as Team VIc3r with responsikn'liry for the Northern half of our Te3rn {Belhus Park and South Ockendon). though I have been coverSng there since before then. This has meant a change in trmpo for m& and a Chan￿ to exercise a more Incarnauonal approach to ministry, that is being em￿dded in the communities I serve through living in midst and sharing their common life. Page | 14 The move has ￿s0 meant learning to lead in a new way, and to learn and understand the needs of the communiues and churches I serve. This has initialty meant listening, praying and thinking, but 15 now moving into vision sharing and implementation. One of my initial visions is for the Church to be truly incamacional, that is iii the midst of the people. and serwng the people. and for us truly 'io be one, as Jesus prays co the Father, with xll the complexities that entiils. But the Priest doe5 not mlnister on hls own. but rather shares in the ministry of the whole church communiry. With this in mind l am tru5y grdteful to those who've kept All Saints and St Nicholas'5 running these pst few year5. My prayer is that we may work more closely together to enable our churches to fulfill their call to worship 2nd to serve. Fr Mat Other Reports ALL SAINTSty CHOIR REPORT 2022 After completing a rlsk assessment for covid 19, we re-startsd choir practice in sep￿mber of 2021 with really rusry voice5 and detrrmination to move forward as resErlctlons were eased and Infection ratrs fell. Not all member5 have returned at prosent but most have. We started with the Intention of takin8 part in the Chelmsford cholr festlval and accended a prattice at Saint Edward The Confessor In Romford. Our thanks go to Robert Petherum who had been supporting our learning of parts etc for thi5. Although che music was once again not what we could use in our own setting. it was lovely co sing cogether wlth others. There were no masks etc there, which was a Ilttle SL>rprising! Unfortunately, due to illness (nor covld!) other commitments and gonernl chaos, we were unable to make the day. So our full attention turned to Christmas. It was still vnclear wh3t form our Christmas servlees would take, bue it wa5 declded that we would go ahead with learning items and if all else failed on the in- person Ilne we could live stream from rhe church, soclally dIstan￿d and on our own. Carols by Cxndlelighr enabled us to have a specific alm. Robert again volunteered to play the organ and a few extra members were added co our choii", from Salnt Mary Magdalen4 North Ockendon and one member who worship5 ai a London church. The service did go ahead but by then Omicron, a variauon of covid 19 was Trmpaglng. The Wvdther was awful and with social dlscancing maintalned and doors kept open for ventilation etc it was poorty attended and freezing cold!11!! However, we hope that we lifted peoples splrits at another rime of great uncerrainty. We also managed to go out into the communiry ro carol sing. We enjoyed an hour of carol singin8 at Leatherland Lodge, which was a great privilege. Henry played vlolln for us and that helped us to stay in tune. We sang outside in the quadrangle and the resideijts were able to see and hear us and to join in. Father Matt also joined us for this. Our thanks ro Leatherland Lodge for the invite and for the tea and mince pies at the end ! We had antlcipated being able to have our Midnighr Mass with a full number of carols etc. As it happened, Father Matt ended up self-i501aciiig as poor Tabltha had *sted positive. So Tard ran round four churches delivering a Christmas Mas5 to us all. We kept to our usuas Pat￿rn of one carol at the start and one to fSnish. As we returned in the New Year, we have *un to reIn￿Oduce our servSce music. We have gone back to the David Thome Setting, which is simpler for everyonÉ to pick up the melody. We are a150 singing th hymns. It is hoped thai by Lent IEaster we will be in a position to sing the whole seNice again. We are looking forward to being able fully to 'Make ajoyful Noise unto the Lord our God,, once again! Page | IS Deanery synod report All Saints, rep Sara Honnor St Nichola& St Stephen & St Michael's reps Karie Ford. David S3Yag¢ C3roline Aderin Ex- offlcio Katia Cumber 3s on Generdl SyncKI 4 meethg5 since last APCM on 2315121 1. 1317121 via zoom. Presentation by Christians against Poverty 2. 2719121 at Orsett- communion service 3. 25111121 at Stanford-lepHope- Fresentarton by Laurd Cleverley of the AIthe[￿tr,5 Society 4. 2412122 at Grays. Blshop Gull of Chelmsford spoke atM)ut her bad