||The Church
puts on a wide variety of activities for the benefit ofthe
church community
and the wider community
of Bourne.
These have included
weekly Sunday
morning
and regular evening
worship
and teaching services and weekly Life Groups —designed to
connect with and to encourage
peopie in their social and spiritual
lives.
There are weekly Youth and Children's
clubs, clubs for carers ofthe very
young and the elderly and those needing
counselling
support
from within| |---|---| |Summary
ofthe main
activities undertaken
forthe|the wider community.
The Church's
youth and children's
worker with Church members
voluntarily
assist in teams regularly
providing
activities
in both junior and
secondary
schools locally as well as hosting,
with other Church Staff,
visits from local schools to the church
building as part of their curriculum| |public benefit in relation to|requirements.| |these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Also away from the church premises, the wider range ofChurch-
supported
activities
in the community
include the town's Food Bank, Job
Club and the usual
public holiday festivities
including
working
alongside
other local churches
and other local charitable
organisations.| |Commission
on public
benefit)|ln all these activities, the structure
of Church management
provides for
the Trustees to receive regular reports ofthese interfacing
activities of| ||the Church and wider Bourne community
as weli as the many| ||opportunities
for them totake part. The Annual
Budget ofthe Church
includes the financial
provision ofthese opportunities
—locally, nationally
and internationaily
-as well as the regular 'church-based'
programme
of
activities. These appropriate
decisions comply with the Trustees duty to
have due regard to the Charity Commission's
public guidance
benefit
guidance
when exercising
any powers or duties to which the guidance
is| ||relevant.| ## |||||~
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achievements
ofthe charity
during the year||||dt
This year the physical
interaction
ofthe church has continue
o
be impacted
heavily
by Covid-19 (despite our hopes that it would have
passed. Since April 2021 we have held regular
review meetings
with a
small group consisting
of Nick Humphreys
(Chair ofTrustees),
Chris Neal
(Health and Safety Representative)
and Paul Timmins
(Safeguarding
Trustee). This group has fed into the Trustees and wider church
leadership
recommendations
regarding
how the Church would operate
during the continuing
Covid pandemic.
It has established
protocols to
enable us to have more face-to-face interactions
and hold in person
worship services whilst
still offering an online presence forthose people
who feel reluctant to physically
return.
They have also offered
encouragement
and support to midweek
Life groups as they have
endeavoured
to, where possible,
move from virtual to physical
meetings.| |||||Due to the impact of Covid-19 we again were unable to run
planned
courses physically
but have continued
to implement
online
courses especially over the first half of2021.Our hope was to host an in-
person course titled Alpha
in the year but due to regulations
this was not
possible however we did run it virtually
and from this we have seen 2
people make a commitment
to Jesus and have both integrated
into the| |||||life ofthe church.| |||||Unlike last year we have managed
to have in person Christmas
Services some of which we streamed
on YouTube as well. This enabled| |||||both those in person attendees
and those at home to connect safely with| |||||our Christmas
celebrations.| |||||The regular programme
of'opening
the church doors' for others to| |||||attend weekly have still been impacted
from various lockdowns
bought| |||||on by Covid-19.
But where we could we have moved things to online thus| |||||interaction
with Mums and Toddlers and Who let the Dad's Out groups| |||||have continued
via Facebook and email. But as the year progressed
and| |||||restrictions eased, we were able to re-establish
face to face groups whilst| |||||observing
appropriate
measures to remain
Covid secure.| |||||Our monthly
coffee mornings
did not resume
until Sept 2021.| |||||Through
them we have been able to raise funds for various causes| |||||including
vaccines for Africa, The Royal British Legion Poppy appeal and| |||||one to support Tear funds work. The church community
has also raised| |||||funds to support Pastor Callisto with his provision ofmedical care in| |||||Nigeria and we have continued
to support the work of both Baltic Aid and| |||||Brighter futures.| |||||The church has continued
to offer support tothose groups
in town| |||||operating as part ofthe wider church and so we have continued
to help| |||||with the Food Bank and Healing Rooms.| |||||Due to face-to-face contact being restricted the Pastoral Care| |||||team has sought to offer support to those individuals
who approached
the| |||||Church for various personal
and social needs including
transport to| |||||medical appointments,
shopping,
financial support through
our Hardship| |||||Fund and access to our counselling
service. The church has continued
to| |||||reach out to the local schools through
the efforts ofour youth worker and| |||||senior minister
offering assemblies
for the schools. The church has also| |||||offered support to several local schools by sending
gifts to encourage| |||||those staff workin
in these un
recedented
times. This work has been| |AR||||March 2012| ## ## ## ## ##