RUGBY METHOIMST CIKIRCH CENTRE
coitfENTS
kn￿@s of Annual CINFrh M8eb"TrJ 2020
REPORTS FROM CHURCH ORGANISATIONS
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RVGBY IAETHOIMST CIKIRCH CENTRE
AnThJ•l Cl¥Ach Meetino l*ld 15th Mawch 2020 after m(￿w¥j swvice
sC￿e objer men¥￿ dthe crJwregats￿ were self-isolab"ng. 11 had been *cNJed to h¢ld
tr* fNtsmes$ part d Ihe Ii*elm9 aThJ to ¢*Keb thè ￿nch and rw c*uJ*el.
Allendance
Jeff & Roma SL911rt Cht & Pam WaFbwth, Lkn & JO￿ Belh)am, Brenda Rvley. Rlchard HaThii.
Il*¥Jteg ol last y*9 meellng
The mknutss rrftr* hokl Sunday 1P M¥th 2019 w•ro *n8d as a ¢4xr•ct rntt<d.
Ch•lV• •nnu•l T•M- Rev J•ne Gaffn
Thls year ILY mè was a t￿55￿ ￿l¥j at4è kn lake a &*4Mllcal. 11 not th wovthd mo wlth rex
tyjl alg) Ihe space lo rethscovw mygeN WI￿ l ths, tt L4 easy lo bec￿ $0 •bgcthd
the day to day trK• Ihe process k)ge y￿Sse11 As many c4 ytyj I ￿ed al thè
Bsue crf Sabl)alh. lh5 has teen IMe-ty4kn¥J ky l am lookknj IrTh¥ol lo I
I￿elea￿￿ wllh al at pastoral gr(xy. ThA Is onty ImrAxlx¢ I for us as
I rgtumed fr(n tt was to wlrms tr* IMZZ ￿ exdlemw* ol al Ihlw8 th
RMCC was tr) lake wt kn the Read￿￿$ 360 dlwed by the Melhodlst
Clwrth lo 20 Churchos C￿ntry and thw Tl* Kl8a ￿ to wè can prepare
thb next 30 ye￿, L*1 rel8vanl aThJ aultrwthc. Th• thJrch18 thir4J l) l*e fact that Ix
m¥ry Chufch L8 pal ol grlrrtual s&wch in these charnJwJ Nnes %¥e field to
&Yepare ours9￿8￿, IL¥loiMMJ to God an¢J being knj k) radlcal 51eps d lath ￿ Ihal we can
r8ccMecl sty"nlualy tr* communlly arrAx*J ￿. l an fttèfving eoathw sessKKts Il've had 2
(rf 12 20 larl ana I 4thal I At the nKMnert Iln ar￿￿1
thIle￿nI oroups cl felatè Sp￿￿alty 10 th& wt¥hJ. rt's fascinating ar#J maes a loi d sènse.
thalermjo ol cowse L5 lo the wrny1141 RMCC o ￿. 11 you ¥e Iwniw nK¥•
knjt pleasè spth kn mè.
nmiTrJ costs in arrfl we have tr4t rtwjch. many yws RMCC has been finan¢4ty
Aiyanl ￿cause d qeww5 gving of membw5, akThJ wlh bequests. tknch Thanl Ihat oreralTrJ
afthe runnno costs was a ry0b￿M rthw The has efi#)￿ the Cl¥Jrch lo extend
thth1ren and y￿th II B a w lo see l**1 b read p 27.321 rAc¢49's I￿eS ¥e
tAng impacted. Fu C￿￿"ThJe we need to fiThJ uealNe ways to (ase nw. and rt has been
htlul lo ho¥ way5 thkj is st¥knJ ty) Iwjpen. Thank C(rf*r*m￿, ¥rfl
ng
Th5 is a (cffis￿ TAtrI Church. in tad try￿15a1￿￿, IYJAT Io CfJM¥Jnicale
eltedplety and in a way tr￿1 peopse can leel COrK*c￿ aThl can gel in¥￿1¥ed. We 3 variety ol
way5. Comnwnrty the ￿&￿ette[. rKthes. the web5*e, but l am sll tc4d that FeoF4e donl feel
tlw know is rm. We had hO￿d On￿ w to share Ihis aftefflc*￿ yJn* ofthe of
e CIMxch I)uta￿ k>the sth&itt"on ol Ihe t*lKh we wll dtscu55 we have

do u5 krnw.
)ve ￿lte5 us, ￿r￿jE and ￿lat￿sh￿$. ol you h￿e li tonvetsatK>n5
rt in Ihe 4 sessKrts Ihal have been clIe￿d hue a RMCC aTrJ kn o￿lF￿t v¥ents. A vote
l* al Syno(J in Aprl WKI IIM5 tAth ￿Y crAnnBts, SLwled ￿11 te pa55ed
C(NWe￿ce where a w)le ¥AI be made as k) T*tslher to accept or retrfxl erther in ils
cunenl fc¥m. or wrth amernjments Ded%ons at￿￿t rMy• tris V4111 affed the cfuth rfthe ieFQrt1s
cepted will t• taken a the Church c(xmd.
11 ha5 woThJerf(I to see me ryjtreach w)w c(rnLmly as nKffe •bJ nve pewle leer 5
I wanl lo say a Ivjge ih•* k) all WIK) dlffetent en&* al Ihat
l *0 want to 5•y a IKw)o to Ruth BwNI*• T*t#) tl* yoars I
rr* m? Clyjrch C(MKlJ anThJal mee*¥A
l ¥th ddighled Ihal Irc¥n 1* May TIKynas w• be takrwj ￿ IM rrA• dCIMKth CcArKI Secretary
I l am ¥￿¥ mu¢h hx*xvJ Icrfward lo Wo￿ty ¥fr*h M￿.
l ¥so wanl to Ih** commKlwJ lo ihe Church ID As wll See In th•
rwt. there are cwAlurltb&g lo yay trjpevw. I b8l*ve Ihls IJ cnxol •wAIty I
2 chr￿1¢￿￿5 7 14 Translalkn INLTI Tlw ¥ my w)F4e cahd by my name *ll
xrtAe t￿m901¥93 way seek my face ¥•J tr￿n I1￿* wlclod ways. l hear ITOM
h•a¥en and will 8ths and r￿l￿e ￿ l•¥J.
The *2y wè do Cluth ctwoè rapbjty (YM tr* C￿ w8oks and as we st8p knto
nlomlory W¢ may See nthv patterro new ways eath oth8r In knf•,
W#h Gc#J as (MK 9￿, 18t keep our eyeg foumed (ffi HIM not be alra#1 He L4 la*hlul
IB LKS, tyjt we ccffie Mmbty belorg hkn seokryi arm1 lo Hkn wl1è*1

REPORTS FROPA CIMJRCH ORGANISATIONS
FI)REWORD
Annual RerAyt A4 fomiat tru's year Ixc•xe Q be di5tr1Krted by wnal * JDunO Th of
pwe. aTrJ s mfxe str*Jill￿ad lo pmt.
ha5 been a year any olher becwJ5e ofthe co￿vilu5 Cov1￿19 paKlernic. The Ife and
of Rugby Methxh5t Centre has s￿￿r￿anty in the las112 monts. The tyJiklir¥J
been closed lor nwjch ol Ihe year, anLI SC￿ actsM¢E5 and groups si￿.
l*xh has alle￿, fArt m￿Y pWe have thed ￿ k) aThJ *MI kn (wale kn new
thffeMt viay5. keepwwj m tLXKh, aThJ reachfvj Fffjye. Mcfe peLW *ces8ed services tr
JYJU lo have wduced lep￿, ¥e agali afraN4ed ￿￿er ￿ I￿a￿n9$ ol O
C*lng. They dem￿Strate (knj can use w ¥•J ueate ¢wxtunlb'es m the nKxt thalenglng
cumslanc•s, and ** ￿ wctanuy *) al Ih* **ad.
CHURCH COUNCI & LEADERSHIP GROUP
Church Councll hehj Ilne meetlrvJ3 ¢knrvJ pasl yèar, all Zcwjn We hwe C(￿lI￿L￿d k)
the actfv+t*s ol tr* ChU￿h under the fw headirvJs- Wfft, & C¥in
PAssTh) & SèNlee, **J Evawtsm There L% aliVay3 undèr 8ach h6athig whwe wè can
Ih*)ks lo GcA1. Mattws rats8d by thg Ihr•• iurwtr¥ QftMlPS, FinxK•. Pitywty arK1 Grants,
*0 rnc8lvè dLYa all￿￿)n.
8trkn1cant toplcs aThl declskn h¥•• be•n'.
I￿1 fwong8 10 thè rw*knc. organlsyig ¢crt•ct wpFrAt, ar•J a¢¢e•s ￿ *rx
Makkng the wopglty COVIO secure
Cb)sing lo usw
rch wpr•yI ts 81K# Ltrles Mattor
Usè ol Gr** furiknj
Fulurg of C￿.￿￿9n
Repair to hal ¢edTr) ol l.gr
Tho LMd•r¥hip Growb has n*t v4 Zoom n￿1 the past yx.
Thè group lakès Ic*yMd dècISK￿s made by Chwth CcAmcI, so he￿iNj tr￿ Ilè d the Church to nTh*
¥een Councl nxetkn¥p Many plans hwe h*1 lo b9 adapted u c￿. ￿ acCc￿d3nce *4th
Cuffgnt cx1v￿nrn￿nt gwJeW A of Ihe has centred r￿Try IKMt lo effgdwgty makntakn
c￿lad wrth peok*. ¥•J rrwlythj ￿ed$ n t1￿ Iryece¢Jented knmes. We ljeen cixnlorted by

OUR CALLnlG- Th￿RsHIp
IVORSHIP GROUP
K) ￿¥¥j￿1 have that our seThices V4vukl be hekl via Z(xxn **] so many memb￿$
Kwkl embrace the r￿e$s￿ lechMIDw p•e erther cffiline C￿ ty ￿? The services
rK(Mded and avwl** fly to ILslen to * ITh.
There ￿ a Circurt Sw¥Ke ￿ Ihe ksl SuThJay (rfeath r￿th.
We have attempted a i*l￿d, seThi¢es on ¥*cAI Sundays such as H￿e$l RLYnemLYance ¥•J
Ch[￿tMaS wth a smal n￿nber d peLWe in the dmwrh L*hers pjnwwj in •.
Rev Janp offers a s￿laY mrKnirrfJ rellectKffl cffl Facet)ook
We have a150 iJJ15Kle in the C¥ P¥k. C¥(A al Cfvslnms. aTrl ￿ Easter s￿jaY
30 people atterrfleo ￿ (Mrtdcor ar(emO￿ ser¥Ke at wttlch Rev to oller
CLInm￿10n.
We ThL8t try dbffwenl thtr175 see Thtth? Gc*J b knjrti us.
CHURCH STEWARDS
Ffrt thi)us rèaxrts It h•8 rnl been K*)ssiblè for ylewards to cary oth Il* folè In Ch
er m051 of the ￿1 ye¥ knslead many cl hm teen I￿91Cmed zcKrfn ￿)Sts co.h)slS.
Z(￿￿ has been a Ihe paTrJemlc keeping (thr %IN1t￿5
wel as I￿l￿n9 to people In 1￿ch 11 fias also us lo roath *tK) would not have
1>¢￿ ablè lo att*JJ Cl￿￿ *•en It were c4)8n. aThJ r*c* who wer• not ctMKdy)ws at all. 11 ¢oukl
b8 benefic￿ to make ava*)￿ z(Kkn e¥¢n after we ar¢
Iwfulty able to fvty rnhip In Church To a¢Th*￿ IhL8, ￿e¥9r. we ¥nl probai*
n•ed nlye peotlo lo t*cm erther Ste￿05 I￿5¢$, or ljoth. So. l Jw1091 y￿U couk1
l(¥m erther or crf IW ro*8, please ¢>) gve rt serKw3 cC￿￿deratkn 11 w>J sure. aThl
￿￿k1 to dl8cuts11 fThJ ￿J1 n￿. tA•a￿ wlth mfr.
In aSJltbJn lo $1ow*s. In Church also rwo lo x*ThJ {PAI and VN
{AVI systems. Thwe oJThenlty lewèr pw b•l(we aVaIlab￿ to peifrxm thege tasks. and
somo ol Ihxe ¥È sItr*a￿s andlor zO￿n tthts ￿ *J*n, ¥ you thirth ccA*J bè a PA or AV
please QNe I sefKxts Conslderat￿. 11 ¥￿￿￿j lthe lo find out I canl he¥J much. I
¢an t811 you a pars￿ *t#>
PRAISE & BAKE
8rKe fi'rst kxkl*Y￿ ￿ tstrlered l¥xe & B*(e Ws lo lan*es t*fv) h*J been invdvgd
Prase & 8ake in Ihe M. 22 b•Js ¥e made w 3Tr1 ddivered. In Septentsr Octthr a
invrted famil.es able kn meet in per>)n th Ihe Chuith Hal. Othtt lknl" *s to
Ivgr each M￿th keep Ihe c{￿lacts go[￿.
S*ch
PRAYER
drfleient cfpjlffibt￿5 ts nvLknemènl m w•5 c¢ ¥e each
1Th1N*￿al. Many, cr even msi of us fnd cffie way d wayng wrth whKh we are coMfrx&￿e. Th
re[(￿1 provKJes an wrth separate rerths ￿ speafic wayer aclMt*5 chwch

R￿ne￿￿)rance Day *M1 atso ￿ NatrJl￿ DayL* RaleC1￿ mathing a year 5wKe beg'nnhg oflhè
f￿t kddown. On bjh cl these the￿ was fcf [e0p￿ *) caThlle5.
wa5 *1(wi ￿ deS￿nated Lert ky w4yer aTrJ
in
ThL% corknues kn be used exten5r¥dy and enables nearty 50
pec(de to koep up bj dale crfwng 5rtukn a5 wel as nww. clkn wests lor
M051 of ts ff*ss•2ps we sent by *tK*n Ihe conla¢ts we Crth BwTwc6e
crbemrose
tx 01788 8109781 (K Sue Beckett Inic7Laura
or 01788
3366481 11 are curmty mvofved, ask othw of these peoise lo **J your name to
Chris SKI*101788 8132421 harwJle5 the telep1￿e I￿1 and passes on to thosè
emal ccrrtacl Rel￿￿15 lor prayer Iwrth of the Thi(*edl can bg m•J•
rj Ihose nThJ the mknlster, Rff4
Ille ol Ihg clwJctt
Bcth rh￿• by somo
of the kjr thwr pthiate dally *¥J arg aval&bl&- p*as* ask TN5 yw tho
t115trkl Prayer Dlwy h*J madp avalaL4• ￿ kn.
RMCC. Thls has Imn a lThifvKlual and reflecbon wbth ￿¢￿n9 Wtyshlp
nwc SeAUn9 s pr(yn18d tyjl all ar& welcome to m*• tr*msthes errfntrft*lè and bnThJ a ￿aThk
F41bJw a5 wgler W• h*¢ had a Ih8mes ts cu 50aklrKJ ￿ty￿.. Draw n8ar.
Illa￿sty. Hthi. Ctfftlrn rel*ctlons. We have offe(ed dthrenl xthr¥J wayer lo a*
n￿6 people to us t*t*n IW can. aThJ we ￿ knv¥d b conth)uiThJ kn create offef Ihls
Space lor lo lo18an Inlo r￿d.3 Nesence. Upconyng w￿1 te Renewal, and
g Gcrtl Pknè do It** about iomiNJ IL% datss thL8 ￿, kn bè roknased h our
rjl Pra
Ler 8y IM hA*rtnl 2020 aThw•a. cffuttxiitm gow RMCC had been par&1
thy•m ￿9n￿c8nty PTr4ats chwtt¢ was posst* Advenl was Se￿ as a) c¢r4YturMty k
hleTrJs lo go into a q1￿1 space aThJ focus th(xW T1￿ cl Love, Joy. Peace aThJ Hcoe werè
pty Ilustratod at slatLqM wrthn th8 rr￿Th. rrn each we8k At each tablg
*we txclufes. kwns, teayvws. small objects *Jeas lo FI￿der. Hopeftlty, a peace￿1 haven
stresslul tsme.. comlc¥t f&wwance1hat Atttht (ffic• aja￿ heralds thè Ikmè kn Nopare
Clwtsfs ec4Thng to earth, ol us.
CO￿￿rat9 pray
8.30- 9 a CelK eiaty prw. You Tmxthl te Very ￿E1cl)Me toJ(m ￿¥. C(rtKt Rev J￿*
ky th& I'nk.
(*mJ the

11 YOU would wekom• a (lillwenl apwoKh lo wayer pkne mentmxb Itss to the minilter, Rav
Jwle Gafiney.
Beckett I Benwrtse l Myiam Stch l LrM1a Sc¥e l Frn￿e V
ST. CROSS HOSPITAL SERVICES
Saoty It has tjeen to be inKthod li bwajcasling semcts the Chwl at si.
Cll>s5 How'tal in the last We ¥e to a vthen we can (￿cE agam knad 2 ￿ 3
seMces a year. a￿1 TArA*J te vwy ￿eaSed il l*e lo cane s￿#￿t us.

OUR CALLING- LEARNING & CARWG
PASTORAL MATTERS
(￿rth15 past YUTAY sadty1051 a rmThbBrd kry sLinding Mike A¥É5,
Ann* Rrma Cawr. Brwda RKI*. Bety RwnE Brw S￿. BeiThJ in the mKlsi(I
U* Co¥￿ n￿1 we wefe Th)t able to c(*r* Icohw in Ihe nwrtH5 ** nc￿al
have, lo glve thanks th•r INes and to ewess ¥•*￿1 ljw ￿an1 lo each crf us.
We have we1cLK￿l one r*w memlRr, Bter*Ja Jones. ha5 transfeThed to Us. We forw*d to
gptb.rrfj to know Bre￿la we are atrAe to w(W tc*Jelher ￿aIn. We al￿ w*(xne one new ba>y
Maame Dan))ah has had W baby 9￿, Es" Akoah.
The RMCC MeMt￿ umnuy stands al 116.
(kn olthe aNyJt *mhippino ZLXXn ¢)¥er the past year ts that VK>se have n>yrtd
¥*ay from the Rugby still able to ¥fyth u5. We have ￿loy￿j seew¥J Mac Mkandzwre
bj CO1￿ and SaTrSa Peter5 us on sevw* occasKfflS.
Thty past year has a VEYY ¢JlTefenl year T￿ us al ￿ g) many clus n*Jged not belTrJ able
4 c¢xne tLYJether in p￿3(￿ *￿hip. I kwAf m*)y have been kewNJ m i(wth others over the
Covpj perDJ. Yrtmch ha5 beon much ￿p[ec￿lled ty al ttKue recol￿Tr3 &11s. wna15
thmtep visits I Ike l) express thanks lo (v Pasl(rf* VWlor5 have Iher l)8s1
keep kn louth wlm Ilw wps It￿ hyvj nKmthg.
pec0￿, Pastcxal ¥NJ olhers. have been delfyvlno the gfft tmgg has
th*ssly txen Ictyhw l am sure wè KA*J al lthè lo say thank lo all th¢)$8
In has bèèn d•scrib8d 45 a W. We rTh ha￿ a raTrJe ol resowc
ch can put Into a b•J ￿01 gNen to those a bereaver1￿1 Tts is In Ihe vestry
bj Is TA*lccrfM k) whichever tIw)LLI begt Su* th• wecwl. Pl•age speak lo m&
or Milk￿7 W Y(￿ wo￿1 m*e ￿ a bag s￿ne.
Rev Ja￿ cff my
FAMI DEVELOPMENT REPORT
The F•lth Dev•k>Wn￿
4 08ew relat￿￿• **h throuth thè scnptsx8s Wè tjo rb)t have a set *￿nda each weèk,
we rely on Èxh clher lo shar8 ¢wly malte(s that may rest Ihetr heans. We
¥e flThJng that ts mell￿ *t¥ks vèry In te(ms d chai•ngiNJ bthj ab￿ to
U58 many mattern ￿ ccrfKfjm kn grealer
tt Iw bectTh cknar Ihal tl¥s appn)ach Lq wrxkry wol as (Th laty has en**ac•J the
Sunday Faceboc* Relectsrts. desw the lad shè ts Mt a Facebcth
Fttebook Rellectlo
We ccfflttnue to see a fBW¥J ol Fw>b8 RMCC Facolxx* each SurKlay. *lh
ow ¢￿￿en1'Post Reath. ¥trl¥ch numbw of t*(W8 Ihat have p051 cuffentty
at 2304 p8Cp￿ 22 M¥ch - 18 W"1, up by 138% cfi tts These
fyjwes sef¥e to inlcffli us thai the ryoeès5 ma)y dilferenl r*c¢4e and m dillerenl way4.
¥thether that be IE(pmts. uie5 help ￿10￿1 ow chwch. Ttss. l an swe will ￿1
aF1￿cIale, is very Imjytwe ￿5 pa￿CUlartY fry Rv4wwKI Ja￿ wtr) h•J r9¥y￿stAe frx sl*ty
e wl¥Ae proc￿.
Janet H*KIs
HoSP￿AL￿y
The Pandem* 14s m*le as we all but imFthsI* ths ￿. M￿Y knrtAtr

Cmrch Men￿ and Ihew fan*s ar#J Inends. 11 in the futwe y(w of sOM￿ne
lov&t￿M we sIM)￿d seTh1 a c*d p￿ase cl￿ me ¢kncty.
TeWhTh". 01926 633178 Ernal add￿ss." maTht*y@Ibknil.co.uk
FELLOWSHIP GR(AIPS
ACCESS
Lthe al groups. Access has ￿en sIKnthal alle￿nt dwvwj 2020121. I￿.* wè not meeting
r&wLarty and just h￿"r￿j a soua chal on zC￿l. When rt became appamt that W￿k1 be meelMvJ
Zcrfyn Ihe hwl more Scfft of the group up *ilh
(ts C￿mrtMeTrts meelmgs (m Tue9Jahry, ￿ we Char￿lj cw li￿￿] day lo allemale
Wednesdays, IJJI thl meet at 8pm We are currwty usry the Cdtlc PYa>w B(x* ￿m￿Y
8tyns1 a5 wr fDCU5 kn (knNI"on A5 ahvays wa wdcome
Pkne c(￿ta￿ me to M (xw Z{￿ detats &ynii•LsQaol c(xn
D￿n Margth
WOROSWORTH FELLO¥YSI
As all olher gTfAPS, the pasl year ha5 The (ther. Unll Ixhd(YMI
￿20 we l)een n￿et￿ Icrftnlghty ¥•J Ic•y*ed a pattem ol th&cussNxts, allen ￿nd a
dy cours• or a f*n was to In some way k)tho￿n and
Slarted mthrq g¥h e￿ing lor 40 ZC*yn. Inltlalty th￿ w35 5knrth fc( 4 cl4t
ckty rt was each Ihere sWJ f* a ¥l>yl nKYe locuse(l group of
geven of elohl ¢￿t￿￿e k) eath week a dllerwlt v(*Jnleer beaJr*2 We have had a SOM
la¥ourtle bll)le sl(rn •#1 ps*ms recenlty have begun uslrvj eknft￿nts cl I
P*NlhwntsrfaThJ Celbc C4XMWrty evenin9 wayer T*th the bl)le readfftgs aNI c(4nrr*nlary for I
frcm the EATA Th8so bnel ryovThJ very vart*J aptyeuated by al. A•
plans as *5 eaged.
Cikn B•mroo0 (Cm wpl
TUESOAY EVENIMG FELLOWSHIP
SMIty gr￿p has to moot Ihfr wt year.
S*ch
WEDMESDAY FELLOWSHP
The ksl meefjng was hekt m February 2020 Mtiickn. It was decthd trAI ¥rtlh M ly0s￿l
ccffltinuing in the near fuhre that the donatm5 hekl1£165 931 be dtstr*xrted Aller consulung Ihe
ntys £40 senl to ts Mrte FuTrJ, £60 * Rwy F¢x*abank and £65.93 to RMCC Benevole
F￿￿. tkjm Marwls med ts) ￿anOe a zC￿ *etrvJ on March 3rd 2021 to
fftxlher ZO￿ Meetiy on ts first We￿￿ n the nK(th. Kerth Htscttk ts W Ihe Apnl

QUIZ and GAMES NWS
Earlw in Ihe yew Ilwt we were mwvKJ (xrt ty Tr)t meeb.ry souaty * clxwch, so Ihe ¢w
J gan￿ nKJhts came lo be. On Ihe fwsl Frty Cl￿ Tr￿th we have a ¢w2 Q 7rMn on the
trffd Fr￿¥1 of a ga￿5 @ 7tyn. c￿ Z(MJn of CLX*5el The quozes ¥e
rnrmalty a mixed bwj olwlhjis, arbd the key lun rather than the
game5 nbjhts frML4 ￿ laiityiter an(J kn, ￿1h a vairtl ofgames Ihat Zwn. We have
Iferent quo master5 e*h ￿￿￿th, aTrJ we WO￿ to I￿r frc¥n you rf YOJ Ike to lry y￿r
haml at IAng a master, (* have a qutz to sh•e games nwJhts ¥e al￿ led by a variety (rf
L￿1 our main Ganes Master 15 lain Rutte. him fLY leknj PWDvKlirNJ
wrth so much I￿. you know of scrfne games, wouba M(e to Ihe evening.
in IrAch 11 woubJ to see JYJU all lh￿. wMiirvJ the AGM N 214 May
When (￿r Games MasIer￿ be lakn.
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MEWSLErtER
went knlo in March 2020 ￿ slwled w￿le11￿ lo keep
conneclgd aThJ lo ty lo relleL1 the sllualth We Icwj Ihat keepkng
t•hthi ••wy1Mg Is char*¥rvJ changTrJ ts a Since March,
thè has bèèn ￿t￿ted by èmal, T￿lh R•v team ol ¢J8llv•nno p
¢oD*$ lo mgmiw5 mtemel access As slabllB•J. wa rvnrt•J kn a I￿nthlY
Issue. sllll dlgilal. as l ¥AI te g)ng fcwro In a bwj lo keep OUT readW￿ t*ller rtrfmed durt￿] IN5
lkne wh&n many have lell odaled, w& have lo exwd th6 of agh lor
Con1n￿￿on5 We YA*lcome any rt&ms thal an>fyTh may ￿sh lo ¢(￿tr￿￿e, lamity no%￿ 8tc.
51gtter hag hglwj eath cl u5 10 1891 parl ol fv RMCC and lo atwl the m•w
POSTERS
The t￿terS al frnnt oltho chwth and at Ihe erlrxKe kn Iho car parf(14¥e lo b8
¢liaThJed on a rwlar basts ltriwjhout yèar have IncI￿J*d"j•￿ Ic¢ tomor￿r¥.
n￿eT a tme to reath w netybowJ' aTrJ You bved l(*Jay and atrws" 8ecau5e of cob*J
r•strktsons on use of Its chwth ￿ik11r￿j for nKtst d Ihe y8¥ Ihe 4mter5 Iwe gowalty not IncbJdwJ
usual mvrtatm to U5 in Ihe buddw. The curent Eastsf mess*Jes ¥e Lde New FW-
1"Ffesh ho￿ at &w.
i Ovgr
WEBStfE
The websrte15 often a fnt contact Wbth th(rn (KtsKle RMCC as as Ilme *lthin. We
**ays looking lor ways to al asF4cts irf fv srte, WOVKknw usots and
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WEGUARDWG
J rycéeckn d al chkkkn, people Alllwh very emts have taken place
chwch
(Xw Safeouarding Pc*y ￿ (b5F4aye(J on the kwTr]e Th*cetM)ard, wrth Statements from I
(tstyayed in IrdrK4Js tlaces the buldmg. revp*ed. aThJ i¥tht&J I necessary. each
FeW by membets ol Ihe Cmrch Councl.
Every￿ is pawj to Y*#h, or ¥￿[￿te￿5 to wilh chthjren. p* L¥ vuheTaLle
Its t5 asked to C￿ a DBS IDisck)suTe aThJ Bam"ng SeNicel C￿<.
Melhou￿1 Chwth ￿ rewres Ihc6e in p•tsc￿ rdes vth"n clwm gxh a5 SI￿ards ￿1
Past(¥al VISA0￿, to take wt m the Creallrvj Salef Spaces C￿r$e.
Saleguaiding Lrf ththn. people and a1ulis Is cthx•ffl. have a
Icern, ￿ease sp9&% 10 (Th ol ￿ or lo Rov
OUR CALL•IG- IASSION & SERVKE
r CallNJl Ihfr numtw rfcty*acts bdng made bult.
b•'ng changèd
RISK TAKING AIISSION & SERVICE
Praywi8uppon card•
May 2.500 ca(ts mor arx1 olw tJel¥orod ¢108est
RMCC. We recet¥ed by Thank Y(￿ lo al trKqe *lx) ddfvered the8•.
Brwch 8wJ•
th8 sumnw Siry￿t￿Y S lamThes Were refeffed l) us by St Matthew 8bx*n
¥￿th W&￿ty BnK*h One ol tho paents Ifc¥n ihesè lamilès ht4Jnleefing wrth
o HUB talé ¥b*)Bn Wo can be cyn T￿ wyt cd bags wa$ 5Utsb*8d by donatknn$
*>xl Items fr￿ ASDA We ¢￿ttnUe￿ lo surwl 4 r8lwed by Sl Matthew Bk)xam
SctKd a Bl￿th BJJ In Oclcthr haKt•m). ajaln at Chrlstrnx at E￿tt. Wbth thar*8 trb
8DA lor thèy
ChTlstma9 and Easl•r Hamp•rn
In Its nm up lo Clytslnw we rnadg up OJts*yJled 23 hwnwryd cl f(K#J
trcffi ASOA aTra nKr• grfls Irom some meml)w5 d tr* church. hampws also mduded iam
m* ty Jan Extrd Mle Proied. The fèc¢ients crftr* hampers of the
CcmneciWELL SUFWI famil￿ from St matth￿ Bkjxarn Schx4". RKhard
(rwtwtrrth'ldersl cc￿le£ts a¥￿ad8,. rneM￿ c4 thè KgyTlng5 mentsl TA*knemg wpport QTO
trcfft Sl Matthew Bk)xam Schxl aThJ Fcotsth.
Ar1)th￿ 22 maje ￿ ar￿ dehe￿j at Easter. ajakn 7*llh *om ASDA.
¢•raCtr￿ Evgrts
Christmas st￿ Wis
We were please(I to 2 d*se5 frryn St Sch￿￿ k) ext*xv Cln*nas St(Y
tr* car park! In sprte dthe c(*1 aThJ the wet the seemed to enpy themth. Thanks
Ja￿, Peter and C(¥ma.
E•ster
Sattty the Easler Stw l(Y sclmxts l*(e place 203) cf 2021
Fkvth￿efwe were to weknme 10 famikn to ￿ Easter Story ScaveTrJw frknt U5ng the rxrtdc
¥Mce al the frcffjt (rftr* ttuch. Thanks lo Riclwl aThl Sue Beckett on a very c¢*1
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Cap Bags
F￿rfn Octotm we hwe made up pastd care bajs Pa5tc¥a VisitrKs ¥KI
y(A￿le￿5 ¢*fvered Tlw b￿5 Iv+P mth(leO btlb5 gro￿ by ￿e for Ihe
Extra Mle propct. kThtted by Ihe HUB ￿, ￿)memade c¥ts Ircffl the HUB cran
*, Easter gffls Cathy Harris￿. eggs IwDm Catherme Ortori'5 thKkens and cake5 from the
HUB Baking grcw. Tly been a way rf rnamta'n￿g c(￿taCt wrth mefflL￿￿ and fn'eTrJ5
church.
same thiklren in the nm to Easlef.
The fwKliTrJ lor many of Ihese bag5 and gift5 c*M Imm a ￿an1 f￿rfn the
Heart of Ervj1￿ Cryrnxw¥ty F￿at￿
rEsFrfThe to a i*a a kxkler. for a fr*ThJ to 7rt1. we dthL¥ThJ Praise & Bak•
we slartgd to trul smal F&y dates wrth 2 w 3 pThts and their c1￿1[en m Wember. Tl
were wlty vah￿l by wtryants so we crmtwM*d ￿1Th baby aTrJ pmt pky dates IhTwg
aulumn but t1￿ tr) pwse In Decents or7￿￿5 We ate F•anthJ lo resu￿ trxards the errfl
cl *WI. We have been #Ae tr> keep m louch tr* vkg Fa¢elx￿ ¥#J
Cwn•cllng wllh P•¥•qTr-by- Craft Box
Frcrfn the beginnlThJ I￿1 Ihwe v4s a smal craft b)x Ihe ￿1r￿Ce lo chwth fr
thThch rambl￿S *ve al* trj help Ihemsehes to u*1 packs N has been k)vely ol our
TkmtsJlde(8 len us ￿'c1Th in Ihb fx*x - this b8ty avala1￿ t￿￿1 whth her.
John Juoli have lo up¢Jale the pL*s on t<th the fronl {rnl back {eN￿c*
* car wkl f*)¥ds. IS•e sepame iewti
Th• knmlng grcw m&1è a val*t èffcrt In Ythch wère the rai11r￿ ty
Sleby and Jose We 4ts0 W J•h)w rlbtKffl$ aval*40 ￿ the ralllng5 to rememw
(l ones 11 wa5 knlwethj to see that to knterad wrth Ixth way5 of romemberkng.
In up lo Clylglmx ¥K11￿ ¥19rt by Sl malv￿ 8knxam Schc(4 we at)18 lo ¢Jecorale the
In Ihe losw - *)ain lo Jose ItN hef W. We were alyo ¥)le kn uealg a slabbe sce
a gazefy)- th¥*s kn F￿ard. Jan• aThJ P*- agam rt was k) #• pK$4fr Itwd•
tr* Gazet•) lo hav• a
M•tIOn￿ Day ol R•r
We part In thts vwy swl day. organiwj ty Cthè, cffi March 2311 Thè chwth was op
r*or4e to ccffte to Nay N rel*d aTh111ght a Lots crf ￿e￿Ie CfffjtrtA￿ ol
fthefs ￿ buihj up a pKbJ• cl in our loyer Woodèn weré avalat
E••ter
the fence u Iree.
Eco Church
Fo(xIb￿*
We fK6led the F(xyJ)•* at RPKC for the last tw 181h March 3J20 week rt ￿N)￿j
rts present at The Lawm Retreat Cer*(e IbehThJ Hope4, next kn Ihe Benn Hall Lxmrrfj
the fvst lockdown the took over Ihe and d￿t￿bUlK)n t>e1c￿E haTrthTrJ back lo the
¥o￿nteer team. PAefft￿ d Ihe church have crxrt¥￿d trj be in¥thed the warehouse aThJ
stthb.on leams. ¥e styll welc(MwJ v4 supemiarkel [￿ts ￿ ¢Y(ypmg off al
lkn SlIch- Misshin & CtrL¥dnakY
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Ir4t rwan n FeLfftAry 2020, to lockd￿. a tjisappomlmenl b) have lo wt a ham to the
sessK¥15 thiw*. txrt * was great Ihat son* of u5 Stayed in louch kn a weekty ¢x f(¥tnig
z(￿M chat and'calch ￿.. Up a￿1 tknffl the C￿ mxry Kntsugi Hope ¥e runring online
Ixrt we ￿e¢￿Je￿ to w* wwj res[￿ face to face later th￿ yew safe to (kn so.
tw)" Hope GrrAPS offer a sale 94yyts¥e space t•tt) wBhe5 to mvest
imwDwng their mentsl *vJ eft￿￿￿1 welttw. The c(wJrse, which ¢￿1$￿ts (rf 12 sessions.
erested in ioiniThJ a wp rAease contact elhpr OT me. we*rn.
YOUTH PASTOR
RY Ihe lasl year, I hm bew ffKJslty Part Irom my wAe. r4lJw excollwty.
I bme hou￿ SIK￿ld be back by Ihe end ol
tho numerDUS kx*OJ*ns, onh'nè aclwths h*e offèred in ways.
We hwe had an Youth TPwlre prqed was successful, has kept a grow ol
pw*e m ¢￿taCt *lth cfft ￿trr. Ihal do ￿ts￿le of the seltmg.
tr￿￿ sueeesshd at tynos than al othwa. sessions ha￿ ft* eatthThJ
J chatbng ax>ul lrft *¥J pl1￿ng gamès
¢￿er the year, I MvolV￿ gevw* Game5 aNI s￿'al bla Zc(rfn. l*iYJ
bj ￿cOU￿1￿j ywvJ pw tr) le*J. Thege be￿ offeted lo pw*e d al w. and have tJ•
such a fun and dlstrxtr4J I
T1¥￿0u1 IM Aubjnn of 2020, 1 a rthibn to oll•r to lace >£wlh gfw.
calo and y(xAh W**e, tAIttM"n Covbj 94fe Th830 werè ailended by yn41 gioup$ ol
youThJ peoF49. trxrt were a wrrtwlul lime 01 th5OJ53￿. chal and gam￿.
Unlothnatdy tgsincbons began to ch￿0 m OctLS)er 012020. Tm malg lh8 ￿mC￿l
ctyk)n to go onlr* ￿*1.
T1￿￿Out Decents. us*rfJ the Chwttt FacefxK* p•Je famM*s l. alxo t*tth Faye
my nancoè C￿1￿, ma10 a vbJ60 Icrf èach day d Athonl. Th￿• ¥￿@c6 watched by m*)y
pec(4e. In Rugby and lh* s￿￿n(￿ng areay, as t*81 a¥ nat￿￿aNY and ¥oto
Oww the pag1 yoar. I oxtyn¢Ad face lo lace several vukner*e w p￿Iple. Tho9•
have laken the IrAm crf • (IstAncod w*s a)J sodaly dstancod chats at cfmffch kn1058 wa
weathèr.
I ￿ also *x¥ TAr*kw k) advoc•ts Il*m. a Ihoy navWt8 a
fficu* Itme
peLple tha¢ I hMI trx•n wlth hm kwj thkj yew dmlojl Ydy w another.
•rfher ¢*ffKull I￿. splth.ng ￿$, cfthe schcd ¢JeaknJ bor&MThnt and the
gwal uncert￿nI￿ cl Ivè the rèstrKtwxts.
Thts has someb"me5 meanl that S•55hJns h￿e haj cffity on• Y(￿r￿j Paxyb atteTrJiTrJ al ltsw.
Bul even these Iwnes h¥4e been valuatAe. To 1 to 1 wrth a yourwj pemi. Iwr lkn and ta*
them aboul Ihirmjs lo them, has been a ie#li valual)be and b*ssed bme.
In the finl few c4 the Spnno lenn. whik5t Ic•yffji gu*je1￿es frcffi the Na1￿￿1 YcAth Aoenui. I
ds aL4e lo ￿14 7A*e￿ cale ses5KYts. themed arcl￿d Lent. ￿ mvrted people Th￿e
the seccrfMI *eel( d Éaster. once we I￿j enlwed aTr)Ilw tsme crf k)ck¢XTr*n 11lThJ, we were
at4e tr) meet in laigei actNths. We m￿e pasta Irom suatch, was ealen
afterwards wrth muth We had a youlh cafe b.me ¥•*h our trademth waffl*s ar*J ice cream.
enjoyed tsme watchmg a film. Each 5essKffl was attended by 9 rTh)st camg
tr) *1 sess*￿$. 11 was ryeal such a loThJ gelb"ThJ to know ￿ ￿r.
knJay 181h Awi"I tr* Inal of a tsme ol *mhp. srnilar to crrtrfe seThice
OecellthT. Thts ¥r45 C* vnth famity sthJ al tables wvthvwjual pa(kn c
Gfyj.
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l *n Inc￿dI1￿Y exctsj thal *Dm 191h T*• e￿nts back up aEwJ
nrrf)Ir#J, wrth scope to expand ￿at we offer. dE[￿ on the needs of people.
(M a ￿e, I lo sludy ts my Lsx¥ preac￿ quaMfiCa1￿
1hffA￿h wth Rthf Jane Jan.
Rulh H￿ders(
RUGBY COMMUNITY HUB
L451 CIKth Repjrt the ebvts ofC4jv￿19 have h*1 a effed on the
mantaning Its [￿Ce ewagemenl wth the bx* C￿￿M￿lty.
Wth the CktsJ￿ Cmrth ￿ March 2020 C* cpuatThs adwths at Ihe Commurnly
had lo c￿￿. The Hub DYect￿5 team MBI to ¢knJss Ihe implicatThs cl tr•5 ck>5ure and th8
&¥)lenbal ol conlinued a¢b￿￿$. else shut [1￿1, ￿)er the lpvemmenl aFf*iJ re5th"ctDns It
consKJered a ro)giwe W to c(nUnue athvths the fimefAJll(Jers men*ws crf ￿ ccrfnmunlty
nevnletters aThJ media. TIM'S Ihe 0￿ects¥e ol contad wlth t
Hub in the cornr￿nty and wgagemenl trKBe in the area m*Jl* ¥aJe our
Ye￿Ces.
Cithinalix, to wc#1t RKhard Sande(s m wra?￿n9 the devdorKMnt rf TIMe￿Ild8
actsvrtns. Vlcky wa5 ryknyed In lh￿ robè has ￿1 en8wy kn #* 1o*n ad sho￿1
gTe* enlhu4asm kn Hub c(¥nrwmi eTr)we￿I ad￿ltse5
direcl conlacl T*th H￿9 Commu1￿ty has t*en poss￿ IIKcdJtyi me bclthywns. Rkfianl
aTrJ Vkky have req￿al n8ws*tter& lo al n￿)her$, des¢rt￿ aclNttth that
rt IM c￿11Th&s of the The h*￿￿0￿&1$ hav• pmmled s￿)￿@d achths undef th&
ol gard8rknJ. actlv8. craftlcreaMI. cc<*Jng, and that are
the restr¢ctlons Packs ol rex￿[¢9$ assocwbJ I1￿ aciN4tles were dBtrttxrted Irr￿ Ihe Church.
dudkng craft and gardwiifvj krts and chlk3M's acbwty pad(g ex¥ii*, krts, Play.
aThJ pedomgtW5 dryin1￿led. The pwclkise of the20 malenas was wtth the *J
counulkx'g grant tr41 was aF•ed for ¥)ecrfK• lo Iy4 resowces lo asstst thfowh lh•
C<Kcmavirus pande￿¢ The ecmrtmenl ol tThfr and ￿ by Vichy RKtkn¥d m gonefallng Idèas
$orvlce and th¢ aclivth ha5 t*en appredatod.
the lock¢knm RKh¥d collatrtyal8d PAikkng Connoxk¥M l&•n'J tx*J dbtrtyAkn
sthem op8fatsThJ trcm Nw*bcld Ch4)èI Fc*>J was thsintrArted to iie¢ty lamllies In tho
Ovw￿ad& afea. as ￿ exlertsm￿ to those bwThJ Nw*Mld and ￿trAnsO¥er frcm the Ch¥d.
PAmaffl Srtch a HUB Cale Flcnic at Hcthè S*Mce frcffi thè Hub Calé bxk¢Sy•m Ths
ce prowded lakea*ay ￿nch path5 to Kn￿ trj at a c￿1 A ¥mal
was fequire(I lo Iw*e IhLJ seryke w45 apw4ed by Chwth c￿¥￿￿. Thanks lo PA￿arn
ly tr*5 great *Jea.
Al*f the Juty 20x1 Cluth C(mr￿1 moetyffj. Ch￿ # ¥AS agr•od
Clwrth leade￿h￿ that a Imlpd resumptTh knrties was ancAvth. *I￿rE It￿8e would gNe
¥UPFQrt to Ih)se that we ¥e ￿ vulnerable Ihe commivyty •wJ benefit frr
supt
The café reopened cm 3 days. Tuesday lo Tfiiisth, wth bakkn)i on a (smal nthi)bers ¥#J kn
the hall and a very smal group on a TPA*sday lo ty a fe• batch cc<)king K1eas.
iknig this perKtyJ the K*ntal wel-bewvj chaty were atrAe kj meet on allemate
The uaft group was rtwknj (m a Wethesday this peik)J.
CwnmLtt)ity Hub cc•)Yrnffl￿ CLmb"nued Ne￿￿tter pef m¢x¢th twKJ cY<ulated lo
t4Kise group5 ac1m1￿ as descriw Thwe has conlmued use crf Facelx)th posts to
CoftMn￿￿. ￿ fflant￿n eng￿l￿L has fomowed Irrxn we*TryJsly
V4n ccrfM)iM*y IrK*J t)sln"twlh)n cOnt￿¢te￿ m wlh C(K￿xIorts.
Litier ￿ck1[vj gtOUP.
&thequenty al of the Commuiuty had lo te C￿ta￿l to the CoMd.19
regulatW al slart of2021. The Hub ￿"[eC1￿ team thjnrrfj J￿￿ary lo
e4*Jate the NnplKalKms (rftr* hxkiknvn on ¢(￿Y(￿* wJr¥xt groups café actmty
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some of Ihe prevIC￿ Hub ac1m1￿. deemed accepta)lè to contsnue dwing 2020. to be StOpF￿1
Ths was req￿￿ed lo rwThy4e ￿ rtsk of CO￿19 rrfeclKn to the p¥tKWs c￿Cern fegar¢J
erts￿ng soc41 d$1￿￿) rewyements lo
cvculalKJn of b) the l FrfJ5t C￿ Facetx(*, keepr#J rb ¥nth memb￿3 by
I vBits, *J*wl. and recwviro ￿lert trun ConnectWELL. ￿"¢h¥u c￿mentS that
'Memf*rs vahje knil*s MLSS them a￿ n(A runnirvj. Tlve be a ¢Jeg"re
*x real socrdl aN1 s￿ne￿ir￿j lo do c(¥Y* cxrt of lockrt￿.
VKky Dunne unlorbjnaety wed from l*r WDle a5 fwnetMJihJer ctrud1n*c￿ m the Community
lo incr93sed dern￿ cffl her twne from her wnth wa￿leks1￿￿e Wthjlfe Tntst, and finished
Yxk¥KJ Ihe al 2020. We have exknjed ow grablu(* to VK*y all her eftst
ach*vemenls lThe last and IhrrJJO1 ywtijs
lo the reduced al Ihe Hub Richard Swpjtrs. h
tJ•on IthW8d untl Ihere cwirlunty to Cclrni￿ty Hub acb"vl¥85. wtten p￿deMiC
n￿n￿l￿ deve1cvii￿ wrth the reslriclksns Iny)sed ty tr* Wiiemk We ffilend to reopen
Clvnm￿ty Htrl actr¥llm rt 15 CCn5thr•J to th so, govffin8d ty natThal
As we projress nlo 2021 rt ts envwd Ihal ouldw acIrVrt￿ gjch as Ihe Wa*lng
Utter ￿'C￿￿n9 groups be *Jle lo polenllalty resm frcffl lffte 29th March are h wess
10 6St*Aish ctthmw)rty and ¢y￿p5. ￿th as ComecMIELL and
KoyrhYJS, can safety m8el the nat￿1￿1 rÈ51rKlm I1￿1 go¥em th￿e M ts aso ￿te[KI￿d Ihai tr
Ccrfnm￿1ty Café *ill reopen fr(xn 1 PD May oyffjmfflenl gubjeknes twrThl
Al me Commuilty H￿1 athths dunno dirt￿1 peiKxl have been WC•¥es*3 11
rthgaUon ol the RMCC Le*Jwship cfAwch co￿(11 We ar4xeuale al Ihe Jupp(Mt th
of all actNItsOS, In bcal tknvj the ex¢eptkn•i
dfficul lasl 12 rruths We W IcrfwarJ lo rrygknj C(Thmuth wlth a
cybmom as we through 2021.
Jolm Hemrrtng5 {on ljthal ol th• Commuw Ol•clm aNI T&wn)
WIITER NIGHT SHELTER SCHEME
artmg In Oecen*A 2011, RMCC has f*)stfra Wl sf*Mer Salurday rlghl I)81w￿l
1 Decemb8r and 31 ￿ch M￿¥ ol the vc1￿te￿5 RKC members wrth L*hws Imm Paddox,
Lulknorth, 8ifton aThJ Clrftstchwch.
202￿21 *vJkl tenth year and th? l* next ¥lv* tt*
w8 have ￿er the year4.
The numl)er of guests began kn drco when Riioyi Cclmdl T•crwl*J thp sc* ol tf•
ryct4em aTrY t*oan to guèsts.
the numbern ¢kf guests s*slTrJ vme kyAT. w• roo￿arty h•Y t>•l*w 8 12 extra gurfs
{HoW Gu8Stsl **lcomed in lor a nwa
Ttren wrth lock￿￿ m Uw nknje ol March 2020 pul 41 ts street IKffleless into
¥IWer b"me. We rrfovKlg IM)t m8* Ilytse ￿ests Iw1 a¢¢ess to publ
bw*fits. Ho*Ever the Centre key staff have tArrted Ihese Q￿Sts t) them finrj Ihe
necessary documents: twlh ceM¢3les, passrrtyts etc lo wn accrAYts so thal all but on•
them are rK>W atle *] da.m benefit and can thus p￿llIe Iheir own focrfl.
Whtst we rn1￿ the Ihe nKJht shelter. the Clmb'an lelkiwslw ￿th each fv.
inleraclKsn guests aThY the sattslac1￿ *e to wovmje a wann fn"enLly safe
15

Guesrs For Saiunlay at RAIGC
Year
2011-12
128
37
7.5
2012-13
li
2013-14
212
12.5
2014-IJ
10.6
2015-16
221
41
13
201& 17
195
11.3
2017-18
215
41
2018-19
183
31
10.2
2019-20
a.8
iHsL4 In Ihe year 2020.March 2021 the Hote c￿ has Seen 130 drflwenl cllents.
C￿nCil l&m￿rary aCCcffj￿￿. wllh How wrth the Quests lo make INS pennanent
a much better Onè 6xampl& w'll thslNto H 1vdunle￿S kThxT fws ftAI namel.
th8 n￿h1 she*u avalable nwjm sncè Jarw 2013 atcept*d I￿ary accommoda
wth and Iws swKe maug. for hkn. slep lo move rti a114 wth a pemwiert
We ￿ not know what hwi th lubjre, aThJ rf nèedèd to a ritht sh811•r agaln wo
be tr)éfe. Htrwèvèr ¢XW Is R￿1 wo¥bJo tr* Sll¥KJI Ihai 18
edfra aTrJ thal glr991 IK*ne*s1rn38 In Rugbyls kn the pasl
8lrd- sati¥d￿ T8am Leadgr
CHARITIES OUR ME118ERS SUPPORT
EXTRA MILE
Ih recerrt ￿th¥ hm athity kn Extra a)er Socondary S¢lwyJ
. Swra Le0￿. trlthes ¥8 ijel#Jhted %Mlh 1(MN pass rale acfoeéed ty ow slu(Jents wlx) 8
BECE Sec(Ythry Ex￿} In J¥wi The ¥knJftl effcrfts ol IM ￿￿1 enafAe(J the
dents lo achieve maj1￿ when they thirKJ It) such dIThc￿t t￿jm*2nceS durr#)
the paTrJemic Th￿S to a generous m. Exlr3 Nthle ￿ e51abk.shmg a CcqThn￿rty li￿ary kn the
sthcxy for usg by fM)th Ihe sludpnts and the kjcal ctffl¥ixMuty The buibthj. sh8fving wa5
In rec￿¢ tsme tr) Iwse w many donated txth. The Iwslees have been prowde some
ffcffi dcnatThts n￿re kKactKal actNths ILV Ihc6e students sl￿fy￿ Hc4M Econcxmics.
We ae a150 eStab￿￿j a sdKxI garden. to ￿￿￿Je ￿￿tsCa1 exper*nce5 ts Ihe 51udents ol Bblogy
arml A￿'CultUral SC￿Ce. We havg now corW Ihe mtallalK)n ol the femae tr￿ on Ihe fiTrt
rw, Kmth runnmg w*er by a t￿k cffi ts r(M)l. Much of our c(￿1¥￿ t*t*een UK aNJ
SHra Leone has Ixn thiyo¥ed by the irtstslalKm (A ￿ mtemel IC￿ that er*￿CeS wular access
teachmg and leamj n Ihe sclbJA.
1* and SUPkKXt*x Ihts n5sTh. Y￿ ap wMdethJl!l!
ltike FieldiThJ and lh2 Extha We Team
16

ACTION FOR CHLDREM
ullect￿ffi trom the c￿ Day service w(MJhJ go lo them. anwitThJ to cwef £250. At
trlle we akn 6 peokle WIK) had c(*ectvKJ ￿XeS k¥ thew I sert li
k)rAW favwrrte ch*es. Pwhap5 we have arnl change fnl rt rn crmvenwl k)
set w a n￿￿tNY st¥#Jry or(*r. IfanycTh w(MJd Ike trj AC1￿ Ic* vra a stano
. however smal the ilease ￿ to thw **tJsrte www.acttjntsch1k*en.￿ .uk to find t
Ivik m c¥der to IhJn&e. You ￿ a150 fnd Imrt axxA l*e vory Valuabk way tsy chddi
Kl lamlie5.
BILTON HOUSE FREE CHURCH HOME
AP s very qulel at Vojge 91nce last M¥th l)een ￿ cfjlee IiKxn*igs fund i*yhKI
4erts and very Irtoe m the w ol vi*t¢Ns. They hm iwn ￿ careful Tr￿th al ther PPE aTrJ glaff
have t•en well exc•d ky one L¥ iwo vtho have h¥J FQ5th• l¢st5. bul all seoms kn be Well so larl
Tlw are havno Zc(rfn led by Nary knantes
*Wh the slaff W￿J￿￿j Iv* this t* %cep¢gJ mey are rt* tt n￿. There Is a
nM*'TrJ cffl 6th l(Y the vol*)teerg. al wlth vwy c¥elul use of masks
crrt S¥Jlèy
IIITE FUND
lo the LockthyAfft thé Nllè has r•X bo*) ￿&r21￿9 g'ncè PA¥ch 2020. £103.75 w
g¢rt lo thém Awl 2020 has kiThJly laken from a(kndntstèr tr*
WartNJrton
CHRISTIAN AID
lkn kn the Co*$19 pwKlwi*11 was ImpoJ*l• kn colod dcrfjr lo drAx kn 2020 l￿d rality
•¥orts 11 was th8rdore rnc•ssary lor the chaity lo Ind atèmauvo m8ans ol revenuè Thè
(I￿rtY provid8rt a nthi*er d met￿$ to be dw¥J CML811an week I selected Ihe e-envel¢
•thèmè and stnl a) 4¥** th everyo￿ I kn6w •ick*knJ church rntmt*ts as l many ol my
ccffllacts wobabty not be c(¥)tacbJ ty thdr uwjal colgclryj ty wssbly dtyj
uiualty (Jonale. Pleawj to repyl thal a colg¢kn 01 £620, subslant￿1Y nvxe Ihw nofftial, was
h*ved My oral8fiJ thar*s arrfl appreciat￿ to al ¥11￿ Con1n￿le￿. Pb8ase be as generous I
year. rf ￿)￿ble, as Chnstwi thanty and nallonaly 8￿￿ted an
The aff￿Unt raB&J 2020 by Riityw aryj D•lrKI Chnsban Ya5 rethjced Irom
£25,gxI in 2019 ts) £13.(iKJ ap￿0xImateIY Vwy s•J as many C￿ntn.es ae desper3tety In r￿d crfaMI
at Nesenl. Thts Chnstban AJ"d week ￿11 t* Irc¥n Ihe 10th 10 161h May ahj *il te used lo h*
pec* th'v1￿ n (kW.slrK*en Kenya to recep￿ alewate fcoj and water kn h*
Kling earth that ¥then thg rans do rt can be collected ¥wJ rela￿￿1 to be usod as
kneKthlne
17

PROPERTY GROUP
Oe5Wte k)chd¢Avn the Cessat￿ of athilRs since last Match. mawrtpnance of the L￿￿'lef
system, rye al￿ a￿1 water sysleffl has conknued. akng with avKI gardw
Amnual l*yrty ScI￿le has also be￿ C￿e￿ on behall ol Cwncfi. COVKJ
a￿n$ ha￿ fom11￿ a smam My lo prep*e *rte Rtsk
Awssrnents IDr aclNths, ftlkiw.rrfj G(Neff¥T￿ guKleline5, which 15 bemg ftAky**d by tr
hw chwches cffull. kn] with a i￿"1￿d KbTrF4an and surtab￿ ￿e5. s•]nr￿.In SW5
Track.a￿1.Tr4ce hm Lw intro(Juce(I, p￿5 ￿ *rt(#natic hand sanKEer. ¢J•]rfal IhwnKMneter,
masks and sufth spaorrfj d seath.ng lor linwled cMwch evenls, keer4ro cl¥Jth Covmj secure
Last March, a lJ)elt *ad flashing fm Yas deart wrth, Ihe was l*
tr> r￿Cc￿￿te Ihe krtch8n However. sk￿l9h1 *ak5 CcybtvK￿d to pers￿1 in Ihe krtchen. loyer and
bwnge area5, Octthr a major Hall cglirwj causett a c(4ly of a f
celry and iThJess olijalkns of valer I￿ranCe company assessed darn￿e and
rvjed lor a contrkn b repai the Inlemal dam•)e redeccrfale. un(*r w tsnurnnce Fdlcy.
tArt we had lo fix t￿ r¢￿ *aks fwsl. Our has m*1e 3 vists lo i*ce fjles. ￿10
sh￿￿]hI le*s h￿8 hnahty sealed up. The central SOCb￿ ol the hall ceil'ng has
c•lkng Illes aTrJ LED kn]htThJ
The ￿-park mNl•nt dèal w*h accthlr4 kn th• cfAxth pol*y CA*ln•J LMI yw.
perty grcw hag *0 kK*ed al refuth5hwwJ ￿ RMCC ￿￿￿11984 vv*4iel. and quotes h*
c4Xalned the tAr*k A conlTaclor has l)ew clKw. grant Is bekng
aw. It Is hoped Ilts t*ll bg ¢X)ne owr lh• gurnm•r.
CHURCH 800KINGS
ed S(¥￿tIm8S by th8 Y(Ath Gr￿P and Ihtr Calè the 5umm8r ¥K1 athwnn tt*
aThl sgcontt hx*¢kn*n. *lulty we *48 b accepl scffio 11 the nol lTrJ distanl
GRAMTS
The G￿13 gro￿ su¢¢ossfuty appled Ihe Heart of Erw C(xMiurAty
Fcthjatkn lasl yoaf. £18.500. The frfst fft was to luThJ rest*￿ ynal $￿al GYoup•.
¥nthn the church. thè setoThJ was lo ena)le yrArth t*yJk The grants were tyven thé
•thonal resources nee(1gd to run prohects ¥nlhm the cknate of the paxlenc
F￿ th8 first FrfoJW Iho clwrch managed to wn selefal smal c¢ThKmty wps. B*wig.
KnrttsTrJ and Crafts ¥•J kn ryoyth ￿1￿1 150 grfts m Lmthach lo Ihe lo&il cl￿￿￿ty, despite Ihe
lYnrtatrJns ol the tsmnl srtuatm These M)embrance bags. har1￿1 ajvenl gifts.
packs p4an*d kth.
qualety ￿1Th1 the rffjed expectat￿. Unfiylinw a rewl to the lo exlentt Ihe lrfe of the
c￿1 was lumed lo I￿1r lin* bmrtabxts the l￿d$ An altematNe lyJd9et
cwmunity w<Mk. was accepted This InC￿d￿l caprtal ex[￿th￿e to online
steamiTrJ Wre. a heavy Outy gaz*) cKrtsth *¥J a tK¥t*le coo* frK
alk)w xoal d￿1￿•].
we are ¢Wrent￿ ￿art￿9 the outcome. The (wx)9 am ol Ihe Gfants to frJnd*)g Ic
defir)ed obpctNes as bthve this gr¥e5 the best chance of succe55.

FVIANCE
The Annual Acco￿￿ year ended A￿USt Z)20 acuryany Ihis
Ilotes on Annual Acco￿t>. 201912020
￿an13 ¥ec* (kThlkJns and15 C(l*a*￿ 8enevo*nce *wJ Y(yAh Pa5tQT ftmd5.
IKomè
offertory fwjwe was Iwlv than for 201W19 Tax recovwea vds aThJ
Lethngs were ￿ 25% lo the COVID19 mtraw￿.
Y¢Arth Pasts In¢(Th V49 apwoxlmalety the s•r* a5 layl ye¥. wnh I￿ dthe 015tr1cl grant
Comp￿Sale￿ frx ty In the Comexkff￿ m ano Ihe HMRC &Jb Rthentkn 8chem•
granls.
The'8re*thrcAW' for ts)Is yearlg st•xn aj kncome11.e. frun ftmdTatslngl
wl*eag last year thwch IkNes. as d￿3 the cthh expw¥Jtse Even when
subs￿Y L4 ITr￿￿. is 33%. TN% ts mainly 4 res￿1 (rf th& ol Oistrlct
aTrJ thgre beirwj Th) tyft day. alihough of anxmd £2CIXI wwe kn Ileu ol Ih15 In
•SJbon, Incomè was %￿mIle¢j by Ihe HMRC Rel8nlth Sth8me ULYk•>*l wants. The
fvjwes lor 201W19 due lo the re¢*1 enl*e Othcl (>art ￿?￿tlY￿gh fuTh18
•vbJJs mw Rém of ¥Ag tr* Clrcuit INS yew11
To￿¢ea by ar￿ 4 5% ¢(ryarett lo 201&119.
lo therè 7*vbJaty Th) rthw1rer￿fil Icrf Irrffl April lo cfi Cle￿
w9￿¢8d by £2(K#). &miLgrty, costs werg re¢AKod ty arcuTrJ £XQO
Sjtson. becaw olrth•J ￿1￿11￿ use, arKMAI gas ¥*d electncty ts"l by arcth1
£1CIXI
y{￿ PaS1￿0XpeThsbJe approxlmalety IM as last ye¥. was
gwthcanty Iow2r Ihan last Ma￿ty ￿ to the Athnmtstratorfs saw being required a¥J
a sffjt¥bcanl reduclrffj m ex[4r￿S The fwre5 201W19 arn distorted trartsfer ol a
trxb of the Dthct lo y(￿ Paslor
ThK5 wa5 presented at Ihe Church co￿￿11 20x1. Se￿1*￿￿e5 that ryact the
f￿a￿e$ ol Ihe Chwch ￿naMe0'UnCleaff •. Ihe of t￿ cfwth letir￿, cc6ts and
c#ne for a th￿ren'$ & ther and reth￿ed t(￿t5 uts.1￿.es aThJ cl￿N￿J. as intmated
Clumch the Ix* ¥AI be re-workwj aller each fv113 nTh)nths o1202(W21 kj enatAe a
19

F•IAIKIAL GMNG
Reoulw Givino
Regul* givlrwJ may l* In one txthe Ir4ys.'
Through ts ErNekye sth￿be. Weekty {Currgnty to COVID 19.
By Slntye rats. ryelffatty kn an￿Un￿{l £1(Kl
RMCC gratefiA to ai trie￿15 g¥9 so gene￿ rm a regular bas￿.
tythJ bs very much tr* m* swce of kncon* Px the C1￿Ch. All cc6ts assoclth *lth the whcle
Ile aThJ purFose ol ow C1X￿ch C￿thnue sle*lly b rrye. m the sarrn way as do cos15 n dl olher
Lrf w Ives Evw m**MI ends meel ￿ be so thlficuff for many Ilw days, please congdw
rf#ny incrèase. IwJ*Y•*r smal. in personal gr¥TKJ is prA%bk. +4ny {*) ncl use one d th•
By c(rt4nthg with an 4pprDry* Dèthrakn.. £11Kl
*JOonal 25p 15 rec(NweO by Ihe Church tax IH¥e atrgaty pAhJ. ￿e￿lets from
£13.769 r#eovered lax fmm ￿ar 2019rA).
Poage weal( lo crn d UJ l syju ¥e a laxpw x•J athl lo Ihe dlhe Church In Ihlj
dy FIM Ihose who *ro• gNe regularfy, rA8aw * i*xn•ll whèn >Y)u Ixt rr•ltr•Md 5￿ur re9JL
nt. 11 may be kyKJw ￿ than you thlnk.
Addltbonal Wty• ol Fln•Trcl•l Glvlno
11 may be Ihal n)ents5 Inendg Ident￿ ¥ r*8d kn th? Cluth lo Ils ￿90#10
•xpenso5 F¢x ￿ngle oin donabyts have r•c8nlty b8•n lo the Bene¥eAerK•
café area. Ths seen as an ccrflr#xJts lo a sreafK ng8d aTh1 Ihe momy
to pu￿h￿ #fjffls was c4JtaThd as ¥ r¢su* ol mgmbgrn. si¥J8
m￿Y ol tt#)w If¥J report have m*Jfr a trf) Pfobably thè m¥fft t%rt you thwjm
tr• InCI￿Je the Church *ll? In f•céni Jffjars tr* Chwth has r•cwv&J sly￿an1 gjms by IhLS
and Stu*1 Sc

CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT8
ACCOUNTS
THE METhODIST CHURCH
STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
R b m•thOd￿ Church C•ntr•
C￿1¢￿
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 August 2020
Ck¢ult
Clr¢u* no
23114
1186270
ff nrA • r•gl8l•rad thartty H•r M•l••ty• R•v•rnx WKI
Cu•tom• Glft Ald nwnb•r
h• rMJrnb8r 1$ •q￿*•nI to a r•gl8lw8d ctharty numbor in lrn of evldenc• ol char113blo
8tstu8 aThl may ￿ us•d 10 lo th)Th)r8 or gr•tt I￿￿•r$ Io 900 ovldoncé ory8nlsalk￿'O
ch•rflabl8 8tstus. kletr¥)th81 dwill8s in aThJ W8b88 th81 ￿ not r•g18tw8d rjwths arn
exc•thl from registralk•i Statuty In81rw￿ 2014 No.2421
Anist•r.
Rev Jane
CJKJrch Stgward•.'
Treasurer.
(amrh P l)1
la15

Rugby Alethodist
Church C•ntr•
01
2.1)00
Hon
In¥•tstrnent in¢tyne
15,214
17.234
15214
32,816
34.816
XJ.978
1373Z1
TOTAL RECEIPTS
129,662
b1
PAYIIEKrs
67.192
4.71x1
#J Mabnlwwnc•
UllSlb81 Ilrw4nc06. W8tèr
15.1x5
b7
•nlB
2.133
8171
38,559
101.
TOT*L PAYMENTS
12121
Ib9)
197,797
SECTK)N C
NEf RECEIPTSPAYMEMrn
FOR TH
c1
12.137
Totsl ILWKl• ￿C￿ght fry￿1 from
4.032
123.888
¢1
T321J
nJ07
12
Tr•th
4.437
TOTAL FUN08 AT END OF YE
{e3rf4)
6BJ32
726
65.113
FOR •4FORMATION ONLY: IIONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANI8ATION8
d1
d2
19.342
d3
19.342
11
BALANCE SThL TO BE P
d1+d2413
(knhRxdP2013A
2ofS

125
01
113
S%J17
T07AL
41
31
11J
203
317
Jdj

N*no ol cp￿rch R(*y Methodi8t Cfrwch Centra No 183
Declarations and Scrutiny
l (xrfffm thal these Rec• Pa￿nth* based xcounts year to 31 2020 have b8
epared Imm the rexxxds of the Chwth aTrJ trot they Ind￿1& 811 lurKJs undgr Iho cthtr(4 of tf* c￿rCh
N•n• and address of treaauref .......
1 frWld•. W•8t Haddm Nthmpkn NN6 7BP
I c(mlkm Ihat the an1￿￿ rewt Iho ￿8T WKlgd 31 ￿¥USt 2020 bo.
of th Chak(rfth• moetlng ...................
tho Chalr moetkng .",fthAG..
Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rf• R•port to th• Trustees of th•
Rugby M•thodlst Church C•ntr•
Chwly Nwnb•r. li
I rerxxt lo the trustees ￿ my exaMInati￿ d lh8 a¢cwnts crf Ihe Rugby Meth(xli8t Church Cerbtro
Churd) for the year 31 August 2020 set (xjl on pages P1 to P3 As the Cl￿￿.$ trustees, y
are responsible fw Ihe preparation of the a¢ca￿ts in acc(nlarTh with the of the Chwitss
Act 2011 {Ih8 ACV).
>)lSd¥xthR4rn1 P
4d5

I re[￿ in res￿1 of my examinaucm of Chwch's carTi8d out ur#ler seclkn 145 of Iho Act
)d, in orrying out my examinabon, I have fol0￿1 am thé Dire￿ by the Chwity
Cunnxssion under sectKm 145(5)(b) of
>)ISduthRarnl P
4dS

Nan* of Church R￿*Y Methodist Chufch Centre No 183
Independent Examlner's Statement
I have compbted my examination. I confirn thal no m•terwl matters have com• to my attentio
connec￿￿ with the examination lolher than that disck)sed bebw) which give me cause lo beli
in. any rnaterial respect:
the accounting records were nol kepl in accordance section 130 of Ihe Act, or
the accounts do not accord wilh the accounting records.
lthe [the
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection the examtnation
whKh attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be r￿Chad.
I hav•lhavo not" obiained Independent vertficalion ol all Investrnenls with the Tnjstees for Metr
Church Purposes or hèkl In other trusts. bank balances and lunds al the Central Finance Boan
Kkihodist Church which are indlvhdualy in excess 01 £10.I>XI (ien Ihousand pounds) al the baL
sheet date.
Swn•lur• ol IrKlepo￿nI examiner
of independent oxaminer
Relevant prola88ional qualrfKalion of independent examinor
Name of li￿ Iwhero appropriate)
Aldress .................................................................................................................
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