RUGBY MEfHOIJST CHURCH CEpifRE Annual Rowt Minut85 d Annual Church Maab'ng 2021 REPORTS FROM CHURCH oRGANI￿TIONs p2-4 Church Council aNJ Leadw8hip Group p17 p18 p19 Grant8 Finance RUGBY MEfHOIJST CHURCH CEpifRE Anrnwl Chwch mO￿Tr9 hold on 9th May 2021 •l•r mornlng 8•rvlc• Tho m8*ing wa8 a trknd￿l ￿8, wth 80m8 pa)pl8 in the Church and oth8r8 att8rKling via Zoom. It had be8n docided to hokl the business part of the maobng and plan th6 Vi&￿ary part labr in tho year if regulation8 al￿. 1120￿ Oponlng Prayer Rav Jan8 Gaffnay chair8d the m8*ing. Marie Thomas wrot8 the minut88 and 20 oth8r8 atte￿Ied in th8 church. 30 p￿p18 att￿d￿d via Zoom. Tha att￿dance li8t 18 fil•d with tha Church rap Apologl•• Jean Jaland There was no notso of Cxhw Busin868 Minute8 of la81 YO￿& rne81ing Tho minuts8 of tho moating hold on Sunday 15th Mar(* 2020 wwo 8ignod a8 a corroct re¢J)r Mattw8 whlng Rav Jan8 8aid the R8acfin888 360 eV￿t had nrt happ8n8d in the way rt wa8 Niginalty int8nd8¢ but She h&s had coaching in thi8 which Wd8 very helFSu180 she has chosen to C￿￿'nUe with it after her inib'al cour80 endod It 18 des￿ned to he* u8 to thelop tho 8pintual S￿0 of the Church. Chalrf• annual report- J•n• Gofftwy The way we (*) Church rnay changa rapcly ovar the c￿TrIng w8d(8 and fflonth8 a8 We 8t8p into unkrH)wn territory. We may 888 naw patt8rn8 of %Thhip, naw ways of fAJpp)￿.ng each oth8r in love. With God as our guida, lat U8 keep our 8y88 I0￿88d on Him and not be afraicL He is faithful arKI Ha 18 with u8, but wa must c(xn8 humbty tsaf￿0 him 8o&king forgiv8n888 and loo￿.ng k) Him who will18ad U8 through th8 wildwn06& Well, the Hebrew people dld not kncy•• they would be In th8 wlldem888 fcy 40 years, and we wouldn't have imagined that we woukl ha￿lty have bo￿ in the Churth I￿lIding f¢x 14 month8 and counb'ngl Wo arn 8kn'1 in the unknown. what wa have known a8 Churth has bean 8hakan to the cora, and I kn it has challenged mary in the Queth"￿ of what Chur(* ￿ ab￿( and what our prionb86 are. S(xne are de8perate for a retum to h(yw It wa8, and other8Ju8t cany ry> bad( to how It wa8. Some are nwvou8 d coming bath and thoro 18 a c￿aIn lovol of anx￿ty, cthw8 not 8ur& wanb'ng to (trop exi8b.ng rol88 a8 their prK>rrtJ'88 have changed. We don't know at Ihe m(xnent what the future will lod( lik4 and as Sarah Currle sald the other evenlng, Ifs Ilke we are tylng to put a Jlgsaw togetherwlthout the ￿CtUre, and If8 a rnovlng ￿ctUre t￿1 It 18 though, an opp)rtunity to bo on our kn808 praying for guidance, and I hop8 that yw have boon joining mo in that and fr)r u6 b) oxpkye new thing8. In the rwt you will hav8 r8ad many thing8 have C￿tinued to halw 8vw though in diff8r8rt way8, and w8 have mad8 great contac* the community which hopefulty will continue. It has b8 w0￿fUl to 888 how. whan tha ￿lIdIng ha8 ba￿ do88¢ th8 Church 18 8b'l baing Church in tho communty. Pw8{￿alty I have be8n push￿1 (xrt of my c¥)mf¢xt zone c¥)mpl8tdy with all the IT and 80aal m8(5a things wo havo done. as have othws. but we have sow tho drffwence it has mackn and know rt has b88n g¢xxl to d(x I hava to say that my bad has too much. It has bow a very heavy yaar in all sorts ofways and I knuw I have to be (xrefvl with thi8, and corning out of 1￿kd(y4Vn feels v￿Y hard, a8 I have tho anwer8 and 80 I humbty a8k ts 8om818vo1 of uThYw8tandNJ that tho pand8mic ha8 a180 aff&ted me (*ty. l am li8tsning a bt k) thurch m8mbw8, th8 a)mmunty and God. a￿1 I will help y(xJ k) d'8cwn th8 way fNward Togathw wa will mova fr)fftrd and if, as I sJ"d aarlier we hand ovar the keys to JO￿$ of al wa w)ukl like to control and rert I b81i8ve we wil 888 lrfe and a gThing of di8cifv. Finalty, we have al bow affKted by the last year in drflerent way8, 80 let U8 bo graciou8 to al. bviNJ to al and wiling k) take ri8k8 for the 8ake of the lfjngdom of Go(L Appolntmont8 Chwch St￿rd8 Tho fr)lowing wore thanked and rn.*ted: Richard Ham6 - Seniw Steward Howard &"nn8 Michael Marg&b Joshua (ljansah Richard Rutte Su8an &nrth Rav Jane thankad An(trew Myw8 who is steppng a8 a Churth Stsward, work and cornmth￿nt to the rd8. R•PrU￿tat1Vaa to Chwch COU￿11 Th8 ft)lowing 10 roprn88ntabv88, having for 2 yaar8, woro wiling to 8tand for a further yaar. Sua B￿krtt Ruth H￿d￿8¢ Colin B8mr080 Pauline Li18y Rachel Binns Laura lo Kelly B¢yra8 Steve L Michaol Fiekfjng ArKlrffw Ped( Ruth B•no88 18 wi1Sng to Stand fty a yoar, with tho optK)n of retiring at the of that yoar. All app01rtm￿t* agro•d Rav Jan8 invited ¢Xh8r p8opI8 to a)nsid8r taking ￿ I￿0 0fth￿ rob& (x offering to do S￿ne olher woth in tha chur(*. Soma of the Stoward8 havo takw ￿ new ro8pon8ibilib.O8 for Zooming in tho past year, a￿1 have be￿ vwy bu8y. Th￿ 18 a fknxible bm8 with new optK)n8 arKI thalkng88, and we W￿ld be gratdul to recoivo oven temporary offer8 of he￿ wth a wth variw of ta8k& Pooplo woukl nc havo c*mmit for a kmg wod d b'm& The rn-aFpoinlmwt ofvokjntews foroth8r rol86 ha8 b88n ddmd urtil latw in th8 year, Wh￿ it 81K)uld b8 clearer to 888 what r￿UIre. R•prMwt8tlvo• to Ho8Prtal 8orffico8 Christi an AKJ Mitha81 Fiolding. Paulino Li Jwhin8 Roy Ackn.￿ for Chiklren Lin(ts &xa Rev Jano said the r8p)rt sh￿8 that our ￿rk has cots.nuod evon whw tho buikfing has beon cbsocL Peter ￿'Chard ha8 over888n the to repair the hall ceilng, and thi8 8hould b8 c￿nI￿ated by 17th May, after which b'mo we hope to opon up to moro group& Plan8 aro in VOgr￿ to hold 8omo 8vwts OU￿.d0 thring the Summw, and tr) arrange more di6￿6810n gr￿1￿. Rav Jan8 thankad th8 Grants who hav8 M)thed hard to ￿Ure grants to 8nabl8 outrea(* w(x and the refurbishmont of tha trylets We are vary gratdul all grants roc8Ned. induding thoso fr Rugby Council, who rwni88d the walu8 of (x)mmunity WO￿ (￿r financial situation 18 dire, thanks to the commibnent of membern and fnen(*, 80me of whom have set up new ways such a8 Dirax Debits to 8UPW>rt Rugty M8thodi8t Church C8ntre fi.na￿laIty. Othw Bualno8• R&3ina Owu8u infcxm8d u8 that th8 M8thodi8t Church 18 cbing a bt of bthind tha 8c8n88 On Indu8ion, Diversity and Equalty, and soon churthes will be invrted to apth ftx training ￿ IN)W wixk with and treat other Colin B8mro88 8aKI 80m8 p8opl8 had boon f88ling d￿p(￿d￿rt Ixjt after r8ading th8 Annual R8w1 ho fot oxcrtod a8 it show￿ tho fanta* way wo had wl8d togathw to 8UPPOrt pooplo. Th￿ ￿ an excell8ntopportunty ts u8 to d8velop 8piritualy. 8an Hainink thanked 8v8ryon8 fi)r all their hard th thring the past year. D￿n Marg&ts infom￿1 us that the Tots Group Mxjkl be resuming in the near futyre, bLrt with 8malor numb8r& Ary￿a inbr06tKI in h8*ing wth this Sh￿￿1 u)ntact Dcm ¢y Rov Jane. Tho Math'ng c(MdU(￿ with Fxayer at 11.55am Dat• rf n•xt M￿n9 SUNDAY W WI 2022 s￿nffI a6 a truo roLY)rd Date REPORTS FROM CHURCH ORGANISATIONS FOREWORD The Annual ReFY)rt is in M fomiat again this year b￿ause it wil b8 di&ribubd by email to around 80% of p8opl8, and 18 more stra￿htfO￿a1d tr) IxinL Thwe will abo b8 Som8 papw copia8 availabl& Aftsr anther chaknging year we are beginning k) wnwgo the Pand￿14 and rt 18 a i)y to ba abl8 to m88t tog8th8r again. Th8 8vents, activibe8 and n8w8 in th8 Annual ReFM)rt giv8 u8 an Opp￿tUnity to rell￿t on and c818txat8 th8 thir08 God ha8 ck)ne thr(xJghout th8 year, and off8r u8 a ChaI￿ge to prayer and action for the futur8. Wo are grateful that Gvid88 a fiX￿8@d 8tart to ea(* day. A8k R8v Jan8 or ona of th088 who atte￿1 ft)r the Zo(xM coda Prayér requ￿t9 Lk Thi8 18 available * the bad( of the chur(* for ANY m8mbw of th8 (x)ngregation to writ8 prayw r￿U88t6 for u88 in the SurKlay morning 88NiC4. x In tho foyw 18 a tox fLY rqu88t6 for prayér. If Yc￿1 w)uld wotoma a dfferwt aFproach to prayw ploasa Manb.￿ this to the ministor (Rev Jane Gaffnty). Coln Bemr080 OUR CALLING- LEARNING & CARING PASTORAL MATfERS Ovw the past year we have sadty lost bng stan(5ng membw, P&3gy LOfth￿ We have welcomed Winnie Siwola, wlx) tran8fwrod hw membwship &effield. M8mbw8hip currentty 8tand8 at 11 & I keep a li8t of M￿bar& their a(kJr88888 and u)nta(X numbw8, 80 if y chaNJe any detai18, pl8a88 C￿￿1 you lrt nw kn¢x. It 18 realty gooj b 888 peopl8 cixning back into churth 88rvicw as we, hopafulty, get back to a more nomial1rf8 8ty18. An(ty a￿1 Hwmion8 Myw8 may have mov￿1 ba(* to Ghana t￿t thank8 to t￿hnOlOgY. ar8 atY8 to join u8 ft)r 8WViC88 via Zoom. It 18 akn good to $88 mary of our chiktren back with u8, a8 wel a6 tho80 famili08 who have itynKI u6 quito recwtty. W8 hopo thoy wil fool wdcoma affl￿9 u& Up to Christmas, Miriam was sb'i Fyoparing gift bags and pros8nts fty those thiklrw Ink￿1 with u& eithw through the church or the Hulx Wa say aTh)th8r thank you to Miriam fty al her w￿k tho bags a￿1 to those who deliver￿1 than. All thurch m8mbw8 have a Pa8bral Vi8rtor to 8UPFX)rt th￿ with prayer and wa(*'cal care, if ne8d8d. If Y￿ of any￿0 who 18 unwel iy needs 8UPWrt but you do n¢X know who their Pa8t(xal Viwtor 18, please contact me. The aim 16 to keep the Pastoral group8 qulte small to avod ba'ng too onwou8 fN ary one p8rson. We are in need d extra Pastiyal Vi&tor6 to h81) support m8mbw& A coupl8 paoth have r￿enty lo.ndty offwed to b￿Orne Past¢xal Vi81k)r8 but we are 8b.ll in ne8d of mor8. If you f881 thi8 18 8(Mii8thing you could help with, pl8a88 have a chat wth Rev Jane (x my88lf. Equaly, rf you would liko to know abwt becoming a member of the MotlK)di8t Churth, pl8a80 have a wcwd. Linda &)r8- Pa8t¢yal *r8tary CARDS On wnftant ctta8"IiJi8 cards aro 80nt ￿ bohal of tho Chur(* 0)ngregab.￿. The card8 aro 88nt to Church momb8r8 and My8hippor8 and th•r famifj08 and friw(kn. If in the futuro you know of 8iyneono to whom wo Sh￿￿j 80nd a card pl8a88 C￿taCt mo diroth. Pauline Li118y FAfTri DEVELOPMEKf REpoffr The Faith Development Group had onginaly b88n fonn￿l folbwing a 88ri88 of Fac8lJ)ok refb(XI￿6 I ty R8v8r8nd Jana It had b8en through th888 w8d(ty ref￿tK)n8 that We 8aw growing numb8r8 of 8xtwnal to the church partipab'ng in th8 d1￿u8￿.0n& whith Fxompted u8 to create th8 g￿p, which b8gan ma8kn.ng on zoom in late 2020. The (yiginal idaa had b88n for u8 to provide a forum where pa)F48 cwld b8 ￿(X)Urag￿l to axskn and dw8bp thoir fath opanty and h{￿08tty without f8ar or judgement, which we believed and maintain had to b8 088antial r￿uireM￿ts if w8 ww8 to 8nabl8 p8ok48 to hav8 their no￿18 mat 8Piritualty, and po88ibty in way8 that they had naver felt bafor& Through our inibal d￿cuS&10ns wo had I￿nd that many of th088 in att8ndanc8 had pr8ViOU8ty had la88 than favourat48 exp￿￿C0S through othw dwominab.onal church0& Whibt we were not aming to r8sc4vo all of these ssues, what wo were abl8 to clo was Fyovide an opwrtunty for eath indvithal to ￿￿k through many of their C￿￿m5 with the 8UPPOrt and togethemess f￿nd within the grouFX Wo offer a variety of drffwent av￿U06 fty p￿PIe b) exW8 their fw'th, which we (Jo by covering a rang8 of topics that are generalty inibabd by our Membe￿ ￿ many o(%asion8. Meeting8 have a￿1 can be called by ary￿a within the group, pa￿Ulaty wh8re Som￿ne may be experianang p8rsonal Strugglas and by sharing. romedi8s can ahnost aknys bo found Tho mattws which wa havo cov8rKI ovw the past years are unlmitKI and indud8 topcs such as: ctream intwprotab'iji, P￿pho￿ words. undorstanding bibl8 pas8ag88. anoinb'ty Othw8, typ86 of wayer. and tho lawrKJ ￿ of hand8. All th880 (x)mp￿￿t6 80rvo b) wharro our colloctive 8pnttJal lifo and growth. Wthin lh8 group we have boen ab￿ to 808 scmo of the mary spiritual grfts dovoloping gradualty in and thrcwgh othws. It is important to nota that we are not daiming to bo axpwts in any of these fi8kÈ, yet ￿ are thankful for the help that is rea(Sty awailalye from the sp8c?aSsts in these areas. We are grateful for the 9)P￿tunity to come together and Share in the rithness of God'8 love f(x all peosye and wil gladty welcome anyone wishing to be a part of thi8 i)urn8y with u& Janet Hin( FELLOWSHIP GROUPS ACCESS FELLOWSHIP Folbwing our this1￿ b chango cxjr meeting night from Tu08day to Wethi8sday, wo c¢)ntinuo meet on 111 3rd 5lh We(kn88day every month. We meet In ea(*i oth&s h￿￿es. and tske knms leadlng the meetlng. Althou￿ W Y￿ Jolned us thwe18 no wessure to run an ev￿Ing or host rf you d(￿'t feel you want to. We have a mixture of di8CU88ion a￿1 laughter at m08t m8eting& a8kiNJ (wo&￿n8, under8tanding each other'8 dlff8r8nt pdnts of vlew and generally Ihlnklng about (xjr falth. Wo arn alway8 ready to welcomo pa)pkn to join u8, b8 itjU8t (knpping in 8cMnth'm08 or ￿ a r8gular ba￿8. Pl8a88 C￿taCt m8 to get wr zocmn d*i18 IA Dom Marg8tts WORDSWORTH FELLOWSHIP FN a year wo havo Continu￿ b) meet on ZTh)m eath wook 40 minut08 fr(m 7.30pm on Tuo8day& We tako rt in tum8 to bad th8 avaniry whith uses fNm of cfj8cUssi￿ based on a short pa68age d 8CriPture and Evening Prayw the Northumberland Cetr Community. We are finding great ble68ing8 in some of the frxm8 of Complna we have had an evening based around a L￿ten and a180 an evening 8p8oftalty of prayw for the Ukrw'na cy)nfiicL A8 wel as ma6ting on Zoom there 18 a f81 n88d ts 81yne face-to-face m66ting and Ihi8 may bocx)mo a part of the programm8 a8 we move into Spring, and Covid constraints r8duc& How8v8r bal￿0 Chnstma8 Miriam, a881st￿l by Mari& Fxovid8d an al%0￿￿ty ex￿l￿t full Chri8tma8 dinnw with al th8 th'mming8 for the group in th8 Hub at chur(*. A8 akny8 we would b8 d8light8d if other8 would like to 8P8nd 40 minuts8 on a Tue8day ov8ning in di8o1￿(￿ and prayw wh￿h 18 raroty thlll Ploa80 a8k for the zoom code to Tr)in. Coln B8mrose (￿ tohalf of the gffjup) pUBL￿Ty NEW&ErrER In the last year, we have c￿tinued to wockJc8 the nw818tt8r ￿￿tr￿icallY. prothlang our u8ual t i88U88 ((k)ubl8 i88U88 over the 8ummer and at Chri8lma8). Rev Jane and a team d volunte8r8 d81iv papw a)p88 to membw8 without intomet a(%88& We are 8￿(Ing ovw 120 ￿all￿d copie8 arKI 30 papw on88 each bm8. Our aim, as over. is to help koap our RMCC lamity u)nn8cbd with nws and evonts in church and bey￿({ as wa Cau￿.￿sty ro-engage afbr COVKI. Now that m￿8 ￿ happening. it is great to b8 abl8 tr) 8harn thi8 Wrth road8r8. It 18 good to have a wido rango c4 c*ntn'￿tNs, 80 rf Y￿ havo church communty intero8t rolated new8 to 8hara *a88 do get in b)uth: ￿LI@LL￿M Laurd Ltyv and El8an(y Sirman WEBsfE Flr811y I would Ilke to Say how thankful we all are f(x all of Elean(￿8 work Ihe web8lte ovw the past fw year8. Th8 webw'te ha8 had a bit d an ovethaul in the pa8t faw month& pag88 8treamSnffll and inf￿rna￿.1%l clarifi&* We ar8 mth'ng clear th8 patbm of worship, and previou8 r8cord8d 8WViC86 are 8as.ty aCC￿SSIbl8. Th8 Hub and Hub Café now hava tha'r tab in ￿ to ke8p p80* up to data wrth the currant gr￿p8 and ovants. If you ￿er hava any que8t1￿8, ￿ think w8 n88d to make 8omo chanm pl8a68 get in tw(*. POSTERS Wth a(x888 to the thurch buikling boing restr￿ for part of tha year due to Covi(I w8 gwwaty avoK1￿1 i￿lOr6 that inmbd peopb b como and pin us in tho building arKI C￿Contrat￿l mo66ago8 such a8 New Lrfe, New Hofft at Eastw, Praise Gol ct)n* R*n or and Hope $ &m. Colelyato Chrsbn John (knr SAFEGUARDING Safeguarding ￿ chiktron, young p8opl8 and vuln8ratYe athl8 18 treat￿1 with great Importan￿ in the M8tho(58t Chur(*. RMCC ha8 a SafwJuarding PolLy, which 18 r8vi8wod and usxlabd annualty by Church Council, in Ine with the M&hodi8t Churth'8 guid8ln8& CoFY88 of the RMCC Policy Statemant are di8play8d in 88vwal around the building. giviNJ details of who to (x)ntsrt if any￿8 has a concwn ovw a potantid 8af8guarcfing issue. ful policy 18 disF4ayed on tho I￿n98 nob'cot¥)ard Thero is a180 a not￿8 in tho cafe aroa pooplo that their chiklrw 8houkl bo wpeNi8od at al bmo8 whilo ￿ tho prwni80& i￿￿1dlng in th8 to"1ot8. Evoryono who 18 paKI to work with or volJntew8 to w(¥k with chiljrw, young w)F40 or vulnwat40 aduts 18 asked ID a)mF4eta a DBS (DBclosure and Barring Swvte) check and b attend a safeguarding awareness u)urse. (Creab'ng Safer Spac88). All Local Preachers and Worship Leadw8, plu8 paid workers and Church Safeguarding reprewL2tive6 have iecenuy been rewired to c(¥npl8 the Athanced Safeguarding coursa. Outsth g￿lp6 who u88 the womi888 aro a180 asked to 8&n that they agro0 b abid8 by our P￿ICy, rf they do not alreaty have on8 of their own. Safeguardng ￿ chiktren, yLwng w)pl8 and vuln8ralYe atht8 18 W￿Y￿a,8 (x)r￿￿n. If you have a concam. plea88 8peak to on8 of u8 or b Rev Jan8. Linda Sore and Jano Richard - Safeguarding Repr86WtatiV88 OUR CALLING - MISSION & SERVICE Many d th8 activib8S d8suib8d in this invo￿8 an olamant of Ewdngolsm (tho fourth part Our Cal&ng). Thr￿gh the increasing number d u)ntacts b•'ng made and relatbon8hip6 IXJIL Ive8 aro ba'ng thanged. RISK TAKING MISSION & SERVICE 11 Caro Bags We u)nb"nued to make up cara bags 2021 &8 a way of k8q)iry in touch with p8opl8 and a180 b) let th•n that the chur(* was thin￿'n9 of thom whon they wwo going th￿9h 0rf￿Ult ciraJm8tsnce6. Gift Bag6 30 thlldren's, Y￿n9 peofvle's and family bags were distrlbuted at Chrlstrnas- Indudlng 4'tcywer of treats. kindty dL￿atrd by a thurth rn￿nber. These bags went to Timebuilder families. families Rithard Sandw8 got to know during the k)ck(l)wn8 and famili08 and young pa)ple associated with th8 church. In ath1th.￿ 15 grft bag8 WWO taken to churth manb8r8 aNJ a880ciat8& Famity Summer Holiday Bag8 21 famity Summw IN)IKlay bags ware made up arKI d81iv8r8d to familie8 wa had be￿ (X)nn￿lIng with thrOugh¢￿t the pand8miG inckJdrYJ. of courw thurth famili8& Baby arKI Tockllw Supwt Group Tho Baby and Tocklbr 8UPPOrt group re8tart8d tMrcÈ tha 8rKI ol Asyil with atout 8 m8mb8r8. Thr88 ChU￿h mombw8 and on8 Tim8builJ8r frtyn the HUB bafriend8d tho parent8 and gran*aronts. Tho original group ran ￿ a Tua8day aftwnoon and fty a whib anothw group ran ￿ a FrKYay morning. By Soptwnber the grcwp se6med to have run its o)urw although bme to b.me there has bo￿ a 'pop up. ￿up with Corina on haNI to F4ay and chaL E(x) Church A8 part of our commitment to ECO Church we held 3 Wedne8day 8888ion8 for famili88 during the Summer holiday8 - containar planting, art8 and craft8 c8lebrab.ng natura, and bug hot818 and bird feeder8. We continue to support Clifton Upon Dun8more Primary School with lots of extra recycling. We are hoping to f undrai88 to twin our toi18t6, to tie i n with the refu rbi6h ment of th8 toilets. We are now u8ing m¢xe ￿VIrOnmentalY friencly deaning pr￿lL￿t4 rKycl8d toil8t pa￿r and recycl￿1 papw in the offic8. W8 arn woducing a leaftrt which we can hav8 availalY8 for vi8itor8 a￿1 hirw8 of room8 in th8 hop8 that th8y rn￿ht a180 folbw the good syactr'co we ar8 ￿daaV￿ring to folbw. Ruth 18 n(H runniNJ GREENER FLtruRES- a we8kty 8cx) gr(xJp for children arKI famili88. All 5 of the sactions of tho Oco 8urv8y produced by A Rocha have now bèan complatad and we are roady to apply for our bronzo award. Wo are looking forward to hosting Tho Climato Cn8i8 (lle6￿n Tim8 organi8od by Rugby Greon ChI￿.an6 on FrKlay 25th March. Th8 panel wil bo Mark Paw88y MP and r8pr088ntab'v88 fr Wwic*6hiro County Council arKI Rugby Borough CounciL Tr panel will acklr888 qU88tion8 aly)ut tho dimate crisis and r86p)n888 folbwiNJ COP26. Nob'ce Ix)ard8 aNJ Railing John and Judy have (x)ntinu8d to usxjate the Ix)th the front (gyrat¢xy) and back (entrance to the car park) no￿8 board8. We have a)ntr.nu￿I to U88 the railing a8 a focu8 ts rdle(Xion by pa88ing by- heart8 and Chn8tma8 baubl88 to r8membw lov￿ one& yel￿ a￿1 blu8 riblx)n8 for Ukrain8 W8 had the 8tabl8 8(*ne within the gaz8tx) again - thank8 b H(yHar¢ Jan8 and Petw -it wa8 good to 8a8 people going insKle tha gazth to hav8 a kx Nab"onal Day of Rofi*t￿n - Marth 231d ￿ganiSad by Maria Curia Wa are planning to taka part in this Vary 8p8cial day by boing open for p8opl8 to cY>ma into the church to Fxay or rtht and light a ca￿118 with a moment of at 12 no￿. Flower pIC￿re6 ara going to b8 put up in tha ft)y8r and tho Tu88day art group ar8 going to paint 8cAn8 fbw8r8 ￿ the win(*>w to txjild up a pcttjro of hop8. Daffodl8 will ba availatA8 for p￿P18 k) kk8 away. Intaracbve Evant8 Chnstmas Sttyy Alh￿gh Oakfield Primary School had bookod to to hoar tho Ea8tar stw they had to can￿1 due to the ri&'ng COVKI numbws. East Ruth ￿ (NganBing Eastar Prayw Spac6 acbvth8 with Oakfield and St mattt￿ Bbxam Primary sch￿16 visiting. I￿n￿gi Hope The group restart￿1 at tho and of February, aknost exacty 2 years afbr it had to *oFX With Sandra HirKI8 a8W'8ting in18ading. Unfo￿na￿ty, not avoryono has b88n at40 to C(mo back for a varirty of roa80n8. Once wo havo c(y￿pi￿ad thi8 inrtial C￿r80 we will 8wd out irnlitab'￿S for parocipants for a n•Y cour8a Wtyld Krtchan We have now held 3 w￿￿1 lfjtch￿ events (D￿￿nber, January and FeLxuary). Eath b'me we have had a mix of P8OFS8 cooking from among8t the refuge88 pres￿ty staying in Rugby a￿1 from 80me ¢ our Tim8buiklw8. M(ye have gathwod for the 4.30Fxn ta8ting - indLKJiNJ 81xne fr￿￿ thu￿h, Hub Café ￿stoMer6 and u8w group& Each ev￿1ng ha8 be￿ diffwent t￿t with a bvoty atm08ph8re. We have ts8ted authen￿ food fr￿￿ Syn'a, Yemen, Eritrea, Eth'opi& SLKJan and Somala. Through food and C￿versatiOn our liv88 have be￿ enriched arKI S￿￿8 barriw8 are b8ing bft)k￿ down. For thos coming È) cook wa hcpe that Ihey have f81 wat￿n￿l. valued, part d a community and 8up1x)rt￿ in thair English languaga d8vabpmenL Tha this pwt cama Warnvickshiro County c￿￿lL Now that th8 grant money 18 lini8hKI for this FYOP(£ wo ara d58CU88ing ways of ccmbnuing thi8 Vrtal work. Wo aro hoping that the Church and the Hub in partnw8hip with the Bwn Pathw8hip can ojmo up Somo way8 fcywarcL Wa arn al80 rasp)r￿ing b th8 r8w88t by soma of the rofugae famih88 for clth88 by co-ordnaknng with Hope4 and haviry spacific times whw the famile6 can cy)me and choose what they would like. A member of Tiny T￿ has offwed hw s8rvic8s fr88 of charge to PLrt ￿ Engl￿h language18ssons for both some of our Timebuilder8 and siyne of the rdugee famil8s. of our church m8mb8r8 16 p￿vK11ng fI￿ndShIP arKI language 8UPP)rt to one Time1￿lId￿6 Syria. Miriam Srtch - Mi88ion & Service Co-lxdinator TINY TOTS Thur8day8 in term b'me 9:30-11:00am Tiny Tot8 relurn￿l in Sepbmbw 2021 after wr COVKI wforcod broa W8 8hould 8tart by 8aying a big thank Y￿ to Ruth Bwnr088 who ha6 held evwythiNJ tog8thw ts a numb8r of y8ar& ha8 now rth.1￿. Thank y(xJ bo. to C￿'na Fryfrf, Rogw arKI Chri8tin8 Day. arKI Emma Morgan. who aftar the Covid break have al80 movad on. Tiny Tots 18 vwy gratoful for all thar hard Tho bam now con8Bts rf John and Judy Sarah Stanloy, Chri8 Wyatt arKI Miko and DcKn MargeM Wo now havo a l)ooking in 8y8knm. via omail or s￿nIng th8 woek boft¥0. Our regular membw8 are a mixture ￿ parent& gran(4)arent& and chikknindw8, al d wlK)m tell u8 that kn are the best. We have a delightful gr￿p of wlx) alr8a(ty are syaying, tal￿.ng, and making ffl￿a noi88 compared to when we 8tarted back. We woukl bve to have m¢y8 he*er8 aboard. PractKal ta8k8 involve putting out a￿1 away toy& tsbl88 and chJ'r8 (p8rhap8 you C￿k1 help wth of the88 ￿ both?) It would al80 be great If there wern more of u8 toJu8t'be' wlth the (xr8r8 and thlldrem to 8hare a warm Chrisb'an walcoma. Pl8a88 drop in Thur8day mming ￿ C￿taCt us IA i• Dom Marg8tb YOUTh PASTOR Since Novamb8r 2021 1 have rewmed my work at Avon Vaw *hool supprytr.ry 6 young pooplo weekty for 6 week8 each. ThB 18 fty a variety ￿ r8a80n6 8uch a8 c(xnp1icat￿I home ￿ve8, anxiety, bereavement, depre6s.￿, young caring i86p￿&bIl￿Os etc. I ￿nb.nue to SUPFY)rt 88vwal young people in a 1 to 1 capacity ￿ a Vari￿ of issu86 cY)nnect￿ to mental haalh and welba'ng, and school B8u86.1 c￿rr￿ty wixk with around 10. Some weekly, 80m monthty and 8om8 mor8 wraticalty. I conb'nuo to supp)rt a frdmity in a thikl FYObc*'M wocoss, ba'ng part of kay wiykw tsams, and visib.ng chiklren in school to supwt them. 181so provide h81f termty sess1(￿8 8t Harris Schod'8 Chrf8t18n Unlon. Th18 temi they have been loO￿ty at hop08 and thoam& My 018 a8 Chaplain b) 29F Air Training Ctyp8 wil ro8tart 8hoty. I will be wc¥king abng8id8 tho min￿16r at Christ Church in thi8 rolo. As we apwoach Eastw. I will ts Fyoviding al age a￿rOpriate mabrial in Prayer room. culminab'ng in several Primary s<*oob att￿dIng ts a Prayer Spaces 4th to 8th April. At the time wrib'NJ thi8 r8po¢ we have St Matthw Bloxam and Oakfield Scl)0018 booked in. Our M￿thlY 3:118wvice conb'nu88 to be w811 attended and a vltnnt tlrne ofwor8hlp. March'8 theme wa8 '0ur Famllyl, l(x)klng at famlll88 of dIffer￿t thap88 and 81ze8, 88 well a8 the t￿gge8t famlty, God'8 Famityl We LX)nb"nu8 to w8lLX)m8 r8fug888 that are Ivi ng in Rug by, and Ihi8 month 88v8ral fami lia8 frun Iraq and El Salva(*Jr i)in8d u8 for ￿r Wortl Kitchen Day. I wa8 ab￿ to wovide crafL adivrb'e8, games and company for ar￿1nd 12 young pwJpl8, aged 5 to 15 throughout th8 (Èy. It wa8 a W￿dOrful tin￿ ho8pkity, 18arning, laughter and joy. l am hoping I ￿11 be abla to cx)nb'nu8 to offor 80mo supm *) tho88 famili08, and mayb8 othors liko them, ovw tho ctyning w8th8. A group of young p￿p1a havo expr￿ad the d88ire to attend Clrff Coll8go in Juno thi8 yoar, and attand a Youth Camp, to b8 organB&J ty Rugby Youth for Chn8( in Juty. l am thing my way through al tha booking information et. I hope this b8 an inspiring and godty b.me fty them al. I conb.nue to offer one off events half twm tyeaks; this bme a Green F￿u6￿1 du￿ a y￿th aftern0c￿ and l am a180 8UPPOrtiry our m￿thlY P￿.88 and Baka We had a fants8b'c New Year celebrab.c￿ in January, and our pancake paty on tho 4th March wa8 a huge 8U(%86& We have continued to gam88 evening8 arKI 80a.al 8vent8 f¢y famili88 and church m8mbw8. We are hoping to (x)nb'nue to do the88 8vwy few m¢￿th6 wth the 8ugge8knon of a (wiz evening in the next few months. It realty 16 a joy to have Seen 80 mary framiliar, and new fac86 in chur(*, atbrKJiNJ services, groups and making link8 ovw the wintw and I pray that 8a(* person fin(ts their home at RMCC in whatever way 8Urt8 th￿. In my free b'me I corti'nuo to 8tLKty fry my Local Preacher Training, which l am vwy much onioyiry. Ruth Hwd8r80n DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOLrrH PASTOR ROLE RMCC ha8 inueasingty b￿0m8 a 8afo place ofwotomo ft¥ mary WI￿ W￿k1 nc* naturally havo connOrt￿ wrth u& Wo are extorKling tho mo86ago of 'hJl aro wotom8'. and aro 8tarting b rd*t on tho way use tho res￿rCeS wo havo, to minimi88 the impact on tho envir￿mont and pooplo in othw parts of tho Wlth th18 In mlnd, and Ruth's heart ffx Y￿n9 peoF4e. how wo imagino hw rde developing: - c￿tInUe work in 8th0018 and with i￿livI￿al young pa)pl8, to SUPP￿1 th088 who 8tNggl8 with sx)or mental healh, C￿￿p&cat￿l home liv08 and c1￿(￿m8 - Offw 8U Pport grou ￿ for tho88 dealing with a(klictK)n8 (a c￿r8e 18 currently b81 NJ trial1￿1) - WO￿ abng8id8 the famili88 who arn rdug888 in the town, and fami188 wlx) w8 arn meeting thr￿gh th8 Hub - Offw r•3ular opp￿JnItlO8 for childrw and yixjng p￿p1a to meat sc¢ialty at RMCC. 08p￿la1 through(xJt tha sctM)ol t￿IKlay$ whw roub'n88 aro (trasb"calty chang F8ith development - Offw opportunth88 b ￿COurage wgag8m8nt wth the 80aal and 8nvironm8ntal i88U08 th8 young p8oFYo fac8 and which matter to th8m, ha¥)ing thom tr> find their vo'(* in 800*, through th knowbclJ8 that Chri8t bva8 th - Ert￿tage tha d'scov￿ and thalknga d living out tha Chrith'an farth in tsxlay's SOCiOty al ages. valuing intergen0rat￿nal laarning - conb.nua to explore drfferent ways of hdping wtyShi￿ and grow in th•r faith - Buikl ￿ the exi8b'rKJ 3:11 wornhip Rav Jan• Gaffnoy RUGBY COMMUNrrY HUB 14 Since the 2021 AGM the relaXat￿n of CovKI-19 re#r￿tiOnS has allwd rac¥)mmencement Community Hub ac￿V￿.66 and ￿rr￿ty tho Hub and Café aro back to nwnal1ov8b cl activity artl oxpancfjry. Initialty aCtsv￿.86 wwo r08umod with caro to 8n8uro Covid rostr￿li￿lS wore ccmpl￿l with. During lockdown tho Shrffiekl Timobuildor8 Wtwpn8a whth wa8 tho modol fty tha Rugty Tim*uikler8. was dI*￿tsnU0￿ Wo aro now indgpwdont of any b'es to Shdfield but can c￿l'nU0 b) usa the Timebuild8ts namo whith m•nb6rs and groups arn familiar with. The Rugby Community Hub has u)ntinuing b expand aclivib8s since the end d lockdown r88trth.i￿s Group8 ￿rrantty running are the Café, waking (Monday aftemoon8), knittiNJ Tu88day M￿nIng8, craft (w￿InesdaY at 1 Oam), BakiNJ (Monday at 10am) a monthty rr Group, and gam88 and jig8aw8 (ThurgJay 1 pm). Equipment 18 due to be purcha80¢ thank8 to a grant from Mccarthy and Stone, for the Jg8aw group and ts boccia arKI gardening grouF6. A group of p8opl8 inib'alty referr￿1 to U8 ty c￿nectW8ll meat at the café ragularfy f￿ a coff88 moming. Wa hava ba￿ bld that Conn8ctW811 will ba108ing th8 (x)ntract f￿ 80o.al FX88cribing with tha kral ￿s Primary Cara Natwork Social pr08cribing has wothod wall for u8 a way of a)nnKts'ng with new pwle and wo wil be activ8ty 80•'ng to e*abI8h a good relab￿ShIP with whichov ooani8ation takos ovw this contoct Wo also continua to host Kayring8 frjrtnighty. The Rugby K8yring8 wther abo very muth vakJa8 Ihe Hub as a safo Pkce b meet with new d￿nts. The Cafe is also as a suppth.vo envIr￿mert for PeOFYe caring for their partners wilh d8m8ntia and others with add￿.￿al ne￿1& In November and December 2QY21, fbwer arranging cla8S88 were organi8ed and th8 café host￿1 th• Extra Mile Chrl8trn88 Fair and Chri8trna8 Carols. In October a trip w88 arranged to Dobbie8' World Gard8n Centre in Athw8k)n8 and in Decembw a group vi81t8d the NEC for a craft faj'r. We ￿rr￿tty have 22 TimeBuiklern. si￿0 the end cl k)ck(bwn re8trthon8 Rthard Sand8r8 ha6 me8tiNJ with all TimeBuikJw6 lo reviw their expenence and kn gather informabon about how to supsy)rt our TimeBuiklws and any other groups that we coukl 88t u A new venture 18 Wortl Krtchen thank8 to the Impact of Covid Grant Wa￿￿kShira County Council with a view to ty'ng k) reach out to p8opl8 from ethnic min¢yib88 who are socially i801atsd, and a bt of hard WO￿ by Miriam, Richard and Ruth. Ch 10 D8combw, 21 January and 18 February th8 café ha8 facilitst￿l and host￿1 cooking by rdug888 in Rugty who have prepar￿1 their homo kmxl f￿ t&8b'ng. Thi8 ha818d to C￿Ve￿a￿.(￿S With th8 B￿fi Partnw8hip ab(xJt fuknr8 events, and i)int funding aN)lication8. to txjild C(￿n0¢￿'(￿8 ar¢￿IrKI ux%king food and akn ho8tiNJ 8888ion8 ab￿t how to hava (x)nversati￿8 with r8fiJg888 and English language daV8bpM￿L Th888 (x>nnactions will hopduly al80 Fyoduco othor Timo&JilJw8 and the Hulx In 8th.ng up any partnw8hip6 car8 wil bo takon to 8n8uro that thw8 18 clarity from th8 atx)ut any funding applicab￿& who will be r88W8iblo br roc•0 and oxpwdituro rf any m￿aY. Tho fn'dgo and th'8hwa8hw pUrc*aS￿l a grant WaMith8hira County COU￿11 hav8 bo pur(*a8KI and instal￿. Ric*ard Sandw8 c¥)nb'nu8S to me& wth th8rslad8 Communty A880a'ab'￿ to expkye way8 w0￿1ng together to (x)nnKt ￿th p￿p1a in Overslad& Thi8 has b88n difficul thring krkdown alth￿gh we did take 80me food hamp8r8 a￿1 actm'ty pack8 a￿1 we have ￿ganised litter picki in the area. Th8re are now 80m8 good ￿rI￿t plan8 incknding ho1)iNJ to 88t up a Time Bank in tho area, organi8ing a c¢xnfflunity meal and d8velopirvJ a c￿MmUnal 8pace u8ing a 8mal patch d laNJ currentty managed by the counaL Th8 C¢ynmunity Hub Director8 a)ntinue to meat on a regular ba818 to plan the ongoing activiti88 d th8 Communlty Hub. Our f(xus at the moment ￿ to set targets for the 9rC￿th of the Hub's activitB8 whi18t maintaining a fo(xJs on impact in tho community. During tha past year John Hammings has r89.gned a8 a diroctcK and Miriam Srtch and J￿ni8 Rutte have ionod Stuart and Richard a8 diractor& Compil&l by Hub DIr￿tlY6 TRANSFORMATK)NAL LEADERSHIP LEARNING COMMUNrrY sup￿t￿ nationalty by tha Methoc58t Church, RMCC was offwed tho opportunity to take part in a couTr8 involving GDaching, 6pKthcaty focu6ing on outreach. Six Fwle make up the group who havo been ￿Mmittl￿d to regular di8CU86ion6 to d8vebp a way fO￿ard for th06e on the margin8 of Church, and discipleship can be d8velowl that 16 rd8vant to thar Iv8& The group h&s start￿1 b meet tog&hw to pray and a)nb'nue to get to know each (Xhw, 8xpkn.ng the way fo￿ard, and beginning to put a plan into ath'￿. It has tw wcouraging to hear how groups akoady on this programmo had b￿￿knd. and tho impact rt is sta￿.ng to have on their Churches We have bean ak￿ated Emma Nash from c￿neX10n to chalorye and coath u6. We bcAk forward to 8harirKJ more wth you. Rev Jano Gaffn8y WINTER SHELTER F￿ the 88(x)nd C{￿8@￿tIVe year we have not bew no￿18d a winbr night 8h8lter ts the homele88. There are more than 40 clents at Ho￿4 in a variety d t￿n￿rary a(xixnmodation plac88 a￿1 Hope4 wo￿8 with them to help with Und￿￿.￿j i88ue8 and to find p8nnan8nt accomm0dab.(￿. Naw dients ara helF*d to get imm8(Sate t8mFxxary a(%ommixlab'on 80 they (k) not ￿Orne 8tr8et hom8le8& We do not know what will knapp￿ in future, and rf we are n88d8d to run a night shdtsr again we wil be thera However wayar 18 for th8 Rugby Counc?I to conb'nua k) wth wth Hop04 to provi(kn the supp)rt that 18 nea￿, 80 that 8tre8t homel886n868 in Rugby 18 in tho pa8L Stan Bird- Saturtlay N￿ht Toam Load CHAAMES WE SUPPORT ACTION FOR CHILDREN Thi8 charity ha8 be￿ c￿n￿ted with Th8 Metho(58t Church 8ince 1869. Initiaty it wa8 known a8 Tho Nab'onal Childr8n'8 Home, then, in 1994, NCH ActK)n for ChikJr8n and in 2008 P£tK)n for Childr￿. Their mission 18 to proteGt and 8UPlY)rt chitlren, young peopl8 and families with practsal and emoti(￿al care. rna￿.ng sure tha'r voc86 are heard We have, for many Yea￿ 88nt our Chri8bna8 Day coll￿￿.(￿ to ArtK)n for ChikJr8n, which Bi￿0 Covid ha8 rethc8d S￿nIf￿an￿. Our la8t Chri81ma8 Day dI￿at1￿ wa8 £1 ￿. We a180 U88d to have 88vwal p80th with 0)Ilo(*'I￿ ts)xe8 but now wo {￿lY have I￿8. Like mary chariti88, th8y d8p8nd mainty on donab.(￿S from th8 public and 87p from each £1 (*)nat￿l goe8 to he￿ childrnn, young p8opl8 and famili8& If you would like to 8UPWt Ath'{￿ for Chiktr8n, ea8y way 18 to 88t up regular donatK)n8 fr￿￿ y￿r bank a(xwnL D8tai18 ar8 on the w8tsit8 act1onf0￿hlk￿an.Org.uk Pl8as8 fael fr80 to hav• a word with m8 fry ary mcxe inf(Xmat￿n. Linda Soro - ACb￿ for Childron r8pr080ntativo BILTON HOUSE FREE CHURCH HOME Vi6itor6 arn now all￿ad into Bilbjn Hw88 aftw having a negabve latwal flThv t88t the day d the Vi8iL Thwe are niyw ministW8 from the fr88 churr*e8 c￿nIng in to18ad service8 on W8dn8sday moming8 and Sunday afbmoon& 80 thiNJ8 are vwy gk￿uaIty gelb'NJ back to nomiaL l (*)nl think I wil b8 vi8ib.ng anyb'me 801￿ a8 unft)rtunabty my healh woblan8 wil 8top m8 WaI￿.￿j abrKJ the k￿g corrid(x8, a81 u88d tts but with tho othjcabon thoy have bthind thom. at Vory1oa8L thoy will b￿778 valuod citizon8 of b)moffow and be abl8 to help them88￿08 furthw whi18t SUP￿)rtIng along the way to a Siwra Le￿& (March 2022) Mike Fiekling a￿1 the Extra Mil8 Team MITE FUND Th8 Mit8 Fund (x)n8i8t8 of money. u8ualty 8mal chang8, colloct8d on Sunday& in tho label￿ ba8k8t near tha door a8 YIXI the churth. It 18 (X)loct￿l, rO￿rdad a￿1 80nt to 8UPFX)rt UNICEF b Fyovid s￿h things a8 rthydrdb'cm salts chiklren in plac88 whara diarrho8a and cholwa ara rif8. I havo now takon over the cdbc*ng of tha Mito FurKI Pam wartsurt￿. Because of Covid, thero has obviou8ty boen nothing colloc1￿ f￿ 80mo b'm8 8mal am(xJnt8 ar8 8kfbng to in. Pl8a88 lofyk out fty tho ba8k8t and put in any bo60 you can 8par& Linda S)re CHRISnAN AID Covi(F19, confiic( aNJ the dimate Ui8i8 are pu8hing vuknwable c¢ynmuniti88 into a 8truggl8 for 8uNivaL Our gift8 ccwld help buy watw tap8 f￿ a ￿Mmunity gar￿, even help buikl 6tor8ro(xn8 to Stora a￿1 sxe88Ne pr￿￿u6 foo(L Every gift, evwy actK>n, evwy syayer, every of u8 can thango liv8& Last year we h08ted a quiz and were vwy ￿cOUraged by the affl￿nt donated to Chnth'an Aid of ovw £460. Our thank8 go to Jo88 Roy18 for c%)-￿dInab.ng th￿. Thi8 year Christian Aid wed( will b8 151h . 21$1 May. At RMCC we will join the charity in rai8iNJ our voices to cal for dimato justica Thank you for y￿r ￿gOIng Mario Thoma8 PROPEFrrY PROPEFrrY GROUP Th8 w)p8ty group 18 r88pon8ib18 for d8aling with the fabric d th8 t￿lIdIng, rt8 8y8tWl8 and facilth'88, inc￿(￿ng 88(xJrity, heating, lighkn'NJ and fire alami, cl8aning, the krtth￿, AV 8y8tsm, gardening, 17 bookirys and genoral maintwanco. Gr￿p meob.ngs havo baon duo to Covid, but the main WO￿ $ I￿ted. Proporty S¢w￿•. Tho Annual Prop•ty Schodulo has boon by Su8 H•ninK woporty S￿Otary, in conjunctK)n with tho varnu6 grouw and 18 now w.gnod off. My grateful thanks b &Jo for tho inVa￿able worf(8h8 ha6 (bne for tho propoty group over tho yoar8. a8 sho 8bP8 down. H811 Collw: During lockdown, tho Hal calling rnpa"r w¢yk was c(mpi&od. and tho hall 16 r￿W bath in usa. of the nw ceifing light paneb failacl and was replac&1 uncbr warranty. uwng tho scaffotling Strwmlng Sorvlco8: Fun(Sng w0vid￿j extra ￿u1pm￿t to he￿ wth 8tr8aming $8rvic08 U8ing Zoom, primarity a pan.b'lt.zoom carn8￿ in8taled at the back d the churth. The lntwnetc(￿nocti￿ ha8 be8n impnw84 a faulty ffl0nrt￿ raFAac￿l and tho kmp thangod, abo u8ing the 8caffokSNJ t￿Or. Kltchon: A (fi8hwash8r ha8 bean install8d arKI 18 FXOVINJ vary usduL Two 8mall frithJes have b88n r8plac8d wrth a larg8 frty in th8 cwi(*)r, and new cu#)oaKts have be8n fitbd in th8 8paca8, all fun￿1 by The Hub. Bollar aorvlclng: The boil8r8 and heab'ng 8y8tam hav8 had the annual 8eNic8 arKI continue to functi￿ df&b"vaty. Eco i88UO8 havo baen con&d8rKI and ir¢Wrat￿l into tho Eco suN8y. Tolot ￿tL￿b18hM￿t. Tho original grant appthCat￿n wa8 unsuct888fu( anothw grant aFplication to tho Su8z Communit￿8 Trust ￿d8 Submittad in January, with thanks to tho grants group, and bok8 to be go.ng ahead We await the deosion at the end of March. If SLKcessful, a sp8cialst washro refurb"shment company will do the job, ov8rse8n by the property grou￿ Anothw leakn.ng cistem tank in th8 gent8 and a bbd(age in the (Ssabl8d toilet in r￿￿t rn￿th6 hIgh1￿htad the ne￿1 for tiy"18t8. Othw In81do Work: A new Vax vacuum deanw was wrchas￿l b replace the old white vacuum cleaner, and Henry H(x)ver'8 darnag8d (xble wa8 resyaced. The tln cupboard and bookca88 were 8wapp8d to enhance th8 new Prayer Floom, and a (tsa)rated cro86 mad8 and in8taled on the prayw- roiyn wal. A new crynpary wa8 eNJaged to the automat￿ (*xy6, th￿gh they stil give lntwm￿8nt Wob1￿￿& Stsol Fenclng: FolbwiNJ anothw car incid￿t which darnag￿l 3 paneb of the pavamant railng& an in8urance claim wa8 rais￿1 ￿lch paid fix the repair and replaC￿￿t with matchiNJ railing panel8. Llghtnkng Conductor: Thi8 18 t88tod every W3 year8, and folrt and hard wort abng wrth othw vokJnt8W8, in imwoving th8 gra88 arKI bord8r8 arwrKI th8 churth. Thi8 18 vw fflLKh aF￿r￿lat￿l. Gutt8r8, drain8 and V8kJx windows have b88n fix￿ and claaract It 18 hop8d to raTh)vat8 tha bryda 8h8d and rainwatw barrel 8Portty. Petor ￿'chard- F¥opoty Chair March 2022 CHURCH BOOKINGS Bookings 8bwty b8gan to retum k) the churth from S8oanb8r and we c{￿￿nUe to rec8iv8 many r8(w88t8- you would bo 8urpri88d how mary poopl8 think tha thurch 18 availabl8 in tho dayb'm8 on Sunday81 We have108t a lew regular group8 8ince kxk(bwn inC￿ding WeightWatcher8 which have now giTh onlin8 arKJ 80m8 of tho U3A group& H(xavor wo hava gain8d oth8r8 eAJch a8 Tho Big Sing and an ex8rd88 da88 f(Y P8(4)18 wlth Parkln8on'8 d8ea80. Jane Richard Tho application to SUEZ Commun￿.86 Trust f¢x fundng to rdurfo'8h the toibts pa88•J th0 8tsgo 1 proce66 in DKember, which means that in wnciple the is a type that they will fund. Pet Richard otkninad 3 quotes f￿ the WO￿ all with similar co8( and has chosen a wefwred contra(kn. Wo thon managad to 0)mp￿0 tha moro d&ailed stsge 2 applicab.￿ b) mo& an eaty daadlina at tha ond fAJanuary, which wil result in getb"NJ a th￿N)n by the of March. The stsge 2 applcabon invdvod providing d&aib of tho many communty g￿p6 who u60 RMCC. 8urvewng the opinion8 cl tho88 U8W8 al)out tho laci1th86 and WOVKling photographic ovidonc8 to give a dear d88CnPb' of tho noed fN this prw. The feacl)ack tollw'rKJ th8 &ago 2 8uIynwi￿ wa8 p￿tive, Ixjt w8 await tho final doc181￿ from tho govoming panel. If ￿cCeS￿VI RMCC bo contr11￿1"n9 just undw £&O(Y) to the Fyort COnSlSb"ng of an obligaw third-party payment whith goos to tho Trust and a v0￿rtary c0nln.1￿t￿n of around 10% b) the prqec* rtsel. Thanks to al WIN) hewl provide lnf0miab.￿ fr)r the applcatK)n. In the meantime we have 8tart￿l k) kx* for fun(5ng opwtuniti88 k) Supp￿ Ruth Handw81￿ and the youth wlxk at RMCC, as we will no8d funding in place for 2023 l￿Ward& We are ￿rranty datwmining project scope and b￿g*S in ord8r b apwoach local and nab.(￿al fund8r& W8 arn a180 bokiNJ at fvndng opsx)rtuniti88 for othw pwts that May ari8& indudng a 8mal award opon to ￿stoMerS d MethodBt In￿lanca. Laura Ltyy F14ANCE Th8 Annual ACCo￿t• ts the year August 2￿1 a￿l￿￿Pary this rewt Tho Pccounts havo b•8n duly Vonfi￿1 ty t)ougla8 W8 Tho aM￿ntS carri￿1 fi)Mard fffjm 201W20 are as sho#n. The restr￿￿ baknco 18 that remaining fr￿￿ grant8 and (bnakn'ons and 18 C(￿kin0d in the B￿￿￿ence and Youth Pastor funds. Tho ￿1￿1)Y ffigure wa8 bww than for 2019r20. Tax r￿0v￿0d wa8 abo cbwn and L8tb'ng8 were an)und 9)% lower du8 to th8 COVID19 mea8uro& Hwav8r, th8 k*s in Latb'ng8 Wds C￿Mpan8atOd fN by the Rugby BOr￿gh Counal Grants. Y￿th Pa8t¢x incano w&q higher than last year, to the Heartof EnglarKI Community FoundatK)n grant and HMRC Job Retent￿n Sthomo (lurlough) grant8 for a I￿g￿ period. The '&eakthrough' Income for thls year18 8h¢xn 88 true Income (l.e. from Grants and fundrai8ing). menti1￿ should b8 mad8 of th8 B￿nificant amounts rai88d grant& in paitular the Rugby Borough Council grant which wa8 tyouglrt to our attenti￿ by Catherine ofo)n and appli￿1 for by Rev Jan& AJ80, tho two H8art of Engla￿1 Communty F￿nda￿.On gran￿ obtain￿1 by tho Grants Group which helped to fund the Youth Pa8torf8 work and ¢JJr w(Yk In the (x>rnrnunlty. Ex A6 in prnviou8 y8ar& th8 may)r It￿ d expenditure wa8 th8 Circuit A88888monL although thi8 year rt wa8 again roduced. Th￿ year by arcKJnd 18% ccmnpared b 201 W20. As agr8ad by chU￿h c￿r￿lI, donab.ons to axbmal organBab.￿S frtyn churth fund& apart Tho Bradty C￿b and Tho Ho8kyn c￿￿, coa8￿1 in 2019. Duo to thero b•'ng virtualty no ro(wiromont for daaning from Awl to AJgu8t, 8xp8n(Sture on cl8anirrfJ wa8 r￿uced ty around £3700, compared to 201 W20 (8rwnd £5700 cOrnpar￿1 to 'n¢xmal' year8). Othw maInt￿anc8 (X￿ w8r8 aft)urnl £2(X)O h￿h￿. But, at around £4500, not a8 h￿h a8 would n(miaty bo axm￿1. In adcl'lJ"on, b8causo of rOduc￿l ￿lkIng us& the annual gas and 81octtty bill wa8 r￿luced by around £2500, compared to last year. Youth Pastor expendlture w88 aprxoxlrnately the same as18St year. 'Breakthr￿￿' expendlture w88 s￿nIficant1Y low8r than la8t year mainty due to th8 Chiktren Fami188 W0￿0r 8alary no k￿981 b•'ng rnquired and a w'gnrficant r￿{￿￿On in oxw88& Thi8 wa8 a180 w888nt8d at the Churth C￿Inci1 in Juty - a numb8r d i88U88 that cl8aty impact th8 fina￿￿ of the Church remaln"undearf, namely the op￿ing of the Church fix l*b'ng8 and roth(%d costs for utiliti86 and cloaning, a8 intimabd at th8 pr8viou8 Churth Counal the Finarto Group will conllnue to're th. the budget p(xt 8 full 3 rnonth8 of th18 yew (1.8. 8fter Novembw) to enable a more a(rurate l)I￿a8L The bala￿0 in al aca)unts wa8 apFxoximatety £130,0￿- up from £118,0(X) at th8 end of Augu8t 2021. Tho main factfxs whidi will Influen￿ the 2022 year-end f&ura8 arn: P088ilJe 8xp8ndrtu re f￿ ta'1*8, which 18 8t1 I for8(28t to b8 £8,(K) Any varfalion in the August Cirojit Assassmwt figur8 which dw(kn ￿ the C1￿1t budget. Thi8 ha6 not yet b88n final'8od dua to Circuit 8taffi.ng and CIr￿rt amalgamatM)n c1￿81d8ra￿'onS. Tho Financ8 Group wil m88t in May to C1￿61d0r tho bu(trJ8t for 2022123. Ckno item b bo Cons￿•d 18 the possible expendiknre to fvture fund Ihe Youth Pastor'8 w(xk. Costs are covered f(x th18 flnandal yoar but wiu no￿ b ba as8888￿ in ￿jUn{lI0n with ary forKa8t grant fundiNJ. FINANCIAL GIVING R•gulw Glvlnq Trad￿.￿alty, regular giving ha8 bow arraryed in of tho follw'ng ways: Through the Ernielope - Weekly (x Monthty. By Stand'NJ (￿d￿ dirortty from your Bank AccounL By Singlo Grft8- prdarabty in amounts IY £100 or groater. B￿ause d the di8rUFkn'￿ k) church 88NiC88 a8 a resul of COVID 19, the envelope 8cheme ha8 been replac￿1 by stancSng oKler, bank transfer or Ch￿u8. Reinststwnent of the envelope schwne for the Small numb8r of ￿ve￿paS that would be r8(wir8d would nix (x)v8r the cost of th068 env810s RMCC romain8 gratdul to all mombw6 and fn8nd6 who give 80 g8nwou8ty on a rogular ba&'8. a8 thi8 giving ￿ very much tho major S￿rCe of incomo for the Church. All c06t8 a860ciated with the wholo lif8 and wrp088 d our Church (x)nb'nu8 Steadity to ri88, in tho 8am8 way as do (x)&8 in al cther araa8 of our Sve& Even though making ends m88t can b8 80 (5ffiaJl ts many the88 days, please cx)nsKler if ary increa88, howww 8mal. in parsonal giving 18 p0￿b￿ Ary who (b not currently use on8 ￿ the 8chrn Menti{￿8d atx)ve are 8￿raged to c￿￿.(￿r mth'ng a a)mmitm8nt in thi8 way. By cunbining giving with an apFxowat8 'Grft AKI D￿1ara￿.(￿', for avffiy £1.00 givw, an a￿￿(Ma1 25p 18 rocov8od by tho Chur(* from tax you havo akoady paid RMCC bwefitod from £13,￿ re(x)vw8d tax the year 2019120. 20 Ploaso spaak to of us if Y￿ aro a taxpayor and wish b) add to tho tho Church in this way. For th088 who atready giva r8gulaty, pleas8 a8k when you la8t rnvi8wwJ your r•Jular am￿n( It may b8 brKJw ago than you thin AdJtloMI W8y• of Fkn•nd81 Gmng It may be that membw8 and frieN18 id8ntify a paitular no￿1 in the Church in a(klit1￿ to rt8 ￿gOIng exp￿88% An 8xampl8 18 that th8 Church ha8 in the pa8t KknntIffi￿ the to wrcha88 offi(* furniture and sofas fi)r tho caf8 aroa. Thi8 wa8 80on a8 an opptyfvnity to Contnl￿tO to a nood and the money re(wir8d to purtha68 8ultable Itern8 was obtslned a8 a re8uIt of members. 8lngle dftq. How many of tIH)88 reading thi8 re￿)rt have mad8 a wiifi Probabty the majority but have you thought to inc￿de the Churth in your wilP In r￿ant years the Church h&8 receiv￿1 8ignfficant 8um8 by thi8 m8an8 and wa would urge YOU to a)n8id8r thi8. "Irrogularf, Glvlng t)0 YLW kni￿ a￿¢￿8 who would like to make a (knnat￿n to the RMCC? If w you can dIr￿t to th8 RMCC wabpaga - 8th¢xli8LO On Ihe Welcome page they ￿11 See the followlng: "Make a Donatlon Wo arn now abl8 to a(x8pt online donation8 toward8 the Churchl t)onl forgot to gft aid il you are afjo. Please dld( ￿ the foll(ywlng Ilnle IA IA Linda and Stuart Soro 21 CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS Rugby Methodist Church Centre Church FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2021 fsv y npJ) 3éaNJts7L Y Circuit Circuit no i 8 i 23114 Registered Charity - Charity Registration number If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) 1186270 Minister: Rev Jane Gaffne Church Stewards: Richard Harris Howard Binns Michael Margetts Andrew Myers Joshua Quansah Richard Rutte Treasurer: Stuart Sore Church R and P 2015.xls 1of5 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2021 Rugby Methodist Church Centre Church Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Totsls this year Totals last year SECTION A a1 RECEIPTS Note a2 Offerin s and Tax recovered Bank and CFB interest and Investment income 58,603 1,000 59,603 64,073 a3 161 161 325 a4 Lettin 1,550 10,064 70,378 1,550 88,703 150,017 15,214 50,049 129,662 a5 Other receipts TOTAL RECEIPTS 78,639 79,639 a6 (a7) SECTION B b1 PAYMENTS b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 52,360 52,360 64,089 b3 Donations 400 400 400 b4 Repairs and Maintenance Utilities (Insurances, water charges, heating & lighting) 6,655 6,655 8,210 b5 5,502 5,502 7,878 b6 b7 Other payments TOTAL PAYMENTS 3,023 67,940 36,862 36,862 39,885 104,802 40,692 121,268 b8 (b9) SECTION C NET RECEIPTSIPAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR c1 (a6-b8) 2,438 42,777 45,215 8,393 Total funds brought forward from last year c2 68,832 4,726 73,558 (c6) 65,113 c3 Sub total (c1+c2) 71,270 47,503 118,773 73,507 c4 Transfers and ad"ustments Grant transfers & Capital loss 20,440 (20,854) 414) c7) 51 c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR (c3+c4) 91,710 26,649 118,359 (c8) 73,558 (c6) SECTION D FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (these amounts are not to be included in total receiptslpayments figures above) d1 Balance brought forward from last year d2 Offerin s/Gifts - received for external or anisations 5,123 19,342 d3 Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations 5,123 19,342 d4 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID (d1 +d2-d3) Church R and P 2015.xls 2of5 Ru b Methodist Church Centre Church SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to com lete this Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 and Internal Organisakn'ons reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Intemal Organisation would nomially be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold. then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website)- Please refer to the guidan￿ notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS Net Receipts/ Payments Receipts Payments Opening balances Adjustments Closing balances Mite Fund e2 Tin Tots 78 78 Wednesda Fellowshi Sub total of Intemal Organisations funds 78 e11 78 e12 Church accounts (totals brought forward from page 2- totals column) 150,017 (a7) 104,802 (b9) 45,215 (414) (c7) 73,558 (c6) 118,359 (c8) elo BY CHURCH 150,017 104,802 45,215 (414) 73,636 (x) 118,437 Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and bring the totals forward (y) TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS SECTION F STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OPENING BALANCES CHURCH- CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2021 CLOSING BALANCES fl Cash in hand Bank Current Account 10,328 5,844 Bank De sit Account Central Finan￿ Board 41,297 90,996 Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes Other funds 21,933 21,519 t7 SUB TOTAL - Church accounts Total funds held by Intemal Organisations (the closing balance total from above) (e12) 73,558 (c6) 118,359 (c8) 78 (e11) 78 (e12) TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 73,636 (x) 118,437 (y) SECTION G At 1 September 2020 At 31 August 2021 OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES Investments include Endowments Land & Buildin see notes re Insurance value Other Assets Loan show amount outstandin at ear end Other Liabilities f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finan￿ Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is induded in line f5 2015 Church R and P.xls 3of5 Name of Church . No...... Declarations and Scrutiny I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2021 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer . Date........... Name and address of treasurer . , Stuart Sore 1 Hillside, West Haddon, Northampton NN6 7BP Presentation to the Church trustees I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 were/will be" presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on Signature of the Chair of the meeting Name of the Chair of the meeting . Date..16.: ID :.11.. Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the f-￿y rtL7440!i5T. C14u nKG.q.&￿r/è￿.ChurCh llf Charity Number... . Responsibilities and basis of report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the .£￿4 MF firg&):Sf thiu.4t14 L£Jt£hurch for the year ended 31 August 2021 set out on pages .(. to .3.. As the Church's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). 2015 church R and P.xls 4of5 Name of Church Rugby Methodist Church Centre No 183 Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. [the [the I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I have/have not" obtained independent verification of -11 investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date. Signature of independent examiner Name of independent examiner , I:..uJ...-11....................................... Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner Name of firm (where appropriate) -1 (X-vi n Address Post Code Date delete or circle as appropriate Sep~21 2015 church R and P.xls 5of5