2024-12-31-accounts

The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Annua( Report and Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council of St. Peter's Church, Thurston Forthe year ended 31" December 2024

I Peter's & Hoh, Innoc¢nl% AP('.M Reports 2024 KeflertioDs from th¢ Viexr, I'he Rev'd Fr Btnjmin b:dwards Grace and ￿are to Wo￿ All. This p¥¢ Tr"i'•r hL8 been a s¢ysoD Intention￿ ￿fle￿I￿n for benefice, a lime of kning intts C:od's call for hvh. rv•l. As wt navipt¢ ¢h¥n2ts vbithin our Paro¢hixl C"hurrh C"OUDciL¥ IPC'.('.%), W'e ackntsv'kd%c that thi$ period has brou%hi ¢rxn.¥ition. %everxl dedicxicd mtMiber4 haj'c C￿nClUdi￿d their Season of wn'icc ¢h¢ Pl."C.".% aDd w'c i'%lend our %incert 2ratitudf for the liino w.isdom. #nd en¢w tb¢y invested in the go'ernante of St Pttcr'% xnd Ilolv IDDvLYnts. kndl).. some transitii)ni were due to a%¢ or illness, ¥nd it 1% Thith hea)w hixrt% th( Al'e bxi'e hid faretll to faithfvR sen'¥nt% bal'e SIDCC entf rcd 14crnl r¢%1. Our praTr'eT5 riSL' Lpetixlli' for the 5ou14 if ('. hristopher WelLK Ch•rlc4 (worcr Pat Shepp#ril. ¥ll $tTadf#l rntmher8 of our PCC.¥ in )'en p%¢. May they r¢41 in PEgce and rise in xknrv. ￿￿pIte this qui¢tcr perii)d in terms of oulward #ctiTr'it!, tht %pirit has undvuhiedtTr" been at wi>rk us. !'irldiTrg myny blek$ings. The i'ibrani f¢.Ikb%hip eDjO)'ed after Yrvices continui￿ Iv he * source of %rr4t wr51pnl and encourA%rrn¢nL Thi% wamth and xcnuinc ¢oiinection ha¥ been in%lrumental in wekomin% many newcomers inlo our church famih.. akin% thtm f(1 trnfv scen ¥nd vxlucd. Thts spiril of poili%'itTr hints ihrou%h in vur welcorne #nd inTr'itation to oihi'rs t(b ihare in the life of St Peli'r'4 #nd tloh. IDnorrTrts. Thi 1% a lron% foundation w'hich we ronfidLnil)' huild in the l'ear ahfxd btgin di￿..rnIng aiid plathnin% uutre#¢h atsd mission ancw. Iluildin% upon thi¥ PLritsd of consolidation. our focw$ Do" %en¢lv 4hifL% tcbwar&s chartin% ¢vur¥e forward...It ¢h¢ hLrt of all we do. w¢ mu%t eherish and pirilu$l Corc: our ongoin% convL'rn#tion wilh God in pr¥ver. the deep ￿'L$doM tncour%emeni drxwn from 4icripture. and Iht profound spiritual nournhment received in ihe Eu¢hritit. 'fhese are the brdrotk prxctite8 throuxh which ('od ¢quips us fijr I li¥ Kin%dom ilork. Th¢!. tmpower us for i)ur L%enli41 mission: shrin% ihe life￿￿1￿RinK (iibipql IYew'5 thal Jc41L8 Chri%1 liTr'cd. died, rost ii2ain. aDiI r¢mains perpcluallTr pmcnt ￿1th u& BTr' dec￿nIn0 r i)'n und¢rstAnding gnd knoTYled%e vf thc lailh. V4'e become n'er M￿re effe¢liv¢ ready LuliiTr'ate the kryoTr'th (vijd h&s 41rt8dy bwin in tsur ￿1￿$L 'orsbip: Thi IIL'artb¢at of Our C"hurchc% Oiir w4tsbltyhed pattfrn vfivorship ha5 lJr%ely eontinued thii yf¥r. olTcring a rhythm of grnce tbrvu%h Tr'uch#riL Iloly I'ommunioD Iboih conlemporary •nd frqbm ihe Cherish￿ It()ok of C.'ommon Prxl'cr), and r¢fketi)'e F.ven%i>n vAlued part of Ipur btncfi¢¢ Irf¢. Al ￿ Peti'r's ￿'e continuL tu L'iplor¢ non-Eucb#ri¥tic forniats for ihL ￿￿lOns. en¥bling lai, leadernhip h). gified indi)'iduxL¥ 8ucb as our Ruder, Kaih), Drakc5. and othtrs aMihoriy¢d to led Tr'or5bip. Our rn'eni ￿l01￿cring Suttdav service Flrvest Fes¢ivaL b￿h kniees of tb¢ Word, were w'¢1 rtteii'ed exampley ol Ihk8 pproch. Chri4lmgs once %in %#V4' our churches rilk￿ wilts sen'i¢¢s acr￿5 the btnefKe exp¢ri¢ncin eD¢ouraging tteudan¢¢. I rteeii'ed partieularly po4iti)'e feedback following the Crib i¢i which many famili￿ from Gnyi B￿rt0￿.[hur¥tOD and b¢Tr.￿nd now consid¢r * (herish￿ part vf iheir C."hristmas tr¥dititsn - a w'onderful cibnoection Th'ith vur widcr communit!.. 'I"his Tr'e%r'¥ Tr"a$ter thnts•ihrfulty adapecd based OD pm'iou% attendance pattern& nd we n encoura%in% r¢3ppn¥e. W'hile •tknowl¢dging that F.as¢er ￿ often * precious linie for famili￿ Iv gather. '¢ aL¥o %L'nil)' hvld iht profound si%nifieance of thi5 bvliL￿l Thf for Cbristi¥n¥- the journcv into the death. and Rrur￿<1loll of our ￿rd J¢sus Cbriit. As %t. Paul writv in (JalxtiaiiL8 2.20: 1 haTr'L. been rru¢ified with C'.hri4t and I n4) lon%cr liv4 but C:hrist liTr'e5 in m¢. The life I now liv¢ ID ihe Imbty,, I live bTr" faith in thc knn thf od, w'bo loi'ed me and Ex%'e bimRlf for me Thi¥ pThtrful Trtrsr speaks of A rndical identifiLtion w'ith Christ'.¥ ￿trIfICe, leadin% to a tr#n%fi)nned exislence Tr'h¢rL. (".hri¥t Ilimself becomes our lifi. 40urce. It e¢hors our di*p¢%t I0￿1n￿ to kDOVb' Chrn¥l intimatety, sharing in

Hi% death ￿ we might #Lw sbare in th¢ poy4.er of resurreetiott life. lo truh. en¢i'r into ihi¥ m!'st¢ry. wt musi journo. togethtr! Ptrhaps. in Ihe Trtar aht#d. wf un L'ncoura%e one anolher more inlentitsnalh tts embrnet thi% scred pilgrim2t even iDllt¢ visiling family and friends to w.alk lon%5ide bnxllv, heartftli ihxnk dut all who make vur WOTShip possibl& Our dedi¢t¢d C.hMrcb'rdens work tirel¢ssh' behind lh¢ s¢en¢& Our Reader. l&xth.i' l>Thke¥. con%istL'ntly enriches our understanding with her exctllenl prtathinkp #nd insi%htthl t¢a¢hin%. offf fiD% rnli pcrTspeili'c% iin ihi Cwo¥pil4 (xithlully i%crciin% hcr miDiStn' acroK$ l)oth i illax We are also deeph" %rat¢ful for the ¢ootinued support of our rttircd cli'rLTr'. Rcverrnd Canon Dai'id (.rawly' and ReTrerend ￿l￿r￿ Ilunt, readih make themseh,e$ availabk for s¢n'i¢es

nd (bttsionl offi¢¢x Furtb¢rnior¢. *'¢ ha%.¢ been bl¢ssfd by the ministry of I"he Rcv I'.anon

Stephne J'an der ToorD, kindli. Lssisled by her busband .lotsp. A jv)'ful r￿InUte.. C"o¢u the gui411. dog h.% vifKixllTr rttirtyl. hanxing up hcr harn¢Js after a special retiremettt bkssing i St Pi4¢r'K We continue lo delixbt io ber pr¢s¢nc¢ (aDd 0¢rn8i(pnAI genlle ¥nUffl￿!) during our %eTh'ite8. Minisln & mi￿1￿￿. Servin% Our c.ommunity Our outward-faciD% Iniiiistry remains consi$trn( with a conlinued fo¢u4 inv￿lin% in ¢ht 'ounx people f4niilios wilhin our pr1%1￿ Plans lo enbnLc thf Children'¥ Cvrner and Ihi. Pr#)'er c.orner ¥1 %t P¢lcr' h¥'i' unf(brlyn¥ti'l)' hcrn paused this Tr"ear ** ￿e qeek ¥ n Trrajurrr. Tkn￿ challcn%e fillin% kf). rol￿ is sadty familiar acrn% the ider I'.hurth ¢Jf 'ngl8nd. bul wt r¢m2irt hop¢ful xncl pr#!'f r(iil th#t w¢. thi prqbjcct in thc comin% I'car. Our eng%emeDt with local sthools continue$ to be a hi£hli%ht. l %reath' value my weekl), 'L$lt$ (o 7"hur¥t￿n PrimaTh >LhiMil and (•reai Ilarton I'riinTh %cliotsl ltrad ￿1%￿￿1￿1•￿, #nd it i wikndl.rful th•1 R¢¥dcr, K¥tbv DrakT3. br%un conlribuling her %ifts the￿. Pat Sadler coDtiDues bi'r i'#luabk ¥crvice #.% •n ¥ctlVf %lbl'i'rni)r at Thur¥ti)n PrimJry ￿h0O1. I hat.8tepped back rmm mb, go"ernor rnle At'l'hurslon as part of practisin% health!, Yelf-egre ami4L%l wri(us pxri%h r¢spiJn%ihiliti¢%- 'minder of thL' impi>riante tsf n(bt %pr¢#ding iJurvh'i¥4 Iqbib ihinli,. ¢ontinu¢ to ¢ttjoy m!, visits to the SF.NDAT Special FAlueatioD s¢hoob (Priory b ' Thur¥tnn, Itading e¥¥ion% fi)cu¥i￿ on the major ('. hristin fctii'xli. I"hci' r¢w'¥rdinLD timv4, fillibd with iniivhiful 4￿￿110n¥ and eDihu¥i%m (n>m tbi. pupil%. The chiklrr Imb %'i%ii St Petcr's. as eTridtncfd by thf Tvondf rfwl R¢mfmbr#Dce artwork diplayed in ¢hc church. 'I'hLS L * r¢latii'elv liRht Commitment. ty'pieAlh" tnvolvinx h"0 or thr¢t visits nDu3)1ty. At Thur%liJn C.i)mmunilTr ('ollrye, I run a monihl>' group fthr (."hri%lixH ehildrL'n, ￿￿1> Lijme with lunch and we ¢hal #bout our f¥iih li'v• aDd %'#riiiu% of Chri4tixnit)'. Th¢n' #re currenily a deditated group of three bol's who eome. speaking eAth￿1￿SticIl￿. about their f#iih. It ha4 Ibeen time since Ihe Church has had any input into Thurston Communih, C.ull¢%c, tbi% is # ￿TIll￿]￿r bl¢k%inq¥ lo be &%ktd io run a ￿roUP after seTr'ernl )'tr8 of ¢Fentle cn%a%cmcn¢. rolt s I'bapls1in (or Padrtl to the 863 (Thprston) ￿madron RAF Air Cadets contiDvu t b¢ fulfillin& Ledin% ¥tr%ion% on Thur¥day eweninw% co%'L'rin% ¢thicN m¢bditxli(>n. xnd teamwork proTrid¢s opportuniti¢% for meaningful ¢oni'er¥xtion.K l IK¢n p#rticulxrlv enetsurgtd bTr' egdeL$ pproa¢hio% me to dis¢w marters of faith. We Yl'ere ple￿d to hai'¢ an officer reprtsenl the ￿￿adrOn t our RemembrAnte %undi' service, and permKKsions are brift2 sought fur a udi't di'tschmcnl ¢0 ¥ll¢nd fornilh' in 202$. The Squdron's prc¢nci' at tbe D-Da)' allniversary bracoD li%hliD% on lhc Gr¢¢D wa5 a crcdit to thcm and a POi%Dant I￿r Ihc village. We *nlicipait a similar communitTr' cvenl [￿r VTr" l)a)' in earli, Mav.

Fxumcnieg11}' li'e eontifftue to ettjoy r¢l#tioM$ with the Ilenedirtine %isters at MoDtan& 'reedom C'burcb ￿ under%oin% some Structu￿ ch#n%e5, one vfwhich their hippi. lil cnLxEe ith 'lhur4tott lolk l hoping lo initiale a monihh. Trlinister's Breakfast Th'berc tbe le¥d¢rs of f#iih communili¢s in Grrai Barivn xnd ThuThtun i'xn ltsgtther and tncoura%e each other. whe￿Wer C.hristians ¢mbr•c¢ each other's prfs¢nr4 d￿pIt¢ minor dTffcren¢¢K th¢ Spirit len& all a hn4L %• do pk&%t pr). for thi$ lft t￿me lofi¢ther. I'a%loral vL$iti￿ ctsntinues. thou%h l ¢onftts I have had It￿ time than l wish for ihi 'it¥l minitn'. Ilowevtr, I xm encouraged the dtvtknpmeDt of a dedicated pastoral team acnm both churche5 and the imminent plan to advertise and offer Hoty Communion Ai homt fur Ibtb%c' unable lo att¢nd chur¢h servi¢(s itt ptrson. These are all #rea.¥ of mini¥tn' wc 4'1.k to Durtur¢ and xrow. I cncvuragi. ei'cryun¢. tv kccp iipp)rtunilies Thhere churches can offer support and r4re within our communi¢i¢s. 5¢h(wK viJla2¢y. nd church f¥mili¢%. Tr4n%ition¥. Cvralitudc. #nd RrmemhranLc 'irstly". I wish to express m). pn)found thanks to our Churchward¢L8 for their unwavcrin% commitmL'nt and hyrd work (hrnughiiut ihii Tr'e#r.'I'im b"rnsL with inTraluable help fro AnRela Pearre. crtsurcs Hol). IDDorrnts rcmains * b¢autiful and wckomin% 4p¢c, whil¢. iibnlrihutin(• xignificAntly to proje¢ts aimed at preJervin% and eDhancin% the church for futu encratiuns. 'I'he ward¢D% at Sl P¢ter'J. Pal .%¥dlcr #nd Mr%ery Aihford. h¥ve fxced partitular thallen% pi'rxting 'lih￿ul a"1 reasurer and with a smaller PCC,. Their abilih. to kctp ¢v¢n'thin% runnin% ¥mui)Ihl)' i¥ ¥ I(￿1￿ment ntsi onli. l¢h ihe $u$taiftin2 power of the Hoty Spirit but abo to Ihtir extraordinarTr' dedical?(bn, ChristiaD Scn'ict, dcc'p luvc fvr ￿ Pcti'r's. A heartfi.ll thxnk lo Trou bTrlhl m￿$t ¢x¢¢nd no¢hc'r hulie thxnk vibu to Peter Ri)l>in%tstt for bi4 steadf&$l support and ak$istanc¢. Petcr• your contrihution to thi. 4m(ii)th running of l)otb ehurthes and your support of ow'ii niiiiilry hert deeply appre¢iated. It h&$ ￿¢￿ a challcn%inK pcriwl al lim(￿, ¥n41 vour enL'ourx%Lmcni h4.¥ in%aluble. (lur Reader, Katb!, Drakes Continu￿ tu floMri%h, h1￿41￿e u% ith her in%i2btful tr4chin ¢.rful prtthAnll, and pasloral sensitii'ih.. I know. Th'L. hxj'e #ll ginc.d immeneh' fro Kaihv's wi8dvm h¢'r lexdcrnhip in wor¥hip. Ihank ('(bd for her ¢n¢w. i'iwn, dedicaled ministry xmonx UT. The￿ xre manTr' others to thanK #Dd I should b¢ li4ling nam¢¥ for pxges if i did! Bul rest s%urn'ii ihai I give thank% for vou daily in my pra1'c￿. and %Ydin htrn- ¢hafjk you for all that qlo fvr ijur church comniunit),. 1¢ reUTr' does lift all up in Chriylian liji'c. 'ilh udD¢Js. w¢ bavc yi41 g¢Mbdh!'c tv ¥ti'trnl dthirh. loi'cd members of our church familv thi¥ px%t )'ear. "fbe stiD% of ￿1¢1 remains, y¢1 we hold ¢hLir mi'mnrie% ckn$e. %rTth'¢ thi of C'.hArle% (porer, a Th'ise former membrr of Ihe Ilvh. InnvLYnt% P('.(.', who remained active in Church lifc until the rniL A laknled pott, his final ¢on)poJitioTr for Remembrn¢e Sunday re•d la¥t )'¢•r, a particularli. poiJaDt moment. Wf wlll mlk% hi dTh cheerful disposition. and %ellt kfittdnes& We %iv¢ thank¥ for hi4 fricnd%hip and pray for hls p¥rtncr, Annie W'll2ct. '&. gri¢i't tlie of C:hristopher wel￿ a formtr C".hurthrdea and PCC member at St Ptler'% xmon2 manv other rol¢y he ¥Ddertook ovcr ihe i¢xr% Chri¥l(bpber's conDe(tioD to S>t Pclcr's sponixl gen¢rnlion.- refStctintT his loDgei'ih'. I rtcall him rcmarking n)und the time of Ih¢. kinE' C".iin)nxtion, -C)f cilur¥e, thi$ w'lll be fourth ¢oronation... remember his v'isdom. dcdicatcd 5¢r%'icG %ood hurnour, w illingne%% tts lislen, and his deop pa.481￿n for the thurtb I￿lIdin%, a If%acy passrd dow'n thrnu%h bi¥ fmil)'. Wc thank (TIMI for all Chri3tophtr 2ai'c to thi* pxri%h #od pr¥!. for hi% wifc, Tr"ltrAhetb. M'e also 2rieve for Pat 4)heppar￿ a loD%-tim¢ faithful ￿t￿ber of Hvly InnvLYnL%• in Ihe ￿l￿ther$. Union and

Ihe choir in ycgr% pa%L PAt' kind and eon$cientious natitre IippreciAltd by %0 rnnv. We remember ber hujband DaTr'id. and continuc ¢0 hulql him and their family ID our prai'ers. I"liese re but a few of the faithful souls from our ¢•n%re%ati¢>￿I who are with the Th¢tt are mnTr mvr¢ and Mtrntsrl￿ of their pre%eTrtt #mibnx l enLwurxgi' all t keep their mcmories alii'e, cb¢ri5bin% th¢￿ part vluur church family. Uovb participants in thr hivinh' communion nf¥ainl%. A Final Wote: Th¢. Spirit'¥ Gi￿11¢. (•ni'th De¥pile ihc. ntce3san' focus on ¢ollsolAdation. ther¢ ha5 bctn a tangible movement of the Hoty pirit W'ithin i>ur thurcho%. I'trhp$ le&$ 'i8ible in the daTh-t(￿al. admini%trali%'e I￿41L. il 1% poTr'erfulty' cvident Ihf deep¢nin% fri¢ndshipN thi warmth of w¢komf. and the o).cr¥U atmkn5pher¢ wilhin our Iwo W'orshippi￿ ¢ommuniti¢s - ¢ommunitio %'oibly aro'in% in faith and fellow'sht￿ Thi¥ g¢n¢li' p¢r%iti'nt w'ijrk ib( Ihc liiiril lo %aih¢r ¥tn'n%ih Th'iih Lych passin% month. 15en3c il spillAn% into Thtivn. I hai'e around the i'illa%r3: Ib¢tt a grn'ing fel.ling that both %1 I'eter'.8 and Holy InnoceDts trllli, belon{• to iheir tibrnmunitie

nd ¢ha¢ our pr4yer¥ art walucd and felL

l-his rfprowing sens¢ of belon%in% and sPiritu#l i'it#lit) is the foundation I haTr¢ f¢rn'entlv pri'Lbd (￿r- # l)edro¢k wliich we can continue to build C."hri%l'$ cburch he￿ in Ivreat Barton and Thunton. Of ¢ourw. nothin% 14 i¢'r pirfiyl. #nd prrhaps nol fft'cry drci.4iun or Aty'le will Suit t￿eryOne all the time. But, like the wider Church tbrou%hout hiqtory, we are rindin% # rh!'¢hm ijfTh'iip•hip? fi.llow%hip, and servict ihgl res¢i#tc% 'iih ￿ nd h￿r4 witnths to our Chrk%lian faith for thos¢ n>und us. 'n>m thi¥ pla&e of quiet grow'th and hopeful expc(ttion. we can now bc%iD to dis¢¢ni to%cther Whe￿ (vud is ralliDR nexL That i8 both an eiciting and trnlv sacre41 prospetL Amen. We are very %rxtvful to Peli'r Robinwn fthr keepith% u$ up t(tr dale v¥ilh (Meaernl Dt Protettion Rc%ula(i0￿%, and to Kathv Drakes for v)'¢n¢tioE lif¢%u#rdinE requinThents fur u%. Akn. our th•nkn to Pftcr. lor ￿￿kItt8 after our website aDd Facebook pa￿. ADd w¢ would like to ¢h•nk Wcndy xnd all th(￿¢ in1.oh.￿ wilh tb¢ Ilo'¢r¥ thThu%hout thc )ur. Wi. all gregth. pprecia¢c their efforts xftd thr ￿#￿tIful of flov4'er8. Dd 1¢ is difficult btt2use tbey nc¢d vuluntceft4. And th¢rv r¢ so manTr p￿pIe help in diffcrrnl W¥V￿. "I'he Parorkial Churrh CvunLil ts # corporalt IxbdTr established bv tht ch￿￿kn of F.n%l4nd #nd opinbtth undcr the Par(b¢hixl Lburch Council Powcrs Mea$ur& The P(".C ¢sCept￿ hy order frvm registering with the Charih. C.'ommi%%iwi. Tbc metbod of ¥pw)inlmcnl of l>(.'C." membtn is srt out ID tb¢ Chwrrh R¢prv¢ntlivn Rule%. Ai Il•lv Inn¢Kents tht mcmbership of the PC.C. con%i%ly (bf th¢ ineumhent (our i'ltar), the ffi'o churchwardenls. curr¢ntlF' ML.m￿rI of the I"hiDgoe Deamery 4i)'Dod and fil'e oth¢r ¢lgetcd embers of the Ll(%torxl rnll. Th¢ PCC members ￿8p0￿1bk for dwr4iiins on xll matl¢r4 of gcncrnl ¢ont¢rn and importance lo the pari5b illcluding diMling on h•. Iht of the PLL are lo be $p¢nt.

Admini%trlive infomation si Pe¢er'$ (Thurch i$ qitugted on C'hurch Road. Thur5ton IP313RII. It 15 part of the Bi'nefie¢ of C•rtral Barton and Thurston. within Ibf Diottwc of SL F.dmund.4huTh gnd Ipswith of the Ch￿￿h of F.n%lnd. The rorr¢¥rwndcnee #ddre%% i$= The VKargc. C".hureh Rod. CJret Bury .SL Edmunds IP312QR hwarden'y R¢ rt for the API.'M 2(1 It 15 to b¢liev¢ that nother ver h&$ pwtd in the life of <)¢ Peter'k For the w•rdeos11 lias not becn an ca5Tr' one, as wc hav¢. had ¢0 i¥'i¢hiiu¢ x tre#4urer or pernitscnt ecretA Th. and 'ith a much-deplet￿l PCC. How¢v¢r. we hA%¢ fo¢u&vd whxt'¥ right in frnnl of us. and 4lw'¥y% M hat i% hexd of We have ktpl going• and are extremety ￿teful for Ibe help we have rrr¢ii'¢ Tbrou%hout the )'cxr hxppilv wiirkcd wilh our benefe church. Hoh, Innocent& and i'ulucd 21)od f¢llowship b¢tw¢¢n Our con%rry¥t•ibn¥. At ￿￿'￿te4 ￿e ￿nE heartily to2elher. pral'l￿ th(puglitfulh' to2ether and bein% an InclusTh'r brnefirE wr wrkvmcd ll. As churrh ITfr continucd. wc ihr¢¢ cknuplts mxrried. sever21 babies baptiscd and wc ¢ondurted funeTh15 aDd in¢crni¢nt of alh¢ '¢ welciDmLyl I"hup•liin Vrimr)' Acadtm!, for thelr F.#.4t¢r. H#n'¢¥l. #n41 C.hri4tmx$ fr'ainih, Con¢ert and Nlivity. ThL. A'fc.. j1)InL￿ u.% (cbr their annual c.arol Concert. Thc Srvul (Jrvup took part in our Remembrance DxTr' 51'rb'icc xnql l#¢¢r held ih¢ir C."grn1 LoD¢ert. It pltqurt to welcome all these voun% peopk ¢h¢ir fxmilitN and frltnds lo St Peter. 'lo the best of knowledgc th¢ fxbric ￿Tour church is in reasonabk ordf r. l%'¢' xro hv'ei'er, i)vcrdue a VuiDquenDial In>pcL¢ion and w¢ nccd iii Ihis. 'I"he gutters and drinpipr CODtinuf lo bt in%ptctcd and cltar¢d tsl'ite a vear. W¢ Th'cre told thxl xn drainpipt. -h nui 81 pro%tn¢. Thi5 w'ill bt #n exp¢nsii't ￿P1act￿ent has * ¢r#¢k in it. xlthi>ui. and e hope to find ib¢ funiL ¢t• irrJ' oui ihe '(brk 9% as ￿'t can. Int¢rn¥l rhurch rcp#i ihe ￿p1￿ceMent of two Strip li%hts in thL. knnrtuxry. I"he lighL8 were replaced v4.ith low att¥%¢ l.Tr:l) lighL$ wbi¢h provide a %reater liRht outpul. ¥1 rrduted eltctricity, usa2 l)ne uf our responsibilitks i¥ to mintin %(MMI ordcr in the fhurchvard. Thls is oD¢rv taK hut with the help of i'olunteeTS who joinfd for wvrk p¥rties, the re￿1r ¢uttio% of the %rass for ui. Ydnd with the help of the Ileavers S¢outs on three occ￿10n% Ivt were gbk to keep il r¢asoDl4 blv iidTr'. A4 #n b"("() church Tr'e leave a section of tb¢ %rxveyArd untul lo tneourage wildlif& ID addition to thi8 there are areas Y•'ber¢ lop and d¢¢¥yinx wnagcmcni Pl40 from di'i¢e Part of the churchvxrd pln wiu be to del'elop a w'ildlife area. (from ¥ prvpoil, p&$$ed #t rerent PCC mt¢tin%k after ihi. ckaranLY vf Lpround ¢bn the Th.￿t %idc of the ¢hurehvard. Ily (r our b1￿¢￿t ron¢¢rn in tht ehMr¢h)'rd is ih¢. llinl leading to the lower gra).￿.￿rd. A. 5¢¢twJn of thi% ha.¥ crnmbled and in need of repair. W'e havc rrc¢T'cd quut￿ fvr the r¢ii#ir, h2ve not l'et Eecured funding lor thi

Tbe new, w'hith replaetd grnund ihe Dew gr#%'ffiard. 1% now %rowing TrelL W'e are grateful tv #n #nvnTr'Thou5 l'olunteer who cuts the %rass for us twite x ytar, #nd E#ift. w¢. lea%.¢ some %rxss un¢ut to nurtur¢ N'ildlift. Il'e also. thattk the ptrwn to hai'e one of the ak irtts trimmed and ibdied. Thi% y¢¥r th¢ fiThi buri#l of 5bu io the ofw %riryanL 'und-rxi¥inE i% alv¥aTr" ¥ priorilTr' and we 74.ere abk to organ￿e s¢vtral ¢vtnL4 lib i)ur rin¥nei'¥. ThrouRhuut ihe Tr'ear w¢ held two coffee mornin&s. Il'e ibrExni¥cd our'Gift Da! ¢ coincide with our Patronal festii'al. Thi$ was ￿enerOu¥ll. upport¢d b!, m¢mbers of tht church lhe wtdL'r eommunity. The 'Tedd' B¢•r ZipliD¢' was reTr'ived with the ex￿rt h¢lp tsf Thurston ￿0VI Cproup. It W$ aD enjo!'abl¢ o¢¢asioD but iiTr'Lrh' wcll attendcd duc, we thinK (o compelitithn lrnm the annual 'Tryctnr Run, riding throuah the i'jlR#th¢. A recil41 gii'L"n bi. two l'oun% or%ani¥ts fn)m St F.dm4nd5burJ' Cathedral. Iqxtthcw. ML.1,￿, #nd Joc Lewis enltrtlD(xl us to aD evenADg of thnderful mu8•t alvn% wilh th¢ yin%in% of han'est hvmns. 'I"lii% a truh. pka%urhlc iKLX%lI)n xnd wi. ￿1￿. apprecialed fvlarthew and .ltse %i%'ing up their tim¢ lo phTr' for us. Tbe '.Suffolk Hi8toric (."hurn'hc% Tru%t Rid¢ and Stride, took- place wherr half Ihc mODeTr' ra￿ed ￿'eat to St Vettr'%. Anoihi'r mubc#l i￿¢￿¢ was beld in (koh¢'r whl'n 'Abl)oi C.on.¥ort of Voi¢i¥' pr¢Jeot¢d a proRramme enliiled 'l.iEht.' Thi. chury.h '#q fill¢d with beaulTful music and therc was a retiring collec11￿n in #id of .51 Pcter'& C)Mr u$ul C'hri$thias IlwAar, wilh & warith. %lxll% including C.'hristm5 y'rcaths, rranLPL.d li>r N(bi'i'mh¢r. AK#in, w'iih thi. %L'nL'n)uti h¢lp of ptople, this wa5 a succos The final tvettt of 2024 5a. the return of 'Tbe Christmas .1 rte Tr'¢li'al'. Il'l. w¢r¢ ¢normuusly ple2sed m'ith the respoDse wt nyeii'ed from local bu8iness¢% ¢lulN %choob. who tvok p#rl..4ncl wc xr¢ thxnkfvl io ihc puhlic who cam¢ ¢(b vicw the WODderful displai. of trttx. alwaTrs, we thank thos¢ who Trolunle¢￿d in anTr w'ay, to make ihi% a Irul). .%ut(i￿rul ricnl. I Pitir % iiuld nut L'li141 Jviihout the peoibli wh4) hilp in ¢hc d¥v tv dav runnin% of it. We thank thos¢ who unlock and lock up for u5 daili.; Ihe ladies ¢leats we¢kh,; those who ¢ltan the brasses: our flow¢r arrD%¢rs Th"ho dc¢orat¢ th¢ ahr, and provide.4pect#cular ¥rr4ngerntnlx %pt¢i41 i1Crn%i￿D￿. our re&pular orEani%t..lo¢. fur his muic. #Trd wi. xre %rati.ful to vur fbvir fvr k#dinE the %in%in& To Ilarh#ra. who vffers i li¥¢fnin% clr for thoK in D¢ed of prn)'tr. )'our h¢lp is %r¢#tlY appttciJ)ted. W'e thank our filhful it4m of btllriogers: those help at our ￿n.1¢e& our w'elcomtr& tbosc w'ho M'rite and deli%'er ihe inttrceksional prip4. whu n'd whij Krve ¥t the ltsr, And w hi> pro'id¢ ref￿￿h￿¢0¢s Mft¢r the 5en'ic¢.. We #poli￿1•￿t. mwt ¥inccrcli if Ive hxwc xni'i)n¢ (but. 10 ¢i'eryone. yrfjur help is absoluteb. essential and '¢ Could not futh¢ti&n withthul yo•. We rellv appreciate hell). Il'l. apprndch ihc I'er in thc. hibpi. that (bur prai'¢p4 will bc an4w¢'r¢d, nd ¥om¢one will ¢ome fTrn•*rd fill the rolcs of trtasuttr and $¢¢r¢tan'. "fhis will lighten our load and mi)n. lirne lo L'n%ure ihai the life of tsur churtb ruos smootbly. Pat kndler & Margery ASh[￿￿L

c.hnir Re Iloih ihurcbes a%reed to the pvrch&se of a anthem book for the ¢I￿1r. We h¥Th'¢ alrrady $ung anthems a¢ chuTth s¢rvicff over the vear and are curr¢Dtty learniD% new one%. Our choir. althiiugh in number. art loyal and enthu¥i¥tic. e￿. members are mosl w¢lcom¢ R¢hcarsxl8 Are t 7_10 on Friday evcnifrp #i Iloty rhris Ilartrop ()rganist (vreal Barton and Thurstun Towtr IlelL¥ 21124- 202 Another ier h&% p(4￿, and il'$ tith)e tfy Itll yon about tbe happeninp In iwo Ileu "l tiw'crs. Alon% with ringers from other tom'ers. we bave a pr¥clicc xt l•rcxf Ilxrliin on Thur%da!' e%'cnin&8 from 7.-10 - 9 PTD. xnd then. Fridx). eTrenin&N we all¢rnat¢ our praLIiL¢ hctM'¢'en Roukhxm #nd I'akenham. ()n Sunda). morniD%J N'c ring 1 ¢i¢her Cir¢i RrtOn 4)r Tburston exccpt on thc third.%undg!' 'bcn we rin% •¢ P#kenlkm 2nd Rou%ham. Il'c hal'c onlv rnivd ihrte %undJ)'S ID th¢ px51 'ear when wc Lwuldn't ring #l of ihe aboi'e towers •"hich 4hibM' the diylicxlion of our %TOUP lif ringerk I'm afraid we b#ve to #ll¢rnxee ringing on .%pecial ocfaJion5 a.y I h'cn'l g()¢ Iv4'cli'¢ or #l ¥ pu¥lL ten rin%er5, to be ablc to rin% x¢ ljo¢h churche$ at the Sld me timf. I nth Mxrch 2024 Vl'e ran% ai Thurllon fi)r ￿lothering %undaTr'. and on.loth Mxrth 2Q25 wt ran% al Cvrr]i( Ilarton for Motherinx ¢%unday. Thc happtn$ for F.ayl¢r, Ilrvi¥bi #nd RemembrxnLI.. We had a Tr'erv busy ChrKtma¥ F.•c whtre four of us. with dTffennt plu.¥ h'o' al all four krvi&'e%- the crib sen'ices at 2 prn and 4 pm, Ihe MidniRbt S¢nicrJ •t 9 p n411 I_lll pm, and theD Ttxycd l<ir fvlidni2hi c.ommunion at Grut Ilartcbn. Oj'er ihe )¢ar wt rnn2 for eight M'cddinR¥ xnd one (.'hrislenin2 al vriou% churches. I'hree of Ih¢É¢ bein% at ThuThlvn. one at (vrtsl Barton. We didn't ¢nter ihe (Juild Strikin% C.Ibrnpeliliibn Ihi¥ vear as wc had iwo Wrddin Oyte at each Church. on th¥t flerDotsA and fouldn't gugrnntee to Ft back in timt. We had thrLY vi%ilin% leams of rin%ff5 at Cre#t Il#rtan #nd One at TbuTStvn, xnd sei'eNI Quarler PeaLs wfre run% Including ont Al eAch C'hurfb dedicated lo the mtmory of Gill Ruod. vnc ut (•real Barton fur lh¢ 80th Annii'L'rsaTh' of On Nlitrn41¥y I st April. 2024. we w¢nt n outing to five tow'er¥ in Nthrfolk with a Pub Lunch at tbi C)Id Ileu in Tone}'_ it )'try cll supported w'ilh 32 %iltin d￿￿'n for lunch. ¥ very enjo!'Jblv qlxi.. e have gntstber oUtiTh￿ arraTrX4￿ for F.#%lcr Ilnk Holiday MoDda), will bt rin%in% for tbc 80, AnniwcMry of I'L Da). on th¢ 8, ￿1¥y. Th1 concludes my r¢p¢brt Ivr ihi% ytar. Sally Yeal Tomyr C4win

Electoral Roll A¥ .11.12.21b24 the￿ were 56 people on Ihe F.k(toral RolL Thi. roll is due for * complctc six yearly rebewl irt April 21)25. Reeve liiihtr'¥ I'niiin Thup4ti)n & Ctrcxt Rarti)n C.'urrenth" ￿'e haTr'e 22 membtr& includin% 4 indoor membern Since our I￿1 report. of our I￿￿￿•￿t¥nI1inK mtmh¢r hxi't ditd. Pat Ilumphry had l)ten ¥ mcmbcr for lxbui 60 1,¢r¥ and Pat Sheppard. w'ho led tbe Great Barton branch Cor many vears Until we joiDcd together. Iloth are tsrtalty mkk4ed. '¢ conlinu¢' tv miyl i)n lh¢ ￿nd Tu￿d¥Y (bf L'•Lh nbi>nth. but a%rttd ¢0 meet #t I l.l)Oam all ycar and in Th¢ Rock unla8 we De￿ 5pae¢. l)urin2 21124 e w¢l¢omtd i)eaktrs on i'2riou$ .$ubjecL in¢lMdin% Th¢ Iloly l.nd. The P<bern% of John Bc'tjcm¥n, #nd ihi. Rural Cvftci. C-.#rxTr'xn. We enjo! ￿ making FAsttr Cards witb Sbeikn and VoDai¢. We also shared in * Bible %tudy led lry Kath! l)rxke '¢ welcom(xl cla￿ #nd P¢nni. fnbm the ditsc￿e WI￿ bTOQRht tb¢ M.11 F,nterpri¥¢4 StslL PennTr gai't an informatxTre txlk about aut15m. .knm¢ i)f luni.hcd xi ihe I'iLltsri8 in Jul%. and itt ￿P1mber Tr"lhcr Ilen led C-ommuni( rvi¢¢ in Hofv Innocent¥ C.hureh. Ai our l)ecemtr meetin% we made de¢orlio•J for Christmas trees to bc diTplyed In botb 'e arran￿ the World Dy of Pr¥yc'r %cn'irc, wrillcn by the Chri%tiin women of P8lr%tine, held in The Rock in1%lar¢h. IN'C L¢)ntinu¢ lo xdi'erti%t our Meetin￿ in the (Jrcat BartOD and Thurston Villa%c Dewslrttrrs nd in thf churLh prn, yhcL% bul numh¢rs tt¢ndin% bave dropped ¢tsn.sidtrbl?" in reeenl nionths due to illD¢SS and transport diffKultiL Gill Flower c:i)I'K 'i'rn' littlc h¥ L.hxn%cd with the (Deneral Ihta Protection Re%ulations (C'DPR). Hown'er. wf must continue to en¥ure that ￿.￿. dii nDI ¥hare pers¢bnal inf(brmalion, wilhout prior writt¢n eonsenL 'hi'n ￿Ndin£ an emgil to multiple addre55es pkny¢ u5L tb¢ BC.C fvn¢Iio￿ Thi¥ w•. 411 ddre¥vs. drc hiddi'n. 'e shoukl rcrncmbcr thxt ty(fieer% tht C'hurth, t. Chur¢h Warden, Trtasurer. Secrdary? F.lecloral Roll (lffieer, Safe%u¥rdin2 ()ffK¢r, all h(bld p¢r¥onal inforThat•ib￿ If they leai'c th¢ churlh, Ibr ihi'ir IKL¥Ili￿ts in the cburch, wc must ensure thai ih¢ infornixlivn Ihc hold is dclcled from ¢bL'ir romputL h#rql copics d¢stro! or r¢turned to the Church. I'b¢. Data Prot¢rtion Cfrordinator mu%1 *1¥4) reeeib'e tonfirm#tii)n frnm ibe mtinber that Ihts has been donc. A ¢￿pW of this tonfirmation sboukl be hekl OD fil

B¢ts¢fict ￿ tb¥itt and FacclMHbk l)ur TiVI.h%ite and Tr'itebook pa%es continue to bf an importanl part vf ¢ommuniextion f¢yr tsur chiirrhes. Thur%liJn is x ￿. 111x￿e. and most new residents w'ill be younE families. bleh l(bok for their and information ODlinL Sii. to rtach ihe4t neTh' people. W'e must ¢onlinue t¢b utilise our ￿11 ￿led1￿ page$ and w.¢by1t￿ Il'¢ #n. ￿¢¢1￿1￿% cxtrtmefv numb¢rs of p¢ople %'1¢￿'ing St I'i.tcr' Tr'acL.TrMb(>K espe¢ilh' if Th'e can include pholo%rAphs of eTr'ent.$ Sucb a.q the Floiver F￿tiVaL 50rial cvcnL%. Iir runii'rtl. Wt l$o 8hrt inforniatioD on oiir nd LwLnL¥ on tb¢ media ptst4 of viilaae oroJniMtiODS Ii'bich Much widcr coi'¢raR& Wc aLKJ shaTC our e'rnL% and SPLYixI serwice on the Ilury Sl Edmuo¢k¥ Community NiiliLYhiiard. &s Th"ell &s tht Suffolk Noticcboard IIK Our figur¢￿ fvr on the w'eb.site eonlinue to be encoura?iti% but Wf necd to ern4ure thal 'e eontbnue to update our p#%¢s on a rf%ular bxsiy with and eJcilina new.q and ￿'¢￿t& Pk#$e krtp the inforniation ¢omin%• I'eter liobinsoo uardin Ibrt fi)r thi. Al'("M 21124 Thcrc have been no %afenuardin% issu¢4 during 2024 althou%h ih¢r¢ is * p(btentil enncern th¥t R(￿(L Ilen xnd l are mOnit￿rIng￿ As h&$ been said a numbcr oftimcs. it Im￿rI￿nI ih¥t u report any ¢onr¢rns eo onl (bf u¥. 1¢ m¥). like %omtthin2 SMAII to )'ou but it can build picture for us if we bear from more than one pLryon. And remember..gale%uardin% ¢overs more thn ju¥1 #buyc. xlihijugli Ihat Iht lieadline L8SUe. C¥ettinR trininx dL'l#il% ¥nd gettinkp j( up (C￿ dale bas been a problcm durin% 2024. It h ¢YbmL' imptsrtant that M'e are up to datc with Ihf xoin% vn in the Th'lder chu￿b. We ar¢ under ¢vnlinuiu% crulinv And we nttd to %¢t this ri%ht. l •m pk¥yed to he ahle (o reporl that Ihc mAjority' of the P('C' arc Tri)w' up lo (l#le i)n trnining.'I'hank y'ou for l'ovr support in duin Ihi%. l)urinR 202$ 1 will be l¢wkinR at uthtr rol¢% "iihin ihe Lhureh tht need awarcnes trainin%. I will lTh' lo gL.t n thent held at the chU￿b In5titu¢f tv mxkc ihi4 ￿%1¢r for all tonccrncd. I will abo br #l wlHb •ted D￿) DOW that l rc%iqt¢red Thiih ihem to ￿￿'t did hai'e xn iK%iie Ivith 8 %n>up ebetkin% our SiRn#Et w¢h%'iteA I￿1 we have noiv bro￿￿( thi5 all up to dto Th#nk yibu Pder f•r deliKtg witb the on-line infvmxliiin. Ily0¥ Y xnTrhere ihat vou think wt nLYd to di%pl' poslers pleast let me kDON'. On A finxl nibee, thank for )'our support on S¥f¢%urdin& W'hiL81 Revd., Ben and mv¥¢lf the ethnlxcl8 we can't do thiq Mithoul hel KA¢hy Drnk¢s

This rewrt on the accounts dth thwthfor the ondEd 3111 DK•mbw 2024 ts lft respea ¢Y•￿nI(SO￿ ¢arrd • b •CcOrd￿¢t wrth the s.145 01 the Ch•rits kl 2011 lhe Arf. The Church's Tntstees rosporlsiblt for the preparètron of the accounts. Tht chur￿$ trustees con￿eTtI￿ in ￿dit t rewirèd forihb y uhder sertlon 144 01 the ttrk•riis #¢t 2Qll Ilhe th•rfi¢s Ind thai ￿ v¥Jopcnd¢nt It Is my rtKv¥ibllrytQ-. • e¥Jmlne accounts uoder sectlon 145 ot the ChJrllbes ACL • to folh)wthE wocedures laid ¢kJwn in the 8entral Dirtaiors ￿¥n byth¢Ch•rbtyCommtMion lurth seaion 14515Hbl of thÈ C￿ntIeS kL •nd • to state whother partbLular mattv5 comtto my •ttentsln. examN#tk￿ uffled ¢ut th awId¥￿ wllh se￿￿1 Dlfeciior6 Ch•rky C¢mmlssl¢n. An ex•mkn•tJ clud•s a rovb•W of tho xcounty records kew by the C￿rth and a compath of the acc(￿Trts pr￿ented with thos rectyd& It also IndtyJ¢s ¢1￿51d￿t￿n dany th￿Sual It•ms ordlsc1tss￿I In ¥¢ounts. ahd ￿k1fte èxWanatltsns from tho IJv5trc5 concfmini •ny sKKh m•ners. Tr p¢OU￿rS urtlert•ken do not pru¥id¢ al the evidence ihar w0￿d be required Iii an audrt and consequertPrf no opiniw 15 IPMI •5 to thi • 'irue ¥xl f•if ¥iow ind the rrp(¥t li mlltd to those 4Y4tt¢rs sd cJt in th¢ stat¢rrttht below. In cornwctW Tlth our ex•mifi•¢m •K •Y#nof has wn¢ to ¢w •ll¢nwffi: L w￿h us r••son•trA ¢4useto bqkntth•t ￿ any ff••rfo1 r•specttt* rewffemeThts to fryn¢i•l statemL￿ts vknith xtord wtth ihe xccmmting rttofds ar￿ eompty wlth the requrn7￿ ol the Act •nd the R¢¢ulattons h•we not boefi m¢ or

to the trWt0￿0•th￿ thwtty farthe y•r•rthd 3111 X1241cort) I to whi¢h, in be dr•wn th exdtrto eft•bl¢ • prop¢r wtht•nthn801 the •¢04mts to Gasuyfi Hcrttse fv•rf)5cl¢ys F¥rn 8uJinvs Centre Fornham S•irf5 St Edmutsds Sull 28 6JY 24" Qaobv 2025

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2 Other Monetsry Assets R￿B.pts fram [)￿emb?.r 2024 not yet in bank Ex&¢¢ieO Gift Aid Q4 2024 2500 2500 84 Ass•ts for Charftys Us• Total Assots B5 Llabllliles Un-cashe# ctr¢qL PaTDchial Fce5 Rcturn 04 2C23 T¢x¥ Lffjblrties Slgn•d by 2 Trugtee• for PCC 22177 25163 27872 2753 18 2525 252S Srgn8ture Name In copitals 2525 Oate ol appr(N Sgn¥lure In eaptsl$ Date of ¥>tth*l