Proclaim Jesus’ Annual Report and accounts:
Objectives and Activities
Proclaim is committed to the advancement of the Christian religion for the public benefit mainly, but not exclusively, by providing a place of worship, conducting events such as Bible teachings and seminars, engaging in evangelism, distributing Christian literature, and providing counselling and training which is limited to the teachings and in the scope of the Christian faith.
Achievements and Performance
Worship and Prayer
Proclaim is committed to providing a range of services during the week and over the course of the year which helps the community to be able to connect with God. We run four services during the week, the major ones being our Saturday and Sunday gatherings which provide a space for worship and counselling etc. for adherents of the Christian faith. We have had two baptisms during this accounting year and three major conferences in Wolverhampton, Derby and Loughborough. This is aside from our regular Saturday gatherings. We have had services every Saturday. Our conferences dubbed ‘Light Has Come’ are our annual conferences which we do across England inviting people into a space where they can get to know more about the Christian faith.
At our conferences and regular services, we play various instruments, bringing in skilled musicians to create a great atmosphere of worship and praise.
The average weekly attendance was 25, the average conference attendance was 70.
Hospitality
For all our regular gatherings and conferences, we provide snacks, drinks, water and sometimes food. We have trained volunteers who have level 3 Health and Safety Certificates who serve in this capacity. This helps people to connect more and create a family feel in our gatherings.
The hospitality department has also been responsible in supporting the homeless in the community and those in need. We have had a foodbank that has provided free food to the community through partnering with Fareshare Go.
We have served over 3953 meals from September 2024 to December 2024. This has helped to relieve the economic stress coming from the cost of living in Loughborough. We ran this foodbank with the help of volunteers, about 8 volunteers contributed to the smooth running of our foodbank.
Evangelism
This department has the most volunteers and has demonstrated great zeal to reach out to those who are not within our attendees. They go out three times a week across Loughborough to reach out to those in need especially the homeless people and often as is needed are able to direct people to our foodbank or buy food for them on the go.
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Financial review
Total funds that came in: £14.11k
The breakdown is detailed in the financial statement.
Volunteers
We are grateful to all our amazing volunteers, some of which are Christians, and some are not who contribute one way or another making all our work a great success. I would like to mention our worship leader Kelvina Yeboah, the evangelism team Ian Hubbard and Jesse Afriyie, the media which helps to make all our work visible online Beth Derby. And the hospitality leader in the person of Chinaelo Emejuru for such a great impact. Among others who haven’t been mentioned but have contributed immensely to this period.
Administrative information
Proclaim meets at Roseberry Community Centre which we rent for our services, most of our admin work is done remotely by the admin team many of whom have proper jobs working from home. They allocate a part of their off-work hours volunteering to help run Proclaim.
Trustees
Jesse Owusu Afriyie Amanda Ghartey Priscilla Owusu Afriyie
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Financial statement for the year ending 10th December 2024
| RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT Receipts Voluntary Receipts Regular Giving Receipts from donors Givings and donations Other income (online giving) Loans Income tax recovered Payments Church Activities Rent Speakers & Musicians - Transportation & Fees Instrument Hire Loan Repayment Hospitality, Outreach, Support for homeless and living cost support Evangelism & Missions i.e tracks, bibles etc Miscellaneous expenses i.e. Pens, printer inks, tapes Media expenses i.e. cables, Microphones, lights etc |
Unrestricted Funds £ Designated Funds £ Restricted Funds £ Total 2024 £ 10,083.41 10,083.41 165.35 - - 165.35 1,812 - - 1,812 1,997.88 - - 1,997.88 |
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| 14,058.64 14,058.64 |
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| 3,100 - - 3,100 3,257.97 - - 3,257.97 257.5 - - 257.5 1,850 - - 1,850 2,607.69 - - 2,607.69 525 - =- 525 267.31 - - 267.31 1,958.51 1,958.51 |
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| 13,823.98 13,823.98 |
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