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2020-12-31-accounts

Agenda, Reports and Financial Statements 2021

For the Annual Meeting of Parishioners

and the

Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 3[rd] April 2022

Rector:

The Reverend Rosemary Bunn The Rectory Beccles Road, Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ

Curate:

The Reverend Vivienne Ridpath St Georges Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LE

Independent Examiner :

Brenda Hoskins

Bank: Royal Bank of Scotland Great Yarmouth Branch Great Yarmouth NR30 1HP

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Commissioning Prayer of PCC and Churchwardens

Lord, we thank you that you have called us to follow you and brought us together in the fellowship of your Church. We gladly accept this leadership responsibility which your people have given us for the next year. We commit ourselves unsparingly to your work. We resolve to exercise our leadership authority in an effective and godly manner, following the example of Jesus, under the direction of your Holy Spirit, for the advancement of your kingdom alone. Amen

A Prayer for Growth

God of mission, who alone brings growth to your Church, send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, joy to our worship, and power to our witness. Help our church to grow in numbers, in spiritual commitment to you and in service to our local community, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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The Parish of All Saints Belton

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Sunday 3[rd] April 2022

during Sunday morning worship: 10.30 am All Saints Church, Belton

Agendas

Opening Prayers

Apologies for Absence

Annual Meeting of the Parishioners Chaired by the Rev. Rosie Bunn

  1. Minutes of the 2021 Meeting

  2. Church Wardens’ Report including Fabric Report

(page 5) (page 7)

  1. Election of Church Wardens

  2. (proposed: Barbie Channell and )

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Chaired by the Rev Rosie Bunn

  1. Minutes of the 2021 meeting (page5)

  2. Matters arising from these minutes.

  3. Parochial Church Council Secretary’s Report 2021 including the Report on the Electoral Roll.

  4. Treasurer’s Report and Accounts.

(page 8-10)

(page 10-14)

  1. Risk Management. (page 15-16)

  2. Child Protection and Vulnerable Adults Protection – Annual Review and confirmation of appointment of Michelle Horgan as Parish Safeguarding Officer.

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  1. Great Yarmouth Deanery Synod Report 2021

  2. Church Organisations Reports

(page 17-18) (from page 19)

  1. Election of the Welcome Team for Belton

  2. Election of members of the P.C.C. Members should be:

  3. proposed and seconded;

  4. on the Church Electoral Roll;

  5. willing to stand

  6. present at the meeting or apologies to the Secretary

Proposed by: Seconded by:

Names Proposed by: Seconded by: Sue Angell Tracey Phillips Tim Bunn Shirley Brown Paula Durrant Anneka Gearie Colin Chilvers Paula Durrant Anneka Gearie Paula Durrant Anneka Gearie Adrian Durrant Anneka Gearie Adrian Durrant Paula Durrant Michelle Horgan Anneka Gearie Tim Bunn Janet Jones Anneka Gearie Tim Bunn Derek Mill Michelle Horgan Anneka Gearie Tracey Phillips Anneka Gearie Janet Jones Elizabeth Stone Tracey Phillips Tim Bunn

11. Appointment of Officers:

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All Saints Belton Minutes of Annual Meeting of Parishioners And Annual Parochial Church Meeting 25[th] April 2021

Chaired by the Rev Rosie Bunn

1) Opening Prayers and Worship

2) Apologies for Absence:

7) Matters Arising - None

Report accepted. Proposed by Jim Channell and seconded by Bill Richmond – unanimous

Report accepted. Proposed by Jim Channell and seconded by Sue Richmond – unanimous

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13) Child Protection Annual Review: Shell Leach was confirmed as our Parish Safeguarding Officer. proposed Sylvia Shaw, seconded by An Howell – Unanimous

14) Vacancy for Great Yarmouth Deanery Synod: No one willing to be a . representative on the Great Yarmouth Deanery Synod

Terry and Judy Gammans later said that they were both willing to stand as Deanery Synod Representatives.

16) Election of PCC:

Elected Members: Colin Chilvers, Derek Mill, Shirley Brown, Janet Jones, Paula Guard, Michelle Leach, Tracey Phillips

17) Appointment of Officers

Secretary: As no one was willing to stand for the office of Secretary to the PCC, this would be dealt with at the next full PCC meeting

Treasurer: Anneka Gearie was proposed by Rev Rosie Bunn, seconded by Michelle Leach – Unanimous

Vice Chair: Derek Mill was proposed by Rev Rosie Bunn and seconded by Anneka Gearie - agreed

Independent Examiner: Brenda Hoskins was proposed by Michelle Leach and seconded by Sue Richmond – agreed unanimously.

18) No Other Business

19) Date of Next meeting: 3[rd] April 2022

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Church Wardens Report 2021 including Fabric Report

In what has been a challenging year for everyone, where plans have had to be cancelled, postponed or changed at the drop of a hat, it is pleasing to report the following:

The potholes in the pathway in the churchyard from Bell Lane to the Church entrance were successfully repaired, eliminating the trip hazards.

It has been arranged for a cleaner to clean the church on the last Thursday of every month.

The annual services of the fire extinguisher and boiler were completed.

The opening of the church for participants of the annual sponsored cycle ride was cancelled due to lack of available volunteers.

In early December a working party was organised to clean out gutters and tidy up the graveyard but unfortunately due to a forecast inclement weather this was abandoned and remains wholly uncompleted. However, the work instead was redirected to inside the church where the team proceeded with tidying the vestry, tidying the annex and readying the church for Christmas by installing the Christmas tree and decorations. The churchyard wasn’t tidied up another working party is needed to complete these tasks, as it can be appreciated that the pandemic, weather, daylight and other commitments have hampered this.

In the storms early in the year (2022) there was a tree that came down on the boundary of the church yard & school to the west of the tower which Bob Hudson and Paula Durrant dealt with as soon as the weather permitted it to be completed safely. The following Saturday a good head of volunteers attended a working party to clear a large portion of the overgrown hedgerow on the boundary along Church Lane and the graveyard, and there is still a lot to do on this. Another working party will be required to complete this in the near future.

It was suggested to the PCC this month (March 2022) that for those who can’t commit to a Saturday mornings and with the lighter evenings that working parties could take please regularly on Wednesday evenings. The viability of this suggestion is under investigation.

Thank you all and may God bless all whom give their time freely in service of the church and support of Rev Rosie Bunn and Rev Viv Ridpath, including the worship team and sound mixer desk.

Barbie Channell Adrian Durrant

Thank you Barbie and Ady for your work as Churchwardens over the past few years, and for the responsibilities you have carried. It is very much appreciated, by me and all the All Saints Belton church family. Rev Rosie Bunn

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Parochial Church Council Secretary’s Report including the Report on the Electoral Roll – 2021

Incumbent: The Rev. Rosie Bunn Curate: The Rev. Vivienne Ridpath Church Wardens: Barbie Channell Adrian Durrant Secretary: Treasurer: Anneka Gearie Elected Members: Derek Mill Colin Chilvers Shirley Brown Janet Jones Paula Durrant An Howell Michelle Horgan Tracey Phillips Ex Officio: Terry & Judy Gammans, - GY Deanery Synod

There have been 8 PCC Meetings held throughout the year. The meetings regularly discuss Finance, Safeguarding, Young at Heart, Moorlands, Digital Presence, Children and Youth, Church Building and Churchyard, Deanery Synod, and The Pantry, with reports being given from the leaders at most meetings. All groups and events that happen within the church meet under the auspices of the PCC. Thank you to all who attended meetings, both online and in person, and offered valuable guidance, comment and support, as without the responsibilities taken on and the work done by members of the PCC the church could not function.

Finance is always a major source of discussion as we have worked hard to raise the Parish share. This continues to be a concern as we do not really pay our way, although this year we did reach the target we were set. Please keep in mind that the church relies totally on the financial giving by church members to operate. Please reflect on your regular giving to the church and be as generous as you are able as experience has shown that we can never out-give the Lord.

Duties and functions of the PCC includes co-operation with the Incumbent in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical, as well as the consideration and discussion of matters concerning the Church of England and matters of religious and public interest.

Belton Parochial Church Council has responsibility for no properties other than the actual church building.

Church Electoral Roll currently has 66 members – of whom 52 are resident and 14 of whom are non-resident in the parish.

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PCC Meetings occurred 10 times during the year, with a mixture of online, in person and hybrid meetings. Topics discussed were varied as usual, with the regular reports from Young at Heart, Youth and Children’s work, Moorlands Academy, Church Building and Churchyard, Finance and the Rectors Report. Agenda items and discussions have included; Safeguarding, Prayer, Reflection on Church Life, Church Fees, Environmental Policies, the Diocesan Deployment Report, the Covenant for Clergy Care and Wellbeing, Eco Church and the Diocesan Vision: Transformed by Christ, Prayerful, Pastoral, Prophetic.

Events that have been held this year include, Men’s Walks, Carols at the King’s Head and participation in the Christmas Fair at the Kings Head, too.

Prayer and Study Groups are still providing to be a great strength to their members, with the majority of meetings now taking place face to face again and a few remaining online. The groups include; Men’s Prayer Breakfast and Engine Room, Prayer Belles and Pray Together, Woodland Way Life Group, Paddock Close Life Group, The Rectory Life Group, and Ladies Bible Chat. The remaining session of the Alpha course has not been able to be completed this year, although all members are still in touch with the church.

All of these groups support and encourage one another to grow in their knowledge and experience of God, and continue to be a great support and encouragement to members during their day to day lives too.

Worship at All Saints Belton usually comes in a variety of styles including morning and evening celebrations, Messy Church, and Holy Communion. Services continue to be live streamed from the Church Building to Amazon Chime and Facebook for those not yet ready to attend in person.

The records for church attendance are available to view, but are not easy to record here in the usual way due to the pandemic.

During 2021 there were no Traditional Communion Services held on Tuesdays (monthly) with Young at Heart, and no Evening Celebration Services. The first service held in church in 2021 was Holy communion for Easter Day (4.4.21) There was a service held to commemorate HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 16[th] April and a service of Holy Communion for Pentecost on 23[rd] May. A service of Holy communion was held once a month in church (June – September) then from October on the 2[nd] and 4[th] Sundays in the month there was Holy communion in church, and Morning Celebration on-line. We have gradually begun to open the 1[st] and 3[rd] Sundays to people who were reluctant to return to in-church worship, so providing a safe space in which to re-engage.

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During 2021 there have been:

0 Baptism 0 Confirmations 7 Funerals 1 Crematory services 3 Weddings 0 Wedding Blessings

Information: Details concerning church services and special events are on display on the notice boards in the churchyard. Child protection and vulnerable adult policies, Diocesan Churchyard regulations and the Table of Statutory Fees are displayed in the porch together with the insurance policy and CCLI Licences.

Treasurer’s Report and Accounts - 2021

It has taken a bit of time to get used to this side of the accounts, however, I have enjoyed the challenge. We are still seeing the impact from Covid-19, and looking forward doesn’t look much better with the increases to fuel prices.

Despite the troubles we have all faced God has continued to provide for us. We are starting to get back into normal rhythms, and as such we have had external donations and grants provided to continue the work of the Pantry and have plans made for future fundraising for all our activities. The bills have been paid and we met our target for the Parish Share. Missional work continues due to the generous donations made in addition to the regular giving we have received.

Being aware of the financial situations we are all preparing for, I ask that you all prayerfully consider your financial giving to the church. We rely on the giving of our church family to support the continuation of all the great work we do and sharing of the gospel to our community.

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver . 2 Corinthians 9:7

Anneka Gearie

This year, with Michelle having handed over her Treasurer’s responsibilities to Anneka Gearie, there is a special thank you to Shell for assisting with the handover and familiarising Anneka with the finer points of being Church Treasurer, and for Anneka learning new skills in dealing with the Diocesan spreadsheet. All your hard work done by both of you is so very much appreciated. Thank you!

Rev Rosie Bunn

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Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 Receipts and Payments Accounts

Receipts
Voluntary receipts:
Collections at Services
Planned giving
All other giving/voluntary receipts
Grant Income
Legacies Received (Capital Value)
Gift Aid recovered
Activities for generating funds
Investment income
Church activities
Other income
Total receipts
Payments
Church activities:
Parish share
Clergy and Staffing costs
Church running expenses
Mission giving and donations
Building work and repairs
Administration Costs
Other expenditure		 Note Unrestric
ted Fund
Designat
ed Fund
Restricted
Fund
Endowm
ent Fund
Total
2021
£
£
£
£
£
1,383.68
-
-
-
1,383.68
21,255.00
-
-
-
21,255.00
1,615.53
-
-
-
1,615.53
1,500.00
-
-
-
1,500.00
-
-
-
-
-
13,317.61
-
-
-
13,317.61
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
39,071.82
-
-
-
39,071.82
950.89
-
-
-
950.89
2,332.15
-
-
-
2,332.15
11,429.95
-
-
-
11,429.95
-
-
-
-
-
53,784.81
-
-
-
53,784.81
32,000.00
-
-
-
32,000.00
2,298.28
-
-
-
2,298.28
7,192.87
-
-
-
7,192.87
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,450.77
-
-
-
1,450.77
5,552.19
-
-
-
5,552.19
48,494.11
-
-
-
48,494.11

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Cost of generating funds
Total Payments
Excess of receipts over payments
Transfers between funds
Cash at bank and in hand at 1 Jan
Cash at bank and in hand at 31 Dec
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Cash Funds
Bank Current Account
Petty Cash
Bank Savings Account
Deposit Fund
Assets retained for Church use
Asset A - Building
Asset B - rebuild
Asset C -reserved funds
Asset D Pantry
Total Assets
Notes		 - - - - -
48,494.11
5,290.70
-		 -
-
-		 -
-
-		 -
-
-		 48,494.11
5,290.70
-
5,290.70
17,621.07		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 5,290.70
17,621.07
22,911.77 - - - 22,911.77
Unrestric Designat Restricted Endowm Total
2021
£
22,826.08
85.69
-
-
Note ted Fund ed Fund Fund ent Fund
5
2
2
2
2		 £
22,826.08
85.69
-
-		 £
-
-
-
-		 £
-
-
-
-		 £
-
-
-
-
22,911.77 - - - 22,911.77
Unrestric Designat Restricted Endowm Total
2021
£
5,735.78
3,481.29
6,577.68
6,735.37
ted Fund ed Fund Fund ent Fund
£
-
-
-
-		 £
-
-
6,577.68
6,735.37		 £
5,735.78
3,481.29
-
-		 £
-
-
-
-
- 13,313.05 9,217.07 - 22,530.12

1. The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 using the Receipts & Payments basis.

2. Reserved funds for children/youth work, Bibles for school, funeral plan project, community event, carpet, electrics

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3. Receipts
COLLECTIONS AT SERVICES
Sunday Collections
Weekday Collections
Wedding and Funeral Collections
PLANNED GIVING
Standing Order
GIFT AID RECOVERED
Gift Aid Reclaim		 Unrestric
ted Fund		 Designat
ed Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Endowm
ent Fund		 Total
2021
£
942.68
16.00
425.00
£
942.68
16.00
425.00		 £
-
-
-		 £
-
-
-		 £
-
-
-
1,383.68 - - - 1,383.68
21,255.00 - - - 21,255.00
21,255.00 - - - 21,255.00
13,317.61 - - - 13,317.61
13,317.61 - - - 13,317.61

ALL OTHER GIVING/VOLUNTARY RECEIPTS

Donations Donations - Gift Aided

ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS

Fete Other Fundraising

CHURCH ACTIVITIES

Fees - Statutory Pantry

INVESTMENT INCOME

Dividends and Interest

GRANT INCOME

Non-Recurring Grants

1,320.00
295.53		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 1,320.00
295.53
1,615.53 - - - 1,615.53
421.15
529.74		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 421.15
529.74
950.89 - - - 950.89
4,754.00
6,675.95		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 4,754.00
6,675.95
11,429.95 - - - 11,429.95
2,332.15 - - - 2,332.15
2,332.15 - - - 2,332.15
1,500.00 - - - 1,500.00
1,500.00 - - - 1,500.00

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4. Payments

CLERGY AND STAFFING COSTS

Clergy Expenses

CHURCH RUNNING EXPENSES

Cleaning Gas and Electricity Bill Insurance Service Costs Maintenance Water Bill

Unrestric
ted Fund		 Designat
ed Fund		 Restricted
Fund		 Endowm
ent Fund		 Total
2021
£
2,298.28
£
2,298.28		 £
-		 £
-		 £
-
2,298.28 - - - 2,298.28
639.40
2,313.68
2,103.58
1,184.74
896.80
54.67		 -
-
-
-
-
-		 -
-
-
-
-
-		 -
-
-
-
-
-		 639.40
2,313.68
2,103.58
1,184.74
896.80
54.67
7,192.87 - - - 7,192.87

ADMINISTRATION COSTS

Printing Support Costs Loan Repayment

OTHER EXPENDITURE

Mission and Evangelism Costs Churchyard Expenses Pantry

5. Bank Current Account General Account

95.63
155.14
1,200.00		 -
-
-		 -
-
-		 -
-
-		 95.63
155.14
1,200.00
1,450.77 - - - 1,450.77
894.45
1,487.72
3,170.02		 -
-
-		 -
-
-		 -
-
-		 894.45
1,487.72
3,170.02
5,552.19 - - - 5,552.19
Unrestric Designat Restricted Endowm Total
2021
£
22,826.08
ted Fund ed Fund Fund ent Fund
£
22,826.08		 £
-		 £
-		 £
-
22,826.08 - - - 22,826.08

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Risk Management

Financial Risks

In 2021, we managed to pay what was required by the Diocese for our Parish Share contribution, but this was once again a real challenge.

We have not paid a regular amount to chosen charities, as has been the wish of PCC for a number of years, but small charitable donations were made, following specific fund-raising activities.

We survive month to month and greatly appreciate the giving of everyone including the giving of skills and time. During 2021 the church was not used to the full (even though it was used more than the previous year), so the cost of heating and lighting much reduced. However with the increase in fuel costs, our heating/lighting costs will greatly increase this year.

Our giving through the offering basket was much reduced and with attendance numbers still low in comparison with 2019, this is still affected, but because much of the giving at All Saints is through standing orders, money continued to come in to enable bills to be settled. However the full cost for a parish, if paid in full, is £66,126. This year money will be just as tight, if not more so, with the parish share requested of £32,397 (Benefice share: £40,997) and with the expectation that it is paid in full.

However, as we continue to reach out to a world in need, the PCC does find the monthly ritual of wondering if we have managed to “get by” again, time consuming and draining of our energy. Please pray that we will respond to God’s generosity to us and find ways to provide enough income for the church to

Statutory and Legal Requirements

The DBS checks are updated regularly; Church Wardens, clergy, lay ministers and youth & children’s workers are all required to have enhanced DBS checks. Everyone who works with young people or vulnerable adults must have a DBS check and have completed C0 and C1 of the Diocesan Safeguarding course. Those in leadership must have completed the C2 level. This applies particularly in regard to our work with Young at Heart and all the children’s work. Regular training needs to be undertaken. Safeguarding training is an essential requirement for all PCC members, who are required to reach level

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C1. There is also the need to keep up-to-date with both the Safeguarding training and our DBS checks.

The Health and Safety Policy and our two Protection Policies need to be kept up to date.

Data Protection and GDPR regulations are adhered to.

Operational Risks

Ady Durrant and Tim Bunn regularly check the building and all repair work carried out is now logged in the book kept in the vestry.

A new carpet for the chancel is required. Further funds have been raised for this and a faculty application has to be made.

We need to do something to improve the visibility of the screens – introduction of TV screens are being looked into and a faculty application will need to be made.

As we continue to grow, the number of people who are involved in the work of the church also needs to grow In the past there has seemed to be a tendency for the same people to be involved in every aspect of the church’s life and ministry. Whilst we have not been meeting full-time in the church during the pandemic lockdowns and the gradual relaxation of the restrictions, some church members have worked as hard, if not harder, to keep things running.

The Pantry Foodbank has been called upon more in the past 12 months than previously; grants have been obtained to help parishioners who request help from the foodbank, which has increased the workload of the Pantry Team (in particular for Colin, Marion and Linda). Overarching care needs to be given to those who care for those in need, because the demands are high.

If you feel you have something to offer, or feel your skills are being under-used, please speak to Rosie or preferably one of the Churchwardens.

Help is always needed and appreciated at the “clean up” days spread throughout the year; watch for these on the church notice sheet.

We all have a duty to look after each other, from those who lead to those who have just found faith and are seeking the Way, the Truth and the Life of Jesus.

Rosie Bunn – Rector

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GT.YARMOUTH DEANERY SYNOD REPORT FOR 2021

The first session of the new triennium (2020-2023) delayed due to Covid 19 pandemic and lockdown held at The Minster, Gt.Yarmouth began with a Eucharist. Celebrant Rural Dean, Revd Canon Simon Ward, preacher Rev. Steven Sivyer. The Rural Dean explained that Revd Steven Sivyer is to be Assistant Rural Dean. Whilst Revd Simon has overall responsibility, Revd Steven will have oversight of the northern parishes and Rev Simon the southern.

Lay Chair, David Pearson, Deanery Assessor Michael Hewitt and Maureen Grey Synod Secretary had all , after many years, expressed a desire not to seek re-election. Vote of thanks to them all. The only nominee was Pam Spychal as Lay chair – unanimously appointed.

The Clergy Well Being Covenant –(made an Act of Synod in Feb: 2020) copy had been circulated to all members. In the follow up discussion main points were:

. In October Synod met at Martham

Lay Chair Pam Spychal introduced herself giving an insight into her life and background and what is expected of a lay chair. She hopes for a growing knowledge and interaction with the parishes in the deanery.

Carol Moser was unanimously appointed as Deanery Synod Secretary

A discussion ensued on Sharing ideas for raising money”, mostly tried and tested such as Planned Giving and Gift Aid, Retiring Collections, Gift Days, Coffee Mornings etc., but from St. Mary Magdalene “ Don’t fund raise – we do a lot for the community – if your serve them the money will come in”.

Archdeacon Steven Betts gave a presentation 2021 a Year of Reviews

(2[nd] year of pandemic)

Not a good time for organised church or meetings. Churches everywhere had suffered as a result of the pandemic and Norwich is no exception. We are all trustees of the diocese , how much are we prepared to change. In 2019 Yarmouth Deanery had paid £42,499 but cost of clergy was £753,250 – a shortfall of £331.751. We have 11.5 clergy posts but pay for only 6.5. Diocese will be approx. £2 million adrift, how can we cover this shortfall.

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 Looking at teams, church buildings, number of services, building lay teams. Parishes will get what they pay for (Belton and Burgh Castle don’t pay for a full time priest = and the parish is calculated as requiring 0.82 of a full time priest)

Synod finished with Compline and the licensing of Revds Steven Sivyer (Martham benefice), Jo Wood (Ormesby Benefice) and Sue Hemsley Halls ( South Trinity Broads) to each other’s parishes.

Since this meeting Mr Philip Laker Jones has been appointed as Deanery Assessor

Rev Rosie Bunn is on the Standing Committee for the Great Yarmouth Deanery Synod and Mr Terry and Mrs Judy Gammans are the Lay representatives for Belton

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Prayer …..

Prayer happening somewhere every day in our Church.

Morning Prayer happens on Tuesday to Friday on Amazon Chime starting at 8:30 a.m. It is based on the Contemporary Liturgy from the Services and Prayers for the Church of England which can be downloaded. There are prayers based on Psalms and other texts as well as daily readings from the Old and New Testaments. There is also a time for free intercessions where ‘the day and its tasks, the world and its needs and the Church and her life’ are brought before the Lord in prayer.

Men’s Prayer happens on Amazon Chime, Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. and Saturday in ‘The Engine Room’ at 8:30 a.m. This is a time of free prayer but usually begins with a welcome and the reading of the ‘Share-a-Prayer’ written by me every day of the week. (This can be sent to anyone direct from Derek Mill via text, WhatsApp or email or viewed on the Network Yarmouth website www.networkyarmouth.co.uk). There is not set liturgy but any problems, anywhere at any time can be a focus for prayer. Those who attend always find it worthwhile and beneficial.

Prayer also happens in Bible Study (Monday), Life Groups (Tuesday and Thursday), Prayer Together (Wednesday), Bible Chat (Friday) and in Church on Sundays.

Glory to God, and to Jesus by His Holy Spirit, who is with us whenever two or three gather in His Name. Thank You for the gift of prayer and the answers we receive.

Derek Mill

Prayerbelles

We have continued praying for others using the church weekly newsletter, prayer chain requests/needs and the situation the world found itself in. Prayer has never stopped throughout and continues. We have supported each other and have connected to the weekly Prayer Together. We will continue in this way until we feel it is safe to change.

Marion and Susan

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Website and On-line Community

Love God (reach people with the gospel) Love People (bring them into the church) Love Life (share what we do).

Social media is an indispensable tool for communicating faith in the modern world, building relationships and extending our mission. Digital spaces are real places where people gather – just like we would in a town centre or church hall – and we must be present in all these places. It makes sense to go where the people are in their world, rather than waiting for them to come to us.

We are on social media to reach people outside of All Saints. These people may not know anything about us or the purpose of a church. We want them to see who we are and what we do. Our strategy is simple: “People like us do things like this.” If All Saints is a community of people whose lives have been changed by God and are doing their best to follow Jesus, then our social media should reflect that.

The digital world is a mission field, and we continue to make the shift to treat it as such. We are beginning to reach out to the lost while, at the same time, equipping our members to share and get the gospel message into their social media feeds to reach their own personal networks.

By continuing to place content on our social media platforms we are allowing our members to engage and use it within their own networks. We can all easily share a sermon video, a study post, RSVP to events, share post pictures or comment on a thought that comes to mind. These actions then allow conversations to start naturally.

The website has had its issues this year, as a result of the way it is managed. These difficulties have resulted in the opportunity to reassess what it is we require from our website. The plan is to rebuild from the ground up so that it can provide the information and opportunities we need going forward in the digital world. It will be a place to help potential new visitors gain as much information about us as they need. As members you will, however, still be able to download the weekly newsletters, view photos of our events, find out details of our various ministries, details on giving, and read Rosie Writes .

If anyone wants to see the numbers behind any of our social media content then please get in touch and I can happily share these with you. If anyone has ideas on the content they would like to see on our Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube pages then please let me know.

Anneka Gearie

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ALPHA Initiative

Everyone has questions. Exploring is good. We’re built for it. Explore more about life, faith and meaning with Alpha.

Sadly we have not run an Alpha course starting 2020 or 2021, and we still have to arrange a catch-up and finish the last one with began in the Autumn of 2019.

Rosie Bunn

The Church Pantry Foodbank Supporting Families in Need in Belton, Browston and Burgh Castle

The Pantry Foodbank continues to serve Belton, Burgh Castle and Browston residents of all ages with support when experiencing financial difficulties. Families, whose children attend Moorlands Primary Academy, who may move out of one of these three villages, for one reason or another, will also receive support.

In the past year The Pantry has seen considerable changes in the way it functions due to increased need. For a few months this need was reduced from sixteen households to ten, but we now are experiencing an increase from ten to thirteen households with more expected. The gifts are mainly prepared by a volunteer who is supported, depending on need and this works well. The household gifts were slowly being reduced from weekly to monthly with the aim of completing Pantry support and, if necessary, moving onto weekly gifts using Tesco over day/damaged items. This continues to work well relying mainly on one volunteer to oversee the collecting, sorting and delivering Tesco items with some overlap depending on other’s roles.

Volunteers are used to shop and deliver for/to needy households ranging from one person to a family of ten. Some volunteers have dual roles but collections and deliveries are co-ordinated by one volunteer while another co-ordinates logistics. Thirteen Volunteers ranging from ‘one off’ support when contacted/available to reliable weekly input. All support is very much appreciated however much time, energy, fuel and prayer is given with vehicles available when needed. We rely upon D.I.A.L. for confidentially supporting families with financial struggles.

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In January the Council provided funds to give every household £50.00 ‘one off’ gifts of groceries who have difficulty making ends meet. To date we have achieved twenty-three of these gifts with twenty-five plus pending. The workload has more than doubled because these special gifts are mainly over and above general Pantry duties.

Our thanks go to Church, Bradwell Butchery, the Labour Party and everyone who has helped the Pantry in serving the community in small ways as well as large, whether with physical, monetary or prayerful support. May God’s Blessing continue to be with you and at the centre of all we do for as long as is necessary.

Colin & Marion Chilvers & The Pantry Foodbank Team

Young @Heart Report.

Young @ Heart returned to meeting 28[th] September 2021 after an eighteen month break due to the pandemic. Sadly some of our members had died during that period. Y@H had kept in touch and delivered to each one a summer afternoon tea and a Christmas picnic.

Since October we have met weekly for coffee and conversation and once a month a traditional communion service within our meeting.

Just before Christmas we gathered for afternoon tea , carols and songs. Since then we have had pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and a Wednesday fish and chip lunch.

Numbers attending started off slowly and now average 26. We have 40 registered members. Weekly donations are voluntary and our funds are increasing which hopefully will allow us to fund trips out during the summer. Fortunately Y @ H has a willing band of volunteers who ensure meetings continue to run smoothly each week.

Sue Angell

Children and Youth

Rock Solid

Rock solid is going well after all the events of lockdown and us not being able to run. We currently have a group of 6 regulars and 1 who come some weeks but not others. We are expecting a new lad to come for the first time next week and hopefully he will become a regular. The group is a lovely group and they all get on and play nicely together.

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They enjoyed their Christmas party which they arranged themselves by decorating their room ready for it. They made Christmas cards for a local care home and they were greatly received again.

We were lucky enough to get a grant from the Village Voice which we are going to buy some new games so we can rotate them games they play with and some art and craft materials through the year.

They have enjoyed acting out a story from the Bible and we will do more of this. We have made it our aim to listen to the kiddies and try to let them have their say in what they want to do, so it's a group run for them by them, in turn teaching them a bit of responsibility and to make wise decisions.

Colin, Paula and Viv.

Moorlands Church of England Primary Academy

The church continues to have a strong, positive relationship with Moorlands Primary Academy (part of the Diocese of Norwich Education Academy Trust). Rosie is Chaplin for the school. Anneka Gearie is a member of the governing body and works with the school to develop faith involvement in the curriculum and provide Collective Worship.

Anneka and Rosie lead Collective Worship for Moorlands once a week, providing the opportunity to explore key Christian beliefs and their application to life today through the Bible story. This year has been focused on the life application of the parables and teachings of the New Testament.

Covid restrictions prevented us from holding our Christmas and Easter workshops for the students, however, thanks to technology we were able to still gather together online for services to mark these celebrations as well as for a Remembrance Celebration. The leaving year 6 students were able to receive their Bibles from the Church, and we held their leaver’s service on the playing field with parents in attendance.

The children continue to adapt extremely well to all the changes this year has brought about and the symbiotic relationship we have developed with the school community continues to be a blessing to all involved.

Anneka Gearie

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Sunday Morning Children’s Group

The children remain a difficult group to engage with during the Sunday morning service online, however, we were able to return to face-to-face teaching from the end of November during the Holy Communion service. The Roots activity sheets continue to be circulated with the weekly newsletter to provide some focused involvement for the children, too.

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For Lent & Easter, Thy Kingdom Come, New Wine and Advent & Christmas, we continued to provide activity boxes/bags for the children. The packs always included sweets and treats to celebrate the season, or to be used in prayer activities. These have all been very well received!

Messy Muddy Church

Because of the difficulties in meeting as Messy Church inside, (although we did meet in church in June at spaced out family-only tables) and because the Sunday afternoon meeting time seemed to work well, we started Messy Church meets Muddy Church in August 2021. We meet in The Rectory Garden on the third Sunday of the month from 4-5pm (later extended to 5.30pm because we enjoyed it so much!).

We have had such fun outside engaging with creation and worshipping our Creator God; in beautiful sunshine and on dark evenings; covering such themes as creation, harvest, love and hope through activities, exploring the garden, planting bulbs, craft, stories, talking and prayer. Food (and warm drinks on occasion) has been central to a time

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together: hot dogs, beef burgers and always toasted marshmallows.

Invitations by our church family have brought new families to enjoy Messy Muddy Church.

It has been a great way to encourage the children and families at a time when they were not coming to church regularly. We are praying that this ministry will develop in the coming year.

Rev Rosie Bunn

Ecochurch

We are now signed up to be an Ecochurch, a scheme, run by A Rocha UK, which equips churches to care for God's creation through their worship, buildings, land, community engagement, and individual lifestyles. The scheme is a foundational resource for encouraging churches, cathedrals, and dioceses to embody the fifth mark of mission which is to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

In September/October 2021 a group met to complete a survey of ‘where we are now’ in terms of: Worship and teaching, Management of church buildings, Management of church land, Community and global engagement and Lifestyle. The scheme aims to support churches with improvement in each area earning a bronze, silver or gold award. It provides a foundation for discussions as to how we, as a body engage pro-actively to address all environmental issues – important as they overlap with ministry, health, safety, purpose and so on.

Some of us visited the churchyard and had discussions and ideas, from which came the new user-friendly recycling bins. Ideas concerning the churchyard were ‘held’ over the winter and as the daylight increases we hope to develop these.

A recurring question on the survey is ‘do you have a person(s) to champion the cause of our church community becoming more environmentally sustainable?’ At the moment we don’t, and would love to hear from anyone interested in the environment and sustainability - practical, artistic, spiritual or any other way to enhance our living in God’s garden and a Godly lifestyle.

Rev Viv Ridpath

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Life Group Reports

Monday Life Group

We have kept out meetings quite short this year, usually about 45 minutes, as we all agreed that screen time was more draining than meeting face-to-face. Conversations about how we were doing were particularly helpful and enabled us to keep a grip on reality, to support one another and to bring our needs to the Father in regular prayer. We studied on and off throughout, being aware that reading was often difficult as we were all feeling the stress and strain of the pandemic. We did however cover large parts of “Mountain Moving Prayer” and “God’s Plan for Your Wellbeing.” We were all sad to lose two former members of the group, Andy Trentham and Terry Smith-Galer, both of whom went to be with the Lord. Anyone wishing to join us online on Messenger just let Derek know so you can be added to the group.

Derek Mill

Tuesday Night Life Group

It has been an interesting and rather different year.

Sadly, one of our long-standing members, Pauline, died during the year. Amidst our sadness, we were able to recall her strong, quiet faith and be glad for her that she is now pain free, and with Christ. We continue to endeavour to support each other in word, prayer and action as some walk through illness and grief as well as rejoicing in each other’s happier times.

We began with a number of weeks in the Old Testament following the life of Samuel and Saul. After the summer break we turned our attention to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, recognising its radical teaching at the time, and basically asking what it means for us today. Very challenging indeed! We will end the year by joining in with the Lent Course on ‘Embracing Justice’.

Most of our meetings have taken place online due to Covid limitations, although more recently we have mixed online with “in person” gatherings. There has also been a significant shift from a “one leader only” approach, with all members of the group having led a meeting on at least one occasion, and often more, with great success. We are, I think, realising more and more, that by prayerfully reading the Bible together, God is quite capable of teaching us and guiding us in our lives.

We are a group of 9, so there is room for another if you are interested!

Jane Mill

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The Rectory Life Group

We have continued to meet online, on either a Messenger group chat or on Amazon Chime, and during the warmer nights we managed a couple of meetings in the garden, including a Christmas meal of turkey burgers, sausages, stuffing & spiced red cabbage around the campfire. We try to creative…. sometimes we pull it off!

During 2021, especially as restrictions were relaxed, we were not quite as regular in our meetings as we had been, and numbers began to decrease but there were usually at least two or three of us, supporting one another, praying and learning together.

More recently we have been exploring DEEP : passion-character-community and the thoughts of Frog & Amy Orr-Ewing, which we found very worthwhile.

If anyone feels they would benefit from joining us, and we hope to resume meeting together in homes soon, please have a word with myself or Tim or any of our group – Jim & Barbie, An Howell, Tracey, Regi & Reena.

Rev Rosie Bunn

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Curate’s Report

It’s been another full year with continuing training sessions and conferences as well ministering here at Belton. Training has included seminars on inclusivity and leadership, as well as our peer group meetings where we can share experiences and compare notes! The diocese also provided training such as the Bishop’s Teaching Mornings and the three-day Clergy Conference. My cohort had its last w/end at Belsey Bridge in March (worship, teaching and great food) which was extra nice since we hadn’t been together for almost 2 years.

The highlight for me, this year, was 2 weeks immersion in the cathedral experience when I met ‘everyone’ who worked and volunteered there, engaged in many of the activities and was included in the clergy team for all the services. It is a very welcoming, kind and supportive environment.

Meanwhile I have enjoyed all the church involvement with the accompanying preparation and leading of Sunday services, seasonal services, funerals, leading small groups, supporting Rock Solid and the various meetings . New this year has been the addition of weddings and baptisms which are super nice to do! In addition, I like to attend local clergy gatherings such as Deanery chapter and the Gorleston ministers’ prayer breakfast. I have not been able to do as much as I had hoped for Ecochurch but with longer days, good weather and lots of enthusiastic and eager we can make good progress.

A big thanks to my Training Incumbent, Rosie, and to you all for supporting and encouraging me throughout this amazing journey – Thank you

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Rector’s Report

What a year! It began with another lockdown and then in the coming months the restrictions were relaxed little by little. For me it involved re-assessment of how many could attend weddings and funerals; for wedding couples it was really quite stressful as restrictions were not lifted until mid-June. It felt like I was constantly reviewing the risk assessment of what could be done, when and how!

For me, personally, it was really hard to be shielded, and I am grateful for the work that Rev Viv Ridpath carried out, taking funerals in particular. During the past year we have lost a few saints who were dear to us: Jim Gracey, Adri Angell, Pauline Parkinson, Barbara Clark and Trevor Greenacre. They are sadly missed. On a happier note we enjoyed the wedding of 2021 (postponed from 2020), on 29[th] August when Paula and Ady got married. What a day!

Easter Day 2021 – a wonderful day because we were once again able to open the church and celebrate Holy Communion. A few of us gathered in church; others were on-line

In the summer we planned to have an open-air service to enable church members to come together but the weather had rather different ideas! We have gradually adapted and opened the church up, so that we were able to have a Christmas Carol service and the Christmas Eve Crib Service in church once again. Being loving and keeping people safe has been our aim.

In the past months, I have spent much time deliberating over the way forward as we have emerged from lockdown into gradually reducing regulations; there have been practical considerations as well as reflecting on the emotional and spiritual aspects of the pandemic. We are all changed as a result of our experiences over the past two years, and for some life has been an enormous challenge; we are not the same people as went into lockdown in March 2020. Some of us have found our faith has grown during this time; others have struggled to make sense of where God is in all this. We are far from being ‘back to normal’ as a church, even if life seems much more normal in everyday life. I am very much aware that there are people missing from our gatherings due to ill-health or concerns for their well-being. If you are one of them, please know that we do miss you.

At the beginning of Advent the Diocese of Norwich released the details of the Bishop’s vision:

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Prayerfulness is where we begin, and during Advent we encouraged one another to pray the Names of Jesus using the Advent candle. I know some of you enjoyed that experience, because you told me so. The idea was to expand our experience of prayer, by praying in the character of God. If we learnt anything we can pray to God our provider, our shelter, the one who heals. At this time knowing that God is our refuge, our shield, our fortress, our strong tower helps us to pray for the refugees pouring out from the Ukraine as a result of the Russian attacks, and war.

We are a church who prays – as individuals and together. There are prayer opportunities throughout the week, but in our year of prayerfulness perhaps our prayer might be that the Lord would make us even more passionate about prayer, and more confident in praying with one another.

As a church we meet to pray in one capacity or another every day:

Mondays: Bible Study
Tuesdays: Men’s Prayer Breakfast, Morning Prayer and Lifegroup
Wednesdays: Morning Prayer, Prayerbelles, Prayer Together
and meetings
Thursdays: Morning Prayer and Lifegroup
Fridays: Morning Prayer and Women’s Bible Chat
Saturday: Men’s Prayer- The Engine Room
Sundays: Church services

One way of growing in our faith and prayerfulness is to pray with someone else. Have you ever thought about having a Prayer-friend, or being part of a Prayertriplet? Why not consider it! Talk to a friend and find out whether they would like to join you, perhaps meeting up over a cup of tea/coffee for an hour in the week, or just spend a bit of your time during your normal meet-up with a friend, talking to God as well.

I remain grateful to those of you who stepped up and made special effort to keep in touch with the lonely and vulnerable, especially people living on their own. Thank you. My hope and prayer is that, as a church, we might continue to be considerate and attentive to one another, and aware of the needs of others, especially the lonely and needy. Through these past months we have seen/shown love in action. Let’s hope that when all the attractions and distractions are up and running we won’t forget the importance of the people in our lives.

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All things flow from God’s immense love for us, revealed to us in Jesus Christ, or which we are reminded by the working of the Holy Spirit within us. We are recipients of God’s amazing grace and it is our response to God’s love and grace that brings us to serve him, each other and other people, with our gifts, skills and attributes; with our whole being.

I am thankful for those of you who have served well during the past year:

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 Intercessors and prayer ministers: because prayer is so important to us.

THANK YOU

I think that should just about cover everyone – but I want to thank Tim, Andy and Tracey who, in very different ways, enable life at The Rectory and have kept me sane over the last year and helped me enormously when I have been restricted by the Rheumatoid Arthritis.

So, thank you to each and every one of you for all that you are and all you do as Christ’s church here in Belton. It means so much to me; you are a blessing to our Lord. Thank you.

In this coming year we will be looking again at the way forward, in growing the church; in PCC meetings, in the Leadership Team meetings and as the church gathered together. It will be through prayerful listening and sharing that we will discern the Jesus way for us as the family of God here in this place.

Life will also be a challenge for us too. How do we continue to be generous and gracious when it would be easier to look just to ourselves? How do we as a church weather the storms that come our way? How are we able to stand to be a bright witness to the grace and provision of God; to keep the lights on and the building warm? to meet the needs of those in need? to be full of hope for the future (because we know God who holds our future)?

God of mission, who alone brings growth to your Church, send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, joy to our worship, and power to our witness. Help our church to grow in numbers, in spiritual commitment to you and in service to our local community, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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Michelle Horgan Parish Safeguarding Officer 01493 michelle.horgan012@gmail.com

Sue Brice

07958377079 safeguarding@dioceseofnorwich.org

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At All Saints Belton there are opportunities to serve God in many different ways, using your gifts and skills, whatever your age or gender. All Saints is a church family where we are all learning to live our lives following the SITUATIONS VACANT example of Jesus. Might you be interested in assisting with serving teas & coffees or with the PA or AV in church? Help urgently needed.

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