2019-12-31-annual-report

First Dunmurry NS Presbyterian Church Rowts Flnancial Statements Year ended 31rt D￿￿?ber 2019 EvenAw. as arrang8d Church frx Clthi 11.30￿ ll*et in Chwth ce￿ated in May and November

P*8KY MrA Ywr DrJlLc MrCFWells Jw r R Graham

Thls year our AGM has inevitaNy tsen delaJd by the eXtr￿rOnary cir(wmstarw thich have churcls, arKI IW have cxrn w#)n Dunmwry on ts baL ol other is81￿ over whith have no control and thich are rw)t ￿ finalised. On top of that ts u>￿jregation endur&l the l)ss of Ihair Since Marth we been unable * meel k)fftr or any s)tial advltses and all use ol the hall has had to s)p. rKw are staTtirvJ to ￿rne )mmunKa1¥￿ vath ils Memb￿ of any ¢wch in Ihe derw)rnination. Tr (x>mmittee has also produced first dass newsletteis to send to M￿nbu8 at home. kn ad(fition we hav8 maintained services. chikjren's stoiies arxl 0th8r ItHngs Onli￿ ttrYoLwJh the You Tth which attracts large a￿llen￿ from within the and further afkl. ￿ all this is Thjt thg same as the nomial InteraclN)n we would expect as a conwation a￿1 a (x)mryxJnty and tim8s have been 8specialty hard for Ihose vtho have been bereaved and those hav8 been umvell over recent months. I would like to pay triljjte now to all ts oifr8 ￿lders, Thmbers ol the commiltee and others who take on varnus rew)Lxlilies in Il thurth. In dl aspects of its ajrninistralion and operation Dunmurry is extre￿ pll nm I want to tha￿k Itw)se organise the ￿mmItte8, keep the minutes, manage the finar￿$ and the stiperKf, lead Ihe &nday S&thl. play the organ. dean trte church, k)ok after the premises arnl Ihe gro￿K1$. rnanage Ihg graveyard arKI all the olher m>Tiad activlli8s that go on. At this AGM ar8 trMnkxvJ particulaty of ttw8 actvitss in 2019 but they have all had k) (xJnlinu8 throwlk)(rt th8 of hxkth>Tr, in lirnited f￿rn but in In the fir￿1 ￿alYSIS it is incurrthnt ￿ all of us ) wyxt w dwrch in whalever way we can. In a hi8ti)ry that stretthes ba ¥*ll over years Ihe (Xxrnn has faced many are insptred ty our failh. we conti1￿ to bè guided and sustained by this. Mr S Kemedy Mrs N Wilson Mjs R Frizzell Mrs E MLCrudden MT M Dougl&s Mr R Gordon Mr K Yui118 Mrs K Yuille Mrs S PknBrid& Mr R M￿arIar￿1 Mrs S Mcmillan Mrs A Jonston Mr G Camwon trs M Graham Flev Dr D Steers and Mr steph￿ K￿￿￿ty

This year the Committee ￿nVernd on 7 occa￿. (aired by ow MwH8terwin£harge Rev Dr D Steers. In January 2019 th8 Commtttee was Mft)rmed that a twuest ) Dunmury ￿NJ￿gat￿￿n of £20,(KKI has been received Irom ts 8#ale ol Mr A M•tin DFC w￿ had died in December 2017. Mr Martln. a highly respo￿ member of the (x)ThJrWN￿. had been Clerk of SessH)n lor many The cDngr8galional AnNal Gewal k•AetirwJ was hekl in th8 Mccleery Hajl on VL)nday 291h April chaired by Rev Dr D SteeT& At this meetiry the anrx41 rewrts of the past ys church a¢livili•s arKI the church's finanoal acuunts circulated to those pr8senL Tlw rewrts had b88n made available for all who had atterKl•J previous day's Sunday sarvice. Mr steptr￿ Kenrnty has rewesented Dunmurry congregation at the quarterly n￿etIr￿S of tha Bangor Presbytery wt￿8 he has wovxjed Pretyery with a congregat#)nal Wate. At each meet1￿ he has sought pem7issx)n tr) advertise ¢)ur vacancy. but this has been denied because of pending legal actbn Thtiich has been [￿s￿ned on SO￿al occasions. Rev Dr Stews also attends advertise the vacancy. Margaret Giaham Gwwal SYrm￿ in Pknira on Wgjnesday 11th as representative ekder. Mr Gilbert CM)eron also atteThJgd lo rai an i5SU8 relevarrt to th6 wkK) with pastoral care and other ministerial dulles as rwired carried out by Rev Dr D Steers. The Committee arxl thank I￿ Rev Dr Steers br his orKyimg swrt provided tr)rouglK)ut The Organmt￿ns and dth use the Hall w88kty arKI montr>ty ￿n1[nUed thro￿hOUl the year arKI well atknded. These include the monthty Gteb8 Gardening Club and Belfast Floral Art Club. Weekly sessions indude the Ba&18 Irth DancKy dass for children and Adult Yoga dass. At the beginnirKJ of 2019 a weekty se&wn of Keep Fit for Seniors led by th8 yoga teadler, The Demmirtation has supp(Yted all th8 inter-dNxch services 4Yhich ha￿ been held througTrw)ut th8 year. These i￿lUde the chriStr￿ Servic8. ChrAtian UINty se￿ICe. Wcth Day of Pra￿r and Thank you tt) all who have failhftAty sworted Ihese servKes. This year the Committee williryly W)[￿rted an iimlth prO[￿d by commtttee member. Mrs Emma Mccrudden. ts organise a number of lifestyle awaren￿ lund rasiThJ events to purchase a defibrillatoi. Mc£leery Hall in October. A demonstratK)n and trainiNJ eveniNJ rega￿ its use was hpll all￿ and the d8fknr1r￿r is now r8giwed on Tr Cirojif. wFich is ts nat#Y￿ defk>rillator netM>rk IM)thl by the British

Heart Foundation. tt is connected to thery Arnb￿ ServKe in the UK aTrJ allows thwn lo direct In Juna ar#J D8rrnber Mrs M(£nMkn arranged a Famty Fdrn refreshrne￿ seryed. socialis6. 8opreaaled. Special ￿r￿Jr￿J1aIKTr thiklren for all thair hard work and e Kathy Yiujle, lolnl Treawrers, and Mr John Neill, A￿1110( ot our ar￿unt& Mrs McMi118n o)ntIn￿ to th) wourxl the Churc lo ensure thal tr Fxoperty is graveyard. There is a lot ol Y￿1Ved in the wop8rty rnaL t￿Y ar￿ sate. The In Septombèr the Commlttse w&s wrfonn￿l 1hal Mr Sammy Mcclure K)ukl rxi k)ThJer bo available to help Y4ith deaning lh8 MLCleory Hd. Mrs Mcmillan 8180 gave Trjtice thaL due b haalth put thè openirKJ (m a rots (xwnmiltee ￿rnb lunte8r&l ts dean th8 hall when rtyuired in thlllk)n l) ith otror deaniNJ dut thls duty regjlaty for many decades. is a vwy irrfonnative and up tt> date page arKI ￿n[lnuallY receNes many iikrf arKI Lm￿lM￿lts. Facelyx)k page is a means ol Wh￿ is sY)irwJ on in the Clxwch kn a younger many lovely of ts Chwth and xl1vil￿s. Emrna aL) man¥Jes our Chwch t￿Page. Emma's skills arm4 krnYAedge in safely managirrfj thi8 ￿￿al rndia are awreciatsd by all.

This report is for 2019. hoever. on behalf of the Committee, l ish lo pay tribub to our Minister EmerEtus. Rev Mcmilkn or "Rev Marf as he was x+ IOW kTh)wn by al. WPX) sadly died in January Hts funeral was one of large81 seen vllthin he Der¥)MI￿ in recent tim85 with overffow of several hun￿ mounws list8rr¥J lo Ihe felay&l Serwce in the McCl88ry Hall. W8 all moum Ihe loss of such a remarkqble and MU￿la16nIed man l￿essed not onty our ￿￿3ragaI1Qn as a Minister who esw>used Christsanty with insigtrtftjl liberal thowJht. As a fv)wor arranger Minister and into retirement He wtll be remern￿ by all whose ￿VeS he not ￿ in Dunrtwry birt those hore at and abroad. Our SYmpath￿S are exterKled to Sheila and famity. Maryar•t Legacy from Mi88 MA (hr arKI a trarth from Reserves in the Bart of Ireland. prom purchased in 2018 arKI the Incre￿ di¥iden(ts arKi interès¢ ￿rnpThted for tt for the period. All Ihe other exp8nses have varled within reaSonaL￿e parameters, th8 exc8Ption baing wofe8sonal18gs p•d whith relate k) ts orvwiThJ dispute wilh ow Mtnister. 2020 will be a thallerwJing year for the Chwch du8 lo tre Covkj Pandemic and the YJ4je￿ion of Sunday SOThrf￿. Meanwlile 8xpen8es and Maintenance relaw k> th8 Church Kwoperty and grounds are with a greally redu￿1 Lxjwegati￿￿ inrA)n￿ having kn SU￿￿ thk We would like to trwik Mrs Noele ￿l9)n, Fre6ill Offeriro Treasurer, fi)r her work Ihrouglxmrt year a￿$ al&> Mr th)hn Nelll lor his valued as Chwch A￿lI)r. The Committee would like to th￿k all the CorwJregatw)n for their swrt at this time and look forward to wel(x)mir¥J ehwone bxk b Clwrch in ts near ftAure. Mrn S McBrlde and IArn K Yullle

Trlnlty Cerrtre in Lithm. They loined over 50 other children represerity 8 01 our (￿rega￿ and enjoyed an afterrKM)n ot game4 quizzes, crafts and al eawty pathipated in a very (trum (xrde. After refre￿￿ts the thkjren TNere all presen￿1 ?th a madal by the Nkndwator. Rt The children wrrk8d hard on their wtries for EKhrt)ikn of Work i Swday Sclwl SeNice wthich was hekl in All Souls Chwth on Friday 7th June. One of our young pwle, Erin BEad(, did a r8atfing * the seThq(x. The clwktren trom tknmurry did very and were awarded a total 0113 wize8. 7 in(ffvidual prkes arwj 6 gro￿ Fxiz8s for the wlKAe Sunday S(wJol, the chlldren Erin Blad( (fhank tr88) EM Black (Rea(ling) lia E1￿0fi91d (Hymn Review) Holly Brtr•m (Palm Le￿} Group Prize for 84bl8 ABC Book Group Prfze kjr Sirvjiry Thr God is a Great BWJ Go(r Ertn Blad( {10 Rukn to Live By) Erln Blad( Week Tme Llne) Toby & Jull8t Poww (Posler about God l%lyxknrf￿ Group Prlze for SirwJiTrJ ￿1ve Me Oil in my Lry" AI ts NSPCI GeT￿al Swl Mtrgs in I wa8 trKMxju￿l to be rMlecd &s ￿fr)t su￿laY SctrK)ol Fmiknd for tha summer with ¢xY ch￿tren￿ Day SeThk• on Sunday 9th June. The ServKe was led by Rev Steers, ow Minister.KFCharg8. Erin PJ& Grace Brom read th8 lessons, th8 chit¢en vKote a prayw tiich was fead by myself arKI all Ihe thikjren took part in a stKJrt item called Think of a Wofld Wrthout any Fk)wrf was narrated by Julla Englefld. At

The thiktren SFK)nw Yeny in Pew have be8n ￿lling to h8r aThJ have rec8ived some beaulifvl pSrtures from her. W8 are La)nlIn￿￿j to Trjose thange" to help sp)n)r Yeny and Y)uld like to thar members of tre conwegatDn lor halpiThJ with this. Donat￿ are always wekx)rne and can be left in th8 Sunday Sclthl Room or in the Churth. l thlnk the highwrt rf the yw was this yeals Christrnas Ser¥i( which was h81d on Sunday ¥2nd December. This year's ser¥Ke was18d by the Sunday School with teadw children and thelr parents doir¥J ts re arKI Way0￿ thikken had made ChristiThJles which ￿re on display in the Church arnl JeM4 Holty. Toty and Juliet harthd (xrt Ca￿ canes to the L￿ngrega￿n while our orgait ￿kn. dKI a short musical realal. TM) of our younw members, Holly and Jenn4 also did fantasti¢ )k>s during Ihe Ser￿. At the end of th8 Service th8 thildren We ￿)Uld bve to 808 mre cl¥hJren in ChurL e&h Swthy . please supwrt SU￿laY Scfml and brfng l encowage your chthn or ￿andChI(￿en kn atte1￿. they will bo very ¥￿(x)me. Finally. I le t> lake this opporttmty tr) thank Linda Kerr and Heather Carneron for their help on Surmlay mornin94 APén Yafr (xw organisL Rev Steers and the vislting preachers who have for their continued support ovar the w. Ad•l• John*ton