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 delaJ*d by the eXtr￿rOnary cir(wmstarw *thich have
churcl*s, 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 <xJt of lockthwn. Allhough the path
lo resumlng athittes is rxrt entiwdy dear and we sttll reatly know vlhat the nomMI' will
look like.
But despite all this the ON￿regatiC￿ is #i as as it p￿l￿ty bè. This is party
electronic ¢>)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 af*kl. ￿ 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 y*s 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 r8gi*wed 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 D8r*rnber 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 L*m￿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. ho*ever. 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 list8r*r¥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, Fre6*ill 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 M*trgs in I wa8 trKMxju￿l to be rMlec*d &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 Bro*m 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 Englef*ld. 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 l*e 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