LOUGHMORNE CONGREGATION OF THE PRESBYfERIAN CHURCH IN
IRELAND
Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2022
Re815twed Charlty In Northem Ireland (NICXXXXXX)

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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REiioKr
The Trustees present thdr Annual Rwt and Flnmdal statem￿1￿ the yw ended 31
Decwnber 2022 Indudln8 a Statement of Assets and Uabllhles ¥ *that dat&
REFERE￿ ANDADMINisfRATIVE DEfAIIS
Louthmome Presbyterfan awrth
52.54 Carneal Road
iarne, BT40 3LU.
Reglstered Ch*lty In kdand (NIC1048n)
CHARfryTRUSTEES
Rev Davld Kelly
MrTHe
PRINapALOFFICE BEARERS
Mln15ter
aerk of Sess1<
Treasurer
Rev Davld Kevy
Mr T Heron
Mrs Anne Barn
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
mon Hopw FCA
6 Doazh Road
Ballydare
BT39 ￿6
BANKERS
Danske Ban￿ Donegal Sware Wesl Belfast 6JS

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srRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT
The Klrk Sess
The tharlty Irustees of the con8re8atlon we the membtrs of Its KI￿ 5esslon. Under th•
conzregatlon's zo¥ernlng documenL The Code, the book of the constltuthm and 8overnment of
the pfesbytffl￿ Chwthln Ireland, the Klrk Sesslffi seekstowatch overand promotethe splrftual
Interest of the con8reyUon and of persons not connected wlth any cMgre8atlon vkno are withln
Its bounds. It ensures pastoral (3re Is In plao In the con8regatlon and seeks to further the
ontrlljuilon of the Chur(h to Christlan wllness and servlce In the local communlty. The Klrk
Sesslon has delegated to its Cowe8atlonal Committee the temporal affalrs of the congregatlon
Includlng admlnlsterlng all funds and propwty belonglng to the congregatlon. Members of the
Klrk *slon are ex-ofhdo rn￿bers ofthe Congre&ad￿￿1 Commltte&
The Klrk Sesslon 01 the ordalned rnkn1￿ and the rullng eltss of the con8regadon. All
members are ￿lilled to propose. Speak and exeidse equ¥ votes at meetln85, except that the
Moderator, thernknlster In actfve duty In thecon8regadon, has nodellberatl4*. but ontya castlng
vote.
Stated meetln85 of the Klrk sesslon xe hekl at least twlce a year or as apprtyrlat&
To be thow for the offlce of eldershlp In the con8retylon a person must be a votlng member
d a regulw attendant on Its ordinance& The selecti¢￿ of those proposed. to be called to the
offio, can be either by the conye8adon lx by the Klrk Sesslon. Members are derted if th
obtaln two-thlrds of the votes.
Under the Presbyterfan thurth In Ireland fomi of 80Vernan￿ the corporate over$l8ht of a
congregatlrn Is the responslblllty of a Presbytery vAblth superlntends generally the splrltual and
temporal affalrs of the congre8atI¢￿S assly*d to It by the General ￿￿mblY of the Presbyterfan
Church In Ireland. Lwthmorne conRre8allon of the Presbyterfan (hwth has been asslgned to the
Carrlckfergus Presbytery of the Presbyterlan Churth In Ireland. The membershlp of the Presbytery
conslsts malnly of the artlve mlntsters of congregatlons asslgned to It by the General Assembly,
mlnsters who have retlred from artlve duty and ￿ elder appolnted by the Klrk Sesslon of the

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The General Assembly
The General Asswnbly ts the supreme court of the thwth• represMtln8 kn body the whole
Church and acilng aslts supreme leglslatlve.admlnlstratlon and Judldal authorlty, In deallng wlth
all matters brought before IL The General Assembly Is normally constltuted durfng the flTSt week
In June for worshlp and to condurt Its buslnes& At the end of buslness It Is dlssolved. The
membershlp of the General Assembly conststs malnly of the actlvè mlnisters of each
congregatlon. retlred mlnlstus and a representa11ve ehler appolnted bythe Klrft Sesslon of ea¢h
DESCRivfioN AND PURPOSE
The tharltable purpose ofthe Is the adVa￿ent ofremzkn.
Lou8hmome Is a con8regaOon of the Presbyterlan thurth In Ireland. The Presbvterlan Church In
Ireland. as a Reformed Churth wlthln the wlder body of Chrlst. Is grounded In the Scrlptures and
exlsts to love and honour God through falth In HIS Son and by the power of HIS SplrlL and to
enable her members to play thelr part In fuHlllln8 God's mlsslon to our world.
Lou8hmorne Church has a core membershlp of commltted (hrfstlans who under the dlrectlon of
the establlshed Churth leadershlp share In an ongolng program of outreach. The MIMlon Plan has
allowed us to examine the effectlveness of our extsttng programmes againstthe partlcular needs
of the Church and communlty. We trust under the dlrecllon of the Holy Splrlt and, whefe
necessary• we wlll ad￿ to ￿sure our Inyxt for HIM Is as èffectlve as posslbl&
In feswise to our Lord's command Ko- we Undff￿d the need to be proacil¥e, uslng the
belIe￿n% people In the (￿grega￿0Th In a structured and planned way to athleve goals vknlch are
part of a God Insplred vlslon, showln8 HIS Iltht In thls corner of HIS vIne￿rd.
The C£1n8regatJ￿ a1rn5 to Nve out Its Mlsslon and Vlslon as a famlty of God's people by belng:
A Covenant Communlty. where our relatlonshlps are footed In the pr(wnlses of God bv
Imng tdlthfvlly toward hlm and toward one anoth
An Inter8eneratlonal Communlty. where adults Intenllonalty take the lead to engage
wlth, encourage and nurture younger members to maturlty In Chrlst.
An Outward looklng Communlty: where we want the blessln8s of God that belong to us
In the gospel to become ble$51n8s for others beyond the bounds of our communlty.
As a congregatlon of the Pres￿erIan Churth In Ireland. we belleve that the Blble Is the
supreme authorlty over all we do, and that the Westmlnster Confesslon of Falth, alon8
wlth the Larger and Shorter Catechlsms set outwhatwe undwstsnd the Blble teaches on
key matters of Chrlstlan falth and pracilce.

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The ¢onye8atlon meets for vnr5hlp s￿ndaY and VISIt￿ are vrtlcorne to Jokn. The
Sacrament of the Lords Supper Is obsfftd on several occaslons durfn8 the year and am those
who have been baptlsed and who have made a profuslon of falth In the Lord Jesus Chrfst are
admltted to the Lord's 5￿pP￿. The conzre8akn hold5 re8ular rneetkn85 as follM.
Blble Study
Prayer MeetlnglMkl.Week
Presbyterlan Women
ACHIEVEMENfs AND PERFORM
Worshlp and prayer
The con8re8atlon nomially rneets for wor* ea(h Sunday at 10.30•m, wlth an evenlng ser¥1
on the first Sunday of each m(￿th at 7.(m￿M. fxlrfng the week. the Mld-week and Blble Study
PrO￿de an oppwiunltyfcf members to meettwff for fellowshlp. to studythe scrlpturesand
for a Ilme of prayer.
At 31 December 2022, there were 34communlcantmankn 59 famllles (￿nerted wlth the
c0n8rezatl￿. The average w*kty attendance at momln8 WOTShlp Is
Pastoral care
Members of the congregat1¢￿ who areunableto attend thurch. dueto slL*ness or age, arevlslted
a regular basls by the mlnlster, elders or by one of the congre£ailon's pastoral v1slto￿.
Mlsslon and (xrtrth
At a local level, our congregatlon supports the Chlkl Evan8ellsm Fellowshlp team, who work
through sthools, h(Alday blble dubs etG to brlng Gods wlxd to thlldra) and youn8 people In the
local area, many of have no connectlon wlth any (hurch.
The con8re8atlon also supp(Kts Arnara Ald. as they provlde medlcal, educaJonal and a8rlcultural
asststance, throu8h vark)u$ projects, to poor c(Mnmunltles mosdykn Tan&MIa.
Loughmome c(rye8aUM contrllmrted to the P•AxleratorfsAppeaL Prubytulan a￿ldIerf￿ Sodety
and World Development- Tear Fund.
The Presbyterlan Women sUPPOrt many good causes through colleL11ons and donatlons to pa,
Samarltans Purse. Klds for Schoo15 and & Julle Chltty In Spaln. Thts Is not an exhaustlve
Ilst of all aclmlles and donallon5 made.

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The c(wegadon $upptrts the Unlted Appeal for Mlssl¢M vknlch 1$ a central fund of the
Presbyterlan Churth In I[el￿d. Thls fvnd ￿able$ cM8regakns to support the wlder mlsslon of
the denomlnallon and to do mlsslon and wtreath on a denomlnatlonal bas15 beY(￿d what the
congregatlon could do on Its own. The Unlted Appeal Fund provldes flnandal Suppl￿fOr mlsslon
personnel at home and overseas. asslsts congregatlons wlth the deployment of locally based
staff, enables churth planiln& pro¥ldes grant support for the upkeep of churth premlse5, asslst
wlth the runnlng costs of Unlon Trol081(al College. the Churth's tralnln8 college for mlnlstry
students, and flnandally supports ¢(rye8atlon kn the rns of TAtyshlp• dlsdpleshlp, glo
The Conm￿On also contrltsrtestothe den¢xTrln•ll￿s •nnual W(Nld DevelopThntAppeal and
any other speda appeal
Thecwe8atlon was represented atthe rewlarmeetlnRs of Prtsbyterybyourmlnlsterand one
of the elder& ThSs provldes an Important Ilnk between the congre8atlons and the wlder
struclures of the thur
pJal Assembly
The mlfilster and one of our eldexs were noN￿n•ted to attend the meetlng of the Genw¥
Assembly of the Presbyterlan (hurth In Irel￿d held In Assembty Bulldln8Sp Bellast, In June.
Mln(Y walrs and nornial rnant•￿ was carrled (xrtatthe (hurth and manse durfngthe year.
Volunteers
TheTrustees wlsh to acknowledgethelf deep appredatkn ofthose whotse freetyofthelr Ilme by
servlng on commlttees and helplTrg wlth other thurch acllvltle

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TrUSTEESANNUAL REPORT (carfd)
PUBUC BENEFITSTATEMENr
The Presbyterfan Chur(h In treland meets the p￿ll( benefft requlrement by pro￿dIng bffiefft to
Its members and thegenpJal publlc by making knownthe thrlstlan Go4)el ofthe Lord Jesuschrlst
thrwh the adv￿nt ofrelltsn.
The dlrect benefits whlth flow from the purposes of the Churth Indude the galnlng of an
understandln8 In Chrlstlan bellets as set out In the Blble and In the Church's subordlnate
standards (the Westmtnstw Confesslon of Falth and the Shortff and Lar8er Catechlsms) leadln8
to splrltual and moral developM￿tand opportunlilesfor response to Blble teathln¥T In turn. thls
framework leads to practlcal e￿ie$S1On$ of Christian bellets and standwds In the local
communlty, such as throu#t thecareof those In need Ondudlng the SICK dlsabled and bereaved).
Generally the above beneffts are delvered loulty by conye8aUons thelr members, or are
tacilltsted throu8h presbyterfes or are orzanlsed and dellvered centrally. Local dellvery Is
faolitsted by central resources In almost all cases. Publlc access Is made knoTJ¥n through the use
of not1￿bOards￿ prfnted material. press adVe￿Semen( webslte5, and sodal medla or In other
The benefits are demonstrated through regular evaluatloft of the S￿0$ Informal and ad-
hocfeedback from members. th•r famlw and Members ofthe publk
The pwpose does not lead to harni. The only prlvate bwbefft flowlng from w puipose Is related
to Mlnlster5, M1551onarle4 ()&ffonesses. Irtsh MISSI￿ wwkers and lay A8ents who re(elve
benefits as a result of thelr holdln8 offlce or employmenL However, thls Is Incidental and
necessary In ordw to furthw our (harltsble purp(w. There are no othei prlvate benefft5. The
beneficiarles of thls purpose are members, thelrfamllles. othtt Indlvlduals that the Presbyterfan
Churth In Ireland Is In dlrert and IndlreLt contatt wlth. the communlty kn whlch pastoral servl
are provided and other communhles th￿￿&hOUt Northwn Ireland, the Republlc of Iretand, and
worfdwlde whlth beneflt from our engagement wlth and support for both Chrlstlan and other
seculw organlsakns. dwrltles and Indlvldual members of the publlG
The Klrk Se551M hashad reprd to the (Jwlty C(•mmlsskms Publlc benefitrequlr•nent statutory
8uld•ce.

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The cawezauon's maln source of IncTh Is menkn. ￿1￿1￿$ thrw8h the Weekly
Freewlll Offerln& There were 49 contrlbutors durkng the (4& 2021] donatlnz a total of
£24643 (£23J12 In wr4lousyear, 2021)
Total Inc(Kne of the c(rye8aUon the was £49.949, compared to £40.158 In the
prevlousyw.
Total ewendltyre Inryeased from £35.704(2021) to Ul18612022
srATEMENT OFTRL15fEE RESPONS181LmES
The Trustees are resp(mslble for preparfng the annual rwt and the flnandal statements of
the con8re8atlon In acmrdance ￿ appllcable law and zeneralty accepted a(￿ntIng
Asthe con8re8akns totsl Income does not exceed £250,CW.theTntstees elected under
Section 6413) of the Charilies Act (Northern Irel•KI) 21x18 to prepwe a recelpts and paymffit
acc(￿nt and a statsment of assets and Ilabllltles.
The Trustees we reSP￿ls7b1e for keepln8 adequats xc(Mmtkn8 records that are suffident to
show and explaln the con8re8atlon's tran&Ktions dlsdose wlth reasonable acwTacy at
any tlme Its finandal posltlon. They are also responslble for safe8uardln8 the assets of the
congregatlon and hence for taklngreasonabk steps fof the preventlon and detectlon of fraud
and other kregularltle
)pr(r•ed bythe ￿Ik Sesskn at • meethw 22 October 2023 and S*d on Its behalf by
Rev D Xelly
Mr T Her(m
22 ort 2023
22 Ixt 2023