A824 JrA
KrrrYBREWSTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
EAabli*d Jurt 2(M)7
2•23 to 31" Mar¢h 2•24
2(IZ6 * 115
Ow AGM is a regURW￿ aThl &$
AGENDA
Senior P&¥tor l Minister - R¢v. Andy CO￿ (kft &q Minisw Se0. 20231
Ministttry Rev. Chtrlotte Slewtri {Seo 2023)
AGENDA
Welc￿￿ I Praytt
Report
Financial Rep(Kt
Child I Vuh)erabk PeTWnS Policy
Close Medin8
APPOINTMENTS
CHURCH SECRETARY
TREASURER
SECRETARY
MISSION CONVENOR
BOYS, BIUGADE
Charlotte Stewart Gave up
LI￿ Gib>J
Rev. AThty Cowic I
Rev. Charlo(¢¢ Stewart
Rev. A￿ty Cowie
Margaret Q•wie
Home W(*k Club
Sunday Club

KIrnREWSTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
31 MARCH 2024
Cojcth M￿￿￿Y
Admin S¢rYi
175 c(4llft￿tS Ro
AB15 7RA

ADMINISTRATIVE DETAII
Charlty r¢gkntloa awmber
Th¢ trusttts WIK) ￿ed thc charity dwing the ye•r were as folloThs:
Reverend Andrew Cowic
Pastor Charlott¢ Sl¢w8rt
Lisa Gibson
B￿¢¢ Cowi¢
Since Jwie 2th)7
Since Seo 2023
Since Sept 2023
Stnce S¢pt 2012
Minister
Indep¢nd¢nt &umiTKr
Coleen Murphy
Admin Services
175 Clmmtesswells Road
AB15 7RA
BARker8
Lloyds TSB
Union Terrace
ABERDEEN
Constitution OrpDl•*llo•
governall￿ of the CfflgregatMThI the a¥K¢h * the end of Nlarch 2023,
{SCF). g4 &nall Group. with 14 Jtrctdiing from B8lmth in the N(xth to the
Scottish Borde￿ CL￿gre￿I￿all$M is A f(rm of Clmwch govenunrnt whar each
Church is independ¢nt in thc mryement of its own aff8irs.
Charh•ble W4TPrn
The principle ¢I￿ritab￿ puryw ts the of ffli8ion.

of the year. membetsbip ￿0d ai 15. with an average of 2 childm who attend Sunday
Worship. We are *ill inbrlved in wFwting th Muslim o)mmvnity in our arw with
youth wtrk ond adviLX to ￿TEnts.
Clur Church in Scoernber 2ff23 w&8 deli8hte41 to ¢all and Ordain our Assislwt Pa#or,
Charlotte Sl¢wart to be ¢)ur Minister.
CHURCH
We conliDued to meet f(r Churcb in h4orri￿￿'S SW)uMa￿ Attendance
infornial family smic¢& with no singing TrThshw, Imrt we gd4)t to ow unusual
situation.
The ￿urCh rwins small and stru88led with all the chws. Attendance
numbers low, but thos¢ atteNI very c4xwnitted and loyal. We now nepAI
to plan for The Church witinws to h•ve a Visi(￿ for Mission at home and
Rev Andy Cowie cikninues to take S¢rvi¢es •1 three (Aher c(t Sundays.
Cove. Balmedi< wd occ4sionally Potterto
YourH
The Chwrh thff¢ ¢Jubs the The 'Homewrt aub. Boys,
Brigad¢, Craft Club., They all in McDoD8ld'4 and outdoors,
footfall of 8lmost 50 in the 3 and SuThJAy.
Our Boys, Bri8*k with Girls. (BB), ¢i*itimxJ to meel in McDonal(
Bdford Rorf again held a very short Act of Remembr%Ke rn the wastc ground the
BB have taken OVeT and with community help Iky converted it iftto a and At
Christmas. they de￿￿ed Ordinary trees with ChTiAmas Liglrts
In May 2023 tm) of our Abenleu BB Girfs b￿ne two of the first three girls in the
North E•st of S¢otland to gain the tr hi8h¢s¢ Award in the BB . Presidcnts Award.
(One of our girJ& sinct gained the hi8h¢s¢ Award her l)Kth'$ Awtt
Congratulations kn Hafsa Ahmed).
'JoIKr YOUTH CAMP, We rn our 3 summer reslthmts￿ at Petsh
Congregationol ChuKh for tlwje aged P6 2Th1 over. The children ￿nded the
residential and twk part in the seryw rnuch to the eojoyTnutt of the Congregation at
Perth. In conjunction with our sists Chwchcs we ran a 'kniors' week of xtivities
followcd by a play scheme thr(¥￿h0￿ thc SUMM holithys ¢ndin8 on a high wlth a
trip to go tybing at Alforo Ski Sl

During the year. the Church r&%iwAI l%lp thihlren's l youth wrAk fr¢m
Abenleen City Cow*il attl a kul R•JM) Tr&Rth S￿1￿4 Cath for KI￿ vknich
staff h¢lped to c*r for ovcx 300 p¢4)ple.
MI￿0V4
Tear FuThJ- In to dis
Localty. help is gAv¢n kn Ftopk in to chaTiti¢5
iAdy Hai8 Pw Aweal
PASTORAL IIELP AND PKIYERS
PRAYERS FOR PEACE Akw wilh our siskT SCF a￿￿1￿$ haNt Sllyx the
start of the Ukninian War gathercd by tel¢phon¢ ¢v¢ry fortsiight to Pray for Peace
(sadly we have had to inclu& wayers Pexe bet44t¢m Ham8s and Isrn¢l}.
s￿￿11 S¢rvl¢ts
Chri#enin8s-, Weddin85- O. and Fil￿19-1
FUTURE MINISTRY ISCF
Four ye&9 ago we reFKrtI •n iswe th•1 (XKwePional Fellowsbip is
aware of. th¢ l¥k of futwe MIW and the tKA•bility of a N(TrStiprndiary
HELP AND PRAYER
With close conncctions to the Community. our Minister has been there whffi local
pcople have rcquircd help and advirx and ThTW8h our W(vk w¢ have
maintaiocd elose connerm to the Muslim ¢(￿]mUnity in the
A year on, amt our Senior Pathr, Andy Cowie'4 Myek)ma- a bone nwrow ¢•ncer-
retnairn- A SymWMTratic-iTraclive. We giv¢ thanks to Go(L
It W&8 good to 28axn hold our- 'Mid Wintu Meal. at Buckic Farni Restsurant and to
Cove. Fellowship.

The Church is nonnally governed by regular m¢tlings of its memb￿% Ixrt ofttn, we
Fina￿121]Y the Chuffh did well for its size as raising fiubjs in the areo is diffKulL l*rt
due to the pandcmi4 the Joint Thurth ventswcs of the Ixul Au￿lty Chority Shop
&Jd Carol Singin& did not take pl¥e. Gmts allowed nm our chihlren's l youth
Our ch￿ serves Cbrist aThl as move f(rnrd ID Hii Nome, we mu# keep Faith
in Him - it is Central to all wc *S). We give thanks kn CKMI for that which He h&s
given ènd in Faith we con11￿ with our 17th ytaf.
The Church appointr4 as Indepetht Examiner Colton Murphy, AdmiD Servi¢e4
175 Countesswells Roa4 At*th, AB15 7KA.
The Chur¢h holds £15.(((I for the I￿lIdin8 1 fithtte The aim 18 to r4Jd at least
5% annually to that trtal. tknin8 the p￿d the th&TAy m*k * sury)Iw of
£236028, which has rfsuves ruultifi8 in totsl reserves at 31 Mar¢h
2024 of £23276.54. These re8cr¥es are being ¢arried fmw•rd to supp(*l the fi
work of the Church. Thig figw¢ 8rant money w cunplete fiThled projects
and the building I project funds (e.8 Buildin& Ministy rfc ) of £15.rJ)O previously
mention￿. The Reserve Policy Aim is to IK)Jd l ycats expendilu￿ in re9erYe, in
addition to the above lew (to InCr￿e * AGM to £16.1KKI). W¢ have * long way to
Appwd by the trus¢ea arml Jiw￿l on ￿ behlf
Trustee

8mend•dl Th*thwitytnotees corth the I￿*t iiil Idl OltheX￿A(cty￿ts
R4datAins not It ts rny eX￿[kne the Kr(x￿$ as r&*ed ￿￿SeL￿n 4411) Icl of
e¥F4aTr•tk￿s fromthetnjstets tOrt*nI￿ mys￿h rn•ttern The ￿￿￿￿es￿￿dert¥ken ¢kn not No￿de aH the
nt•th•t ￿1￿ be reoJireJJ In an and rt>t ewess•n audkq*nloTr on the ¥lew
the accfyjnts.
to k¥) (ttordskn ￿¥0￿* fAith 5th 4411) tsl XXYJAct A•¢￿*￿1)rt 4
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Independent Exam
Admlrn SeTh*es
175 ctrJnttss*￿s RL*d
AB15 71

srATeMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYkEKrs
FOR ThE YEAA ElItIED 31 IAARCH 2024
fvnd
2024
2023
14381.W 21383.
Paymeftts
lll.021.521 118.932.911
Surplus/lDefidtl loryear
2450.89
Vnrestricted Funds
General Funds
2024
Z023
Opnlng cash at b•nk
SurplusllDeftiil for year
Closin8 c45h •t bank and In h•nd
20916.26
2360.28
23276.54
18465,37
2450.89
20916.26
Trewurees A¢w)t
Cash
2327634
20916.26
23276.54
20916.26

YEAR EIIDED 31 AIARCH 2024
2024
2023
DonatlMs
Qfferlngs
Glft Akl
ol￿r Oon•tlMs
9n.43
744.05
S0.ThJ
Bauer Radio
Aberdeen CAY Cwncl
Trnde W￿0￿5
Corrn Foundatkni
6x12.20
1112.75
2553.60
12259.40
JOJX)
3413.r(I
Carol 51n8ing
Ch•rlty shop
Walk & Talk
1456.74
i(1)8.99
Recovery of Admlnlstrti￿￿ Costs
Recov•ry of YO￿ Work
1734.08
2958.36
I438￿•
21383.￿1

1024
2023
Admlnlstratorfs W•8es lincknJh¥ PAYE ond
Youth W0￿r$ W*8•5
Hall Fees
6W29 7285A6
6568.10
Pl•ysthenM Expenses
Cowreytlonal & Genernl thsufance
AffllSation Fees
424A5
)AMJ 150.
25.
4n9.84 3491.22
18.56
Youth Work
Sundry Expeftses
T•èrfund Syrfa
I(￿.
Charfty Shop NCC
Ch•rttyShop KCC
Ch•rlty Shop CCC
Charity Shop DCC
Charity Shop PCC
c￿rffy Shop 8CC
124.12
124.12
124.12
124.12
124.12
124.12
Accountsncy Fees
225AX) ￿).
1202L52 18932.91