MONDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2020
R i s e | T h r i v e | R e a c h Page 2 04 05 06 Andy Perry Writes RISE Worship New Wine 07 08 09 Led By The Spirit Students and Twenties THRIVE Life Groups 10 11 12 Children Youth Longfleet Primary School Our Space Safeguarding 13 14 15 Volunteers Prayer Ministry Pastoral Care Marriage+ Ministry Pastoral Prayer Ministry Prayer Chain Pastoral Support Fund 16 17 18 Church Fabric Women’s Ministry Men’s Ministry Summer Fun Day 19 20 21 REACH Reach Ministry The Recovery Course Alpha Course Soup Run 22 23 24 Café@SML Church Centre SML INFO MARS Trust Church Graft at Hamworthy 25 26 27 Current Staff Team Balancing the Books Information About the PCC Extended Staff Team 32 33 36 PCC Members Minutes of last APCM Annex A—Agenda (to follow) Deanery Synod Members
Page 3 Welcome to our Annual Reports for 2019.
No one could have envisaged at the turn of the year and beginning of a new decade, as we were thinking about 20/20 vision, that our lives and the social landscape of our country would be so dramatically impacted by the COVID pandemic. So much has changed, and remains fluid and uncertain. APCMs have been delayed across all churches; I certainly hadn't expected to be writing this 'Welcome' in August! Amidst all the continuing uncertainty, what remains unchanging is that the Living God is Sovereign and Jesus is faithfully and joyfully committed to ‘building His Church’ ( Matthew 16:18). We have the privilege of playing our small part in partnering with our LORD, in the power of His Spirit, here in Poole. Our VISION 2020 continues to frame our direction of travel together, open to the fresh winds of the Spirit. Seeking to- RISE up as passionate, whole-life Disciples THRIVE in healthy, love-filled Community REACH out with hope-filled Mission.
Looking back over 2019, as you read these pages I trust you will be deeply encouraged to see so many diverse strands of life, and countless areas to be thankful for in our life and mission together. To highlight five: Thrilling to see the flourishing of our 'Emerging Generations' ministry including the development of 'Our Space' Hosting a conference on 'Wholeness and Mental and Emotional Well-Being' reflecting our desire to deepen our understanding and engage more fully with these concerns The appointment of our new Outreach Pastor, Rachel Dismorr, and our commitment to the Recovery Course The vitality of our Life Groups and importance of Prayer Triplets Teams continuing to visit and serve Refugees in Calais with practical care and carrying the love of Jesus.
At the heart of our life together as Christ-followers is our continuing shared commitment to our ‘Core Discipleship Practices’: it’s through these that we invite the LORD's ongoing, day by day, transforming ministry within us and from which everything else flows. Alongside this, as a multi-generational church community at SML, we aim to encourage each other in our different stages of life and growth, and to reach out to, engage with and welcome ‘ missing generations’. I was reminded recently of a perspective for us to hold on to as a church community,' Everybody's welcome, nobody's perfect, and with God anything is possible.'
We look forward to gathering, probably both in person and online, for our Annual Parochial Church Meeting at 7.30pm on Monday 19th October. With huge thanks for the adventure of our shared journey with the LORD.
Blessings,
Andy Perry, Vicar
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Page 5 Andy Dollerson Worship Pastor
2019 has been a great year for worship, we have seen an amazing growth in the congregation’s desire for intimacy and passion in all of our services. The completion of the chancel project in the spring has opened up the space in a way that has inspired us to be more focused on the cross as we worship. We want to thank all those that serve and lead within the worship team, for their will- ingness to serve and being an inspirational example of worship is so deeply valued by all at SML. Thank you for being part of Worship at St. Mary’s this year!
Mark Hay Associate Vicar
As well as the large number of team that went to help Emily at Groundbreakers, a small num- ber from SML, joining with some from other lo- cal churches, made the trip to New Wine’s new site in Peterborough. Despite the site being less picturesque than the old home at Shepton Mallet, the values and ethos hadn’t changed, with inspiring teaching, engaging worship, and a genuine sense of the Holy Spirit being pre- sent. Unfortunately, a severe weather warning meant that the conference had to close two days early, this was a huge disappointment, especially for those serving in Groundbreakers and the other kids’ venues. Page 6 David Betts Course Leader
theoretical. It was a great blessing to have worship each session. Over the five weeks the course covered a number of topics including: Life Through The Spirit – who He is, receiving the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit. Spiritual gifts and ministries – power for ser- vice, natural and spiritual giftings and how we receive and exercise them. Creativity of the Spirit - worship in the Spirit’s flow. The Led by The Spirit course explores the work Ministering To Others – Jesus’ model for minis- and ministry of the Holy Spirit. There were try, categories of healing, power and authority about 30 members who attended the course How The Enemy Works - who Satan is, spiritual during May 2019. The course included both oppression and how to recognise and deal teaching and training, experiential as well as with it.
Mark Hay Associate Vicar
Life Groups are the primary means of creating small places of belonging at SML, within which members of the congregation can know and be known, and can come together to grow as disci- ples of Jesus. This growth involves a shared focus on the core discipleship practices of Vision 2020. SML has around twenty Life Groups and they reflect the diversity of SML. Most groups meet in the evenings, with two women’s groups meeting on a weekday morning. Most groups meet fortnight- ly but a small minority meet weekly. Groups are spread geographically within Poole and beyond. During 2019, three new groups were launched, two of which came from tables on the Alpha course.
Page 7 Matt Molyneux and Miriam Molyneux Students and Twenties Leaders
Matt and I began leading Students and Twenties in January 2019, having taken over from Mark Hay. We have seen the group grow in numbers from 5 to 15 people regularly attending each week. It has been great to welcome new people, some have only been with us for a term and others have been new to SML. We have enjoyed eating together, socialising together including an Easter egg hunt around Poole. We seek to be a group that goes deeper with God, to be a resting place during the week where each member can come and receive from God. We want to thank every- one who has come and led our discipleship sessions over the last year, as part of this series we have looked at; Prayer, Worship, Reading the Bible, Mission, Serving, Giving, Contemplation and Fasting. We are excited as we look ahead to 2020, we seek to continue to build a love filled com- munity and we are especially looking forward to our weekend away that is being planned.
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Page 9 Emily Duffy Children’s Pastor
It has been another fantastic year in the Children’s ministry at SML. We held ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’ Holiday Club during February half term. We had over 80 children attend and we had loads of fun making mess and learning about Jesus. The Light Party at the end of October was well attended and it was a joy to shine light in the darkness and rollerblade round church. The children told the Christmas story powerfully, at their nativity service. Our midweek groups Blast and Fusion are going from strength to strength! Fusion in particular has had huge growth with a regular attendance of over 50, mainly non-churched, children, it has been amazing to see more and more kids attending each week. Once again SML Kids and a team of volunteers went to New Wine to lead the children’s venue ’Ground Breakers’ for nearly 500 4-7 year olds. Last but not least, a massive thank you to everyone who has helped this year; you have been amazing and kids work wouldn’t run without you. Bring on next year!
Sam Voyle Children’s Placement Student
2019 has been a really exciting year for the growing ‘accessible ministry’ that we have been developing here at St. Mary’s. We started ‘Our Space’ in May 2019 having spoken to fami- lies and seeing the need to create a safe and accessible place. We have seen a steady growth in attendance as we have welcomed new families to our community. Our Space is a fun, safe and fully inclusive environment for the families of children with additional needs that provides an accessible space for families to ex- perience church together. We are looking for- ward to seeing what God is going to do through this growing ministry and would ap- preciate your prayers as we continue to jour- ney with those that we support. We have a great team of volunteers who support this in- credible ministry. Page 10 Rob Sallis Youth Pastor
2019 was a year of change for the youth ministry at SML. The Youth had another busy year meet- ing every week throughout term time in their groups, as well as a number of different socials in- cluding bowling and beach trips. Once again we put on Easter revision sessions for the youth tak- ing GCSE’s and A-Levels. It was also a momentous summer, which was kick started with a week- end away to the much loved St Georges House in Devon at the end of June. In August we were a part of Soul Survivor’s farewell summer conference, and we also saw the departure of Henry Bar- nett, the previous youth pastor. The youth work has remained vibrant thanks to the leadership of Amy Bilson our interim Youth Pastor during the Autumn term. The youth ministry has continued to be supported by our team of amazing volunteers who have faithfully served our youth and giv- en out and seen them through the various transitions over the last year. At the beginning of 2020 we welcomed Rob Sallis as our new full time Youth Pastor. Going through 2020 we ask that the SML family will join with us as we begin our journey of discerning what the Lord has in store for us as a Youth ministry. We are thankful for all of your support and prayers over the last year. Please do not hesitate to get in contact with Rob if you would like to know more about youth ministry at SML.
Rob Sallis & his wife Emily
Page 11 Emily Duffy Children’s Pastor
Over the last year, our connection with Longfleet School has continued to grow. We hosted multi- ple school services including Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Harvest and end of year school leavers services. We hosted a celebration service for the school where we worshipped together, played games, made mess and had lots of fun. Every week, the Children’s Department go into school to lead a time of collective worship where we teach the students more about the Bible. I am enor- mously grateful to Sue Cobb and Gayle Fellows as the three of us carry on as foundation gover- nors from SML to keep supporting the school in upholding its Christian distinctiveness. A number of church members support the school by listening to children read and leading acts of worship. Thank you to all who work, in one way or another, to help the school and its pupils to flourish.
Angie Jukes Pastoral Care
Our vigilance in safeguarding is part of build- Thank you to everyone who has attended Safe- ing the healthy and love-filled community de- guarding and refresher courses, you are all scribed in Vision 2020. At SML this year we amazing to give your time to this essential have continued to strengthen our Safeguard- training that helps keep us all safe. I continue ing procedures and policies by reviewing and to be confident that we are in the strongest revising our Policies and Procedures. We are in position possible to protect children, young the process of forming a Safeguarding Com- people and vulnerable adults who belong to, or mittee. Once again I thank Claire Inkpen, Les- come into contact with us at SML. ley Lockie, Miriam Elliott and Gillian Rutherford for their continued careful, effective manage- ment of our Safeguarding processes and sys- tems. We are grateful to Nick and Claire Taylor and Jackie Morgan who are our Parish Safe- guarding Officers and Lin Naylor who is our Safeguarding Trainer and has compiled and presented our Safeguarding Refresher training courses. Their support and contribution in helping us to keep all our children, young peo- SML Safeguarding Admin Team ple and vulnerable adults safe is invaluable. Miriam, Gillian, Claire, Angie & Lesley
Page 12 Paul Eaton Operations Director
SML’s volunteers are amazing! We have over 300 selflessly serving in over 30 teams. They do eve- rything; helping us with welcoming, worship, prayer, children, youth, outreach (community work, soup kitchen, mission), hospitality (catering and refreshments), production (sound and vision), me- dia, maintenance, DIY, event or activity setup. In addition, there are life group leaders, volunteer preachers and discipleship course teachers. Volunteers are the life blood of SML and we are so grateful to those who serve. If you’re not volunteering yet, why not get in touch with Paul Eaton and find out what opportunities there are.
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John & Liz Rolleston Marriage + Ministry leaders
Marriage is God given as a building block for families and stable society. SML continues to offer the opportunity for people of all ages to prepare well for marriage or to invest in and enrich their marriage. In 2019, we ran a Marriage Day for 20 couples with sessions looking at Resolving Con- flicts Well, Coping with Life’s Roller Coaster and God at the Centre. Later in the year we ran an evening workshop on Enjoying Fun Together. We have also run marriage mentoring for all cou- ples preparing to marry at SML: teaching these couples tools that will help build enduring, life- long marriages. We hope to welcome many new couples to future events.
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Liz Rolleston Pastoral Care Co-ordinator Angie Jukes Pastoral Care
The 54 volunteers on the Prayer Ministry Team have continued to be of great value to people at SML. There has been an increase in those responding at all 3 services, with a wide variety of needs. We are excited to see God ministering to them with healing, hope, comfort and direction. This amazing team are committed, full of faith, trustworthy and compassionate. We are so thankful to all who serve on this team. God has been faithfully growing the team. New volunteers work along- side the established team to provide Spirit led prayer, offered with respect and love to those who come forward. We’ve had usual gatherings for training and spiritual refreshment. Including the awesome Summer BBQ for fellowship and relaxation.
Liz Rolleston Pastoral Care Co-ordinator
After many years of commitment in coordinating Pastoral Prayer at SML, David and Irene have stepped back. We thank them so much for their Godly wisdom, teaching, encouragement and faith filled prayer. The team continues to be very busy working in pairs confidentially, with people seeking ministry of the Holy Spirit to minister into illness and for inner healing. It usually involves three or four sessions, fortnightly for about hour and a half. We have seen people growing through these times of prayer. At the moment there is a waiting list for people asking for Pastoral Prayer, so we hope to expand the team and continue to develop this ministry as God leads. Thank you to all who volunteer for this valuable often unseen ministry. Page 14 Liz Rolleston Pastoral Care Co-ordinator
Pastoral Care continues to happen naturally in our family at SML. Every day we see and hear ex- amples of kindness in caring for others, a smile, a welcome, a listening ear, an insightful prayer or practical help. Thank you for serving one another in a way that honours the Lord, “the second commandment is this love your neighbour as yourself”. We have a fantastic team of volunteers which has grown again this year. They happily visit people at home, in hospital and Birds Hill Nursing home. They are servant-hearted and sensitive, generously giving their time. Sadly, we are no longer able to visit Kingland House, but residents from there sometimes attend the mid-week communion service at SML. We are developing a good relationship via the hospital Chaplains with Poole Hospital. In a large church family like SML there are often those who feel lonely or un- well, perhaps spiritually low or coping with a very difficult situation. Angie and I are very humbled to come alongside those who need company, conversation and prayer, sharing Jesus’ love, truth and hope as we are able. It is a great privilege to serve in this way. I am very thankful for Angie’s kind heart for this ministry and working with her is a delight. She keeps me in order, gives wise ad- vice and has a wonderful sense of humour.
Liz Rolleston Pastoral Care Co-ordinator
Thank you to the SML Prayer Chain, who have been kept very busy praying for sudden crises that arise, as well as ongoing prayer for some difficult situations. People feel encouraged, comforted and supported by this incredible, faithful group of 24 committed people. Any requests are treated confidentially, and information is passed via secure Textlocal or secure email. Requests can be made to Liz Rolleston via the church office or email [email protected]
Bob Bayliff PSF Co-ordinator
The fund Administrators, Linda Palmer, Simon Arnott and Bob Bayliff, met as necessary during the year, to action requests. In the year 2019 we made 37 payments totalling £9800. If you wish to nominate someone for payment from the Fund please contact any of the Administrators, church leaders or Life Group leaders, who will forward the request. A reason for the nomination should be given to enable the Fund Administrators to come to a decision.
Page 15 John Rolleston & Jo Elliott Churchwardens
2019 has been another quiet year for Church Fabric Projects (except the work in the chancel). The Building Maintenance Committee has started the work of setting priorities for work in the Quin- quennial survey and are now planning the schedules for the Church building maintenance for the next few years. In 2019 we addressed some of the smaller tasks that could be completed in-house. 2019 has seen the completion of the changes in the Chancel which have been very well received. Our sincere thanks to Corien and Julian for their complete commitment to serving the ministry of the Church. Our desire is that our facilities support us to build a thriving Church community.
Mark Hay Associate Vicar
Sunday 14th July 2019 will always be remembered as, not only the day England won the Cricket World Cup, but as another relaxing and enjoyable afternoon of sunshine at the Summer Fun Day, held at Castle Court. We enjoyed football, table tennis, and rounders, relaxing in the pool, visiting the kids’ craft, bouncing on the inflatables, and spending time with others from the church com- munity. The regular hog roast, Pimm’s tent, and ice cream van, were once again very popular, whilst the day ended with a cup of tea and a bowl of Eton Mess. Thank you so much to all who helped make the day run so smoothly from start to finish. As always we were very grateful to the Head Teacher and Bursar of Castle Court School for their support. And those helping set down just made it home in time for the Super Over!
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Fi Perry SML Women
The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Isaiah 58:11
We have had a wonderful year within SML women. As a team we have been touched how women have shown love to other women in SML and in our community in so many ways; by providing meals at key moments, drawing alongside during difficult times, supporting and upholding through prayer and rejoicing in doing life together. We have continued to appreciate Inspiring Stories, Taste of Christmas and also for this year’s Taste of Summer. Rachael Coulson from Lumi- nary Bakery gave an enlightening talk at our breakfast in the Autumn. Life groups and prayer tri- plets continue to be an invaluable part of our core life together. Several women have loved the new cycling and walking groups. We are so thankful and grateful to all those who have helped to make this possible and we so value every women who is part of our church and our community - we love and appreciate you all and are thrilled you are part of SML women.
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Jonathan Gollings SML Men
A group of men took to the open spaces and breath taking coastline of the Purbecks for a week- end retreat in September, blessed with balmy late summer weather. The time together was pre- cious and uplifting as new friendships were formed and testimonies shared. It is great that prayer triplets have formed off the back of this time together and a theme that resonated with us all dur- ing this time was the value and importance of ‘journeying together’.
Shared stories build a relational bridge that Jesus can walk across from your heart to others.
Proverbs 27
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Page 19 Rachel Dismorr Outreach Pastor
This year has been a busy year in Outreach. We have continued to support Poole Foodbank which is such a vital ministry to the local community through generous donations and voluntary work- ers. We have been grateful to the team who collected the food and transported it to the Food- bank each week. We were delighted to run the Cookery Classes again in partnership with the Foodbank and Faithworks Wessex. A wonderful team continues to run Community Lunch once a month. It is primarily for those who are vulnerable, isolated, elderly or are in need of support. Our chef Neale cooks a fantastic lunch. We continued to support the work of SMILE (working with lone parent families) and MARS (relationship skills); both these vital ministries are always looking for new volunteers, so please consider if you might be able to help. We also supported, through both prayer and finance; Faithworks Wessex, CPAS, and J-Life. J-Life is led by John and Lorna Abra- hamse, who’s mission is Disciple-making Youth Movements throughout the Church in Africa. As well as continuing to support George & Ann Todorov at Varna Baptist Church, Bulgaria. We were delighted to welcome them to a service in the Autumn where they shared about their ongoing work in Varna. 2019 also saw further trips to Northern France, under Elly Harvey’s leadership, serv- ing hundreds who continue to sleep rough around Calais and Dunkirk.
Mark Hay Associate Vicar
We were delighted to run the Alpha course again back in January 2019. As well as our usual even- ing course we also put on two daytime Alpha courses during the year led by Sue Cobb and Wendy Naylor. Our guests enjoyed good company, great food, thought-provoking talks, and stimulating discussions. Most of the guests also attended our away day exploring the nature and work of the Holy Spirit. We were so grateful for the amazing team which helped make the course run so well; it is always such a privilege to be involved with those exploring faith.
Page 20 Rachel Dismorr Outreach Pastor
In 2019 we held our first Recovery Course during the Autumn Term in partnership with Faithworks Wessex. The course consists of 16 evening sessions which build on each other, working though the 12 steps. Each session includes a meal, an introductory talk to introduce a topic and insights from other addicts which is followed by small group time. There were 20 people including group leaders who met every week in their small groups. It was a real privilege to begin to journey with every course member as they began their journey to recovery. I am extremely grateful to everyone who supported the course in various ways; Life Groups and members of the church who helped provide meals and helped with the washing up each week, to everyone who prayed for the course. In par- ticular, members of the prayer ministry team who came every week to pray for people as they re- quested.
Phil Harvey Soup Run Co-ordinator
Our aim on the soup run is to demonstrate God’s unconditional love to those in our community less fortunate than ourselves. We serve between five and thirty people on a Sunday night under Towngate Bridge in Poole where we provide a hot drink, something to eat and an opportunity for a chat. Some of our guests are sleeping rough, some are sofa-surfing and some have a room in a house or flat. Most are living in poverty and many are lonely. We thank God for the opportunity to reach out, to bless and to serve these members of our community.
Page 21 @ Sue Payne Café Leader
The Café @ SML is open on Thursday mornings in the Church from 10.00am to 12.00pm and run by a committed team who transform the church into a welcoming café each week serving hot drinks and delicious homemade cakes. We are delighted that the café has continued to be busy over the last year, regularly welcoming over 60 people during the morning. Our customers include people who live nearby; patients and carers from local care homes; patients and visitors at the hospital; mums and dads and their little ones from Sunshines; passers-by and of course members of SML. It has been rewarding to see friendships develop, especially for people who are isolated or vulnera- ble and feel that the café is a ‘safe’ environment for them.
John Rolleston MARS Trustee
2019 has been another fantastic year for MARS. During the 2018/19 academic year, 3 extra schools were recruited and the annual headcount of pupils in a MARS workshop increased from about 2,250 to 4,250 with over 100 volunteers used. This growth is tremendous and has only been achieved with the commitment and support of many volunteer Small Group Leaders and the MARS Trust staff. We have an ambitious plan to add 2 schools to our coverage each year. If you can spare a few hours each term to lead a small discussion group in a school workshop we would love to hear from you.
Page 22 Paul Eaton Operations Director Claire Inkpen Church Centre Manager
The Centre has been operational for 6 years and it’s exciting to look back and see how well it is ful- filling the vision. Youth and Kids groups are thriving and the Centre regularly hosts lunch clubs, Alpha, welcome evenings, discipleship courses and pastoral meetings. But vision costs – in the case of the Centre, £700/week – so we are delighted that it’s popular with local charities, hospitals and health organisations who share our vision to transform lives. That defrays 50% of our running costs. Thank you to Claire, Corien and Julian for making the Centre such a welcoming and well run venue.
David Reed Operations Co-Ordinator
It is nearly 2 years since the graft started in Hamworthy. In that time we have been discerning God's will for the graft through 24 hour prayer, an exciting Vision Day, and by building relation- ships to establish a unified church. We have also been reaching out to the community with our woodland project, holiday clubs and Messy Church - and are now starting to form a clear Vision and Mission to guide big changes we are making in the coming year. This includes a refit of our AV system, only made possible through a crowdfunder campaign that saw overwhelming gener- osity from people far and wide. We have been amazed by God's blessing for the graft, seeing new people come to faith for the first time, our Sunday congregation growing, and many different kinds of provision in answer to prayer. None of this would have been possible without the incredi- ble support of SML. We thank your team and staff for continually offering advice and support as needed. Please continue to pray for us as we embark on a series of big changes this year.
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Andy Perry Mark Hay Paul Eaton Andy Dollerson Vicar Associate Vicar Dir. of Operations Worship Pastor
Rachel Dismorr Rob Sallis Emily Duffy Liz Rolleston Outreach Pastor Youth Pastor Children’s Pastor Pastoral Care
Angie Jukes Gillian Rutherford Claire Inkpen Kym Powell Pastoral Care Vicar’s PA Centre Manager Administrator
Matt Molyneux Julian Searle Will Triffitt Sam Voyle Comms & Media Facilities Team Placement Student Placement Student
Jo Elliott John Rolleston Fi Perry Matt King Homfray Vines Churchwarden Churchwarden SML Women Assistant Teaching LLM
Kate Hay Jo Eaton Paul Bradbury Tessa Nisbet Poole Missional Communities Vicar of Hamworthy Church Page 25 Page 26
Objective and Activities St Mary’s Longfleet PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Rev Canon Andrew Perry, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The Church is located on Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2JD. It also has the maintenance responsibilities for the Church Centre, Kingston Road, Poole.
Governing document The PCC is a registered Charity (Number 1130469) and is governed by the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 as amended and Church Representation Rules.
Structure, governance and management The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and are welcome to stand for election to the PCC. On appointment each new PCC member is given a clear briefing on their responsibilities as a trustee and of the primary purpose of the PCC to work with the incumbent, Revd Canon Andrew Perry in the whole mission of the church.
During the year the following served as members of the PCC Incumbent: Revd Canon Andrew Perry Chairman Associate Vicar: Revd Mark Hay Wardens: Ms Jo Elliott Mr John Rolleston Members: Mrs Lizzie Adams Mr Mike Bilson Mr Jason Cartridge From April 2019
Mr Colin Chalkly-Maber From April 2019
Miss Lauren Goodall Until April 2019
Mr John Greetham Deanery Synod rep
Mrs Susie Heffer
Mr Ian Hicks Mr Mark Hill
Mrs Emma Jackson
Mrs Clare King
Mrs Sarah Maybury From April 2019 Mr Joseph Moxham Dr Peter Naylor Mr Mike Trainer Mr Mike Turner Until April 2019 Treasurer: Mr Sam Voyle Deanery Synod rep From April 2019 Miss Angie Wheeler Treasurer/Deanery Synod rep Statement of Parochial Church Council’s Responsibilities Charity law requires the Council to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its financial activities for that period and adequately distinguish any material special trust or other restricted fund of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to: a) select suitable accounting policies and then apply then consistently; b) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; c) state whether the policies adopted are in accordance with the appropriate SORP on Accounting by Charities and the Accounting Regulations and with applicable accounting standards, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and d) prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue. Page 27 The Council is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose, with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity, and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities. Committees and Subgroups The four key principles behind these structures being that it should be – Purposeful - To fulfil our overall vision and purposes Adaptable - Able to respond to continuing growth Flexible - Within an age of rapid change Simple - To function naturally and allow St Mary’s Longfleet to grow healthily as a living organism rather than a bureaucratic organisation and avoid unnecessary meetings. The structures are designed to express trust and accountability. From January 2010 , a new leadership structure has been developed which clarifies the respective roles of the PCC and the Staff Team.
Finance Team (sub group of PCC) Prepares the ‘Annual Budget’ and monitors spending. It holds responsibility for reviewing staff salaries and expenses. It is mandated to be proactive in encouraging financial giving in the church, and to support the Hon. Treasurer.
Reserves Policy: As the PCC has employed 15 full or part time staff during the year, it is the policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to approximately six months’ unrestricted payments (excluding Share payments to the Diocese), to cover emergency situations which may arise from time to time. In addition, a balance equal to approximately three months’ Share payments is maintained whenever possible. The current level of unrestricted cash reserves does not meet this target but does cover approximately 4 months of such payments. At the year end the Church held £130,353 of unrestricted funds and £2,262,809 of restricted funds.
Risk Management: The principal risk is that the PCC would not be able to meet its financial commitments in any given year. This is currently seen as medium likelihood but high impact and is managed by a careful budgeting process, performance against which is regularly monitored by the PCC and the Finance sub-committee as well as communication with all members of the congregation when necessary. By comparison with this risk all the other identified risks have a low residual impact and may be outlined as: High impact/medium likelihood – fire in the building – contingency plan – use of local school premises. High impact/low likelihood - no one coming forward to act as volunteer members of teams and committees – contingency plan – continued communication with the congregation together with a database of skills. Responsibility for this shared by Vicar and Finance Team. Medium impact/medium likelihood – something goes missing or is stolen from the church safe or other office area – contingency plan – continued monitoring of security measures making improvements as necessary.
Fabric Team (sub group of PCC) Maintains the church property and equipment. Identifies and prioritises work needed, including quinquennial requirements. It works closely with the SML Facilities Team.
Mission Support Team Encourages and assists all at SML to reach out imaginatively into the world, in obedience to Jesus who said “Go and make disciples of all Nations”. (Matthew 28: 19) It makes proposals to the PCC about the allocation of the tithe.
Page 28 SML Environmental Group To encourage the SML church community to be good stewards of God’s creation. This sub-group is being relaunched in 2020 under the leadership of Lois Partridge.
Church Attendance On an average Sunday, our total worshipping numbers are about 565. After a full revision of the electoral roll in 2019, the Electoral Roll number is 509.
Pension Builder Scheme St Mary’s Longfleet PCC participates in the Pension Builder Scheme section of CWPF for lay staff. The Scheme is administered by the Church of England Pensions Board, which holds the assets of the schemes separately from those of the Employer and the other participating employers. The Church Workers Pension Fund has a section known as the Defined Benefits Scheme, a deferred annuity section known as Pension Builder Classic and a cash balance section known as Pension Builder 2014. The Pension Builder Scheme of the Church Workers Pension Fund is made up of two sections, Pension Builder Classic and Pension Builder 2014, both of which are classed as defined benefit schemes. Pension Builder Classic provides a pension for members for payment from retirement, accumulated from contributions paid and converted into a deferred annuity during employment based on terms set and reviewed by the Church of England Pensions Board from time to time. Discretionary increases may also be added, depending on investment returns and other factors. Pension Builder 2014 is a cash balance scheme that provides a lump sum that members use to provide benefits at retirement. Pension contributions are recorded in an account for each member. This account may have bonuses added by the Board before retirement. The bonuses depend on investment experience and other factors. There is no requirement for the Board grant any bonuses. The account, plus any bonuses declared, is payable from members’ Normal Pension Age. There is no sub-division of assets between employers in each section of the Pension Builder Scheme. The scheme is a considered to be a multi-employer scheme as described in Section 28 of FRS 102 as it is not possible to attribute the Pension Builder Scheme’s assets and liabilities to specific employers. This means that contributions are accounted for as if the Scheme were a defined contribution scheme. The pensions costs charged to the SoFA in the year are contributions payable (2019: £7,728, 2018: £7,185). A valuation of the Pension Builder Scheme is carried out once every three years. The most recent was carried out as at 31 December 2016. For the Pension Builder Classic section, the valuation revealed a deficit of £14.2m on the ongoing assumptions used. At the most recent annual review, the Board chose not to grant a discretionary bonus, which will have acted to improve the funding position. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time. For the Pension Builder 2014 section, the valuation revealed a surplus of £1.8m on the ongoing assumptions used. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time. The legal structure of the scheme is such that if another employer fails, St Mary’s Longfleet PCC could become responsible for paying a share of that employer’s pension liabilities.
Public benefit, objectives and activities The PCC have given due regard to public benefit when planning the church’s activities, in accordance with section G2 and G3 of the Charity Commission’s General guidance on Public Benefit (January 2008). The paragraphs above and below set out the PCCs activities, achievements and performance during the year, which are directly related to the objects and purposes for which the church exists. The church achieves its principal objects and purposes through: high quality public worship, both traditional and contemporary pastoral care and support of those in need promotion of Christian Aid, mission agencies and other charitable causes. These benefits are directly related to the aims of the church and are fully compliant with Principles 1 and 2 of the Charity Commission Principles on Public Benefit.
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REVIEW OF THE YEAR During 2019 the full PCC met for five business meetings. The dominant part of our business has again been largely shaped by the priorities contained in our VISION 2020 - RISE up Core Discipleship Practices – remain central to our life together and our equipping of members of SML to grow as passionate, whole-life disciples. To Belong - within a life group, Prayer Triplet and/or Volunteer Team; Feed – on God’s word through daily disciplined personal Bible reading; Pray – contributing to a life of nourishing and sustaining prayer; Serve – on a volunteer team; Give – through committed personal financial giving to the mission and ministry of SML. At our November meeting, James Bright updated the PCC on plans for a refreshed SML Mentoring programme. Extensive research has been carried out by the Leadership Oversight Team about current good practice and a revised way of operating has been proposed. The intention is that ‘Mentoring’, in this capacity, will complement other strands of our discipleship provision. In July, the PCC was delighted to receive the news that Mark Hay’s licence as Associate Vicar has been extended until 2023. This has the full backing of our Archdeacon and Bishops. Our monthly Mid-Week Communion service overseen by our LLM Homfray Vines, continues to flourish and is being greatly valued. An awareness of the rise in ‘Mental and Emotional Health’ issues continues to rise across society. The PCC was delighted that in May at SML we were able to host and facilitate a conference on ‘Wholeness and Mental and Emotional Well-Being’ with speakers Christy Wimber and Jo Swinney. This was widely valued and marks an important step for us as a church community in wrestling more publicly with these issues. Once again, we were delighted to be committed to the Archbishops’ Your Kingdom Come prayer initiative leading up to Pentecost. Rather than hosting a regional celebration we supported the Diocesan-wide Pentecost Celebration at Salisbury Cathedral. Our investment in our monthly prayer and worship gathering RISE has increased and we are committed to seeking a higher level of commitment and creativity in our corporate prayer life.
THRIVE in At our July meeting Mark Hay presented to the PCC an overview of the Emerging Generations department, which spans the age range 0-29. Our Emerging Generations continue to thrive in a thrilling way. Numbers across both of Childrens’ and Youth ministries are growing. Some of this is through new mid-week initiatives like FUSION, BLAST and TRANSFORM. The ministry of ‘Sunshines’, mother and toddler group, continues to flourish on both Monday and Thursday mornings. This is a notable stepping-stone for many from the local community. We are immensely grateful for our Students on Placement here. Although we couldn’t operate our New Wine Discipleship Year intern scheme again this year, we remain very committed to it. After an extended recruitment and interview process, we were delighted to appoint Rob Sallis as our new Youth Pastor to take up the post from January 2020. Part of our Vision 2020 is to enable each person at SML discover their vocation before the Lord. At our September meeting, Jeff Adams and Amy Bilson spoke about their respective journeys of exploring a call to ordination, which the PCC were able to ask them about and pray for them. In February our Archdeacon was approached with a question about the Vicar’s Grant (Gift). This was an annual gift to the Vicar, initiated and agreed by the PCC, as an expression of appreciation, at the end of 2004. Two formal investigations were conducted, with the Diocese and Charity Commission. The vicar and his wife decided in June to no longer receive this gift. The PCC discussed this matter at length at the July meeting and the Churchwardens issued a public statement to the church in September.
Page 30 Compliance with statutory Policies is an official responsibility of the PCC and it helps to create a context in which people can thrive in a healthy, love-filled community. A comprehensive Safeguarding presentation was given to the PCC at our January meeting by Lesley Lockie and Claire Inkpen. This outlined how we process our safeguarding through DBS checks, Safeguarding Training and Safer Recruitment. The PCC also receives a written Safeguarding report and update at each meeting. We are grateful for the considerable amount of work our office team provides in ensuring we are compliant with all the national and Diocesan guidelines. The Diocesan office and safeguarding team have also drawn from the models of Flows we use within our database. Each parish in the Salisbury Diocese was required to conduct a ‘Past Cases Review’ in 2019 which involved researching previous records dating back to 1950. We were grateful to be able enlist the help of for SML Associate Vicar, Justin Tomkins, for part of this work. This was carried out in full, including a report to the Bishop, by the end of May.
REACH out It has been a joy to see the ongoing development and growth of the ministry of our Church Graft in the Parish of Hamworthy. Andy meets with the Revd Tessa Fuhri, Rector of Hamworthy, on a monthly basis to offer support. Discussions also began, to explore how we can most effectively strengthen the link with our church graft, in a way that is liberating for them. The intention is that, during the first half of 2020, a simple ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ will be drawn up and discussed by both PCCs. In early February we interviewed candidates for the Outreach Pastor role. At our March meeting, Andy was delighted to inform the PCC that Rachel Dismorr has been appointed. Her appointment has galvanised a number of new Outreach initiatives including the 16 week Recovery Course. A mission trip to Uganda, engaging with the ministries of Jenga and J-Life, is being planned for August 2020. Linked to this, SML’s practical support of and engagement with Poole Missional Communities (PMC) including Reconnect, continues to develop. Andy is now a trustee. PMC has been granted a new Deanery- wide BMO (Bishop’s Mission Order) which should facilitate more experimentation and openness to exploring new fresh expressions. This forms part of a changing national picture in which, increasingly, new innovative initiatives are being fostered. Our REACH ministries (Vision 2020 – Reach) are naturally grouped into 3 areas - ‘Food, Relationships & Refugees’, continue to expand and thrive. The Community Lunch, hosted in our centre on the first Wednesday of each month, and the weekly Cafe@SML held every Thursday, support older and more isolated members of the local community. At both of these, numbers continue to swell! The PCC are delighted that our commitment to ‘Routes to Roots’ continues to be strengthened, under Phil Harvey’s leadership, through serving soup to the homeless on Sunday evenings. As part of our ongoing response to the ‘Refugee’ Crisis SML teams, led by Elly Harvey, have visited refugee camps in the North of France with provisions. Further information on all these ministries is available on the SML website. Our 2019 Christmas Offerings were shared equally between ‘Routes to Roots’ and ‘Hope for Justice’ Alpha courses, run by amazing teams, both mornings and evenings, provide a wonderfully accessible way of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. Globally and nationally 2019 proved to be a year that again revealed many marks of the profound sociological transition through which our culture is travelling, not least with our impending withdrawal from the European Union. The Church of England also faces challenges in the year ahead; in particular, the anticipated publication of the ‘Living in Love and Faith’ report, on human sexuality and marriage, in June. However, we follow a God of Hope, there is widespread spiritual hunger and many missional opportunities in this season too, and it with those eyes that at SML we look forward into 2020.
On behalf of the PCC Revd Canon Andrew Perry 3 February 2020
Page 31 Andy Perry Mark Hay Jo Elliott John Rolleston Gillian Rutherford Vicar (Chair) Associate Vicar Churchwarden Churchwarden PCC Secretary
Lizzie Adams Mike Bilson Jason Cartridge Paul Eaton Susie Heffer Dir of Operations (In Attendance)
Ian Hicks Mark Hill Emma Jackson Clare King Sarah Maybury
Joe Moxham Peter Naylor Mike Trainer
Colin Chalkly-Maber John Greetham Mike Turner Sam Voyle Angie Wheeler Treasurer
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1. Opening Worship & Prayer
2. Comments and Apologies Andy referred to Isaiah 55 (God’s invitation to come) and I Thessalonians 5 v 15 (“Look for the best in each other…” the Message). In the context of SML developing an “invitational” and “multi- generational” culture.
Apologies had been received from: Jenny & Reg Baldock, Dawn & Michael Cuthbertson, David & Ruth Harder, Lindsey Hancock, Desmond Joyce, David & Ruth Mason, Robert Rutherford, Jan Turner, Phil & Kath Yeardley, Anne Ainsworth, Rachel Barnett, Chris Duffy, Bob, Barbara & Naomi Bayliff.
3. Minutes of last year’s meeting dated 26th March 2018. Acceptance was proposed by Mike Trainer, seconded by Neale Molyneux and passed unanimously. They were then signed as a true record.
4. Celebrating Feedback from the meeting suggested highlights from the past year included the Café, Alpha Course, Carol Service, Church Graft, witness of Children crossing the road to Junior Church, Life Groups, Marriage Course, Church Centre “Buzz”, Midweek Communion, Led by the Spirit Course, Community Lunch.
Andy then gave special thanks to: Those who serve behind the scenes, visitors of the lonely, Soup Run, Community Lunch, Café and Refugee support. Those who pray, Life Group Leaders, Pastoral Care team, Pastoral Prayer Ministry, Safeguarding team, Churchwardens, Youth and Children’s work, Outreach, Facilities team, Operations and Church Centre team, Worship and extended staff. In particular Andy mentioned Mark and Kate and also Fiona.
5. Finance Angie Wheeler reported the headline figures of £607,934 (Income), £570,283 (expenditure) giving a surplus of £35k. Angie reminded everyone how important Gift Aid is to the church and encouraged all taxpayers to “gift aid” their giving if possible. Angie noted that the church requires a DAILY INCOME of £1,420. Angie recorded her thanks to all members of the treasury team and also to the Auditors, Newton Magnus who were then proposed as our Auditors for the coming year by Angie Wheeler and seconded by Lizzie Adams. The proposal was carried unanimously. Andy recorded his thanks to Angie for all her hard work in maintaining and preparing the accounts. John Rolleston then gave an overview of our financial achievements, aims and objectives. He noted that the Church Centre (£1.7 million) had been fully funded while our overall finances and reserves had been maintained. He challenged the fellowship to “Stretch Ourselves” in order to grow and build the kingdom further.
6. Election of Church Officers Thanks were expressed to Jo Elliott and John Rolleston for their service as Churchwardens. Both have agreed to serve for a further year. The following appointments were unanimously approved.
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6.1 Churchwardens Proposed Seconded Jo Elliott Mike Bilson Peter Naylor John Rolleston Angie Wheeler Ian Hicks
6.2 Deputy Wardens Alan Chivers, Chris Chivers, Sarah Maybury, Stephen Rigden, Jean Trainer, Mike Trainer & Mike Turner
6.3 PCC The following were elected to the PCC: Mike Bilson, Emma Jackson, Sarah Maybury, Sam Voyle, Jason Cartridge
7. Electoral Roll The current electoral roll following the recent full revision is 509. During the year 4 had died, 110 new members had joined and 332 had either moved or had not re-joined.
8. Vision 2020 The review of our Vision 2020 strategy opened with a recorded video message from Tessa Nisbet on behalf of St Michael’s Hamworthy. Tessa thanked everyone at SML for their prayers and support whilst reporting encouraging signs of growth and development at Hamworthy.
8.1 RISE Andy reflected on our Thrive initiative by asking each member to consider“ How do you think you have grown in Christ-likeness in the past twelve months?”. Similarly Andy asked “How will you grow in the coming twelve months?”. Specifically Andy asked the membership to consider giving added focus to the monthly RISE worship and prayer evening which will be enhanced by the renovation to the Chancel area. 8.2 THRIVE Safeguarding - Claire Inkpen and Lesley Lockie gave a presentation regarding “Safeguarding” at SML. The presentation included an overview of the safeguarding processes, the attention paid to “Safer Recruitment” and the way in which the ChurchSuite Database had replaced less formal systems. The importance of safeguarding our children, young people and vulnerable adults was emphasised. Past Case Review – Andy reported that we are required by the Diocese to carry out a “Past Case Review” to identify any Safeguarding Issue which had not been dealt with. This review to consider the period from 1950 to the present. The report is required by 31st May 2019 and Justin Tomkins has agreed to carry out the review. Volunteering – Paul Eaton reviewed volunteering activities at SML and thanked all those who volunteered their time in so many different ways. There are currently 288 volunteers within the SML fellowship. Paul also made a plea for more volunteers.
8.3 REACH Mark Hay referred enthusiastically to the many activities associated with evangelism, mission and service. In particular he cited: Community Lunch - the monthly lunch for approximately 35 elderly folk including those who might be described as lonely and/or vulnerable. Alpha – Mark thanked all those involved in supporting this activity and referred to those who had come to know the Lord as a direct result of attending Alpha. Refugee Support – Elly Harvey explained the way in which SML had continued to support the refugees in Northern France.
Page 34 9. Election Results and AOB There were no election results to report and no items of “any other business” had been notified.
10. Questions to the Vicar 10.1 Do you have an update on Justin & Delana? Andy reported that they are currently living in Wareham and are still seeking and exploring including a possibility in Scotland. 10.2 Is there any news of a replacement curate? And How many within the congregation are exploring ordination? Andy replied that it was unlikely we would see a curate before the summer of 2020. Approximately 3 people attending this evening are currently exploring ordination and there are others. 10.3 This series of questions relate to young people: How are we connecting with people in their 20’s? How can we empower youth and young adults in leadership? What has happened to our Youth Services and Youth Band? Can we create a unique identity for our evening service? Andy replied that we do need to be intentional and focused on how our evening service develops. Already it is frequently led by younger leaders within the Church. The Youth Band should also be encouraged. Andy agreed with the general thrust of the questions whilst explaining that our evening services are not solely youth services but also for the general fellowship. 10.4 There were a number of questions about the Chancel project from which the future of “The Cross” was considered. Andy explained the history of the existing cross and explained that it will be replaced once the scale of the chancel space becomes more apparent. Mel Cross will make the new cross, having made the existing one. 10.5 Are life groups still important to SML? Andy noted that the number of life groups had decreased but they will receive a new focus in the coming months given that they are essential within the context of a large church. 10.6 Can some provision be made for car parking during the week when the Church car park is often full? Andy explained that car parking is a real challenge and committed to a review with the operations team to consider a policy for the future. 10.7 The practise of “reserving seats” at popular services can appear unwelcoming. Can the PCC consider their policy in this area? Andy suggested that a balance needs to be struck between our being welcoming and not being over- bearing. This is probably an area where most appropriately Church wardens can encourage good practise but it may be an area for the PCC to consider. 10.8 As Vicar do you feel supported and how can we pray for you? Andy replied that he did feel well supported and thanked everyone for their prayers and encouragements. Andy identified prayer needs as being a) Wisdom in leading SML’s inter-generational fellowship so that there might be caring and understanding within those different groups. b) Personally Andy referred to responsibilities and time commitment within his wider family and he would value prayers for him as a son and a sibling.
11. John Rolleston expressed thanks to Andy and Fiona on behalf of the fellowship referring to Andy’s integrity, commitment, faith, humour, leadership, courage and wisdom.
Following closing worship the meeting closed at 9.30pm.
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Annual Church Meeting Monday 19th October at 7.30 pm
To Follow
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