St Thomas’ Church Lowther St York (St Thomas’ Mission Unit)
ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of the PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL For the year ended 31 December 2019 www.s homasyork.org.uk
Priest-in-Charge and Co-ordinator of the Mission Unit: Revd Alistair Rycro Churchwardens: Mrs Jo Bloss, Mr Michael Minihan Treasurer: Mr David Pennock Independent Examiner: Mrs Jane Kasiuk, 20 Elmfield Avenue, YO31 9LS Bank: Lloyds Bank plc, Pavement Branch, York
Contents
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Annual Report 1-3
Independent Examiner’s Report 4
Receipts and Payments account 5
Statement of Assets and Liabili es 5
Notes to the Accounts 6-7
Budget for 2020 8
Followed by further reports and minutes of 2019 mee ng Annual Report of the PCC of St Thomas’ for the year ended Dec 31st 2018
St Thomas’ Church (also St Thomas’ Mission Unit, serving the parish of St Thomas with St Maurice) is on Lowther St in the Groves area of York. It is within the Diocese of York.
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charity exempted from registra on with the Charity Commission. The PCC has the responsibility of promo ng in the ecclesias cal parish the whole mission of the church; pastoral, evangelis c, social, and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibili es for the church and hall.
Membership: Members of the PCC are either ex-officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Mee ng in accordance with the Church Representa on Rules. All church a endees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and are then eligible to stand for elec on to the PCC.
During 2019, the members of the PCC of St Thomas’ Church were:
Revd Al Rycro (priest-in-charge) – Chair Mr David S rk – Vice Chair Mr Michael Minihan – Churchwarden Mrs Jo Bloss – Churchwarden Mr David Pennock – Treasurer Mr Tom Dennis – Secretary Mrs Viv Pennock Mrs Anna Minihan Mr Rob Hazell Mr Peter Pla s Mr David Nevard (from April 2019) Mr Gerald Snowden (Deanery Synod Representa ve)
Full ordinary mee ngs of the PCC occurred five mes during 2019. There were several mee ngs of various PCC sub-groups. There were no mee ngs of the Standing Commi ee.
Church A endance As of the end of 2019, there were 85 on the electoral roll (23 resident, 62 non-resident). The average a endance figure for Sunday services through 2019 was 78 adults and 18 children.
Church Services con nued at 10.30am on Sundays. Normally a Eucharis c service, but with a monthly All Age service of the Word. We enjoyed several special services, such as Harvest, Chris ngle, and Remembrance in which the Scout Group and numerous other less regular a enders were involved. We also held a Carol Service. Children’s groups ran during our non- all age services.
Safeguarding: The PCC has an up to date safeguarding policy, displayed in the church and church hall. St Thomas’ follows guidance to ensure ‘safer recruitment’ of staff and volunteers. Staff and volunteers are appropriately trained according to Church of England guidance. The PCC has complied with the duty to have due regard to the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policy. 1
Review of 2019 (by Al Rycro , Priest-in-Charge)
As I write in prepara on for the 2020 AGM – taking place in November because of the ongoing disrup ons of Covid-19 – it’s quite a task to remember anything at all about 2019! While that year is the focus of this report, I cannot but begin by reflec ng on the upheaval of 2020. Since March, we have not been able to gather as usual, with only small services and some in-person home groups since July. Through the fear and frustra on which many have felt, we have nevertheless been reminded regularly of God’s faithfulness. Many have spoken of how thankful they are to be part of a loving church family in these mes.
All of this makes us s ll more grateful for the normal freedoms we enjoy, and for the way God was able to work in our community in 2019. During that year, we were delighted to welcome Charlo e Sauer (now Hazell!) as our children’s and families worker, as she set to work building upon the founda ons of our Sunday children’s groups, Babes and Tots rela onships, and school connec ons at Haxby Road and Park Grove. It was a blessing, too, to support Erin Burbridge in training for Reader Ministry, and Viv Pennock in training as a ‘Recognized Parish Assistant’. It is wonderful that God con nues to resource his work at St Thomas’ and in the Groves, especially as we go on praying for ‘workers in the harvest field’.
Once again we experienced God’s kindness to us in 2019. In the reports which follow, you’ll see a snapshot of how He has been at work among us. It is amazing how many people God con nues to touch through the services, groups and events which are a normal part of our life together at St Thomas’. In par cular, 2019 saw ‘Luke’s Larder Too’ find a temporary home in our church hall, giving rise to new connec ons with members of the local community (and providing a basis for the Groves Groceries enterprise during this year’s lockdown).
Of course, we pray that through the ministries of St Thomas’, we won’t simply meet new people, but that those people would meet Jesus Christ. In everything we do, our desire is to share the love and truth of Jesus, giving others the opportunity to enter the joy of God’s kingdom. And, in our worship together, we want to honour and praise the Lord in a way which brings glory to His Name and calls others to see his beauty. 2019 gave many opportuni es to do that, not only in our weekly home groups and Sunday services, but also through ‘Taste and See’ evenings of worship, through our community event on the school field at Pentecost, through the exci ng visit of Jonathan Couper in January (organized with Cli on Parish and York Vineyard), and through our packed out Carol Service, among other things.
When I wrote last year’s review, I men oned that it is important for us not to overstretch ourselves. Early in 2020, as a PCC we dwelt on the verse from Gala ans 6 which reminds us to “do good to everyone, and especially to those in the household of faith.” While I don’t think 2019 was necessarily a year of over-reach, certainly by the me it came to a close, there were a number of us who felt that we must be sure not to neglect our own church family – that for a haven or harbour to be safe, it must itself be properly looked a er. There was perhaps a sense that we needed to rest in the Lord as well as working for him. Well, as I wrote last year, I also said: “None of us knows what lies ahead – only that God will be there!” How true that has turned out to be. For all of its uncertain es and difficul es, 2020 has given many of us the opportunity to step back and to take stock of what really ma ers. This report on 2019 will remind us of the ‘good old days’ of doing all these things, but can also prompt us to be asking where the Spirit is leading as we rebuild a er Covid-19 – what should we return to, and what must we let go of?
As ever, looking back causes me to be hugely thankful to every member of Christ’s body here at St Thomas’. Only as you play your part can the body as a whole func on properly. One more, we are grateful to God for the unity and love which he has granted us as a fellowship, and we con nue to trust that the future is in his hands. As I taught during the ‘Life With God’ series in 2019, our Good Shepherd really is calling us to a ‘life without lack’ as Psalm 23 tells us. If we have God, surely we have everything we need. Whatever the coming months may bring, as we approach a tough winter, God does not change – “the steadfast love of the Lord never ends; his mercies are new every morning.”
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Church Wardens’ Report 2019/20
2020 has been such a strange and challenging year for all of us individually and as a church – so it has been a wonderful experience to go back through our emails and diaries to recall the many events and different ways in which God has been at work in St Thomas’s during the me before lockdown. We hope that the various reports will bring back memories for you of those mes and raise your faith for what God will do here in the future. We have much to be thankful for.
We believe that God is blessing the ministry of this church because we are united under one vision : to make Jesus known to our community, to reach out with Gods’ love to those in need and to grow as disciples ourselves. In February 2020 Al led the PCC in a morning of discussion and prayer to look at how our vision could be implemented in the year ahead. We agreed that the worship life of the church was very important and that the me had come to invest in employing someone to lead this forward. As a result of the pandemic and the lack of physical opportuni es to gather together, we have put this on hold for the me being. We are blessed with some wonderful musicians and are par cularly grateful to Louise for leading worship and also the community gospel choir with such enthusiasm.
The decision was also made to press ahead with the building Reordering Project, having released money from the Barbara Mar n trust fund to help with the ini al costs. We hope to appoint shortly a Project Manager to lead us through the first stages of developing the vision, submi ng plans and seeking funding to take the whole project forward. We are grateful to Dave S rk for ensuring the essen al maintenance to the church is con nued during this me of wai ng for significant changes to our building.
Some of the highlights of 2019/20 have been :
1. Charlo e‘s start as our Children’s Worker. A par cular success was the day of Prayer Sta ons enjoyed by pupils from Haxby Road School in December 2. A full programme of Christmas events including a packed carol service with the community choir 3. Luke’s Larder ran from June to August 2019 providing le over store food to the community and a café. This also laid the founda ons for Groves Groceries during lockdown 4. Our annual community event at Pentecost with bap sms, music and fun ac vi es enjoyed by lots of local families on the school field. And the sun shone once again! 5. A new regular evening gathering, Taste and See 6. A visit from Jean Claude whose amazing ministry to orphans and widows in Burundi has been supported by us for a number of years 7. The Talking Jesus Course with Paul Myers 8. Growing links with local groups and the Local Authority’s regenera on project in The Groves 9. Lots of cafes including on a number of elec on days. We are so grateful to the many people who give their me to make things happen, both during the week and on Sundays. About 18 people are involved each week in running our sunday service from welcomers, to the band, coffee servers, leading our 3 kids’ groups and dy uppers. We are the Body of Christ and we each have our part to play -do join one of our serving teams if you can.
As ever, we are thankful for Al’s leadership – for his care of each of us, his desire to see Jesus known by all the people of The Groves and for his inspired teaching. Jo Bloss and Mike Minihan
Children’s Work
This year has certainly been an unusual me to be working in children’s ministry. The “normal” ways of running the ministry had to change, and many children’s workers (including myself), have had to quickly adapt to online pla orms, navigate social media and seek to engage children through videos and Zoom.
Sunday Children’s Work In September 2019, we saw the con nua on of our Sunday Children’s groups: Bubbles (pre-school), Splash (5-7yrs) and Waves (8+yrs). The number of families that regularly a ended St Thomas’ con nued to grow, and we were blessed to welcome more children to our groups. In January, we moved from using the ‘Click’ Bible teaching resource to the Scripture Union ‘Light’ compendium books in all groups. This new resource gave the ability to teach the same Bible story across all groups, and came with many ac vi es and resources that were tailored to each year group. The availability of ideas for every session allowed each volunteer to lead the group in a way that complimented their own gi ings and exper se, as well as the abili es of the children in that group. We also introduced family breakfasts before church every half-term, and this facilitated a space in which families could socialise and con nue to build friendships with one another.
Over lockdown, the usual way of running children’s ministry changed completely, which certainly led to many hard challenges along the way. It required trialling new methods of engaging children and fast adap ng to using technology in new ways. This led to weekly ‘Children’s Church’ videos posted online and child-friendly slots during church services. Prior to summer, we also trialled a regular Zoom group on Friday a ernoons which was open to all ages. We had fun playing Zoom-friendly games, learning the ‘I Am…’ phrases of Jesus and praying crea vely with objects from around the house.
Over summer, we ran a virtual holiday club called ‘Hope Club’ each Sunday for five weeks using the material provided by the York Diocese. This involved every family receiving a Hope Club bag with the ac vi es and cra resources they needed to engage with the video for each week. Many of our church family kindly volunteered to deliver these bags each week, and this allowed different members of the congrega on the opportunity to see each other which would have otherwise not been possible. Due to the encouraging feedback from the holiday club, this format of ministry has now morphed into ‘Church in a Bag’ which will con nue un l children’s groups can meet again.
I would like to thank the hard work of all the volunteers that served each Sunday (and now via online pla orms) and have helped with the running of this vital ministry. I am so grateful for the way they have faithfully taught the children about Jesus with such enthusiasm and crea vity.
Schools During the beginning of the last academic year, we con nued to build the already long-standing rela onships that St Thomas’ church had maintained with the local schools, Haxby Road and Park Grove School. Before lockdown, I assisted YoYo with assemblies and lessons in both schools, and with the help of Dick Syms, we ran a lunch me Story Club for KS1 children at Haxby Road School. This included telling a Bible story, singing together and crea ng a cra related to the story, which the children very enthusias cally a ended each week! Over Christmas, we invited classes at Haxby Road school to engage with our Na vity-themed prayer spaces in the church building. This involved se ng up various crea ve ac vi es around the church to provide the children space in which to reflect and draw closer to God.
As a church we were able to support families from both schools with food through the Groves Groceries scheme. Alongside these packages, the families also received “Fun at Home” cra packs which were created to give ideas to parents struggling to entertain their children in lockdown.
Unfortunately, the current situa on has made it hard to connect with schools as external visits are not possible. We con nue to monitor the situa on and pray that God will give us new opportuni es to engage with our local schools.
Training Over the past academic year, I completed the New Wine Leadership Year run by St Michael Le Belfrey church which involved theology training, book discussions and being equipped to lead in our ministry area. I con nue to a end regular training sessions run by YoYo (York Schools and Youth Trust) and par cipate in a half-termly York Children’s Leaders Network, which exists to support and share ideas between those working in children’s ministry. This year I plan to start the 7-month Aurora Children’s Ministry Training course, run by the Yorkshire Methodist District and gain a cer ficate with St Peter’s College. The course has been designed to equip those with no formal qualifica on in children’s work, and I hope it will increase my knowledge and ap tude in running the ministry both prac cally and spiritually.
Babes n Tots (now known as Tiny Tots) I assumed leadership of Babes n Tots in September 2019 on star ng my role as Children’s Worker. The weekly toddler group con nued to follow the same format of open play, a singing session, Bible story me and refreshments. It was a joy to see a number of families regularly a end the group and to experience friendships that con nued to grow over the months, which culminated in a meal out with the adults just before lockdown. Thank you so much to Bex, John & Shirley, Sue and Anna for all their help in running the group, it was very much appreciated!
Over lockdown, the group moved online for Facebook live singing sessions, and then when the rule of 6 came into place over summer, we ran mul ple group sessions outside in the local park with picnic blankets, singing and bubble me!
Most recently, we made the decision to rebrand and rename the group ‘Tiny Tots’.
Charlo e Hazell
Students
In the academic year 19/20, we’ve been blessed at St. Thomas’ to be joined by a few new students, adding to the group of con nuing students, both from the University of York & York St. John’s. In terms of numbers, there have been around ten to twenty students that have been regularly connected to St. Thomas’ in one shape or form.
Alongside the ever-popular student lunches at the start of term (Sept./Oct. ’19), monthly counter-culture nights were run, where topics par cularly relevant to students & their faith were discussed with meals provided (pre-lockdown!). Sunday evenings were used as a me for students to gather & build rela onships with each other in the church hall in a relaxed atmosphere over games & food. A number of students joined home groups that met weekly. Some met regularly one-to-one with members of the congrega on in a mentoring-style rela onship (thank you mentors!). The young adults & students went away for a weekend in January 2020 to Wydale, where Dave Nevard shared a number of thoughts. Following the lockdown, students con nued to remain connected in groups that met monthly over Zoom/Facebook, discussing faith & student life. Approximately twenty people took part in these from various parts of the country, which was more than would a end on a single counter-culture night! Students have served as part of the the refreshment rota, running Sunday children’s groups, the P.A. & in the worship band (if not in more ways!).
In July 2020, we said farewell to two of our students, Sarah Taylor & Hannah Waddilove, both of whom completed degrees at the University of York. Louise moved on too; we do thank God for all her work mee ng regularly with students & cooking them several meals! In September 2020, Caleb Hawthorne started a one year discipleship programme with the Belfrey, during which he aims to serve students at St Thomas’ in ’20/’21. We look forward to seeing what God does in the lives of students this year.
Community Outreach
Na er
As with many of the groups run at St Thomas’ in 2019/20, our me at Na er can be divided into two halves: sessions pre- and post-lockdown.
Pre-lockdown, we met weekly at the church hall doing ac vi es like carpet bowls, bingo, memory games, chair- exercises, countdown, quizzes & more! We’ve managed a couple of trips out with the group: a boat trip up the River Ouse (with a ernoon tea included!) & a trip to the New Earswick Bowls Club for lunch. We con nued to pray & sing together & it has been encouraging to see members sharing their requests, recognising the importance of prayer. We enjoyed our annual Christmas party with Phil Moore’s accomplished accordion playing! Post-lockdown, we have run several informal meetups in the church garden over the summer where we’ve enjoyed a cup of tea & each other’s company. Reg has con nued to help in the kitchen, for which we’re very grateful! It has been encouraging to see a few new people recently join the group, all of whom live locally.
Encounter
Un l March 2020, Encounter ran weekly at the St. Thomas’ church hall, with the con nuing link with the Proba on Service & a new link with Askham Prison. We con nued to offer the popular bacon sandwiches (with thanks to Reg’s efforts!), together with refreshments, table-top games & rela onship-building opportuni es. In the past year, we also ran a weekly group that met on a different day at lunch me, where we offered soup followed by an opportunity to look at a short Bible passage, aimed at encouraging members a ending Encounter to explore faith. A number of the Encounter regulars came to this, some more regularly than others. There con nued to be a link with another faith-based group running on Thursday evenings in the church hall called ‘Download,’ which some members of Encounter also a ended.
During lockdown, we were able to serve several of the Encounter a endees (and many others) with food parcels through Groves Groceries. Post-lockdown, we ran cafes in the church garden over the summer. Please pray for God’s guidance as to how best to serve the people we’ve met through this group at the present me, par cularly with whether our link with proba on resumes (things have been quiet on that front since March). We have been running a Bible study on a Monday lunch me & invi ng Encounter a endees to this, together with weekly cafes at the church hall.
Sam Nunes
Luke’s Larder Too
As part of Your Café, St Thomas’ were happy to host Luke’s Larder Too during the summer months of June, July and August 2019. This meant that surplus food from supermarkets and local shops was collected and delivered to our Church Hall on a Wednesday morning ready to be offered to local people on a ‘pay as you feel’ basis. Our doors opened at 10am each Wednesday and people came to take the produce away. The church provided tea and coffee and light bites outside on the grassed area by the hall, weather permi ng or inside church when raining. People really appreciated being able to have a sit down and a chat whilst collec ng their food.
Over the 13 weeks we had 374 customers and saved approximately 4 tons of food waste. This was a fantas c achievement but would not have been possible without the many volunteers from church who came to help each Wednesday. A very big thank you to everyone in our effort to reduce food waste in York.
Wri ng this report and looking back I feel that God has really blessed this new venture at St Thomas. Luke’s larder Too, hopes to return some me in the future (and in 2020 this provided the basis for the Groves Groceries deliveries through lockdown).
Alison S rk Crea ve Outreach
The Peaced Together Course has con nued with posi ve feedback again in the past year and I am grateful to all those who have supported us with prayer, broken crockery and all sorts of cra y items found at the back of cupboards. Also grateful to Lisa Schubert, Louise B-J and Sarah Trevillion for their help in running the courses.
In June 2019 we hosted the first northern training weekend for Peace Together and several churches across the North joined us. In Autumn 2019 I ran a pilot course for Haxby Methodist church which went very well and people from that church are now planning to train.
In total about 100 women have now a ended Peaced Together most of whom have no links to a church, so we are always looking for ways to encourage these women more closely into our church community and to explore faith. A good number came to our Cra s and Cocktails and Wreath Making Christmas events and some have become regulars at Crea ve Café and the Community Gospel Choir.
We obtained a grant from Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust to run more one off events and to support the Crea ve Café and Peaced Together. All the events for 2020 were cancelled but hopefully we can resume before too long. Some of the funds were used to purchase some new tables and chairs for the café and display boards for art work.
Crea ve Café has been a lot of fun in 2019 with a great group of church women commi ed to coming each week and befriending those who come along. We spent advent making decora ons for a Christmon Tree that was up in church over the Christmas period and enabled us to have discussions about the birth of Jesus and who He is. We have lots of women are now kni ng blanket squares for the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa and also teddies and other items for Kni ng for Peace. Others are developing pain ng and drawing skills and we were planning a mural for church that is currently on hold but to be con nued.
The Community Gospel Choir con nued in 2019 and provided us with wonderful singing at several events including the outdoor bap sms and BBQ at Pentecost. Louise B-J will be greatly missed by all those who blossomed as singers under her skilful and enthusias c leadership.
Jo Bloss Fabric Report 2019
The church con nues to be maintained and the grounds are well looked a er by Steve Turner. I would like to thank Steve for his work especially the dying up of the vast amount of leaves shed by the Plane trees at the front of church. I also thank John Davies for carrying out the annual PATs (portable appliance test), it’s very important that our electrical appliances are kept safe, thank you John. Other annual inspec ons have to be carried out, In February/March the Fire ex nguisher are serviced by Chubb, and In October the servicing of the church Boilers were carried out.
We also have to keep an eye on the external fabric. There are a number of areas on the external stone walls that have deteriorated quite rapidly in recent years, because of the possibility of major restora on and re- ordering works in the future, we have not paid par cular a en on to them, this is something that we need to address in the near future.
There are also areas within the church buildings that need work carrying out, again we will plan for dealing with these in the near future. There haven’t been any other changes or works carried out this year, apart from replacing the aisle carpet, which is very comfortable to walk on. And so I’ll finish the report for 2019 by thanking those of you who have helped keep the building maintained over the last year.
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Following on from the end of 2019, I would like to men on a few things that have happened in the 9 months of 2020. As I men oned earlier the worst of the deteriora ng stonework will have to be addressed so we plan to proceed with this.
One project that has been carried out over the lockdown is the refurbishment of the mee ng room facili es. Making the room more useable for everyone. The room itself has benefi ed from the addi on of secondary double glazing and the installa on of a med electric hea ng system. I would like to give a big thank you to Exodus. Exodus who use the room regularly have been very kind in funding these items, we trust that their mee ngs are more comfortable because of these changes. In addi on to this we have upgraded and decorated the kitchene e and WC and installed an electric water heater, hot water is something that hasn’t been on tap for many years.
Another change has been the replacement of the church lights, The system had become out of date and costly to maintain, so we have replaced the small halogen spot lights with LED flood lights which give us a low cost, all around ligh ng effect. Let us pray that it won’t be too long before we can enjoy mee ng together in church and take advantage of the changes. Looking to the future, as a result of the covid19 we are making plans to make more usable space within the church, so that when the me comes and we are allowed to house larger congrega ons we will be ready.
Once we do return to using the church there are many things to con nue to maintain so If anyone has any par cular skills they can offer, then please have a word with me.
That’s all for the moment.
Dave S rk. 2nd St Thomas Scout Group
2nd St Thomas’ Scout Group has been through a significant period of change which includes a change in key volunteers in our Group. I would like to start this report by thanking Chris Leach for her thirty years of service as our Cub Scout Leader and Group Scout Leader (GSL), as well as keeping the partnership between the Group and the church thriving during this me. Chris stepped down as GSL at the end of 2019. I have taken over the liaison role between the Group and the Church and I look forward to con nuing building a posi ve rela onship between us. For those Church members who are not aware this was commenced with a Cub sec on visit to explore faith and Scou ng. We are looking forward to lots more ac vi es over the coming months.
Our Group con nues to be led by a great team of very experienced, leaders, under the new Group leadership of Simon Errington who has taken over as Ac ng Group Scout Leader. We currently provide Scou ng for around 23 young people across the three sec ons of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.
Na onally, Scou ng was ‘locked down’ in March 2020 and is now beginning to emerge, with some groups mee ng face to face, while others have chosen to remain closed for the me being. 2nd St Thomas’s has fallen into the la er category, and are running ac vi es through different means. We hope to return to face to face Scou ng in early 2021.
Lockdown has given us the chance to reflect on the future of the group. We have spent some me and money on renova ons to the inside and outside of our mee ng place on Haxby Road, in order to secure our future once we reopen. We have lots of spaces for young people to join, and are also looking for recruits to our leadership team in all sec ons. No previous Scou ng experience required!
Scou ng survives through volunteers very much like the Church community. In par cular we are looking to build an execu ve commi ee (a bit like a board of governors at a school) to support the Group Scout Leader in implemen ng and developing plans for the future. If anyone is interested in being involved, please get in touch! Equally if anyone has some skills they would like to share with our young people as part of a sec on mee ng- we would love to have you involved!
Yours in Scou ng, Tom Mann - Assistant Cub Scout Leader 2nds [email protected] Facebook: 2nd St Thomas- Official Minutes of the St. Thomas’ Mission Unit Annual General Mee ng, 2019 The St. Thomas’ Mission Unit Annual General Mee ng was held on 31st March 2019 at 10:30am.
Parishioner’s Mee ng a) Opening Prayer A. Rycro opened in prayer and quoted from Tobit 12:6. b) Appointment of a secretary for the mee ng T. Dennis was reelected as secretary. c) Apologies for absence V. Pennock, J. Firth, R. Melrose, P. Melrose
d) Minutes of the Parishioner’s Mee ng, 29nd April 2018 Approved with no altera ons. Proposed: D. Syms. Seconded: V. Ward. e) Ma ers arising No ma ers arising. f) Elec ons: Church Wardens for the year 2019/20 Jo Bloss elected as churchwarden. Proposed: D. Pennock. Seconded: S. Davies. Michael Minihan elected as churchwarden. Proposed: D. Pennock. Seconded: S. Davies. Thanks to both was given by A. Rycro and the congrega on.
Annual General Mee ng 10. Apologies for absence See Parishioner’s mee ng. 11. Minutes of AGM, 29th April 2018 Approved with no altera ons. Proposed: D. Syms. Seconded: V. Ward. 12. Ma ers arising No ma ers arising. 13. Electoral Roll Officer’s Report A. S rk reported to the secretary that there are 86 people on the electoral roll - 24 in the parish, 62 outside. 14. Reports
1. Treasurer’s Annual Report and Presenta on of Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2018 Accounts enclosed in annual report. Proposed: D. Griffin. Seconded: P. Pla s. Approved unanimously. The PCC minuted its thanks for D. Pennock. 2. Appointment of Examiner of Accounts for the year 2019 Jane Kasiuk reappointed. Approved unanimously. 15. Elec ons: A. Synod Representa ves G. Snowden to con nue as deanery synod representa ve. One space remains. B. PCC Members to serve for 3 years Anna Minihan reelected to the PCC. Proposed: A. Sharman. Seconded: D. Pennock. Tom Dennis reelected to the PCC. Proposed: M. Minihan. Seconded: S. Davies. Viv Pennock reelected to the PCC. Proposed: M. Minihan. Seconded: S. Davies. Alice Thomas elected to the PCC. Proposed: M. Minihan. Seconded: S. Davies. Dave Nevard elected to the PCC. Proposed: M. Minihan. Seconded: S. Davies. C. Safeguarding Officer (Protec on of children and vulnerable adults) J. Bingham to con nue in her role as safeguarding officer (elected during the year, not covered in the AGM mee ng). D. Electoral Roll Officer (Annual) Not covered in the AGM mee ng. E. Sidespersons (Annual) All people on welcoming rota are approved as sidespersons. Approved. 16. Reports booklet D. Pennock reported how the PCC had raised the freewill offering by 5% and shared the breakdown of the costs, including other forms of giving such as to IJM and Chris an Aid. He also men oned how planned giving totaled over £50,000 (£45,477 of which we could claim income tax back on). He also discussed how the Salva on Army is leaving and this will reduce our income from the Church Hall. 17. J. Bloss and L. Barclay reported on the work being done in Crea ve Café and Peaced Together and how these outlets foster community and build rela onships with the people who a end. L. Barclay also discussed the gospel choir and the work it has completed since S. Burrowes le as choir director. It has drawn people in from the community and has helped introduce the gospel to people. 18. Vicar’s Annual Report A. Rycro fed back on the new PCC subcommi ee ideas and how this would be an opportunity for people to serve across the congrega on. He also shared that communica on from the PCC would improve so that everyone was aware of the work being undertaken and could feedback on this. 19. AOB A. Minihan and M. Minihan reported on the children work progress and thanked the leaders for their help throughout the last year. The congrega on thanked both for their work. S. Davies fed back on ‘Babes N Tots’ and what a wonderful opportunity for outreach it had become. Congrega on members also fed back moments to be thankful including: the lovely welcome, the student work, the outreach work undertaken, the prayer groups and the budding rela onship with Haxby Road School. Date of next PCC mee ng To be confirmed at a later date. Closing prayer Prayers and Psalm 34 was read.