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The Church of St James the Great, Silsoe ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of the PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL for the year ended 31 DECEMBER 2015 THE CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, SILSOE GROWING AS A BEACON OF CHRIST'S LIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY Vicar: Churchwardens: Reverend David Bell Mrs Gillian Liddle Mr Michael Olney The Vicarage 10 Yew Tree Close The Garden House Fir Tree Road Silsoe Fir Tree Road Silsoe Silsoe Tel: 01525 861163 Tel: 01525 860117 Tel: 01525 862775 SILSOE PCC - Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31/12/2015 Page 1 INDEX Page Number INTRODUCTION 2 INTERREGNUM/VACANCY 3 WORSHIP and SERVICES 5 FELLOWSHIP and PASTORAL CARE 7 DISCIPLESHIP and SPIRITUAL GROWTH 8 MISSION and NEIGHBOURHOOD OUTREACH 10 BUILDING and CHURCHYARD 13 LEADERSHIP and ADMINISTRATION 14 Financial Review 15 CONSOLIDATED INCOME & EXPENDITURE STATEMENT 19 ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT IN FUNDS For the year ended 31 December 2015 20 For the year ended 31 December 2014 21 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 22 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT 23 APPENDIX VICAR'S EXPENSES VACANCY ACCOUNT Growing as a Beacon of C rist's Lig t in O"r Co##"nit$ SILSOE PCC - Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31/12/2015 Page 2 INTRODUCTION The Parish of St James the Great is a Church of England parish situated in Silsoe, Bedfordshire. It is part of the Ampthill & Shefford Deanery, within the Diocese of St Albans which is part of the Church of England. The Parish forms part of a United Benefice with two neighbouring parishes, St John the Baptist, Flitton and St James, Pulloxhill. St James the Great Church is situated in the High Street, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, MK45 4DR; the correspondence address is The Vicarage, Fir Tree Road, Silsoe, MK45 4EA The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measures 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and is a charity excepted from registration with the Charity Commission. The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the vicar in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the Church and Churchyard of St James the Great, Silsoe. The PCC are of the opinion that activities during this year (and preceding years) meet the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and the guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our Parish community through: • Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus. • Provision of pastoral care for people living in the Parish. • Missionary and outreach work. Growing as a Beacon of C rist's Lig t in O"r Co##"nit$ SILSOE PCC - Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31/12/2015 Page 3 INTERREGNUM/VACANCY From 25 August 2014 until July 2015, our parish did not have a vicar - we were in an Interregnum/vacancy. During that period, the PCC organised services on a regular basis and we are very grateful to all the vicars, readers and lay people who helped to provide regular services in Silsoe. Our Churchwardens have had significant additional duties during this period and the PCC express their sincere thanks to Mr Olney and Mrs Liddle for the care, effort and diligence with which they shouldered these extra tasks. It was very pleasing to note that during the Vacancy attendance at services did not decline and the parishioners were very supportive, giving the new vicar a strong foundation on which to move forward On 8 July 2015, the PCC and the members of the Church were delighted to attend the Licensing of our new Vicar, Reverend David Bell. The Church was full with parishioners from Revd Bell's previous parishes as well as his new ones and the service was led by Bishop Richard, Bishop of Bedford, and Archdeacon Paul Hughes. At the service a collection of £531 was taken for the support of ordination candidates in training. Dave, his wife Kath and their family have quickly become an integral part of our village community and we look forward to our Church and community growing under Dave's leadership. Revd Dave Bell & Richard, Bishop of Bedford continued/... Growing as a Beacon of C rist's Lig t in O"r Co##"nit$ SILSOE PCC - Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31/12/2015 Page 4 INTERREGNUM/VACANCY Shortly after his Licensing Revd Bell, together with the Rural Dean, Revd Linda Klimas, ran a 5 week course - Lead Your Church Into Growth Course (LYCiG) - for the PCCs and congregations in the Benefice and Maulden. OUR VISION For our ch"rches !o grow as beacons of C rist's &ig t in our com#"nities A shared set of values was developed to underpin the churches behaviour, which will be common to all the parishes within the United Benefice of Flitton, Pulloxhill and Silsoe: OUR VALUES We&come Pra$er Com#"nity Wors ip Frien)s ips C rist Centre) Silsoe was well represented at the course and, subsequently, the PCC developed a Mission Action Plan (MAP) to help us work towards our Vision; keeping to our Values. We have structured this Report and our Financial Statements to help show the progress we make within the various areas of our MAP: Wors ip an) Ser*ices Fe&&ows ip an) 'astora& Care +isciples ip an) Spiri!"a& Grow! Mission an) Neig bour ood O"treach B"i&)ing an) C "rch$ar) Lea)ers ip an) A)#inistration During the Vacancy, the amount of money the PCC had to pay to the Diocese of St Albans (the Parish Share) was reduced. However, the PCC was expected to pay the costs of the people who came to take services. Had we had a vicar for the whole year, the Parish Share would have been £17,453 but there was a reduction of £517. The cost of service cover during the Vacancy in 2015 was £318.75. (2014: Parish share £17,937, reduction due to no Vicar £244, cost of service cover £125.00) Growing as a Beacon of C rist's Lig t in O"r Co##"nit$ SILSOE PCC - Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31/12/2015 Page 5 WORSHIP and SERVICES The PCC works with the other PCCs in our United Benefice to offer a range of services over the course of a year that we all hope our communities will find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. On most Sundays there is a morning Parish Communion service held at Silsoe, a mid-morning Holy Communion Service held at Flitton and an Evensong Service at Pulloxhill. A Family Service (without communion) is held once a month at Silsoe in place of Parish Communion. All are welcome to attend our services. During 2015, the average weekly attendance at services in Silsoe on a 'normal' Sunday was 37 adults and 6 children (2014: 29 adults) but this number increases significantly at festivals and at special services. At St James the Great we run a number of special services through the year; our Mothering Sunday service provides children with an opportunity to worship specifically with their mothers, whilst our Christingle and Blessing of the Crib services attract many families in the community. It is very pleasing to report that the Church is full to capacity for these services, often with several generations of a family attending to worship together. At our Christingle Service, the collection is taken in the name of the Children's Society and, therefore, does not form part of the income of the Church. In 2015 the collection amounted to £135 (2014:£165). In March, Deanery Evensong was held in our Church - the choirs from Churches around the Deanery joined together into a magnificent 80 voice choir. The collection taken at the service was donated to the Leonard Cheshire Home in Ampthill - we were able to send £245. On Good Friday we hold a Procession of Witness, walking with a cross from the Millennium Green to the Church where a short service is held. Deanery Evensong Procession of Witness continued/... Growing as a Beacon of C rist's Lig t in O"r Co##"nit$ SILSOE PCC - Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31/12/2015 Page 6 WORSHIP and SERVICES Our annual All Souls Service in October offers recently bereaved parishioners and other people a way of honouring their departed loved ones. After our Remembrance Service in November, we sent a donation of £350 (equivalent to the service collection) to Help for Heroes (2014: £160 to the Royal British Legion). We enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptisms we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God's blessing and through funeral services family and friends express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God's keeping. We have celebrated baptisms for 12 children and 1 adult, 4 weddings and held 9 funerals in our Church this year (In 2014: 4 adult baptisms, 4 child baptisms, 3 weddings, 2 marriage blessings, 13 funerals). A new initiative in the latter part of 2015 was to take a retiring collection at a wedding and invite the couple to nominate a charity to share that collection equally with the Church. As a result, £100 was donated to Breathing Matters. All Souls Service Growing as a Beacon of C rist's Lig t in O"r Co##"nit$ SILSOE PCC - Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31/12/2015 Page 7 FELLOWSHIP and PASTORAL CARE Some members of our Parish are unable to attend Church due to sickness or age.
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