1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Agenda for the Annual Meeting 3 Parochial Church Council Membership 4 Churchwardens 5 Church Council 5 PCC Secretary 5 Honorary Assistant Priest 7 Treasurer 7 Parish Clerk 9 Representative Team Council 9 Bodies Deanery Synod 10 Churches Together in Barnes 10 Fish 11 Committees Stewardship 13 Mission 14 Castelnau Centre Project 16 Under Tree Schools 17 Fabric 17 Kitson Hall 19 Churchyard 20 Think Tank 21 Organisations Sidesmen 22 Pastoral Support Group 23 Music 23 Bell ringers 24 Sacristan, Servers & Saturday Helpers 25 Flower Arrangers 25 Intercessory Prayer Group 25 Book Groups 26 Saturday Coffee Shop 26 Friends of St Mary’s 26 Daily Friends 28 St Mary’s Scrapbook 28 Website 29 Church Office & Parish Secretary 29 Golden Girls 30 Good Companions 30 Preparation & Follow Up Baptism Preparation 31 Marriage Preparation 32 Children Children’s Pastor 32 Barnes Team Ministry Family Service 34 Pathfinders 34 FOOD Barnes Team Ministry Youth Group 35 St Mary Barnes Scout Group 36 Appendixes Charities Supported in 2006 37 St Mary’s Church Barnes Report Accounts 38 Photographs 40 for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2008 Minutes of the Annual Meeting 2007 42 for the year 2007 Who’s Who 46 3 4 THE ANNUAL MEETINGS ST MARY BARNES – PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL To be held in St Mary’s Church on Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 8 pm-9 pm 6-7 pm especially for families with refreshments Membership 2007-2008 7-8 pm drinks and refreshments 9-10 pm refreshments Rector The Rev’d Ross Collins (Standing Committee) AGENDA The meeting opens with prayer Churchwardens Mr Philip Bladen (Standing Committee) Mrs Fiona Barnett (Standing Committee) A. The Annual Meeting of Parishioners For the purpose of electing two churchwardens to serve for the coming Ex Officio The Rev’d Lindsay Collins year Miss Christabel Gairdner (Reader) Mr Philip Mitchell (Reader) B. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting Major Iain Radford (Reader) 1. Minutes of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting held on Deanery Synod Mr Geoffrey Barnett (Reader) 24 April 2007 (retire 2008) Mr Peter Boyling (Standing Committee) Mr Harry Powell 2. Church Electoral Roll Ms Paula Reynolds Mrs Joan Wheeler-Bennett 3. Elections (retire 2008) Dr Silke Cresswell (resigned early) (a) The Election to the Parochial Church Council of three Mrs Patty Darke representatives to serve for three years Mrs Jean Lawrence (died January 2008) (b) The Election to the Deanery Synod of six representatives to serve Mr Michael Murison for three years Ms Anne Sullivan (c) The Election of Sidesmen for 2008-2009 (retire 2009) Mrs Juliet Hogan 4. Finance Mr Martin Tomlins 5. 2010 Stewardship Appeal (retire 2010) Mrs Loraine Budgen Dr Richard du Parcq (Standing Committee) 6. Appointment of an Auditor Ms Sarah Moore Mr James Stephenson 7. Rector’s Review of the Year Co-opted The Rev’d Professor Raymond Chapman (Hon Asst Priest) 8. AOB The Rev’d Joseph Ayok 9. Date of Next Meeting Mrs Marilyn Walker (Secretary – non-voting) 10. The Grace 5 6 CHURCHWARDENS elsewhere within this report but we meeting being the All Day In line with our objective to play a must mention specifically here our Conference held at St Michael’s full part in the Barnes Anglican We find ourselves reflecting on clergy, led by Ross, together with Community Hall. Team and Churches Together in several different ways in which our readers, and the chairs of our Barnes we met Revd Jean Boulton- people have enjoyed the church or committees. In pursuit of our objective to provide Reynolds, vicar of Holy Trinity to its garden over the past year. worship which is vibrant and discuss the Team youth group which Enjoying lunch and tea in the garden St Mary’s benefits so much too from affirming we appointed Emma she leads, and heard from her and on Barnes Fair Day was a real the committed work of our staff: Powell as family service pastor to from Revd Paul Holland, vicar of St delight; then the imaginative Helen Bladen, children’s pastor, help lead our 11.30 service. In a Michael’s, about their churches. We Christmas Fair extended its ground Cameron Burns, director of music review of our worship we brought also welcomed Dr Mike Springate, to the church - a good space for and organist, Peter Kain, parish forward the time of Sunday lay chair of the Deanery Synod, to different stall holders and visitors administrator, Russell Pearson, Evensong to 6pm. We discussed observe our November meeting. alike. And for the second year the pathfinders leader, Emma Powell, with Cameron his plans for the very successful Charity Ball was family service pastor and Sandra our music with which we are delighted. As part of our plans for efficient once again held in the beautiful cleaner, together with Vic Nolan, We learnt that David Thomas will management of our finances we space the church affords without its parish clerk and Sally Copland, our join the Barnes Team in September approved a budget for 2008 and a chairs. We are very blessed with our sacristan. 2008 as a non-stipendiary curate. process for an appeal for the funds church and garden. Our globe we will need for the three years to trotting rector gave a paper in During the year we have continued We took forward our objective to 2010. An application for a faculty Istanbul, visited the Bishop of our work within the objectives we welcome and support people of all for improving the Garden of Matabeleland in Zimbabwe, was set in 2006, towards the vision of the ages and Christian traditions by Remembrance and associated paths sadly deflected from visiting Malek congregation celebrating the love of developing further our Rhythm for was made (and approved), and in Sudan because of the security God openly and inclusively, and Life as an approach to prayer we can funding determined. We appointed situation but at the same time he growing in faith and numbers. We all use (emphasising thanks, sorrow Charlotte Kramer as chair of our remains the hub of our church life in welcome feedback from our fellow and hope). We discussed whether St Kitson Hall committee with a brief and around St. Mary’s, in worship members of the congregation at any Mary’s was as welcoming as we to develop the potential of the Hall. and in all its other aspects. The time. could be, and took forward some variety of people who make up our initiatives. We met Helen and During the year bequests were church and the different gifts they May I personally thank my fellow Emma to discuss our work with reported from Mrs Dorothy bring make life good and colourful. PCC members for their own children; and made plans for finding Hutchinson (£25,000) and Miss How enriching it is to be involved. contribution to the work of the a successor to Helen as children’s Binks Lauchlin (£5,000). Another council. They make our meetings pastor, whose resignation we donation had been made of £23,000. Fiona Barnett lively, enjoyable and most received with regret. Philip Bladen worthwhile. Finally the parish was enlarged. A We want to maintain our vigorous medieval transfer of the Leg Peter Boyling programme for mission, and heard o’Mutton reservoir to the Parish of THE CHURCH COUNCIL PCC Vice Chairman regularly about the Under Tree Putney was formally reversed by the Schools project in Southern Sudan, church authorities on 25 July 2007. Through our oversight of St Mary’s and the Castelnau Centre Project in over the year we are well placed to PCC SECRETARY North Barnes that we are supporting. Full minutes of PCC meetings are recognise the great contribution We approved expenditure on these available on the St Mary’s website. made to our church by so many of its The Council met on seven occasions and other projects recommended by Current minutes are posted on the members. Many are thanked during the year, the September the Mission Group. porch noticeboard. 7 8 The Council noted with sadness the wider Church. St Mary’s is a small clergy. It makes up more than two- money for the hire of space in the death on 2 January 2008 of Mrs Jean corner of God’s vineyard, but it can thirds of our total annual turnover; church building is up; and most Lawrence, PCC member and past be a witness to continuing Anglican the rest consists of “designated” and notably “Events”, particularly the Churchwarden. loyalty and a force for good locally. “restricted” funds, and endowments. Christmas Fair and St Mary’s activities on Barnes Fair Day, have Marilyn Walker Raymond Chapman Two thirds of our General Fund brought in new income. PCC Secretary expenditure goes to the “Fairer HON TREASURER’S REPORT Share” – our means-tested Overall however, income was about HONORARY ASSISTANT contribution to the overall cost of £7,000 below budget. Happily, PRIEST These notes go to press, as usual, diocesan clergy. After the triennial expenditure was also below budget, before the full formal financial income survey in 2007, and with the and the deficit on the year quite I have had another happy year of co- statement has been prepared for the congregation increasing, this small. operation with Ross, other members auditor. The figures below must contribution is set to increase by a of the Team clergy and our Readers. therefore be seen as provisional. [capped] 12% in 2008, 9, 10. That position has been transformed – Between us we have a considerable for the one year only – by range of interests and preferences; We are obliged - by Charities An even larger share of our income – “Exceptional items”: substantial the result is stimulating to work legislation - to produce a full just over three quarters - is provided legacies, and a very generous once- with, and I hope productive for the statement of financial activities in a by congregational giving, augmented only gift-aided donation.