Ellasdale Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SG 01243 841275 [email protected] www.wilfrid.com Registered Charity No. 1142723 A meeting for the election of Churchwardens followed by the APCM to be held in the Parish Hall of St Wilfrid’s Church on Sunday 29th April 2012 immediately following the Eucharist. Opening prayer and address – Fr Andrew Wadsworth VESTRY MEETING Election of Churchwardens 1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes of the APCM held on 10th April 2011 3. Matters arising 4. Annual Report and Accounts for 2011 5. Appointment of Independent Examiner 6. Adoption of Electoral Roll 7. Vicar's report - page 15 8. Fabric report - page 19 9. Deanery Synod Report - page 19 10. Child Safeguarding Report - page 20 11. Sunday School Report - page 21 12. Home Groups - page 21 13. Choir Report - page 22 14. Nyewood Infant School Report - page 23 15. Nyewood Junior School Report - page 23 16. Social and Fundraising Committee Report - page 24 17. Family Support Work - page 24 18. Election of PCC Representatives 19. Election of Sidesmen End of meeting APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 1 Minutes of the meeting for the election of churchwardens followed by the APCM, held in St.Wilfrid’s church on Sunday April 10th 2011. Chaired by Fr Andrew Wadsworth. Opening prayer and address – Fr Andrew Wadsworth The meeting opened at 12.05pm VESTRY MEETING Election of Churchwardens. Nominated: Neil Macdonald. Proposed by Jean Rose. Seconded by John Wood. Nominated: Peter Green. Proposed by Jean Rose. Seconded by Julie Starmer. Both were duly elected. APCM 1. Apologies for absence: Joyce Wastell, Alison Macaffery, Alan Mowat, Brenda Richards, Keith Richards, Natalie Miller, Stuart Hutchinson, Gillian Hutchinson, Peter Jessop, Chris and Dennis Sheppard. 2. Minutes of the APCM held on 18th April, 2010. Jean Rose proposed that the minutes should be taken as read. This was seconded by Rosemary Hawkes and agreed unanimously. 3. Matters arising. There were no matters arising. 4. Annual Report and Accounts for 2010. Neil Macdonald asked for questions or comments. There were no questions. Ben Reeder referred to page 6. He said that the increase in resources was due to legacies and to savings in expenditure. He thanked Peter Green, Angela Triggs and Neil Macdonald for their hard work. He said that the present balance was quite healthy compared with 2009/2010. There were no questions. Ben Reeder proposed that the statement should be accepted. This was seconded by Jean Rose and agreed unanimously. Ben Reeder said that the Gift Aid has been reduced since there was a change in the tax system. He asked those who had not Gift Aided their contributions to get in touch with John Wood. 5. Appointment of Independent Examiner. Neil Macdonald suggested that Ian Burrows should continue as Independent Examiner. He said that Ian Burrows had done a lot of work last year and hoped that the current year would be easier. Neil Macdonald proposed that Ian Burrows should continue as Independent Examiner. This was seconded by Rosemary Hawkes and agreed unanimously. 6. Adoption of Electoral Roll. Anne Latter said that the Roll had been revised according to Church Book Rules. The total was now 232. Mary Gough proposed that the electoral roll should be adopted. This was seconded by Margaret Richards and agreed unanimously. 7. Vicar’s report 8 Fabric report. 9 Deanery Synod report. 10. Child Protection report. 11. Junior Church report. 12. Home Groups. APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 2 13. Choir report. 14. Nyewood Infant School report. 15. Nyewood Junior School report. 16. Social and Fundraising Committee report. 17. Family Support Work. Jean Rose said that the Deanery Elections were missing. Neil Macdonald said that these would be dealt with in item 18. Mary Gough referred to the Vicar’s report and thanked Fr. Andrew for his hard work. The Centenary Year had added to his work load. Fr Andrew said that the reports should be kept as a record of the Centenary Year. Lois Brown also thanked Fr Andrew for his hard work. Fr Andrew thanked Peter Green and Neil Macdonald for their efforts during the Centenary Year. Rachel Ison proposed that the reports should be taken as read. This was seconded by Linda Beckley and agreed unanimously. 18.Election of PCC representatives. There were two vacancies on the PCC. Nominated: Julie Starmer: Proposed by Neil Macdonald. Seconded by Elaine Green.. Julie Starmer was duly elected. On the Deanery Synod there were 4 vacencies. Nominated: Neil Macdonald. Proposed by Jean Rose. Seconded by Peter Green Nominated: Jean Rose. Proposed by Neil Macdonald. Seconded by Rachel Ison. Nominated: Rachel Ison. Proposed by Fr Ray Thomas. Seconded by Keith Richards. All were duly elected. There is one vacancy remaining. Any interested person should see Neil Macdonald. 19.Election of Sidesmen. Rosemary Hawkes was not able to continue as a sidesman. All the other sidesmen were willing to continue. AOB. Anne Latter said that for the benefit of visitors it was important to leave the service sheet easily visible when the service books were being given out. Rosemary Hawkes asked for an update on the purchase of new chairs. Neil Macdonald referred to the report and said that a Faculty had been applied for. The DAC will meet to give their formal advice. Neil Macdonald said that the design and style of the chairs had been tried and discussed at PCC. Peter Green said that colour swatches had been sent to DAC. He reported that the chairs had been tried for comfort and size, that they were single chairs with a book rack. There would be three different colours, matching the stone and brick work of the church building, as advised by the architect. Fr Andrew closed the meeting at 12.30pm APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 3 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 4 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 5 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 6 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 7 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 8 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 9 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 10 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 11 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 12 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 13 APCM REPORT 29th April 2012 Page 14 7 - VICAR’S REPORT Introduction This Vicar’s report provides an overview of the many activities which have happened in 2011 at St Wilfrid’s Church. It also is an opportunity to thank the many people who have worked so hard to enable St Wilfrid’s to function as a Church Community of faith. It is not exhaustive but I hope it conveys a Church which is trying hard to witness to the love of God to the people of Bognor and beyond. The main event of the last year was the ordination of Trevor Marshall to the diaconate. Trevor has been involved in our Sunday worship where we have seen him performing the role of a deacon in the Eucharist. but he has also worked with the Sunday School and been involved on Wednesday Evenings at the weekday Eucharist. He has led a Lent Group as part of his training and has been involved the Mission Action Group and the PCC. This has been a demanding year for him as he has continued his work in Brighton. I have attended regular training sessions for training incumbents at Church House. We have also welcomed Christopher Davies as a Parish Assistant as part of the diocesan Year for God scheme. Christopher has done a lot of work with the choir and organizing a series of concerts for 2012. He has linked up with the Walsingham Year for God Team who visited us in January 2012. This came about because of our yearly parish pilgrimage to Walsingham in October, which goes from strength to strength. Father Mark celebrated a thanksgiving Eucharist on 28th May for 50 years in the Priesthood. It was a very special and moving service. I am sure we value Father Mark’s experience as a priest greatly. Thank you Father Mark I value and appreciate the ministry of Father Ray Whelan in Liturgy and Father Ray Thomas in healing. Both clergy, although ‘retired’, continue to exercise a very active ministry in our Church and in the Deanery. Thank you Father Ray and Father Ray. Worship The main development in this vital area of Church life has been the healing ministry on the second Sunday of the month during the 10.30am Parish Eucharist. There are now two stations for this prayer one at the Lady Chapel and one at the St Francis Chapel. The ministry is confidential but given the increased numbers of people going up for healing it is meeting a need. In Advent we had prayers before the Blessed Sacrament. This was an opportunity for silent prayers of adoration and intercession in the Lady Chapel. The Stations of the Cross were lay led and were both a good devotion for Lent and an effective preparation for Holy Week. Lent 2011 saw a series of sermons on the 400th Annivesary of the King James version of the Bible at Evening Prayer on a Sunday Evening. Baptisms: There have been 41 baptisms in 2011 Progress has been made in baptism families coming to Eucharists before and after the Baptism. The connection with Nyewood Infant and Junior Schools has led to some parents seeking baptism for their children. It remains the case that many of the congregation who come with the families it is their first exposure to Church. We are also seeing baptism of adults who were not christened as babies or children.