Annual Report 2001

The PCC and the local Ministry Team have the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd David Trollope and the staff team, the Revd Barbie Chambers and the Revd Margaret Quayle - Curates, Mr Paul Heritage - Church Family Worker, Mrs Joyce Wade - Administrator in promoting in the Parish the whole mission of the church - its worship, growth and care, evangelism as well as its outreach and Ecumenical co-operation and St Luke's Halsall school.

It also has maintenance responsibility for the Church, Church Hall and Parish Centre at 71 Liverpool Road, Crosby.

The PCC is a Charity excepted from registration with the Charity Commission.

Membership

During the year the following served as members of the PCC:

Incumbent:	Rev D Trollope	Chairman
	Rev B Chambers	Ex-officio
	Rev M Quayle	Ex-officio
Wardens	Mrs L Moore Dr P Owen	from 1998 APCM from 2001 APCM
Deputy Warden	Mrs S Tickle	from 2001 APCM
Readers	Mr K Cawdron Mr P Heritage Mr A Lewney Mr S Cornforth Mr S Woods
Representatives on the Deanery Synod	Mr I Graham Dr P Owen Mrs A Hull Mrs J Sumner Mr P Naylor
Elected members	Mr L Davey Mrs J Fell Mr E Linford Mr P Magill Mr J Morris	from 1999 APCM
	Mrs A Henders Mr B Jones Mr E Linford Mr S Matthews Mr T Perry Mr A Reeves (1 year) Mrs Sandra Tickle	from 2000 APCM
	Mrs J Heritage Mr H Hollinghurst Alan Reeves Mrs H Roberts Mr H Whitaker	from 2001 APCM
Treasurer	Mr J Rawlinson	from 1997 APCM
Secretary	Mrs L McDowell

Bank - Barclays Bank PLC, Liverpool North Great Crosby.
Independent Examiner - Mr Malcolm Roberts.
Quinquennial Architect - Mr P N H Collins, Cunliffe Surveyors Ltd.

Committees

The PCC works closely with the Local Ministry Team, the Finance Committee & the Maintenance Team. The Standing Committee meets as required between PCC meetings to transact business guided by the PCC.

Church Attendance

There are 415 parishioners on the church Electoral Roll 2001, 195 of whom are not resident within the Parish. 18 Names were added during the year and 5 were removed. The average Sunday attendance's were as follows:

	2001	2000
9:00 am	68	80
11:00 am (inc Baptisms)	126 + 61 children	122 + 56 children
6:30 pm	29	29

The average Sunday attendance for all services for 2001 was 226, compared to 245 in 2000.

Review of the year

Since the last Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting the PCC has held six meetings and one extraordinary meeting to approve the Accounts.

There was an average attendance of 2 Clergy and 16 Lay Members at each meeting.

This year matters discussed have included:

the setting up of new committees
arrangements for 150th Anniversary of St Luke's
Church Car Park
Alpha
Church Finance
Preparation of a new Church Membership Booklet.
Quinquennial Report
Cell Church
Crossroads Project
Deanery and Diocesan Business
Speakers from local Charitable Organisations - Helping Hand, Sefton Women & Children's Aid, Making Space (Mental Health) and Council for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction
World Mission

Finance

The resources used for running the central activities of St Luke's church were £156,329. This included running costs, hall, fees and charities.

The incoming resources were £152,550. This included regular giving, special giving, charities, rent & fees.

The giving of the congregation from the church was £118,880 compared to last year's amount of £125,000. About £14,000 of last year's income resulted from receiving two years tax rebate that year after a change in Government Policy.

The PCC encourage every member of St Luke's Church to give 5% of their income after tax to the church and 5% to other charities.

The Fabric of the Church and the Hall

We are pleased to report that the ornaments and goods of the Church have been checked and are in good order. The Terrier has also been checked and found to be correct.

During the year 2001 the Maintenance Team continued their good work. Most of their time is spent cleaning the inside of the church and maintaining the graveyard and the rest of the grounds.

Quinquennial Inspection
The quinquennial inspection of the Church was carried out in 2001. The PCC was not satisfied with the report and the inspectors agreed to revise their report. The revised report was received in January 2002 and the PCC has started to arrange for the necessary work to be carried out.

Church Grounds
The worst parts of the drive have been retarmacked.

Church Exterior
The first stage of repointing the external Church walls (part of the north transept) was started in 2001 and completed in early 2002.

Church Hall
Replacement of windows and external decoration of the Hall began in 2001 and will continue in 2002.