LA SOLIDARITE ANGLICANE DE LILLE Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille LA SOLIDARITE ANGLICANE DE LILLE This quotation from St Matthew’s Gospel sums up what we are trying to do here at Christ Church – express our belief and trust in Christ by helping other people. 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40

II Elections to the committee III Minutes of the 2018 AGM Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille I Welcome Opening with prayers Apologies for absence Electoral roll II Elections to the committee III Minutes of the 2018 AGM Approval of minutes Matters arising IV Report on Grants made during 2018 V Accounts for 2018 VI Closing remarks Assume I will welcome, hand over to Debbie for prayers, then it’s you until n° 4 which is me, then n° 5 = you.

Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille II Electoral roll All members on the Christ Church Lille electoral roll are automatically members of the Solidarité Anglicane de Lille. There are currently 24 names on the roll, who may vote at this meeting.

II Election to the committee Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille II Election to the committee 1 candidate: Constantin Thieffry

Committee Members President Frances Coester Secretary Rosemary Ulyett Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille Committee Members President Frances Coester Secretary Rosemary Ulyett Treasurer Peter Hawkins Suzanne Bray David Bolton Debbie Flach

III Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 8 April 2018 Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille III Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 8 April 2018 Approval of minutes Matters arising

IV Report on Grants made during 2018 Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille IV Report on Grants made during 2018

In 2018 we supported local, national and international organisations Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille In 2018 we supported local, national and international organisations We try to spread our help as widely as possible, giving to both small and large organisations

SUPPORTING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille SUPPORTING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY We give to those who are working locally to help the homeless and the lonely in the Lille area

La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille The ABEJ welcomes, houses, and gives medical care to people living on the streets in Lille, providing a safe environment and help towards achieving a better future,

SUPPORTING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille SUPPORTING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY The Chaplain’s discretionary fund enables Debbie to help those with an immediate need for small sums.

The Petits Frères des Pauvres help the elderly all over France, those in poverty who need practical assistance but also those who are isolated and lonely by visiting and bringing them much needed company.

SUPPORTING WORK IN FRANCE Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille SUPPORTING WORK IN FRANCE We try to reach out to other parts of France

We have supported the Auberge des Migrants in Calais, Brother Johannes at the Maria Skobtsova House, and Emmaus in Grande Synthe. This is a picture of a session where the young people (where ?) talked about angels who watched over them and made this poster WHO IS YOUR ANGEL?

SUPPORTING WORK IN THE WORLD Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille SUPPORTING WORK IN THE WORLD The third arm of our outreach is to organisations working abroad

We have been supporting the Beth Abi Orphanage at Chennai in India since 2011. Several members of the church have been to visit it and we get regular progress reports on the children we are helping. This is the most recent photo we have received. Christian and other non-Hindu charities are currently having a hard time in India. But we enable our Indian friends to give some support.

Cap Santé

The mission of the Intercontinental Church Society, the sponsors of this church, is to set up centres for Christian worship throughout the world. They helped us to revitalise Christ Church a few years ago so we give something back each year to help them to help others. HAND OVER TO ROSEMARY FOR ACCOUNTS.

V Our Accounts for 2018 Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille V Our Accounts for 2018

Christ Church Lille and La Solidarité Anglicane are one. Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille Christ Church Lille and La Solidarité Anglicane are one. But French law means we have to separate the accounts.

DONATIONS 2018 TOTAL 6 100,00 Discretionary fund 1000,00 CCL Cap Santé Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille DONATIONS 2018 Discretionary fund 1000,00 CCL Cap Santé 500,00 ICS 750,00 Beth Abi USPG Refugees and migrants 600,00 ABEJ Pts Frères des Pauvres TOTAL 6 100,00 After a disappointing year in 2017, we were able to donate a total of 6100 euros in 2018. (Based on 2017 income)

Other donations received 315,00 50,00 INCOME 2017 2018 Braderie 3636,98 4956,67 Christmas market 1104,80 1146,83 Pentecostal church 2600,00 2587,50 Other fund-raising 200,00 100,00 Other donations received 315,00 50,00 TOTAL INCOME 7856,78 8841,00 You can see that the Braderie is the main source of income, and the increased in income last year is mainly due to all the hard work of the volunteers – it was a wonderful result.

EXPENDITURE 2017 2018 Donations 4 950,00 6 100 Insurance 0,00 275,27 Costs linked to events 384,54 330,87 Admin costs Bank charges 32,96 40 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 5 367,14 6 746,14 You can see that we were able to increase the amount of our donations. The insurance costs in fact represent 2 years. You can see that the bill for 2017 did not come in until 2018.

2017 2018 BALANCE IN HAND Bank account 1 January 4676,74 7166,02 31 December 9260,88 The good balance at the beginning of 2018 enabled us to pay grants in February and March, we didn’t have to wait for more income.

2018 TOTAL INCOME 8 841,00 EXPENDITURE Donations 6 100,00 Costs 646,14 6 746,14 BALANCE IN HAND 2 094,86 So we currently have some money in hand for emergencies of all kinds. But at the end of the year, we make a donation to Christ Church if we can.

PLANS for 2019 Grants Committee meeting in March 2019 Allocations based on 2018 income (combined income of CCL and Solidarité) We don’t usually give info about the new donations but can mention briefly – RU ? - Yes, since it has happened, it would be a bit coy not to.

VI Closing Remarks Christ Church Lille Outreach and Mission La Solidarité Anglicane de Lille VI Closing Remarks