The Parochial Church Council is elected by members of the congregation who are already on the electoral roll of the church. It is the decision making body of the church, and all major issues, policies and decisions are made by the PCC (although obviously taking into account the views of the wider congregation). PCC members serve for three years. At St John's the membership consists of the vicar, churchwarden, parish clergy, readers, treasurer and nine elected members. We meet 6 times a year. Reports from each meeting appear in our weekly bulletin immediately following the meeting and items for the agenda are invited, although the agenda is put together by the standing committee.
The PCC Members are;
Fr. Stephen Hoy*
Sue Fleshbourne*
Pam Beattie*
Sue Young*
David Fleshbourne*
Revd. Melanie Jackson
Emma Ackland-Snow
Susan Brennan
Stephen Crosby
Christine Daley
Daniel Holt
Tabitha Holt
Jackie Howell
Jessica Howell
Christine Priestley
Rosemary Rudeforth
Peter Sherlock
Cay Sherlock
Liz Straw
Ian Young (secretary)
* members of the standing committee.
Our next meeting is on 8th Mar 2012
The materials required for this meeting will appear here when they are available
A shorter agenda than usual at our PCC last week, but much to think about!
We welcomed Simon Bland from the Diocesan Resources Team to talk to us about the idea of setting up a “Friends of St Johns” organisation and the opportunities this might present us in establishing a network of people locally and nationally (hopefully) working to raise funds and awareness of our church. As there was a lot to take in, the PCC agreed to spend the next meeting talking about this. Simon left us a booklet on the process - please ask if you would like to see a copy.
The PCC wholeheartedly supported Cay Sherlock’s application to become an authorised lay minister. Once licensed, she will assist with the operation and delivery of the tape ministry with Chris Priestley and Paul Cartwright.
We heard about developments with the 50th anniversary plans, some of which have already been reported in the bulletin. These include:
An application to the Jerusalem Trust national prize for art in parish churches competition for an additional stained glass installation in the west window.
Plans for an oral history and archive project to run for 18 months.
Plans for a project to establish an Ermine Community Choir.
A successful bid to the ward councillor’s budget to cover the cost of the proposed archive calendar.
Time capsule to be buried during our community celebration service in June Craft exhibition.
Launch concert in January and thanksgiving concert and party in November.
An additional idea that came up during the meeting was to plant 50 trees on the estate to mark the anniversary. If you have any other ideas, please let us know.
We thanked Sue Young, Cay Sherlock and Christine Priestley who have come to the
end of their three years as members of the PCC.
We reported on recent building issues including the minor repair of the access path, the water leak in the hall and thanked Paul Cartwright for his work on the heating in church. Our insurance company have insisted that we mark each of the aluminium panels on the roof with Smart Water and the churchwardens have this in hand.
David Fleshbourne reported that our parish share will rise by 13.3% to £14,000 this year – this is a large rise and we are looking into this.
We changed the date of our May meeting from May 8th to May 15th. This is because we will be hosting the Archdeacon’s Visitation service (this is the service at which churchwardens are licensed) on May 8th.
If you would like more information about the PCC or what we discussed last week,
please ask any member of the PCC.