ANNUAL MEETING 2023
SEEING GOD CHANGE LIVES
LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD
WE MET TOGETHER ON MONDAY 24TH APRIL AT 8PM
TO ELECT A NEW PCC AND WARDEN TEAM, AND TO REVIEW THE JOURNEY
ELECTED PCC | APRIL 2023
ELECTED TO BE OUR CHURCHWARDENS
LESLIE JACKSON
NICK RAYNER
ELECTED TO THE PCC
TOM ANDREW
BECKY BEGGS
IAN CAPPER
HEATHER CHESTERTON
DEBBIE JACKSON
TANIA HILLSDON
BRENDA JUNTUNEN
ESTHER LYTH
ANDREW MORGAN
NICK PETTITT
DEANERY SYNOD TEAM | 2023-26
ELECTED TO THE DEANERY SYNOD
SALLY BERTLIN
VRON BOOTH
GARETH EVANS
PHILIPPA PARRY
NICOLA PECK
ANDREW PRESTWOOD
PARTICIPATING IN THE
LIFE OF THE CHURCH
THE PCC
The PCC has the following responsibilities:
- works with the Vicar in promoting the vision of the church.
The Vicar and the PCC have a duty to consult together on matters of general concern and importance to the parish, and to co-operate in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. This includes almost everything to do with the church’s work in the parish, and its relationship with the deanery and the Diocese - is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the church, churchyard and moveable objects
- has overall charge of all expenditure
- members are Trustees of the church
THE DEANERY SYNOD
The Deanery Synod includes representatives from St Mary’s, the Heath and other local Anglican churches. Deanery Synod representatives are automatically on the PCC. The Deanery Synod and has the following responsibilities:- to consider matters concerning the Church of England and to make provision for them in relation to their deanery, and to consider and express their opinion on matters of religious or public interest;
- to bring together the views of parishes of the deanery on common problems, to discuss and formulate common policies on those problems, to foster a sense of community and interdependence among parishes, and generally to promote in the deanery the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical;
- to make known and so far as appropriate put into effect any provision made by the Diocesan Synod;
- to consider the business of the Diocesan Synod, and particularly any matters referred to that synod by the General Synod, and to sound parochial opinion whenever required or appropriate to do so;
- to raise matters, as the Deanery Synod consider appropriate, with the Diocesan Sy