The Parochial Church Council (PCC) helps the church to play it’s part in God’s mission, cooperates with the minister, ensures legal compliance with charity and ecclesiastical law, cares for our buildings and is a channel of consultation within the wider church.
Latest PCC Update
The October PCC meeting was held on 23rd.
The main points of discussion were:
The Southbourne 150 celebrations in May 2026, when we will join with the village to celebrate 150 years of the parish and village of Southbourne. For St John’s, this will include praise and thanksgiving for the past 150 years of God’s goodness, as well as prayer and reflection as we move forward.
Our safeguarding officer has put in a huge amount of work to align everything with the Diocese’s “Dashboard” system. National Safeguarding Sunday is November 16th.
The organ is being renovated, and some stonework repaired while the alcove is exposed.
We discussed how to get the church open during the week, and came up with several possible ideas which are being investigated.
The full minutes are always available on request at the church office.
ANNUAL REPORT
During 2023, the PCC prayed into a restructuring that delegates more responsibilities to Teams (sub-committees) that would meet to pray, discuss and report back to the PCC. The hope is that more people can be involved in running the Church, and the PCC has more time for our longer-term aims and vision.
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