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.
This year our Annual Meeting was held on Thursday 25th April, 7.30pm in Church, please click the links below for electronic copies of last year’s minutes, this year’s agenda, and the Annual Reports (click the down arrow on the menu below to open on your device, which will also allow you to read it full screen.)
PCC Update July 2024
PCC Update July 2024
The PCC meeting was held on July 18th, a week early because of new Wine and the summer
holidays. Ian gave an update on the Families and Youth Ministry appeal: encouragingly we have
already reached over 2/3 of the total, but please keep praying about your response to this,
and give if you are able. The Communication questionnaire was finalised and you will have been invited to respond already.
Tom outlined plans for Harvest Week. He also reported that members of the congregation
at St Nicholas are taking over the roles Andy used to do so well. They will have a new padre
in the autumn. We have a date for the Quinquennial Inspection of the church at the end of July. This is
carried out by an architect every 5 years to make sure we see to any repair work and don’t
let the church fall down!
Sadly, we had to spend some time discussing the outcome of the General Synod vote on
offering blessings for same sex marriage. The PCC supports the Alliance who want to see the
traditional teaching of the church on marriage upheld. There will be more discussion about
this in the coming months.
Please pray for Tom, Emily and the family to have a good break over the summer. Continue
to pray for the members of the PCC. The full minutes are available from the Church Office.
Sarah Maclennan
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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Here is a more in-depth introduction to the PCC, its aims and responsibilites: