The meeting of the PCC held on Thursday, 18
March 2021
at 7.30 p.m. by Zoom
With grateful thanks to Dr
Lesley Bromley for facilitating this meeting.
Before the formal proceedings of the PCC meeting,
Chris Field introduced the Archdeacon, Father Luke Capel-Irvine,
who joined us to take us through the things we need to do during the vacancy,
and the steps we need to take to find a priest to follow Father Stephen.
He began by saying that when a vacancy begins there is
a feeling of anxiety at first, wondering about the future and what kind of
priest will replace the current incumbent. He added there was naturally sadness
at the departure of Father Stephen. He urged us not to be afraid and, most
importantly, to pray for the parish and its people.
He listed the following tasks ahead of us:
Thank Father Stephen for his 12 years with
us.
Sort out the practicalities of services,
baptisms, weddings and funerals.
Write a Parish Profile
Select two Lay representatives to be
involved in the interview process
Pray for the parish and its people.
In the absence of Father Stephen, Chris
Field was elected as vice-chairman and the meeting began.
The annual report was discussed and
accepted. Gary Hopkinson reported that despite the pandemic the finances had
held up due to some generous donations and the regular giving by those taking
part in the Parish Giving Scheme.
The Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting
will take place on May 9th after the church service.
The pattern of services will be as follows:
1st Sunday Family Communion
2nd , 4th and 5th
Sunday Parish Eucharist
3rd Sunday Matins
All services will be at 10.00 am for the
time being but there will be one 8 o’clock Eucharist on 3rd Sunday
A
discussion was held about what should be included in the Parish Profile and
Chris Field explained that a questionnaire had been included in the Parishioner
to seek views and opinions from the wider community.
It was not possible to hold our usual Fete this
year, and various fund- raising ideas were put forward. Diana Ward has offered
to have a sale in her garden, and Hilary Platts has said that she will do a
Yorkshire Tea on 1st August in Janet’s garden. The regulations are
still unclear at this stage but volunteers were invited to join an organizing
working party.
In AOB the Deanery Synod reps reported that
they had attended via Zoom and heard how churches in the deanery had coped with
the pandemic. All churches had been active in their communities.
Finally, the safeguarding policy was
agreed.
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