PCC Meeting - November 2011
Highlights from the PCC meeting held on 17th November 2011
Minutes of previous meetingAccepted and signed.
Matters arising not already on the agenda
Ron mentioned seeing play based on King Jame's Bible as being very well presented.
Margaret reported on finance re: Bridge. There appears to be slight slippage at start and end of advertisements.
This will be looked into as to how this can be dealt with.
Calendar sales are going well and so far has made £1000. Reprints are being done as demand is high.
Meeting held. Outcomes - Possibility of :
(1) Sunday Tea in St. Anne's
(2) A Flashmob Choir
(3) Book Swop - already happening and going well
(4) Favourite Children's Stories - Already taken place in St Anne's School and received well.
(5) Elvis - Will make a return to St. Anne's Christmas 2012
(6) Christmas Meal - Numbers low at moment but still time
St. Anne's North-side Walkway - now complete.
Ribbesford work: Application to English Heritage has failed.
Rob Smith is applying to other small groups re: funding, and a meeting is to be set up with Robert Kilgour to see what work can be done with funds presently available.
The roof and bellcote are in need of repair.
In the new year undertakers will phone Roz Mace (Wribbenhall) and she will find a minister to do the service and will ensure that if a church is required, the relevant people are made aware.
Keith will also delegate permission to introduce monuments in Ribbesford Church Yard to Roz.
She already looks after monuments in All Saint's.
Nationally recommended term of office is now 6 years - PCC agreed that this slight change to the length of office (from 5 years) should be adopted.
Kingdom People
The Bishop of Worcester convened a group - 20/20 Vision group - to think about how churches can prepare for the future. General problems for most churches include lack of people, lack of young people, lack of funds etc. The focus for many churches then can issues connected with survival or maintenance. The 20/20 group have suggested that this is not what Jesus had in mind - his life and work focussed on the Reign/Kingdom of God being felt on Earth.
Churches in the Diocese are being asked to give time to considering what it means for them to be people of the Kingdom = how Jesus' priorities are reflected in their own life.
PCC members split into small groups and talked about some of the questions raised by four projects portrayed in postcards produced by the 20/20 group. They talked about what this parish would put on a postcard. People need encouragement to think about what Church is really for.
Time was spent with cards and we were asked to discuss, in small groups, projects associated with our church that we would put on a card - e.g. Traidcraft, Messy Church, Advent Meals, Coffee Shop.
Rob suggested possibility of children in the parish receiving New Testaments to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
It has been decided that statutory Church fees will be frozen for next year. Organist fees will increase weddings; organist and verger fees increase for funerals.
To be discussed later after James Hickson and Michael Foster have met: the issues surrounding what happens to the Organist's fee when a couple do not want one of the parish churches' organist to play at the marriage service.
PCC meeting: PCC meeting: Thurs 19th January, 7.30pm, St Anne's Primary School
