The various policies and agreements that have been adopted by St Mary’s PCC, and other documents of interest may be viewed on this page.
Function of the PCC
The PCC’s first function is: to co-operate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
The next function is: the consideration and discussion of matters concerning the Church of England or any other matters of religious and public interest, but not the declaration of the doctrine of the Church on any question.
The PCC is also the link between the parish and the deanery and diocesan synods, and each PCC has on it one or more members who are also members of the deanery synod.
The PCC is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the church, and for the moveables in the church. It also has overall charge of all expenditure.
Since the Annual General Parish meeting in May 2024 the members of the PCC are:
- Revd Canon Erwin Lammens (Chairman)
- Revd Dr Sara Batts-Neale (Licensed clergy)
- Dr Glyn Stanway (Reader)
- Mary Jakens and Douglas McCormick (churchwardens)
- Nick Gustard, Rick Cawley, Heather Edwards (Deanery Synod representatives)
- Douglas McCormick (ALP, treasurer)
- Bonnie Hill (PCC secretary)
- Members: Jane Taylor, Eric Jakens, Claudia Alsdorf, Gary Ranford, Hannah Cole, Sandra Osborne, Sam Belcher.
The point of contact with the PCC is the PCC Secretary, see here for email details.
PCC meeting Minutes 2025
[No meetings are held in May and August ]
| January | February | March | Annual Report & Accounts 2024 |
| April | [APCM] | June | July |
| September | October | November | December |
Archived Meeting Minutes 2023
Archived Meeting Minutes 2024
The above is all about what the PCC does.
If you are curious to know how it came to be what it is then you may be interested in reading about it in this article
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