St Peter's Church AGM 2008
Thursday 17th April 2008
St Peter’s church will hold it’s Annual General
meeting on Thursday 17th April at 7:30pm at the Church
Centre. It’s a very important event in the life of
the church: one which sets out the church’s plans for the
year ahead, as well as reviewing everything that has happened over the
past year.
One of the important tasks of the AGM is to elect the churchwardens for
the year. They are the Bishop’s agents in the parish and
represent all parishioners. The members of the Parochial
Church Council (PCC) which helps run the church, are also
elected. Everyone who is on the electoral roll of the church
is entitled to vote in these elections. Anyone who lives in
the parish of Stanley can ask to join the electoral roll (you also have
to be over 16, and have been baptised): you don’t have to be
a regular attendee at church.
The church’s financial accounts will also be presented and
discussed at the AGM. You can discover how much our Parish
Share for the forthcoming year will be (it was £39,423 last
year) and how the church proposes to meet the cost, as well as finding
out which charities we support.
Rev Bill Henderson will report on what has happened in the past 12
months and his plans for the future. Various other reports
will be presented by individuals or groups: the PCC, the Ladies
Society, the Events group which plans social events, the Fundraising
group which organises the annual fayres and summer gala, the Scout
group, the young people of the church, and the church wardens.
If you want to learn what St Peter’s church does, what
it’s ministry is all about, where we get out money from and
how we spend it, and what the various church officers do, please come
along to our AGM. You may be surprised to learn how much goes
on. A review of the AGM and a summary of some of the reports
will be included in next months magazine, or better still, come along
to the AGM and see for yourself what happens!
