Annual Meeting 2025
(If you are looking for a report from the 2024 Annual Meeting please click here)
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You are warmly invited to our Annual Church Family Meeting, which will take place during our 10 Gathering on Sunday 18th May.
In the Church of England, this takes the form of two separate meetings:
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the Annual Meeting of Parishioners (a brief meeting at which our Churchwardens are elected by the whole church family); and
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the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (the main meeting, at which, among other things, we review our church finances, elect PCC members, hear Paul give his annual address, and have the opportunity to put questions to him and to members of the Finance Team)
Our custom at Christ Church is to deal with quite a few of the agenda items via email rather than verbally at the meeting to make the meeting go as smoothly as possible and ensure that our groups for children and young people don't stretch on for much longer than usual.
We’ve included on this page all the information you will need for the meeting and ask that you spend some time reading the information relevant to you.
We are aware that MEMBERS OF OUR AMAZING KIDS AND YOUTH TEAMS and others may miss our Annual Meeting as they are serving elsewhere. But we will be livestreaming the full meeting (as we do each Sunday) and those of you on duty in the morning will be able to catch up with all that is happening in our church family life on Facebook or YouTube as usual.
In order to streamline and focus our time at The 10, the following items are all being dealt with ahead of the meeting and will not be covered verbally during the meeting, except where indicated by **
Apologies
If you are a member of the Electoral Roll and want your apologies formally recorded, please email Mark Parsons by 6pm on Saturday 17th May. We won’t be taking or verbally notifying apologies on the day.
Minutes of last year’s meetings **
Minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Parishioners and Annual Parochial Church Meeting can be downloaded here.
Any suggested amendments to these minutes or matters arising should be emailed to Mark Parsons by 6pm on Saturday 17th May.
A limited number of hard copies of the minutes will be available at the meeting, at which we will be invited to approve them by a show of hands.
Secretary
Unless Mark Parsons hears to the contrary by 6pm on Saturday 17th May we will assume the meeting approves the appointment of Tavi Price as secretary to the meeting.
Electoral Roll
The Electoral Roll of the parish, of which people must be a member to stand for or vote in church leadership elections was completely revised this year. This is something that happens every six years and means that everyone had to re-apply. This was done over the period from 16th March to 27th April.
There are 286 members of the new Electoral Roll. This compares to 303 members last year. Compared to the old roll, there are 66 new additions to the roll and 83 members of the old roll did not re-apply.
We strongly encourage members of the church family who are not yet on the Electoral Roll to register, and this can be done here.
Elections **
Elections will be held as usual for Churchwardens and PCC members during the meeting.
The nominations for Churchwarden are:
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Diane Noon, Proposed by TBA, Seconded by TBA
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Mark Orriss, Proposed by Tavi Price, Seconded by Patrick Bolster
There are 6 places available for PCC this year. Details of those standing for election along with proposers and seconders will be listed below nearer the meeting.
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Proposed by: Name, Seconded by: Name
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There are 3 places available on the Deanery Synod this year. Details of those standing for election along with proposers and seconders will be listed below nearer the meeting.
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Proposed by: Name, Seconded by: Name
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Thanks to John Butler, Mark Ellis, Mei Yen Furey and Tavi Price are standing down from the PCC this year having completed their maximum of two 3-year terms.
Safeguarding
Christ Church is committed to following the safeguarding policies of the Church of England, the safeguarding policy and guidance as issued by the Diocese of Bristol and commits to working within legislation and statutory guidance as related to the Safeguarding of Children, Young People and Adults. Our Safeguarding Policy, Guidance Notes for volunteers and details of our Parish Safeguarding Officers can be found here.
Finance Report **
Members of our Finance Team, will be providing a brief overview of our church finances for 2024.
The Annual Meeting is asked to receive the Annual Report and Accounts for 2024, the year prior to the meeting. These can be downloaded here.
A small number of hard copies will be available at the meeting.
Questions **
There will be an opportunity for questions to members of the Finance Team (Finance) and Paul Langham (anything else) during the meeting and you are encouraged to email questions in advance to Mark Parsons by 6pm on Saturday 17th May. Due to time constraints on Sunday, detailed questions may need to be answered after the meeting.
Appointment of Independent Examiner/Auditor
The Finance Team proposes the reappointment of Burton Sweet as our Independent Examiners/Auditor for 2025. Unless Mark Parsons hears to the contrary by 6pm on Saturday 17th May we will assume the meeting approves this appointment.
Reports from the Diocese of Bristol
The Diocese have prepared a report from the Deanery Synod for circulation to parishes at their Annual Meeting:
Vicar’s Report **
Paul will be using his talk on Sunday to give a brief update on the actions, achievements and challenges of the past year, to give thanks and to look forward to the coming year.
Parents
Our children’s groups will be happening during the gathering as usual.
Refreshments
To enable us to make a prompt start at 10am, our main time of refreshments will be at the end of the meeting.
We are looking forward to worshipping together at the Annual Meeting, and celebrating all that God is doing here at Christ Church.
Mark Parsons
Operations Manager