On 5 September 11:00am – 2:00pm, the church is hosting a St Mary’s fun day for our community. We want to do games, crafts and teddy parachute from the tower. Little Cherubs are running tea, coffee and cake sales from the VSR and other stalls. Money raised will be for the church and Little Cherubs. I would love some people to help set up some games and activities, or if you have anything you think would help please get in touch. Thank you.Revd Becca
As mentioned last week we budgeted to pay our Share to diocese based on one priest, the recently appointed Rector. However, the post of a part time priest has now been advertised which means that we can no longer use the excuse that there will only be one priest following this appointment. So how does the PCC find a way to manage this? Following debate within the PCC the Treasurer will discuss our situation with the Diocesan Director of Finance.Mike Sargent, Hon Treasurer
Throughout our 2+ year interregnum and even now the Diocesan Share REQUEST is based on more than one priest. In year 1 we paid £50,670 (56% of the Request). In year 2, under the new scheme, the Rural Dean secured a reduction that enabled us to pay that discounted share in full (£66,798). For this current year the Request was for £71,645 but we have budgeted to pay only the share equivalent of a single priest (£54,660). Do note that clergy do NOT receive anywhere near this sort of recompense! More about this next week!.Mike Sargent, Hon Treasurer
