Following the resignation of our PCC Secretary at our APCM last month, we are looking for a new person to take on this role.The Parochial Church Council meets six times a year, usually in the evening. We oversee the life, mission and ministry of our parish, our church buildings of All Saints, Holy Saviour and the parish hall, and our churchyards. We oversee and keep our Mission Action plan up to date, as well as safeguarding, finance, and pastoral care. We are meant to have a PCC secretary who takes the minutes of our meetings, sends out the agenda and notices of the meetings, and helps to keep us organised! The PCC Secretary also helps to organise the Annual Parochial Church meeting and to put together the annual reports. Full training and support would be given.We are looking and praying for someone who has IT skills in Word and Outlook (for emails). The PCC Secretary would have an official church email address with whtministry.org.uk and access to Office365 for this role. Skills in administration, and being efficient and well organised would be great skills to have.If you would like an informal chat about this role, please don’t hesitate to contact me. If you know anyone who might be able to fulfil this role, please share this piece with them. The person does not need to be a regular church member. We can co-opt someone on to the PCC during the year and they do not have to have a vote if they would prefer not to.Please consider if you can help with this or point someone in our direction.With many thanksRebecca
A big THANK YOU to all those who responded to our Gift Day last month. It was very encouraging. In terms of one-off donations, we received approximately £2600 in gifts. A number of people have also increased their regular giving, which is very encouraging. I will be writing to people soon to thank you for your one-off gift. However, there were a few anonymous gifts, so if this is you please accept our very grateful thanks for your support.Just a gentle reminder that if you have not got round to responding yet, please do so as soon as you can. It’s not too late! We can accept your gift at any time.Thank you for your support.Rebecca
All those who have any sort of role in our churches are required to undertake basic and foundation level safeguarding training. This is meant to be renewed every three years. If yours is due for renewal, there is an opportunity to attend an in-person session on 26 June at Christ Church Warminster from 6.00 – 9.00 pm. All welcome. Spaces are limited so please email admin@christchurchwarminster.co.uk if you would like to book your place. After completing the session you will need to show your certificate to your parish safeguarding officer, Jenny Wray-Bliss at Westbury or Yvette Croft at Dilton Marsh.
At All Saints we have invited Gay Maynard, retired priest in the deanery and a member of the Maridi link group in the deanery, to come and tell us more about Maridi Diocese in South Sudan and especially about the child sponsorship scheme which we are invited to take part in. We shall be taking a collection for this over coffee at the back of the church, so please come prepared!At Holy Trinity Dilton Marsh, we have our Rural Dean, the Revd Clifford Stride coming to preach on Pentecost. We shall be using a special order of service for this Sunday. Looking forward to seeing you.
