I am pleased to announce we have our new parish council with our newest warden appointed as the Rectors warden, Craig Bennett. Craig has been a member of our 8am service for over 2 years where he has served. Craig joins David Broker, Nick Bailey whom we elected at our AGM as Wardens. Together the wardens and the Rector make up the new parish council.
The goal of parish council is to develop spaces and finances for gospel proclamation so that as a church we might glorify God, Growing together and seeing People grow deep in their Love and trust in Jesus in ever increasing numbers. We are already amazed at what God has done amongst us and look forward to a big year ahead.
As a church we have a big year ahead with a Big Vision to grow. While all our wardens are responsible for the overall role of finances and buildings (generally speaking), we have divided up different part of the role in order to achieve the best outcomes.
David Broker has been appointed Treasurer. David continues in this role from last year. He continues to develop what are doing for us to stay up to date with compliance. Every month David presents parish council with electronic profit and loss statements and balance sheets. He aims to is to bring both clarity and transparency to our finances. If you have a question in regards to finances, David would be glad to hear from you.
Nick Bailey has taken on the role of Building and Maintenance. As you could imagine with so many buildings and some of them heritage listed, there is a lot to do in this area. Building on from the work of Graham Thomas, Nick will update and work with a maintenance register which helps us see everything we need to be doing and the impact it has on ministry if we don’t. There is a lot to consider in weighing up what gets done first with a limited budget. Nick has been quick to get his head around things and is forming a plan of attack.
Craig Bennett has taken on the role of Ministry warden. His role is to see buildings are fit for purpose and everything that is needed is in place. His role is everything from making sure are buildings are safe with annual inspections that are required, to making sure we record our required statistics each Sunday. Craig looks after things like licensing out our hall and buildings, as well as making sure there is cleaning supplies and a roster of people to help.
We catch up weekly via ZOOM and each month have an official parish council meeting. At the parish council meeting we take minutes and all decision made are noted. We want to be transparent because parish council is part of the body of Christ together. If you ever want to look at minutes of parish council, please speak to Craig Bennett who will provide them on request.