The Parish of St. Thomas, Werneth
PCC Agenda:
7:00pm Tuesday 19 January 2021
Welcome
(especially to Najib, to Mercy, to Cath, and to Richard)
Opening Prayer
Welcome
Minutes of the last meeting: 11th June 2020
Link to the Minutes of the Last Meeting
- Correct Record?
- Matters Arising
Correspondence
- n/a
Vicar's Comments
Appointment of Parish Officers
to include: Deputy Wardens, Sidespeople, Mission Partnership / Mission Unit representatives
Update on our Response to the Virus
- Website Services
- Giving
- Zoom Sunday School
- Risk Assessment Committee
Fabric
- Reorder Update
- Delayed bill
- Flooring
- Heating Overspend
- Snagging
- Pointing update
- Fire Damage
- Bins
- Water ingress & Soakaway
Annual Report
- Date of APCM: 18 October 2020 is proposed. Zoom? Church? Hybrid?
- Questions re Draft Annual Report (including Financial Report)
- Agree to put before APCM
Authorised Lay Ministry
Proposal: Gina Andrewes to add the elective in "Children's Ministry" to her elective in "Ecology and Creation", serving across the two parishes - during Covid-19, and on a Wednesday night at the children's service.
Are we happy with our Safe Church Policy?
Link to Safe Church PolicyThe Proposals for Mission Communities:
Clarification of the proposals
Any Comments on the Mission Communities Document? Or the Archdeaconry Event?
What challenges do they put to us? How will we respond?
What opportunities are presented?
Gardening / Cooking / Eating Project
WiFiNorthWest have previously run a healthy cooking project at St. Thomas', and they work with communities on the East Side of Oldham
Proposal: to work towards a joint grant application for at both churches, involving the community in:
- landscaping
- growing flowers / shrubs at churches and in their own gardens
- growing for food at churches and in their own gardens
- cooking
We would want to set up a group to plan the project, and the work in the grounds.
Reports
- Financial (Fees; Collection Counting; Gift Aid Lite)
- Community
- Deanery Synod
- Safeguarding
