Snippets from the PCC Meeting – 20th December 2022
The PCC’s meeting on 20th December was held in Pattingham Club. Among the matters discussed were:
Christmas Tree Festival
The Christmas Tree Festival was a great success. The raffle at the concert on the Saturday evening raised £350 for Acorns Children’s Hospice.
Overall the festival raised just under £3,000 for church funds.
Area by the Adam and Eve Window
The work in the area by the Adam and Eve window is nearing completion. The cupboards have been installed and look very good.
The tiles will be laid during February by which time the base, which was laid after the removal of the wooden pew platform, will have dried out.
Century Club
There were 16 subscriptions not renewed in December to death, illness or the subscriber moving away.
We need to try to recruit new members who would be able to help support the church and have a chance to win £150 each month for an annual cost of £60.
See the Century Club page for more details.
Appointing a new vicar
The PCC discussed the matter of a new vicar and was to meet the Bishop of Wolverhampton, the rural dean and the deanery lay chairman.
At that meeting, on January 11, the bishop gave us the good news that our half-time post will be joined to a new half-time diocesan post which will effectively create a full-time post.
This will obviously make the post more attractive to any candidates.
We hope to be able to advertise the position soon.
See the message from PCC chairman Philip Sims here.
St Chad’s Mission Giving donations
The PCC’s practice is to make charitable donations equal to 10 per cent of its voluntary income.
The following donations were made in December.
- Compton Care Group Ltd – £341
- Acorns Children’s Hospice – £427
- OMF International – £171
- USPG (United Society Partners in the Gospel) – £171
- World Vision – £171
- Christian Aid – £171
- Embrace the Middle East – £171
- The Haven – £341
- St Chads School – £213
- Good Shepard Ministry – £341
- The Well – £341
- Cancer Research UK – £171
- Save the Children – £171
- Salvation Army – £171
- Staffs Historic Churches – £128
- West Midlands Air Ambulance – £128
- Alzheimer’s Society – £128
- Ukraine appeal via UNICEF – £256
- Bible Society – £85
- Dementia UK – £85
- RNLI – £85
- Total – £4,267
PCC members
The members of the PCC are: Philip Sims (Chairman), Tony Ainsworth, Gordon Bramall, Iain Coleman, Geoffrey Dann, Henry Ibberson, Clive Pendrell, Ken Scott, Alan Smith, Dorothy Steel and Tracey Williams.