NOTICE OF ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING

Parish of

___________________________ Houghton-le-Spring__________________________

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held in ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ _______________________________ Church________________________________

on the _____18______ day of _______May____________ 20_25__ at ___11.15 am__

For election of parochial representatives of the laity as follows—

To the Deanery Synod _______N/A_________ representatives.1

To the Parochial Church Council ________3_________ representatives.

For the appointment of the Independent Examiner or Auditor.

For the consideration of:

(a) a report on changes to the Roll since the last annual parochial church meeting OR2 a report on the numbers entered on the new Roll;

(b) an Annual Report on the proceedings of the parochial church council and the activities of the parish generally;

(c) the financial statements of the council for the year ending on the 31st December preceding the meeting;

(d) the annual report under section 50 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018;

(e) a report of the proceedings of the deanery synod; and

(f) other matters of parochial or general Church interest.

In this Notice, ‘parish’ means an ecclesiastical parish.

Signed: ________________Rev'd John Barron__________________________________________

Minister of the parish3

First PCC Meeting to be immediately after the APCM Meeting

1 To be included in a year which parochial representatives of the laity are to be elected to the Deanery Synod.

2 To be included in a year when a new Church Electoral Roll is prepared. Delete as applicable.

3 Or vice-chair of the parochial church council as the case may be (see rule M19(2) of the Church Representation Rules).