Chaplaincy Forms
This page has the following forms:
1 - Membership of the Chaplaincy - please complete both forms:
- Electoral Roll
- Community Roll
2 - Form for voting at the Annual Meeting:
- Nomination for a Churchwarden
- Nomination for a Council Member
IMPORTANT GUIDANCE FOR COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING
THE ELECTORAL ROLL APPLICATION FORM
How to Answer Question 2:
- Select 2A if you are already on the Electoral Roll of ANOTHER parish or chaplaincy in the Church of England and if you ALSO want to be on the Electoral Roll of St Andrew’s.- Select 2B if you are in communion with the Anglican Communion and if you habitually worship at St Andrew’s (or had a justified reason for not being present).
- Select 2C if you are a Christian NOT in communion with the Anglican Communion but are willing to declare yourself to be a member of the Church of England and if you habitually worship at St Andrew’s (or had a justified reason for not being present).
- IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL OF ST ANDREW’S, YOU SHOULD CHOOSE OPTION 2B, but if you are unsure of which box(es) to tick, please feel free to contact the office or the chaplain for guidance.
About the Minimum Age for Being on the Electoral Roll:
The sentence on the form about local laws that potentially stipulate a minimum age for membership in religious organisations is part of the standard form that we received from the Diocese in Europe and, in our case, can be ignored. So, in the Chaplaincy of St Andrew’s Zurich, the minimum age for joining the Electoral Roll is 16 years.
How to Submit the Electoral Roll Application Form:
The Electoral Roll application form needs to be filled out truthfully, signed, and returned. You should do so in the way that you find easiest and most convenient. What matters is that you fill out the form (whether on your computer or by hand), sign the form (whether on your computer or by hand), and submit the signed form to the office (whether by email or by postal mail or by bringing it to church on a Sunday). (Potential ways to sign the form electronically include using Adobe Acrobat’s ‘Fill & Sign’ or ‘e-Sign’ or ‘Digitally Sign’ functions, or signing the paper form and then scanning or photographing it.) Again, the important thing, for the form to be valid, is that it be completed to the best of your knowledge, signed by you one way or another, and given back to the office.
About Community Rolls:
All non-clergy members of the Association of the Anglican Church in Zurich are listed on the chaplaincy Electoral Roll of the Association. In addition, each of the four communities within the Chaplaincy – the community of Zurich and the daughter communities of St Gallen, Turgi, and Zug – has its own Community Roll. If you habitually worship at a daughter community, then we request that you fill out both the chaplaincy Electoral Roll application form and the Community Roll application form. If you only fill out the Electoral Roll application form, then you will be listed on the Community Roll of the Zurich community, rather than on the Community Roll of a daughter community.
Once again, if you have any questions about the forms at all, please do contact us; we will be happy to help!