St Michael's Church Annual Report 2019-2020
St Michael's Church Bray with Braywood Annual Report for 2019
Introduction There are eleven elected members of the PCC. In addition, there are unelected members who are on the council because of their roles in the church and parish. These are the incumbent, the churchwardens and members of the deanery synod. The PCC meets regularly and has met seven times during this Church year to discuss the regular business of the church. The Standing Committee meets regularly between the full meetings and has met on six occasions to plan agendas for the full meetings and to discuss matters of urgency that cannot wait until the full meeting.
Membership The members of the current Council are as follows.
Rev. A Swift Chairman S. Adams Church Warden H. Pearson Church Warden and Children’s Society Representative P. Murray Deputy Church Warden and Deanery Synod Representative J. Tucker Deputy Chairman, Deputy Church Warden, Authorised Preacher and Deanery Synod Representative L Burch Secretary, Safeguarding Verifier and Pew sheets P Woodruff Treasurer J Banks Fees Treasurer L Jones Sacristan, Lay Funeral Minister A Ashby Verger N Teeder Safeguarding Officer and Young Person’s Advocate, Deanery Synod Representative K Amery Face book page contact and Church watch organiser Andy Giles Men’s Fellowship Linda Shepherd
Deanery Synod The vicar, when in post, is automatically a member of the Deanery Synod. The deanery synod members of the PCC are up for re-election this year, all are willing to stand and notice has been given to others who might wish to stand for election.
A Year at St. Michael’s From the Registers
Average Sunday attendance was 88 (2018) 124 (2019) Major festivals: Easter 151 (132 last yr) (communicants) and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 294 (212 last yr) (communicants). The combined attendances at the school and civic services during Advent was 1447 (1178 last yr)
The Church year
Last year John Seymour’s report began “Parish life in 2018 carried on much as usual…” Well, I cannot say that this time, no one could have foreseen what 2020 would bring.
For clarity, this report covers April 2019 to April 2020. The national “lockdown” began on 23rd March 2020. So this report only includes about a month of “lockdown.”
During the 19/20 church year I can report that attendance on Sunday and major feasts recovered from the drop during the vacancy and increased.
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