Newsletter of the Meridian Benefice
More news from the villages of the Meridian Benefice can be found in:
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETINGS AND LEADERSHIP STUDY DAYS
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM for short) is the annual general meeting of a parish church. It is an opportunity to hear the annual reports and accounts of church officers, elect PCC members and other officers and ask questions about the running of the church. Each of our churches will be holding an APCM in April. All those on the parish’s church electoral roll are entitled to attend and to vote. Immediately before the APCM the short Vestry Meeting is held, at which the churchwardens are elected for the coming year (that meeting is open to all residents in the parish, whether or not on the church electoral roll). The date for each church’s APCM is:
Holywell-
Colne: Sunday 21 April at 12.30 pm in the church
Bluntisham-
On the Saturday before each church’s APCM, Revd Valmor will be chairing a Leadership Study Day, to which all the current and potential leaders and helpers of that church are invited. All are from 9.30 to 12.30:
Saturday 13 April for Holywell-
Saturday 20 April for Colne
Saturday 27 April for Bluntisham-
APCM AT HOLYWELL-
At the vestry meeting and APCM on 14 April, the following church officers were elected:
Churchwardens: Stephen York and Michael Williamson
Deanery Synod representatives: Diane Alder and Ben Peilow
Elected members of the PCC: Carol Armit, Carole Mills, Ann Lorman, Jo Turnbull
Officers appointed at the subsequent PCC meeting:
Secretary: Jo Turnbull
Treasurer: Ben Peilow
Safeguarding Officer: Carole Mills
Electoral Roll Officer: Carol Armit
CHANGE OF REGULAR SERVICE TIMES AT HOLYWELL-
All Sunday morning services that started at 10.00 am will now begin at 9.30 am, beginning with the Holy Communion service on 14 April. The monthly 8.00 am Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion is not affected.