Held on 06/02/2004
at 8 p.m. at Villa Westfield, Wells Road, Draycott.
3. Minutes of previous meeting
6.1 Measures to counter 'vandalism'
6.2 Payment of £700.72 to West Country
Tiling.
6.3 PCC invitations to 'First to the
Lord'.
7.1 Parish Away Day- report from group.
7.2 Easter worship (and other worship)
7.4 Continued suspension of living.
7.5 Area for cremated remains.
7.6 Help for the vicar in parish
visiting
7.7 School Governors report (postponed)
8.2 Digitisation of church records.
Stanley
Price opened the meeting with a prayer. Richard Dingley took the chair.
PresentJulie
Brown Richard Dingley Sylvia
Dingley Tricia
Corrick Chris
Green |
Colette
Jeff Wilf
Lacey Stanley
Price John Cartwright Victor
Skinner |
ApologiesAudrey
Morgan Thea
Oliver Wendy
Cartwright |
Minutes of 7th
January were agreed as correct.
5.4
(Good Friday service). Nikki is willing, but
wanted to know more about the service plans so far.
RD said that Judith Rose has been asked for two meditations, one dealing with
the crucifixion and the second dealing with 'waiting for resurrection'. The service is to be attended by Mr. Philip
Day, the photographer-in-residence of the diocese.
5.5
(Charity
fund) Has been dealt with- £100 for bibles to Sierra Leone, £50 for new Hospice
in the South West (there may also have been a contribution for the mission fund
to Zambia, Sylvia was not sure). RD has been in touch with the Bible Society,
and has determined a mix of different editions that can be sent within our
budget.
6.1
(John
Peddar). Has been paid.
6.5
(Domestic
Abuse Helpline information). Stanley will do this in March.
6.5
(Parish
survey). Tricia is doing the headcount.
Several items were accepted for other business.
·
Two
weeks ago, the boiler was switched off (in the middle of some very cold
weather). The week before, a mess had been made in church, and the week before,
some further mess (human excreta) had been cleared up by Thea. Consequently,
the church has been locked for the last week, but we do not want to have to
continue this. What shall we do?
·
NB.
We are pretty sure of the person who is doing this- he is well known in the
villages round about. He has mental health problems and a number of people
(including church people) have tried to talk to him, but he is not accepting
any help. Stanley has consulted Keith Fox (the community psychiatric worker)
but the person in question is not known to the local service.
·
The
following ideas were put forward:
Ø We could move the heading controls so that they were behind the locked door.
Ø We could try to use CCTV to catch the culprit in the act.
Ø We could use CCTV notices as a warning to deter this activity.
·
We
are going to open the church up again after a short while.
·
We
agreed to pay this- John Cartwright to action.
·
Invitations
had been received for all the PCC- these were distributed
·
The
working party suggest that the Greens be invited to run a day which would look
at what issues were currently facing the work of the church in the world at
large, and at how these issues might affect our own spirituality and activity.
·
It
was suggested that for the afternoon session art and music could inform our
reflections. Bring own lunch- coffee
& tea provided. No charge, but we need at least 12 people.
ACTIONS
Ø Colette has arranged to
visit to check the venue.
Ø Stanley will talk to Ernest
& Dorothea.
Ø We need something in the
magazine- Colette will write.
·
An
example of a 'six month service planner' was circulated. Stanley would like to
call for volunteers and suggestions- which could include suggestions for a
sermon (e.g. how about an address from a veteran of D-Day to mark the
anniversary this year?).
·
Maundy
Thursday- we are investigating the Passover celebration from CMJ (pub. 1999)-
there are 10 copies on the way. The celebration does not include communion.
Stanley will feed back to the group on this.
·
Palm
Sunday- we were in favour of processing. NB. we have palms left over from last
year, so should not have to purchase them.
We are doing the Bishop's 'Changing Lives' course, although details of venues, leaders etc. have not been finalised yet. There will be at least four sessions per week. Richard and Stanley are going to lead a group each.
The new Archdeacon (Peter Maurice) will be coming to evensong on 8th Feb, and will then talk to us on the suspension of the living.
Julie has written a contribution
on this, which she presented- please see separate sheet. Chris Kembury has
drawn up a plan for Rodney Stoke- Stanley will share with us the sketch which
Chris has made. NB. Would families be prepared to help with the expense, as we
don't have the money ourselves? It was
also suggested that the rusty chain should be removed, as it looks unsightly
and might trip people.
ACTION: Item to remain on the agenda for further discussion. Full text
of Julie's contribution to be sent to CG to publish with the minutes.
·
Stanley
asks: could people who are visiting others (e.g. sick, bereaved) let Stanley
know- also, if people have requested a visit.
·
Stanley
is taking communion to the Laurels and Sealey Close with vessels from the
church. Do we have spares- especially a small set of chalice/patten/cruet? (No,
all we had has been given away).
·
Thea
asked about a village welcome pack, and sent a letter for us to look at (also
sent a copy to St. Leonard's, so that they could produce their own version).
She suggests that this could be given out to newcomers to the village, together
with a complimentary copy of the Newsletter. It was proposed to go with this
idea and think about revising the old welcome pack. The meeting agreed. Could
we ask for local businesses to pay the costs of the new pack? Stanley suggested
that we have a single version for both Draycott and Rodney Stoke, with the
website address for further information
ACTION: Richard will look out the old welcome pack. We should discuss
the revision of this at the next meeting.
In
Thea's absence, postpone till the next meeting.
·
Julie said that Ann Percival
will submit a full report to the Newsletter.
·
One
item which caught our attention was that Crook Peak parish have proposed a
reduction in their parish share. We are all in the same boat!
·
Shipham
church has been the beneficiary of a legacy, and has had a facelift.
· The accounts were being audited; a draft was shared with the meeting. NB. more than a single signed copy will be prepared.
· The meeting needs to decide on which 'common fund category' our parish falls into- from 'a' through to 'd'. Richard explained the categories to us, and we discussed them. John Cartwright proposed that we should place ourselves in category 'c', as previously. Colette Jeff seconded this, and the meeting agreed (nem. con.)
·
Vic
met with English Heritage. They inspected the church and our accounts. They
pointed out that some of the tiles had slipped on the north of the nave, which
had not previously been noticed. This needs to be looked at. They also
suggested that our figures were out of date, and that we required £60,000
rather than £40,000. They seemed impressed by what we had done and were
encouraging. Vic is 'cautiously optimistic'.
·
The
new Roof Repair and Refurbishment Fund Raising Committee met on the 27th
January. Notes to be provided (see separate sheet). Next meeting: 24th
February.
·
CG
has obtained a claim form for the storm damage (see last item in 6.3 of
previous meeting). It was suggested that this should be dealt with by West
Country Tiling, and we should send the forms together with the cheque for the
money we owe them.
·
This
choir has enquired about St. Peter's as a possible venue. There are 25
children. After a discussion, it was suggested that a Wells venue would be
better for them.
·
The
Church of Latter Day Saints are proposing to digitise our records up to 1900.
Do we want this to happen? (The meeting had no objections).
·
The
Deanery Choral Festival will take place 27th June, in Cheddar.
·
Next
PCC meeting: Tuesday 30th March at Julie Brown's house (i.e. before
the APCM).
The meeting closed with the Grace.