Held on 30/03/2004
at 8 p.m. at Villa Westfield, Wells Road, Draycott.
3. Minutes of previous meeting
6 c. PCC invitations to 'First to the
Lord'.
7 e. Area for cremated remains.
8 a. Renewal of suspension of
living.
Stanley
Price opened the meeting with a prayer. Richard Dingley took the chair.
PresentJulie
Brown John Cartwright Wendy Cartwright Richard Dingley Sylvia
Dingley Tricia
Corrick Chris
Green |
Colette
Jeff Wilf
Lacey Audrey
Morgan Stanley
Price Victor
Skinner |
Apologies Thea
Oliver |
Minutes of 6th
February were agreed as correct.
6.2
(Payment
of WCT). Done. NB. We asked them to comment on the storm damage (item 7.10) at
the same time.
Several items were accepted for other business.
·
Ken
Boulier gave us an excellent talk. He suggested that we look at our church
through new eyes. (An example- suppose we had a glass door, so that people
could look in before entering- it might make them more willing to join us.)
·
Stanley
added- we are all experiencing doubt and sorrow- this came out strongly in the
away day. A message from Ken- we need to reach out to others and start from
where they are. We have begun this process with our village questionnaire.
·
Stanley
invites us all to his house on Thursday 6th May to listen to a tape
of an address by John Gillespie, which he has found inspirational.
·
We
should prepare a budget/business plan- 5 year. We should leave this until after
the APCM, and then fix our ‘First to the Lord’ visitor to come and talk to us.
·
We
thanked Stanley and Richard for organising this. Could we make this an annual
event?
(see
notice on the board).
·
Invitations
had been received for all the PCC- these were distributed
·
Another
idea that came out of the away day- a sheet with the readings and psalm (the latter
in a modern translation), plus notices. This has been tried on a couple of
Sundays.
·
We
were worried about the extra trouble and expense, for a relatively small run.
ACTION: We may do this for special occasions only in the
future.
·
Coming
back to the glass door idea- a good suggestion.
ACTION: Stanley will look into the feasibility, and bring this back to
the PCC.
·
Loop,
speakers- no more news. Priority is repair for the moment.
ACTION: RD will talk to Victor- are there any temporary measures possible?
·
Appreciation
was expressed for the notice board in the glebe field.
·
Parish
Share- we have not paid any yet. Propose that on receipt of the next VAT refund
cheque (should be £1870) we send £1000. Proposed: Richard Dingley, seconded:
Chris Green. All agreed.
ACTION: Wendy to action.
·
Accounts
were agreed. Signed copies are available. NB. £605 was missed out in the draft-
this has been corrected.
·
It
was brought to our attention that we would need a stand-in treasurer for 9
weeks when John and Wendy are on holiday later in the year. It would be a good
idea to appoint a deputy treasurer who could understudy Wendy before the event.
ACTION: this will have to be an action for decision by the new PCC after
the APCM. We appeal for a volunteer!
·
We
thanked Wendy and John for carrying on.
·
The
good news is that English Heritage have promised us (verbally) that they will
make us a substantial grant. This is subject to written confirmation.
·
The
next meeting of the refurbishment committee is on Wed. 28th April.
·
We
are getting organised for our next big event (the CMVC concert). As before we
are to organise a raffle, and a number of prizes have been pledged already.
These include complementary tickets for White Funnel Fleet, and unspecified
gifts from the Saddlers, Post Office and Chicks of Cheddar.
·
We
shall need to do house-to-house selling, as for the barn dance.
·
The
meeting expressed its satisfaction with the English Heritage news and thanked
Victor and the committee for all their hard work.
·
Richard
had moved one of the chains to open up the entrance- this was an improvement.
It would be worth getting the chains cleaned up (sandblasting?).
ACTION: RD to find out how much this would be.
·
Stanley
showed us Rodney Stoke’s design. NB. The gravel would be in a pink stone in
keeping with Draycott stone.
ACTION: we shall wait and see how much it costs at Rodney Stoke.
·
Thea’s
idea for holding a Harvest service in school hours was welcomed by the meeting.
Dates for harvest- Friday 1st for the school, and Sunday 3rd
for the Church were suggested
ACTION: CG to inform Thea of our approval, and pass on our thanks for
her continued efforts to find ways of including the school in church
activities.
·
Thea
had also contributed to the debate about Church opening- her letter was read
out. What shall we do?
Ø
If
we open the church, it will happen again.
Ø
Should
we leave an address/ telephone number where a key can be obtained?
Ø
It
may be a condition of the English Heritage grant that the church be open.
Ø
Stanley
suggested that we should ‘ask him to go away’. We did this in a moment of
prayer.
·
The
other communication from Thea dealt with the Remembrance Day service.
ACTION: Stanley will deal with the arrangements.
ACTION: we asked Tricia to revise
the pack. Thank you, Trish!
The
glass fronted notice board needs to be replaced- but the porch roof still
leaks.
ACTION: wait until the porch has been repaired.
The
letter was received by Stanley to announce the renewal of the suspension of the
living- this is the official announcement to the PCC.
·
May
9th to 15th. Audrey would be grateful to have the same
level of support as she received last year
·
The
meeting thanked Audrey for her hard work.
Victor
has the bolt for the toilet door and will fit it.
·
The
agenda was given to CG for printing with the reports. RD has already put up
notices publicising the APCM with the agenda.
·
Should
we adopt the recommendations about a rolling 3 year term for PCC members? This
might leave us in difficulties due to the small pool we are drawn from these
days.
·
Apologies
in advance from Richard and Sylvia Dingley and Colette Jeff.
·
Please
let CG have reports a week before the meeting, if possible. As before the aim
is to have an electronic version in time for the meeting which can be printed
off.
·
APCM:
25th April at St. Peter’s Church (6:30 said communion followed by
meeting at 7).
·
Next
PCC meeting to be determined at the APCM.
The meeting closed with the Grace.