APCM minutes

Joyce Armstrong, Ann Causer, Adrian D'Auvin, Sue Graham, Bryn and Jacqui Jones, Lesley Deninson, Paul, Jane and Nicky Fell, Catherine Kenyon, Dave Law, Linda Moore, Barbara and Peter Naylor, Viv Pierce, Gordon Porter, Chris Roberts, Julie Roberts, Hannah Spiers, Ray Terry, Michael Thompson, Lynn Thompson, Paula Webster, Edna and Hal Whitaker.

4. The Minutes of the meeting held on 26 April 2006 were taken as read and it was proposed by Gordon Lawrence and seconded by Paul Roocroft that these be accepted and signed.

5. Jane Nurney, June Barnard, and Dave Roberts introduced the papers for the APCM and the reports from the Activity Groups with a picture presentation.

6. Annual Report

Finance

Alan Bruford, the Independent Examiner, has approved the Accounts for 2006. Eric Linford, the Treasurer, thanked the people who count the collection and bank it. Eric also expressed his thanks to Glenys, his wife, for all the help and support that she gives to him and to Mike Tuppen for all that he does.

The Balance in the General Fund as at 31 December 2006 was £13,000 with £25,000 in the GIG Fund. Our most generous giver is Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who contributed £26,000 through Gift Aid. However, Eric reported that this will be reduced by £3000 in 2008 due to changes brought in by the Chancellor in his Budget.

St Luke's gave away the sum of £39,000 to Charity in 2006.

£41,000 is held in Endowment Funds and we need to investigate how this money can be used.

Our Reserves Policy is that £10,000 should always be kept in the Bank and that we should have three months' working capital in reserve. We are aiming to have £20,000 in the Reserve Fund by 2010.

It was proposed by Marg Davey, seconded by Eric Deninson, and unanimously agreed that the Accounts be received and approved.

The Chairman expressed his thanks to Eric for all the hard work that he does as St Luke's Treasurer, which is much appreciated.

7. Appointment of the Independent Examiner

It was proposed by Rev Pete Spiers, seconded by Mary Porter, and unanimously agreed that Alan Bruford be re-appointed as Independent Examiner. It was agreed that a contribution be made to St Philip's Church, Litherland, by way of thank you to Alan for the work that he does on our behalf.

8. Electoral Roll

Hilary Roberts reported that a new Electoral Roll had been compiled. The present roll total is 300, which is a decrease of 54 on last year's figures. This figure included 160 within the Parish and 140 living outside the Parish. This represents no additions and 54 deletions since 2006.

Thanks were expressed to Hilary for all the work she has done in connection with the Roll. Hilary will be retiring from the post and the PCC will appoint a new ER Officer at their next meeting.

9. Appointment of Sidespeople

The full list of sidespeople was shown to the meeting and it was noted that Audrey Hull, Coral Madden, Karen Hignett, Sue Kenyon, and Paul Burridge had asked to be removed from the list; Carole Firth, Hope Calvert, Eleanor Bradley, Pauline Jones, and Julie Roberts were willing to be added to the list. The meeting approved the amended list of sidespeople and the Chairman thanked all who had served during the last year for their work and announced that the Archdeacon's Visitation Service will be held on 8 May.

10. Elections

The following people were voted to be members of the PCC:
Dawn D'Auvin, Barry Fell, Jan Matthews and Ray Terry.

No nominations were received for the 1 year position available on the Deanery Synod and it was agreed that the PCC will appoint a person.

Rev Spiers expressed thanks to those members who were standing down this year.

11. Vicar's Report

Rev Spiers thanked the members of the Standing Committee, Worship Leaders, Musicians, Clergy and Shirley, the Church Administrator, for all their help, support and hard work and all those other members of the congregation who help with the huge amount of work that goes on throughout the year.

He then went on and explained what he and the PCC had discerned to be another step forward for St. Luke's. God has a plan and purpose for us as individuals and for our Church and we need to consider what impact we are making in our lives and the lives of others.

At our Church weekend away Gary Renison encouraged us to focus on our values as a Church. Our mission statement from that weekend was 'St Luke's in the heart of Crosby with Crosby in its heart'. However, we need to turn sentiment into reality and for this we need a strategy.

If we hope to grow in quantity and quality we need a new Shared Ministry Team. The role of the PCC will be to select members for the SMT which will meet on a regular basis to implement a strategic plan set by the PCC. The SMT would report on progress to the PCC. Each member of the SMT will have a role description which will be aimed at a specific area of ministry, being Administration, Children/Youth, Cell Groups, Worship, Welcome and Buildings.

He will meet with members of the SMT on a regular basis for personal support and guidance as necessary and they will also meet together as a team. He went on to outline the nomination process and challenged people to consider how they could best serve the purpose of God in this generation.

12. Questions

There were no questions.

13. Date for Next APCM

To be fixed by the PCC.

14. The meeting closed with prayer at 9pm.

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