EAST TRENT CHURCHES
Besthorpe, Clifton, Collingham,
Girton, Harby, Holme, Langford, South Scarle, Thorney,  Winthorpe

Click the lamp to return to the Q & A Room

What is the difference between the PCC and the Parish Council? And What does PCC mean? Our Benefice contains the combined parishes of North and South Collingham; and the United Parishes of South Scarle, Besthorpe and Girton with Spalford.

COLLINGHAM PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

 By Elizabeth Gibson

Like the Parish Council, the Collingham Parochial Church Council is an elected body which is responsible for the running of the two churches in the Benefice. Each year in April, elections are held at the churches' Annual Meeting. All members of the churches' electoral roll are eligible to stand for election to the PCC, and all members are able to vote to elect members of the PCC.

Each year two wardens are elected for each of the Collingham churches, and four new members are elected to serve on the PCC. A member of the PCC serves for three years, after which they have to take a year off before being eligible for re-election. In this way, the PCC at any one time has twelve members. In addition, every three years members are elected to be the Benefice's Representatives on the Deanery Synod - the Benefice is part of the Newark Deanery which has a Synod (or meeting) to deal with the running of the Deanery.

The Rev. David Milner is automatically Chairman of the PCC, and at the first meeting of the new PCC after the Annual Parochial Council Meeting a Secretary and Treasurer are elected by the Council, as are members of the sub-committees which report back to the full council. Church members are co-opted as appropriate to add expertise to committees. The following committees meet: Finance; Buildings - which deals with the care and maintenance of the two Churches and their churchyards; Charitable Giving - which controls the Churches' yearly giving to charities; Child Protection; Social Committee - which arranges functions during each year. Also, three people serve on the "Churches Together in Collingham" committee, and two on the "Fleet" magazine committee.

The whole PCC meets together quarterly, and a Standing Committee made up of the Wardens, Secretary and Treasurer meets between PCC meetings. Sub-Committees report to the full PCC at each meeting, and extra meetings are convened when necessary.

Click here to read more about the Collingham PCC members.

Click here to read more about the Collingham PCC Sub-Committees.

Click here to read more about the United Parish of South Scarle, Besthorpe, and Girton with Spalford.

Our Priest in Charge of East Trent Churches & the Editorial Team thank our 93,712  page-visitors for supporting us up to beginning of September, 2010

Find a page > > >   Contents

If you quote or print anything from this Web-site please add a link to AnglicanCollinghamChurches.org in your Website. Thanks.

Webmaster and Editor Dr J Eric Ashton

To e-mail the Priest in Charge of the East Trent Churches Click :  Priest in Charge

Click here to find Links to Other Sites  

© Music arranged and 'performed' by Dr J Eric Ashton
© Photos by the Editorial Team, except where specified

Copyright © Anglican Collingham Churches 04 September 2010. All Rights Reserved.

This site was last updated on 04 September 2010.

You may find our special effects work best with the Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser