Annual Church FAMILY Meeting

Please find below all the news and outcomes from our Annual Church Family Meeting 2025.

The meeting was held as part of The 10 gathering on Sunday 18th May 2025.  You can watch the full meeting here:
 

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Apologies

Apologies were received from:  Alison Capey, Barny Collins, Naomi Collins, David Daniels, Helen Daniels, Chris Davis, Nelly Davis, Claire Harman, Charles Kinsey, Kathleen Lane, Mark Orriss, Zach Parsons, Helen Parsons, Graham Stuart, Maggie Stuart, Rebecca Wattiau, Gaëtan Wattiau.
  

Minutes of last year’s meetings

The Minutes of the meeting held in 2024 were approved by the meeting.  They can be viewed here.

Electoral Roll

The Electoral Roll of the parish, of which people must be a member to stand for or vote in church leadership elections was completely revised this year.  This is something that happens every six years and means that everyone had to re-apply.  This was done over the period from 16th March to 27th April. 
 
There are 286 members of the new Electoral Roll.  This compares to 303 members last year.  Compared to the old roll, there are 66 new additions to the roll and 83 members of the old roll did not re-apply.

We strongly encourage members of the church family who are not yet on the Electoral Roll to register, and this can be done online here. 

Election of Church Wardens

Diane Noon was nominated by Mei Yen Furey and Daphne Yeung.  Mark Orriss was nominated by Tavi Price and Patrick Bolster.  They were elected to serve as Church Wardens for the coming year. 
 

Elections to the PCC and Deanery Synod

There were 6 places available for election to PCC and 3 places available for election to Deanery Synod at the meeting. 

9 nominations were received for election to the PCC so an election was held.  The 6 candidates with the highest votes were:
 

• Alexandra Creavin (Proposed by: Patrick Bolster Seconded by: John Butler)
• David Daniels (Proposed by: Colin Havill Seconded by: Maggie Stuart)
• Danish Gill (Proposed by: Joseph Gill, Seconded by: Giles Chanot)
• Helen Parsons (Proposed by: Mark Ellis Seconded by: Mei Yen Furey)
• Sam Pictor (Proposed by: Nick Carter, Seconded by: Richard Moon)
• Rebecca Wattiau (Proposed by: Jonathan Hendry, Seconded by: Chloe Yeung)

2 nominations were received for Deanery Synod, so no election was necessary:
 

• Nathan Kellner (Proposed by: Mark Parsons, Seconded by: Alyssa Carey)
• Gaye Senior-Smith (Proposed by: Mark Parsons, Seconded by: Sue Poole)

The full list of PCC and Deanery Synod Members can be viewed here.

Finance Report

David Vernon, on behalf of the Finance Team presented the Finance Report.  The slides he used are available here.
 
The PCC's Annual Report and Accounts for 2024, which were circulated prior to the meeting, are available here.
 

Appointment of Independent Examiner / Auditors

Burton Sweet were appointed as Independent Examiner / Auditors for 2025.
 

Reports from the Diocese of Bristol

The Diocese prepared the reports from the Deanery Synod for circulation to parishes at their Annual Meeting.
 

The audio recording of the Paul's address from the meeting can be heard here...