Annual Meeting Pack - click to download agendaAnnual Meeting of Parishioners, including:Election of two ChurchwardensAnnual Parochial Church Meeting, including:Vote to Approve Kent Downs and Malling Team Joint Council SchemeAppointment of Independent Examiner for 2024Annal ReportElection of up to 3 PCC membersAppointment of four Deputy WardensAppointment of Sides peopleApproval of the Scheme for the Joint CouncilResponse to any questions submitted to Churchwardens by 12 noon on Sunday 14 April 2024
Following two years of challenging work by several volunteers, we are pleased to release the attached document into the public domain.The document contains an indexed (by family name and year) of those interred or memorialised in the Church and Churchyard. We believe that this will help us celebrate and recognise our local heritage.If you need further information, please contact us.
If you feel that God may be calling you to take a new step in ministry, one of the Ministry Team will be very pleased to explore this with you. As a Team we wish to encourage new ministries and release gifts. ‘Hearing God’s Word’ and ‘Speaking God’s Word’ are two courses run by the diocese which, on completion, enables people to lead and speak in church on an occasional basis. These can be delivered at Team or Deanery level if there is enough interest. For those who exercise a pastoral ministry the course ‘Caring Concerns’ could be run so that they are up to date with best practice around boundaries, safeguarding, lone working and other issues. Please speak to the Team Rector if you would like to know more.
This week’s investigation by Madeleine Davies of the problem of filling the offices of churchwarden or treasurer confirms what many have suspected: that the difficulties in their own benefice extend across most of the dioceses of the Church of England.Read the original article here All new Church Times subscriptions received in March will receive a FREE additional 3-month subscription to the bestselling app, Reflections for Daily Prayer.Subscribe to Church Times
