Documents for the Parish Meeting and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)
on Thursday 22nd May 2025
Hormead C of E First School, 7pm.
Links to documents for reading in advance of the meeting wil be provided below.
In this United Benefice, all four Parochial Church Councils (PCCs) - the governing bodies of each ecclesiastical parish - meet for a single Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
The meeting comprises three parts, The Parish Meeting to elect Wardens, The APCM for each PCC and the first PCC meeting of the newly elected bodies to appoint the officers.
Having elected Wardens, church members meet to elect PCC members and other representatives. The members recieve the reports of their PCCs and the come together to receive the Diocesan Synod and Rector's report, share ideas and discuss the business of the benefice.
APCM's are held between Christmas and 31st May.
THE AGENDA Has been uploaded to the 'Other Documents' folder below. and here:
Electing wardens at the Parish Meeting is open to parish ALL residents on the civic electoral register and church Electoral Roll members.
Candidates must be BAPTISED and CONFIRMED.
The APCM meeting is open to Electoral Roll Members ONLY.
To join the electoral Roll you must be able to complete this form and submit it to a Warden, PCC Secretary, Electoral Roll Secretary or the Rector (Vicar) by 1 May 2024. Electoral Roll member MUST be Baptised and MUST have attended church regularly in the previous six months.
PCC Members: information for Trustees, can all be found on the diocese wesite here. Guides to APCMs information can be found here
NOMINATION FORMS for Wardens, PCC Membership and DEANERY Synod representatives can be found here on the St Albans DIOCESE Website
DOCUMENTS
All the documents made available ahead of the meeting can be located from these button links. Click on the page from your ecclesiatical parish.
Notice, Draft Ageda, Benefice Annual Report, Rector Report and other common documents can be found in Other Documents for ALL here: Please read ahead of the meeting.
Contact
The Vicarage
Great Hormead
Buntingford
Hertfordshire
SG9 0NT
01763 289258