DCC meeting - October 2007

Last night's District Church Council meeting at St Paul's discussed:

• The new Gartree North Mission Partnership
• A review of the 25th anniversary celebrations - we didn't rule out doing another fete again!
• The Alpha Course - we made a major commitment to do the Alpha course but changed our planned timetable so that we could prepare properly. Alpha at St Paul's will begin in January 2008.
• Modifications to the church sound system to overcome the faulty connections in the plug-and-socket arrangement. This will make the whole system far more reliable but it will mean that we won't be able to disconnect the sound desk. A foldback speaker will be bought to aid the musicians. We committed ourselves to purchase next year additional microphones to cater for our expanded music group and a new radio mic.
• Increasing the numbers at the next Hooray Day through better publicity.
• A financial review, which included the uncomfortable fact that our income from giving is around 10% below the budgeted amount.
  
• A review of our mission giving and donations.
• The new constitution of Churches Together in Oadby and its calendar of events in 2008.