Yesterday, the parish of St Paul's Oadby held its first Parochial Church Council. On the agenda was:Apologies for Absence, followed by Bible Study and Prayer led by Steve Bailey. After this we approved the minutes of the last DCC as an accurate record of our last meeting, as also the last joint PCC and the Extraordinary Parochial Church meeting.
We then elected the Officers for the PCC, (the Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Electoral Roll Officer). It was agreed that the PCC would meet every other month, with LATs (Leadership Action Teams) in the month between. Five people were appointed to form a standing committee, which would prepare the PCC agenda and deal with urgent business.
Steve and Lou updated us on the plans for Intercultural Worshipping Communities.
It was then explained how the plans for the enlarged benefice (the 2 Oadby churches, Great Glen, Burton Overy and Carlton Curlieu) were progressing and there was a report from the working group registering the parish of St Paul Oadby as a charity.
A discussion followed on the "Cockpit Crew." And we received reports from 2 LAT groups. We had also received reports from CTO, Deanery Synod and Diocesan Synod, but there was not time to debate them.
The next PCC meeting will be on Tuesday 3 September 2019.
Over our heads, on the wall at one end of the Barnabas Centre was the slogan that reminded us that, whatever the changes, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
