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Annual Meetings (AMP and APCM)
Annual Meeting of Parishioners (AMP)
The Annual Meeting of Parishioners(AMP) is convened for the election of churchwardens and it is often amalgamated with the Annual Parochial Church Meeting(APCM). However, it should be noted that the participation criteria for a Meeting of Parishioners is slightly different from that of an APCM
Notice of Annual Meeting of Parishioners
Nomination For Election as Churwarden form
Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) is convened to elect the parish's Deanery Synod representatives and Parochial Church Council members. Statutory reports, as defined within the Church Representation Rules, are also given to the church's members. Only those people who are listed on the church's electoral roll may participate within the APCM.
Notice of Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Application for Enrolment on the Church Electoral Roll
Notice of Revision of Church Electoral Roll
Notice of New Church Electoral Roll
Nomination for Election To the Deanery Synod
Nomination for Election to the Parochial Church Council
Results of Election
Annual Parish Returns
Annual Parish Information Return Forms
This form is used to collect the names and contact details of all PCC Officers for the current year.
It is assumed that those offering to serve as PCC Officers, or as representatives of the PCC on Deanery Synods, will wish to make themselves available to those who have need to contact them.
The completed form should be returned by 18th May 2012
Statistics For Mission Form
Some parishes find the completion of the parochial returns useful for their own purposes; the information, when collected over a period of years, can give a useful insight into the continuing life of the parish. Many diocesan offices regularly use information extracted from the returns. The figures, usually aggregated as diocesan totals, are used extensively by central church organisations and ecumenical bodies; and are largely published in Church Statistics.
In some dioceses particular items are used to help calculate the parish share. For all dioceses, figures are extracted from the Returns to help determine the contribution each diocese will be invited to pay towards the cost of training for the ministry and for national church activities.
Guidance Notes and information are also available to assist in the completion of these returns:
Please select your Deanery to download the form.
Finance Return Form
The use of standard format returns means that we can process the information much more efficiently with fewer staff. The effect of the Charities Act 1993 was that the Church had to ask its parishes to review the way in which they present their accounts. The Charities Act 1993 and the PCC 3rd edition* provides a guide to the workings of the act as it applies to PCC accounts. Chapter 6 identifies the various items of expenditure and income and categorises them under certain headings. The finance form has been designed to be consistent with the language and the format set out in the guidelines. Parishes are asked to identify separately the restricted and unrestricted income as these figures have to be shown separately in accounts.
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