Our Parochial Church Council is responsible for discerning the vision for life at Holy Redeemer and for working then to organise and admininster the work we share together to achieve this.
Our Vision is to be...‘A Place to Connect’
and we believe that this can become a reality by being a Church that is all about... 'Finding, exploring, sharing and celebrating together God’s love as seen in Jesus Christ.'
In practice this means that...
in finding God’s love, together we will:
- open our hearts and minds to see God at work in us and around us
- welcome all who are seeking to know God’s love
- give thanks as we see God at work
in exploring God’s love, together we will:
- be open to learn from the bible, our worship, teaching and prayers and the traditions and experiences of the wider church
- allow ourselves to know God’s will for our lives and how to live them
- test out our faith by putting it into action
in sharing God’s love, together we will:
- value and serve each other
- reach out to neighbours in need
- demonstrate His love through pastoral care
- be a willing witness to our faith
- help God’s Kingdom to grow within us, among us and around us
in celebrating God’s love, together we will:
- spend time in thanks and praise
- share our experience of God at work in our lives
- invite, encourage and welcome others to join us.
In helping to make this Vision a realily for all who belong to Holy Redeemer...
The Fabric and Finance Team: takes the lead role in issues relating to the finance of our activities and maintaining the fabric of the Church and Church Hall to make them fit for purpose for our activities. Members of the Team are; Our 2 Church Wardens (Currently Vacant) Rev'd Tony Hand, Patricia Askew(Treasurer)and Neil Stubbs.
The Church Family Team: takes the lead role in promoting and encouraging the social and relational life of the Church Family. Members of the team are; Pete Clews, Rev'd Tony Hand and Helen Sayles.
The Worship and Mission Team: takes the lead role in working to enrich our spiritual life, shaping our worship life and planning and implementing our strategy for mission. Members of the team are; Rachel Hand, Rev'd Tony Hand, Marion Hoyland, Gail Naish and Lynne Parkin.
Our representatives in the Deanery of York are; Mike Burkett, Rev'd Tony Hand and Ken Parkin.
When needed the PCC's Standing Committee meets and includes: Trisha Askew (Treasurer), Our 2 Church Wardens, Rachel Hand (Worship and Mission Team), Rev'd Tony Hand, and Helen Sayles (Church Family Team).
CHURCHWARDEN'S IN 2010 - 2011
An Extraordinary Meeting of Parishioners has been called for Sunday 11th July immediately following our 10.30am morning service for the purpose of electing our churchwardens to serve for the year 2010-2011. To date, 2 nominations have been received - Mr K Parkin and Mr J Duffield. Other nominations need to be received before or immediately preceeding the meeting on the nomination forms available from the Newsdesk at Holy Redeemer or as a download below.
PCC MEETINGS IN 2010
Our PCC will be meeting on the following dates in 2010:
January 2010 - team Meetings
Monday 22nd February - whole PCC
Monday 1st March - Worship and Mission Team meeting
Tuesday 9th March - Church Family Team meeting
Monday 15th March - whole PCC
Annual General Meeting - Sunday 21st March
Monday 19th April - whole PCC
May - team Meetings
Tuesday 8th June - whole PCC
Tuesday 13th July - whole PCC
August no formal meetings
Tuesday 14th September - whole PCC
October - team meetings
Tuesday 16th November - whole PCC
Tuesday 8th December - Annual review of the year.
You can contact the PCC via our contact form.
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