The Beacon February 2011 - Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat ...

In Memoriam
In February we remember:
2 nd James Allen 19 th Braunda Pickup
3 rd Terence Covington 21 st Roy William Edwards
9 th Philip Petherbridge 22 nd Peggy Jean Spacek
16 th Roderick Webb 24 th Edward Armitage
17 th Alfred Crofton 28 th Joyce Sochon
17 th Sylvia Stevens 29 th Pamela Lane Owen
PCC Briefings
On Thursday 20 th January the first PCC meeting of 2011 was held at Westmeston
Parish Hall. Among the topics discussed were the new Treasurer, Mark Moody-
Stuart, and Bookkeeper, Sue Sewell. Sue will deal with day to day banking (for
the first time electronically) whilst Mark will oversee all the Beacon Churches
finances and produce the ACPM Report for the Auditors.
The re-decoration of the interior of St Margaret’s was also discussed as this will
now cost an extra £4,000 to remove additional cement rendering from the walls
before replastering. It was decided to inform Parishioners about this to see if
they would be prepared to contribute to this extra expense.
Other issues were the Mission Action Plan (MAP) which is now discussed at
every PCC Meeting. MAP covers all aspects of the Church (ie Worship, Home
Groups, Social Events, Weddings etc) and will be discussed at the Annual
Meeting in March.
The next PCC Meeting will be on Thursday 24 th March, 2011, at Streat Barn,
starting at 6.30 pm to which all Parishioners will be invited as one of the topics
up for discussion will be the role of Women Bishops and the Diocese has asked
for comments from the laity.
Margaret Bovill, PCC Secretary
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