Halewood Church Council
HCC Annual Report
Each year, in time for the Annual Pariochial Church Meeting (APCM), Halewood Church Council produces a report which covers its activities in the previous calendar year. The most recent report, produced for the APCM in 2010 and covering the year from 1st January to 31st December 2009, is available as a 'PDF' document, here.(You need a programme like Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this document - you probably already have this installed on your PC, or you can download it here.)Halewood Church Council (HCC) is the overall decision-making body for the Parish. It is an ecumenical Church Council – Anglican and Methodist – which acts as the Parochial Church Council (PCC). As such, it operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure and has been a charity excepted by order from registration with the Charity Commission. This status of "a charity excepted... from registration" is ending as Church Councils will be required to register with the Charity Commission. As an ecumenical Church Council, we are currently working towards charity registration.
The Aims of HCC
The aims of HCC, as defined in the PCC (Powers) Measure of 1956 are:“to cooperate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.”
District Church Councils
The two churches, St Mary’s and St Nicholas’, have District Church Councils (DCCs) to which local powers and budgets have been delegated. Both DCCs have appropriate committee structures, although there may be differences depending on local needs. On occasion, there will also be cross-parish working groups, formed to deal with particular issues. These report directly to HCC.How Are DCC Members Elected?
Members are elected each year at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). This is normally held in April (at either St Nicholas or St Mary's) and is open to all parishioners and members of St Nicholas’ and St Mary’s church Electoral Rolls.To be eligible as a candidate for the DCC you must be 16 or over, you must be a communicant at St Nicholas’ or St Mary;s, and be on the Electoral Roll of one of the churches. You will also need someone who is on the Electoral Roll to nominate you to stand as a DCC member, and a seconder. A nomination list is put up at the back of both churches before the APCM.
If you are not already on the Electoral Roll you can get a form from the Parish Office.