Annual Church Meeting

The Annual Church Meeting will be held at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 27^th April on Zoom.

Please think seriously about standing for election as a Warden, Steward, or as a member of the Ecumenical Church Council. These positions are vital to the life of the church

If you would like to know more about what these roles entail please contact Janet or Clare Loughridge (j.loughridge@sheffield.ac.uk or clareloughridge49@gmail.com or Tel. 2584164

It is particularly important that we find two people to join the team of Stewards and Wardens to replace Muriel Roberts and John Booler, who have completed their 4-year terms of office. The posts are open to all members - Joint, Methodist and Anglican. People who have already served in these roles are most welcome to stand again.

If you cannot or prefer not to use Zoom, please let Janet Loughridge know and we will email out any proposals and nominations prior to the meeting and ask you to vote in advance without "attending" the meeting. You can also send in questions or comments in advance by email. 

Papers and reports will be sent by email and will also be available on the Annual Church Meeting page of the website.

If you cannot or prefer not to use Zoom, please let Janet Loughridge know and we will email out any proposals and nominations prior to the meeting and ask you to vote in advance without "attending" the meeting. You can also send in questions or comments in advance by email. 

In order to vote at the Annual Church Meeting you must be either on the Electoral Roll or a Methodist member.

Revision of the Electoral Roll (see also below)

The Electoral Roll has to be revised prior to the Annual Church Meeting on Tuesday 27^th April

• If your details have changed in the last twelve months, please contact Judith (Tel 0114 236 1531) or email robertsjm4@googlemail.com by Saturday 10^th April to check that the information we hold is up to date.

• If you would like your name to be added, please contact Judith (Tel 0114 236 1531) to ask for an application form, which should be returned to Judith by Saturday 10^th April (by post to 1 The Causeway, Sheffield S17 3EA or email  robertsjm4@googlemail.com). 

Application forms can also be downloaded here.

N.B. If you have previously joined the Electoral Roll and you are sure that the details we hold for you are accurate, there is no need to take any action this year.

In order to vote at the Annual Church Meeting you must be either on the Electoral Roll or a Methodist member.

St Andrew's Psalter Lane Church

REVISION OF CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL

Notice is hereby given that the Church Electoral Roll of the above parish will be revised by the Ecumenical Church Council*, beginning on Saturday the twenty seventh day of March 2021 and ending on Saturday the tenth day of April 2021. 

After the revision, a copy of the Roll will be published by the Ecumenical Church Council in the Church Office for at least 14 days and a copy of the Roll will be available for inspection on a reasonable request being made to the Council.

Under the Church Representation Rules any lay persons are entitled to have their names entered on the roll if the person is—

(a) is baptised,

(b) is aged 16 or over, and

(c) has made one of the following three declarations and duly applied for enrolment.

The first declaration is that the person is a member of the Church of England or of a Church in communion with it and is resident in the parish.

The second declaration is that the person is a member of the Church of England or of a Church in communion with it, is not resident in the parish, but has habitually attended public worship in the parish during the preceding six months.

The third declaration is that the person is a member in good standing of a Church which is not in communion with the Church of England but subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and is also a member of the Church of England and has habitually attended public worship in the parish during the preceding six months.

Application Forms for enrolment can be obtained from the Church Electoral Roll Officer or downloaded here. In order for a person to be entitled to attend the annual parochial church meeting and to take part in its proceedings, an Application Form for enrolment must be returned by the date shown above for the ending of the revision of the Church Electoral Roll by the Ecumenical Church Council.

Any error discovered in the Roll should at once be reported to the Church Electoral Roll Officer.

Dated this 26th day of March 2021.

Signed ___J.M Roberts__________________  Church Electoral Roll Officer

Email: robertsjm4@googlemail.com

*The revision must be completed at least 15 days, but no more than 28 days, before the Annual Church Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 27th April on Zoom.

You can read the minutes of last year's Annual Church Meeting here.