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Summary of the Little Malvern Priory PCC Discussion of the

“7^th November 2010 Review”

The LMP review was discussed at meeting of the Little Malvern Parochial Church Committee on 18^th February 2011.

To aid consideration by the PCC of the views expressed by attendees at the Review held on November 7^th 2010 it was agreed that the focus for the meeting would be fresh initiatives raised by more than one of the Review sub groups.

Whilst time has not permitted an exhaustive discussion of all of the points aired at the Review, a summary of the interim discussion follows:

1          The suggestion that there be additional evening services was in hand. The first of these was arranged for 29^th May 2011.

2          The selection of hymns would become more open with a call for requests for particular hymns to be associated with seasonal services. Canon Eric agreed to pursue this request.

3          Alistair Booth has agreed to formulate a strategy for effective communication of future events.

4          To promote awareness of PCC members it was agreed to include identification photographs within the Pewsletter after nominations had been approved at the AGM. The AGM is scheduled for Wednesday 18^th May commencing immediately after the Annual Vestry Meeting which starts at 19:00 at LMP Church of St Giles.

5          It was agreed that contact details from the electoral roll should be made available to those who regularly need to make contact with members within the congregation. Note was taken of the fact that such dissemination did not require the PCC to be registered under the data protection act.  The Electoral Roll would be the prime source of this information.

6          Future editions of the Pewsletter would be used to raise awareness of the activities of chaplaincies which LMP supports. In addition hyperlinks to these chaplaincy web sites for additional information would be provided by Robert Steel as the web custodian within appropriate web pages of the LMP web site.

7          Acceptances of invitations to speak as part of the Lent Programme at LPM by the chaplains which LMP supports namely those of Long Lartin and Sherrards Green provided opportunities for meeting them and learning more of the work they undertook.

8          The merit of LMP PCC sponsoring the provision of flowers and or shrubs and their subsequent maintenance within the flower beds at the Malvern Community Hospital would be investigated by Alistair Booth and Roger Johnson.

9          To improve welfare provision it was agreed that nominations for a small group should be sought to ensure that those needing additional support were not overlooked. An initial call for nominations has been published in the Pewsletter.

10        A February March 2011 issue of the Pewsletter promoted awareness of the charity supported by Griselda and sought additional support.

11        In discussing options for a significant fund raising event at LMP in lieu of the Garden Open Day it was decided that any alternative would be severely compromised by the lack of adequate car parking space and limited accommodation within the church. Therefore no alternative would be arranged this year.

12        To explore further fund raising opportunities within LMP church a concert has been arranged for April 30^th 2011.

13        John Chatten has designed a bookmark which bore an image of the church and has a prayer on the reverse. This met with general approval and it was agreed to approach Jocelyn Bailey to take the idea forward.  

This topic will remain on the agenda of the PCC until a response has been formulated to all the points raised.

Derek Webb

Secretary LMP PCC