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   The Church Council

Elected 4th May 2008

Church Wardens provide Sandy with specific support and advice. Sandy will particularly need support when Marian Curtis leaves in June & with the Quinquennial Review due later this year. Wardens are responsible for the fabric of the building (although support for this is given by the Administrator).
The Church Council meets on Tuesdays evenings 9 times a year to make decisions about what we do as a church and how we do it, thinking about the direction of the church, our priorities, our finances etc and they also provide general support for the staff.
Deanery Synod brings representatives of local churches together three times a year and its members are responsible for electing General Synod and influencing Church of England policy.

From the date of the Annual Meeting the members of the Council are

The clergy:
Sandy Christie, Vicar
Marian Curtis, Curate
Adam Scott, Hon Curate
Jonathan Croucher, Hon Curate

The wardens elected by the electors in the parish:
Carolyn Watkyns
Brenda Woolf

The councillors elected by the people on the church electoral roll:
Clare Bartram
Sarah Burnard, the Treasurer
Louise Johnson
Maggie Holland
Naomi King
Deirdre Pugh
Greg Smye-Rumsby
David Tozer

StMichael's representatives on the Deanery Synod elected by the people on the church electoral roll:
Marion Chittleborough
Stephen Hingston
Pete Moss.

[Members of the electoral roll who are Readers may if they wish serve on the Council. John Clark prefers not to do so at present ]

Outgoing members of the Council, to whom go many thanks for their service, are
John Allen
Fran Botley
Tex Dunstan
David Seddon.

and what does the Council do ? see the 2007 annual reports; well worth reading.