St Chad's Church, Far Headingley

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  • About us
    • Welcome message
    • Meet the team
    • St Chad’s Church – history and architecture
      • The Baptistery
      • The Bell Tower
      • The East Window
      • Chancel, Choir and Nave
      • The Organ at St. Chad’s
      • The Lady Chapel / Chapel of St. Oswald
      • The Reredos
      • St. Oswald’s Church
      • Architectural images
    • St Chad’s Parish Centre
    • Parish Magazine
    • Our church as venue
    • Our Mission Partners
    • Churches Together in Headingley
    • Parochial Church Council (PCC)
  • Services & events
    • Regular services
    • Baptisms at St Chad’s
    • Weddings at St Chad’s
    • Funerals at St Chad’s
    • Worship on the Edge
  • Church groups
    • Bible Reading
    • Bell Ringing
    • Church Choir
    • Mothers’ Union
    • Eco St Chad’s
      • The Green Team
      • Churchyard as wildlife haven
      • Community Churchyard Work Parties
      • Gallery, Eco St Chad’s
    • ‘…another time’
    • Groups & activities – contact list
  • Community groups
    • Parent-led Toddler Group
    • Tennis Club
    • Cricket Club
    • Groups & activities – contact list
  • Children & young people
    • Sunday Club Groups
    • Brownies, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorers
    • Groups & activities – contact list
  • Giving
    • Giving – why is it important?
    • Make a donation
    • St Chad’s charitable giving
    • Volunteering opportunities
  • Safeguarding
  • Contact us
    • Enquiry
    • How to find us
    • Meet the team
    • Groups & activities – contact list

Parochial Church Council (PCC)

Aim and purposes

St. Chad’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) has had the responsibility of promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical along with the priest in charge.

The PCC is also responsible for the maintenance of the Parish Centre and the former curacy (64 Becketts Park Crescent).

The Church’s Vision Statement is:

St. Chad’s is here to share the Christian Gospel through being:

  • a praying and worshipping community
  • a place of spiritual learning, growth and exploration
  • a visible, active and responsible servant of the parish

We seek to be a lively, evolving and caring community through:

  • being welcoming and supportive
  • sharing and celebrating our talents and diversity
  • being open to all

Objectives and activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at St. Chad’s. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion, has been considered. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

  • Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus
  • Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish
  • Missionary and outreach work

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of St. Chad and the Parish Centre.

Structure, governance and management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St. Chad’s the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent, churchwardens, one of three readers, members of synod and a maximum of 15 members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent.

The full PCC met six times during the year with an average level of attendance of 91%, and the Standing and Finance Committee six times. Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of sub-committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees which include Standing and Finance, Fabric and Maintenance, Bar, Worship, Community Engagement, Stewardship, and Parish Centre Management, are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly with minutes of their deliberations being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary.

Administrative information

St Chad’s Church is situated in Far Headingley in North West Leeds. It was part of the Diocese of Leeds (Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales) within the Church of England.

The correspondence address is The Parish Administrator, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Road, Leeds LS16 5JT

The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956. Church Representation Rules 2006) and is a registered charity as required under the Charities Act.

Charity Registration Number: 1130766

Charity Name: The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Chad, Far Headingley, Leeds

PCC Members as at 25th April 2017 (see photos of who’s who below names)

Clergy
Tom Lusty

Churchwarden
Simon Futers (retires 2021)

PCC members – Retire 2020
Christopher Armstrong
Robert Baldwin (Treasurer)
John Bradbrook
Helen Cruickshank
Nigel Greenwood

PCC members – Retire 2019
Julia Baxter
Alan Futers
Mary Henderson
Chris Milestone
Richard Wilson (Secretary)

PCC members – Retire 2018
Anne Emerton
Alison Gallant
Catherine Harper
John Hawker
Tim Ward

Readers
Gill Griggs

Synods
Diocesan – Mike Willison
Deanery – Beverly Leech Askey, Christopher Ridgeway, Mike Willison

Bankers
Nat West plc, 63 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3WA; Yorkshire Bank, 6 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 2AA

Independent Examiner
West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service, Stringer House, 34 Lupton Street, Leeds, LS10 2QW

The PCC members are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Charity law requires the PCC members to prepare financial statements for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the church and of its financial activities for that period.

Those responsible for day to day management

Standing & Finance Committee
Tom Lusty (Vicar), Simon Futers (Churchwarden), Richard Wilson (PCC Secretary) and Robert Baldwin (PCC Treasurer)

Parish Administrator 
Christine Khullar

Meet the PCC team

Tom Lusty
Gill Griggs
Anne Emerton
Alison Gallant
Mike Willison
Robert Baldwin
Tim Ward
Beverly Leech Askey
Nigel Greenwood
Alan Futers
Helen Baxter
Catherine Harper
Catherine Harper
Richard Wilson
John Bradbrook
Simon Futers
Helen Cruickshank
Mary Henderson

Browse our site

  • About us
    • Welcome message
    • Meet the team
    • St Chad’s Church – history and architecture
    • St Chad’s Parish Centre
    • Parish Magazine
    • Our church as venue
    • Our Mission Partners
      • News from the Marshalls in Malta
    • Parochial Church Council (PCC)
      • PCC Committee Members
  • Services & events
    • St Chad’s January Services
    • Weddings at St Chad’s
    • Regular services
    • Baptisms at St Chad’s
    • Funerals at St Chad’s
    • Worship on the Edge
  • Church groups
  • Community groups
  • Children & young people
    • Brownies, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorers
    • Sunday Club Groups
  • Giving
    • Giving – why is it important?
    • Make a donation
    • St Chad’s charitable giving
    • Volunteering opportunities
  • Eco St Chad’s
  • Groups & activities – contact list
  • Contact us
    • Enquiry
    • How to find us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Safeguarding

                    Thought for the Month

“Lord God of surprises, we thank you that you know each one of us

and you call us to humble obedience to your will.

Give us that readiness to hear, accept and follow

your purposes for our lives. Amen”

A prayer by Archbishop John Sentamu

 

CONTACT DETAILS

St Chad’s Church
Otley Road, Far Headingley, Leeds LS16 5JT

Parish Office Tel: 07434 660 785
Email: office@stchads.co.uk

Parish Office opening hours:
Monday 9am – 12 noon
Tuesday 9am – 12 noon
CLOSED WEDNESDAY
Thursday 9am – 12 noon
Friday 9am – 12 noon

Parish Centre Bookings Tel: 0113 230 7665  Email stchadspc@btinternet.com
Website www.stchadsparishcentre.org

 

MORE NEWS …

Church Times Green Church Award Winners!

We were so proud to find out that St Chad's had won the Green Futures Award at the recent Church Times Green Church Awards.  Find out more here.

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