What does the PCC do?
The PCC (Parochial Church Council) promotes the advancement of Christianity and supports the Rector in the provision of services and worship. The Rector with the PCC manage the running of the parish. The PCC has responsibility for its buildings; for Woodstock that is just the Church itself however Bladon also own the church rooms and two houses which are rented out. Each PCC manages the finances of its parish. The PCC is a charity and PCC members, as trustees of that charity, must comply with charity law.
The PCC comprises a team of elected trustees together with the Rector, the churchwardens and elected deanery synod representatives. From time to time the PCC can co-opt a limited number of additional members. The size of the PCC depends on the number of people on the electoral roll. Elections are held during the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) which occurs each spring. To be elected to the PCC, you need to have been on the electoral roll for at least six months. The churchwardens are elected annually at a vestry meeting at which anyone from the parish is allowed to vote. The vestry meeting is normally held immediately prior to the APCM.
People and Roles
| St Mary Magdalene PCC | Role in addition to being a trustee | St Martins PCC | Role in addition to being a trustee |
| Revd Sarah Bourne | Chair | Revd Sarah Bourne | Chair |
| Ruth Sutherland | Churchwarden & Lay Chair | Gillian Forrest | Churchwarden |
| Mike Holmes | Churchwarden & Deanery representative | Jane Benyon | Churchwarden |
| Aidan Salter | Treasurer | Joe Godfrey | Treasurer |
| Kathryn Bunch | Secretary | Elizabeth Fendius | Safeguarding Officer |
| Sarah Forshaw | Safeguarding Officer | Anthony Watkinson | Deanery representative |
| Melanie McGregor | Deanery representative | Maria Roseby | Deanery representative |
| Jenny Atkinson | Tim Massey | ||
| Mike Bowles | Stuart Kemp | ||
| Gemma Ferrier | Sue John | ||
| Ray Morris | Tom Benyon | ||
| Sandy Rasch | Robin Jones | ||
| Joan Perry | Celia Redgate | ||
| Sian Wallworth | Christopher Redgate |
PCC members may be contacted via the church office.
Carol Holmes is the Electoral Roll Officer for St. Mary Magdalene, Woodstock
Maria Roseby is the Electoral roll Officer for St. Martin’s, Bladon
Church Electoral Roll
If you would like to join the church Electoral Roll, please download the form below, complete it and give it to the ER officer (Carol Holmes for Woodstock, Maria Roseby for Bladon) or one of the churchwardens. You can alternatively return it to the Church Office. Membership of the church ER entitles you to attend and vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Additionally, church members who have been on the ER for at least 6 months may stand for election to the Parochial Church Council.