This must take place by April 30th each year and, at St James's, normally take place in the hall at 11am, following Parish Communion. The business of the Meeting of Parishioners is to elect two churchwardens for the following year. All parishioners on either the church Electoral Roll or the Civil Electoral Register can vote at this meeting. There then follows the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). All on the church electoral roll can take part in and vote at this meeting. There are reports from the vicar, the treasurer and other officers of the Parochial Church Council, on the events of the last year.
At this meeting, five representatives to the Deanery Synod are elected for three years. The number of representatives depends on the number on the Electoral Roll. They become ex-officio members of the PCC. A further election for eleven ordinary members of the PCC is then held. Ordinary PCC members must be elected annually. From their number they elect the secretary and the treasurer. The ordinary members serve for up to three years, so some new members are elected each year along with those re-elected for a further year. An auditor of the PCC's accounts has to be appointed. The auditor must not be member of the PCC.
So there is an important legal aspect to the APCM. But there is also a key spiritual aspect to the APCM. We celebrate what God has done through us during the previous year. The APCM is always interesting and offers an opportunity for anyone on the electoral roll to voice opinions on the way the church has been or is being managed.
APCM Reports
The following documents contain the annual reports of the various church teams or groups associated with St James's Church. Scroll down the document of the year you are interested in to find the report you want. The reports are in reverse order with the latest at the top.
Report for 2022 (document written in 2023)
This contains the reports from the following:
Bell Ringing Team | 3rd Hampton Hill Brownies | Care and Contact (formerly Parish Visitors) | Charity Support Team | Children & Families | Church Flower Team | Churches Together Around Hampton | Churchwardens’ Report | Connections Café Team | Eco Church | Gardening Club | Hampton Deanery Synod | Hampton Fund | Hampton Parochial Charities | Music | PCC | Pop-up Cinema | Properties Team | Safeguarding | Scouts | Servers’ Team | Spire Magazine Team | Sunday Kitchen | Teaching & Nurture (formerly Life Groups) | The Good Guys | Welcome Team
Report for 2021 (document written in 2022)
This contains the reports from the following:
Ark Playgroup Team | Bell Ringing Team | Care and Contact (Visitors) | Charity Support Team | Children & Families | Church Flower Team | Churches Together Around Hampton | Churchwarden’s Report | Churchyard Team | Connections Team | Eco Church | Hampton Deanery Synod | Hampton Fund | Hampton Parochial Charities | Life Groups | Music | PCC | Properties Team | Safeguarding | Servers’ Team | Spire Magazine Team | Sunday Kitchen | The Good Guys | Welcome Team
Report for 2020 (document written in 2021)
This contains the reports from the following:
Ark Playgroup Team | Bell Ringing Team | Charity Support Team | Children & Families | Church Flower Team | Churches Together Around Hampton | Churchwarden’s Report | Churchyard Team | Connections Team | Hampton Deanery Synod | Hampton Fund | Hampton Parochial Charities | Life Groups | Music & Worship | Parish Visitors’ Team | PCC | Properties Team | Safeguarding | Scout Group | Servers’ Team | Spire Magazine Team | Sunday Kitchen | The Good Guys | Welcome Team
Report for 2019 (document written in 2020)
This contains the reports from the following:
Ark Playgroup Team | Bell Ringing Team | Charity Support Team | Children & Families | Church Flower Team | Churches Together Around Hampton | Churchwarden’s Report | Churchyard Team | Connections Team | Hampton Deanery Synod | Hampton Parochial Charities | Life Groups | Music & Worship | Parish Visitors’ Team | PCC | Properties Team | Safeguarding | Scout Group | Servers’ Team | Spire Magazine Team | Sunday Kitchen | The Good Guys | Traidcraft Team | Welcome Team
Report for 2018 (document written in 2019)
This contains the reports from the following:
Ark Playgroup Team | Bell Ringing Team | Charity Support Team | Children & Families | Church Flower Team | Churches Together Around Hampton | Churchyard Team | Connections Team | Deanery Synod | Hampton Fuel Charity | Hampton Parochial Charities | Life Groups | Music & Worship | Parish Visitors’ Team | PCC | Properties Team | Safeguarding | Scout Group | Servers’ Team | Spire Magazine Team | Traidcraft Team | Welcome Team
Report for 2017 (document written in 2018)
This contains the reports from the following:
Bell Ringing | Brownies | Charity Support | Children & Families | Church Flowers | Churches Together Around Hampton | Churchyard | Deanery Synod | Hampton Fuel Charity | Hampton Parochial | Life Groups | Music & Worship | Parish Visitors’ Team | PCC | Properties Team | Safeguarding | Scout Group | Servers | Shell Seekers | St James’s Ark | Spire Magazine | Traidcraft | Welcome Team
Report for 2016 (document written in 2017)
This contains the reports from the following:
Ark Playgroup | Bell Ringing | Brownies | Charity & Links | Churches Together Around Hampton | Deanery Synod | Flower Arrangers | Music | PCC | Properties | Safeguarding | Scouts| Servers | Sidespersons | Spire | St James’s Hospitality | Traidcraft | St James’s Visitors Group