NOTICE OF ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING

Parish of  Holy Trinity Hotwells and Saint Stephen’s, Bristol

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held in Holy Trinity Church, Hotwells on the 17th day of May 2026 at 10:30am.

For election of parochial representatives of the laity as follows—

To the Deanery Synod                _________2_________ representatives.1

To the Parochial Church Council _______4___________ representatives.

For the appointment of the Independent Examiner or Auditor.

For the consideration of:

(a) a report on changes to the Roll since the last annual parochial church meeting 2

(b) an Annual Report on the proceedings of the parochial church council and the activities of the parish generally;

(c) the financial statements of the council for the year ending on the 31st December preceding the meeting;

(d) the annual report under section 50 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018;

(e) a report of the proceedings of the deanery synod; and

(f) other matters of parochial or general Church interest.

In this Notice, ‘parish’ means an ecclesiastical parish.

Signed: ___________________________________________________________

Minister of the parish3

1 To be included in a year which parochial representatives of the laity are to be elected to the Deanery Synod.

2 To be included in a year when a new Church Electoral Roll is prepared. Delete as applicable.

3 Or vice-chair of the parochial church council as the case may be (see rule M19(2) of the Church Representation Rules).