New Electoral Roll

Boring paperwork – but it is important that you read this!

New Electoral Roll

The Electoral Roll is a list of all the members of this church who are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. The Electoral Roll has no other function. It holds only name and address, plus an indicator of those resident within the parish boundary. We are required to display the current Roll within the church building (ours is in the Open Corner).

Under the Church Representation Rules a new Electoral Roll must be prepared every six years. The last completely new Roll, in each parish, was in the spring of 2019 and ours has been updated each year since then. This year, I must remove the old Roll and prepare a completely new one.

If you wish to have your name entered on the new Roll you need to ‘apply for enrolment’, which means you fill out a form.

You are eligible to apply if:

• You are baptised

• You are aged 16 or over

• Either - you live within the parish boundary.

Or - you live outside the parish boundary and have ‘habitually attended’ this church for at least 6 months.

The parish of St Mary Kippington roughly covers the area bounded by Oakhill Road to the east, Oak Lane to the south, Brittens Lane to the west, and London Road to the north. If you live outside this area you are classed as ‘non-resident’ and must fulfil the attendance requirement.

You must be on the Electoral Roll if :

• You are a member of the PCC, or you wish to stand for election

• You are a Sidesperson, or are willing to become one

• You wish to attend and vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, which will be on Sunday 4th May this year.

However, it is no longer necessary to be on the Electoral Roll if you wish to get married at this church.

To comply with the rules, I must receive all applications no later than SUNDAY 27th APRIL.

If you miss this deadline you cannot have your name added to the Roll until after the Annual Meeting.Forms are now available in church and will be throughout February, March & April. It will help me enormously if you do not leave this until the last minute! You can return the forms in any of the following ways:

  1. Put the completed form in the ‘A’ pigeon hole in church

  2. Put in into my post box at home, 14 Kippington Road

  3. Email it to me at zoe.g.anderson@gmail.com

If you wish to download the electoral role form, please visit the following website:

https://www.parishresources.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Application-for-Enrolment-Electoral-Roll-2013.pdf

Zoe Anderson (tel. 01732 779649)

Church Electoral Roll Officer

Message from the PCC concerning the Interregnum at St Mary's Kippington

Re Interregnum

As promised, here are the latest developments.

We now have the details of the process for the re-organisation of the Benefice .

As you know, the Benefice of the three Churches has not been successful and is being dissolved. This involves certain legal procedures and a decision has been made by the Diocese that St Mary the Virgin will no longer be part of the Benefice. 

The Churches have been put in suspension. Being in suspension means that during this period of discussion and decisions as to the future of the three  churches and the outcome for us, we are not permitted to advertise for a vicar. This applies to each of the three churches.

In brief-

The reorganisation will go through 6 stages of discussion and approval of draft proposals.

The first of these will be a meeting of the PCC of each Church, with the Archdeacon, with whom we discuss the way forward for our Church and put forward and discuss the various possibilities for the future. Our meeting is on the 27th January.

Draft proposals are then discussed and amended at each stage and approved by the Diocese Mission and Pastoral Committee and a final proposal is then drawn up.

This will be placed on Church doors and announcements will be made in Church over a period of several weeks. If approved the scheme will take effect. If objections are raised, discussions continue.

This process could take up to 6 months depending on objections being raised.

The PCC would be pleased to hear from you about your ideas for the future of our Church and we will incorporate them in our discussions with the Archdeacon.

Please contact me or members of the PCC if you have ideas you wish us to discuss.

I will keep you updated at every stage.

Brenda Ross Church Warden


Christmas Services 2024

Christmas Services 2024

 

Dear Friends.

This message brings greetings from St Mary Kippington and is an invitation for you to join us at this special time to share in some of our activities and services as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ - bom for all.

 There will be opportunities to hear the story of the birth of Jesus and sing carols together. It is a story that is still relevant for us all today. We look forward to seeing you all at any of our services during this time and you will find a warm and friendly welcome.

 May I wish you on behalf of everyone at St Mary's a very Happy Christmas and every blessing for 2025.

 Anne Bourne, Team Vicar

Nine Lessons and Carols for Christmas:

 15th of December at 6pm.

 A service which, through Christmas carols, choir anthems, readings from both the Old and New Testaments, with other special readings, traces the plan of God's salvation history from the beginning of creation to the birth of Jesus. Followed by mince pies and mulled wine in the Centre.

 

Family Nativity Service on Christmas Eve:

 24th December at 3.00 pm.

 The short service takes place in front of a stable scene. Children come dressed as a nativity character if they wish (eg shepherds, angels, kings) to hear again the Christmas story and enjoy singing carols together.

 

Midnight Communion on Christmas Eve at 11.30pm.

 A service to welcome Christmas Day. A beautiful service of Christmas Holy Communion with plenty of carols, that takes us past midnight and celebrates the birth of Jesus - our Saviour,

 

Holy Communion (BCP) on Christmas Day at 8.00am.

 A said service of Holy Communion taken from the Book of Common Prayer. A peaceful and reflective beginning to Christmas Day morning.

 

Family Service on Christmas Day at 10.30am.

 An informal, all age, inter-active service of carols, delight and praise - perhaps you would like to bring a present with you?

 

Parish Communion Service on 29th December at 10.30am.

 After the busyness of Christmas, an opportunity to pause and reflect.

Annual Parochial Church Meeting – Sunday 14th April at 10:30am

Annual Parochial Church Meeting – Sunday 14th April at 10:30am.

Please note that the Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held on Sunday 14th April at 10.30am

Opening prayers followed by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

APCM Papers available at the back of church. Limited copies are produced – only for those who cannot have access to our web site.

All of the papers can be viewed or downloaded below.

APCM Reports and Agenda 2024
2023 Report & Accounts
APCM minutes 23rd April 2023

Generous Giving Campaign - Our Goal and Our Needs 2023

We have published a leaflet entitled St. Mary’s: Our Goal and Our Needs, which gives the background to a "Generous Giving" campaign which will be launched at the 10.30am service on May 28. We are asking everyone to review their giving to the Church, and provide pledges by Sunday July 16 at which point they will be offered to God in the 10.30am service.

Of course not everyone will be able to afford more at these difficult times, but the idea is that we all think through and pray about what we give. For more details, contact Chris Saunders at kippingtontreasurer@hotmail.co.uk.