Office.  All church members should be on it.
In addition to the members of the PCC we also elect four representatives to serve on the Deanery Synod.  The Synod is the next tier of ecclesiastical decision making, from

which representatives are elected for both the Diocesan and the General Synods.
Most importantly, the parish is managed by its six churchwardens who are also elected every year.  The role of churchwarden is an ancient one, and it carries with it a particular responsibility to ensure the smooth running of church services and to maintain and safeguard church fabric and contents.  In a united parish such as this, the churchwardens are charged to work collaboratively on behalf of the whole parish,

and they, as much as the clergy, deserve our regular prayers.
HOW IS THE PARISH FINANCED?
The Church of England is one of the biggest landowners in the country.  It has huge capital assets.  But the income it receives is now used almost entirely to meet the rapidly increasing cost of clergy pensions. This means that parishes must meet their own running costs, including the cost of having their own vicar.  There are no outside funds to draw upon.
The annual running costs of this parish are now approaching £100K.  To be more precise, we have to find over £1,800 per week, simply in order to pay our way.  This sum does not include any of the cost we face in maintaining and restoring the fabric of our church buildings.  That is an additional burden that we have to bear, without the availability of any central government support.
Facts of this kind present a pretty stark picture.  With church, as with many other aspects of community life, the reality is, 'use it (and pay for it), or lose it'.  Without the pledged and sustained support of our church members we cannot hope to survive.  And with around 120 adults attending church each Sunday it is easy to work out the kind of burden that this actually places upon us.  Undeniably it is a heavy burden.  And it can only be borne by a community of faith and vision.
Our Parish Treasurer, Neill Pearson, is happy to offer general advice about how you might support us financially.  He can be contacted via the Parish Office.  Legacies and donations can transform our situation and have, in recent years, enabled the imaginative restoration of our churches.  Our real concern, however,