APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT ON THE CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL OF THE PARISH OF ST GILES , PACKWOOD

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APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT ON THE CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL OF THE PARISH OF

ST GILES , PACKWOOD

Full Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Full Address ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………..  Post Code ………………………………….

The above information is required for enrolment on the Electoral Roll.  It is helpful if you can provide further information:

  • Tel No ………………………………………… Mobile No ……………………………………….
  • Email address …………………………………………………………………………..

Please indicate that you are happy for this further information to be used by the      Yes    No

Rector and Parish Officers in accordance with the Privacy Notice on our website.        o     o

The above contact information will NOT be made public.

I declare that

1          I am baptised and am aged 16 or over (or become 16* on ……………………………………. )

2†        A          I am a member of the Church of England (or of a Church in communion
with the Church of England) and am resident in the parish.                              o

Or

B          I am a member of the Church of England (or of a Church in communion
with the Church of England) and, not being resident in the parish, I have habitually attended public worship in the parish during the period of six months prior to enrolment.                                                                                                                                 o

Or

C          I am a member in good standing of a Church (not in communion with the Church of England) which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and also declare myself to be a member of the Church of England, and I have habitually attended public worship in the parish during the period of six months prior to enrolment.                                o

I declare that the above answers are true, and I apply for inclusion on the Church Electoral Roll of the parish.

 

Signed ………………………………………………………………………..  Date ………………………………………….

* Those who become 16 during the next 12 months may complete the form, and become eligible to be entered on the roll on their sixteenth birthday.                    † Tick one only of boxes A, B or C.

PLEASE PLACE THE COMPLETED FORM IN THE ENVELOPE IN ST GILES CHURCH or HAND TO A WARDEN or send by email to one of our Wardens.

Their email addresses are:

:churchwardena@stgilespackwood.org.uk   

churchwardenb@stgilespackwood.org.uk

 

Notes

  1. The only Churches at present in communion with the Church of England are other Anglican Churches and certain foreign Churches.————
  2. Membership of the electoral roll is also open to members in good standing of a Church not in communion with the Church of England which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity where those members are also prepared to declare themselves to be members of the Church of England.
  3. Every six years a new roll is prepared and those on the previous roll are informed so that they can re-apply. If you are not resident in the parish but were on the roll as a habitual worshipper and have been prevented by sickness or absence or other essential reason from worshipping for the past six months, you may write “would” before “have habitually attended” on the form and add “but was prevented from doing so because …” and then state the reason.
  4. If you have any problems over this form, please approach the clergy or lay people responsible for the parish, who will be pleased to help you.
  5. In this form ’parish’ means an ecclesiastical parish.

 

  • The information collected on this form will be retained by the parish’s Electoral Roll Officer. Information other than name and postal address falls beyond the scope of the Church Electoral Roll and will not appear on public copies of the Roll.
  • The Church Electoral Roll is the parish’s record of those qualified to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting and to vote in elections to the parochial church council (PCC) and the deanery synod.
  • Any person entitled to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting may also raise any question of parochial or general church interest.
  • If you enrol on the Church Electoral Roll you become a voting member of the Church of England and so help to ensure that the PCC, your deanery synod, the Diocesan Synod and the General Synod are fully representative of the Church’s members.
  • Anyone wishing to stand for election to the parochial church council or deanery synod must have had his or her name entered on the Church Electoral Roll for not less than six months prior to the election (except in the case of those under the age of eighteen). He or she must also be at least sixteen years of age and an ‘actual communicant’ as defined in rule 54(1) of the Church Representation Rules.

 

Synodical government:

  • gives an opportunity for partnership and collaboration between bishops, clergy and laity in the life of the Church;
  • enables church people at every level to be in touch with the Church as a whole and to play their part in decision-making;
  • ensures that the laity have their place in every aspect of church life.

 

After 2025, the next year that a new Electoral Roll will be prepared from scratch is 2031.