Annual Parochial Church Meeting

APCM 2026

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) for St Nicolas will be held on Sunday 26th April 2026 in the church at 12.00noon. It will be immediately preceded at 11.45am by the Annual Parishioners Meeting at which we choose our Wardens for the coming year.

All are welcome to attend and hear about the work of our church in the last year but to participate fully you need to be on the electoral roll. The documents for the meeting are available below. Anyone bringing children to the APCM is welcome to do so. Charlotte will provide some colouring materials and a Lego building activity to help keep them occupied during the meeting. Please note that as Charlotte will be participating and speaking, she won’t be able to supervise the children. If you cannot attend the APCM in person, a livestream of the meeting will be available on request to those on the electoral roll: contact the parish office for details.

Many ways to serve at St Nicolas in the year ahead –
might one of these be for you?

There are a number of roles to be filled this year as set out below: please consider serving in one of them. As some may be more familiar to you than others, a little information can be found here. If you can give of your time and abilities, would you please prayerfully consider whether one of these roles might be for you. If you feel that you might be able to take on one of these roles and wish to know more, please do get in touch with our Rector, Alan Jenkins (alan.jenkins@stnicolasbookham.org.uk or 01372 635873) or with our PCC Secretary, Amanda Rowland (pcc.secretary@stnicolasbookham.org.uk or 07702 678480).

If you are willing to take a role please would you let Alan Jenkins or Amanda Rowland know as soon as possible as this helps us greatly in managing the process and filling all the available roles.

Churchwarden

The Nomination form for the role of churchwarden can be downloaded here. A churchwarden will also be a member of the PCC.

Elected PCC Member

The Nomination for PCC membership can be downloaded here. For further information about what the role entails please do speak to Alan Jenkins, Amanda Rowland or a current member of the PCC (select this link for a list of PCC members). The Role Description for PCC members can be viewed here and gives detail about the nature of the role in the life of the church and some formalities which would need to be completed in order to serve on the PCC.

Deanery Synod

We are able to have six representatives from St Nicolas on the Deanery Synod. This is a three year role. Those who represent St Nicolas on Deanery Synod are also members of the PCC and would therefore attend PCC meetings and participate in those discussions.

The Nomination form for the Deanery Synod can be downloaded here.

Declarations

All those who are chosen to fulfil the roles set out above will need to be able to make the declarations contained in the two forms which can be viewed here. These are formal requirements which need to be met (Trustee Eligibility and HMRC Fit and Proper Person Declaration). Amanda Rowland as PCC Secretary will be pleased to answer any questions you may have in relation to these.

Electoral Roll

If you are not yet on the electoral roll and would like to add your name or find out what this means, please contact Catherine Clark, our Electoral Roll Officer, on catrinclark@outlook.com. Catherine can guide you through what needs to be done. The forms are: