ST MARY'S CHURCH, COGGES
Annual Parochial Church Meeting 
Thursday 11th February 2010 at 7:30pm St Mary's Church 

Elections to take place for 
5 Parochial Church Council Members to serve for three years
and 1 Parochial Church Council Member to serve for two years

NOMINATION FORM

We the undersigned, being persons whose names are on the electoral roll of 
St Mary's Church, Cogges, hereby nominate

Name    _______________________________________________________

Address _______________________________________________________
 
                     	
	  as a candidate for election as Parochial Church Council Member 

	

Signed                                               
Proposer______________________Seconder_________________________
Print 
Name     ______________________               _________________________

(N.B. Nominee, Proposer and Seconder must be on the Electoral Roll)


FORM OF DECLARATION AND CONSENT 

I declare that I am qualified to stand for election and, if elected, I consent to 
serve.

  
Signed______________________________    Date____________________

Please hand completed form to Andrew Sweeney

*  Please delete as appropriate


THE CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES (SO FAR AS RELATING 
TO PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETINGS AND COUNCILS)


Qualifications of persons to be elected by annual meetings

1.	Candidates must be persons whose names are on the electoral roll
2.	Candidates for the PCC must be at least sixteen years of age
3.	Candidates for the deanery synod must be at least eighteen years of age
4.	The names of candidates over the age of eighteen must have been on the 
electoral roll for at least the period of six months before the election
5.	Candidates must be "actual communicants" who have received Communion 
according to the use of the Church of England or of a Church in communion 
with the Church of England at least three times during the twelve months 
preceding the date of the election
6.	Candidates must have signified consent to serve (or there must, in the opinion 
of the annual meeting, be sufficient evidence of willingness to serve).
7.	A candidate may not serve on the PCC if disqualified by the bishop under 
section 10(6) of the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measures 1977 and 
1993 or if disqualified from being a charity trustee under the Charities Act 
1993.

Make up of Cogges PCC

Ex Officio 
  Clergy - Andrew Sweeney, Andrew Pritchard, Tim Edge, Miri Keen
  Churchwardens - 2 to be elected 
  Deanery Synod Representatives - Barbara Eaton, Nathaniel Miles, Judy Poole 
  Licensed Lay Ministers - Nick Pike, David Smith, Richard Young

Elected members - 5 elected each year for three year term
Gill Curwood, Harvey Leach, Allen Moxham, Libby Osborne and Nigel 
Williams are due to retire in 2011.  Ali Laithwaite, Heather McCulloch, Gareth 
Regan and Hilary Warner are due to retire in 2012.