St Paul Old Ford annual parochial church meeting: 17 May 2026

APCM and election of church wardens

Our annual parochial church meeting (APCM) and election of church wardens is this coming Sunday, 17 May 2026. As usual, it will be part of the service at 10:30am, so that everybody can attend and be part of it.

We hold our APCM around this time every year, like all Church of England churches do. At the meeting we will hear reports on last year’s church activities and finances, and we’ll elect new members to the parochial church council (PCC).

Each PCC member serves a 3 year term, and every year there are some people who have come to the end of their term. So, we’ll be filling some PCC places and will elect them at Sunday’s meeting.

Unlike the PCC members, the church wardens are not elected at the APCM. That’s why we have a separate meeting where we elect our church wardens for the next year. This will happen (very briefly!) at the start of the meeting, just before we begin the APCM.

The agenda for this year’s meeting will be posted below.

The minutes of last year’s meeting are available below, as a downloadable pdf.

2025 St Paul Old Ford AGM and APCM minutes

You will be able to read our 2025 annual report on our website (link to come). There will also be some paper copies of the report available at the service on Sunday, and available in church afterwards for people who would like one.

Agenda for the 2026 APCM

Meeting for the election of church wardens

1. Opening prayer
2. Elections of church wardens
3. Close of meeting

Annual parochial church meeting

1. Open meeting
2. Approval of the minutes of the previous APCM: 25 May 2025
3. Annual report and accounts of the PCC for 2025
4. Finance update
5. Vicar’s report
6. Safeguarding report
7. Buildings report
8. Elections to PCC and deanery synod
9. Appointment of the independent examiner
10. Questions and comments
11. Looking ahead
12. Thanks and acknowledgements
13. Close meeting