Our Annual Meeting 2025

Election of Churchwardens and Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2025.

We held these meetings in the church on Sunday morning, 18 May.  Thank you to all those who attended.  The following were elected. We congratulate them all on their election and thank them for their service.

Churchwardens (until the APCM 2026): Mel Fletcher and Jan Burrows.

Member of the PCC (until the APCM 2028): James Osborn

New member of the PCC in his capacity as Licensed Reader: Nick Kerry

St Wulfram's representative on Grantham Poverty Concern: Sheila Knight

Parish Safeguarding officer: Jeremy Lloyd.   Assistant Parish Safeguarding Officer:  Elaine Chambers

Electoral Roll Officer: Elaine Chambers

The three-year terms of office of Lucile Pritchard and Eileen West came to an end at the APCM; and we thank them for their service on the PCC over this time.  We also thank Tom Fletcher (our first young person to serve on the PCC) who held a one-year term of office until the APCM 2025.

At a brief PCC meeting that followed the APCM, Yvette Caddle was co-opted to membership of the PCC (until the APCM 2026).  The PCC appointed Mel Fletcher as Lay Chair, Ray Davie as Treasurer for one last year, Anna James as Assistant Treasurer, and Judith Muskett as Secretary.  The following were appointed as PCC sub-group chairs:

      Children and Youth: Laura Cradduck

      Creation Care: Frances Roundtree

      Fabric: John Manterfield

      Finance: Paul Davie

      The St Wulfram's Church Licence Managementy Committee: Mel Fletcher

      Mission and Social Responsibility: Tom Stockwell

      Safeguarding (a new PCC sub-group): The Rector

      Social: Cherry Edwards

The first full meeting of the new PCC will take place on Thursday 5 June 2025. The next PCC meeting will be held on Thursday 17 July 2025.