PCC Meetings (1)

September and PCC meetings start again.

I love going to PCC's. In fact, when the agenda comes, I am excited and looking forward to how we are going to discuss and work with God's big plan for our small church. We get on well, we have fun - in fact they are a really important time of fellowship for me, because we pray together and study the bible each meeting and helps us. We have made some key decisions recently, which we have communicated to the rest of the church and most people - after all, you can't please everyone - are happy and encouraged. But then again we only want to discern what is God's way forward for our church.

hmmm.... we can do things better and we have to be able to adapt and be flexible. The PCC is not the best aspect of the life of the church but it could be. We need to consult together and that means consult God and then discuss with each other.
Do we really need to discuss the Summer Fayre in January?
Do we need to look at our agenda's? Can you see God at work in your agenda?
Do we need to understand the PCC primary roles?

Pastoral - The PCC is responsible and accountable for the pastoral work of the church.
Evangelistic - The PCC is responsible for the local churches emphasis on how we tell people the good news.
Social - It's not the role of the PCC to arrange socials but having a responsibility to the sustaining of churches.
Ecumenical - Working together developing mission opportunities