The Parish Administration

Clergy

St Paul’s PCC

St Paul’s PCC meets 7 times a year. It also has a number of committees. There are two Churchwardens for St Pauls and we also have two Pro-wardens for St Nicholas.

PCC Secretary: Mrs Lesley Ruddock

Elected Members of the PCC:
Mr Llewellyn Austen – Treasurer
Mrs Teresa Austen – Electoral Roll Officer
Ms Joanna Brown
Ms Stefanie Cetin
Mr Christopher Cipkin
Mr Andrew Clark
Mrs Susan Davenport
Mr Tony Eggleston
Mr Stuart Fairhead – Stewardship Officer
Mr Sunny Pau
Mr Vernon Riley
Mrs Pippa Sutton – Deputy Churchwarden
Mr Richard Turner
Denery Synod Representatives:
Mr Paul Armitage
Mrs Sally Dowling
Mr John Sutton – Deanery Lay Chair
Mr Peter Wells
Co-opted members:
Mrs Mary Cassidy – Deputy Churchwarden
Mrs Rhoda Hart – Parish Rooms Trust Treasurer
Representative from Woosehill Council:
Lynn Smith

Committees

Standing Committee – steering group for the PCC.
St Nicholas Council – dealing with the specific needs of St Nicholas Church
Mustard Seed – outreach and charity.
Fabric – maintenance and building projects.
Worship – liturgy and worship arrangements.
Parish Rooms Trust – responsible for administration of the Parish Rooms and the distribution of grants.
Social – group that organise social events and catering for any gatherings.

Parish Rooms Trust

The Parish Rooms Trust (PRT), of which all members of the PCC are members, supports the self-financed running of the Parish Rooms. The PRT use the profits from the Parish Rooms to provide financial assistance for children and young people in education in the Parish.

Woosehill Church Council

Set up originally under the terms of an agreement between the parish of St Catherine Bearwood and Rose Street Methodist Church Wokingham and sponsored by Churches Together in Berkshire, Woosehill Community Church is an Anglican/Methodist Single Congregation Local Ecumenical Partnership. Following a reorganisation of parish boundaries, Woosehill Community Church now sits within the Anglican parish of St Paul’s, Wokingham and is a conventional district within the parish. It is also part of the Methodist Church Berkshire Surrey Borders Circuit. Its multi-purpose Church building, which was built with Anglican and Methodist finance and congregational fundraising, is classed as a Methodist building, but with a formal sharing agreement in place between the two denominations.

The governing body of the Church is the Woosehill Church Council (WCC). Members are either ex-officio or elected at the Church Annual General Meeting in accordance with the Church Representational Rules.

The WCC meet five times a year. Two of the stewards on the WCC are also appointed as the Anglican Churchwardens

Ex Officio members of WCC:
Rev’d Soba Sinnathamby
and St Paul’s Rector when appointed.
Stewards:
John Hoskins (& Church Warden)
Steve Lewis (& Church Warden)
Bob Clark – Safeguarding Officer
Elected Members:
Vaughn Stanworth – Secretary
Lynne Paine – Treasurer
Lynn Smith
Amy Truluck
Lyn Brown
Val Weedon
Doreen Murgatroyd
Ed Smith
Sue Youle
Kelly Dubauree
Deanery Synod Representatives:
John Hoskins
Steve Lewis
Lynne Paine – Deanery Treasurer
Methodist Circuit Meeting Representatives:
John Hoskins
Bob Clark
Geoff Peck
Lynne Paine
Representative from St Paul’s PCC:
Liz Gallagher

Committees

Staff & Stewards Committee – equivalent to the PCC Standing Committee

Fabric, Finance and Safety Committee – overseeing general financial position of the church, and also deals with the upkeep of the grounds, building and its interior.

Parish Office

We employ two part-time members of staff working from the Parish office in the Parish Rooms: