To: Incumbent for completion
by Churchwarden
Esgobaeth Llandaf
Diocese of Llandaff
Articles of Enquiry 2016
To be signed by the OUTGOING CHURCHWARDENS and returned in hardcopy to:
Mrs Judith Peters,Llandaff Diocesan Office,The Court, Coychurch, Bridgend, CF35 5EH
no later than Monday, 1 May 2017.
An electronic version of this form is available on our website - llandaff.churchinwales.org.uk
Please note that the Churchwarden declaration is now included as part of this booklet.
1. Please list the Sunday services in the church(es) of the Parish:
Church / Service / Hour / AverageCommunicants
Under 18 18+ years / Average
Attendance
Under 18 18+ years
- Please list the weekday Eucharists in the church(es) of the Parish:
Church / Service / Hour / Average
Communicants
Under 18 18+ years / Average
Attendance
Under 18 18+ years
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- What is the average attendee figure per week of those over 18 years of age attending church in the parish at least once a weekfrom 1st January to 31st December 2016?
Note that to calculate this you will need to combine the attendance figures for all services in all of your church buildings each week, making due allowance for people who may have attended more than one service. When you have the 52 weekly totals, disregard thehighest and lowest 13 weeks and average the remaining 26 figures. THIS FIGURE WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE YOUR PARISH SHARE.
- Please list any significant non-Eucharistic services (e.g. carol services, school services, Messy Church, festivals etc) that have been held in the parish in the last year, and the numbers attending:
Church / Date and Time / Description of Service / Numbers attending
5. What fund raising/charitable activities do your parish support?
Please give details:
The principal means of communication within the Diocese is by email. Where possible, please give us email addresses for all officers listed below.
You should obtain each person’ssigned consent for us to use them.
Please also ask them to tick the small box in the telephone number and email address area to indicate that we mayuse theircontact details*.
ONLY tick the relevant box if you DO want that information to be published in the Diocesan Year Book.
6.Please list the Churchwardens newly appointed/elected at the 2017Annual Vestry meeting:
Name / Address / Telephone no and email address / SignatureChurchwarden
(appointed by incumbent) / Post Code /
Churchwarden
(elected by Vestry Meeting) / Post code /
* Contact details will be stored electronically for use by the Diocese and the Church in Wales, and those of certain parish officers will be published in the Diocesan Handbook and on the Diocesan website.
CHURCHWARDENS’ DECLARATION
I, ………………………………………………………………………………………...... and
I, ……………………………………………………………………………………………......
declare that I am a communicant over the age of 18 years and that my name is properly entered on the Electoral Roll of the parish of ……………………………...... ….,
that I will faithfully and diligently perform the duties of Churchwarden of such parish during my year of office, and that I agree to accept and obey any decision of the Bishop or the Diocesan Chancellor as to my right at any time to hold the office of Churchwarden.
Signature: ………………………………………………………………………………….
Signature: ………………………………………………………………………………….
The Declaration must be signed by the Churchwardens appointed and elected at the 2016 Annual Vestry Meeting, whether continuing or new.
7. I confirm that I have enclosed the following documents:
One copy of the Archdeacons’ Articles of Enquiry
One copy of the Parish Annual Report and Accounts
The completed Independent Examiner’s / Auditor’s Report (if not incorporated in the Accounts)
The Churchwardens’ Declarationduly signed
Church in Wales Documents
Churchwardens’ Fabric Report 2016 for every church building in the parish
If completed manually – The Annual Membership Report 2016
If completed manually – The Annual Finance Return 2016
Signed: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(outgoing churchwardens)
………………………………………………………………………………. (incumbent)