St Alban’s Catholic Church

Macclesfield

Helping to run the Parish

Who helps to makes it all run smoothly?

PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE The Finance Committee ensures that the Books are properly kept and audited. It assists with creating and monitoring the budget for the income and expenditure of the Church and other property. Canon Law requires that all parishes have a Finance Committee, and Charities Legislation lays an obligation on the Parish to keep good accounts.

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PLANNING GIVING AND GIFT AID The Parish is a member of the Shrewsbury Diocese Scheme for Planned Giving and Gift Aid.

What is Planned Giving?
Our friends in the Anglican Church use the phrase “Christian Stewardship” which perhaps best explains what is meant. Each lay person, as a member of the Body of Christ, has an active role to play in the work of the Local Church and the Church Universal. Our financial contribution to this work is therefore important, however small that contribution may be. Seen in that way, Weekly Offertory Envelopes and Monthly Banker’s Orders become valuable tools, serving as reminders of the need to give both regularly and realistically.

It has been shown over the years, in all types of parishes, that an active Planned Giving Scheme results in a higher level of giving and a much more regular offertory income, enabling the Parish to better plan and budget for the future.

What is Gift Aid?
The Gift Aid Scheme is a very simple method of helping the Parish to reclaim from the Government the Income Tax already paid on the donations it receives. So, providing you are a UK tax payer the Parish/Diocese is able to reclaim the tax you have already paid on your contributions, with no further liability to yourself.

All donations eligible for Gift Aid must, however, be recorded by the Parish and so are generally given in one of three ways - Weekly Offertory Envelopes, Monthly Banker’s Order or by cheque. ‘One-off’ donations and Special Collections can also be covered by the scheme.

Gift Aid Declaration Forms are available at the back of the Church or Pete, contact details below.

To join, or for details, contact Peter Watterson, 428 141 or tph.watterson@ntlworld.com

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PARISH MEETING Gives you the opportunity to share your hopes, thoughts and experience for the benefit of all and the meetings are held three times a year. The Parish gathered together at this meeting is referred to as the PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL. We try to discern the direction the Parish should be taking in the light of suggestions from parishioners, the needs of the community in which we live and guidance received from our Bishop and the Pope. Meetings are open to all members of the parish and each Groups is invited to send representatives.

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PARISH COUNCIL The Parish Team, guided by the Clergy, aims to promote Communication, Community, Involvement and Spiritual Growth of parishioners taking into account the geographical spread of the parish.

For more information, see the St Alban's Parish Council Page

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LOCAL PASTORAL AREA St Alban's Pastoral Area is comprised of the six parishes listed above as a geographical area of the Shrewsbury Diocese which, since 2007, has been arranged into 26 Pastoral Areas.

For more information, see the St Alban's LPA Page.

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WEBMASTER The Webmasters, Ann and Issy, are responsible for keeping the Parish website up to date and dynamic. To tell the webmasters of any website issues, news items or information about a forthcoming event, email webmaster@stalbanmacc.org.uk

To stay up-to-date with parish news, prayers and information,
please follow St Alban's on Twitter @stalbanpaul, 'like' us on Facebook stalbanmacc and join us on Instagram

You can also leave a review of St Alban's on Tripadvisor

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PARISH CENTRE BOOKINGS

To book the Parish Centre, contact John Hannan, preferrably by email, annehannan@talktalk.net or 428 850

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MONTHLY NEWS St Alban's Monthly News is published eleven times a year (there is no edition in August). It contains information about Parish life, groups and individuals. Contributions are always welcome from anyone in the Parish.

Contact the Editor, Karyn Johnston karynmjohnston@gmail.com
Advertising contact is Keith Taylor, 429 915 or SKeithTayl@aol.com

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