Parochial Church Council

Role of the Parochial Church Council (PCC)

The Parochial Church Council is the governing body of a parish church. The PCC is a team made up of members of clergy and elected lay members of the church. Together they are responsible for the overall wellbeing, practical as well as spiritual, of their church, the church members, and the church buildings. The PCC also has a duty to promote the mission of the church within the wider community.
The PCC’s role is governed by law (the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956). It is a charitable trust and PCC members are charitable trustees, and so all the provisions of charity law apply to their corporate responsibilities, financial management and decision making. This is true whether or not the charity is registered with the Charity Commissioners. You cannot be a PCC member if by law you are not permitted to be a trustee.

Being elected to the PCC

A person is eligible for election to the PCC by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting if:

his/her name has been on the Electoral Roll of the parish for at least the preceding six months (unless under the age of 18 at the date of the election)
he/she is an actual communicant (receiving Communion at least three times in the previous 12 months)
Because of their responsibilities, PCC members will be expected to attend Safeguarding training. You cannot be a PCC member if convicted of a specified safeguarding offence or included in a barred list.

Our next Annual Meeting of Parishioners and Annual Parochial Church Meeting are due to be held on Sunday, 12 May at 10:30am. Please click here for more details.

PCC members 2023-24

PCC Members List 2023-24 (58.1KB)

PCC meeting dates 2024-25

PCC Meetings-2024-25 (233.1KB)

Latest approved PCC Minutes

2023 11 27 Minutes PCC (269.1KB)

PCC nomination form

PCC nomination form (109.7KB)

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are exploring historical Coventry or moved to Coventry and looking for a Church, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

Planning your visit

A Warm Welcome.

Church front view-Night You are very welcome to visit our 900-year old Church, whether to take in the history, to pray, to light a candle, to write a prayer request, or just to sit and have some space.

For visiting during the week

Church closed for visitors: 1st April until 6th April, reopening on 7th April.
(For Church services & events during this period, please refer to our Calendar)

We are usually open for visitors and private prayer: Wednesday, 11.00am to 2.00pm, Thursday to Saturday, 11.00am to 3.00pm and Sunday, 12.30pm (after the morning service) until 4.30pm. Our welcome team should be around to greet you and take any questions at these times.

To see the clergy (Revd Richard Hibbert or Revd Carolyne Powell) , please contact the church office to make an appointment.

There is a Holy Communion service most Wednesdays at noon, lasting approximately 40 minutes and followed by refreshments. It takes place in the Marler Chapel, which is within the main church building.

Click Here to know more about Our Heritage, the 600 year old Doom painting and how Holy Trinity survived the Blitz.

For visiting on Sundays

We have four services:

Though varying in style and types of worship, each helps us to explore and understand the love of God and what that means to our lives.

Over summer holiday periods and at special times, like Easter, Harvest and Christmas, we often change our Sunday services to bring the two main morning congregations (9.30am and 11.15am) together at 10.30am.

Please check our Church calendar to know our service timings.

Children

If you have children, pre-schoolers have their own carpeted area with toys where you can sit comfortably as a family and still be part of the service. Primary and Secondary children may join an age-appropriate activity group for part of the service when announced.

Parking

There are council car parks in Salt Lane and West Orchard, a short walk to the church. Disabled parking is available on Cuckoo Lane (CV1 5RN), very close to the church.

Please refer to our Church calendar or our Latest News letter to know What’s On.

We’d love to welcome you to any of the services listed here. For more information on each of the church services and Who we are, follow the links below.

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