Apologies to those who may have seen the church notice below in the April Parish Magazine. However only 40 houses in the parish of Monxton subscribe to the magazine, so we hope this will widen the distribution.

On Monday April 7^th at 4pm in the church, St Mary’s church council is holding their annual parochial meeting. It is fair to say that the situation has become critical. For 5 years now we have been without any church wardens, an office usually covered by two people. Both the secretary and treasurer intend to step down this year after many years of service in various roles. Those two posts are provisionally filled for which we are both delighted and grateful, but in both cases by people outside the parish. As in many churches numbers attending services are falling and although we have standing room only on Christmas Day average attendance is often in single figures and there is only one regular church-goer who actually lives in Monxton. Perhaps the services provided are not what is required of this generation, but we would love to attract the younger people and families to become part of the local church. Many rural churches have been forced into closure, let’s not let this happen here, but we need your help. All small, rural churches struggle to find people to be on the PCC. We understand that a church not used and loved quite quickly becomes damp and in even more need of building works. Those who have loved the church for many years cannot carry the burden alone any longer. To keep it open and running requires people for the proper governance. People willing to give a few hours four times a year in a PCC. To be on the PCC you need to be baptised and either live within the parish of Monxton or attend the church regularly. Monxton church would love your help in other ways, too: there are no such restrictions on those who may wish to help maintain the beauty and serenity of the Churchyard for the benefit of the whole village.

Monxton PCC