BOOKS FOR CHURCHWARDENS

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BOOKS FOR CWs 09/2021

BEING A CHURCHWARDEN

Churchwarden’s Lapel Badge
A simple immediate way for church-goers and visitors to recognize your role within the church. Enamelled badge: mid blue background with paler blue cross and word ‘CHURCHWARDEN’. A pin fixes through clothing/buttonhole and is held in place with a removable clasp.

25mm/1inch diameter

£8.99 free delivery

Rotas, Rules and Rectors: How to thrive being a churchwarden
by Matthew Clements Personal reminiscences of an experienced churchwarden written to encourage others to make a success of the role. Deals with all aspects of the role and its responsibilities with examples from his own experience. How to thrive - not just survive!
2018 edition, paperback, 198 pages, 198x130mm

£9.99 free delivery

Practical Church Management: A guide for every parish
by James Behrens Fourth edition - revised, updated and expanded.

Considered by many to be the essential 'bible' for parish affairs. 32 chapters packed with information, all now brought up-to-date and incorporating new law. Four main sections cover Church People, Church Life, Church Property, Church Finance. New chapters on the parish safeguarding officer, Friends organisations, Mission, and several new topics such as data protection, contactless payments, social media, charitable incorporated organisations, and more.

2021 edition, paperback, 600 pages, 234x150mm

£30.00 free delivery

Handbook for Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councillors
by K M MacMorran & T J Briden The 14th edition published in 2010. Needs updating, but still useful if read together with the latest representation rules. Includes the office and functions of churchwardens, parochial church meetings, the PCC, the parish, parochial clergy, and more.
14th edition 2010, paperback, 186 pages, 216x137mm

£12.99 free delivery

CHURCH LOG BOOK and PROPERTY REGISTER

Church Log Book (Inserts)
Churchwardens are required to maintain a log book of the changes and repairs to the church, its contents and land. Use these pro-forma pages with your own ring binder. Sufficient for five quinquennial periods. Explanatory notes provided.
56 A4 loose-leaf pages. 297x210mm

£16.00 free delivery

Church Property Register (Inserts)
Churchwardens are required to compile and maintain a terrier of the lands and an inventory of the church contents. Use these pro-forma pages with your own ring binder to achieve this purpose. Explanatory notes provided.
42 A4 loose leaf pages, 297x210mm

£12.99 free delivery

FABRIC OF THE CHURCH

Buildings for Mission: a complete guide to the care, conservation, and development of churches
by Nigel Walter & Andrew Mottram

Expert advice from a church architect and a heritage building consultant on all practical issues of church care. Plus a step-by-step guide for planning and implementing an extension or reordering project.

2015 edition, paperback, 256 pages, 246x189 mm

£29.99 free delivery

Caring for your Church Building
by James Halsall
DAC secretary offers practical advice on repairs, improvements, re-ordering, heating, lighting, church furniture and fittings, churchyards, funding, processes and permissions.
2015 edition, paperback, 158 pages, 210x148mm
£13.99 inc p&p

INTERREGNUM

So The Vicar’s Leaving: The good interregnum guide

by M Alexander & J Martineau

Planning ahead, saying goodbye, working with the PCC, arranging worship and pastoral care, finding a new vicar, etc.
2002 edition, paperback, 56 pages, 210x148mm

£10.95 inc p&p

MEMORIAL BOOKS

Good quality, hardback books bound in dark blue fine leather. A4 portrait size. With marbled endpapers and a ribbon bookmark. The blank cartridge pages are gilt-edged and feature a calligraphic style line ruled at the top and bottom margins. The book title is embossed on the front cover. The front cover can be personalised in gold lettering at extra cost - phone/email to enquire.

Book of Remembrance
Used by churches, chapels, and other institutions to record the names of deceased individuals against each day of the year (this is stated at the top of each page in the format: month in word, day of month in numeral). Often displayed open in a suitable case. The title page has space to record the name of the institution, and also features a quotation from Homer “Forever honoured and forever mourned”.

297x210mm 376 pages

£135.00 free delivery

Book of Condolence
Suitable for private use by families for recording tributes/ personal remembrances at funerals, or for use by churches for recording public tributes at the death of highly-regarded national figures. The title page has space to record the details of the deceased individual, and also features a quotation by Laurence Binyon “We shall remember them”. 297x210mm 128 pages

£70.00 free delivery

REFERENCE

An ABC For The PCC
by John Pitchford
A to Z entries define practical, pastoral, and spiritual subjects necessary for Church Council members.

5th edition 2008, paperback, 234 pages

£16.99 free delivery

Guide To The Church Of England
by Martin Davie All about the structure, organization and hierarchy of the Church Of England: the legal system, government, doctrine, ministry, worship.
2008 edition, pb, 248 pages, 216x138mm

£12.99 free delivery

SERVICE REGISTERS

NEW Register of Marriage Services NEW
It is now required to record all marriages solemnized in a church of chapel according to the rites of the Church of England or Church in Wales. It is the duty of the PCC to provide the register. Where there is no incumbent or curate in a parish, it falls to the churchwardens to ensure the safe-keeping of the register.
128 pages, 210 x 297mm

£25.00 free delivery

GOOD QUALITY, HARDBACK, TRADITIONAL REGISTERS WITH CLOTH BINDING AND GOLD-BLOCKED TITLES

Service Register (Landscape)

Dark blue binding. Columns per page: date, day, hour, service, officiant, communicants, attendance under 16/16 and over, preacher, collections, notes.

192 pages, 210x297mm

£33.25 free delivery

Service Register (Portrait)

Dark blue binding. Columns per double page as above plus subject of preaching.
192 pages, 297x210mm

£33.25 free delivery

Baptism Register

Tan binding. Columns: entry no., date of birth, date of baptism, name, father’s name, mother’s name, address, father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, godparents, minister.
128 pages, 325x244mm

£33.25 free delivery

Confirmation Register

Green binding. Columns: entry no., date of birth, Christian names, surname, address, date of baptism, place of baptism, presented by, date of confirmation/bishop.

64 pages, 297x210mm

£25.50 free delivery

Banns Of Marriage Register

Red binding. Each entry: entry no., full names, status, parish of residence, electoral roll, when/whom published 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sundays.
96 pages, 297x210mm

£28.00 free delivery

Burial Register

Black binding. Columns: entry no., name, address, date of death, age, date of burial, date of disposal cremated remains, plan ref no., minister.
128 pages, 210x297mm

£40.00 free delivery