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St. Mary’s Luton
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Download a membership form here.
Why have one?
It’s the Parish Church’s register of electors; it’s the list of those qualified to attend and vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting where the elections take place.
The Parochial Church Council
The parish’s representatives on the Deanery Synod.
Any person entitled to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting may raise any question of parochial or general church interest.
Renewal of the electoral roll took place in 2002 and will be renewed again in 2008. In a year of renewal, no names are carried over from the old roll and everyone must make a new application to be included on the new roll.
What difference does it make?
By Enrolling you become a voting member of the Church of England and so help to ensure that all the synodical councils of the Church - the Parochial Church Council, the Deanery Synod, the Diocesan Synod, and the General Synod - are fully representative of its members.
Synodical government gives an opportunity for partnership between bishops, clergy and laity in the life of the Church:
First, the system is intended to enable church people at every level to be in touch with
the Church as a whole and to play their part in decision-making. Secondly, the system is intended to ensure that the laity have their place in every aspect of church life, including its doctrine and services.
Notes
The only Churches at present in communion with the Church of England are other Anglican Churches and certain foreign Churches.
Membership of the Electoral Roll is also open to members in good standing of a church not in communion with the Church of England which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity where those are also prepared to declare themselves to be members of the Church of England.
Every six years a new roll is prepared and those on the previous roll are informed so that they can re-apply. If you are not resident in the parish but were on the roll as an habitual worshipper and have been prevented by sickness or absence or other essential reason from worshiping for the past six months, you may write ‘would’ before ‘have habitually attended’ on the form and add ‘but was prevented from doing so because..’ and then state the reason.
If you have any problems over the form, please approach the clergy or lay people responsible for the parish, who will be pleased to help you.
In this form ‘parish’ means ecclesiastical parish.
UPDATE Every six years all Anglican churches have to renew their membership list. ie. everybody comes off and we start again. Consequently we invite all our regular worshippers to join the new list. The month of February is the time to do this
and letters and forms will be available for collection on 4th February. Qualification basics: 16 years & over, regular worshipper here for 6 months or resident in our very small town centre parish! Click here to download a form
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St Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire. LU1 3JF.   01582 721867   admin@stmarysluton.org