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Baptism – we are happy to baptise the children of parishioners and of those who have a connection with the
church, this would normally take place during a Sunday 9.30am service. (14 Baptisms 2017)
Funerals – St Jude’s is used both for local funerals and for those wishing to be interred in the adjacent graveyard.
Burials in the graveyard are arranged through Runnymede Borough Council; some families wish to use St Jude’s for
a funeral service before the committal, which we will allow if possible, and the incumbent often presides on these
occasions. (14 funerals in church and 5 services taken by the vicar at local crematoria 2017)
A memorial book is kept in church and the Year’s mind is included in the intercessions at the 9.30 service on
Sunday.
Social Events
During the year we also hold a Parish Picnic in Windsor Great Park at
Pentecost, Coffee Mornings outside St Jude’s in May and September, a Summer
Fair in July, a Harvest Supper in October and a Christmas Market in November.
Our Parish Organisations
The Ecumenical Church Council
St Jude’s ECC has the responsibility, with the Incumbent and the Methodist Minister, for promoting in the Parish
the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. It also has responsibility for the
maintenance for the church buildings and that of the church hall in Bond Street. The Village Centre has its own
management committee which reports back to the ECC.
Our ECC membership has both ex-officio members and those elected by the annual Parochial Church Meeting in
accordance with the Church Representative Rules.
As an LEP we have a shared ministry, with a full time Incumbent and a 25% share of the Methodist Minister, the
Revd. Andrew Reed, who is also the Methodist Circuit Superintendent and responsible for a number of other local
Methodist churches.
There is a sharing agreement in place which determines various responsibilities such as chairing meetings. We are
(since 2016) a registered charity, number 1169401.
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