Christ Church Gentleshaw

Welcome to the website of Christ Church, Gentleshaw

IMPORTANT CORONAVIRUS NOTICE

Following Government/Church of England guidance we are now able to hold services in Church with certain restrictions. Our morning services can now be held in Church and also on the Church's Facebook Live page at 9.45am every Sunday. Our evening services will now take place in our Church building at 6.30pm. 

Our Sacred Discussion Group will be taking place on the first Saturday of each month, initially these will take place via Zoom until we are permitted to meet again in a group in person.         

If you wish to join the meetings please contact Rev Lynn by email for details.     [email protected]

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2022

 2 Peter 3 vv 8 - 9

With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness.

He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Christ Church, Gentleshaw is situated at southern edge of Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to Castle Ring, an Iron Age Hill Fort, which has the distinction of being the highest point on the Chase.   Christ Church serves as the Parish Church for the “semi-urban” village of Cannock Wood and the more rural adjacent village of Gentleshaw which have a combined population of around 1750 people.

The original church building was erected in 1837 as Chapel of Ease for the neighbouring parish of Longdon and you will find details of its development and history on the History Page of the website.
Because of its location Christ Church has the “honour” of being the only church in the Diocese which actually looks down on the Cathedral which can be seen from the rear of the churchyard.
Christ Church Gentleshaw is in the Deanery of Lichfield, in the Archdeaconry of Lichfield and in the Episcopal Area of Wolverhampton.

DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of Christ Church Gentleshaw

1. Your personal data – what is it?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data.  Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”).

2. Who are we?

The PCC of Christ Church Gentleshaw is the data controller (contact details below).  This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

3. How do we process your personal data?

The PCC of Christ Church Gentleshaw complies with its obligations under the “GDPR” by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

We use your personal data for the following purposes: -

·                     To administer membership records;

·                     To fundraise and promote the interests of the charity;

·                     To manage volunteers;

·                     To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);

4. What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

·         Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services and keep you informed about diocesan events.

·         Processing is necessary for carrying out legal obligations in relation to Gift Aid or under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement;

·         Processing is carried out by a not-for-profit body with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim provided: -

o   the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes); and

o   there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.

5. Sharing your personal data

Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members of the church in order to carry out a service to other church members or for purposes connected with the church. We will only share your data with third parties outside of the parish with your consent.

6. How long do we keep your personal data1?

We keep data in accordance with the guidance set out in the guide “Keep or Bin: Care of Your Parish Records” which is available from the Church of England website see footnote for link.

Specifically, we retain electoral roll data while it is still current; gift aid declarations and associated paperwork for up to 6 years after the calendar year to which they relate; and parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals) permanently.

7. Your rights and your personal data 

Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data: -

·         The right to request a copy of your personal data which the PCC of Christ Church, Gentleshaw holds about you;

·         The right to request that the PCC of Christ Church Gentleshaw, corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date; 

·         The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for the PCC of Christ Church, Gentleshaw to retain such data;

·         The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time

·         The right to request that the data controller provide the data subject with his/her personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), (where applicable) Only applies where the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and in either case the data controller processes the data by automated means.

·         The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;

·         The right to object to the processing of personal data, (where applicable) Only applies where processing is based on legitimate interests (or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing and processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics

·        The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

8. Further processing

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Protection Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

9. Contact Details

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please in the first instance contact the The Rev’d Lynn McKeon at [email protected]/01543 670739  

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.