The postman brought the main bulk of papers for next month’s General Synod this morning. A few more papers are due to be issued in a week’s time.
I have split my list of them into three. Below is everything except for legislative and liturgical business.
GS 1539 Agenda
GS 1540 July Group of Sessions 2004: Report by the Business Committee
GS 1542 Making the Synod’s Procedures More Effective
GS 1551 Appointment of Chairs
Synod will be asked to approve three appointments.
Chair of the Appointments Committee: Prebendary David Houlding
Chair of the Archbishops’ Council’s Audit Committee: Tony Hesselwood
Chair of the Business Committee: Revd Dr Richard Turnbull
GS 1554 Clergy Discipline (Doctrine)
Report of a working group set up by the House of Bishops
GS 1536 Rethinking Sentencing
GS Misc 749 Restorative Justice - Rethinking Sentencing: Background to the Synod debate
Reports from the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS 1544 Enabling a World of Difference: The contribution of the Mission Agencies to the Mission of the Church of England
Report from the Partnership for World Mission
GS Misc 744 Trade Justice: a Christian response to global poverty
GS 1547 Trade Justice: a Christian response to global poverty: An Introduction to the Debate
Reports by, respectively, Christian Aid and the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS 1548 The Church of England and Europe
Joint Report by the Mission and Public Affairs Council and the Council for Chrisitian Unity
Papers for Private Members’ Motions
GS 738A Stipend Differentials Note by Mr Lilley
GS 738B Note from the Ministry Division
Papers for Diocesan Synod Motions
GS 748 Drug Misuse
Financial Business
GS 1545 Archbishops’ Council Proposed Budget for 2005
GS 1550 The Archbishops’ Council Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2003
GS 1552 Annual Report of the Archbishops’ Council’s Audit Committee for the year to 31 May 2004
Posted by Peter Owen on Saturday, 19 June 2004 at 11:24 AM GMT | TrackBackGS1550 will only be debated if a member asks for this. GS 1552 is for information only.