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Coventry Diocesan Synod Minutes – 17 March 2018 Minutes of a Meeting of the Diocesan Synod Held at the Claverdon Church Centre Diocese of Coventry DS 18/06 Coventry Diocesan Synod Minutes – 17 March 2018 Minutes of a meeting of the Diocesan Synod held at the Claverdon Church Centre. The Bishop of Coventry took the chair. 1. Welcome and opening worship Bishop Christopher welcomed everyone to the Synod and the Revd Peter Walker led the opening worship. 2. Welcomes and apologies Bishop Christopher welcomed the Revd Canon Miles Baker who had joined the diocese as the Rector of Allesley and the Revd Richard Suffern and the Revd Simon Betteridge, who were present to speak during his presidential address. He also welcomed and briefly interviewed the Revd Canon Sue Field, who would be installed as Archdeacon Pastor the following day and led the synod in praying for her. 3. Minutes of the last meeting The minutes of the meeting on 4 November 2017 were approved and signed. Mrs Helen Simmonds, Chair of the House of Laity, took the chair. 4. Presidential address Bishop Christopher began by expressing sympathy for everyone caught up in the recent attack on two Russians in Salisbury diocese, along with admiration for their fortitude, and leading the synod in prayer for them. Bishop Christopher spoke about a recent diocesan mission visit he had led to the Diocese of Kapsabet in Kenya. Simon Betteridge and Richard Suffern also spoke about their experiences during the visit. Bishop Christopher told the Synod that, following the visit, he and others had had a sense that the Spirit was encouraging this relationship and he had been considering how it might develop. He told the Synod that his intention was to ask the Business Committee to put to the June Synod a motion to form a companion link with the Diocese of Kapsabet. 5. General Synod report Charlotte Gale gave the Synod a report on the February 2018 sessions of the General Synod. Much of the focus had been on ordering the life of the church, including a debate on how bishops are chosen, a lot of discussion around safeguarding, a debate on the progress of the Anglican Methodist Covenant and on embracing religious communities. There had also been debates on food waste, Down’s Syndrome, digital evangelism, an address by the Archbishop of Canterbury and a debate on companion links within the Anglican communion. 1 of 10 6. Promulgation of Amending Canons 36 and 37 Charlotte told the Synod that General Synod had also enacted two pieces of legislation changing canon law, one which changed the requirements for clergy to wear vestments in services and one which changed the rules for burials of people who had taken their own lives. To come into effect new canons have to be promulged and so Charlotte promulged Canons 36 and 37. The Revd Charlotte Gale, Chair of the House of Clergy, took the chair. 7. Diocesan Safeguarding Policy Ruth Marlow spoke to the Synod about the proposal to adopt a new safeguarding policy in line with Promoting a Safer Church. She explained that Promoting a Safer Church was a national Safeguarding policy statement issued by the national Church. It had a similar structure to the policy adopted by the Diocese in 2015, with a concise policy document supported by a number of separate guidance documents. The new policy had six overarching policy commitments, which Ruth highlighted: - Promoting a safer environment and culture; - Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children, young people and vulnerable adults within the Church; - Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation; - Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse and other affected persons; - Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns or allegations of abuse and other affected persons; and - Responding to those that may pose a present risk to others. She said that while adopting a new policy could appear daunting, it was clear that none of these commitments could be dispensed with, and also that they added very little to what the Diocese had already been promoting. Ruth spoke about the work being done on how parishes could be supported in implementing this policy. A range of resources was being produced, including a template for a parish action plan, which was a new requirement of the national policy, and a dashboard system to help PCCs monitor their safeguarding arrangements. A group of parish safeguarding officers was trialling the new resources and improvements were being made, before they were launched more widely. Ruth said that the Diocesan Office would continue to provide practical support and training and with that in mind, she invited the Synod to consider the motion: “This Synod approves the adoption of Promoting a Safer Church (2017) as the Safeguarding Policy for the Diocese of Coventry.” Roderick Clarke (Warwick and Leamington) proposed that there should be a 2 minute speech limit for this item. This was seconded by John Roy and passed with three abstentions. Jim Perryman (Kenilworth) asked what the timescale for parishes to adopt the policy would be once the Diocese had adopted it. Ruth said that the policy could be adopted at any time, but that 2 of 10 the expectation would be for parishes to have adopted it and to have an action plan in place by the end of 2019. John Witcombe (Dean of Coventry), noting that the church had made progress in the vital work of caring for those who had been victims, asked what the process was for caring for those who are the subject of allegations. Ruth said that when an allegation is made the guidance sets out two particular roles, to provide support for the alleged victim and separately for the alleged perpetrator. Margaret Antill (Nuneaton), Bryan Pratt (Southam), David Spiers (Nuneaton) and Ann Tustin (Nuneaton) asked questions about the process followed when an allegation of abuse is made. Ruth explained that the diocese works very closely with the police. The first question considered when a report is made is whether the report should be passed on to the police and/or social services. Safeguarding staff in the Diocesan Office together with the incumbent and parish safeguarding officer would investigate reports, if cleared to by the police, and the outcome of those investigations would be shared with the both the accuser and the accused. If someone convicted of an offence wants to be part of a church community, Ruth said that the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor would work with the church to establish a safeguarding agreement, under which the offender could worship safely within that community. She noted that this is not always possible, particularly if the offenses were in that church. Chris Baker (Alcester) asked what was meant by the House of Bishop’s guidance. Ruth and Graeme said that this was a suite of policy practice guidance, which could be found on both the national church and diocesan websites. Christopher Wilson (Warwick and Leamington) proposed an amendment to the motion, to clarify that Promoting a Safer Church would replace the safeguarding policy adopted in November 2015. Helen Simmonds in the chair accepted this amendment and put the motion as follows: “This Synod approves the adoption of Promoting a Safer Church (2017) as the Safeguarding Policy for the Diocese of Coventry, to replace the safeguarding policy for the Diocese of Coventry dated November 2015.” The amended motion was passed with no votes against and two abstentions. The Chair thanked everyone and led the Synod in prayers for Parish Safeguarding Officers. 8. Clergy Wellbeing Charlotte Gale and Dr Yvonne Warren, both General Synod members, spoke to the Synod about work being done at a national level and in the Diocese on clergy wellbeing. Yvonne said that she had been involved in clergy wellbeing for some time, being married to a clergyman, working as a therapist, and having done research and written a book on clergy wellbeing in the 1990s. She said she was keen to speak as a lay person to urge lay people to think and talk about how well they care for their clergy, as often this is a weak area. She led the Synod in brief prayers for the clergy in their parishes. 3 of 10 She said that in 2016 the Chairs of the House of Clergy from all the dioceses had raised the need for something to be done to address clergy wellbeing, following a rough survey which had produced some fairly shocking results. A working party had been set up, which Yvonne had been asked to join, which had led to a proposal going to the General Synod for a covenant of care. This had been debated and was supported overwhelmingly, which had led to the establishment of a larger group, which again Yvonne was part of, to develop this proposal further. Yvonne said that the aim of this covenant was to involve all the people of God and everyone serving him in an ordained role, working from the bottom up as well as the top down. It was also about caring for the laity, as a split between clergy and laity is both common and unhelpful, and for the families of clergy, who live in a ‘goldfish bowl’. There are a number of factors which can be detrimental for clergy. The UK is generally a fairly non- Christian society, largely dominated by consumerism. There is a shortage of clergy and numbers will continue to decrease for some time despite increasing numbers of ordinands. Dioceses are often short of money, and it is increasingly common for parishes to be put together in multi-parish benefices. There is a huge emphasis nationally on pioneer work and mission, and in the Diocese on the 8 Essential Qualities, which can lead to clergy feeling very pressurised.
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