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Scottish Episcopal Church GENERAL SYNOD 2021 Agenda and Papers CONTENTS 1. Agenda and Programme for Synod ............................................................... 1 2. Preliminary Synod Business. ........................................................................ 7 Minutes of General Synod Meeting 2020 ..................................................... 8 3. Standing Committee Budgets and Quota .................................................................................... 21 4. Faith and Order Board Liturgy Committee Scottish Liturgy 1982 with Alternative Eucharistic Prayers ........................ 43 Addition to Calendar of Jane Haining ........................................................ 81 5. Inter-Church Relations Committee Our Common Calling: Approval of the St Andrew Declaration .................. 82 6. Church in Society Committee Climate Change ......................................................................................... 85 7. Faith and Order Board Canon 4 Review Group Report .................................................................. 92 8. Administration Board Report on the Clergy Remuneration Package Interim Review Group Report ......................................................................................... 106 Report of the Clergy Remuneration Package Interim Review Group ....... 112 9. Personnel Committee Complaints Procedure ............................................................................. 143 Bullying and Harassment Policy .............................................................. 147 Clergy Time Off Guidelines ...................................................................... 150 10. Standing Committee Report from the Standing Committee on Ethical Investment ................... 152 Report from the Ethical Investment Advisory Group ................................ 153 Elections and Appointments to Provincial Bodies ..................................... 156 PINK PAGES 11. Rules of Order ............................................................................................. 159 12. List of Synod Members. ............................................................................. 165 13. SEC Representation on Other Bodies ....................................................... 169 14. Synod Feedback Form ............................................................................... 172 GENERAL SYNOD 2021 AGENDA AND PROGRAMME The 2021 meeting of General Synod will take place online Thursday 10 June 2021 09:00 Welcome and induction 09:30 Opening Eucharist Online offering for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Constitution of General Synod 10:15 Break SESSION ONE: THE MOST REV THE PRIMUS IN THE CHAIR 10:30 Primus: Welcome to delegates and guests Preliminary Business (Page 7) Appointment of Tellers Motion 1: That Malcolm Bett and Miriam Weibye be appointed as tellers for the meeting. Appointment of Prolocutors Motion 2: That the Rev Canon Simon Mackenzie be appointed as Clerical Prolocutor for the meeting. Motion 3: That the Rev Canon David Richards be appointed as Clerical Vice-Prolocutor for the meeting. Motion 4: That Hugh Morison be appointed as Lay Prolocutor for the meeting. Motion 5: That James Gibson be appointed as Lay Vice- Prolocutor for the meeting. Permission to speak Motion 6: That the Rev Alexander Horsburgh be given permission to speak to Synod. Motion 7: That Donald Bruce be given permission to speak to Synod. Motion 8: That Alan McLean QC be given permission to speak to Synod. 1 Motion 9: That invited representatives from other churches and faiths be given permission to speak to Synod. Minutes of General Synod 2020 (Page 8) Motion 10: That this Synod approve the minutes of the meeting of the General Synod held on 5 December 2020. 11:00 Standing Committee – Accounts, Quota and Strategic Direction Accounts Motion 11: That this Synod accept the Annual Report and Accounts of the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church for the financial year ended 31 December 2020. Budgets and Quota Overview (Page 21) Breakout group session 12:00 Lunch break SESSION TWO: THE RT REV THE BISHOP OF GLASGOW AND GALLOWAY IN THE CHAIR 14:00 Faith and Order Board Liturgy Committee First reading of the Scottish Liturgy 1982 with Alternative Eucharistic Prayers (2021) (Page 43) Motion 12: That the proposal that the Scottish Liturgy 1982 with Alternative Eucharistic Prayers (2021) be added to the Schedule to Canon 22 be read for the first time. Addition to Calendar of Jane Haining (Page 81) Motion 13: That, upon the recommendation of the Faith and Order Board, the Scottish Calendar (1991) be amended by the inclusion of Jane Haining. 14:30 Inter-Church Relations Committee Our Common Calling: approval of the St Andrew Declaration (Page 82) Breakout group session 2 Motion 14: That the St Andrew Declaration as set out in the Synod Papers be approved and adopted. 15:30 Tea SESSION THREE: THE MOST REV THE PRIMUS IN THE CHAIR 16:00 Institute Council 16:10 Standing Committee and Pension Fund Triennial valuation: a paper with motion for Synod is enclosed separately 16:40 Evening Prayer Friday 11 June 2021 SESSION FOUR: THE MOST REV THE PRIMUS IN THE CHAIR 09:00 Morning Prayer 09:20 Mission Board Introduction from Board Convener Church in Society Climate Change (Page 85) Breakout group session Motion 15: That this Synod, recognising the urgency of the climate emergency, endorse and commend the Ten Points of Guidance set out in the paper from the Technical Group of the Church in Society Committee the programme of actions set out in the paper. Motion 16: That this Synod call on the Standing Committee of the General Synod to put in place appropriate structures to enable action at provincial level and report back to General Synod 2022. Motion 17: That this Synod call on Dioceses to put in place appropriate structures to enable action at diocesan level and to support action at congregational level and report back to General Synod 2022. 3 Motion 18: That the Synod call on the Scottish Episcopal Church to support through prayer, advocacy and practical action those people and nations suffering the most from the impacts of climate change. 10:15 Coffee SESSION FIVE: MS JENNY WHELAN IN THE CHAIR 10:45 Faith and Order Board Review of Canon 4 Report (Page 92) Breakout group session, following which Synod members will be invited to express their preference for one of the following options: Electoral Synod (Option 1) Electoral Council (Option 2) Neither of the above options (Option 3) Abstain (Option 4) 11:35 Administration Board Clergy Stipends Report on the Clergy Remuneration Package Interim Review Group Report (Page 106) Report of the Clergy Remuneration Package Interim Review Group (Page 112) Motion 19: That Standard Stipend 2022 be increased in line with increases in Church of England National Stipend Benchmark or CPI if greater. Motion 20: That from 2023, Standard Stipend should rise at rate one percentage point above the rate applied to the Church of England National Stipend Benchmark, or by one percentage point above CPI if greater, until such time as it reaches a level equal to 2006 Standard Stipend scaled up pro rata with CPI. Motion 21: That in subsequent years, Standard Stipend maintain the same percentage uplift compared with Church of England National Stipend Benchmark, subject to a triennial review in the light of changes in CPI and other relevant factors. 4 Personnel Committee Complaints Procedures (Page 143) Motion 22: That the Complaints Procedures for the Scottish Episcopal Church as set out in the Synod Papers be approved and adopted. Bullying and Harassment Policy (Page 147) Motion 23: That the Bullying and Harassment Policy for the Scottish Episcopal Church as set out in the Synod Papers be approved and adopted. Clergy Time Off Guidelines (Page 150) Motion 24: That the Guidelines Concerning Holiday and “Time Off” Provision for Stipendiary Clergy as set out in the Synod Papers be approved and adopted. 12:30 Lunch SESSION SIX: THE MOST REV THE PRIMUS IN THE CHAIR 14:00 Standing Committee Ethical Investment Report from the Standing Committee on Ethical Investment (Page 152) Report from Ethical Investment Advisory Group (Page 153) Motion 25: That the proposed policy framework for investment of Scottish Episcopal Church Unit Trust Pool monies in pooled funds as set out in the Synod Papers be approved and adopted. Budgets and Quota (Page 21) Motion 26: That this Synod, having examined the proposed budgets for the General Synod for the year 2022, agree to a quota figure of £660,000 for that year. Elections (Page 156) Institute Council Membership 5 Motion 27: That Patsy Thomson be appointed for a second term on the Institute Council. Motion 28: That the Rev Stewart Cutler be appointed as a member of the Institute Council. Clergy Discipline Tribunal Membership Motion 29: That the Very Rev Kenneth Rathband be re-appointed for an additional term on the Clergy Discipline Tribunal. Motion 30: That the Rev Canon Marion Chatterley be appointed as a member of the Clergy Discipline Tribunal. Motion 31: That the Hon Lord Arthurson be appointed as a member of the Clergy Discipline Tribunal. Preliminary Proceedings Committee Motion 32: That John Stirling be re-appointed for an additional term on the Preliminary Proceedings Committee. Pension Fund Chair Motion 33: That the term of office of Richard McIndoe as Chair of the Pension Fund Trustees be extended until 31 December 2021 and that the Standing Committee be authorised to make an appointment to fill the vacancy
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