Synod Journal 2015
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2015 fifth 7, 2015 10, 2015 2015 The One Hundred and Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Synod of The Church in Jamaica and The Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies The Synod met for business at the Sunspree Resort Holiday Inn, Rose Hall, Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, 7th April and continued until Friday, 10th April, 2015. President The Rt. Revd Dr. Howard K.A. Gregory Bishop of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands Chancellor The Hon. Mrs. Zaila McCalla, OJ Secretary The Venerable Winston M. Thomas Asst. Secretary The Revd Michael G. F. Elliott 1 SYNOD 2015 JOURNAL Copyright 2015 by The Church in Jamaica and The Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies Church House, 2 Caledonia Avenue, Kingston 5 Jamaica, WI www.anglicandioceseja.org 2 CONTENTS Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands .............................................................. 7 Bishop’s Commissaries .............................................................................................. 8 The Synod .................................................................................................................. 8 The Cathedral Chapter ............................................................................................... 8 The Rural Deans ....................................................................................................... 10 Diocesan Officers .................................................................................................... 10 The Province of the West Indies ............................................................................... 11 Minutes of Synod ..................................................................................................... 14 Appendix I The Bishop’s Charge, Part 1 .................................................................................... 40 The Bishop’s Charge, Part 2 .................................................................................... 54 Appendix 2 ............................................................................................................. 63 i) Membership of Diocesan Boards/Councils & Committees ........................... 64 ii) Full-time Clergy by Seniority of Service ........................................................ 74 iii) Clergy in the Supplementary Ministry by Seniority of Service ..................... 78 iv) Clerical Directory ........................................................................................... 79 v) Names of Cures and Clergy/Churchworkers .............................................. 117 vi) Deaconesses, Church Army Captains & Sisters, Lady Workers .............. 127 vii) Chaplains to Hospitals ................................................................................. 129 viii) Licensed Chalice Bearers ........................................................................... 130 ix) List of Catechists and Lay Readers ........................................................... 132 x) List of Lay and Alternate Lay Representatives to Synod .......................... 139 xi) Members in attendance at Synod ............................................................... 177 Appendix 3 ........................................................................................................... 183 i) The Agenda of Synod ................................................................................. 184 ii) Scrutineers' Report ..................................................................................... 188 iii) Resolutions considered at Synod ............................................................... 190 iv) Bills to amend Canons ................................................................................. 195 Appendix 4 1. Reports – Synod Secretariat ......................................................................... 209 i) Secretary of Synod............................................................................. 210 ii) The Registrar ....................................................................................... 219 2. Reports of Diocesan Boards/Councils/Committees/Bodies/Departments ....... 223 i) Diocesan Council ................................................................................. 224 ii) Diocesan Financial Board ................................................................... 228 iii) Diocesan Board of Education and Youth ........................................... 230 iv) Trustees – Anglican Church Insurance Fund ..................................... 253 v) Trustees – Jamaica Church Pension Scheme .................................... 255 vi) Board of Mission and Ministry ............................................................. 257 vii) Board of Nominations .......................................................................... 276 viii) Report of the Church Army ................................................................. 279 ix) Communications and Public Relations ................................................. 286 x) Property Advisory Board .................................................................... 291 3 3. Reports of Regional Councils ........................................................................... 295 i) Kingston Region .................................................................................. 296 ii) Mandeville Region ................................................................................ 304 iii) Montego Bay Region ........................................................................... 313 4. Reports of Educational Institutions ................................................................... 321 Tertiary ......................................................................................................... 322 Church Teachers’ College – Mandeville ................................................. 323 Warden of Anglican Students (UTCWI) – St. Andrew ........................... 329 Secondary ................................................................................................... 338 Bishop Gibson High School – Mandeville .............................................. 339 Black River High School ......................................................................... 343 DeCarteret High School ......................................................................... 348 Glenmuir High School – May Pen ........................................................... 352 Kingston College .................................................................................... 358 Muschett High School – Trelawny ........................................................ 365 Ocho Rios High School .......................................................................... 369 St. Hilda's High School – Brown's Town ............................................... 347 St. Hugh’s High School – St Andrew ..................................................... 378 St. Jago High School – Spanish Town ................................................... 382 The Queen's High School – St. Andrew ................................................ 391 Preparatory .................................................................................................. 398 Glenmuir Preparatory School – May Pen ............................................... 399 St. Cyprian's Preparatory School .......................................................... 403 St. Hugh’s Preparatory School – St. Andrew ........................................ 406 St. Jago Preparatory School – Spanish Town ........................................ 411 St. James’ Preparatory School – Montego Bay ..................................... 413 St. John’s Preparatory School – Ocho Rios .......................................... 420 The Queen’s Preparatory School – St Andrew ..................................... 425 Trinity Preparatory School – Linstead ................................................... 434 5. Reports of Chaplaincies ................................................................................... 438 Cornwall Regional Hospital .................................................................... 439 Kingston Public Hospital ......................................................................... 444 National Chest Hospital and Sir John Golding Centre ........................... 451 Nuttall Memorial Hospital ........................................................................ 453 South East Regional Health Authority .................................................... 457 University Hospital of the W.I. ................................................................ 465 6. Reports of Homes/Houses ............................................................................... 466 Hillcrest Diocesan Retreat Centre ......................................................... 467 St. Monica’s Children's Home – Chapelton, Clarendon .......................... 470 7. Reports of Organizations/Institutions ............................................................... 472 The Anglican Women's Auxillary ............................................................ 473 Anglican Mothers' Union ........................................................................ 480 Brotherhood of St Andrew .................................................................... 485 Diocesan Festival Choir ......................................................................... 489 4 8. Miscellaneous Report ....................................................................................... 492 Policy on the Environment