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2nd Ordinary Session of the 50th Synod October 2015 Synod Proceedings Anglican Church of Australia Diocese of Sydney Contents 1 2015 Report of the Standing Committee and other Reports and Papers Contents Page Presidential Address ..................................................................................................................... 3 Proceedings Officers and committees appointed .......................................................................................... 9 Documents tabled .................................................................................................................... 9 Accounts and reports etc tabled ............................................................................................... 9 Synod Service ........................................................................................................................ 10 Actions taken under the Parishes Ordinance 1979 ................................................................ 10 Petitions .................................................................................................................................. 10 Questions under business rule 6.3.......................................................................................... 11 Elections Uncontested elections ............................................................................................................ 29 Resolutions ................................................................................................................................ 34 2015 Report of the Standing Committee ................................................................................. 49 Synod Funds Amalgamated Annual Financial Report for 2014 ................................................ 65 Parish Funds Amalgamated Annual Financial Report for 2014 ................................................ 74 Special Reports Church Land Acquisition Levy (30/14) ................................................................................... 81 Climate change (17/07) // Reducing the environmental impact of St Andrew’s House ......... 83 Doctrine Commission report on fellowship meals for the proclamation of Christ’s death (7/14) .......................................................................................................... 85 Domestic violence and educating clergy (33/13) ................................................................... 90 Ethical investment policy, Review of (22/14) ......................................................................... 95 Large Property Receipts Policy .............................................................................................. 97 Ministry progress and brownfields’ grants (33/14) ............................................................... 103 Mission Property Committee ................................................................................................ 113 Ordinances passed by the Standing Committee .................................................................. 115 Parental leave for parish clergy ............................................................................................ 117 Progress in responding to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse .................................................................................... 128 Report of the Viability and Structures Task Force (47/14) ................................................... 133 Retention of marriage licences and same-sex marriage (31/14) ......................................... 142 Safe Ministry Board and Professional Standards Unit Annual Report ................................ 147 Stipends, Allowances and Benefits for 2016 (2/05) ............................................................. 156 Tertiary Education Ministry Oversight Committee (35/09) ................................................... 159 Yoga and other such activities (16/14) ................................................................................. 161 Reports from Regional Councils Georges River Regional Council Annual Report for 2014 ................................................... 170 Liverpool South, Proposal to change the status of the provisional parish to a parish .... 174 Northern Regional Council Annual Report for 2014 ............................................................. 177 South Sydney Regional Council Annual Report for 2014 .................................................... 180 Western Sydney Regional Council Annual Report for 2014 ................................................ 181 Glenmore Park, Proposal to change the status of the provisional parish to a parish ..... 182 Wollongong Regional Council Annual Report for 2014........................................................ 184 2 Ordinary Session of Synod : Proceedings for 2015 Policies Diocesan policy for dealing with allegations of unacceptable behaviour Implementation of the Grievance Policy and Procedure (40/10) .................................... 187 Policy ............................................................................................................................... 192 Ordinances Passed and assented to Authorisation of Lay Ministry Ordinance 2015 Explanatory Report ......................................................................................................... 200 Ordinance ........................................................................................................................ 202 General Synod – Constitution Amendment (Diocesan Council) Canon 2010 Assenting Ordinance 2015 Explanatory Statement .................................................................................................... 205 Ordinance ........................................................................................................................ 206 Retirements Ordinance 1993 Amendment Ordinance 2015 Explanatory Report ......................................................................................................... 207 Ordinance ........................................................................................................................ 209 Synod and Standing Committee (Membership) Amendment Ordinance 2015 Explanatory Report ......................................................................................................... 210 Ordinance ....................................................................................................................... 212 Synod Appropriations and Allocations Ordinance 2015 Explanatory Report ......................................................................................................... 214 Ordinance ........................................................................................................................ 230 Parochial Cost Recoveries and Church Land Acquisitions Levy Ordinance 2015 Ordinance ........................................................................................................................ 232 Approved in principle Anglican Schools Ministry Ordinance 2015 Explanatory Report ......................................................................................................... 235 Bill .................................................................................................................................... 239 Reports not published in this Book but found on the SDS’s website The following reports can be found at www.sds.asn.au. Click on “For Synod & Standing Committee” and then “Synod This Year” and then the relevant link. Study into Effective Church Planting in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney Click on “For Other Committees, Boards & Councils” and then click on the name of the relevant organisation. ACPT Annual Report for 2014 SDS Annual Report for 2014 SDS Annual Financial Report for 2014 GAB Annual Report for 2014 GAB as trustee for the Diocesan Endowment Annual Financial Report for 2014 Presidential Address 3 Archbishop’s Presidential Address 2015 Members of Synod, brothers and sisters, saints of the Most High, welcome to the second session of the 50th Synod of the Diocese of Sydney. As we gather together in the presence of God, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet. In his wisdom and love, our heavenly Father gave this estate to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Upon this land they met for generations until the coming of British settlers. As we continue to learn to live together on these ancestral lands, we acknowledge and pay our respects to their elders, past and present, and pray that God will unite us all in a knowledge of his Son, in whom all things were created, in heaven and on earth, whether visible or invisible—for all things have been created through him and for him. Mission 2020—New Churches for New Communities Last year the Synod enthusiastically endorsed Mission 2020 with a vision to see Christ honoured as Lord and Saviour in every community. It was the result of much work both before and during Synod. Of course, if we thought that we laboured long and hard in getting the wording right, that is nothing compared to the work that lies ahead as we commit ourselves afresh, in prayerful dependence on the Holy Spirit, to glorify God and love our neighbour by proclaiming the Lord Jesus Christ, calling people to repent and living lives worthy of him. The Strategic Research Group (SRG) has been hard at work seeking ways to resource and encourage parishes in their local mission context and Bishop