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Reports to the General Assembly 2011 Tuesday Business 2010 Special Assembly Presbyterian Women Mission in Ireland Youth and Children Finance and Personnel GENERAL ASSEMBLY Wednesday Christian Training Communications Social Witness 2011 2011 General Thursday Judicial Commission ANNUAL REPORTS United Appeal Mission Overseas Education Union Commission Trustees ORDER OF BUSINESS Trusts Notes: (i) Business commences at 9.45 a.m. on Tuesday and at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. (ii) An “Introduction to Assembly Business” will be given in the Assembly Hall on Tuesday at 9.15 a.m. (iii) Communion will be held on Tuesday at 11.45 a.m. and Worship on Wednesday and Thursday at 12.15 p.m. The break for lunch will be at 1 p.m. each day. (iv) Figures in brackets refer to page numbers in the Annual Reports. NOTES ii MONDAY, JUNE 6 Within Church House 7.00 p.m.— Service of Worship Constitution of Assembly Election of Moderator TUESDAY, JUNE 7 9.45 a.m.— 1. BUSINESS BOARD: Report and Resolutions (1-7). Arrangements Committee. 2. Reports of Presbyteries (8-14). 3. Reception of Corresponding Members and Delegates. Church of Scotland: Rt Rev David Arnott, Rev Joanne Hood, Mr Robin Arnott. United Reformed Church: Mrs Val Morrison, Rev Dr Jim Coleman. Presbyterian Church of Wales: Rev Iain Hodgins. Church of Ireland: Most Rev Michael Jackson, Rev John McDowell. The Methodist Church in Ireland: Rev Donald Ker, Mr TG Wilson. Irish Council of Churches: Rev Philip McKelvey, Mr Mervyn McCullagh. Presbyterian Church USA: Rev Doug Baker. Waldensian Church: Rev Bruno Gabrielli. 4. 2010 ASSEMBLY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Report and Resolutions (297-298). Times in brackets may be anticipated but should not be passed. iii NOTES iv (11.15) Intermission. 11.45 a.m Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper Memorial Roll. 2.00 p.m.— 5. PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN: Report and Resolution (153-156). 6. BOARD OF MISSION IN IRELAND: Report and Resolutions (122-152). Strategy for Mission; Research and Resources. (4.00) Intermission. (4.15) 7. BOARD OF YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S MINISTRY: Report and Resolutions (176-189). Ministry Opportunities; Research and Education; Ministry Resources; Ministry Events. 8. BOARD OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL: Report and Resolutions (236-283). Pensions and Assessments; Personnel; Property Management; Finance, Legal and IT; Tyrone Memorial Review. 9. Overtures anent Pars 315; 318(2) of the Code (283-284). Lapsed Business (if any). (6.00) Close of Business. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 9.30 a.m.— 10. BOARD OF CHRISTIAN TRAINING: Report and Resolutions (190-217). Training and Resources; Ministerial Studies and Development; UTC Management. Times in brackets may be anticipated but should not be passed. v NOTES vi 11. Overture anent Par 190(2)(a) of the Code (217). (10.30) Intermission. (10.45) 12. BOARD OF COMMUNICATIONS: Report and Resolutions (218-221). Church Architecture. 13. BOARD OF SOCIAL WITNESS: Report and Resolutions (157-175). Specialist Ministries; Older People Services; Family Services; Adult Services 12.15 p.m.— Worship. 2.00 p.m.— 14. GENERAL BOARD: Report and Resolutions (15- 75) Memorial Record; Financial Crisis; Priorities; Moderator’s Advisory; Doctrine; Pensions and Assessments Review; Church Relations; Reception of Ministers and Licentiates; Pastoral Care of Manse Families. (4.00) Intermission. (4.15) 15. GENERAL BOARD (cont’d): Report and Resolutions (15-75). Church and Society; Global Concerns; Panels. 16. Overtures on the Books anent Pars 25; 48; 33; 81 of the Code (75-76). Lapsed Business (if any). (6.00) Close of Business. Times in brackets may be anticipated but should not be passed. vii NOTES viii 7.45 p.m.— Evening Rally. THURSDAY, JUNE 9 9.30 a.m.— In Private 17. JUDICIAL COMMISSION: Report and Resolut- ions (77-78). In Public 18. UNITED APPEAL BOARD: Report and Resolut- ions (285-291). (10.45) Intermission. (11.00) 19. BOARD OF MISSION OVERSEAS: Report and Resolutions (102-121). Outreach Ministries; Leadership Development; World Development; Mission Involvement. Lapsed Business (if any). 12.15 p.m.— Worship. 2.00 p.m.— 20. EDUCATION BOARD: Report and Resolutions (222-235). 21. UNION COMMISSION: Report and Resolutions (79-100). 22. Overtures on the Books anent Pars 57; 106(g); 128(3); 128(5)(d); 128(5)(a); 128(6)(b) of the Code (100-101). (3.45) Intermission. Times in brackets may be anticipated but should not be passed. ix NOTES x (4.00) 23. TRUSTEES: Report and Resolutions (293-296). 24. COMMISSION ON TRUSTS: Report and Resolutions (292). Lapsed Business. BUSINESS BOARD: Final Report. CLOSE OF ASSEMBLY. Times in brackets may be anticipated but should not be passed. xi NOTES xii BUSINESS BOARD A Guide to Assembly Procedure 1. Members of Assembly consist of all ministers in active duty or retired and some elders, ex officio, together with a representative elder from each established congregation plus other elders commissioned by Presbyteries to correspond with the number of ministers serving in special appointments. Deaconesses, representatives of the Women’s and Youth Movements and some others have now been invited to “sit and deliberate” as associates – i.e., to take part with members freely in debate but without voting. The Assembly quorum is fifty members. 2. While members should bear in mind any opinions or concerns of their Congregations, Kirk Sessions or Presbyteries, neither ministers nor elders attend as “delegates”, obliged to vote as instructed by any of these. The Assembly should be a gathering of fully responsible, free Christian men and women, always open to spiritual guidance and information on a Church-wide basis, not a device for counting up decisions already made elsewhere. 3. The Moderator is chairman of the Assembly, in charge of proceedings, but he should not take sides in debates. Former Moderators may deputise from time to time at his request, should he wish to take part in debate or to withdraw from the House. When the Moderator rises to speak at any point all other members must yield to the Chair. Members should stand when the Moderator enters or leaves at the beginning or end of proceedings. Members may enter or leave at any time during proceedings, but should do so with as little disturbance as possible. It is a courtesy in so doing to give a slight bow to the Chair. 4. The recommended form of address to the House is simply “Moderator” (not “Mr.” Moderator, etc). Speakers should face towards the House and the microphones, not towards the Moderator. 5. Committees: Work for which the Assembly is responsible is generally entrusted to various permanent or temporary (“ad hoc”) Committees. These must each present a report to the Assembly. Working Committees concerned xiii with related matters are grouped under a supervising Board. A Commission of Assembly is a Committee entrusted with the executive powers of the Assembly, within the terms of its appointment. Members of Committees, etc., are appointed by the Assembly on the nomination of various bodies and have a Convener in charge. 6. Reports. While the Assembly is obliged to “receive” the report of each Committee, etc., it does not “adopt” or accept responsibility for the contents of any report. Reports carry only the authority of the Committee concerned and not of the Assembly. If found too unsatisfactory the report or a section of it, may be received and referred back. This is done by an amendment to resolution 1. Any matter to which the Assembly is to be committed must be stated in a specific resolution. Resolutions should be kept to conclusions, rather than include arguments in support such as are appropriate to speeches. Similarly, speeches in the Assembly carry the authority only of the speaker. 7. Reports, together with any appended resolutions, are first of all “presented”, usually by a Board or Committee Convener. There is then an opportunity for questions to be asked. These should quite strictly be asked only for further information or explanation, whether of something in the report or not in the report but for which the Board, etc., carries responsibility; they should not be rhetorical or debating “questions”, to score a point. 8. Questions, which should be written out and placed in the box provided in good time, will normally be limited to two per person and ten minutes in all, unless the Moderator judge that a particular subject merits an extension of these limits. 9. After Questions, the presenter of the report formally proposes the appended resolutions in block and another person seconds, with a speech taking up any other aspects requiring treatment. Where it is considered helpful the seconder may speak before questions to clarify issues which may arise during questions. 10. The Resolutions are then taken in succession. The first of these is always “that the report be received”. This is the point where members may discuss (not ask questions xiv about) any matters in the report or for which the Board, etc., should bear responsibility, but which do not arise under any subsequent resolution. 11. Unless otherwise arranged, speeches are limited as follows:- Presenting a group of reports and resolutions10 minutes Seconding a group of reports and resolutions 7 minutes All other speeches 5 minutes If lapsed business accumulates, the normal abbreviated timings are as follows:- Proposing a group of Reports 10 minutes reduced to 7 Seconding a group of Reports 7 minutes reduced to 5 Other speeches 5 minutes reduced to 3 A flickering light is given 1 minute before the end, a steady light for 30 seconds and a buzz when the time is up. Before commencing, speakers should announce their name and congregation or for Women’s and Youth representatives, their name and Presbytery. Apart from the proposer (or alternatively the seconder) having the right to speak again in closing the debate, no one may speak twice in debating any one resolution or amendment, except to clarify some misunderstanding.
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