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Scottish Episcopal Church GENERAL SYNOD 2014 Agenda and Papers CONTENTS Agenda and Programme for Synod ___________________________________ 1 Preliminary Synod Business _________________________________________ 9 Minutes of General Synod Meeting 2013 ______________________________ 11 Elections to Provincial Bodies _______________________________________ 44 Standing Committee ______________________________________________ 49 Budgets 2014 - 2016 _____________________________________________ 49 Additional Financial Information _____________________________________ 75 Alterations to Rules of Order _______________________________________ 94 Size of General Synod ____________________________________________ 95 Committee on Canons _____________________________________________ 96 Alteration to Canons - Voting Procedures ______________________________ 96 Opinions from Diocese on Canons for Second Reading ___________________ 97 Canons for Second Reading: Canon 63, Sections 1 and 4 _________________ 98 Faith and Order Board _____________________________________________ 99 Alterations to the Calendar _________________________________________ 99 Message of the 10th Assembly of the Wordld Council of Churches _________ 100 Word Council of Churches Unity Statement __________________________ 102 Porvoo: The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad _______________ 106 Porvoo: The Lutheran Church In Great Britain _________________________ 110 Canon 15 and Schedule __________________________________________ 114 Mission and Ministry Board _______________________________________ 115 Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy, Ministerial Formation, and Future Governance Structures ___________________________________________ 115 TISEC Review Working Party Report ________________________________ 124 Board of the Scottish Episcopal Institute - Financial implications ___________ 145 Canon 52, Section 23 ____________________________________________ 156 Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney Background Paper to Motion __________ 157 Faith and Order Board ____________________________________________ 159 Diaconate Working Group ________________________________________ 159 Rules of Order of The General Synod _______________________________ 160 General Synod: A Reflection on Morning and Evening Prayer ___________ 166 Social Media Guidelines for General Synod __________________________ 167 List of Synod Members 2014 _______________________________________ 169 List of SEC Representatives on Other Bodies _________________________ 174 Attendance Slip _________________________________________________ 178 Travel and Meals Claim Form ______________________________________ 179 Synod Comment Form ____________________________________________ 181 GENERAL SYNOD 2014 AGENDA AND PROGRAMME UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED ALL MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN ST PAUL’S & ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, YORK PLACE, EDINBURGH A “Freshers’ Meeting” will be held at 09:00 on Thursday 12 June for new members of Synod. Thursday 12 June 2014 10:00 Coffee 10:30 Opening Eucharist at St Paul’s & St George’s Church, including Primus’ Charge Offering for Christian Aid to support its work in Syria Constitution of General Synod SESSION ONE: THE MOST REV THE PRIMUS IN THE CHAIR 11:45 Primus: Welcome to delegates and guests Preliminary Business (Page 9) Minutes of General Synod 2013 (Page 11) Motion 1: That this Synod approve the minutes of the meeting of the General Synod held on 6-8 June 2013. Elections: (Page 44) Information and Communication Board Convenership Standing Committee Membership Administration Board Membership Mission and Ministry Board Membership Preliminary Proceedings Committee Membership Clergy Discipline Tribunal Membership Extension of Home Mission Committee Convenership 12:15 Doctrine Committee Launch of Grosvenor Essay The Church and Scottish Identity including group discussion Procedural Motion: That the Synod meet in groups for informal discussion of this item under Rule 4 (c). 12:45 Lunch 1 SESSION TWO: THE VERY REV SUSAN MACDONALD IN THE CHAIR 14:00 Standing Committee Accounts Motion 2: 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 2013. Budgets and Quota Overview (Page 49) Rules of Order (Page 94) Motion 3: That Rule 3 of the Rules of Order be amended as follows: by the substitution of the first sentence by the words “Members desiring to speak shall indicate their desire to do so in the manner directed by the person occupying the Chair, or in the absence of any other direction, by raising their hand.”; and by the substitution of the last sentence by the words “A member who is speaking when a question of order is raised shall stop speaking until the question of order has been decided by the person occupying the Chair.” 14:30 Faith and Order Board Committee on Canons Canons for Second Reading Canon 63, Sections 1 and 4 - Of the Office of Lay Representative (Page 98) Motion 4: That the amended text for Canon 63, Sections 1 and 4 be read for the second time. 14:40 Liturgy Committee Alterations to Calendar (Page 99) John Mason Neale 2 Motion 5: That the Scottish Calendar (1991) be amended such that the date of commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866 be changed from 9 August to 7 August. 14:50 Information and Communication Board 15:15 College of Bishops 15:45 Tea SESSION THREE: MR DAVID PALMER IN THE CHAIR 16:15 Greetings from Ecumenical Delegate The Rev Matthew Ross, General Secretary of Action of Churches Together in Scotland, has been invited to address Synod 16:30 Faith and Order Board Inter-Church Relations Committee Report on 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches Message of the 10th Assembly of the WCC (Page 100) Motion 6: That this Synod receive and take note of the Message of the 10th World Council of Churches Assembly. WCC Unity Statement (Page 102) Motion 7: That this Synod receive the Unity Statement adopted by the 10th World Council of Churches Assembly and commend it for discussion to the Boards of the General Synod and to the dioceses and congregations of the Church. Study Guide on the WCC Unity Statement Motion 8: That this Synod note the production of a Study Guide regarding the Unity Statement adopted by the 10th World Council of Churches Assembly and commend the Study Guide for use in dioceses and congregations of the Church. Alteration to the Schedule to Canon 15 consequent upon admission of the new churches to the Porvoo Communion (Page 114) 3 Motion 9: That this Synod consent to the Episcopal Synod adding to the list of Churches contained in the Schedule to Canon 15 each of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad and the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, conditionally upon each of those churches signing their agreement to the Porvoo Declaration, so that following addition by the Episcopal Synod, the Schedule to Canon 15 would be altered by the deletion of the word “and” before the words “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark” and the addition at the end of the Schedule of the words “and the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad and the Lutheran Church in Great Britain”. 17:00 Evening Prayer Friday 13 June 2014 SESSION FOUR: THE RT REV THE BISHOP OF ABERDEEN IN THE CHAIR 09:00 Morning Prayer 09:15 Standing Committee Committee for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults 09:30 Mission and Ministry Board Whole Church Mission and Ministry Policy (Page 115) Home Mission Committee – Whole Church Policy Networks Procedural Motion: That the Rules of Order be temporarily suspended under Rule 15 to enable a series of short presentations regarding the Whole Church Policy Networks. 10:00 TISEC Review, including Ministerial Formation, Future Governance Structures and Financial Implications (Page 124) Procedural Motion: That the Synod meet in groups for informal discussion of this item under Rule 4 (c). After informal discussion the proceedings of Synod will resume in normal mode and the following motions will be proposed. Motion 10: That the amended text for Canon 52, Section 23 be read for the first time. 4 Motion 11: That for the period from General Synod 2014 until General Synod 2015, the role of the Ministry Development Committee be suspended and that all of its functions be undertaken by a body to be appointed by the Standing Committee and to comprise a convener and such other members as have appropriate skills and experience to manage the transition of the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church into the Scottish Episcopal Institute. 11:00 Coffee SESSION FIVE: THE RT REV THE BISHOP OF MORAY, ROSS AND CAITHNESS IN THE CHAIR 11:30 Mission and Ministry Board Ministry Development Committee Overseas Committee Church in Society Committee Good Society Project: Rev Canon Bob Fyffe, General Secretary, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, has been invited to address Synod Motion 12: That this Synod receive the Good Society report produced by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and commend it to dioceses and congregations of the Church as they consider mission in their local communities. 13:00 Lunch SESSION SIX: THE RT REV THE BISHOP OF GLASGOW AND GALLOWAY IN THE CHAIR 14:15 Mission and Ministry Board Same-Sex Relationships Discussion Process Procedural Motion: That the Rules of Order be temporarily suspended under Rule 15 to enable a series of short presentations regarding the Cascade Conversation held in Pitlochry in late April 2014, followed by group discussion. 5 15:45 Tea SESSION SEVEN: THE VERY REV ALISON SIMPSON
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