2017 The One Hundred and Forty-Seventh 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 Holiday Inn Resort, Rose Hall, Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, 18th April and continued until Friday, 21st April, 2017. President The Rt. Revd Dr. Howard K. A. Gregory Bishop of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands Chancellor The Hon. Mrs. Justice Zaila McCalla, OJ Secretary The Venerable Winston M. Thomas Asst. Secretary The Revd Michael G. F. Elliott 1 SYNOD 2017 JOURNAL Copyright 2017 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 .................................................................................... 44 The Bishop’s Charge, Part 2 .................................................................................... 60 Appendix 2 ............................................................................................................. 67 i) Membership of Diocesan Boards/Councils & Committees ........................... 68 ii) The Clergy and Church Workers .................................................................. 78 iii) Full-time Clergy by Seniority of Service ........................................................ 79 iv) Clergy in the Supplementary Ministry by Seniority of Service ..................... 83 v) Clerical Directory ........................................................................................... 84 vi) Licensed Church Workers – Deaconesses ................................................ 117 vii) Licensed Church Workers – Church Army Officers ................................... 118 viii) Names of Cures and Clergy/Churchworkers ............................................. 121 ix) Deaconesses and Church Army Officers and Assignment ....................... 131 x) Chaplains to Hospitals ................................................................................. 133 xi) Licensed Chalice Bearers ........................................................................... 134 xii) List of Lay and Alternate Lay Representatives to Synod .......................... 136 xiii) Members in attendance at Synod ............................................................... 172 Appendix 3 ........................................................................................................... 178 i) The Agenda of Synod ................................................................................. 179 ii) Scrutineers' Report ..................................................................................... 183 iii) Resolutions considered at Synod ............................................................... 185 Appendix 4 1. Reports – Synod Secretariat ......................................................................... 193 i) Secretary of Synod............................................................................. 194 ii) The Registrar ....................................................................................... 200 2. Reports of Diocesan Boards/Councils/Committees/Bodies/Departments ....... 203 i) Diocesan Council ................................................................................. 204 ii) Diocesan Financial Board ................................................................... 208 iii) Diocesan Board of Education and Youth ............................................ 211 iv) Trustees – Anglican Church Insurance Fund ..................................... 237 v) Trustees – Jamaica Church Pension Scheme .................................... 239 vi) Board of Mission and Ministry ............................................................. 242 vii) Division of Training .............................................................................. 261 viii) Board of Nominations .......................................................................... 264 ix) Report of the Church Army ................................................................. 266 x) Communications and Public Relations ................................................. 270 xi) Property Advisory Board .................................................................... 275 3 3. Reports of Regional Councils ........................................................................... 279 i) Kingston Region .................................................................................. 280 ii) Mandeville Region ................................................................................ 286 iii) Montego Bay Region ........................................................................... 294 4. Reports of Educational Institutions ................................................................... 301 Tertiary ......................................................................................................... 302 Church Teachers’ College – Mandeville ................................................. 303 Warden of Anglican Students (UTCWI) – St. Andrew ........................... 308 Secondary ................................................................................................... 330 Bishop Gibson High School – Mandeville .............................................. 331 Black River High School ......................................................................... 338 DeCarteret High School – Mandeville .................................................... 343 Glenmuir High School – May Pen ........................................................... 347 Kingston College .................................................................................... 355 Muschett High School – Trelawny ........................................................ 362 Ocho Rios High School .......................................................................... 366 St. Hilda's High School – Brown's Town ............................................... 370 St. Hugh’s High School – St Andrew ..................................................... 374 St. Jago High School – Spanish Town ................................................... 378 The Queen's High School – St. Andrew ................................................ 389 Preparatory .................................................................................................. 396 Glenmuir Preparatory School – May Pen ............................................... 397 St. Cyprian's Preparatory School – Highgate ........................................ 401 St. Hugh’s Preparatory School – St. Andrew ........................................ 404 St. Jago Preparatory School – Spanish Town ....................................... 409 St. James Preparatory School – Montego Bay ....................................... 411 St. John's Preparatory School – Ocho Rios .......................................... 416 The Queen’s Preparatory School – St Andrew ..................................... 420 Trinity Preparatory School – Linstead ................................................... 430 5. Reports of Chaplaincies ................................................................................... 435 Cornwall Regional Hospital .................................................................... 436 National Chest Hospital and Sir John Golding Centre ........................... 440 Nuttall Memorial Hospital Trust ............................................................... 442 University Hospital of the West Indies ................................................... 445 The South East Regional Health Authority ............................................. 446 6. Reports of Homes/Houses, Institutions and Organizations ............................. 452 Anglican Cursillo Movement ................................................................... 453 Anglican Mothers' Union ........................................................................ 455 Brotherhood of St. Andrew ................................................................... 460 Hillcrest Diocesan Retreat Centre ......................................................... 464 The Anglican Women's Auxillary ............................................................ 468 Diocesan Festival Choir ......................................................................... 474 Appendix 5 – Ecclesiastical Returns ................................................................... 477 (a) Diocesan Summary ................................................................................