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Motions received by the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod
not less than one month before the day appointed for the opening
of the session of the General Synod at which the motion is to be
moved (Standing Order 31).
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THE HONORARY SECRETARIES
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- MOTION ON PROCEDURE
THE HONORARY SECRETARIES
That the reports of the Board of Education and the Secondary Education
Committee be taken together, that the first part of the debate
be confined to matters mainly concerning education in the Republic
of Ireland, being introduced by two speeches, one on behalf of
the Board of Education and one on behalf of the Secondary Education
Committee; that the second part of the debate be confined to matters
concerning education in Northern Ireland, being introduced by one
speech, on behalf of the Board of Education, and that time allotted
to each part of the debate be at the discretion of the President,
but not to exceed a total of one and a half hours.
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- THE CHURCH OF IRELAND COUNCIL FOR MISSION
VERY REV SH LOWRY
MRS R MOORE
THE CHURCH OF IRELAND COUNCIL FOR MISSION
CONSTITUTION
Title
The Church of Ireland Council for Mission.
Object
The Church of Ireland Council for Mission shall be the
official body of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland
concerned with the mission of the Church.
Functions
- To stimulate within the Church of Ireland a sense
of the priority and urgency of mission;
- To advocate the equality and complementary nature
of mission at home and throughout the world;
- To maintain close relationships with other bodies
concerned with mission and in particular with Diocesan
Boards of Mission, the Association of Mission Societies
and mission and overseas development agencies;
- To promote effective models of mission and evangelism;
- To encourage programmes of renewal;
- To initiate and encourage enterprises which will
further the mission of the church;
- To allocate funds from St Patrick’s Memorial
Fund and other funds at its disposal;
- To foster interest in members of the Church of
Ireland serving in other parts of the world;
- To facilitate mission interchange visits to and
from Ireland;
- To encourage reflection on the theology of mission.
Membership
The Church of Ireland Council for Mission, to be elected
triennially, shall consist of:-
- Up to 2 Archbishops or Bishops nominated by the
House of Bishops;
- 6 members elected by General Synod in 2004 and triennially
thereafter;
- Up to 6 members co-opted by the Council;
- 4 members nominated by the Association of Missionary Societies
(2 representing agencies primarily concerned with mission
in Ireland and 2 primarily concerned with world mission);
- 1 member nominated by the Church of Ireland Youth Department;
- 1 member and 1 alternate from each diocese (elected by
the Diocesan Council for Mission or its equivalent
or appointed by the Bishop);
-
1 member nominated by Mothers’ Union (Ireland);
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1 member nominated by the World Development - Bishops’ Appeal
Advisory Committee;
- 1 member nominated by the Home Mission Board of the Methodist
Church in Ireland;
- No member shall serve more than three consecutive terms.
Structure
The Church of Ireland Council for Mission shall meet not
less than three times per annum. It shall have power to
appoint:-
a. an executive committee;
b. any sub-committee as it may at any time deem to be
necessary.
The Chairperson, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer
shall be elected by the Council from among its members.
The Church of Ireland Council for Mission shall report
annually to General Synod.
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- MEMBERSHIP OF THE GENERAL SYNOD, DIOCESAN
SYNODS AND SELECT VESTRIES
MR WS DEVERELL
REV WKM BREW
That the General Synod requests the Standing Committee
to consider the following:
- All elected members of Diocesan and General Synod (excluding
the House of Bishops) having served a period of
three consecutive triennia shall be ineligible for re-election
to
Diocesan
and General Synod for the following triennium.
- All lay members of a select vestry, including (Hon)
Secretaries and (Hon) Treasurers, Glebe Wardens
and Churchwardens, having served for a period of nine years
shall
be ineligible
for re-election the following year, except in
the circumstances where it is impossible to form a vestry
due
to the small
size of the parish.
- JOURNAL OF THE GENERAL SYNOD
THE HONORARY SECRETARIES
That the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod be instructed
to publish with as little delay as possible, the Journal of the
Proceedings of the General Synod during this session, with such
appendices as they think expedient.
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