Thursday – Provisional Timetable(subject to alteration)
10.00am – 12.30pm

President takes the chair
Reading from Holy Scripture and Prayer
List of members of the General Synod to be laid on the table
President’s Address
Welcome official guests
Nomination of an assessor by the President
Election of Honorary Secretary
Motion No 1 (Timetable)
Formal business and communications
Report of the Bills Committee
Bill Nos 1 to 6

2.00pm – 6.30pm

Answers to requests for information (if any) (SO 51)
Presentation by Ms Lydia Monds on Bishops’ Appeal (15 minutes)
Report of the Standing Committee (2 hours)
– Motion No 2 (Alcohol and Taxation)
– Motion No 3 (Flesh and Blood Campaign)
Board of Education (1 hour)
– Board of Education NI
– Board of Education RI
– Motion No 4 (Controlled Schools in Northern Ireland)
– Motion No 5 (Religious Education in the Republic of Ireland)
Mission and Ministry (30 minutes)
– The Church of Ireland Youth Department

If business listed for any period is completed before the hour appointed, reports listed for Saturday afternoon will be taken in reverse order, commencing with the Commission on Episcopal Ministry and Structures.
References in this motion to a “report” shall include any resolutions accompanying such report on the agenda paper.