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Committee of Canons – Canon 62 – Of the Retiral of Clergy
Second reading is asked to make retirement procedures the same for stipendiary and non-stipendiary office holders. Jeremy Auld presents the new amendments. Reference to pensionable age has been removed.Canon is without prejudice to the right to retire earlier. The retirement age of 70 is not new. It is currently there in canons. But the main…
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Faith and Order Board Business – the Anglican Covenant process
Synod is asked to consider the process by which the Anglican Covenant might be considered. This is covered in the synod papers on pages 71-73.
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Motion 3 – proposed and passed.
allowing people elected to Standing Committee to remain on Committee even if their synod membership lapses. It is passed nem con.
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Synod Papers available online
Synod papers can be downloaded here: http://www.scotland.anglican.org/index.php/news/entry/2011_general_synod/
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Motion 2 is proposed
Synod is asked to accept the Annual Report of Accounts. David Palmer thanks the Boards and Committees for continuing to work within very constrained budgets. Standing Committee will be focusing on Whole Church Mission and Ministry policy (presumably, if we agree it).
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General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church 2011
The synod was inaugurated with a splendid Eucharist for St Columba’s Day. Fabulous music. The Primus spoke of Iona as being at both the edges and the margins as offering a model for the SEC. He also said, rather interestingly that as the SEC begins to consider the Anglican Covenant he could see that there…
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Speaking Gay-lick
One of my many adventures of the last couple of weeks was travelling from Paris to the South of France by sleeper train. I rather like travelling by sleeper, but this was the first time I’d done it in France. French sleepers are a little different to the UK ones, not least in that there…
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Places to Eat?
Steven McQuitty who is a regular reader and occassional commenter on this blog has asked for suggestions of places to eat when he’s in Glasgow sometime soon. He’s staying at the CitizenM hotel, which I think is that new one with all the rather striking lampshades that is just down from the Theatre Royal where…
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Fifth Anniversary
Well, today is the Feast of the Visitation and that means that it is also the anniversary of my becoming the Provost and Rector at St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow. I remember my installation service with great fondness. It was wonderful service liturgically and the shape of things to come. Does it feel like a long…
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Colin Slee’s J’accuse
My goodness, it has been a busy week for those concerned over the issue of gay leaders in the churches. Monday saw the Church of Scotland making its welcome but tentative steps forward. Today it is the leaking from beyond the grave of an astonishing memorandum from the late Colin Slee, recently Dean of Southwark.…