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Liturgy Committee
Darren McFarland: The new Service of the Word is now being licensed for experimental use with comments due back by Decemeber 2012. General Synod 2013 will consider what is hoped to be a final text. This will be tested out in a focused way by two churches in each diocese chosen by the bishops.These congregations…
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Doctrine Committee
David Jasper: The Doctrine Committee are thinking about marriage. They are writing documents about it and the church’s relationship to the way that marriage is changing in society. Should produce a Gosvenor essay about it next year. Bishop Gregor will be going to a Porvoo event about marriage and the Doctrine Committee will support him…
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Inter-Church Relations Committee – Intercommunion with the Evangelical Church of Denmark
motion is put and carried with 2 abstentions. We are now in communion with the Church of Denmark.
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Inter-Church Relations Committee
EMU has been reviewing its way of working. Do they need a more pro-active way of responding to events. Church leaders to meet once a year? Another implimentation group to meet more often? More will be discussed this year. Scottish Churches House, Dunblane – we have tried to find a way forward in a way…
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+Primus talks about the Primates’ Meeting
Was planned to be in central America but it ended up being in Dublin. What holds the communion together is very flimsy – the Instruments of Communion +++Coggan in 1978 invited the Primates together in 1978 for leisurely thought, prayer and conversation. Secretary General says number of those who did not attend over principle was…
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College of Bishops Session
+Gregor and +Brian in dialogue. How important is it that a bishop is theologically well grounded. +Gregor says it is important. Need engagment with modern theology too. +Brian: Bishop needs an interest in the academic theology camp. Its very entertaining but I can’t say I know what they are talking about.
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Anglican Covenant Session
Primus: my task is to be the person who helps SEC to relate to central bodies of the Anglican Communion. Task is to set out the context in which the SEC looks at the Covenant. Does not think in itself that it is unreasonable to have a document setting out what our commnunion is. As…
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Home Mission Committee
Faye Lamont introduces bookmarks which the committee has produced. They have prayers on them.
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Church for All Group
Annalu Waller – talks about remit of working group to expore issues of inclusion and accessibility within the SEC. Notes we are called to go out and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame. She cringes about this language – but that is for another time. Why do we exlude large parts…
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