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Pension Fund Report
Primus notes that there are few things that clergy care more about but few things than clergy understand less than Pension funds.
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Of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
Lexy Plumtree – New Act concerning the protection of Children and Vulnerable adults has now been passed in law. There have been many delays in implementation but at last the applications under the new process can be submitted. Delays in getting disclosures through should start to diminish. There is a backlog but it is not…
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Of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
Lexie Plumtree addresses the synod. Synod is looking at pages 108 – 117 in agenda.
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Bishop Kevin discusses the Indaba process
Bishop Kevin -he says indaba means meeting together for purposeful discussion. We will go into groups during the Mission and Ministry session. We will discuss things that the Mission and Ministry Board have laid before us. Then later, we will do the same to discuss the Covenant.
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Information and Communication Board
I present a brief report and tell synod that the Board is looking at commissioning new website templates which congregations could download freely and use.
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Lay Reps for Religious Communities
Synod agrees to give Religious Communities a right to elect a lay rep regardless of their size. (I speak and vote against but motion is carried).
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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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