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February 2009 Group of Sessions

Summary of February 2009 Group of Sessions

Summary of February 2009 Group of Sessions - shorter version without links to papers and audio archive, ideal for use in parish magazines

Outline Agenda

Business Done at February Group of Sessions 2009

Agenda Monday 9 February 2009

Order Paper I

Report by the Business Committee (GS 1712)
Church as Communion (GS 1713)
Questions

Summary of Monday afternoon's business and links to audio archive of debates

Business Done Monday afternoon

Official Transcript of Monday afternoon's business

Agenda Tuesday 10 February 2009

Order Paper II

Order Paper III

Review of Constitutions (GS 1714) and Reflections on how Decisions are Made (GS Misc 915)
Membership of Organisations which Contradict the Duty to Promote Race Equality (GS Misc 903A) and (GS Misc 903B)
Voice of the Church in Public Life (GS Misc 898 Revised) and ( GS Misc 898A Revised)

Summary of Tuesday morning's business and links to audio archive of debates

Summary of Tuesday afternoon's business and links to audio archive of debates

Electronic voting results for Item 500 (Final Approval of draft Amending Canon No.28)

Electronic voting results for Item 503 (Final Approval of draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure)

Electronic voting results for Item 30 (Amendment to Item 11)

Electronic voting results for Item 11 (Membership of Organisations and Race Equality)

Business Done Tuesday Morning

Business Done Tuesday Afternoon

Official Transcript of Tuesday morning's business

Official Transcript of Tuesday afternoon's business

Agenda Wednesday 11 February 2009

Order Paper IV

Order Paper V

Women in the Episcopate (GS 1707)
Church Water Bills (GS Misc 904A) and (GS Misc 904B)
Uniqueness of Christ in Multi-Faith Britain (GS Misc 905B)
Forty-Third Report of the Standing Orders Committee (GS 1699 Revised) and First Notice Paper
Human Trafficking (GS Misc 906A) and (GS Misc 906B)

Summary of Wednesday morning's business and links to audio archive of debates

Summary of Wednesday afternoon's business and links to audio archive of debates

Electronic voting results for Item 507 (Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure)

Electronic voting results for Item 508 (Amending Canon No. 30)

Electronic voting results for Item 14 (Church Water Bills)

Electronic voting results for Item 15 (Uniqueness of Christ) as amended by Item 45

Electronic voting results for Item 49 (Amendment to Item 18 (Human Trafficking))

Business Done Wednesday morning

Business Done Wednesday afternoon

Official Transcript of Wednesday morning's business

Official Transcript of Wednesday afternoon's business

Agenda Thursday 12 February 2009

Order Paper VI

Order Paper VII

Anglican Covenant (GS 1716)
Implications of the Financial Crisis and the Recession (GS 1719)
Inter Faith: Presence and Engagement (GS 1720)
The Future of Church of England Retreat Houses (GS Misc 907A) and (GS Misc 907B)

Summary of Thursday morning's business and links to audio archive of debates

Summary of Thursday afternoon's business and links to audio archive of debates

Business Done Thursday morning

Business Done Thursday afternoon

Official Transcript of Thursday morning's business

Official Transcript of Thursday afternoon's business

Agenda Friday 13 February 2009

Order Paper VIII

Justice and Asylum Seekers (GS Misc 908A) and (GS Misc 908B)
Climate Change and the Church's property (GS Misc 909A) and (GS Misc 909B)

Summary of Friday morning's business and links to audio archive of debates

Electronic voting results for Item 23 (Justice and Asylum Seekers) as amended by Items 54-57

Electronic voting results for Item 24 (Climate Change and the Church's Property Transactions)

Business Done Friday morning

Official Transcript of Friday morning's business

Special Agenda I (Legislative Business)

Draft Amending Canon No. 28 (1642B) and Petition for Her Majesty's Royal Assent and Licence (GS 1642C) and Report by the House of Bishops (GS 1642Z)
Draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure (GS 1683B) and Report by the Steering Committee (GS 1683Z)
Draft Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure (GS 1692A) and Report by the Revision Committee (GS1692-3Y)

Draft Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure (GS 1693A) and Report by the Revision Committee (GS1692-3Y)
Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure (GS 1715) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1715X)
Draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure (GS 1708) and Draft Amending Canon No. 30 (GS 1709) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1708-10X) and Illustrative Code of Practice (GS 1710)
Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme (Exclusion of ineligible Persons) (Amendment) Rules 2008 (GS 1718) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS1718X)
Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme (Debt Apportionment) (Amendment) Rules 2008 (GS 1717) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1717X)

Contingency Business: Peterborough Diocesan Synod Motion on Eucharistic Worship for Young People

Background paper from the Diocese of Peterborough (GS Misc 911A) and a note from the Liturgical Commission (GS Misc 911B)

Other papers circulated or made available to members of the General Synod

The 36th Report of the Central Stipends Authority 2008 (GS Misc 900)
Update on Forecast Archbishops' Council Expenditure 2008 (GS Misc 902)
The Governance of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion (GS Misc 910)
Moral, But No Compass A Report to the C of E from the Von Hugel Institute Background paper from the Rt Revd Stephen Lowe, Bishop for Urban Life and Faith (GS Misc 912)
Financial Prospects for the Church of England (GS Misc 913)
Activities fo the Archbishops' Council (GS Misc 914)
A Church of England Approach to the Unique Significance of Jesus Christ A paper prepared by Dr Martin Davie for the Theological Group of the House of Bishops
The International Financial Crisis and the Recession (GS Misc 916)