July 2008 Group of Sessions

Summary of July 2008 Group of Sessions

Summary of July 2008 Group of Sessions - shorter version without links to papers and audio archive, ideal for use in parish publications

Business Done for the July 2008 Group of Sessions

Outline Agenda

Agenda Friday 4 July

Order Paper I

Papers for Friday's business

• Report by the Business Committee (GS 1688)
• Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue (GS 1706)

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

Transcript of Friday afternoon's business

Transcript of Friday evening's business

Agenda Saturday 5 July

Order Paper II

Order Paper III

Papers for Saturday's business

• Report of the Women Bishops Legislative Drafting Group (GS 1685)
• Note from the Secretary General (GS 1685B) and revised Annex G
• Reader Upbeat (GS 1689)
• First Notice Paper
• Fourth Notice Paper

Summary of Saturday's business and links to audio archive of debates

Electronic voting results for Item 501 Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure

Electronic voting results for Item 502 Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Measure

Electronic voting results for Item 10 Reader Ministry

Transcript of Saturday morning's business

Transcript of Saturday afternoon's business

Transcript of Saturday evening's business

Agenda Sunday 6 July

Order Paper IV

Papers for Sunday's business

• Church Tourism (GS Misc 887A and GS Misc 887B and Annex B)
• Climate Change and Human Security (GS 1705)
• Appointment of Chair of the Church of England Pensions Board (GS 1686)
• Annual Report of the Audit Committee (GS 1690)
• Appointment of the Archbishops' Council's Auditors (GS 1704)
• Parochial Fees (GS 1703) and Four Funerals and a Wedding (GS Misc 877)

Deemed approval item

• Archbishops' Council's Annual Report (GS 1701)

Summary of Sunday's business and links to audio archive of debates

Electronic voting results for Item 54 Amendment to Private Member's Motion on Church Tourism

Electronic voting results for Item 12 Climate Change

Transcript of Sunday afternoon's business

Transcript of Sunday evening's business

Agenda Monday 7 July

Order Paper V

Order Paper VI

Papers for Monday's business

• Forty-third Report of the Standing Orders Committee (GS 1699) and Second Notice Paper
• Note from the Presidents (GS 1685A)
• Note from the Legal Adviser on Codes of Practice (GS Misc 899)
• Faith, Work and Economic Life (GS Misc 890A and GS Misc 890B)

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

Electronic voting results for Item 62 Amendment to St Albans Diocesan Synod Motion on Faith, Work and Economic Life

Electronic voting results for Item 66 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 67 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 68 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 69 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 70 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 71 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 72 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 74 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 75 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 77 Amendment to House of Bishops motion on Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Adjournment motion on Item 20 Women in the Episcopate

Electronic voting results for Item 20 Women in the Episcopate

Transcript of Monday morning's business

Transcript of Monday afternoon's business

Transcript of Monday evening's business

Agenda Tuesday 8 July

Order Paper VII

Papers for Tuesday's business

• Anglican Governance (GS Misc 891A and GS Misc 891B)
• Archbishops' Council's Draft Budget for 2009 (GS 1700)

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

Transcript of Tuesday morning's business

Special Agenda I (Legislative Business)

Papers for Legislative Business

• Draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure (GS 1637B) and report by the Steering Committee (GS 1637Z) and Third Notice Paper
• Draft Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Measure (GS 1682A)
• Draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure (GS 1683A) and report by the Revision Committee (GS 1683Y)
• Draft Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure (GS 1692) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1692X)
• Draft Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure (GS 1693) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1693X)
• Draft Vacancy in See Committees (Amendment) Regulation 2008 (GS 1694) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1694X)
• The Payments to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2008 (GS 1695) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1695X)
• The Legal officers (Annual Fees) Order 2008 (GS 1696)
• The Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal officers and Others (Fees) Order 2008 (GS 1697) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1696-7X)
• The Parochial Fees Order (GS 1698) and Explanatory Memorandum (GS 1698X)

Paper for contingency business - Chester Diocesan Synod Motion on the Voice of the Church in Public Life

• A background paper from the Diocese of Chester (GS Misc 898) and a background paper from the Mission and Public Affairs Council(GS  Misc 898A)

Other papers circulated to members of the General Synod

• The 35th Report of the Central Stipends Authority 2007 (GS Misc 886)
• Apportionment Limited Review (GS Misc 888) and Annexes 5a, 5b, 6 & 7
• Crown Appointments (GS Misc 889)
• Mission Development Funding (GS Misc 892)
• Annual Report of the Clergy Discipline Commission (GS Misc 893)
• Into the New Quinquennium: 2nd Progress Report (GS Misc 894)
• A note from the Secretary General on Moral, But No Compass (GS Misc 895)
• Activities of the Archbishops' Council (GS Misc 896)
• Presence and Engagement: An Update (GS Misc 897)