Progress on the Representative Church Body’s strategic priorities and its plans for the future were outlined to members of General Synod meeting in Naas this afternoon (Saturday May 10).
“The Spirit is at work in our communities and we are simply joining in,” Caption Alan Williamson told Synod members this afternoon (May 11) while proposing the report of the Pioneer Ministry Council.
The ongoing work of the Covenant Council was outlined at General Synod in Naas this afternoon (Saturday May 11). Proposing the council’s report, Dean Nigel Dunne (Cork, Cloyne and Ross) said that since the historic agreement on the interchangeability of ministry between the Methodist Church in Ireland and the Church of Ireland, significant work had been carried out on the ground.
The report of the Liturgical Advisory Committee was presented to General Synod this afternoon (Saturday May 11).
Each diocese of the Church of Ireland has been urged to hold a Racial Justice Sunday Service in a format and venue of their choosing on the second Sunday of February each year. A motion, proposed by Dr Lucy Michael (Dublin and Glendalough) and the Revd Philip McKinley (Meath and Kildare) was adopted by General Synod this morning (Saturday May 11).
The wide ranging work of the Standing Committee of General Synod was presented this morning (Saturday May 10) to members meeting in Naas.