Nominations Close – Diocesan Synod
Please ensure your nominations are delivered to the relevant Presiding Officer by 12 noon today.
Please ensure your nominations are delivered to the relevant Presiding Officer by 12 noon today.
When nominations closed, there were still vacancies, so there was no need for an election to be held.
Agenda to be circulated soon (will include elections to Standing Committee). Venue to be arranged, but it is hoped this meeting can be on site somewhere rather than only online. If so, refreshments will be served from 7:30pm. The meeting will start with worship at 7:45pm.
We are pleased to welcome the new Diocesan Secretary, Mr David White, and to receive a report from General Synod from Revd Rachel Wakefield. We will also be considering a proposal about how the wide variety of Synod business should be managed (e.g. work relating to new housing developments, Parish Share arrangements, Fresh Expressions, ecumenical… Read More »Deanery Synod Meeting
Speaker: Lorraine Newman, Waterways Chaplain We gather for refreshments at 7:30pm and the meeting will start at 7:45pm
With presentations from the Beds and Herts Historic Churches Trust and the Diocesan Pastoral Advisory Secretary. Refreshments from 7:30pm, agenda from 7:45pm
With a presentation on Racial Justice from Revd Canon Jonathan Gordon of the Diocese's Racial Justice Group. There will also be worship to start the new triennium.
With a presentation on Growing Younger and More Diverse from Revd Dan Drew. N.B. Local car parks charge up to 8pm, so if you arrive before 7:30pm you will have to pay and display. If you arrive after 7:30pm, you can get a free 30min ticket (to display).