Ministerial Session

 

The Conference opened on Thursday 24 June 2010 with the Ministerial Session. As its name suggests, it is for ministers. The session was a time for ordained presbyters to discuss aspects of the Conference Agenda which directly affect them. The second day of the session was marked out by a Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance and a shared Service of Communion with members of the Diaconal Order.

Timings for the Ministerial Session:

Thursday 24 June 2010 ( Order Paper available here)

• 2.30pm Opening of Ministerial Session
   
• 2.40pm The President  (You can read the President's Pastoral Address here)
                 Responses (in groups)
                 Agree the Obituaries
   
• 4.30pm Tea break
   
• 5.00pm Appeals to the Conference (Agenda Item 46 Vol 2, pp.681-5)
                 Closed Session (Complaints and Discipline)
   
• 6.30pm Adjourn 

Friday 25 June 2010 ( Order Paper available here)

• 9.15am Devotions
                 Closed Session (Candidates and Probationers business) 
   
• 10.45am Coffee Break
   
• 11.15am Prayers
                   Administration 
                   The Revd Dr Naim Ateek, director of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology
                   Centre, Jerusalem
                   Discussion (in groups) 
   
• 12.45pm Adjourn
   
• 1.00pm Lunch
   
• 2.00pm Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance
   
• 2.30pm Break
   
• 3.00pm Personnel Files for Ministers
                 Pensions
   
• 4.15pm Ministers becoming supernumerary 
   
• 4.30pm Tea Break
   
• 5.00pm Discussion Groups:
                 Where are we (as presbyters) up to with God?
                   What is God doing amongst us?
                   What is happening that we are not sure whether it is God or not?
                   What are we going to do in the light of our answers?
                 Notices of Motion and any outstanding business
                 Adjourn
   
• 6.15pm Communion Service