The Governing Body of the Church in Wales
At the Arts Hall, University of Wales, Lampeter, on Wednesday and Thursday 16 and 17 September 2009.
Agenda - Day 1
Lunch from 12:15
Meeting commences at 13:30
- Prayers and Bible Reading 13:30
- The due execution of the President’s Mandate will be certified
- Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Governing Body held on 21 and 22 April 2009
- Matters arising on the Minutes (if any)
- Welcome to the Representatives of Cytûn and other churches.
- President’s Address
- Report of the Standing Committee
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The recommendations of the Committee set out at the end of the Report will be moved.
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- Report of the Representative Body including the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008
- That the Report of the Representative Body be approved. The Clergy Pensions and Gratuities Scheme
- That the Clergy Pensions and Gratuities Scheme be amended to give effect to the proposals set out in the note by the Representative Body entitled ‘The Clergy Pensions and Gratuities Scheme’ and dated 17 August 2009.
- Membership and Finance Report (including launch of Gift Direct (formerly GWADD)).
Motion: That the Governing Body do taker note of this Report - Anglican Communion – Report from ACC 14, Jamaica, May 2009
- International Anglican Family Network
- Church Mission Society - Presentation on worth with Children in Nepal
- Annual Report of the Widows, Orphans and Dependants Society
Motion: That the Governing Body do take note of this Report. - Question Time
Dinner at 1830
Evening Prayer (Chapel) at 2000
Day 2
Matins and Celebration of the Holy Eucharist (Chapel)
Breakfast at 0800 - 0900
- Diocesan Children’s Officers Presentation 0930
- Church in Wales Education Review
Motion:That the Governing Body- affirm the commitment of the Church in Wales to work with government and voluntary bodies to achieve the highest standards of education for all the population of Wales;
- commend an understanding of education as a vital way in which human beings are invited and enabled to live into the fullness of life which God intends for us;
- receive the final report of the Church in Wales Education Review Group and the report of the Church in Wales Children’s Network;
- ask the Bench of Bishops to work with all appropriate channels and persons to carry forward the implementation of the recommendations of the Education Review over the next five years.
- Report of Trinity College, Carmarthen
Motion: That the Report of Trinity College, Carmarthen, be received. - Bangor Diocesan Presentation
- Bill to Amend the Constitution
Motion: That the Governing Body do go into Committee:- Committee Stage
- Report and Vote
- Discussion of Marriage Services 2009
- Date and Place of Next Meeting
- The Governing Body has decided that the next Ordinary Meeting be held on 14 and 15 April 2010 at University of Wales, Lampeter.