Peterborough Diocese Document

The Diocese of Peterborough
Synod News - 7 March 2009
An A4 magazine style version of Synod News may be download via this link: Synod News. Two supplementary questions with written answers from Archdeacon Christine, Chair of the Diocesan Board of Education, can be read here: DSSupAg.pdf Synod News: My prayer for the diocese: An edited version of Bishop Ian’s presidential address to Synod. If I was only allowed one prayer for the diocese, indeed for the whole Church, it would be that people would no longer find church ‘boring’ and would positively want to be there on a Sunday .... More Synod goes bananas to transform the world Every Synod member was given a Fairtrade banana courtesy of the Co-op, to eat before midday as part of a national Fairtrade campaign that weekend. The free gift provided a focus for a debate on this year’s Diocesan Strategy theme of “transforming the world” .... More Transforming “they” to “we” The Synod broke into groups to discuss how to develop participation in diocesan life and mission through the work of the Synod and its boards and committees .... More Prayers for the world Canon Margaret Johnson focused the opening prayers on the Millennium goals and illustrated them with production of palm crosses in Zululand. This project is administered in the UK from Emmanuel Weston Favell, where Margaret is team rector. It raises £29,000 annually for the African church .... More School questions Written questions about the proposal to change the status of Unity College Church of England VA school into a Church of England academy had been received, and were given written answers. Two supplementary questions were given and answered by Archdeacon Christine, Chair of the Diocesan Board of Education. These can be read here: DSSupAg.pdf Any other business The Synod dealt with a number of other shorter matters including: • a report from General Synod; • the pastoral order creating a new deanery of Rutland and the transfer of parishes from Barnack Deanery to Rutland and other deaneries; and • the receipt of the annual reports from bodies responsible to the Synod. www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk

Synod News - 7 March 2009

An A4 magazine style version of Synod News may be download via this link: Synod News.

Two supplementary questions with written answers from Archdeacon Christine, Chair of the Diocesan Board of Education, can be read here: DSSupAg.pdf

Synod News:

My prayer for the diocese:
An edited version of Bishop Ian’s presidential address to Synod.
If I was only allowed one prayer for the diocese, indeed for the whole Church, it would be that people would no longer find church ‘boring’ and would positively want to be there on a Sunday .... More

Synod goes bananas to transform the world
Every Synod member was given a Fairtrade banana courtesy of the Co-op, to eat before midday as part of a national Fairtrade campaign that weekend. The free gift provided a focus for a debate on this year’s Diocesan Strategy theme of “transforming the world” .... More

Transforming “they” to “we”
The Synod broke into groups to discuss how to develop participation in diocesan life and mission through the work of the Synod and its boards and committees .... More

Prayers for the world
Canon Margaret Johnson focused the opening prayers on the Millennium goals and illustrated them with production of palm crosses in Zululand. This project is administered in the UK from Emmanuel Weston Favell, where Margaret is team rector. It raises £29,000 annually for the African church .... More

School questions
Written questions about the proposal to change the status of Unity College Church of England VA school into a Church of England academy had been received, and were given written answers. Two supplementary questions were given and answered by Archdeacon Christine, Chair of the Diocesan Board of Education. These can be read here: DSSupAg.pdf

Any other business
The Synod dealt with a number of other shorter matters including:
• a report from General Synod;
• the pastoral order creating a new deanery of Rutland and the transfer of parishes from Barnack Deanery to Rutland and other deaneries; and
• the receipt of the annual reports from bodies responsible to the Synod.