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Deployment in the Southern Synod
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Ministries
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To root all thought and action in a commitment to Kingdom-focussed mission
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To co-ordinate Southern Synod’s thinking on all aspects of ministry, including Church Membership, Church Related Community Work, Eldership, Lay Preaching, Local Church Leadership and Ministry of Word and Sacraments
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To enable regular consultation on deployment of Ministers of Word and Sacraments and Church Related Community Workers and any other paid resources, offering a Synod-wide perspective to inform District decision-making
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To receive regular reports from Candidates and Students
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To receive regular reports on training matters
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Working Group of Ministries (answerable to Ministries)
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Candidates and Students
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To administer and oversee the process by which candidates apply for ministry of Word and Sacraments and Church Related Community Workers
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To reach the final discernment about applicants’ calls
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To provide sustained pastoral care for students, and to retain contact with their local churches and districts
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To participate in annual review processes as arranged by colleges/courses
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To make final decisions, after consultation with courses/colleges, about a student’s readiness for ordination/commissioning
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To consider ministers applying to transfer between stipendiary and non-stipendiary ministry
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To interview and make recommendations concerning ministers seeking reinstatement to the roll.
Strategic Ministries
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To oversee the Water in the Desert (Strategic Ministries) scheme of Southern Synod
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To receive and consider applications from Districts for the deployment of a minister (part time or full time equivalent) through the scheme
Resources for local churches
Recent changes in charity legislation have required some churches to register with the Charity Commission and has made us all aware of the fact that Elders are the “charity trustees” of the assets of local churches. Some useful resources are available to advise Elders of this aspect of their work and we commend them to you.
First, the Mersey Synod has produced a leaflet “Charity Trusteeship – An introduction for Ministers and Elders”, together with a shorter summary document. They have kindly agreed that we might put these on our website and we do so now (though it should be noted that queries should be referred to our own Synod Trust Office at East Croydon, not to Mersey Synod's Trust Officer!)
In the leaflet reference is made to the comprehensive document “Elders as Trustees guidance” on the URC website and also to various Charity Commission documents.
Also of interest is the fact that the URC has now produced “A model constitution for local churches”. This may be found in the Assembly 2010 Book of Reports (Mission Council Annexe 5 pp 68-73) and is reproduced here for easy reference.
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