The second session of the 53rd Synod was held on 14, 16, 17, 18, 23 and 24 September 2024.
A video about the Synod in the Greenfields at Rouse Hill Anglican College on Saturday 14 September can be viewed or downloaded here - Seeing the crowds on the Greenfields tour on Vimeo. You can also read more at https://sydneyanglicans.net/
2024 Presidential Address
Presidential Address video and PDF
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes - 14 and 16 September 2024
Draft Minutes - 17 September 2024
Draft Minutes - 18 September 2024
Draft Minutes - 23 September 2024
Draft Minutes - 24 September 2024
Daily Papers
14 and 16 September 2024 | Amendments to the Business Paper for 14 and 16 September 2024
18 September 2024 | Revised form of Diocesan Governance Policy (marked to show changes proposed by the Mover; as introduced on 18 September)
23 September 2024 | Revised form of Parish Governance Policy (marked to show changes proposed by the Mover)
Documents for the session
Synod Book 1 - Annual Report of the Standing Committee and Other Reports and Papers
Appendices to the 64/23 Attendance Patterns and Mission in the Diocese Report
Synod Book 2 - Supplementary Reports and Papers
Synod Book 3 - Principal Legislation and Other Background Materials
Synod Standing Orders Ordinance 2019 (marked to show proposed changes)
Consolidated PDF of Books 1 to 3 (for convenient use on digital viewers - not for printing)
Key documents
Archbishop's Summons to the Second Session of the 53rd Synod - 16 July 2024
1st Circular to Synod Members - 17 July 2024
2nd Circular to Synod Members - 28 August 2024
Video recording of the pre-Synod briefing - 5 September 2024
Synod Summary - Circular to Parishes - 4 October 2024
Elections
Schedule of Elections Required - 15 July 2024
Provisional Notice of Uncontested Elections - 5 August 2024 [There are no contested elections this year.]
The following two documents comprise the complete Notice of Uncontested Elections for the second ordinary session of the 53rd Synod -
- Part 1 - Elections 1-2, 4-26, declared elected with effect from 14 September 2024
- Part 2 - Election 3, to be declared elected on the first appointed day of the session, after the Synod has first declared the vacancies
Documents for reference
Attendance Patterns in the Diocese - presentation slides (18 September 2024)
Questions submitted prior to 14 September 2024 under SO 6.3(2)(a)
Moore Theological College Annual Report 2024
Purpose and priorities for the Diocesan Fellowship (July 2023)
Presentation from the Diocesan Secretary regarding Synod procedures - YouTube (recorded at the Pre-Synod Briefing on 29 August 2023)
A Brief Guide to Synod Rules - summarises key procedures and rules of the Synod, and is designed to be printed as a booklet for quick reference throughout Synod (Booklet format / A4 format). See also Synod Procedures.
Officers and committees appointed at the first session of the 53rd Synod (September 2023, updated September 2024)
Ordinances
Synod Standing Orders Ordinance 2019