The Governing Body of the Church in Wales
At the Arts Hall, University of Wales, Lampeter, on Wednesday and Thursday 14 and 15 April 2010.
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 16 and 17 September 2009
- Matters arising on the Minutes (if any)
- Welcome to the Representatives of Cytûn and other churches.
- 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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- President’s Address
- Vocations Strategy for the Church in Wales
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Motion: That the Governing Body
- affirm the urgent need for the Church in Wales, under God, to seek out and nurture vocations to ordained ministry;
- welcome the Provincial initiative to embark on a five- year Vocations strategy;
- ask every level of the Church, parishes, deaneries, and dioceses, to collaborate with the Provincial Strategy in seeking to foster such vocations.
- The Report of St Michael’s College, Llandaff
Motion: That the Report of St Michael’s College, Llandaff be received - Anglican Consultative Council Meeting (ACC 14)
- Question Time
Evening Prayer (Chapel) at 1815
Dinner at 1845
Day 2
Celebration of the Holy Eucharist (Chapel) at 0730
Breakfast at 0800 - 0900
- Feedback from Groups discussing the President’s Address 0930
- The Role of Bishops and the Archbishop – discussion in Groups
- Child Protection and Safeguarding - Presentation
- The Church in Wales and its Burial Grounds - A Report from the Representative Body. (PDF Download)
Motion:That the Governing Body:- welcome the Report on burial grounds entitled ‘The Church in Wales and its burial grounds’;
- recognise with gratitude the money, time and energy invested by parishioners since Disestablishment in maintaining churchyards as significant community assets for the benefit of the whole community;
- note the projected cost of future maintenance and improvement of churchyards;
- propose that, once closed for burials, churchyards should be maintained at public expense by community councils or Local Authorities;
- call upon the Welsh Assembly Government together with Local Authorities to develop a coordinated and planned approach to the provision and maintenance of burial space between all providers
- encourage discussion with community councils, local authorities and other relevant bodies at a national and local level to explore ideas for looking after closed churchyards.
- Ethical Investment Policy
Motion: - Marriage Service (PDF Download)
Motion:That pursuant to Section 1 of the Canon for experimental use of proposed revisions of the Book of Common Prayer provisionally approved by the Bench of Bishops promulgated on 29 September 1955, the Governing Body hereby assent to the experimental use for a period not exceeding three years of ‘Marriage Services for use in the Church in Wales in addition to the Services contained in the 1662 and 1984 Prayer Books’ (printed March 2010).
- Date and Place of Next Meeting
The Governing Body has decided that the next Ordinary Meeting be held on 22 and 23 September 2010 at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
That the Statement setting out ethical principles for investment marked “Ethical Investment Policy” and dated 22 March 2010 be adopted as part of the Province’s investment policy.