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THE
NATURE AND DUTIES OF THE DEANERY SYNOD REPRESENTATIVE
The purpose of a Deanery Synod is to feed information from the
Diocese (and General Synod) to all parishes that make up that deanery
and, in those parishes, all those who take an interest in Church
life. As it would be impractical for everyone to attend General
Synod meetings so each Parish appoints representatives to be members
of the Deanery Synod and each Deanery, in turn, appoints members
to represent them on the Diocesan Synod. All such people elected
are ex-officio members of the Parochial Church Council.
Deaneries are responsible for the fellowship and spirituality of
their parishes, whilst offering any assistance they are in a position
to provide for parishes that need such assistance.
The duties of a Deanery Synod member are as follows:
- To attend regularly meetings of the Deanery Synod (regular
means an expectation that two thirds of all meetings will be
attended)
- To serve for a period of three years
- To represent the views and needs of the benefice, where appropriate,
to other members of the Deanery Synod
- To represent the views and needs of the other churches in the
Deanery and the Deanery Synod to members of the benefice
- To provide written reports of each meeting of the Deanery Synod
to the Parochial Church Council
- To encourage generally members of the benefice to pray for
the Deanery, support Deanery events and to take an interest in
what is happening in the Deanery
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