Corporate prayer

36. Mr Craig Bennett asked –

1. Why has Synod not had any time of corporate prayer so far this year?
2. Is it planned to have such times during this Synod, and if not, why not?

To which the President replied -

1. In my opinion the Synod Service which opened our proceedings was a time of corporate prayer, and on each day’s session, prayer has been offered by a number of persons. However if the question is asking about members of Synod praying in small groups as has happened on a couple of occasions in the past, then we have not had time for that opportunity this year. Furthermore, it would be my assumption that members of Synod would be regularly praying for our deliberations, as would many members of our churches.
2. It is certainly my intention that we should act prayerfully in all we do at Synod. With such a large number of members in our Synod there are practical difficulties in having more informal prayer than is currently the case.