The second session of the 53rd Synod will be held on 14, 16, 17, 18, 23 and 24 September 2024.
Synod will commence on Saturday 14 September at Rouse Hill Anglican College, providing an opportunity for Synod members to participate in “Synod in the Greenfields” – including lunch and bus tours of the surrounding Northwest Greenfields area. The Synod Service and Presidential Address will also be held on this day.
Please note: Registration for the Synod lunch and tours on Saturday 14 September has now closed. However, you are still welcome to attend the Synod Service (11am) and Synod Session (3.15pm). For further details, see the 2nd circular, linked below.
The remainder of the session (16-18 and 23-24 September 2024) will be held at the Wesley Theatre on Pitt Street in Sydney with afternoon sittings starting at 3.15pm and evening sittings starting at 7.00pm on each day. Sittings usually finish around 9.30pm each night.
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
Business Papers
Questions
Questions submitted prior to 14 September 2024 under SO 6.3(2)(a)
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)
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
Rouse Hill Anglican College diagram (Synod in the Greenfields)
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)
Ordinances
Synod Standing Orders Ordinance 2019
Forms
Notice of Motion - in Word form
Notice of Amendment - in Word form
Question - in Word form