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THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Minutes of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church 2002

Sunday, 7 July 2002 First Session

Assembly Service including Holy Communion

Assisted by the Chaplain and the General Secretary, the Moderator presided as the Assembly celebrated the Sacrament of Holy Communion. The Sermon was delivered by the Revd Elizabeth Welch, immediate past-Moderator.

Commemoration of Ministers and Missionaries

The act of worship included the commemoration of the following ministers and missionaries of the United Reformed Church who have died since the last Assembly:

Ministers who have served at home and as missionaries overseas
And have died since Assembly 2001

Benjamin John ANGELL
William Fulton AITON
Harry Michael ARGUILE
Frederick John BATES
Joyce BENFIELD
David BLACK
Denis BROWN
Robert Edward BRISTOW
Wilfred Joseph Leonard CARTWRIGHT
Norman CHARLTON
Hewlett Elliott COLTMAN
William Arthur DAVIS
William Charles DOWLING
Ronald EDWARDS
Edwin Kenneth FOX
Thomas Anthony GREENSLADE
Nancy HASLAM
Denis Slade HEGINBOTHAM
Derek John ILINES
Stuart Brooke JACKMAN
Daniel Thomas JENKINS
John KYLE
David John LEWIS
James Campbell MACLAUCHLAN
Catharine Anne MCILHAGGA
David Richard Christopher MORRIS
Robert Warren MURRAY
Ronald Eric George NORRIS
Thomas Albert ORMANDY
Norman RILEY
Philip Elijah SCHOFIELD
Cecil Edward SEAGER
Geoffrey William SIRKETT
Eileen SOUTHAM
Ernest STEVENSON
Horace STEVENSON
Cecil Ernest STEWART
Leslie Alfred STRINGER
James Sydney WILKINSON
John Owen WILSTEAD
Mary Isobel WYATT

Missionarie

Ivy Emily BALCHIN
Gwyneth BAXTER
Elizabeth (Betty) Redcliffe BREWER
Elizabeth Annie (Nancy) CATER
John Edward Mortimer GILBEY
Frank LEGG
Wilfred Gordon McDonald PARTIDGE
Gordon Robert RILEY
Charles SCARBOROUGH
Robert S H G THOMPSON
Francis (Frank) William WHYTE
Hilda WOOD

Synod Presentation

Following a break, the Moderator called upon the Southern Synod to make its presentation.

Mission Council Resolutions

The General Secretary moved the adoption of Resolution 24

Resolution 24 Ending of full-time stipendiary service

Assembly agrees that full-time stipendiary service for ministers and CRCWs will cease at the end of the month in which a person reaches her/his 65th birthday unless

a) a commitment to extend had been agreed through current procedures before
4 July 2002;

or b) a case has been accepted by the Accreditation Sub-Committee that there are exceptional reasons why the particular piece of stipendiary service should be extended for a limited time.

After debate, the Moderator called upon the Assembly to vote.

Resolution 24 was carried.

Mr Graham Stacy, Convener of the Finance Committee, moved adoption of Resolution 25:

Resolution 25 Budget for the year 2003

General Assembly accepts the budget for the year 2003 set out in Appendix 1 to the Book of Reports.

After debate, the Revd Ray Adams proposed that the resolution be now put.

This was seconded by Mrs Ruth Clarke.

Assembly agreed.

Mr Stacy responded to questions, and the Moderator called upon the Assembly to vote.

Resolution 25 was carried.

The Moderator called upon the Revd D Alasdair Pratt to present the report of the Assembly Arrangements Committee.

After discussion, Mr Pratt responded and the Assembly received the report.

Mr Pratt moved adoption of Resolution 27:

Resolution 27 General Assembly 2004

General Assembly agrees that General Assembly in 2004 will meet at the University of Glamorgan from July 3rd - 6th.

There being no debate, the Moderator called upon the Assembly to vote.

Resolution 27 was carried.

The Moderator, on behalf of the Assembly, thanked the Revd D Alasdair Pratt for his service as Convener of the Assembly Arrangements Committee.

Assembly adjourned.
 

Sunday 7 July 2002 Second Session