tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post908704920124864974..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: Diocesan Synod was DireAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-46852621122981573362010-03-17T18:00:39.265+01:002010-03-17T18:00:39.265+01:00Diocesan Synods are 'dire' most of the tim...Diocesan Synods are 'dire' most of the time and it seems there is little to do about it - unless you can help set the agenda! The Deanery Synod can be a source of inspiration and sound Bible Teaching. Again it depends on the Standing Committee or whoever else sets the agenda. Get a good Rural Dean and the blessings are there waiting for you!<br />And God's blessing on your ministriesTerry B.http://walktocompostela.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-72835907781814441812010-03-09T14:28:45.735+01:002010-03-09T14:28:45.735+01:00If Diocesan Synods are bad, spare a thought for De...If Diocesan Synods are bad, spare a thought for Deanery Synods. They have even less to do, bar rubber stamp financial and other decisions handed down from above. I have recently been re-elected to Deanery Synod, but I'm having a hard time wondering why.<br /><br />It's a shame that Bishop Pete thinks he needs to change his views to become a Bishop. One imagines that the Commission (or whatever it was) considers things like leadership and vision, instead of whether you've signed up to the latest trendy initiative. <br /><br />Still, as Chelmsford has now used up all the Johns in the C of E apart from our Webmaster, we expect another name - I fear a Bishop James coming on...Richard Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-16485459647961420602010-03-08T13:11:32.120+01:002010-03-08T13:11:32.120+01:00Hi Pete - I wasn't saying you'd change you...Hi Pete - I wasn't saying you'd change your views, it was the references to "we" do this and "we" will have to do that. It didn't read like someone expecting the "we" (in London) to become "they" (as distinct from, say, Chelmsford).<br /><br />It really is a shame - I dread to think who we might be getting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-51825001847818235892010-03-08T12:37:48.552+01:002010-03-08T12:37:48.552+01:00I wouldn't change my views in order to become ...I wouldn't change my views in order to become a Diocesan Bishop... but I'm very happy where I am, thank you!Pete Broadbenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789854756337522930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-2847064078055403352010-03-07T21:18:46.458+01:002010-03-07T21:18:46.458+01:00Interesting thoughts, Pete! BTW, reading between t...Interesting thoughts, Pete! BTW, reading between the lines I suppose this means you are not the next Bishop of Chelmsford - shame!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-86219494572380106282010-03-07T18:07:41.861+01:002010-03-07T18:07:41.861+01:00I think they mostly are. They're a relic of 19...I think they mostly are. They're a relic of 1980s quasi democracy, whereby the CofE ties itself up in defensive bureaucracy and avoids mission, vision, spiritual renewal and hope... We have as few Diocesan Synods as possible. Sooner or later we shall have to consign them to the dustbin of history and find ways of gathering that can engender mission, vision, spiritual renewal and hope. But I fear that they'll take a while to die.<br /><br />Oh yes, and some are used by Diocesan Bishops to declare changes ex cathedra...Pete Broadbenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789854756337522930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-81326525376968447212010-03-07T10:23:56.994+01:002010-03-07T10:23:56.994+01:00It was my first Diocesan Synod meeting ever (if ou...It was my first Diocesan Synod meeting ever (if our paths cross again I'd like to say hello in person) and it left me with an intense headache. I hope they're not all like that.Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.com