Diocesan Synod

Meeting dates in 2021

The Newcastle Diocesan Synod is scheduled to meet in 2021 on the following dates:

Saturday 13th March 2021 at 10:00 to 13:00
Saturday 8th May 2021 at 10:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 20th July 2021 at 18:00 to 21:00
Saturday 18th September 2021 at 10:00 to 13:00
Saturday 13th November 2021 at 10:00 to 13:00

Venues to be advised unless otherwise noted above.

Most recent sessions of the Newcastle Diocesan Synod

A meeting of the Diocesan Synod was held on Saturday 28th November

A meeting of the Diocesan Synod was hosted using Zoom Video Conferencing on Saturday 28th November at 10:00am.
Papers supporting the meeting and notes following the meeting are included in the table below:

AGENDA 28th November 2020

Meeting held on 26 September 2020
Paper DS20 20B Notes from meeting held on 26 September 2020
Paper DS20 20C Slides accompanying meeting held on 26 September 2020

Suffragan Bishop of Berwick
Paper DS20 21 Instrument of Delegation: Bishop of Berwick DRAFT

The Environment
Paper DS20 22 Eco Diocese
Paper DS20 22A Eco Diocese Registration
The Synod agreed:
that the Diocese of Newcastle register as an Eco Diocese

Paper DS20 23A Aiming for Carbon Net Zero
Paper DS20 23B Environment Policy 2019
The Synod amended the Environmental Policy to:
We must urgently reduce our carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 20230

Supporting media: Psalm 65

Growing Church Bringing Hope: next steps
Paper DS20 24 Transformation Next Steps Values and Priorities
Plenary feedback

The Synod:
endorsed the values, priorities and direction of travel presented and discussed (at the meeting)

Budget 2021
Paper DS20 25 Budget Proposal 2021
The Synod, sitting as the Board of Finance:
approved the budget

Covenant for the care and wellbeing of the clergy
Paper DS20 26 A Clergy Covenant Clergy Resource
Paper DS20 26B Clergy Covenant Congregation Resource

Diocesan Synod: Saturday 26th September.

A meeting of the Diocesan Synod was hosted using Zoom Video Conferencing on Saturday 26th September at 10:00am.
Papers supporting and arising from this meeting, including video links, are included in the table below:

Paper number item	Title
DS20 18	Agenda
DS20 18A	Note of the meeting on 27 June
Clergy Covenant	The Clergy Covenant for Wellbeing Act of Synod 2020
Clergy Covenant	Accompanying note to the Clergy Covenant Act of Synod
Clergy Covenant	A document for reflection and action for the clergy
Clergy Covenant	A document for reflection and action for local congregations
Clergy Covenant	A document for reflection and action for bishops and the wider church
	Presidential Address by the Bishop of Newcastle, the Rt Revd Christine Hardman
DS20 19	Budget Discussion Document 2021
DS20 19B	Transcript of the budget plenary feedback
DS20 19B	Aidan breakout group
DS20 19C	Bede breakout group
DS20 19D	Cuthbert breakout group
DS20 19E	Ebba breakout group
DS20 19F	Ethelburga breakout group
DS20 19G	Hild breakout group
DS20 19H	Oswald breakout group
DS20 19I	Oswin breakout group

Diocesan Synod: Saturday 27th June at 10:00am

A meeting of the Diocesan Synod will be hosted on Zoom Video Conferencing on Saturday 27th June at 10:00am.
Papers to support the meeting are included in the table below:

Paper number	Title
DS20 10	Agenda
DS20 11	Transcript from 23rd November 2019
DS20 12	Final Report of the Parish Share Review Group
DS20 13A	growing church bringing hope: next stepsA theological reflection
DS20 13B	growing church bringing hope: next stepspre Synod questions to think about
DS20 14	Board of Finance Report and Accounts 2019 (subject to approval)
DS20 15	CV to support the appointment to the DAC for the Rt Revd Stephen Platten

Updated 13 March: Postponement of the Environment Open Synod Forum which was due to be held on 21 March

A meeting of the Diocesan Synod in Open Forum was due to take place Synod Forum on Saturday 21^st March at the Northumberland Church of England Academy. The Bishops Officer for the Environment, the Revd Mark Nash-Williams, had pulled together a super agenda and workshops to help us focus our efforts on how we respond to environmental issues that we face.

The meeting was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thank you to all who worked with Mark to prepare the Open Synod Forum. We will circulate a new date as soon as we have that confirmed.

Resources from previous meetings of the Synod

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Use the above link to find information from previous meetings of the Diocesan Synod

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