'It has been a very full quinquennium -we have sought to be good stewards of the things entrusted to us... Let's ensure we are Christ-like to one another in this forthcoming election period' @www.archbishopofyork.org announces dissolution of #GeneralSynod & the King's writ commanding it #synod

Really sad to learn that Sir Ewan Harper has died He was knighted in 2003 for services to @churchofengland.org & was a Founding Trustee of the Lambeth Trust, established in 1983 to support the work and ministry of the present and former Archbishops of Canterbury

Also, was that the first time the word “crapping” has been said on the floor of Synod (not, I feel I ought to clarify, by the Bishop of Norwich)

'This wording would and could not be implemented' Cathy Rhodes speaking #synod on nature motion. She is both a Church Commissioner and Diocesan Environmental Officer in Sheffield Diocese #GeneralSynod

Will The Church of England commit to #30by30? Their members are debating it as we speak. Watch live here: www.churchofengland.org/about/govern...

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Watch the live stream of the General Synod of the Church of England.

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I wonder if this is the first time the word “pingo” has been used on the floor of #GeneralSynod (by the Bishop of Norwich, unsurprisingly)

Moving his amendment @bishopnorwich.bsky.social #synod This amendment 'provides the challenge.. combines ambition with practical implementation… seeks to draw together the different view in this place - to be a win-win for nature' #GeneralSynod

First Church Estates Commissioner Alan Smith tells #synod the protecting nature motion would have material negative impact Motion 'would divert resources away from the Church's mission' Asks #GeneralSynod to support @bishopnorwich.bsky.social amendment

'I am afraid of the future; I am afraid that if we do nothing we will have nothing... The real business that needs to be debated today is the business of hope, the business of transformation & the grave business of the resurrection of our land' Val Plumb moving her PMM #synod

@churchofengland.org #GeneralSynod is on the final morning of this session. For technical reasons I’m not eligible to stand for re-election. Casual vacancies may arise and the Sweetie 🍬🧚‍♀️ Fairy may yet fly again but for now this is au revoir. Thank you to those who have held me these last 16 years 💝

Private Members Motion from Revd Val Plum on protecting nature on Church Commissioners' land #synod #GeneralSynod #rewilding

At General Synod in York, creation care has been one of many topics discussed. 🌍 From hearing about the impact of the Church of England’s Net Zero programme to celebrating the approval of a new Festival - there was a real sense of hope and momentum. Discover more at cofe.io/HopeForAllCreation.

Blast from the past! On this day in 2014 the #GeneralSynod voted to allow women to become bishops #synod www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-2830...

Church of England General Synod backs women bishops

The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become bishops after years of debate and controversy.

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Debate now moves onto the Looked after Children motion as amended to include 'and those who care for them' #synod #GeneralSynod

Let’s not make this [our care for Looked After Children] a reason to get them to come to church. Our first step must be towards them. (Michaela Suckling - Diocese of Sheffield) @churchofengland.org #GeneralSynod #Synod

There are 100k children in care across the UK Every 15 min a child enters the care system Billy-Jo O'Leary speaking #synod #GeneralSynod

New heat map of dioceses showing looked-after children brought as part of Billy-Jo O'Leary PMM #synod #GeneralSynod

'I am not defined by my worst moments - but someone who is committed to changing the story & narrative for care experienced children & adults' Powerful PMM speech by @beeolear #synod on her experience of being in the care system & being brought into a family through Christ #GeneralSynod

'We are at one level one @churchofengland - but one Church of England subsists in 7 NCS, 42 diocese & DBFs and 12k different PCCs, in which each of those members ae trustees who must act in best interests of their charity' Great speech from Gary Waddington #synod #GeneralSynod

'Somehow has a screwdriver and they are taking the lid off @churchofengland.org' Gary Waddington describing his anxiety as the lid comes off the CofE & the expression on his parents face when he got hold of a screwdriver! #synod #GeneralSynod

'We need a report on policy, people, and process not just culture' argues Emma Robarts in #trust debate #synod #GeneralSynod

'I’m not at all sure @churchofengland.org has decreasing resources' argues Prudence Dailey #synod 'Church Commissioners funds have been going up & up…There’s a lot of money floating round the CofE. We need to reassess how it is being dispersed & spent' #GeneralSynod

'The age of deference is over & trust has to be earned day by day' Yet in @churchofengland.org Professor Hope Hailey also observes there is 'confusion about who is in charge' #trust #synod #GeneralSynod

Fascinating to hear Professor Veronica Hope Hailey say a bishop she interviewed told her 'everything good happens locally' #synod #GeneralSynod #trust

'Institutional trust is the foundation of modern society….we get on a plane, we trust the regulatory systems & the training they go through – that’s a form of faceless trust' Professor Veronica Hope-Hailey speaking #synod #GeneralSynod

Successfully brought an amendment through #Synod and managed to get a few laughs along the way 🎉

Lunch, fringes & convocation over, #synod moves on to Vacancy in See Regulations #GeneralSynod

'If our primary concern is our constituency winning rather than they health of the church overall then we end up with distorted priorities' Dr Christopher Landau calling #synod to consider what these debates have done to our church #GeneralSynod

Interesting use of props (and light!) by Jake Madin who tells #synod 'There is not only a rabbit here but a duck - a duck that is incompatible with our current doctrine of marriage' #GeneralSynod

'I have seen the fruits of the Spirit in their lives' Anna Normal-Walker speaking powerfully #synod on what she has seen in her Streatham parish in debate on same-sex relationships & discipleship #GeneralSynod