24 Jul GS 2013 art 73

GS 2013 Article 73 – Pastoral Training Program (PTP)

1.         Material:

Report from Pastoral Training Program (PTP) Funding Committee (8.2.9)

2.         Observations:

• 2.1.      Synod Burlington 2010 appointed the church at Guelph-Emmanuel as the PTP funding committee (Acts, Article 167) with the following mandate (Acts, Article 51, Recommendation 4.2):
  • [4.2.1.] To look after all internship related funding matters;
  • [4.2.2.] To assess the churches each year based on the anticipated funding required for a particular summer;
  • [4.2.3.] To report about their activities to the next general synod, which report shall be sent to all the churches
• 2.2.      In keeping with the decisions of Synod Burlington 2010, the committee for Pastoral Training Program Funding has updated the documents “The Committee for Pastoral Training Program” and “Guidelines Developed by the Pastoral Training Program Funding Committee” (Appendix 1 & 2)
• 2.3.      The committee reports which students were funded by the program in the summers 2010, 2011 and 2012.
• 2.4.      The committee reports that in 2010, 2011 and 2012, its books were audited and its records were found to be in good order.

3.         Consideration:

The committee appears to have done its work very well and the funding program has been working very well.

4.         Recommendations:

That Synod decide:

• 4.1.      To express gratitude to the Emmanuel Canadian Reformed Church and its committee for the work done;
• 4.2.      To reappoint the Emmanuel Canadian Reformed Church as the PTP funding committee with the following mandate:
  • 4.2.1.   To look after all internship-related funding matters;
  • 4.2.2.   To assess the churches each year based on the anticipated funding required for a particular summer;
  • 4.2.3.   To report about their activities to the next general synod, which report shall be sent to all the churches at least six months prior to the next general synod.

ADOPTED