Category: GS 2013

GS 2013 Article 189 – Appeal of Grand Valley re: Proceeding with the Revised Psalms Committee 2 presented a proposal. With a minor change, this was the result:  1.         Material: Letter of appeal from the church at Grand Valley (8.5.19) 2.         Observations: 2.1.      Grand Valley appeals Article 121 of the Acts of Synod Burlington 2010…

GS 2013 Article 188 – Book of Praise – Consultation with Australia Regarding Committee 2 presented a proposal. After some discussion it was taken back for further work.

GS 2013 Article 187 – Motion to the Amend the Acts – Article 114 Committee 5 put forward a proposal to strike out Article 114 (in order to replace it with a new decision). This was the result: Synod decide to strike Art 114 from the Acts and in its place insert the following words:…

GS 2013 Article 186 – Book of Praise – Publication and Fostering Awareness Committee 2 presented its second draft. With a few minor changes, this was the result: 1.         Material: 1.1.      Report from the SCBP, Section 1.7, 1.8, 3.0, 12.3 (8.2.4) 1.2.      Letters from the churches at Cloverdale (8.3.4.14), Abbotsford (8.3.4.6), London (8.3.4.27), Carman-West (8.3.4.12b),…

GS 2013 Article 185 – Book of Praise – Bible Translation in Prose Section 1.         Material: Letters from the churches at Barrhead (8.3.4.9), Carman-West (8.3.4.12b and 8.3.7.7), Glanbrook (8.3.4.19), Grand Rapids (8.3.4.20), Lincoln (8.3.4.26), Smithville (8.3.4.31), Smithers (8.3.4.3), Grand Valley (8.3.4.1) and Abbotsford (8.3.7.3) 2.         Observations: 2.1.      Synod Carman 2013 decided to recommend to the…

GS 2013 Article 184 – SCBP – General Matters 1.         Material: 1.1.      Report from the SCBP, Section 1.1, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.9, 5.0, 5.1, 11.0 (8.2.4) 1.2.      Letters from the churches at Carman-West (8.3.4.12b), Cloverdale (8.3.4.14), Flamborough (8.4.18), Grand Rapids (8.3.20), Grassie (8.3.4.21), Burlington-Rehoboth (8.3.4.30), Toronto (8.3.4.38), Smithers (8.3.4.3), Cloverdale (8.3.4.14), Flamborough (8.3.4.18), Burlington-Ebenezer…

GS 2013 Article 183 – Book of Praise – Psalms: Nature and Extent of Changes 1.         Material: 1.1.      Letters from the churches at Grand Valley (8.3.4.4) and Barrhead (8.3.4.9) 1.2.      Report from the SCBP, Section 1.3.3 (8.2.4) 2.         Observations: 2.1.      The church at Grand Valley approaches Synod Carman 2013 with the complaint that “the degree…

GS 2013 Article 182 – SCBP – Common Song Book Committee 2 presented a proposal. With a minor change, this was the result: 1.         Material: 1.1.      Report from the SCBP, Section 8.0 (8.2.4) 1.2.      Letters from the churches at Barrhead (8.3.4.9), Fergus-Maranatha (8.3.4.17) and Langley (8.3.4.45) 2.         Observations: 2.1.      Synod Burlington 2010 instructed the SCBP…

GS 2013 Article 181 – Adoption of the Acts Articles 169-179 of the Acts were corrected and adopted.

GS 2013 Article 180 – Reopening The chairman reopened synod and noted that all the members of synod were present.