Synod 2012

Annual Synod of the LCiGB: Saturday 28 April 2012 at 10.00am in Reading

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain will hold its Annual Synod including the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 28 April 2012 beginning at 10.00am. Synod this year will be hosted by Imani Congregation at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church in Reading.

All Synod Members are warmly invited to attend and vote, and Member Congregations are invited to send their Appointed Representatives to vote on their behalf. Please download and read the full letter below, as well as the additional forms, and the 'Responses Deadline' sheet, which lists the dates by which you must return your forms to us in order to vote at Synod.

The letter and forms below were posted to all Members and Member Congregations on 13 January 2012.

Preparatory Documents:

Letter to Members and Member Congregations Announcing Synod Date 2012

Pink form - Responses Deadlines

White form - Congregational Reports 2012 ***Please note this form must be typed and returned to us via email in electronic format, as it will be included in the Synod Handbook. We regret that we cannot accept paper copies of the form this year.***

Purple form - Notification of Change of Appointed Representative

Yellow form - Nomination for Trustee

Green form - Appointing a Proxy

Further documents, including the Synod Handbook (inlcluding AGM Agenda and Church Session Agenda), Minutes of Synod March 2011, Approved Annual Report and Accounts for Year Ended 31 December 2011, and Notice of Nominations for Trustees will be posted on the website on 5 April 2012 and hard copies sent to Members and Member Congregations.

PAST SYNODS:

Synod 2011, which included our AGM, was held on Saturday 26 March 2011 at St Luke's Lutheran Church in Leeds.

Synod is very grateful to St Luke's for their warm hospitality and for the excellent lunch that was prepared by two of the church members.

Minutes of Synod 2011 are now available to download.

Please click to download "Information for congregations preparing to meet charity registration requirements", the green paper tabled at Synod.

Please click to download "Reflections on Deaconia", a paper given at Synod by Deaconess Seija Frears. We hope to also publish a paper from Dr Long, please check back shortly for this.

Please click to download our Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts for 2010 which were approved by Synod.