Synod 2009
Thursday, June 04, 2009
posted by Tay Moss
Every year representatives from all the churches in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto gather in meetings known as "Synod" to make collective decisions about the Diocese. This year, one of these was a two-day meeting at Durham College, Oshawa. Church of The Messiah sent our elected lay representative, Monica, as well as Fr. Tay and Rev'd Marili. Kerrie Fulton made an appearance on Friday afternoon for a workshop that she and Fr. Tay co-led about Children's and Youth Ministry. You can read more about that workshop on
Tay's Blog. This Synod focused on two areas--the call for our churches to become more "missional" and a proposed change of policy in regards to blessing same-sex relationships. You can read more about these subjects on the
Diocesan Website. The COTM crowd finished up the Synod exhausted but excited by all the ways in which the church is growing, thriving, and changing.
