The United Reformed Church

We make these papers available to the wider URC membership asking that people be aware that they are discussion documents and that many changes may be made as a result of Mission Council decisions.

• Mission Council Roundup 2015
  

• Full version - Mission Council reports November 2015
• Draft Minutes - November 2015
• Groups
• Agenda and Timetable
• A1 Assembly Finance and Future Planning 
• B1 Youth Structures and Guidelines 
• B1a URC Youth Assembly Standing Orders 2016
• B1b URC Youth Framework Document
• B1c URC Youth Handbook
• B2 CYDO Assembly Level Work 
• C1 Review of Communications Department 
• D1 Windermere Centre Support 
• D2 Spending Priorities within Education & Learning 
• F2 Authorised (formerly “Celebrant”) Elders 
• G1 2016 Budget 
• G2 Ethical Investment Guidelines 
• H1 NSM Age of Application 
• H2 Ministers on the Roll
• I1 Environmental Policy
• I2 World Church staffing
• I3 LEP Review
• J1 Nominations Names 1
• M1 Missional Discipleship 1
• M3 Hearing God more clearly
• M4 Postal Voting
• M5 Church House Refurbishment
• O1 HRAG Report
• Q1 Joint Property Strategy Group Report
• R1 Safeguarding General Report
• R2 Safeguarding Historic Cases Review
• U1 20-40s Task Group Progress Report
• U2 Church House Management Group Terms of Reference
• V1 Inter-Synod Resource Sharing Methods
• Y1 Immigration Health Surcharge

Late files, now available here

• F1 Faith & Order Wider Issues
• J2 Nominations Names 2
• M2 Missional Discipleship 2

We make these papers available to the wider URC membership asking that people be aware that they are discussion documents and that many changes may be made as a result of Mission Council decisions.

• Full version - Mission Council reports May 2015
  

• Minutes – May 2015

• Groups

• Agenda and Timetable

• C1 - Towards a new logo for the United Reformed Church

• D1 - Appointment of Tutor in New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at Westminster College

• F1 - Faith and Order Committee Report

• F2 - Church Membership: a discussion paper

• G1 - Financial Outcome 2014

• H1 - Age of application for non-stipendiary ministry

• H2 - Education and Learning Priorities Review

• H3 - Proposed amendments to the Structure of the United Reformed Church 

• I1 - Memorandum of Understanding between the United Reformed Church and the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK)

• I2 - Commitment for Life

• I3 - Support for a new international Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

• I4 - Mission Committee Update

• J1 - Nominations Committee Report

• L1 - Church House – plans & prospects

• L2 - Terms of Reference for the URC Investment Committee 

• M1 - Appointment of General Assembly Representative to the Disciplinary Process

• M2 - The Lobbying Act

• M3 - Resolution 19 – a way forward

• M4 - Presentation of Standing Orders

• N1 - The Marriage of Same-Sex Couples

• O1 - Human Resources Advisory Group (HRAG) Report

• O2 - The future of HRAG

• R1 - Safeguarding Advisory Group Report on current work

• R2 - Safeguarding Advisory Group Historic Review

• S1 – The Role of Synod Clerk

• S2 - Hearing God More Clearly: Governance Options

• T1 - Shared Synod Panels

• X1 - Northerly Synods Collaboration

• Z1 - National Synods Task Group ReportZ1 - National Synods Task Group Report

Additional papers

J2 - Nominations Committee supplementary paper (to be tabled)

We make these papers available to the wider URC membership asking that people be aware that they are discussion documents and that many changes may be made as a result of Mission Council decisions.

• Full version - Mission Council reports November 2014
  
  
• Minutes - November 2014
• Groups
• Agenda and Timetable
• A1 - Assembly arrangements committee report
• C1 - Update on the development of a departmental mission statement
• C2 - Guidelines for the use of social media within the United Reformed Church
• C3 - The future for Reform
• C4 - Update on the continuation of the print Yearbook
• D1 - EM1 student grants system
• D2 - Budget augmentation for EM1 student support
• D3 - Governors of Westminster College
• F1 - Faith and order committee report
• G1 - Budget information
• G2 - New Trust Deed and Rules for the URC Ministers’ pension fund (URCMPF)
• H1 - Special category ministry (SCM)
• I1 - Funding our Fresh Expressions
• I2 - Environmental URC policy update
• J1 - Nominations committee report
• J2 - Review of synod moderators
• L1 - Church House development
• M1 - Ministerial disciplinary process and incapacity procedure
• M2 - The Lobbying Act and the United Reformed Church
• M3 - Recall of Assembly
• M4 - Follow up from Resolution 19 at General Assembly
• M5 - Standing orders
• M6 - Local church closure
• O1 - Human Resources Advisory Group report
• P2 - Law and polity advisory group report and terms of reference
• Q1 - Joint property strategy group report
• X1 - Non-stipendiary ministry age limit
• X2 – Nestlé
• X3 - Marriage of same-sex couples in Scotland
• X4 - Tenure of synod moderator
• Y1 - General Assembly
• Y2 - Reviewing financial priorities of education and learning

Additional papers

• Trustee Note Rules - 141001
• Final Draft Trust Deed and Rules - 141013
• TS Advice letter - 141013
• Rule 34 1 advice letter
• J1 supplementary paper - nominations committee

We make these papers available to the wider URC membership asking that people be aware that they are discussion documents and that many changes may be made as a result of Mission Council decisions.

• Minutes
• Groups
• Agenda and Timetable
• Paper A - Factual Background GA
• Paper G1 - Draft Accounts 2013
• Paper G2 - Plan for Partnership Amends
• Paper J - Nominations
• Paper M1 - Assembly Appointed Posts
• Paper M2 - Membership
• Paper M3 - Consensus Decision Making
• Paper M4 - MC - Adivisory group Election
• Paper O - HRAG General Report
• Paper P - Powers in Pre-Union Trusts
• Paper S1 - MTSG Update
• Paper S2 - Role of Synod Moderator
• Paper U - MC Advisory Group
• Paper Y1 - Frequency of GA
• Paper Y2 - Childrens Assembly

Late papers

• Paper F1 - Ordained Local Ministry
• Paper F2 - URC Ecumenical Future
• Paper H - Resourcing our Elders
• Paper I - URC and the First World War Centenary
• Paper L - Church House feasibility study
• Paper D - Safer Sacred Space Training
• Paper K - Pastoral Reference and Welfare Committee

Professor Alan Sell’s paper

• A summary of the Revd Professor Alan Sell’s address