The officers of the General Assembly convened Mission Council, the executive body of the URC, for business on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November. This meeting was open to Synod representatives and their Moderators to attend online.

You can read updates from the event on the Mission Council meeting page.

Mission Council papers

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 papers will be added below throughout this week.

• Order Paper Saturday (PDF)
• Order paper Friday (PDF)
• Full Mission Council papers (PDF)
• Paper A1: Business Committee report (PDF)
• Paper B1: CYWC Covid-19 update (PDF)
• Paper B2: CYWC infant feeding policy (PDF)
• Paper C1: Education and Learning integration (PDF)
• Paper C2: Education and Learning Green Charter (PDF)
• Paper C3: Education and Learning Carbon Calculator (PDF)
• Paper D1: Faith and Order update (PDF)
• Paper E1: Finance - budget (PDF)
• Paper E2: Finance - pensions (PDF)
• Paper F1: Ministries conduct guidelines (PDF)
• Paper F2: Ministerial capability process (PDF)
• Paper F3: Non-stipendary Church-Related Community Work (PDF)
• Paper G1: Mission Committee update (PDF)
• Paper G2: Anti-racism (PDF)
• Paper H1: Nominations (PDF)
• Paper H2: Nominations Supplementary (PDF)
• Paper I1: PWRC (PDF)
• Paper J1: HRAG (PDF)
• Paper K1: Risk review (PDF)
• Paper L1: Safeguarding training framework (PDF)
• Paper M1: Walking the Way (PDF)
• Paper N1: Synod of Scotland appointment (PDF)
• Paper O1: WtW Jubilee update for MC (PDF)
  
  
• Mission Council groups (PDF)
• Mission Council agenda (PDF)
• Members and Representatives (PDF)
• Carbon calculator (PDF)