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The United Reformed Church - North Western Synod

Synod Guidelines

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Sections

(a) Ministerial

  1. Applying for Ministry
  2. The Plan for Partnership
  3. Education for Ministry Phases 2 and 3
  4. Lay Preaching (amended Jan 08)

(b) Ministerial Vacancies

  1. Movement of Ordained Ministers
  2. Minister’s Personal Profile
  3. Pastorate Profile
  4. Stipendiary Ministers
  5. Non-Stipendiary Ministers
  6. Ordination of Ministers
  7. Induction of Ministers
  8. Schedule C
  9. Preparing for Ordination/Induction Service

(c) Finance

  1. Car Loans
  2. Wages and Property Charges
  3. Trading and Tax
  4. VAT
  5. Reimbursement of Travel Expenses: details, an example
  6. Ministry and Mission Fund Assessment Scheme

(d) Property Ownership Issues

  1. Burial Grounds
  2. Boundary & Party Walls
  3. Listed Buildings
  4. Disability Discrimination Act 1995
  5. Charities Act 1993 & 2000 and Trustees Act 2005
  6. Sale of Church Buildings / Land
  7. Sale of Manses
  8. Purchase of Church Buildings / Land
  9. Risk Management
  10. Housing Stock Policy

(e) Building Works

  1. Routine Maintenance
  2. Church Property Surveys and appendix
  3. Asbestos in Church Buildings
  4. Dangerous Buildings & Emergency Procedures
  5. The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994
  6. Grants and Loans

(f) Management Issues

  1. Buildings-Lettings-Repairing-Developing and Funding
  2. Use by Third Parties
  3. Letting of Manse Premises – Third Party Use
  4. Employment Law
  5. The Food Safety Act 1990
  6. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
  7. Electrical and Gas Safety
  8. Licensing Act 2003
  9. The Children Act 1989 and 2000
  10. Minibuses
  11. Crime Prevention
  12. Trusteeship Responsibilities
  13. Insurance
  14. Data Protection Act 1998
  15. Race Relations Act 1996

(g) Church Closure

  1. Considering the Closure of a Church and Sale of Church Buildings and Land

(h) Manse Policy

  1. Manse Policy

(j) Structures

  1. Synod and its Committees
  2. Area Meetings and Pastoral Committees
  3. Ecumenical Structures in the Synod
  4. URC Structures Outside the Synod
  5. Equal Opportunities
  6. Fair Trade
  7. Synod Standing Orders

(k) Miscellaneous

  1. Copyright & local congregations

Legend

(SYN) Synod
(PRN) Plato Reference Number
(LTO) Legal & Trust Officer

Plato website: http://www.urc.org.uk/plato/