Synod Policy Documents

CONTENTS

 SECTIONS

 A         MINISTERIAL

           1          Applying for Ministry

            2          The Plan for Partnership

            3          Education for Ministry Phases 2 and 3

            4          Lay Preaching 

            5          Role of the Retired Minister in the local church (new April 09)

           6          Presidency at the Sacraments

           7           Local Ministry & Mission Review

 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         Wages and Property Charges

            2          Trading and Tax

            3          VAT

            4          Reimbursement of Travel Expenses

            5          Ministry and Mission Fund Assessment Scheme

 D         PROPERTY OWNERSHIP ISSUES

            1          Burial Grounds

            2          Boundary & Part 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

E         BUILDING WORKS

            1         Church Property Surveys

            2          Asbestos in Church Buildings (February 2010)

            3          Dangerous Buildings & Emergency Procedures

  4         The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994 

   5        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        Trusteeship Responsibilities

            12        Insurance

            13        Data Protection Act 1998

            14        Race Relations Act 1996

  15        Home Working Polciy

   16        Health and Safety

             17        Copyright and local congregations

 G         CHURCH CLOSURE

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

  2         Removal of Fixtures and Fittings from Listed Buildings

 H         MANSE POLICY

            1         Purchase, sales , lettings etc

  2         Housing Stock Policy – Synod manses

  3         Standards of accommodation

J          STRUCTURES

            1          Synod and its Committees

            2          Area Meetings and Pastoral Committees

            3          Ecumenical Structures in the Synod (amended Aug 08)

            4          URC Structures Outside the Synod

            5          Equal Opportunities

            6          Synod Standing Orders

 INFORMATION SHEETS

1     Fairtrade

2     Crime Prevention

3     Occasional Events Check List

 Appendix 1- Risk Management Review (December 10)

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