Synod Meeting 2024
The venue for the 2024 Synod meeting is Adelaide West Uniting Church. Key dates are:
- Thursday, 24th October – Registration opens 8:30am. Meeting commences 9:15am. Day concludes at 6pm
- Friday, 25th October – Meeting commences 9am. Day concludes at 5:30pm
- Saturday, 26th October. – Meeting commences 9am. Day concludes at 4pm.
Resources
Livestream:
Synod 24 SA Synod Thursday 24th October - YouTube
Synod 2024 SA Synod Friday 25th October - YouTube
The following documents are available for download:
General Synod Meeting information
Synod travel and Accommodation Reimbursement Guidelines
Nomination Form Boards and Committees
Resources for Working Groups
To be advised
2024 Program
Associated Documents
To be advised
Nominations
To be advised
Proposals
Proposal 2 Ministerial Matters
Proposal 4 Future Synod Meetings and Moderator's Term
Proposal 6 Synod Strategy and Planning Mission and Property Report
Proposal 7 Disability Access and Inclusion
Proposal 8 Stand Against Racism
Proposal 10 TACL Note of Appreciation
Reports
Contents Page
S1.1 General Secretary's Report
S1.3 Standing Committee Report
S1.3.1 Standing Committee Major Decisions Synod 2024
S2.1 Generate Presbytery Report 2024
S2.2 Wimala Presbytery Report 2024
S2.3 Presbytery of Southern SA Report 2024
S3.1 Synod Strategy and Planning Working Group
S4.2 Beneficiary Fund (Mercer)
S5.1 Disaster and Recovery Ministries Report
S5.3 Historical Society Report
S5.4 Uniting College for Leadership & Theology Report
S5.5 Mission Resourcing Report
S5.6 Placements and Safe Church Report
S5.9 Synod Covenanting Committee
S5.10 Synod Ecumenical Relations Committee Report
S5.11 UCSA Foundation Grants Committee Report
S6.1.1 Record of Service - Rev Cliff Birch
S6.1.2 Record of Service - Rev Michael Dowling
S6.1.3 Record of Service - Rev Casey Lau
S6.1.4 Record of Service - Rev Owen Roberts
S6.1.5 Record of Service - Rev Peter Sorensen
S6.1.6 Record of Service - Rev Gary Stuckey
S6.1.7 Record of Service - Rev Dean Whittaker
S7.4 Training Aboriginal Christian Leaders SA Inc (TALC)
About
We gather members from congregations and ministries from across South Australia. In the Uniting Church, the Synod is one of the interrelated councils of the Church, each council having its separate responsibilities, and the requirement to listen to other councils of churches.
Mission and Leadership Development Strategic Framework
What is a Synod?
What is the role and function of the Synod in the life of the church?
To prepare for the Synod meeting, please view this video, which features Rev Dr Tim Hein, Mission and Leadership Development explaining what a Synod is.
What happens at a Synod meeting?
How does the meeting work? How do we make decisions?
To understand meeting procedures please view this video produced by the Queensland Synod.
Credit: The Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod.
Synod Meeting Minutes
Synod Meetings
2023
- June 2023 Synod Meeting Minutes -
Uniting Church SA Synod Meeting 2023 - Meeting Minutes (219 kb PDF)
2022
- June 2022 Synod Meeting Minutes -
Uniting Church SA Synod Meetings 2022 - Meeting Minutes (456 kb PDF)
2021
- January/February 2021 Confirmed Synod Meeting Decisions and Minutes -
Uniting Church SA Synod Meetings 2021 - Decisions Document and Meeting Minutes (3.6 mb PDF)
Archived Synod Meeting Resources>