An update from Save The Parish national steering committee
A message from Save The Parish national steering committee member Emma Thompson "We on the steering committee are conscious that we owe you an update after the July General Synod in York. If we ever seem silent, please be reassured that it is not because we are inactive - in fact a period of silence usually indicates that we are flat out! We are trying to act as advocates for the parishes with all of: (i) Parliament (with the complications of needing to forge relationships with a new set of MPs, including a new Second Estates Commissioner and Ecclesiastical Committee members); (ii) the diocesan bishops (some of whom are sympathetic/supportive); and (iii) the officials working in the Church’s central administration (ditto - in fact, we were recently even thanked for “persevering"). GENERAL SYNOD JULY 2024 Some good news from this General Synod is that it was presented with a CofE paper (GS Misc 1384) which confirms what we have been saying since STP began nea...