Down and Dromore General Synod members meet for information evening
General Synod representatives of The Diocese of Down and Dromore have met together ahead of the start of a new three year term.
The diocese sends 90 members to Synod – 30 clergy and 60 laity – and for some this will be the first time that they have been elected. In recognition that the new members may not be familiar with the workings of General Synod, the Archdeacons of Down and Dromore invited all the representatives to an information evening in The Downshire Centre in Hillsborough Parish on Monday 20 April.
As well as an opportunity to meet with others representing the diocese, the meeting outlined the procedures and major items of business at General Synod and how members could best engage with them.
The Archdeacons reinforced the importance of this, the main business meeting of the church, and the responsibility of elected members to fully and prayerfully participate.