The Fifteenth General Synod was held at Melbourne Grammar School on September 18 - 23, 2010.
Members of the General Synod may log into the Members-Only webpage via the 'Member Places' link at the bottom left corner of this page.
The President of the General Synod was Dr Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate.
The Synod started on Saturday September 18 with a luncheon for new members at Noon and will formally open at 1:30 pm with a Worship Service and an address by the President. The address may be accessed here: Presidential Address for the 15th General Synod
The Synod closed at 1:00pm on Thursday September 23. The Primate's sermon at the closing service may be accessed here: GS2010 - Closing Service Sermon by the Primate - 23 September 2010 .
GUEST SPEAKERS AT GENERAL SYNOD
MS CLARE AMOS
Clare Amos is Director for Theological Studies in the Anglican Communion Office. Her roles there include responsibility for both theological education and inter faith concerns, and she also works alongside Stephen Lyon in the recently established project on ‘The Bible in the Life of the Church’. Clare studied theology at Cambridge University, England, and then spent 10 years in the Middle East, initially in Jerusalem and then in the Lebanon. Initially she studied at the Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem, and then worked as Course Director at St George’s College, Jerusalem. Her experience at St George’s College – which offers short courses linked to the Bible and the Holy Land, to a range of Christians, particularly Anglicans, from all round the world introduced her to the Anglican Communion in all its glorious complexity and variety. After her marriage to Alan Amos, then Anglican chaplain in Beirut, Clare lived and worked in Lebanon both at the Middle East Council of Churches and at the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, where ministers for a variety of Protestant Churches in the Middle East are trained. Clare’s years in Beirut, which included some of the worst years of the Lebanese civil war and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 influenced her growing interest in inter faith concerns.
On returning to England, both Alan and Clare took up positions at Westcott House theological college, Cambridge, where Clare taught biblical studies and acted as Director of Studies. Since leaving Westcott she has been involved in a variety of forms of theological education – for both clergy and lay people – in full time and part time contexts. As an Anglican laywoman herself, Clare has a passion to help ‘all God’s people to become theologians’. Clare began to work for the Anglican world mission agency USPG as their theological adviser in 2000, but over the last decade
has been invited to assume increasing responsibilities in the Anglican Communion office, although she still maintains some links with USPG.
Ms Amos preached at St Peter's Cathedral at the opening of the General Synod, the text of which is available here: Clare Amos Sermon, Opening of 15th General Synod
The text of Ms Amos' Bible Studies at the General Synod may be accessed here: Clare Amos Bible Study, 21 September 2010, Clare Amos Bible Study, 22nd September 2010
DR RIENZIE PERERA
Rienzie Perera was ordained Priest in the Church of Sri Lanka in 1975. He has ministered in parish churches in Sri Lanka and in the United States and in the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour in Colombo. Rienzie has served on a number of bodies of the Anglican Church of Sri Lanka and has served in the National Council of Churches and other ecumenical organisations in Sri Lanka.
Members of the General Synod may log into the Members-Only webpage via the 'Member Places' link at the bottom left corner of this page.
The President of the General Synod was Dr Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate.
The Synod started on Saturday September 18 with a luncheon for new members at Noon and will formally open at 1:30 pm with a Worship Service and an address by the President. The address may be accessed here: Presidential Address for the 15th General Synod
The Synod closed at 1:00pm on Thursday September 23. The Primate's sermon at the closing service may be accessed here: GS2010 - Closing Service Sermon by the Primate - 23 September 2010 .
GUEST SPEAKERS AT GENERAL SYNOD
MS CLARE AMOS
On returning to England, both Alan and Clare took up positions at Westcott House theological college, Cambridge, where Clare taught biblical studies and acted as Director of Studies. Since leaving Westcott she has been involved in a variety of forms of theological education – for both clergy and lay people – in full time and part time contexts. As an Anglican laywoman herself, Clare has a passion to help ‘all God’s people to become theologians’. Clare began to work for the Anglican world mission agency USPG as their theological adviser in 2000, but over the last decade
has been invited to assume increasing responsibilities in the Anglican Communion office, although she still maintains some links with USPG.
Ms Amos preached at St Peter's Cathedral at the opening of the General Synod, the text of which is available here: Clare Amos Sermon, Opening of 15th General Synod
The text of Ms Amos' Bible Studies at the General Synod may be accessed here: Clare Amos Bible Study, 21 September 2010, Clare Amos Bible Study, 22nd September 2010
DR RIENZIE PERERA