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Synod Meetings since 2008

(Links will take you to a pdf file of the Minutes of Meeting.)

 

2022 - 5 Oct Wed Addlestone

"How Clergy Thrive" (Speaker: The Ven Paul Davies - Archdeacon of Surrey); Eco Church 101 (Speaker: Ben Niblett - Tearfund “Renew Our World” & Runnymede Deanery Eco Church Champion)

 

2022 - 21 Jun Tue Virginia Water

“Lay People in the Church of England” (Speaker: Sarah Slater - Mission Team, Diocese of Guildford)

 

2022 - 24 Mar Thu Egham Hythe

Main Speaker Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances
"Parish Focus" (Speaker: Revd Rosie Hoad - Vicar of St Paul Egham Hythe); "Deanery Greenery Update" (Clem Jones - Deanery Climate Champion)

 

2021 - 6 Oct Wed Chertsey    CANCELLED (due to reasons beyond our control)

 

2021 - 8 Jun Tue    ZOOM

"Beyond Covid - Recovering well" (Speakers: David Welch - Head of Mission Enabler Team, Diocese of Guildford; Danny Wignall - Mission Enabler – Evangelism, Diocese of Guildford – “Beyond Covid – National Church”); “Deanery Greenery Update (Speaker: Clem Jones, St John’s Church, Egham/ Deanery Climate Champion); Kebbi Update/Sharing with Bishop Edmund Akanya
 

2021 - 4 Mar Thu    ZOOM    
“Living in Love & Faith” Programme (Speaker: Rt Revd Jo Bailey Wells, Bishop of Dorking); “Net Zero by 2030” (Speaker: Clem Jones, St John’s Church, Egham/ Deanery Climate Champion)


2020 - 7 Oct Wed     ZOOM from St Mary's Church, Thorpe
Introducing New Archdeacon of Dorking (Speaker: Ven Martin Breadmore, Archdeacon of Dorking)


2020 - 18 Jun Thu    CANCELLED (Pandemic)


2020 - 3 Mar Tue    New Haw    

“It’s Your Call – Creating a Culture of Vocation” (Speakers: Revd Craig Holmes, Director of Ordinands, Guildford Diocese  & Glynis Beazley, Vocations Advisor, Guildford Diocese)


2019 - 1 Oct Tue    Lyne    
Parish Presentations: “Youth Engagement Now and Then” (Parish Input)


2019 - 6 Jun Thu    Thorpe    
“Being Good News to Young People” (Speaker: David Welch – Diocesan Youth Advisor, Guildford Diocese)


2019 - 27 Feb Wed    Egham    
“Sticking plaster or transforming lives – what can every Christian contribute to fighting poverty?” (Speakers: Iris Partridge – Runnymede Foodbank; Sue Gray – Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre Egham;  Daniel Howat – Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre Addlestone)


2018 - 2 Oct Tue    Englefield Green
Panel Discussion: “Church Myth Busters” (Panel: Revd Damian Miles, Thorpe; Revd Ben Beecroft, Addlestone; Revd Sandra Faccini, Ottershaw; Revd Cate Irvine, Chaplain RHUL) (Facilitator: Revd Sandra Faccini, Area Dean)


2018 - 14 Jun Thu    Hythe    
New Parish Share Structure (Speaker & Facilitator: Chris Ellis – Deputy Diocesan Secretary, Guildford Diocese)


2018 - 7 Mar Wed    Chertsey    
Increasing Mission Opportunities in an Ever-Changing World: Ministry for Carers (Speakers: Revd Clive Richardson – Carers Support Advisor, Guildford Diocese & Penny Roberts – Carer Practice Advisor, Runnymede Adult Social Care); “Hope in Depression” Course (Sophie Gilbert, Deanery Representative, Christ Church Virginia Water); Additional Parish Project Presentations (pending from previous Synod – Parish Input)


2017- 3 Oct     Virginia Water    
“Setting God's People Free” Follow-up: Parish Project Presentations (Parish Input)


2017 - 8 June     CANCELLED


2017 - 15 March   Ottershaw    
“Trump and the Trumpet Call – Should Christians be involved in politics?” (Speaker: Jörg Haustein, St John’s Church, Egham)


2016 - 13 Oct    Addlestone    
Apologetics: “Be prepared to give an answer” (Speaker: Revd Alan Hulme, Director Parish Development & Evangelism, Guildford Diocese)


2016 - 7 Jun    Lyne    
“Whole-life Discipleship – what works and what doesn’t” (Speaker: Matt Prior, Adult Discipleship and Development Adviser, Guildford Diocese)


2016 - 9 Mar St Andrew’s Church, Goldsworth Park (Cross-Deanery Meeting)
Common Purpose Guildford Diocese 2016 - Survey Results and the Way Forward (Speaker: Rt Revd Andrew Watson, Bishop of Guildford)
The document linked is an Aide Memoir – there are no minutes available.


2015 - 6 Oct    Egham    
From Evidence to Action (FETA) Indepth (Speaker: Revd Alan Hulme, Director Parish Development & Evangelism, Guildford Diocese)


2015 - 18 Jun    Thorpe    
FATE & FETA Follow-up – "Growing Younger": University Mission & Ministry (Revd Cate Irvine, RHUL Chaplain);  + Bishop’s Mission Order Case Study (Speaker: Revd Richard Lloyd – Vicar, St Mary’s Church, East Molesey)


2015 - 18 Mar    New Haw    
The Role of the Deanery / FATE Church Growth Research (Speaker & Facilitator: Keith Malcouronne, Lay Chair)


2014 - 9 Oct    Englefield Green   
Primary School Presentations (Speakers: Gillian Ward (Head, Stepgates School), Helen Southgate (Head, Thorpe School), Brian Irvine (Chair of Governors, St Jude’s School); A Diocesan View of Education (Speaker: Conrad Benefield – Runnymede Deanery Representative, Diocesan Board of Education)


2014 - 24 Jun    Chetsey    
Local Poverty: SurreySave Credit Union (Speaker: Mike Paddock – Director & Treasurer); Christians Against Poverty [CAP] in Runnymede (Speakers: Sarah Gillies [Money Courses] & Sue Gray (Manager, Egham Debt Centre); Salvation Army “Tin a Week” Project (Speaker: Major Ian Loxley – Leader, Addlestone and District Salvation Army)


2014 - 26 Feb    Virginia Water    
Hospital Ministry (Speakers: Revd Judith Allford – Chaplain at St Peter’s & Ashford Hospitals; Betty Wheeler, Merle Adams; Hugh Evans – Chaplaincy Volunteers)


2013 - 10 Oct    Ottershaw    
Sam Beare Hospice (Speaker: Marion Newitt, Publicity & Fundraising); Pastoral Assistants Ministry (Speakers: Carol Peters, Kathy Owtram, Revd Lynne Bowden – PAs); Resolution about commemorating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta (Speaker: Revd Jeff Wattley – Vicar, St John’s Church, Egham)


2013 - 18 Jun    Addlestone    
Addlestone Foodbank (Speaker: Samantha Stapley, Manager); Besom Trust (Speaker: Chris Taplin – Chairman Besom Project Egham)


2013 - 13 Mar    Lyne    
“Finding your SHAPE” – Introduction to Vocations Course (Speaker: Revd Laurence Gamlen – Vocations Advisor, Guildford Diocese); "Training for Local Ministry" (Speaker: Revd Dr Steve Summers – Head of Local Ministry Programme, Guildford Diocese)


2012 - 11 Oct Hythe  
Main Topic withdrawn due to unavailability of speaker


2012 - 26 Jun New Haw    
Travelling Communities (Speakers: Will & Bill Butler – Leaders of local Travellers’ Church)


2012- 21 Mar Thorpe  
Divorce Recovery (Willow Creek Model) & General Sabbatical Reflections (Speaker: Revd Tim Hillier – Area Dean); Anglican Communion Covenant Paper (Speaker: Keith Malcouronne – Lay Chair)


2011 - 20 Oct Egham  
“The Big Society – Public Services in Runnymede” (Speaker: Cllr Peter Waddell - Chairman of the Community Services Committee; formerly Deputy Leader and Chairman of Housing Committee); “Community Involvement of Churches – Examples in Runnymede” (Parish Input)


2011 - 22 Jun Englefield Green  
"More Than Gold" Project – 2012 London Olympics Mission (Speaker: Canon Duncan Green; CoE Olympic & Paralympic Executive Co-ordinator) Clive Potter; New RHUL Chaplain (Interview with Revd Cate Irvine)


2011 - 15 Mar Chertsey
Women in Episcopacy (Speakers/Facilitators: Revd Wendy Pugh & Revd Stephen Sizer)
Minutes are not available as this was not an Open Meeting.


2010 - 16 Nov Virginia Water
Links and Opportunities between Runnymede Borough and Deanery (Speakers: Margaret Roberts, Mayor & Revd Stephen Sizer, Chaplain to the Mayor); Night Stop (Speaker: Sonia Hopkins, East2West)


2010 - 17 Jun Addlestone  
Common Purpose: Parish Visions & Deanery Purpose (Facilitator for Parish Input & Discussions: Revd John Gooding - Parish Resources Officer, Diocese of Guildford); Kebbi/Nigeria – An Insider View (Speaker: Rt Revd Edmund Akanya, Archbishop of Kaduna Province & Bishop of Kebbi)


2010 - 9 Mar Ottershaw
Church Finance (Parish Input)


2009 - 12 Nov    CANCELLED


2009 - 15 July Addlestone
Nigerian Community Chaplaincy (Speaker: Ben Enwuchola); “Mission-Shaped Introduction” Course (Speaker: Revd Laurence Gamlen)


2009 - 17 Mar Thorpe  
Strode's College Chaplaincy (Speaker: Revd Tim Sudworth)


2008 - 12 Nov Hythe    
Pastoral Plan for Submission to Diocese; Deanery Networks & Administrator


2008 - 3 July New Haw    
Deanery Vision Plan; Initial Common Purpose Reflections (Facilitator: Revd Tim Hillier; Rural Dean)