Join us June 26-30, 2009 in Grand Rapids for General Synod 27!
Notice of Revisions to the General Synod Standing Rules
Pursuant to Rule 50 of the Standing Rules of the Twenty-seventh General Synod, you are hereby advised of significant changes to those rules governing the administration of the meeting. The Standing Rules of the Twenty-seventh General Synod, as approved April 14, 2008 by the Executive Council, are available online on the UCC website (linked on the left here).
Of particular note, you will find many of the dates and deadlines for submission of business items have been changed. An effort has been made to highlight all deadlines set forth in the Standing Rules. Please also note a change in rules requiring that all proposed business items, including Proposed Pronouncements, Proposals for Action, Resolutions and Other Formal Motions, all reports required of or to the General Synod, petitions for Voice without Vote and any and all other business must be submitted electronically to the Office of General Ministries at synod@ucc.org.
Questions regarding the rules or questions about the submission of business items may be addressed to the United Church of Christ, Attn: Mr. Lee Foley, Minister for Governing Body Relations, 700 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115, or foleyl@ucc.org, or 216-736-2192.
Lee Foley
April 24, 2008
Minister for Governing Body Relations
Final approved minutes of General Synod 26 (pdf)
With 9,100 registered participants, General Synod 26 – June 22-26, 2007 – was the largest UCC gathering in the denomination's 50-year history. By all accounts, our time together in Hartford, Conn., was one of extravagant welcome, enthusiastic celebration and spiritual renewal.
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