Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod commend the following motion to the General Synod 2019:
Be it resolved that this General Synod
a. adopt The Anglican Communion Charter for the Safety of People and the Protocol for the Disclosure of Ministry Suitability Information between the Churches of the Anglican Communion;
b. commend the Charter to dioceses and other bodies of The Anglican Church of Canada for use in the revision and creation of policies and training materials for safeguarding and right conduct;
c. engage a self-study of the conduct policy base of the corporation of The General Synod in light of the Charter, reporting back to the General Synod of 2022 on developments and with revised policies;
d. offer its gratitude to the Anglican Communion Safe Church Commission for its work in creating the Charter for the Safety of Persons and its Protocols
e. direct the Council of General Synod to spend some time in the agenda of each triennium to discuss safe church policy and practice
ADOPTED #CoGS 025-03-19
Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod forward the following motion to the General Synod 2019:
Be it resolved:
That this General Synod receive and affirm the Statement of Mutual Affirmations and Commitments produced by the Anglican Church of Canada-United Church of Canada Dialogue.
ADOPTED #CoGS 035-03-19
Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod commend the following motion to the General Synod 2019:
Be it resolved:
That this General Synod authorize for use Alternative Collects for the Revised Common Lectionary, where permitted by the Ordinary.
ADOPTED #CoGS 026-03-19
Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod commend the following motion to the General Synod 2019:
Be it resolved:
That this General Synod authorize for use Gathering Rites for Paschaltide for use where permitted by the Ordinary.
ADOPTED #CoGS 027-03-19
Be it resolved:
That this Council of General Synod commend for use the Inclusive Language Liturgical Psalter and the Inclusive Language Liturgical Psalter (pointed).
ADOPTED #CoGS 030-03-19
Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod forward the following motion to the General Synod 2019:
Be it resolved:
That this General Synod authorize for use Seasonal Forms for Daily Office for use where permitted by the Ordinary.
ADOPTED #CoGS 032-03-19
Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod commend the following motion to the General Synod 2019:
Be it resolved:
That this General Synod authorize for use Thanksgivings over the Water where permitted by the Ordinary.
ADOPTED #CoGS 028-03-19
Be it resolved:
That this Council of General Synod approve for Trial Use, Evaluation, and Feedback, Rites for the Catechumenal Process where permitted by the Ordinary.
ADOPTED #CoGS 029-03-19
The Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Bishop, provided some background information prior to the vote on “The Arusha Call to Discipleship” resolution.
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Be it resolved that this Council of General forward to the General Synod 2019 the following motion:
Be it resolved that this General Synod:
1. affirm the Arusha Call to Discipleship which emerged from the World Council of Churches’ Conference on World Mission and Evangelism sponsored by the WCC Commission on Witness and Evangelism (March 2018);
2. encourage programmatic bodies within the General Synod to integrate the Arusha Call to Discipleship into the guiding principles of baptismal living for the shaping of national ministries;
3. commend the Arusha Call to Discipleship to dioceses for study and inclusion in their considerations of evangelism, witness and discipleship.
ADOPTED #CoGS 038-03-19
Be it resolved that this Council of General Synod commend the following motion to the General Synod 2019:
Be it resolved:
That, in this special time marking the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the formation of the Canadian Council of Churches, this General Synod, in a spirit of gratitude, offer congratulations to the President and Executive of the Canadian Council of Churches, and recommit the Anglican Church of Canada in our membership and full participation in the life and witness of the Council.
ADOPTED #CoGS 039-03-19