2012 SC Synod Assembly

Columbia

Thursday, May 31, 2012

2013 South Carolina Synod Assembly
June 2, 2013 - June 4, 2013
Downtown Charleston Marriott
170 Lockwood Blvd., Charleston, South Carolina

“You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.”
(Acts 1:8b)

Welcome to the 2012 South Carolina Synod Assembly Registration Site!

2012 SC Synod Assembly

Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:15 PM - Saturday, June 02, 2012 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
1101 Lincoln Street
Columbia, 29201
United States
(803) 545-0001

If you have questions related to the assembly, please call 803-765-0590 or email Jenny Spearen at jenny@scsynod.com. Email Us

Notes on Assembly Committees, Resolution Guidelines and Voting Members:

S7.01.01. The following committees shall be appointed by the bishop from the voting members of the Synod Assembly at least 30 days prior to the meeting of the assembly:

a. Committee of Reference and Counsel. The duties of the Committee of Reference and Counsel shall be to report to the assembly with its recommendations all resolutions submitted to it. Resolutions of a general character which are not germane to pending questions or reports shall be submitted on no more than one page of 8 ½ x 11 inch paper to the synodical secretary no later than 15 days prior to the formal opening of the assembly. The committee shall provide copies of all resolutions to the voting members of the assembly. Other duties of the committee shall be to recommend special orders for the hearing of representatives, to grant or deny permission to distribute printed matter not issuing from the office of the secretary, and to give such assistance to the bishop as the bishop may desire in the course of the assembly.

b. Committee on Conduct of Elections. The duties of the Committee on Conduct of Elections shall be to distribute and collect at the direction of the bishop ballots for all elections, to supervise the tellers in the counting of ballots, to report the results of all elections to the assembly, and to give such assistance to the bishop as the bishop may desire in the course of the assembly.

S7.01.A11. Resolutions which could not have reasonably been submitted before the 15-day deadline may be submitted to the Committee of Reference and Counsel after the opening of the assembly. A signer of the resolution, preferably its primary author, shall meet with the Committee of Reference and Counsel at the time appointed in the Rules of Procedure adopted for that assembly. Regardless of the recommendation of the Committee of Reference and Counsel, the consideration of such resolutions by the assembly shall require the approval by a two-thirds vote of voting members to place the resolution before the Synod Assembly. If a resolution is received after the deadline of 15 days prior to the formal opening of the assembly, the resolution shall be processed according to the provisions of this continuing resolution.

S7.21.A07. SC Synod Constitution - Each congregation of this synod shall be entitled to at least two lay voting members. Each congregation having 300 to 649 baptized members shall be entitled to one additional lay voting member. Each congregation having 650 to 999 baptized members shall be entitled to two additional lay voting members. Each congregation having 1000 or more baptized members shall be entitled to three additional lay voting members. Baptized members shall be based on the annual congregational report of each congregation for the year preceding the assembly. Each congregation of this synod shall be entitled to one additional lay voting member who is under the age of thirty at the time of the assembly.

Click here to find out how many voting members your congregation is eligible to register!

S7.23.-S7.23.01. SC Synod Constitution -- Ordained Pastors, Associates in Ministry, Diaconal Ministers and Deaconesses - Under Call, Active, Retired, or On Leave from Call but Serving as Interim - have both Voice and Vote at assembly.

Ordained Pastors, Associates in Ministry, Diaconal Ministers and Deaconesses On Leave from Call have Voice, but no Vote, at assembly.

1003 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone 803.765.0590 / Fax 803.252.5558

Please note: The deadline for submitting resolutions for the 2013 Assembly to consider is May 16 at 12:00 noon. Please address them to the Committee of Reference and Counsel and send them to the synod office address
(1003 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201). Click here to view matters pertaining to resolutions and memorials. Click here to view the resolution (memorial) worksheet.

Please note: Registration will close on Monday, May 20, 2013, at 5:00 p.m.
No registrations will be accepted after this date.