Resolutions of the
128th Session of Diocesan Synod
02-04 June 2005

(Non-procedural)

01
That this Diocesan Synod authorize and direct the Diocesan Council to investigate and, if feasible, to implement specific diocesan policies requiring mandatory minimum levels of coverage for property insurance for all Diocesan and Parish-owned buildings as well as minimum levels, forms, and terms of coverage for general broad-form liability insurance, and to investigate the practicality and financial viability of a single group property and liability insurance plan with mandatory parish participation.

02
That this Diocesan Synod reiterate its official position on the detrimental effects of gambling and lotteries, both inside the Church and in wider society.  These activities often bring harm to the less fortunate and seldom prove to enhance the lives of those more fortunate who experience financial gain by them.  In the interest of keeping our moral house in order, this Synod affirms that such means of fund-raising are against the tradition and teaching upheld by the Diocese of Fredericton and parishes are to be encouraged to promote good stewardship and direct giving as the highest method of Church support.

03
That this Diocesan Synod renounce homophobia and all forms of sexual hypocrisy and abuse as evils against which Christians must always be on guard and affirm all peoples as precious in God’s sight.

04
That this Diocesan Synod affirm the moratorium as proposed by the Primates on public Rites of Blessing for same-sex unions and affirm the moratorium as proposed on the consecration of any bishop living in a sexual relationship outside Christian marriage and direct that this affirmation be communicated in writing to the Archbishop of Canterbury and our Primate before the Anglican Consultative Council meets in June 2005.

05
Because many authorities in our wider society are promoting sexual practices that are in fact destructive of human fulfillment and true intimacy, this Diocesan Synod affirm the traditional teaching of the Church and Scripture that fornication, adultery and sodomy, no less than other sins, are contrary to our Creator's will, and inappropriate for a fulfilled and faithful human life in the service of Jesus Christ.

06
That this Diocesan Synod memorialize General Synod as follows:
•    That this Diocesan Synod of Fredericton affirms that it regards being in full and visible communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion throughout the world as essential and vital, and
•    That any consideration of the Anglican Church of Canada 'walking apart' from the rest of the Anglican Communion is unacceptable and indeed contrary to the Solemn Declaration of 1893, and would thus seriously jeopardize the relationship between this Diocese and General Synod.

07
That this Diocesan Synod repeal section 5 of Canon Five of the Diocesan Synod of Fredericton, and substitute therefore the following provision, as proposed by the Diocesan Council Administration Committee and the Diocesan Archives Committee.

08
That this Diocesan Synod re-affirm its historic commitment to rural communities and respectfully petition the Bishop to consult widely with rural people and parishes, in order (in preparation for another Synod) to draw up proposals with respect to the practical forms this commitment might take.

09
That this Diocesan Synod direct that the Secretary of this Synod make available (or cause to be made available) to every parish and mission in this Diocese, the minutes of this Synod meeting (and all subsequent Synod meetings of this Diocese) within one month of its adjournment.

10
That this Diocesan Synod direct that Diocesan Council (or a committee of its appointing) present a motion to the next regular session of this Diocesan Synod on the purpose, mission and editorial policy of the New Brunswick Anglican and our Diocesan E-News (and all other modes of public communication by our Diocese).

11
That further to its motion carried at the 127th Session of the Diocesan Synod of Fredericton, this 128th session reaffirms and continues to uphold the teaching of the Church and again calls on the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada to affirm and uphold the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and the Church:
    (1) that marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others; and
    (2) that no clergy person may bless any union or marriage of persons of the same sex; and that the Synod directs the Secretary of the Synod to memorialize this motion to the meeting of the General Synod of 2007.

12
That this Diocesan Synod repudiate resolution [A134 (5)] of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada (2004) to “affirm the integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relations.”


Elections

Delegates to General Synod
Clergy (4)	Lay (4)	Youth (1)
David Edwards	Shara Golden	Caryn Crowe
Vicars Hodge	Peter Irish
William MacMullin	Robert Marsh
Keith Joyce	Cecil VanBuskirk

Alternates to General Synod
Clergy (4)	Lay (4)	Youth (1)
John Matheson	Heather Carr	Falen McNulty
Albert Snelgrove	Jean Hamilton
John Sharpe	David Watts
Brenda McKnight	Darlene Ketch

Delegates to Provincial Synod
Clergy (4)	Lay (4)	Youth (1)
David Edwards	Cecil VanBuskirk	Christopher Ketch
Vicars Hodge	Shara Golden
Keith Joyce	Heather Carr
William MacMullin	Jean Hamilton

Alternates to Provincial Synod
Clergy (4)	Lay (4)	Youth (1)
Albert Snelgrove	David Watts	Falen McNulty
Douglas Patstone	Murry Arnott
Leo Martin	Helen Bateman
John Sharpe	Darlene Ketch

The Ven. Geoffrey Hall
Secretary of Synod
04 June 2005