WAIAPU DIOCESE

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 216, 12 October 1929, Page 6

WAIAPU DIOCESE

ANNUAL YIEETIXG QF SYXOD. OPEXIXG SESSIOXS YlCSTjiRDAY. Ihe AA aiapu Diocesan Synod assembled in Napier yesterday for the annual sessions. The Synod service was held in Sfc. John's Cathedral yesterday at 10.30 ara. and was well attended. The clcrgy robed in the hall and proceeded hy the north entrance into tho Cathedral. The Bishop called upon the general secretary, the A'en. Archdeacon J. B. Brocklehurst, to call the roll, after whieli .Merhecki's office of the Hoty Comniunion was sung. The Rev. Canon MacLean was tlie celebrant, and was assistcd by Canon Artliur AVillianis (Epistoller) and Canon Clarke (Gospeller). The Rev. A. F. Hall preached the sermon, his text being St. dohn 3.30, "He must increase, but I must deerease." The annual synod was opened by the Right A7en. -Dr. AV. "VV. Sedgwick, Bishop of AA'aiapu, -yesterday afternoon in the new Synod Hall. There was a very large attendance of the general public to hear tlie Bishop's address The address was heantiiy applauded at manv points. and was notable for the nianuer in which the great difficulties fncing the Cliurch today were dealt with. , THE BISHOP-ELECT. ' At the outset the Bishop said: "Before commencing niv address I would refer to the^ election of Archdeacon Herbert AATlliams as my successor in office. The Archdeacon is, as you know, the third of the family to be Bishop of the See of AA^aiapu. His father, Leonard AA7illiams, was tliet l third Bishop, and tlie latter's father, AYilliam Williams, was tlie first. Tlie Archdeacon is a man of wide learning, ripe experience, and an expert in canonical law and in procedure of synodical assemblies, so that he will enrich the counsels of the Bench of Bishops, wliile long experience of the dioc-ese and liis knowledge of its internal affaii's will he of great lielp to liim in the administrative work of the diocese., In your namo I ask liim to accept your ljest wishes in the ilfe and work before him. Tlie clioeesewill. extend to him tliat spirit of lovalty that so marks it, and I ca.il assure him of our prayers." BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. The hours of meeting were fixed as 2.30 to 3.30 p.m. and 7.30 to 9.45 p.m. Mr Kibhlewhite was appointed chairman of committee, tho Rev. AV. T. Drake clerical secretary, and" Mr H. R. Clark lay secretary. Mr A. E. Turner AA'illiams moved: "That this synod desires to impress on parisbes the iinportance of loyally supporting the Pension Board in its fire insurance business." hlr Williams pointecl out that the board's fund was in a very sound position owing to the security of re-insur-ance. -Capital was increasing, 'and accrued profits were to' he devoted to pensions funds, the widows' and orplians' fund, and the clergy sick fund and it was therefore in the hest interests of parishes to support thc church's. scheme.

The motion was earried unanimously. It ivas also dceided to amend tbe rules in tiie No. 1 and No. 2 pension funds in order that pensions may be paid to clergvmen who have retired at Ihe age of 65, and to enable the board to pay pensions for children of deeeased clergy men up to the age of 16 years. „ The A^en. Archdeacon Williams, Messrs IT. Holderness, A. E. Turner AA'illiams, J. P. AA'illiam.son and R. E. H. Pilson were appointed a committee to deal with the excliange and sale of certain properties held bv the AV aiapu Board of Diocesan Trustees. A select committee was set up to dcal with the question of a retiring allowanee to the Biship. The synod went into committee to eonsider the missionary quota for the ensuing year. In order to relieve tlie Nelson Diocese from the necessity of raising its budget for missions, a task rendered impossible hecause of the damage and loss eaused by tlie recent earthquake, the Diocese of Waiapu took over an extra quota of £90. making the tota.1 assessment £2790. The amount raised last year was £3223 Us Bd. or £525 11s 8d in excess of budget expectations.