Officers and members of the General Synod of the Church of England will attend the Sung Eucharist service at York Minster at 11.00am on Sunday 9 July. The General Synod’s July meeting will take place in York from 7 -11 July.
The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, will preside at the service. The Preacher will be the Most Revd Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa. The Choir of York Minster will perform at the service.
All are welcome to attend the service.
The service will be live streamed. For the livestream link go to https://www.youtube.com/live/mw_7e4GXWJk?feature=share
The General Synod is the national assembly of the Church of England. It came into being in 1970 under the Synodical Government Measure 1969, replacing an earlier body known as the Church Assembly.
The General Synod considers and approves legislation affecting the whole of the Church of England, formulates new forms of worship, debates matters of national and international importance, and approves the annual budget for the work of the Church at national level.
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