Synod Update: Final Theme Summaries Released

Wednesday 6th November 2024

Our diocesan synod journey continues this month as we release the summary documents for our final two Big Listen themes.

Over the past several weeks, parishes across the diocese have been busy holding theme gathering sessions to further explore some of the responses to have emerged from last year’s Big Listen.

From more than 30,000 responses in the Big Listen, four key themes were highlighted, which were:

Nurturing Faith for Tomorrow’s World
Building Connections
Enabling Access
Fostering Christ-like Care

To allow time to explore each of these themes in detail, we have been sharing a summary document for each of the themes for you to explore with your parish.

The summary documents for all four themes are now available:

Click to download Theme One Summary: Nurturing Faith for Tomorrow’s World

Click to download Theme Two Summary: Building Connections

Click to download Theme Three Summary: Enabling Access

Click to download Theme Four Summary: Fostering Christ-like Care

What next?

Parishes are now invited to continue holding theme gatherings to discern and discuss each of the four themes and agree two proposals for each theme.

Proposals will be gathered together and voted on during the Final Synod Gathering in March. The chosen proposals will then help form the basis of our Pastoral Plan, which will be our practical response to what has emerged from our Synod journey.

To find out more, click here.