General Assembly 2011

On this page you can find reports, minutes, and other information from the 2011 General Assembly.

Assembly Arrangements Committee

• Report to the Assembly

Central Services Committee

• Report to the Assembly
• Report of the Central Services Committee speech

Chaplains to HM Forces

• Report to the Assembly
• Chaplain's speech

Church and Society Council

• Report to the Assembly
• The involvement of young people and decision-making in the Church of Scotland
• Suicide among young men: the Church as a community of carers
• One Scotland, Many Cultures
• The Churches' attitude to the Travelling Community in Scotland
• Protecting School Budgets
• Just War Criteria and the War in Afghanistan
• The Internet: in whose image?
• Are we what we wear? The ethics of our clothing choices

Church Hymnary Trustees

• Report to the Assembly

Church of Scotland Trust

• Report to the Assembly
• Report speech

Council of Assembly

• Report to the Assembly
• Supplementary Report to the Assembly
• Finance Group remit
• Unincorporated Councils and Committees Report and Financial Statements 2010
• Communications Framework
• Communications Framework - Draft Timeline and Action Plan
• Communications Framework - Draft Media Policy
• Convener's speech - Alan Greig

Ecumenical Relations Committee

• Report to the Assembly
• Report Speech

General Trustees

• Report to the Assembly
• The Chance to Thrive

Guild

• Report to the Assembly
• Additional information
• Convenor's speech - Helen-May Bayne

Housing and Loan Fund

• Report to the Assembly
• Chairman's Speech

Investors Trust

• Report to the Assembly

Iona Community Board

• Report to the Assembly

Legal Questions Committee

• Report to the Assembly
• Legal Questions Committee Statistical Returns (Appendices J – L)
• Report speech

Ministries Council

• Report to the Assembly
• Supplementary Report to the Assembly
• Priority Areas: The Chance to Thrive
• Priority Areas 2010 Consultation Action Plan
• Priority Areas Annual Report
• New Charge Development charges
• Presbytery Planning Tables of Adjustments
• How Rural is that Parish?

A Joint Report by the Mission and Discipleship and Ministries Councils on the Emerging Church is available here

Mission and Discipleship Council

• Report to the Assembly
• Report speech

National Youth Assembly

• Report to the Assembly
• Report speech

Nomination Committee

• Report to the Assembly
• Report speech

Panel on Review and Reform

• Report to the Assembly
• Convener's speech - David Cameron

Pension Trustees

• Report to the Assembly

Safeguarding Committee

• Report to the Assembly
• Convener's speech - Ranald Mair

Social Care Council

• Report to the Assembly
• Convener's speech

Special Commission on Same-Sex Relationships and the Ministry

• Report to the Assembly
• Kirk Session statistics by Presbytery
• Presbytery statistics
• The Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation
• The Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation: Executive Summary
• Nature v Nurture: is sexual orientation inherited?
• Special Commission speech

World Mission Council including the HIV Programme

• Report to the Assembly
• Addendum to Report to the Assembly
• Invest in Peace

Joint Report by Mission and Discipleship and Ministries Councils on the Emerging Church

• Report to the Assembly
• Reformed, Reforming, Emerging and Experimenting

Overture from Presbytery of Greenock and Paisley

• Overture anent Special Commission on Ministries and 20:20 Vision

Overture from Presbytery of Ayr

• Overture anent Geographical Weightings of Presbyteries

Petition from Presbytery of Falkirk

• Petition anent Constitution of Grahamston United Church of Scotland,United Reformed Church and Methodist Church
• Clerk of the Presbytery of Falkirk speech