Lay Delegate definition

Lay Delegate means a lay person who is elected or appointed as a delegate to General, Provincial, or diocesan Synod. Lay delegates become lay members upon registration and convening of the session of Synod, and remain members until the convening of the next scheduled session of Synod. (For exception see Canon Twelve (XII) Section 14.)
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Examples of Lay Delegate in a sentence

  • The Trade Union representation would be the Regional Official(s) concerned, each supported by a Lay Delegate.

  • If the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ so recommends, the Convention may recognize the Affiliated Episcopal Congregation by majority vote and confer seat and voice (but not vote) upon its Lay Delegate.

  • Should the right of a Lay Delegate to be seated be challenged, the matter is referred to a Committee on Credentials, consisting of one Clergy member and two Lay members, to be named by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇.

  • The Lay Delegate of the Congregation may have seat, voice and vote at the Diocesan Convention.

  • With the advice and direction of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Committee takes such further steps as may be necessary or advisable to complete and maintain its organization, including the assembly of the accoutrements for worship, the funding of accounts, and the holding of a congregational meeting for the election of members, officers and a Lay Delegate.

  • At the next Convention, they submit to the Convention: (i) an application, signed by a majority of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Committee, requesting that the Convention recognize the Affiliated Episcopal Congregation, (ii) the name of the Affiliated Episcopal Congregation’s Lay Delegate (if one), and (iii) a recommendation of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ that the Convention recognize the Affiliated Episcopal Congregation.

  • An Affiliated Episcopal Congregation may be represented by one Lay Delegate if (i) the Diocesan Convention has recognized the Congregation under Canon 7.18, and (ii) the Lay Delegate was elected by the Congregation and certified to the Convention.

  • Each Mission is entitled to one Lay Delegate and an additional Lay Delegate for each 50 Communicants or major fraction thereof after the first 50.