Synod

There was never much chance that Presbyterians like us would understand their first Anglican synod, especially in a foreign language. It started at 7pm, after dinner, with apparently only one purpose, to ratify the change of name from Eglise Episcopale to Eglise Anglicane (my favourite comment from the floor – “This is a good idea, I could never pronounce Episcopale anyway”!!). Since the archbishop, house of bishops and provincial synod had already approved the name, it was never going to produce a heated debate.
At 1020, the bishop started his closing speech. This got interrupted and we took the chance to leave assuming it was nearly over. We found out the next morning that it found a new lease of life and went on till midnight – it was 0130 before some people got to bed.
No more complaints about long church meetings when we go home!