The Monday morning session consists almost entirely of voting. The remainder, as one can expect, is usually more interesting.
Among the appointments was a “Sergeant-At-Arms”, which is appointed every year (why this was started I have no idea). The current mandate of this position is, according to Rev. Boot, “to make sure you come back after coffee”. Rev. Daniel Sarkipato was appointed to this position. Rev. Boot gave him a large hooked staff as a token of authority; here is Rev. Sarkipato receiving his staff.
Synod was given Calvin coffee cups to use all week in place of a multitude of cups of the paper and/or Styrofoam varieties. Here is Executive Director Jerry Dykstra explaining this.
The rock-turned-gavel seems to have been replaced by the real thing, however for some reason Rev. Boot has kept the rock also, yielding this interesting podium:
Synod will meet for another session tonight at 7:00 PM.
I would like to express much appreciation for whoever is running the webcast, likely named Tim, for putting the archive clip up within just a few minutes of the session being over. Thanks!
Tags: CRC, synod, Synod 2008
