- Title
- European Parliament Elections
- Date
- Thursday 4 June 2009
- Time
- All day!
- Description
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Use your vote! Voting and civic participation is an important part of being a Christian in society. Information from the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC):
The next European Parliamentary elections take place (in the UK) on Thursday 4th June. The UK will have 72 MEPs (down from 78) - England will have 59 MEPs (voted for in nine electoral regions), Scotland will have 6, Wales 4 and Northern Ireland 3.
Websites of interest:
Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) election briefing paper.
European Parliament: UK office: www.europarl.org.uk
Current (Czech) presidency of the EU: www.eu2009.cz
European Union main website: www.europa.eu
BBC European news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/default.stm
Blog by Mark Mardell (BBC European news editor): http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/
UK Government: Europe: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/fco-in-action/institutions/britain-in-the-european-union/
Scottish Government: Europe: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/International-Relations/Europe
- Location
- Your local polling station!
Provincial calendar
Forthcoming General Synod board and commitee meetings and events:
- Tue 10 Nov 2009 Finance Committee
- Wed 11 Nov 2009 ICRC Residential
- Wed 25 Nov 2009 Standing Committee
- Wed 9 Dec 2009 Mission and Ministry Board Steering Group
SEC vacancies
Current vacancies within the Scottish Episcopal Church:
inspires Magazine
October 2009 edition:
The October 2009 edition of inspires, the magazine of the Scottish Episcopal Church, includes:
- No future without forgiveness
- The Glenalmond experience
- Faith traditions
Prayer for the Week
Saturday 7 November 2009
'Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life: raise us, who trust in him, from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, that we may seek those things which are above, where he reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.'