At the annual meeting of the synod of the Archdeaconry of Benelux, held last week online, our Archdeacon Paul Vrolijk, who is also Chancellor of Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral Brussels, informed the meeting that he would step down from his duties as Archdeacon in November and as a member of the Central Committee with immediate effect. This was solely and simply due to Paul's extremely heavy workload as Chancellor and senior chaplain of one of the largest parishes in the Diocese in Europe. We record our deep thanks to Paul for his professional and cheerful contributions to the work of the Central Committee since he joined us in 2017. Because the Central Committee office is situated inside Holy Trinity Brussels, we rejoice that we will remain just a few metres from Paul's office on the same corridor! We look forward to continuing our deep collaboration in the future as representatives of the Diocese and of the Central Committee. We intend to submit the name of a new member of the Central Committee to the Minister of Justice this calendar year, for appointment by the Minister in the name of HM King Philippe.