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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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What is General Assembly?
- Part Governing Body
- Part Congregation
- Part Family Reunion
Who is General Assembly?
- Blue Badges: 712 Elected Commissioners (356 elders and 356 ministers)
- Green Badges: 200 Advisory Delegates (Youth, Seminarians, Missionaries, Ecumenical)
- Red Badges: GA Staff
- Black Badges: Synod and Presbytery Staff
- Orange Vinyl Badges: Exhibitors
- Yellow vinyl Badges: Observers
- Blue Vinyl Badges: Committee On Local Arrangements
The Week in Sequence at GA219
- Saturday: Opening Session & Election of the Moderator
- Sunday Through Tuesday: Committee Meetings
- Wednesday Through Friday: Plenary Sessions
- Saturday: Closing Session & Adjournment
What Were the Big Issues?
- Middle East Peace
- Ordination Standards
- Civil Unions and Christian Marriage
- Governance (Form of Government)
- Doctrinal Statements (Belhar & Heidelberg)
- Leaders (Linda Valentine & Seminary Presidents)
- Grow Christ's Church Deep & Wide
- Social Justice Resolutions
- International Peacemaking
Neal's Favorite GA219 Quote
“We say to a generation of people every day, by the ways that we engage in church and community, ‘I don’t care about your needs or yearnings. I sort of like this mountain I’m living on.’” —The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008)
Resources
- Landon's Greeting to 1st Pres A YouTube Video from the Vice-Moderator of GA219
- Assembly in Brief - Highlights of the major events and issues of GA219
- What is the General Assembly? Video Slide Presentation by PCUSA for Commissioners & Advisory Delegates to GA219
- Best Thing About Being a Commissioner YouTube Video from last GA
- GA219 Video Footage From Plenary & Worship Sessions
