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#GA223: The Church is Alive! by Bill Hasselbarth

#GA223: The Church is Alive! by Bill Hasselbarth

by Albany Presbytery Communications | June 22, 2018 | GA223governancePCUSApolity | Blog

As a first time attendee (Observer) of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, I have been moved by this experience. It was made very clear here that we are a connectional Church! I met Presbyterians from all over the country, including teaching elders,... Read more
#GA223: Reflections by Charlotte Hasselbarth

#GA223: Reflections by Charlotte Hasselbarth

by Albany Presbytery Communications | June 22, 2018 | GA223governancePCUSApolity | Blog

This is my first experience of being at the General Assembly. I will mention two of the many things that have impressed me. Parliamentary Procedure has Advantages One of the things that surprised me most was the effectiveness of Parliamentary Procedure at meetings.... Read more
#GA223: Reflections

#GA223: Reflections

by Rev. Larry Greenwold | June 22, 2018 | GA223governancePCUSApolity | Blog

Wednesday Blog – June 20th, 2018 Here we are at the middle of the week and the midpoint in our General Assembly (GA) schedule.  We began on Saturday with an awesome worship service. On Sunday we had the opportunity to attend Sunday worship at a local area... Read more
#GA223: Reflections from a YAAD by Maxine Quaye

#GA223: Reflections from a YAAD by Maxine Quaye

by Albany Presbytery Communications | June 20, 2018 | GA223governancePCUSApolityYAAD | Blog

My experience here at GA has exceeded my expectations. I was expecting to be unengaged and mostly bored. However! That is not the case at all. The YAADs (Young Adult Advisory Delegates) arrived in St Louis a day earlier than the commissioners where we were given an... Read more
#GA223: Ah, Yes – Committee Work!! by Laura Rogers

#GA223: Ah, Yes – Committee Work!! by Laura Rogers

by Albany Presbytery Communications | June 20, 2018 | GA223governanceOverturePCUSApolityracism | Blog

My role at GA is as an Overture Advocate.  All business presented to the Assembly first goes to a committee for discussion and hopefully recommendation to the Assembly as a whole for final action.   The fascinating piece of this is that an action which goes to the... Read more
#GA223: Proposed Changes to the Rules of Discipline

#GA223: Proposed Changes to the Rules of Discipline

by Dan Rogers | June 17, 2018 | #albypresbyAlbPresbyGA223 | Blog

The 222nd General Assembly (2016) created a Rules of Discipline Task Force, that was charged with: revising the entire Rules of Discipline to make the Rules of Discipline more accessible to the church, to preserve and enhance the accountability of councils and... Read more
Introducing the #GA223 Commissioners from #AlbPresby

Introducing the #GA223 Commissioners from #AlbPresby

by Albany Presbytery Communications | May 30, 2018 | CommissionersGA223General AssemblygovernancePCUSAPresbyterianYAAD | Blog

General Assembly 223 – June 16-23, 2018 We have a few people heading to the 223rd meeting of the General Assembly in St. Louis, Missouri. Here is a little about each of them and how you can follow and engage with them while they participate in #GA223. Maxine Quaye –... Read more
Albany Presbytery Concurs with Overtures for 223rd General Assembly

Albany Presbytery Concurs with Overtures for 223rd General Assembly

by Dan Rogers | April 24, 2018 | GA223governanceOverturepolity | Blog

Overtures to the 223rd General Assembly of the PC(USA) meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, from June 16-23, 2018. Albany Presbytery acted in February and April 2018 to concur with the following overtures that had been submitted by other presbyteries to the Office of the... Read more
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