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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
