219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
In just over 12 hours the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will convene in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here are resources to help you follow all the action.
There are numerous other individuals and groups who will be tweeting, and those are probably best followed by the hashtag or the GA219 Twub. (A twub is a means of consolidating and having a Twitter community.) Also, I have previously listed the Twitter handles of Moderator and Vice-Moderator candidates and will add those of the successful candidate to the official list above upon the selection by the Assembly. UPDATE: With the election of Cynthia Bolbach and Landon Whitsitt as Moderator and Vice-Moderator you can follow them on Twitter at @cbolbach and @landonw.
OK, now the unofficial blog coverage. There is a lot of coverage out that and I am sure to miss someone but here is what I have right now. I would start with two individuals who have put together a tremendous amount of information. Robert Austell has put up a very comprehensive and complete site at GAhelp.net and is there at GA updating and tracking information. Also, Bob Davis has put together a set of reviews of the business before the Assembly at Presbyblog. Also, the news sites Presbyterian Outlook and The Layman will be posting their takes on the Assembly. Each also has a blogger commenting on the action, Carmen Fowler for the Layman and Adam J. Copeland for the Outlook. (And there is word that Toby Brown will also be blogging for the Layman.) For other coverage:
So we have one week ahead of us of polity, parliamentary procedure, and discussion and debate. There will be a live feed but I don't see that link for that yet. I'll add that link in the list above when the GA starts. So hang on and have fun.
- General Assembly home page
- General Assembly Business on PC-Biz - specifically
- Search function
- Committee list with business assigned to each committee and vote tracking
- Resources
- Moderator election
- Official Moderator Booklet
- Moderator Page on the web site
- Docket
- Schedule of Events
- Official News Feed
- Constitutional Documents
- Book of Confessions
- Book of Order - PDF Format -- Interactive Annotated Book of Order
- Manual of the General Assembly
- Policy statement on Using Social Media at the General Assembly
- Major Reports
- Belhar Report
- Marriage Report - Main Report -- Minority Report -- Bibliography
- New Revised Form of Government
- Heidelberg Report
- Israel/Palestine Report (note: This link appears to have broken on the new web site and I'll correct when fixed)
- Youth Task Force Report
- Committee on Local Arrangements (COLA)
- One of more of the Official Blogs may be active as well
- Free GA Resources from the Presbyterian Leader
- Pictures - official from the OGA and I believe unofficial, but well done, from Erin Dunigan (update)
There are numerous other individuals and groups who will be tweeting, and those are probably best followed by the hashtag or the GA219 Twub. (A twub is a means of consolidating and having a Twitter community.) Also, I have previously listed the Twitter handles of Moderator and Vice-Moderator candidates and will add those of the successful candidate to the official list above upon the selection by the Assembly. UPDATE: With the election of Cynthia Bolbach and Landon Whitsitt as Moderator and Vice-Moderator you can follow them on Twitter at @cbolbach and @landonw.
OK, now the unofficial blog coverage. There is a lot of coverage out that and I am sure to miss someone but here is what I have right now. I would start with two individuals who have put together a tremendous amount of information. Robert Austell has put up a very comprehensive and complete site at GAhelp.net and is there at GA updating and tracking information. Also, Bob Davis has put together a set of reviews of the business before the Assembly at Presbyblog. Also, the news sites Presbyterian Outlook and The Layman will be posting their takes on the Assembly. Each also has a blogger commenting on the action, Carmen Fowler for the Layman and Adam J. Copeland for the Outlook. (And there is word that Toby Brown will also be blogging for the Layman.) For other coverage:
- Covenant Network
- More Light Presbyterians
- Presbyterian Coalition
- Presbyterian Peace Fellowship
- Presbyterian Voices for Justice
- Presbyterians Pro-Life
So we have one week ahead of us of polity, parliamentary procedure, and discussion and debate. There will be a live feed but I don't see that link for that yet. I'll add that link in the list above when the GA starts. So hang on and have fun.

Thanks for organizing us all!!!!
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You are welcome. Have a great time and I wish I were there with all the other Presbynerds and GA Junkies.
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