GA Junkies ready? It is the start of General Assembly Season 2012! Get your coffee ready, alarm clocks set and your internet streaming tuned up. Here is what I am looking forward to… (based on best available information – I will update as I get full details)
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
May 2012
EdinburghGeneral Assembly
Church of Scotland
19-25 May 2012
Edinburgh
General Assembly
Free Church of Scotland
21-25 May 2012*
Edinburgh
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
28-31 May 2012
Belfast
138th General Assembly
Presbyterian Church in Canada
3-7 June 2012
Oshawa, Ontario
138th General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
4-7 June 2012
Huntsville, Alabama
208th Stated Meeting of the General Synod
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
5-7 June 2012
Flat Rock, North Carolina
General Assembly
United Free Church of Scotland
6-8 June 2012
Perth
79th General Assembly
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
6-12 June 2012
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
182nd General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
17-22 June 2012
Florence, Alabama
40th General Assembly
Presbyterian Church in America
19-22 June 2012
Louisville, Kentucky
181st General Synod
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
(researching – will update)
32nd General Assembly
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
20-23 June 2012
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
220th General Assembly
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
30 June – 7 July 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
76th General Synod
Bible Presbyterian Church
9-14 August 2012
Lakeland, Florida
General Assembly 2012
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
4-7 October 2012
Rotorua
These are the ones that I am tracking at the moment. I will update as
appropriate. [* These entries have been updated since the original post.] If I have missed one, or have information wrong or incomplete, please provide the appropriate information and I will update the list.
And, to make the GA season complete here are two more items…
The first is the series of articles I wrote as an introduction to Presbyterian General Assemblies four years ago. My GA 101 series consists of the following
GA101: Preface
GA101: Introduction – Why in the world would anybody want to do it this way?
GA101: Connectionalism – The Presbyterian Big Picture
GA101: The Cast of Characters – A score card to identify the players
GA101: The Moderator – All Things In Moderation
GA101: Where does the GA business come from? – Incoming!
GA101: Doing the business of GA — Decently and in Order
Yes, what started as a six part series expanded into seven
completed articles with two more unfinished ones in the queue. (Maybe
this will give me some motivation to finish those up.)
And finally, on to the ridiculous. Lest we take ourselves too seriously, a couple years ago I had a little fun with the General Assembly and in the post passed along the GA drinking game and GA Bingo. Please play both responsibly.
So, for all the GA Junkies out there I wish you the best of GA
seasons. May you enjoy the next three months of watching us do things
decently and in order!