Ah, the First of May — the start of General Assembly Season 2013! 

Coffee? Check.
Alarm clocks set? Check.
Internet streaming? Check.

It looks like we are all ready to go so here is this year’s line-up:

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Tasmania   14 May 2013 (begins)

General Assembly Church of Scotland 18-24 May 2013 Edinburgh

General Assembly Free Church of Scotland Continuing 20-24 May, 2013 Edinburgh

General Assembly Free Church of Scotland 20-24 May 2013 Edinburgh

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of South Australia   27 May 2013 (begins) North Adelaide, S.A.

General Assembly United Free Church of Scotland   29-31 May 2013 Perth

139th General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Canada 31 May – 3 June 2013 Toronto, Ontario

General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Ireland   3-7 June 2013 Londonderry

80th General Assembly Orthodox Presbyterian Church 5-11 June 2013 St. Mary’s College Moraga, California

Synod Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland 10-12 June 2013 Dromore

209th Stated Meeting of the General Synod Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 11-13 June 2013 Bonclarken Flat Rock, North Carolina

183rd General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church 17-21 June 2013 Murfreesboro, Tennessee

41st General Assembly Presbyterian Church in America 17-21 June 2013 Greenville, South Carolina

33rd General Assembly Evangelical Presbyterian Church 18-22 June 2013 Highlands Ranch, Colorado

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Queensland   24 June 2013 (begins) Clayfield (Brisbane), QLD

N.S.W. State Assembly Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales   1 July 2013 (begins) Croydon, N.S.W.

77th General Synod Bible Presbyterian Church 1-6 August 2013 Grand Island, NY

National Youth Assembly Church of Scotland 16-19 August 2013 Dundee (Technically not a governing body, but still an Assembly I track)

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Australia 9 September 2013 (begins) Surry Hills (Sydney) (note: this is a triennial Assembly)

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Victoria   October 2013

General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Western Australia   25 October 2013 Bassendean, W.A.

A few branches have biennial assemblies so those with their next assembly in 2014 include the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.

These are the ones that I am tracking at the moment.  I will update as
appropriate.  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 five 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 few months of watching us do things
decently and in order!