As the First of May rolls around we mark the start of the 2014 General Assembly Season.

Are you ready for an interesting year of Assemblies?

Here is this year’s line-up as I know it now. I will update as I clarify additional Assembly meetings.

59th General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Taiwan   22-25 April 2014 Tainan

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Tasmania   13 May 2014 (begins)

General Assembly Church of Scotland 17-23 May 2014 Edinburgh

General Assembly Free Church of Scotland Continuing 19-22 May, 2014 Edinburgh

General Assembly Free Church of Scotland 19-23 May 2014 Edinburgh

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of South Australia 26 May 2014 (begins) North Adelaide, S.A.

140th General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Canada 30 May – 2 June 2014 Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario

General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Ireland   2-6 June 2014 Belfast

General Assembly United Free Church of Scotland   4-6 June 2014 Perth

81st General Assembly Orthodox Presbyterian Church 4-10 June 2014 Kuyper College Grand Rapids, Michigan

Synod Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland 9-11 June 2014 Dervock

210th Stated Meeting of the General Synod Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 10-12 June 2014 Bonclarken Flat Rock, North Carolina

221st General Assembly (2014) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 14-21 June 2014 Detroit, Michigan (note this is a biennial Assembly)

139th General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America 15-18 June 2014 Chattanooga, Tennessee

184th General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church 16-20 June 2014 Chattanooga, Tennessee

42nd General Assembly Presbyterian Church in America 17-20 June 2014 Houston, Texas

34th General Assembly Evangelical Presbyterian Church 17-21 June 2014 Knoxville, Tennessee

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Queensland   30 June – 3 July 2014 Clayfield (Brisbane), QLD

N.S.W. State Assembly Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales   30 June 2014 (begins) Croydon, N.S.W.

78th General Synod Bible Presbyterian Church 31 July – 5 August 2014 Olympia, Washington

National Youth Assembly Church of Scotland 15-18 August 2014 Stirlingshire (Technically not a governing body, but still an Assembly I track)

14th General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Ghana 15-21 August 2014 Abetifi Kwahu

General Synod ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians 18 August 2014 Dallas, Texas

6th General Assembly Evangelical Presbyterian Church — Ghana August 2014 Ho

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand   3-7 October 2014 Saint Kentigern College Auckland

General Assembly Presbyterian Church of Victoria   6 October 2014

General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Western Australia   24 October 2014

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 six 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!