{"id":166,"date":"2012-07-07T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T21:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gajunkie.info\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2012-07-07T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T21:50:11","slug":"220th-general-assembly-of-the-pcusa-saturday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) &#8212; Saturday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\"><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size:8px\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><font style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?w=625\">\n<\/td>\n<td>\nLive blogging the Saturday morning concluding session.<br \/>\nIf you are following along live you will want to hit refresh periodically to reload the post. (And please excuse the typos as my fingers fly &#8211; even more so with the fatigue at the end of the week.)<\/p>\n<p>The business for the morning is to finish all unfinished business, worship and adjourn the Assembly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n[As a courtesy to my family members I am staying with I departed around midnight last night so I am still piecing together the business that happened after I left. I have not found a definite time that the Assembly adjourned but it was around 1:30 AM.]<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly is dragging itself back and as the house band gets started they being with an instrumental version of &#8220;Precious Lord, Take My Hand.&#8221; Got to think they had the &#8220;I am tired, I am weak, I am worn&#8221; line in mind, if not the rest of the verse &#8220;Through the storm, through the night\/ Lead me on to the light\/ Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Yes, I just got confirmation that the Assembly recessed at 1:30 AM due to a combination of factors, but mostly because the buses would stop running at 2 AM. Thanks Andy]<\/p>\n<p>So, all the usual &#8211; The band warms us up, the Moderator calls us to order at 9:00 AM and a ruling elder commissioner leads us through the prayer cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The Moderator thanks the band and the Assembly gives them a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>1001 Worshiping Communities &#8211; Common Table, Bend, Oregon<\/p>\n<p>Bills and Overtures<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Committee 4 will report<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Final set of minutes will be reviewed by the members of the Bills and Overtures committee<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks, and standing ovation, for the Moderator and Stated Clerk<\/p>\n<p>Committee on Review of Biennial Assemblies &#8211; Committee 4<br \/>Arrested last night Item 04-01 Recommendations 3, 5, 8<br \/>Motion to refer on the floor &#8211; To ask the Special Committee to continue its work with emphasis on certain specific areas<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Can this be done by COGA?<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; This motion negates the work we on the committee did<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; These are good recommendations &#8211; let&#8217;s let them develop them more<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; This motion is too prescriptive<br \/>Commissioner asks for reality check of where we are &#8211; &#8220;My body was here last night but my brain checked out.&#8221; In response even the Committee Moderator needs to be corrected about this<br \/>Two motions tried to be made but not in order at this time since they do not apply to the motion on the floor<br \/>Commissioner comment &#8211; We must aggressively work to empower those under 35 in this church<br \/>Commissioner argues that while further work might be good the Special Committee&#8217;s work is lacking from the beginning and the Assembly Committee had better ideas<br \/>Call the question &#8211; approved on voice vote<br \/>Vote on the motion to refer<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Advisory delegates [is there a problem with the voting system &#8211; nothing is happening. Awkward long pause. Now Gradye whispers something to Neal. Consultation with someone else. Gradye leaves.] The video system is having technical difficulties so the results will be delivered on paper. Singing while we wait.<br \/>OK, we go to hand vote &#8211; debate closed. The motion to refer is defeated<\/p>\n<p>Back to the main motion<br \/>Committee recommends that Item 04-03A be approved with amendment<br \/>Commissioner speaks to trusting the committee, especially when they vote 24-2<br \/>Item approved without objection<\/p>\n<p>Committee recommends that Item 04-03B be approved<br \/>Committee recommends that Item 04-03C be approved with amendment (that an overture from a presbytery asking for a constitutional change have the concurrence of one other presbytery, not 10% as proposed by the Special Committee)<br \/>Amendment from the floor &#8211; After making it and getting clarification the commissioner withdraws it<br \/>These items approved without objection<\/p>\n<p>Item 04-08 Regarding Extending the Timeframe for the Work of the Review Committee<br \/>Recommend approval with amendment<br \/>Commissioner argues against &#8211; we have created enough task forces, this will cost $38K<br \/>Committee member responds that there has to be a better way to do business and they have ideas they would like to try<br \/>Talking polity of how to replace this with something else &#8211; recommendation of Moderator is to vote this down and them move something else<br \/>Commissioner argues for crowdsourcing as less expensive<br \/>[The keypads are working again]<br \/>Voting<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioners &#8211; 347 yes, 128 no<\/p>\n<p>Item 04-05 Regarding Young Adult Commissioners<br \/>Committee recommends that it be disapproved and referred back to the Special Committee<br \/>Commissioner, who I think said he was a stated clerk, asks if you can disapprove and refer<br \/>Substitute motion &#8211; Direct the Stated Clerk to communicate with the presbyteries to prioritize sending young adult commissioners to Assembly<br \/>Commissioner speaks to it and asks how we can be better structured to get young adults involved<br \/>Moderator suggests that it be an amendment to the comment<br \/>Commissioner objects and wants it to be an action item<br \/>Stated Clerk suggests adding it to the action item and it will be acted upon &#8211; Commissioner agrees<br \/>Commissioner argues that &#8220;We need to think outside the box and one of the boxes is General Assembly.&#8221; Need to think alternately to a week long meeting<br \/>YAAD objects &#8211; it gives us too little credit. Need to take action to bring young people in as commissioners not advisory delegates (Well received by assembly)<br \/>Is there anyone on the Committee under 35? Answer &#8211; almost half of the committee is under the age of 40 (And the Review Committee Moderator is the only one eligible for AARP)<br \/>More polity confusion as to what is on the floor<br \/>Commissioner speaks in defense of young people who will come to meetings &#8211; but want the time to socialize outside of the meeting<br \/>Amendment passed on voice vote<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Motion &#8211; Actually, this will probably be done by amendment as it adds a paragraph that is the original language<br \/>Agreed that the best way to do this would be to vote down the current motion and then propose the new language<br \/>YAAD argues against &#8211; nice idea but there are better ways to do it as Assembly Committee discussed<br \/>Commissioner &#8211; We don&#8217;t need young adult synod representation. We need young adult leadershp<br \/>YAAD &#8211; There is no lack of young adult leadership at this assembly<br \/>Without objection the question is called<br \/>Vote on the Item<br \/>&nbsp; Advisory delegates TSADs 31% yes, YAADs 50% yes, EADs 75% yes, MADs 67% yes<br \/>&nbsp; Commissioners &#8211; 387 to 77<br \/>The committee&#8217;s recommendation is approved<\/p>\n<p>This concludes the committee&#8217;s report<\/p>\n<p>Questions: The property trust clause motion earlier was ruled out of order. Could the Stated Clerk please explain further?&nbsp; Stated Clerk &#8211; There was language missing from the motion regarding business at a congregational meeting which if it had been added would have made the motion in order.<\/p>\n<p>Report on the Encountering the the Gospel of Peace Anew Initiative<br \/>From the Peacemaking and International Issues <\/p>\n<p>Commissioner moves reconsideration of 10-15 on the Status of Women in the PC(USA)<br \/>Information I did not hear last night &#8211; The report was mandated by the 218th GA<br \/>[Polity point &#8211; one Assembly&#8217;s action does not bind future committees]<br \/>Commissioner speaks in favor &#8211; also did not understand ramifications, we need to take this issue seriously<br \/>Commissioner argues that the money is better spent supporting women in ministry instead of studying it<br \/>Commissioner reminds Assembly that the cost is over four years so annual impact is small<br \/>Commissioner argues that this late in the Assembly, with some commissioners having left, this is not a good time to move reconsideration<br \/>[A couple of short fuses in the room &#8211; &#8220;we are tired, we are weak, we are worn.&#8221;]<br \/>Question for clarification and response: This is not just about the status of women but the view of women by men.<br \/>Vote on motion to reconsider<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Advisory delegates &#8211; TSADs 75% yes, YAADs 22% yes, EADs 60% yes, MADs 50% yes<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioners &#8211; 127 yes to 305 no, 3 abstain<br \/>The motion to reconsider is defeated<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner apologizes for being so vocal about the point of order and compliments the Moderator<\/p>\n<p>Mission Coordination<br \/>&nbsp; This Assembly has added $929,054 to the 2013 budget and $823,186 to the 2014 budget<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The GAMC will have to figure out how to pay for it<br \/>Commissioner points out that certain numbers don&#8217;t add up. Checking the written it is a typo and the screen is corrected<br \/>The recommendation is approved without objection<br \/>The outgoing GACM chair, Mike Kruse, makes remarks and thanks Linda Valentine for all the work she has done and the transformations that have happened<br \/>He passes the stole to the new GAMC chair, the first young adults GAMC chair &#8211; Matt Schramm<br \/>The new chair thanks Mike for his leadership and encourages young adults to get involved<br \/>This concludes our report<\/p>\n<p>Linda Valentine and Gradye Parsons give a promo for Big Tent<\/p>\n<p>The Committee on Local Arrangements is recognized and gets a standing ovation<br \/>Makes presentations to Moderator and Vice-Moderator<br \/>Thanks to the c<br \/>\nast of thousands who helped out at this GA including the executive committee of COLA<\/p>\n<p>General Assembly Procedures<br \/>&nbsp; The Committee Moderator reports the membership numbers that were used for calculations in response to an earlier question<br \/>&nbsp; Cost of actions for 2012 &#8211; $240 (has to be absorbed)<br \/>&nbsp; For 2013 the Assembly&#8217;s actions will add 0.15 to per capita budget<br \/>&nbsp; For 2014 the Assembly&#8217;s actions will add 0.08 to per capita budget<br \/>&nbsp; There has been an agreement to absorb some costs from reserves so impact on assessed per capita will be lower &#8211;&nbsp; $0.07 in 2013 and $0.04 in 2014. That brings the total per capita assessment to $6.87 for 2013 and $7.02 for 2014.<br \/>Approved on voice vote<br \/>Committee leads a short song of their own composition based on &#8220;We are one in the Spirit&#8221; thanking COLA<\/p>\n<p>COGA makes some final announcements and thanks<\/p>\n<p>Thanks and presentation from OGA to COLA<br \/>COLA Chair is presented with a commemorative plate<\/p>\n<p>The Committee on Local Arrangements for the 221st General Assembly reports<br \/>Gives thanks that their video person produced a long and short version of their video and will now show the short version (applause)<\/p>\n<p>The Stated Clerk gives thanks to all the people that have run the platform and worked backstage and behind the scenes.<br \/>And thanks to the commissioners for their hard work.<\/p>\n<p>Moderator makes his thanks for the help of &#8220;his people&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Announcements &#8211; Leave the keypads on the table.<\/p>\n<p>We now go into closing worship. <\/p>\n<p>[My live-blogging ends here. Thanks to all who have followed along.<br \/>Thanks to my sister and brother-in-law for letting me crash at their place.<br \/>I have posted my regular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ga220.info\/GA220BriefSummary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">summary sheet<\/a> on the GA on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ga220.info\">www.ga220.info<\/a> <br \/>Now to worship and after that to go be a tourist for the rest of the day. And get some sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Grace and peace to all of you.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Live blogging the Saturday morning concluding session. If you are following along live you will want to hit refresh periodically to reload the post. (And please excuse the typos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,14,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ga-business","category-general-assembly","category-live-blogging","category-pcusa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) - Saturday Morning - The GA Junkie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) - Saturday Morning - The GA Junkie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Live blogging the Saturday morning concluding session. If you are following along live you will want to hit refresh periodically to reload the post. (And please excuse the typos [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The GA Junkie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-07T21:50:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Salyards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Salyards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Salyards\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e30c1b854f165e0423ea436d3961c1c0\"},\"headline\":\"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) &#8212; Saturday Morning\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-07T21:50:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166\"},\"wordCount\":1776,\"commentCount\":9,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67\",\"articleSection\":[\"GA business\",\"General Assembly\",\"Live Blogging\",\"PC(USA)\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166\",\"name\":\"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) - Saturday Morning - The GA Junkie\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-07T21:50:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) &#8212; Saturday Morning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/\",\"name\":\"The GA Junkie\",\"description\":\"The Politics of Presbyterianism\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GA Junkie\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cross-Square.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cross-Square.jpg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"GA Junkie\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/ga_junkie\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e30c1b854f165e0423ea436d3961c1c0\",\"name\":\"Steve Salyards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f098d5fd6e11f0399f5340bc917d2834c81c2c84247856402d200760feff0c86?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f098d5fd6e11f0399f5340bc917d2834c81c2c84247856402d200760feff0c86?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f098d5fd6e11f0399f5340bc917d2834c81c2c84247856402d200760feff0c86?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steve Salyards\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) - Saturday Morning - The GA Junkie","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) - Saturday Morning - The GA Junkie","og_description":"&nbsp; Live blogging the Saturday morning concluding session. If you are following along live you will want to hit refresh periodically to reload the post. (And please excuse the typos [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166","og_site_name":"The GA Junkie","article_published_time":"2012-07-07T21:50:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Steve Salyards","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Salyards","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166"},"author":{"name":"Steve Salyards","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e30c1b854f165e0423ea436d3961c1c0"},"headline":"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) &#8212; Saturday Morning","datePublished":"2012-07-07T21:50:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166"},"wordCount":1776,"commentCount":9,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67","articleSection":["GA business","General Assembly","Live Blogging","PC(USA)"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166","url":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166","name":"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) - Saturday Morning - The GA Junkie","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67","datePublished":"2012-07-07T21:50:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67","contentUrl":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/ga220logo.jpg?a=67"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=166#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) &#8212; Saturday Morning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/","name":"The GA Junkie","description":"The Politics of Presbyterianism","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization","name":"GA Junkie","url":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cross-Square.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cross-Square.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"GA Junkie"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ga_junkie"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e30c1b854f165e0423ea436d3961c1c0","name":"Steve Salyards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f098d5fd6e11f0399f5340bc917d2834c81c2c84247856402d200760feff0c86?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f098d5fd6e11f0399f5340bc917d2834c81c2c84247856402d200760feff0c86?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f098d5fd6e11f0399f5340bc917d2834c81c2c84247856402d200760feff0c86?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steve Salyards"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}