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GA Junkies ready? It is the start of General Assembly Season 2012!\u00a0 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)<\/p>\n

\nGeneral Assembly
\nFree Church of Scotland (Continuing)<\/a>
\nMay 2012
\nEdinburghGeneral Assembly<\/a>
\nChurch of Scotland<\/a>
\n19-25 May 2012
\nEdinburgh<\/p>\n

General Assembly
\nFree Church of Scotland<\/a>
\n21-25 May 2012*
\nEdinburgh<\/p>\n

General Assembly
\nPresbyterian Church in Ireland<\/a>
\n28-31 May 2012
\nBelfast<\/p>\n

138th General Assembly<\/a>
\nPresbyterian Church in Canada<\/a>
\n3-7 June 2012
\nOshawa, Ontario<\/p>\n

138th General Assembly
\nCumberland Presbyterian Church in America<\/a>
\n4-7 June 2012
\nHuntsville, Alabama<\/p>\n

208th Stated Meeting of the General Synod<\/a>
\nAssociate Reformed Presbyterian Church<\/a>
\n5-7 June 2012
\nFlat Rock, North Carolina<\/p>\n

General Assembly
\nUnited Free Church of Scotland<\/a>
\n6-8 June 2012
\nPerth<\/p>\n

79th General Assembly<\/a>
\nOrthodox Presbyterian Church<\/a>
\n6-12 June 2012
\nWheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois<\/p>\n

182nd General Assembly<\/a>
\nCumberland Presbyterian Church<\/a>
\n17-22 June 2012
\nFlorence, Alabama<\/p>\n

40th General Assembly<\/a>
\nPresbyterian Church in America<\/a>
\n19-22 June 2012
\nLouisville, Kentucky<\/p>\n

181st General Synod
\nReformed Presbyterian Church of North America<\/a>
\n(researching – will update)<\/p>\n

32nd General Assembly<\/a>
\nEvangelical Presbyterian Church<\/a>
\n20-23 June 2012
\nBaton Rouge, Louisiana<\/p>\n

220th General Assembly<\/a>
\nPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)<\/a>
\n30 June – 7 July 2012
\nPittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

76th General Synod
\nBible Presbyterian Church<\/a>
\n9-14 August 2012
\nLakeland, Florida<\/p>\n

General Assembly 2012<\/a>
\nPresbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand<\/a>
\n4-7 October 2012
\nRotorua<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

These are the ones that I am tracking at the moment.\u00a0 I will update as
\nappropriate. [* These entries have been updated since the original post.]\u00a0 If I have missed one, or have information wrong or incomplete, please provide the appropriate information and I will update the list.<\/p>\n

And, to make the GA season complete here are two more items…<\/p>\n

The first is the series of articles I wrote as an introduction to Presbyterian General Assemblies four years ago.\u00a0 My GA 101 series<\/a> consists of the following<\/p>\n

GA101: Preface<\/a>
\nGA101: Introduction – Why in the world would anybody want to do it this way?<\/a>
\nGA101: Connectionalism – The Presbyterian Big Picture<\/a>
\nGA101: The Cast of Characters – A score card to identify the players<\/a>
\nGA101: The Moderator – All Things In Moderation<\/a>
\nGA101: Where does the GA business come from? – Incoming!<\/a>
\nGA101: Doing the business of GA — Decently and in Order<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, what started as a six part series expanded into seven
\ncompleted articles with two more unfinished ones in the queue.\u00a0 (Maybe
\nthis will give me some motivation to finish those up.)<\/p>\n

And finally, on to the ridiculous.\u00a0 Lest we take ourselves too seriously, a couple years ago I had a little fun with the General Assembly<\/a> and in the post passed along the GA drinking game and GA Bingo<\/a>. Please play both responsibly. \"\"<\/p>\n

So, for all the GA Junkies out there I wish you the best of GA
\nseasons.\u00a0 May you enjoy the next three months of watching us do things
\ndecently and in order!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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