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\"NYA2016logo\"<\/a>As I write this the 2016 National Youth Assembly<\/a> of the Church of Scotland<\/a> will be getting underway in Stirling. I have frequently expressed my appreciation for this event because it provides a forum for young adults (ages 17-25) to get together and discuss contemporary issues and how they interact with society and their faith. Furthermore, their discussions and conclusions are then presented to the Church of Scotland General Assembly<\/a> the following May. (If you are interested in more detail, have a look at the National Youth Assembly report<\/a> to the 2016 Assembly as well as their longer Supplementary report<\/a> which has more detail and narrative as well as pictures.) In addition, other entities within the Kirk, like the Church of Scotland Guild<\/a> and the Go For It initiative<\/a> work with the NYA and its leadership.<\/p>\n

So this year’s Assembly convenes the evening of Friday August 19 and will adjourn mid-day\u00a0 on Monday August 22. It will be meeting again this year at Gartmore House<\/a> in Stirlingshire.<\/p>\n

The discussion topics this year are Gender Justice, Mental Health, and The Future of Ministry And Fresh Expressions<\/a>. This is an event with a moderate profile in Scotland and the Minister for Mental Health Maureen Watt MSP<\/a> will address the Assembly delegates on Sunday concerning what the Scottish Government is doing to address the problem. The NYA Facebook page<\/a> is one way to follow along with these discussions as well as to see links to some of the background readings that were posted in advance of the Assembly.<\/p>\n

The new NYA Moderator is Andrew MacPherson and the Clerk will be Lyndasy Kennedy and you can read more about them in the Kirk press release<\/a> from April. In addition, a new article<\/a> was posted yesterday previewing the weekend and giving some of the late-breaking details.<\/p>\n

The best way to follow along is certainly Twitter so keep an eye on the hashtag #nya2016<\/a>. You should also be looking at the official NYA account (@cosy_nya<\/a>) as well as the NYA Moderator Account (@nyamoderator<\/a>). Also a chance you will see something on Andrew’s personal account (@StAndrewMac<\/a>). The NYA will be covered by the curated account Church Scotland Voices (@churchscovoices<\/a>) under the operation of Fiona Marshall for the weekend who can also be found on her personal account, @LikeWatervrDude<\/a>. And we can expect an appearance of the Church of Scotland Moderator, Rt. Rev. Dr. Russell Barr, who tweets at the official account (@churchmoderator<\/a>). Might see something on the Moderator’s official Facebook page<\/a> as well. Other groups include the Go For It initiative who will be there (@GoForItcofs<\/a>) as well as representatives from the United Reformed Church’s Youth Assembly in January (@URC_youth<\/a>). And probably worth including the official Kirk account @churchscotland<\/a>. Finally, let me include two individual accounts, that of the Minister for Mental Health, Maureen Watt, mentioned above (@maureensnp<\/a>) and the Rev.Liz Crumlish who works with, and will be representing, the CofS Path of Renewal project (@eacbug<\/a>). UPDATE: And I missed Lyndasy Kennedy, the Clerk, at @GhettoSmurf90<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And so, with that, I will wish the delegates and staff of the 2016 NYA well and know that we will be praying for them this weekend. It will probably take a bit for some of their deliberations, decisions and recommendations to be processed and reported, but we look forward to hearing about those at the appropriate time. And have a wonderful weekend of fellowship, discernment and spiritual renewal.<\/p>\n

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