{"id":265,"date":"2011-09-01T19:53:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T02:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gajunkie.info\/blog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2011-09-01T19:53:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T02:53:45","slug":"national-youth-assembly-2011-of-the-church-of-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/font>
 <\/td>\n		\nWell, it is the beginning of September and for a G.A. Junkie that means it is time to start following the National Youth Assembly<\/a> of the Church of Scotland<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nI have come to really appreciate and enjoy the annual NYA because of the close link it has to the church’s General Assembly<\/a> and for the serious business it does while still having a lot of fun.  Rather than my trying to describe the NYA, here is the beginning of their description of themselves from the About page on the NYA blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThe National Youth Assembly is a residential weekend for people aged
\nbetween 16 and 25 to voice their opinions in the Church of Scotland.
\nThis annual event attracts young people from all over Scotland, with all
\ndifferent backgrounds. The main focus of the weekend is to debate
\nsubjects and put together deliverances to go in front of the General
\nAssembly on how we would like things to change, how we could help things
\nalong or simply to thank or applaud work that has already been done.
\nThe debate topics change each year and can be anything from \u201cFashion\u201d to
\n\u201cPolitics\u201d, \u201cPoverty\u201d and \u201cClimate Change\u201d. As well as hearing from
\nguest speakers there is also a chance to attend workshops on things like
\nNoisy Worship, information about charities, CosyCoffeeHouse, life
\nexperiences etc. and time to spend socialising! Each day begins and ends
\nin worship, praise and a time to spend with God. Come. Open your heart
\nand let God lead you. You may be surprised!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This year the theme is “love life,” based on John 10:10.  The Assembly will get underway tomorrow, September 2, at 8:30 pm at the University of Stirling<\/a>. The meeting concludes on Monday afternoon, September 5.<\/p>\n

The big news is that for the first time some of the sessions will be streamed on the web<\/a>. This group is also all over Twitter (it has been known to trend) and they are using the hashtag #nya11<\/a> this year. The official Twitter feed is @cosy_nya<\/a> and watch for them to create a list of others tweeting from NYA11.<\/p>\n

I have not seen much information about the conference posted yet, such as the schedule or the topics to be discussed, but you might want to keep an eye on the official cosyblog<\/a> for news, updates and probably the official materials. Cosyblog also has a photo stream on flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not much more to say at the moment — I will update above as the meeting develops. Prayers for the NYA and best wishes for this great event where young adults can participate in the deliberative and discernment work of the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Well, it is the beginning of September and for a G.A. Junkie that means it is time to start following the National Youth Assembly of the Church of Scotland. […]<\/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":[37,2,20,18,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-scotland","category-general-assembly","category-social-media","category-social-responsibility","category-young-people"],"yoast_head":"\nNational Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland - 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=265\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland - The GA Junkie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  Well, it is the beginning of September and for a G.A. Junkie that means it is time to start following the National Youth Assembly of the Church of Scotland. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The GA Junkie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-02T02:53:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Salyards\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e30c1b854f165e0423ea436d3961c1c0\"},\"headline\":\"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-02T02:53:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75\",\"articleSection\":[\"Church of Scotland\",\"General Assembly\",\"social media\",\"Social Responsibility\",\"Young People\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265\",\"name\":\"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland - The GA Junkie\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-02T02:53:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland\"}]},{\"@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":"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland - 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=265","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland - The GA Junkie","og_description":"  Well, it is the beginning of September and for a G.A. Junkie that means it is time to start following the National Youth Assembly of the Church of Scotland. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265","og_site_name":"The GA Junkie","article_published_time":"2011-09-02T02:53:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Steve Salyards","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Salyards","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265"},"author":{"name":"Steve Salyards","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e30c1b854f165e0423ea436d3961c1c0"},"headline":"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland","datePublished":"2011-09-02T02:53:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265"},"wordCount":448,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75","articleSection":["Church of Scotland","General Assembly","social media","Social Responsibility","Young People"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265","url":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265","name":"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland - The GA Junkie","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75","datePublished":"2011-09-02T02:53:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75","contentUrl":"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/16461-15728\/bannerlovelife.jpg?a=75"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=265#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"National Youth Assembly 2011 Of The Church Of Scotland"}]},{"@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\/265","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=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}