{"id":3284,"date":"2019-06-03T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2019-06-12T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T19:45:10","slug":"2019-general-assembly-of-the-presbyterian-church-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=3284","title":{"rendered":"2019 General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bush.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"149\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bush.gif?resize=149%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bush\" class=\"wp-image-1585\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So with one live stream going in the background as I write, we turn to get ready for the next one of this busy week and month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly before I post this, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Presbyterian Church in Ireland<\/a> will convene their 2019 General Assembly in Belfast with a worship service and the installation of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=3164\" target=\"_blank\">new Moderator, the Right Rev William Henry<\/a>. The Assembly runs through Friday 7 June. Here is some info to help follow along:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The live stream is embedded in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/Resources\/General-Assembly\/2019-General-Assembly\/General-Assembly-2019-Overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">2019 Assembly Overview page<\/a> along with links to other resources. <\/li><li>The 2019 General Assembly Page has a summary docket of report dates and times. And one of these two pages will probably have video clips of highlights of the Assembly.<\/li><li>The special <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/News\/2019-News-Archive\/May-2019\/Open-invite-to-PCI-s-traditional-worship-night.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday evening program<\/a> is themed &#8220;Enjoying God&#8221; &#8211; the new Moderator&#8217;s theme for the year &#8211; and will be live streamed. The special speaker for the evening is the Rev Glen Scrivener, the Director of the charity <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Speak Life (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/speaklife.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Speak Life<\/a>.<\/li><li>Wednesday evening before the worship service, the PCI Youth Assembly will be holding a Fringe Event around the theme of &#8220;Developing and building unity, within congregations and beyond.&#8221; In addition, following the Assembly&#8217;s adjournment there will be the traditional Youth Night on Saturday evening, which will probably be live streamed. The theme is &#8220;CALLED \u2013 Hearing God&#8217;s Voice. Bearing God&#8217;s Name.&#8221;<\/li><li>Most of the resources for the Assembly be found on, or linked from, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/Resources\/General-Assembly\/2019-General-Assembly\/General-Assembly-2019-Overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly Overview<\/a> page. The Blue Book reports and Supplementary reports will be posted there on Tuesday morning. The Daily Minutes will also be posted there along with daily previews.  There is a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/Resources\/General-Assembly\/2019-General-Assembly\/General-Assembly-2019-Business.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">detailed list of business<\/a> that is posted on its own page. <\/li><li>The polity documents include the main document, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/Resources\/General-Assembly\/The-Code.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Code<\/a>, as well as the helpful <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/getmedia\/6d9c0521-c093-4baa-b357-2dc76ff9eaba\/A-Guide-to-Assembly-Procedure.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Guide to Assembly Procedure<\/a>.<\/li><li>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/News\" target=\"_blank\">News page<\/a> will carry official press releases and news items including the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/News\/2019-News-Archive\/May-2019\/180th-General-Assembly-opens-Monday.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">pre-Assembly press release<\/a> which contains a rundown of the major moments and business at the Assembly this year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are plenty of social media contact points for the Assembly, beginning with the official Twitter account <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pciassembly\" target=\"_blank\">@PCIAssembly<\/a> which always provides a detailed and comprehensive report of the Assembly. Please note the comprehensive part, because the level of detail can make the feed very busy. This is generally a good thing but you have been warned that the number of tweets will be very high. (Don&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t warn you.) The official moderator&#8217;s feed at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pcimoderator\" target=\"_blank\">@PCIModerator<\/a> has become a great source as well, but don&#8217;t count on a lot during the Assembly itself. We will see if Mr. Henry tweets during GA and how much he shares in his moderatorial year. The official hashtag for the Assembly is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pciga19?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#pciga19<\/a>. And it is worth keeping an eye on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pciassembly\/\" target=\"_blank\">PCI Facebook page<\/a> as well. I would add at this point the church&#8217;s divinity school, Union Theological College (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"@UnionTCollege (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnionTCollege\" target=\"_blank\">@UnionTCollege<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other ministries of the church that have Twitter accounts are Presbyterian Women (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwinireland\" target=\"_blank\">@PWinIreland<\/a>), Mission Ireland (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/missionireland\" target=\"_blank\">@MissionIreland<\/a>) and PCI Global Missions (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pciOverseas\" target=\"_blank\">@PCIOverseas<\/a>). I include these for the sake of completeness, but they all have been pretty quiet for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other set of social media contacts to keep an eye on are those related to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PCIYouthAssembly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Assembly<\/a> of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Following them on their <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/PCI-SPUD-Youth-Assembly\/163986447015092\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> is probably the best, although they do have the Youth and Children&#8217;s Ministry account <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pciyac\" target=\"_blank\">@PCIYAC<\/a>. on Twitter, but that has not been active for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My list of others to watch for interesting and useful updates always starts with outside reporter and insightful commentator Alan in Belfast (<a class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alaninbelfast\" target=\"_blank\">@alaninbelfast<\/a>). He has already published <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"on his blog (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/alaninbelfast.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">on his blog<\/a> an interesting piece on his blog &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Browsing a Bygone Blue Book - a look back at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in 1927 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/alaninbelfast.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/browsing-bygone-blue-book-look-back-at.html\" target=\"_blank\">Browsing a Bygone Blue Book &#8211; a look back at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in 1927<\/a>&#8221; which is a great snapshot of where the church was then, and how some things don&#8217;t seem to change. For following some of the active leadership of the church, I would point to former Moderator Rob Craig (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/robcraig54\" target=\"_blank\">@RobCraig54<\/a>) and Cheryl Meban (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cherylmeban\" target=\"_blank\">@cherylmeban<\/a>) who is a university chaplain and has been active on church committees. Others have been a bit quiet up to this point and will be updating over the next day as things get rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The business of the Assembly this year is extensive and for a better review, I would point you to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GA preview news article (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/News\/2019-News-Archive\/May-2019\/180th-General-Assembly-opens-Monday.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">GA preview news article<\/a> and the comments there by Clerk of the General Assembly, the Rev Trevor Gribben. I will highlight a few items that I have been following in the past year and the lead-up to the Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first of these is the doctrinal stand that the Assembly has been reaffirming the past few years and which was stated very strongly last year: A divided Assembly affirmed the traditional view of marriage between a man and a woman and carried that over not just to the standards for ordination but to some rights of membership as well. This led to breaking ties with other churches who were moving away from this position, notably the Church of Scotland. The relationship with the Church of Scotland will be reviewed this year and it will be interesting to hear how the body&#8217;s thought has aged in the past year. This stand was also widely publicized in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"public media (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/life\/features\/there-have-been-some-misunderstandings-as-to-how-we-treat-people-who-are-gay-nobody-is-barred-from-taking-communion-or-going-to-services-the-lords-table-is-open-to-all-37442959.html\" target=\"_blank\">public media<\/a> and led to some significant protest so this Assembly is being widely watched for that. This position has also resulted in the dismissal of the Rev. Prof. Laurence Kirkpatrick from the faculty of Union Theological College, another action which hit the mainstream media. (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"BBC (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-northern-ireland-47927034\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Belfast Telegraph (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/presbyterian-churchs-treatment-of-academic-like-inquisition-38120166.html\" target=\"_blank\">Belfast Telegraph<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Irish Times (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/social-affairs\/religion-and-beliefs\/presbyterian-professor-at-belfast-college-fired-by-church-over-liberal-same-sex-views-1.3834464\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Times<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Union Theological Seminary (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.union.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Union Theological College<\/a>, over the last year <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Queens University, Belfast (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queens University, Belfast<\/a>, the institution that hosted Union and three other smaller religious schools in its <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Institute of Theology (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/schools\/InstituteofTheology\/\" target=\"_blank\">Institute of Theology<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"decided to close the Institute (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsletter.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/mla-qub-grows-colder-for-protestants-after-severing-links-with-all-four-theological-colleges-1-8888600\" target=\"_blank\">decided to close the Institute<\/a> and break the ties with the churches. The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"estimate of the shortfall for the PCI (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/church-faces-250k-shortfall-over-loss-of-qub-fees-for-college-38165684.html\" target=\"_blank\">estimate of the shortfall for the PCI<\/a> from lost fees is \u00a3250,000 by 2022. As Mr. Gribben says in the preview article, \u201cThe Assembly will be taking time to reflect on that change, but will also be looking forward to hearing of the emerging plans for a new and potentially exciting future for the College.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the major moments in the Assembly will be an Alternative Presentation on Thursday titled <em>Life Always Matters<\/em>. As the preview article says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> [I]t seeks to speak into the professional world and public square on the dignity of human life. Through specially commissioned video, a presentation and an informal panel discussion involving three Presbyterian elected representatives, the General Assembly will be looking at dementia care, end of life care and child and adolescent mental health services. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And one more item of the many &#8211; The report by the  Dealing with the Past Task Group. This group, which has been working for three years, is looking at how Presbyterians responded to the Troubles. From the preview article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> The aim of this significant undertaking is to tell a wider story than has been available to date. The stories of ordinary Presbyterians that have emerged from the 100-plus interviews will be published in a book towards the end of the year, and the Church will be seeking to learn from this significant project. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the article, Mr. Gribben says of this report, &#8220;There are, however, occasions when substantial pieces of work, like that of the Dealing with the Past Task Group, can have positive impact beyond the doors of the denomination itself.\u201d One reason it caught my attention is that in conversations I have had about the PCI and its actions, I have been advised that the Troubles are one of the lenses that must be considered when analyzing even current actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So much I could mention, but time is limited. I am looking forward to the significant discussions ahead of the PCI in this Assembly. As always, our prayers are with the Assembly and the Moderator for the work ahead and their discernment and guidance by the Holy Spirit. We look forward to following their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So with one live stream going in the background as I write, we turn to get ready for the next one of this busy week and month. 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