{"id":601,"date":"2009-05-21T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=601"},"modified":"2009-05-21T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T21:18:00","slug":"general-assembly-2009-of-the-church-of-scotland-convenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=601","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly (2009) of the Church of Scotland Convenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK GA Junkies &#8212; Game On!<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/generalassembly\/index.htm\">General Assembly<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\">Church of Scotland<\/a> convened a few hours ago and so the GA season has begun.&nbsp; As I am watching it now there is notable discussion on the report of the Council of Assembly and the charitable trustees.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in this Assembly you can find more information on the web:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General Assembly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stream1.churchofscotland.org.uk\/generalassembly\/\">live webcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li>General Assembly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/generalassembly\">Twitter feed<\/a> (nice move to Web 2.0)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/generalassembly\/gaagenda.htm\">Daily Agenda Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The full <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/generalassembly\/downloads\/ga09oop.pdf\">Order of Proceedings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Committee and Entity <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/generalassembly\/gareports.htm\">Reports to Assembly<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Assembly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/news\/newsgeneralassembly.htm\">Press Releases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/generalassembly\/gaupdates.htm\">Updates web page<\/a> (somewhat live blog, but I only see the morning session and nothing on the current afternoon session.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Church of Scotland does not have a Book of (Church) Order like many other branches do.&nbsp; (Or The Code in Ireland.)&nbsp; You can find the church law in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/extranet\/xchurchlaw\/xchurchlawacts.htm\">Acts of Assembly<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/extranet\/xchurchlaw\/xchurchlawregs.htm\">The Regulations of Assembly<\/a>.&nbsp; For an more user friendly document check out <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/extranet\/xchurchlaw\/xchurchlawpracproc.htm\">An Introduction to Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That will give you a start.&nbsp; Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK GA Junkies &#8212; Game On! 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