Important Dates
Key Dates for Commissioners & Advisory Delegates
Held in Louisville, leader briefing will equip committee leaders selected by the GA226 Co-Moderators for the upcoming assembly.
Contact your synod for more details.
Registration deadline – plan to have completed your registration/lodging request and finalized travel arrangements no later than this date (and preferably earlier).
The nominations slate from the General Assembly Nominations Committee (GANC) will be submitted with names and demographic information on all nominations to elected committees and boards of the General Assembly.
Event tickets are available to register/purchase through June 5, 2026. There will be no on-site ticket sales.
Committee leadership will schedule a 2-hour Introductory Gathering during this timeframe. Attendance is encouraged, but not required.
Informational Sessions offered to the whole of the church around topics with multiple items of business facing the assembly. Special Committees and Standing Committees of the General Assembly may also host webinars on their reports.
General Assembly committees will meet online to discern recommendations on the items of business they have been assigned. All committee activity will take place online with Zoom access for participants and livestreaming available for others at the GA227 website.
Participants traveling to Milwaukee will make their journeys. Committee leadership teams will work on submitting reports for the plenary sessions.
A day to gather in community before the work of deliberation and discernment begins. No business meetings are scheduled so that participants can fully engage with the day’s opportunities.
Schedule
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Healing Not Harm: A Walk to End Gun Violence
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Gatherings for Assembly committee members
Hilton & Hyatt Hotels, locations TBD
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Town Square
Baird Center North, 1st Floor
Displays, resources and opportunities to connect with ministry resources from across the denomination.
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Baird Center South, Grand Lobby Ballroom
An informal evening reception with desserts and drinks (cash bar).
Plenary sessions of the assembly will take place in Milwaukee, WI at the Baird Center.