The Rev. Sharyl Dixon, a teaching elder commissioner from the Presbytery of the Coastlands, came prepared when she arrived at Salt Lake City for the 226th General Assembly. She was equipped with a “snackle” box and over 100 “little Jesuses.”
Sarah Mibulano had a little problem.
The 19-year-old Young Adult Advisory Delegate from the Presbytery of Nevada — who emigrated to the U.S. from Congo with her family in 2015 — had her citizenship interview back in February and still hadn’t heard a word.
제226회 총회의 대의원과 자문단은 두 번의 본회의 끝에 총회 진행 규정을 전면적으로 변경하는 GAP-03을 통과시켰다. 수요일 밤, 대의원들은 368대 34의 표차로 총회 진행 규정 특별위원회가 제안한 변경안을 승인했다. 이 안건은 먼저 총회 절차 위원회에 상정되고 그 다음에 총회에 상정되었는데 이 과정에 18개월이 소요되었다.
It took portions of two plenary sessions for commissioners and advisory delegates to the 226th General Assembly to get through GAP-03, sweeping changes to the Standing Rules of the General Assembly. On Wednesday night, commissioners voted 368-34 to approve the changes proposed by the Special Committee on Standing Rules, which toiled for about 18 months to bring the item first to the General Assembly Procedures Committee and then to the Assembly itself.
The 226th General Assembly voted Wednesday to accept the Presbytery of Milwaukee’s invitation to host the next General Assembly and rejected an effort to get the whole event to be held in-person.
In Wednesday’s episode of GA Daily, Fred Tangeman sat down with the 226th General Assembly Co-Moderators, the Revs. CeCe Armstrong and Tony Larson. Both Armstrong and Larson are deeply moved by the opportunity to serve the greater church in this way. It is evident in the way they each take the time to center themselves with a feeling of humility and a contrite spirit, which shows up as they not only moderate the business of the church, but also serve as a pastoral voice in this hard, discerning work.
Members of the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee and others were celebrating this week the passage of RSG-05, a resolution addressing diversity, equity, inclusion and the realities of Hispanic Latino-a-é ministry.
The resolution, approved by commissioners to the 226th General Assembly Monday by a 373-31 margin, calls for a re-imagining of Hispanic Latino ministry in the PC(USA) in these ways:
When one usually thinks of the State of Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints often comes to mind. But Presbyterians and other faith groups have been in the state for decades and have found ways to collaborate on important challenges such as hunger and poverty. In the fifth and final part of our series on Utah’s Presbyterian ministry, church leaders share their experiences of partnership with the LDS church.
While the 10th plenary session of the 226th General Assembly focused most of its time discussing the so-called “Olympia Overture,” the Wednesday morning plenary began with thoughtful wisdom in both word and action from leadership and other speakers that set the tone for later debate. Doug Tilton, World Mission’s regional liaison to Southern Africa, opened the gathering with a prayer that recognized our call to be “one beloved community” even if “we’re not always sure we’re cut out to be followers of Christ.” Tilton asked God to bless the Assembly with patience and compassion for the work ahead.
“I often say if you’re not around the table, you are ON the table,” said Martin Osae, a ruling elder commissioner at the 226th General Assembly from Grace Presbytery. Osae is glad to give voice to the growing immigrant fellowships and churches. On Sunday evening, he spoke up during the assembly’s interviews of the co-moderator candidates.