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This handbook is one of the resources we have developed to help you understand your role as a YAAD and assist you as you prepare for the assembly. We hope it will provide some practical information about preparations, as well as more substantive material about the General Assembly and what you can expect during your week in Pittsburgh.

Please read through this handbook carefully, along with other materials you will receive from the Office of the General Assembly (OGA).

These selected verses from the psalms are appropriate for public reading or personal prayer during the Communion of the People.

"Worshiping the Triune God" is a 2010 document of the World Communion of Reformed Churches that seeks to identify central things and primary principles for worship. The document is composed as a series of beatitudes or wisdom sayings, with succinct and evocative statements on worship from an international and ecumencially Reformed perspective. This would be a good resource for sessions and worship committees to study and discuss. Related sites: Presbyterian Worship, Resources and Publications.

220th General Assembly Principal Commissioners and YAAD Submission Instructions

Visit the 22oth General Assembly (2012) Web site.

The form for the names of principal commissioners and YAADs is attached to this document. The instructions that follow are to aid you in that process. If possible, complete and submit the form electronically to
gameetingservice@pcusa.org.

1. Please enter the Presbytery’s name in the first field
2. Please fill in the number of members of the Presbytery as of December 31, 2010 at the top of the form in the provided field.
3. Fill in the requested information for your commissioners and YAAD on …

Visit the 22oth General Assembly (2012) Web site.

The final 2010 membership figures for each presbytery, and (in the right hand column) the number of commissioners the presbytery is entitled to elect in accordance with the formula in G-3.0501. 

• 8,000 members or less:  1 ruling elder and 1 teaching elder
• 8,0001-16,000:  2 ruling elders and 2 teaching elders
• 16,001-24,000:  3 ruling elders and 3 teaching elders
• 24,001-32,000:  4 ruling elders and 4 teaching elders
• 32,001-40,000:  5 ruling elders and 5 teaching elders
• 40,001-48,000:  6 ruling elders and 6 teaching elders
• 48,000 or more:  7 ruling elders and 7 teaching …

What is a Joint Congregational Witness?

A joint congregational witness is a mission strategy of a presbytery. When its strategy for mission requires it, a presbytery may approve a joint congregational witness between PC(USA) congregations and congregations of other Christian churches.ⁱ Accordingly, a joint congregational witness can only be formed by the joining of two or more separate congregations, one of which is a PC(USA) congregation.

Learn what breaks God’s heart in our world.

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Engage - The Unloveable?: We are Jesus’ witness to all people even if they are different than us or are uncomfortable to be around.

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David Loleng and Ray Jones discuss some strategies, ideas and tools for missional ministry. 

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Embrace a new vision for how we can be Church in a new way.

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