GA Day 4 – Church and Final Committee Meetings

Stories from June 17, 2006

• After a long day comes the recommendation to approve the closing of PHS at Montreat
• Committee recommends replacing language calling for divestment
• A statement by Cliff Kirkpatrick, stated clerk of the General Assembly
• Theological Task Force report clears most hurdles
• Committee recommends keeping "fidelity-chastity" provision in constitution
• Committee recommends referral of Christian educator ordination overtures
• Music and a message highlight ecumenical worship service
• Committee rejects overture to ban church financial support on either side of abortion issue
• Bills and Overtures
• Committee advances GAC executive director-elect
• Social Justice Issues committee makes recommendations on globalization
• Polity Committee recommends support without separation for Korean-speaking Presbyterians
• Author says economic justice tied to reproductive justice
• Exhibit features steamboat tour through 'the history and missions of the presbytery'
• Trinity paper approved with amendments
• Committee weighs in on war in Sudan, Haitian immigrants
• Fisher, Wood elected to serve as co-moderators of YAD caucus
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church General Assembly set to convene
• Media Mission speaker "decodes" The Da Vinci Code
• Speaker says much has been done, but much still to do in advancing civil rights
• Pre-Assembly event inspires and informs youth
• Committee approves starting new hymnal and e-hymnal

Todays Schedule:
Worship in local congregations, assembly participants will be encouraged to attend worship with local congregations of not only the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) but also the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (CPCA).
1:30 pm Committees meet if necessary
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Moderator’s Reception
CPC and CPCA arrive
6:00 pm Worship with CPC and CPCA (what's this?), all three denominations will gather in the Birmingham Arena to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion, supported by several choirs and musicians. The Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, and General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches will be the preacher.