Gathering Together At General Assembly
Commissioners and observers have arrived in Birmingham and have registered and settled in for several days of intense work.
Members of Good Shepherd and of Greater Atlanta Presbytery should keep Joan Gray in prayer. Joan and the three other candidates for the Moderator of General Assembly will have a long day tomorrow. They all need your prayers for stamina and clear minds. Joan and the others will need to stand at a special area set aside for the candidates.
From 8:00 AM until 12:45 PM Joan and the other candidates will be meeting commissioners and observers. Anyone can stop by and meet the candidates, ask questions and seek answers.
From 1:00 PM until 5:30 PM the General Assembly has its first official session - and Joan is a voting commissioner as well as a candidate for Moderator, so after greeting people for almost 5 hours, she will then sit through a 4 1/2 hour business session.
From 5:30 PM until 7:15 PM, Joan can enjoy a dinner sponsored by the Presbyterian Outlook Foundation. Well, she might enjoy a few bites of the dinner -- she and the other three candidates are also the special speakers for this dinner!
At 7:30 PM the second business session of the General Assembly convenes -- and the top issue of business is the election of the moderator. Joan and the other candidates will have an opportunity to give a speech and to answer questions in debate format.
Sometime around 9, or 10, or even later, voting will end. It is not unusual for the voting of the moderator to take more than one ballot.
So you can see that win or lose, Joan and the other candidates need your prayers for the facing of a long day.
As soon as I learn who is elected moderator, I'll post the news -- I know a lot of the readers of this blog are anxious to learn if Joan is elected.
Members of Good Shepherd and of Greater Atlanta Presbytery should keep Joan Gray in prayer. Joan and the three other candidates for the Moderator of General Assembly will have a long day tomorrow. They all need your prayers for stamina and clear minds. Joan and the others will need to stand at a special area set aside for the candidates.
From 8:00 AM until 12:45 PM Joan and the other candidates will be meeting commissioners and observers. Anyone can stop by and meet the candidates, ask questions and seek answers.
From 1:00 PM until 5:30 PM the General Assembly has its first official session - and Joan is a voting commissioner as well as a candidate for Moderator, so after greeting people for almost 5 hours, she will then sit through a 4 1/2 hour business session.
From 5:30 PM until 7:15 PM, Joan can enjoy a dinner sponsored by the Presbyterian Outlook Foundation. Well, she might enjoy a few bites of the dinner -- she and the other three candidates are also the special speakers for this dinner!
At 7:30 PM the second business session of the General Assembly convenes -- and the top issue of business is the election of the moderator. Joan and the other candidates will have an opportunity to give a speech and to answer questions in debate format.
Sometime around 9, or 10, or even later, voting will end. It is not unusual for the voting of the moderator to take more than one ballot.
So you can see that win or lose, Joan and the other candidates need your prayers for the facing of a long day.
As soon as I learn who is elected moderator, I'll post the news -- I know a lot of the readers of this blog are anxious to learn if Joan is elected.
posted by Presbyterian Pastor at 8:32 PM
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