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GA223 Live Streaming Schedule

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.    223rd General Assembly Convenes with Opening Worship
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.       General Assembly Plenary 1
7:00 p.m.                          General Assembly Plenary 2

2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.      General Assembly Plenary 3

9:30 a.m.      General Assembly Plenary 4
2:00 p.m.      General Assembly Plenary 5
7:00 p.m.      General Assembly Plenary 6

8:30 a.m.      General Assembly Plenary 7
11:15 a.m.    Service of Daily Worship
1:30 p.m.      General Assembly Plenary 8

8:30 a.m.      General Assembly Plenary 9
11:15 a.m.    Service of Daily Worship
1:30 p.m.     General Assembly Plenary 10
7:00 p.m.     General Assembly Plenary 11

9:00 a.m.      General Assembly Plenary 12 & Closing Worship

WELCOME TO THE 223rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY (2018)

Get plans in motion now for the 223rd General Assembly (2018) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), June 16–23, in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Commissioners and advisory delegates from all 170 PC(USA) presbyteries, and other delegates and observers from around the world, will converge on the America’s Convention Center in downtown St. Louis for celebrations, deliberations, and inspirations in support of the denomination’s biennial gathering. The Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy will serve as host to the 223rd General Assembly (2018), united under the theme “Renewing the Vision: Kindom Building for the 21st Century,” from Matthew 6:25-33, and will include rich worship services, the election of the Moderator and Vice Moderator or Co-Moderators, action on a plethora of overtures, and much more. View the proposed docket. General proceedings and worship during assembly will be live-streamed, and this website will provide up-to-date information leading up to the gathering on travel, registration, and various other details. Bookmark the page and check back often.

Engagement in St. Louis on Issues of

RACE POVERTY & JUSTICE

Reclaiming the prophetic voice of the PCUSA for social, racial and economic justice, the 223rd General Assembly will take a far more active role in addressing conditions in St. Louis and other cities that devastate the poor and oppressed.  “We don’t want the Presbyterians to be simply another convention that comes to town, meets and spends some money, and then leaves without engaging the people and communities” says Stated Clerk the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, II. In St. Louis – in solidarity and collaboration with local Presbyterians and other community activists – assembly participants will have a variety of ways to engage these issues.  The Schedule of Events includes several opportunities, and more information is forthcoming. “Presbyterians don’t depart the world to come to the General Assembly, we come to the General Assembly precisely and specifically to engage the church AND the world around these issues of poverty, violence and racism.”  (J. Herbert Nelson, II)

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