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Monthly Archives: April 2010
ACSWP – The Pay Police
Reading through the nine — NINE — ACSWP submissions to the 219th General Assembly (2010), I started with Rec-065 “Neither Poverty Nor Riches: Compensation, Equity, and the Unity of the Church.” (As an aside, the links to business in previous notes … Continue reading
ACSWP – Overload
The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy has nine — NINE — separate pieces coming for action to the 219th General Assembly (2010). • On Living a Human Life Before God—a study paper updating the Nature and Value of Human … Continue reading
YAD vs. YAAD
In the end, this post is much ado about very little substantive; however, it is about something very big procedurally. On pc-biz, under the Resources tab, is the Manual of the General Assembly. In December,2009, when I started to think … Continue reading
Commissioner Committees posted
The list of proposed commissioner committees for the 219th General Assembly (2010) have been posted; there are 19 committees. If there are roughly 750 commissioners and another 200 advisory delegates, this means that most committees will have about 50 people. Some … Continue reading
nFoG Committee meeting for 8 hours; on Friday, July 2?
The official docket of the Assembly lists the Assembly Committee on the proposed new Form of Government (nFoG) as meeting on Friday, July 2, from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This is the first time in my recollection substantive business … Continue reading
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Money and the COGA Commission
One of the greatest justifications for the COGA Commission would be to address the realities of financial hardship being experienced by many presbyteries. Money — in short — is short and getting shorter. Something has to change. As the Stated … Continue reading
nFoG and the COGA Commission
Lost in all my attention to the COGA Commission has been the proposed new Form of Government (nFoG). Part of the reason for the shift in my attention is the COGA Commission has the greater likelihood of being enacted. That’s … Continue reading
Puerto Rico and the COGA Commission
Today, a practical application of the potential power of the COGA Commission (Recommendation-042). Recommendation 73-01 requests an administrative commission with the power to: B. Middle Governing Body Restructure—Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the Commonwealth) 1. The 219th General Assembly (2010) authorizes … Continue reading
Back to it — The COGA Commission, that is
Two things today: 1. I have mentioned Phyllis Tickle’s, The Great Emergence, in several posts. If you are not wanting to read it, perhaps a 41 minute video would suffice. She’s engaging and it is a pretty good overview of … Continue reading
Good summary
Steve Salyards at The GA Junkie has posted a good summary of the business appearing thus far on pc-biz. Overviews are not easy to do; I have started three and not liked any of them — so I point you … Continue reading
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