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222nd General Assembly (2016)




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Logos for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

  • The Spanish logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). - by Randy Hobson

    The Spanish logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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    The Spanish logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

  • The Korean logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). - by Randy Hobson

    The Korean logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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    The Korean logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

  • The logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). - by Randy Hobson

    The logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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    The logo for the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).



Friday, June 17



Friday, June 17th of the 222 General Assembly, exhibit hall, registration, YAAD Orientation.

  • Staff - by Danny Bolin

    GA Communications team member Allan Buckingham.
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    Staff

  • Exhibit Hall - by Danny Bolin

    Maria Mason of Kirkland, WA speaks with Kathy Vanghan at the Living Waters for the World Exhibit Booth.
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    Exhibit Hall

  • Oregon Convention Center - by Danny Bolin

    Oregon Convention Center at dusk.
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    Oregon Convention Center

  • ACREC Ice Cream Social - by Michael Whitman

    Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns Commissioner's Briefing and Ice Cream Social
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    ACREC Ice Cream Social

  • Sun Bai Kim's retirement party - by Michael Whitman

    Sun Bai Kim (left) and Teaching Elder Commissioner Young Gil Lee at Kim's retirement party.
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    Sun Bai Kim's retirement party

  • YAAD Orientation - by Michael Whitman

    Prayer at the Young Adult Advisory Delegate orientation.
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    YAAD Orientation

  • GA Communications Staff Meeting - by Danny Bolin

    Stated Clerk, Gradye Parsons drops by the GA Communications staff meeting.
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    GA Communications Staff Meeting



Saturday, June 18



222nd General Assembly convenes with Worship and Communion, exhibit hall opens, election of the Co-Moderators

  • Riverside Conversations - by Michael Whitman

    Presbyterians gather to discuss the results of COGA’s report, “When We Gather At The Table: A PC(USA) Snapshot.”
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    Riverside Conversations

  • Opening worship leaders - by Michael Whitman

    Heath Rada, Moderator of the 221st General Assembly of the PC(USA), and Jana Childers preside at the Table at Opening Worship.
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    Opening worship leaders

  • Opening Worship - by Danny Bolin

    The General Assembly Choir sings at Opening Worship.
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    Opening Worship

  • Opening Worship - by Michael Whitman

    The Winter Street Worship Band performs at Opening Worship.
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    Opening Worship

  • Opening Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Liturgists at Opening Worship.
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    Opening Worship

  • Plenary 1 - by Michael Whitman

    Heath Rada reflects on his time as Moderator of the 221st General Assembly.
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    Plenary 1

  • Opening Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Jana Childers pours the cup at Opening Worship.
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    Opening Worship

  • Moderator Election - by Michael Whitman

    Jan Edmiston and Denise Anderson are elected as Co-Moderators of the 222nd General Assembly.
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    Moderator Election

  • Opening Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Members of the Assembly bell choir perform at Opening Worship.
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    Opening Worship

  • Moderator Election - by Danny Bolin

    Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston are elected as Co-Moderators of the 222nd General Assembly.
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    Moderator Election

  • Sweaty Sheep Pilgrimage

    Chuck Wood (left) Paul Wells were two of the six cyclists to participate in a pedaling pilgrimage to the 222nd General Assembly.
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    Sweaty Sheep Pilgrimage



Sunday, June 19



Sunday Worship, Plenary III - Report of the Stated Clerk Nominating Committee, Moderator Reception.

  • Sunday Worship - by Danny Bolin

    Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church was one local church visited by GA participants.
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    Sunday Worship

  • Fossil Fuels

    Picketers for the divestment of fossil fuels outside the Oregon Convention Center.
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    Fossil Fuels

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Passing of the Peace at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Gresham, OR.
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    Worship

  • Worship - by Danny Bolin

    Worship at Vancouver Korean Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, OR.
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    Worship

  • Woman of Faith - by Danny Bolin

    Sarah Noble Moak receives her Woman of Faith Award.
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    Woman of Faith

  • Woman of Faith - by Danny Bolin

    Lucy Apatiki receives her Woman of Faith Award.
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    Woman of Faith

  • Woman of Faith - by Danny Bolin

    Clarissa Walker receives her Woman of Faith Award.
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    Woman of Faith

  • Board of Pensions Dinner - by Michael Whitman

    Table conversation following the Board of Pensions 300th Celebration dinner.
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    Board of Pensions Dinner

  • Presbyterian Foundation Breakfast - by Danny Bolin

    Philip Jenkins speaks at the Presbyterian Foundation breakfast.
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    Presbyterian Foundation Breakfast

  • Stated Clerk nominee annouced - by Michael Whitman

    Stated Clerk Nominating Committee chair, Carol McDonald, nominates Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson for Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the PC(USA).
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    Stated Clerk nominee annouced

  • Plenary 3 - by Michael Whitman

    Richard Williams (right) coordinator of the YAV program and YAV staff associate Lydia Kim address the assembly.
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    Plenary 3

  • Moderator Reception - by Danny Bolin

    Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston pose for pictures with guests at the Moderator reception.
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    Moderator Reception



Monday, June 20



Committee Meetings, Bible Study, Stopping Human Trafficking Luncheon, NBPC Dinner, Young Adult Ice Cream Social.

  • The Way Forward Committee - by Michael Whitman

    Paul Hooker addresses The Way Forward Committee.
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    The Way Forward Committee

  • Social Justice Issues Committee - by Danny Bolin

    Commissioners take notes at the Social Justice Issues Committee meeting.
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    Social Justice Issues Committee

  • Mid Councils Committee - by Michael Whitman

    Luke Choi addresses the Mid Councils Committee.
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    Mid Councils Committee

  • Middle East Issues Committee - by Michael Whitman

    Todd Stavrakos addresses the Middle East Issues Committee.
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    Middle East Issues Committee

  • National Black Presbyterian Caucus Dinner - by Danny Bolin

    (Left to right, back row) Arlene Gordon, Rosy Latimore, David Wallace, Sr., Iris Wallace (front row) Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston.
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    National Black Presbyterian Caucus Dinner

  • Presbyterian Mission Agency - by Michael Whitman

    Ann Hayman speaks at the Stop Human Trafficking luncheon.
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    Presbyterian Mission Agency

  • Presbyterian Intercultural Luncheon - by Michael Whitman

    Sera Chung and Samuel Yenn-Batah speak with presenter Victor Aloyo, Jr. (right).
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    Presbyterian Intercultural Luncheon

  • World Refugee Day Luncheon - by Danny Bolin

    Gradye Parsons and Alison Harrington discuss immigration reform and issues surrounding refugees.
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    World Refugee Day Luncheon

  • Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee - by Michael Whitman

    Bill Bess speaks to the Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee.
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    Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee

  • Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Committee - by Danny Bolin

    Forrest Claassen counts votes as Committee approves the addition of Belhar to the Book of Confessions.
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    Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Committee

  • Presbyterian Mission Agency - by Michael Whitman

    Participants at the Young Adult Ice Cream Social.
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    Presbyterian Mission Agency

  • Presbyterian Mission Agency - by Michael Whitman

    Wearing it well at the Young Adult Ice Cream Social.
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    Presbyterian Mission Agency



Tuesday, June 21



Committees complete their work, mission tours, exhibit hall is open, and other events

  • Staff - by Danny Bolin

    Office of the General Assembly staff member Vicente Guna with his daughter Alba at her first assembly.
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    Staff

  • Exhibit Hall - by Danny Bolin

    Presbyterian Foundation staff member Ellie Johns-Kelley talks with GA participants in the exhibit hall.
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    Exhibit Hall

  • Exhibit hall - by Danny Bolin

    Members of the Church Polity and Ordered Ministry Committee finalize their work in the OGA exhibit booth.
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    Exhibit hall

  • Social Justice Issues Committee - by Danny Bolin

    Bobby Musengwa listens during a meeting of the Social Justice Issues Committee.
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    Social Justice Issues Committee

  • Mid Councils Committee - by Michael Whitman

    Todd Freeman moderates the Mid Councils Committee meeting.
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    Mid Councils Committee

  • Presbyterian Class - by Danny Bolin

    Members of the Presbyterianism: Principles & Practices class gather for a group photo.
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    Presbyterian Class

  • Presbyterian Voices for Justice - by Michael Whitman

    Presenter DJ Hudson visits with participants at the Voices of Sophia Breakfast.
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    Presbyterian Voices for Justice

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    Beth Hessel discusses Presbyterian social witness related to World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Earth Care Luncheon - by Danny Bolin

    Abby Brockway speaks at the Presbyterians for Earth Care Luncheon and Awards.
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    Earth Care Luncheon

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Danny Bolin

    PC(USA) leaders with recipients of Ecumenical and Interreligious Service Awards: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, Burns Stanfield, David Haynes, Brian Paulson.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • The Way Forward Committee - by Michael Whitman

    Stephanie Quintana-Martinez listens to the proceedings of The Way Forward Committee.
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    The Way Forward Committee

  • Theological Issues and Institutions Committee - by Danny Bolin

    Jennifer Burns Lewis moderates the Theological Issues and Institutions Committee meeting.
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    Theological Issues and Institutions Committee

  • BOP, PILP, PPC and Foundation Committee - by Danny Bolin

    Jim Rissler speaks at the BOP, PILP, PPC and Foundation Committee meeting.
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    BOP, PILP, PPC and Foundation Committee

  • Presbyterian Mission Agency - by Danny Bolin

    Carlton Rhoden, guest speaker at the Compassion, Peace and Justice Dinner.
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    Presbyterian Mission Agency

  • Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee - by Michael Whitman

    Bruce Gillette speaks to the Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee.
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    Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee

  • Mission Coordination Committee - by Danny Bolin

    Commissioners vote during the Mission Coordination Committee proceedings.
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    Mission Coordination Committee



Wednesday, June 22



Plenary business begins following the end of committee work

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    Participants at the Ecumenical Breakfast.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Presbyterian Peace Fellowship - by Danny Bolin

    Jill Bolander-Cohen accepts her Peaceseeker Award at the Peace Breakfast.
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    Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

  • Prayer room - by Michael Whitman

    The prayer room at GA.
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    Prayer room

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Reginald Jackson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church preaches at the Ecumencial Worship service.
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    Worship

  • Committee on Theological Issues and Institution - by Danny Bolin

    Mindy Douglas speaks during plenary.
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    Committee on Theological Issues and Institution

  • Stated Clerk candidates - by Danny Bolin

    J. Herbert Nelson greets commissioners.
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    Stated Clerk candidates

  • Dependent care at GA - by Greg Bolt

    From left: Thaddeus Bolt, Greg Bolt, Sophia Bolt, Heidi Bolt (commissioner).
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    Dependent care at GA

  • Stated Clerk candidates - by Danny Bolin

    David Baker (right) talks with Landon Whitsitt (left).
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    Stated Clerk candidates

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Commissioners prepare to vote on assembly business.
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    Plenary

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    Therese Howell, Vince Thomas, and Destini Hodges (seated) are introduced at the Ruling Elder Luncheon.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Committee on Ecumenical and Interfaith Issues - by Michael Whitman

    Alan Boesak celebrates the passage of Belhar.
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    Committee on Ecumenical and Interfaith Issues

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Danny Bolin

    Gradye Parsons and grandson Dylan thank those gathered at the group dinner.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Group dinner - by Danny Bolin

    Speaker Paul Raushenbush at the group dinner celebrating the ministry of retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Group dinner

  • Group dinner - by Danny Bolin

    Hundreds gather to honor outgoing Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons at a special group dinner.
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    Group dinner



Thursday, June 23



Action on committee recommendations

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Daily worship service during GA.
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    Worship

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Daily worship service during GA.
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    Worship

  • Office of the General Assembly

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Daily worship service during GA.
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    Worship

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Communion service during daily worship.
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    Worship

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Daily worship service during GA.
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    Worship

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Daily worship service during GA.
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    Worship

  • Worship - by Michael Whitman

    Daily worship service during GA.
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    Worship

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Commissioners pose in mission t shirts. Left to right: Steve Robertson, Sue Rutford, Lawrence Peebles, Kimberly Chun.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Linda Lee and Todd Wright deliver the BoP, PILP, PPC and Foundation report during plenary.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Commissioners pick up their voting devices.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Lisa Miller shows her support for Mission T-Shirt Day.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Co-Moderator Denise Anderson and Mary Gene Boteler on Mission T-Shirt day.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Michael Whitman

    Commissioners discuss a motion before the floor during plenary.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Commissioners on Mission T-Shirt day.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Jay Lewis on Mission T-Shirt day.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Rebecca Blair in her Mission T-Shirt.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Bryan Franzen in his Mission T-Shirt.
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    Plenary

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Writers Guild - by Michael Whitman

    Jeanne Bishop receives the Best First Book Award from John Underwood of the Presbyterian Writers Guild.
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    Writers Guild

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Loretta Baker-Yates rode a bus across the country to GA.
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    Plenary

  • Writers Guild - by Danny Bolin

    MaryAnn McKibben Dana, recipient of the David Steele Distinguished Writer Award from the Presbyterian Writers Guild.
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    Writers Guild

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Office of the General Assembly

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly

  • Office of the General Assembly - by Michael Whitman

    COGA honors retiring Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
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    Office of the General Assembly



Friday, June 24



Nomination of Stated Clerk and other plenary business

  • New Stated Clerk - by Danny Bolin

    Stated Clerk candidates address the assembly.
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    New Stated Clerk

  • New Stated Clerk - by Danny Bolin

    J. Herbert Nelson Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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    New Stated Clerk

  • New Stated Clerk

    J. Herbert Nelson Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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    New Stated Clerk

  • New Stated Clerk - by Danny Bolin

    Gradye Parsons congratulates J. Herbert Nelson.
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    New Stated Clerk

  • New Stated Clerk - by Danny Bolin

    Family members congratulate J. Herbert Nelson.
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    New Stated Clerk

  • New Stated Clerk - by Danny Bolin

    J. Herbert Nelson, soon after becoming the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with wife Gail Porter Nelson.
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    New Stated Clerk

  • New Stated Clerk - by Danny Bolin

    J. Herbert Nelson, soon after becoming the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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    New Stated Clerk

  • New Stated Clerk - by Danny Bolin

    J. Herbert Nelson Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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    New Stated Clerk

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Co-Moderator Denise Anderson's husband, Carter and daughter, Layla.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    G. Jacob Bolton.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    GA participants wait to address the assembly.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Joseph Kinard addresses the assembly.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Commissioners express their views.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Ann-Katelyn Biller during the Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Karen Larson waits for the microphone.
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    Plenary

  • Plenary - by Danny Bolin

    Prayer during the proceedings.
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    Plenary



Saturday, June 25




  • Musical Performance - by Danny Bolin

    Flute performance during closing worship service.
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    Musical Performance

  • New Stated Clerk - by Michael Whitman

    Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson addresses the last plenary session.
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    New Stated Clerk

  • Worship Leaders - by Michael Whitman

    Worship leaders address plenary hall during closing worship service.
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    Worship Leaders

 

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