two days of work in my committee

Monday and Tuesday, 6-23 and 6-24:

After being one of the overture advocates, asking the Social Issues committee to allow the entire General Assembly to view a documentary film on Living Waters of the World, a program to provide clean water to specific places where it is lacking, I went off to be a part of the committee I where I was assigned. Our group, Review of Permanent GA Committees, had the task to hear testimonies and review written documentation of two standing committees, and one commission of the General Assembly. After the presentations, we were divided into three sub-groups to evaluate the committees and commissions by the information given to us, and to write a summary report, with possible recommendations, that will be presented to the General Assembly. Below is a couple of pics of our group at work. Notice all the laptops. We were required to bring laptops with us, to use PC-Biz, an Intranet created for our work. PC-Biz use is to cut down on the amount of paper we might otherwise use.

Before our committee work began, we participated in a worship service that had a feel of Taize.

You may be wondering about the Scales of Justice as part of the worship set up on the stage of the Civic Auditorium. I realized that I have not shared that the Scripture for this 218th General Assembly is
Mic 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"

On Tuesday morning, some of the folks who are from the Presbytery of East Tennessee got together at 7 am for breakfast.

In the picture, left to right, Ron Sabo, Charles Snodgrass, Carol Schlich, Carl Schlich (the new Interim Presby. Executive), me, Donna Hopstead, Paul Rader, and Sharon Carter. Jonathan Wiesehuegel, Bill Barron, and Harvey White were not present at the time for breakfast.