Bulletin Sized Summary of General Assembly
from the PCUSA website:
Assembly in Brief, the popular bulletin insert-size summary of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) is now available as a free download. The insert is chock-full of information about the Assembly, complete with color photographs. Assembly in Brief is a partnership between PNS and the Office of the General Assembly. It relies heavily on the writing and photography staff of the General Assembly Communications Center.
Contents include:
- “The Hope in Our Calling” (Peacemaking)
- History²: Two women elected Co-Moderators
- Belhar added to Book of Confessions
- A new Directory for Worship
- Commission created to deal with PC(USA) structural issues
- Move to divest from fossil fuel companies defeated
- Two-state solution for Israel-Palestine reaffirmed
- With an apology, assembly vows to keep children safe
- ‘Regret’ expressed for harm to LGBTQ/Q members
- “Teaching Elder” out, “Minister of Word and Sacrament” back in
- Decision to reduce number of synods reversed
- Commitment to peacemaking reaffirmed
- Gradye Parsons honored
The bulletin insert may be downloaded in a variety of formats suitable for printing as a bulletin insert from the PCUSA website:
https://www.pcusa.org/resource/assembly-brief-222nd-general-assembly-2016/