Watch for entries about our journey through the Living Waters of GA 219

As our elected Commissioners, Youth Advisory Delegate and others from Wabash Valley prepare and participate in the PC(USA) General Assembly, we will post messages about our experiences. Those attending, known to us, are:

• Alice Yacullo, elder from First, Michigan City
• Jill Kitowski, elder from The Presbyterian Church of LaPorte
• Bill Hudson, pastor of First, Merrillville
• Bill McLean, pastor of First, Delphi
• Juli Miller, YAD from Sunnyside, South Bend
• Carol McDonald, Council Moderator and Synod co-exec
• Rebecca Kirkpatrick, associate pastor of Sunnyside
• Linda Long, elder from First, Valpo and Stated Clerk

Participants begin to gather the week previous to July 3 through 10 for pre-Assembly conferences and meetings. Most of us will arrive in Minneapolis on Friday, July 2, for orientations. Assembly convenes after lunch on Saturday, with another business session after dinner. Sunday morning Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow will preach at the Service of Opening Worship and Communion.

Before then, you may read about the extensive reading, webinars, and conversations it takes to prepare for committee work that begins Sunday afternoon and continues through Tuesday evening. Following ecumenical worship on Wednesday morning, there are several specialty group luncheon meetings. General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday afternoon to consider the committee work of the previous days. Final business meeting and closing worship are Saturday morning.