Day 8 - Thursday

And the last day... mostly just cleaning up the last bits of business.

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• Thursday, 22 June 2006: 8:30 – 11:30am (Plenary)
• Worship
• Prayer
• Moderator’s Pastoral Message
• Avoid gossip
• “I heard that…”
• Avoid slander
• Do not attribute/assume motives – ASK
• Tell people “Don’t believe everything you see or hear in the media.”
• Challenging week – if you have hurt or been hurt, address it here and now before we leave
• Deborah Block – Sunday’s lectionary Psalm 133
• Birmingham Pledge
• City of B’ham offers visitors
• Motion to put sermon and prayer texts on Website – so ordered
• 02 Bills and Overtures
• Minutes from Wednesday until dinner are in order
• Rest of minutes will be approved later
• 03 General Assembly Procedures

Yr	Approved	per capita cents increase	yet to be approved	per capita cents increase
2006	$36,705	1.55	--	--
2007	$188,900	8.22	--	--
2008	$107,417	4.86	--	--

• GAC will make adjustments for 2006 since the rate cannot be changed at this time
• Move to approve revised 2007-8 Per Capita
• 2007 Expenditure $12,473,683 à $12,662,583
• 2008 Expenditure $14,954,257 à $15,061,674
• Motion to consider sending all reports electronically instead of by mail
• 81, 19, 0
• Increase between 2007 and 2008 mostly due to next GA with additional delegates
• Passes
• Move to approve revised per capita rate for 2007-8
• $5.72 à 5.79
• 92, 7, 1
• Report on approved commissioner vouchers
• $194,374.45 plus additional vouchers
• 08 Mission Coordination

Yr	Approved	yet to be approved
2006	$8,384	--
2007	$46,918	--
2008	$36,534	--

• Move to amend 08-13.
• “…and Program in the total amount of $96,298,454[,and direct the General Assembly Council to make the adjustments necessary to incorporate into these budgets the items with financial implications that have been approves by the 17^th General Assembly (2006).] – So ordered


• YAD gifts
• Silly song
• Cards of encouragement for Joan
• Stoles of rope with carabeeners for Moderator, Vice-Moderator, Stated Clerk
• Rick Ufford-Chase – moment of Personal Privilege
• 11-01 “217^th GA does not believe that the PCUSA should tell a sovereign nation…”
• Would like to change to “The 217^th General Assembly believes that the PC(USA) should use the greatest possible care in speaking to or with a sovereign nation on any matter including how to handle protecting its borders or matters of national defense”
• Motion to reconsider 11-01
• Discussion
• 46, 53, 1
• Commendation to GA for care taken with budgetary concerns
• General Assembly Council & Committee on the Office of the General Assembly
• Allison S – new GAC chair
• Charles Easley – new GAC vice-chair
• Cathy Ulrich – new COGA moderator
• YAD from COGA to thanks S&L
• OGA thanks to COLA
• Commemorative plate
• Thanks to Staff
• COLA for San José
• Downtown San José
• Announcements
• $711.15 for Malaria Relief
• $2116.51 for Hunger Relief
• Transportation and Luggage
• LES info will remain there so we can refer to it
• GA News is now available
• Personal Word from Stated Clerk Clifton Kirkpatrick
• Move to thank Mod and V-Mod