Your Skills Are Needed for General Assembly!
By Paula Sanders
Planning for the 219th General Assembly is gaining momentum. GA is meeting July 3-10, 2010 at the Minneapolis Convention Center and we expect 8,000 people to attend some part of it. The presbyteries of Northern Waters and Minnesota Valleys are joining with us as hosts. To plan and carry out such an event will require many willing workers. The Committee on Local Arrangements (COLA) has organized into five major committees and 22 work groups.
We are now at the place where we need folks to fill out these committees and work groups. We hope you will be one of them. To volunteer, please contact COLA Executive Coordinator Paula Sanders, 612-839-7465, paula.sanders@pcusa.org. Here is a listing of committees, workgroups and their leaders:
Worship Committee – Ann Foote, Plymouth
- Opening Worship – Alika Galloway, Kwanzaa; Tim Hart-Andersen, Westminster
- Daily Worship – Barbara Anne Keely, United Theological Seminary
- Liturgical Space – Ward Sessing, Presbyterian Church of the Way
- Prayer Chapel – Rebecca Fletcher, White Bear Lake
Special Events Committee
- Moderator’s Reception – Holly Holmes & Sue Payne, Plymouth
- YAAD Event – Meghan Gage-Finn, Westminster
- Mission & Cultural Tours – Caroline Wanga, Kwanzaa
- Gift Project – Ann Rock & Jane Hallman, Presbyterian Women
Hospitality Committee – Margaret Thomas, Westminster
- Airport Welcome – Ed Martin, Westminster
- Hotel Welcome – Barb Day & Sue Goodspeed, Lake Nokomis
- Convention Center – Meg Newswanger, Maple Plain
- Special Guests – Bill Young, Frontier Fellowship
- Special Needs – Linda Wold & Joanne Shingledecker, Presbyterian Church of the Way
- Departure Arrangements – John Silliman, North Como
Media & Communications Committee – Margo Abramson, Christ Presbyterian
- GA Welcome Presentation
- Press Relations – Sandy Sweep, Church of the Apostles
- Church & Governing Body Communications
- Website – Susan Dray, Westminster & Vince Gin, Hudson
- Information Center – Stephanie Anthony, Hudson
Volunteer Committee – Jack Hougen, Hope
- Volunteer Recruitment & Training – Lisa Meyer, White Bear Lake; Deborah Isabelle, Kwanzaa
- Volunteer Hospitality – Mary Anne Bennett, Church of the Apostles
- Congregational Contacts – Cindy Ray, Presbyterian Homes
Paula Sanders is the Executive Coordinator for the Committee on Local Arrangements for the 219the General Assembly.
