About the General Assembly's Business

• Candidates for Moderator
• Candidates for Stated Clerk
• Overtures to the 216th General Assembly (2004)
• Reports the the 216th General Assembly (RGAs)
• Assignment of Business to Assembly Committees

About the General Assembly's structures and processes

• How the General Assembly conducts its business
• Amending the Constitution of PC(USA)
• Glossary
• General Assembly Open Meeting Policy
• General Assembly Photo Policy

About the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

• Facts about the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Key leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Entities of the General Assembly
• A Profile of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Time line of Presbyterian history

Background on issues before the General Assembly

• Summary of Issues Coming Before the 216th General Assembly
• Ordination Standards
• Abortion
• The Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity and Purity of the Church
• Interfaith Relations
• Transforming Families
• Mission Work Plan

This Media Guide provides reporters with information about assembly procedures, schedules, pending business and general facts. In addition, the Communication Center staff stands ready to assist reporters with information and other needs. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 26 to Friday, July 2.

If you have questions before the assembly begins, contact Jerry Van Marter at (502) 569-5493 or Mary Pace at (502) 569-5490.

Other sources for news and information

The General Assembly News: a six-page newspaper published daily from Saturday, June 26 to Saturday, July 3.

News releases: located in racks outside the Communication Center, room E10B, Convention Center.

www.pcusa.org/ga216: news releases and photographs of all major events, as well as assembly-related documents.

Press conferences: Press conferences will be in room B17 of the Convention Center. Notice of additional press conferences will be posted in the Communication Center.

Schedule:

• Saturday, June 26, 11 a.m. Stated Clerk Clifton Kirkpatrick and Committee on Local Arrangements Moderator, Jack Sadler, and Vice-Moderator, Pat Valentine
• Saturday, June 26, estimated time – 10 p.m., following the moderator’s election
• Sunday, June 27, estimated time – 6 p.m., following report to the assembly of the Stated Clerk Review and Nominating Committee
• Monday, June 28, estimated time – 9 a.m., Millard Fuller, founder and executive director, Habitat for Humanity, International (tentative)
• Tuesday, June 29 through Friday, July 2 at 12:30 p.m.

PresbyNet: online community that offers news releases, texts of VoiceLine reports, discussions and assembly-related documents. To join the discussion go to www.pcusa.org/presbynet to become a PresbyNet member.

PresbyTel: toll-free information at (800) 872-3283, between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time weekdays and between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. weekends.

VoiceLine: three-minute daily summaries. Call toll-free (800) 872-3283.