Assembly Docket

The docket is subject to change as the assembly nears and may change frequently once the assembly is underway. Also see the day-by-day assembly schedule. (Note that San Jose is in the Pacific Time Zone.)

Thursday, June 19

Youth Advisory Delegates (YAD) Dinner

Friday, June 20

10 a.m. Youth Advisory Delegate (YAD) Orientation (with lunch)

9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open

12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Theological Student Advisory Delegate (TSAD) and Missionary Advisory Delegate (MAD) Orientation

3 - 6 p.m. Introduction to Anti-Racism Training (for Commissioners and Advisory Delegates)

6 - 8 p.m. Meet the Moderator Candidates

7 - 8:30 p.m. Overture Advocate Training

7:30 p.m.  Form of Government (FOG) Task Force Presentation

Saturday, June 21

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Meet the Moderator Candidates

9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.  Exhibit Hall Open

10 a.m. - Noon Business Meeting 1

• Worship
• Commissioning
• Moderator’s report
• Committee on Local Arrangements (COLA) report

Noon - 1:30 p.m. Group meal

1:30 - 5 p.m. Business Meeting 2

• Orientations
• General Assembly Nomination Committee (GANC)
• Business Referral

7 - 9:30 p.m. Business Meeting 3
Election of the Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008)

Sunday, June 22

10 a.m. - Noon Opening Worship Service and Communion

10 a.m. New Business Deadline

Noon Lunch on your own

1 - 7:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open

1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Moderator’s Reception

2 p.m. B&O comm

3:30 p.m. OA & CR Advocate Training; Form of Government (FOG) Task Force Presentation

5 - 6 p.m. Business Meeting 4

• Stated Clerk Nomination
• Committee Report

6 - 7:30 p.m. Group Dinner

7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Committee Meetings I

Monday, June 23

7 a.m. GA Breakfast with morning prayer (group meal)

9:30 a.m. - Noon Committee Meetings II

9:30 a.m. -7:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open

Noon Lunch on your own

1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Committee Meetings III

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Group Dinner

6:45 - 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship, Civic Auditorium

8 - 9:30 p.m. Committee Meetings IV

Tuesday, June 24

8:30 - 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship, Civic Auditorium

9:30 a.m. - Noon Committee Meetings V

9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall open

Noon Lunch on your own

1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Committee Meetings VI

Free Evening: Committees meet as needed

Wednesday, June 25

8:30 - 9:15 a.m. Ecumenical Worship Service, Civic Auditorium

9:30 a.m. Report reading time

10 a.m. - Noon Meet & Greet with Stated Clerk candidates

9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open (closes permanently this evening)

Noon Seminary lunches

2:30 - 6 p.m. Business Meeting 5

6 p.m. Dinner on own (subsistence meal)

7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Business Meeting 6

Thursday, June 26

9 a.m. - Noon Business Meeting 7

Noon - 1:30 p.m. Group Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Worship (in plenary)

2:30 - 6 p.m. Business Meeting 8

6 p.m. Dinner on own

7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Business Meeting 9

Friday, June 27

9 a.m. - Noon Business Meeting 10
Stated Clerk Election

Noon Lunch on own

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Worship (in plenary)

2:30 - 6 p.m. Business Meeting 11

6 - 7:30 p.m. Group Dinner

7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Business Meeting 12

Saturday, June 28

8:30 -9:15 a.m. Morning Worship (in plenary)

9:30 a.m. - Noon Business Meeting 13