General Assembly 2015
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general assembly 2014
Business Timetable
SESSION I Saturday May 16 9.30am
Opening of the General Assembly
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Roll of Commissioners laid on the table.
3. Election of Moderator and Prayer of Consecration.
4. Commission to His Grace the Lord High Commissioner to be read, and order given for recording it.
5. Her Majesty's Letter to be read, and order given for recording it.
4. Commission to His Grace the Lord High Commissioner to be read, and order given for recording it.
5. Her Majesty's Letter to be read, and order given for recording it.
6. Address by His Grace the Lord High Commissioner, and Reply by the Moderator.
7. Appointment of Committee to prepare Answer to The Queen s Letter.
8. Report of Standing Committee on Commissions.
9. Submission of Standing Orders.
10. Appointment of Committee for arranging Order of Business.
11. Appointment of Panel of Tellers.
12. Appointment of Committee to prepare Minute on Deceased Ministers, Missionaries and Deacons.
13. Intimation of arrangements for celebration of Holy Communion on Monday May 18.
Suspension of business - 10.15 - 10.45 approx
14. Report of the Assembly Arrangements Committee.
15. Report of the Scottish Bible Society and Presentation of Bible to Moderator.
16. Report of the Delegation of the General Assembly.
17. Minute of Ministries Appeal Panel tabled.
18. Report of the Committee on Overtures and Cases.
19. Report of the Committee on Classifying Returns to Overtures.
20. Report of the Legal Questions Committee.
21. Report of the Council of Assembly.
SESSION II Saturday May 16 7pm
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Address by Retiring Moderator.
3. Presentation of Delegates and Visitors.
Sunday May 17
10am - Assembly Service (St Giles' Cathedral).
12.30pm - Gaelic Service (Greyfriars Highland and Tolbooth Church).
1pm - 6pm - Heart and Soul 2015, Princes Street Gardens.
SESSION III Monday May 18 9.15am
HOLY COMMUNION
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Report of the Business Committee.
3. Report of World Mission Council.
4. Report of the Ecumenical Relations Committee.
5. Report of the Panel on Review and Reform.
SESSION IV Tuesday May 19 9.15am
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Minutes.
3. Report of the Church and Society Council.
4. Joint Report on the Implications of Tenure.
5. Report of the Iona Community Board.
6. Report of the Safeguarding Committee.
2pm - Stevenson Prize presentations
SESSION V Wednesday May 20 9.15am
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Minutes.
3. Report of the Ministries Council.
4. Report of the Social Care Council.
5. Report of the Church of Scotland Guild.
SESSION VI Thursday May 21 9.15am
Order of the Day - 2pm Stevenson Prize
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Minutes.
3. Report of the Committee on Chaplains to Her Majesty's Forces.
4. Report of the Mission and Discipleship Council.
5. Report of the Naitonal Youth Assembly 2014
6. Report of the Theological Forum.
7. Joint Report of the Theological Forum and Legal Questions Committee.
SESSION VII Friday May 22 9.15am
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Minutes.
3. Report of the Housing and Loan Fund.
4. Report of the General Trustees.
5. Report of the Church Hymnary Trustees.
6. Report of the Church of Scotland Trust.
7. Report of the Church of Scotland Investors Trust.
8. Report of the Church of Scotland Pension Trustees.
9. Report of the Central Services Committee.
10. Report of the Nomination Committee.
11. Report of the Selection Committee.
12. Protestations called for.
13. Report on the Printing of Acts.
SESSION VIII Friday May 22 3pm
1. Constitution of Assembly.
2. Report anent Deceased Ministers, Missionaries and Deacons..
3. Draft Minutes of Sederunts not yet submitted to be read if required.
4. Appointment of Committee to revise Minutes.
5. Act Appointing Commission of Assembly.
6. Act Appointing diet of next General Assembly.
7. Presentations to the Moderator.
8. Moderator addresses the General Assembly.
9. His Grace, the Lord High Commissioner, addresses the General Assembly.
NATIONAL ANTHEM
10. Dissolution of the General Assembly.
