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Tuesday May 15 2018

Assembly Timetable

SATURDAY MAY 19 – 9.30AM

SESSION 1
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 the 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 the High Commissioner and Reply by the Moderator.
7 Address by Retiring Moderator
8 Appointment of Committee to prepare Answer to Her Majesty’s Gracious Letter.
9 Report of Standing Committee on Commissions.
10 Submission of Standing Orders.
11 Appointment of Committee for arranging Order of Business.
12 Appointment of Panel of Tellers.
13 Appointment of Committee to prepare Minute on Deceased Ministers, Missionaries and Deacons.
14 Intimation of arrangements for celebration of Holy Communion

Circulation Break

SESSION 2
1 Presentation of Delegates and Visitors.
2 Report of the Assembly Arrangements Committee.
3 Report of the Scottish Bible Society and Presentation of Bible to Moderator.
4 Report of the Delegation of the General Assembly.
5 Minutes of the Appeal Hearing before the Judicial Commission
6 Minutes of the Ministries Appeal Panel
7 Report of the Committee on Overtures and Cases.
8 Report of the Committee on Classifying Returns to Overtures.

Lunch

SESSION 3
1 Report of the Legal Questions Committee.
2 Joint Report of the Ministries Council and the Legal Questions Committee.

Circulation Break

SESSION 4
1 Report of the Council of Assembly – except Strategic Plan and National Office Building
2 Joint Report of the Council of Assembly, the Legal Questions Committee, the Mission and Discipleship Council on the resourcing of Local Church Review.

SUNDAY MAY 20

10am – Assembly Service (St Giles’).
12.30pm – Gaelic Service (Greyfriars’ Kirk).
1pm–6pm – ‘Heart and Soul 2018’ Princes Street Gardens.

MONDAY MAY 21 – 9.15AM

SESSION 5
HOLY COMMUNION

Circulation Break

SESSION 6
1 Constitution of Assembly.
2 Report of the Business Committee.
3 Reply to the Queen’s Letter
4 Report of the World Mission Council
5 World Mission Council – Special Report on Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lunch

SESSION 7
1 Report of the Council of Assembly – Strategic Plan

Circulation Break

SESSION 8
1 Report of the Council of Assembly – National Offices

DAY 4 – TUESDAY MAY 22 – 9.15AM

SESSION 9
1 Constitution of Assembly.
2 Minutes.
3 Report of the Ministries Council

Circulation Break

SESSION 10
Ministries Council – continued

Lunch

SESSION 11
1 Report of the Ecumenical Relations Committee

Circulation Break

SESSION 12
1 Report of the Panel on Review and Reform
2 Report of the Safeguarding Committee
3 Report of the Iona Community Board.
4 Report of the Church of Scotland Guild.

WEDNESDAY MAY 23 – 9.15AM

SESSION 13
1 Constitution of Assembly.
2 Minutes.
3 Report of the Church and Society Council – Part 1

Circulation Break

SESSION 14
Church and Society Council – Part 2

Lunch

SESSION 15
Church and Society Council – Part 3

Circulation Break

SESSION 16
1 Report of the General Trustees

THURSDAY MAY 24 – 9.15AM

SESSION 17
1 Constitution of Assembly.
2 Minutes.
3 Report of the Committee on Chaplains to Her Majesty’s Forces.

Circulation Break

SESSION 18
1 Report of the Social Care Council

Lunch

SESSION 19
1 Report of the Theological Forum.
2 Overture – Presbytery of Melrose and Peebles on the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Circulation Break

SESSION 20
1 Report of the Church of Scotland Pension Trustees.
2 Report of the Housing and Loan Fund.
3 Report of the Church Hymnary Trustees.
4 Report of the Church of Scotland Trust.
5 Report of the Church of Scotland Investors Trust

FRIDAY MAY 25 – 9.15AM

SESSION 21
1 Constitution of Assembly
2 Protestations called for.
3 Report on the Printing of Acts.
4 Draft Minutes of Sederunts not yet submitted to be read if required.
5 Report of the Nomination Committee.
6 Report of the Selection Committee.
7 Report of the Mission and Discipleship Council.
8 Report of the National Youth Assembly 2017.

Lunch

SESSION 22 – 3pm
1 Constitution of Assembly
2 Report anent Deceased Ministers, Missionaries and Deacons.
3 Appointment of Committee to revise Minutes.
4 Act Appointing Commission of Assembly.
5 Act Appointing diet of next General Assembly.
6 Presentations to the Moderator.
7 Moderator addresses the General Assembly.
8 The High Commissioner addresses the General Assembly

NATIONAL ANTHEM

9 Dissolution of the General Assembly

THE BENEDICTION

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