GC44 Agenda for October 19, 2024

Draft agenda for the GC44 AGM held October 19, 2024.

Pre-Meeting Learning Session

Wednesday, October 9, 4:00-5:30 p.m. and 7:00-8:30 p.m. (ET)

• Application of Principle-Based Approach 

Meeting 

• 10:30 Gathering and Orientation (30 minutes) 
  • Call-in and gathering time
  • Welcome and orientation, online meeting logistics
• 11:00 Worship with Communion (20 minutes) 
• 11:20 Constituting the Meeting (25 minutes) 
  • Constituting the meeting
  • Territory Acknowledgement
  • Equity Team – meeting question and protocols
  • Partner Greetings
  • GS 22 Opening and Procedural
  • GS 23 Consent Proposal
    • AUD 03
    • GS 24
    • NOM 04 
• 11:55 Elder Time (25 minutes) 
  • Elder Time – Ray Jones and Evelyn Day
• 12:10 Table Time (15 minutes) 
• 12:25 GS 25 Enacting remit 1 (15 minutes) 
• 12:40 GCE 09 Authorizing remit 2 (20 minutes) 
• 1:00 Then Let Us Sing – Alydia Smith (15 minutes) 
• 1:15 GCE 10 Introduction to Principle-Based Approach to Palestine-Israel (15 minutes) 
• 1:30 GCE 10 Authorizing Action on Principle-Based Approach (30 minutes) 
• 2:00 Break (30 minutes) 
• 2:30 Questions and Answer re Reports (30 Minutes) 
• 3:00 Business Committee (20 Minutes) 
• 3:20 M&S Moment (10 Minutes) 
• 3:30 Time with Moderator (10 minutes) 
• 3:40 Covenanting with new GCE Members (10 Minutes) 
• 3:50 Closing (10 minutes) 
  • Elder
  • Report from Equity Team
  • Closing Procedural Motion GS 26
  • Closing prayer
• 4:00 Close of Meeting