GC44 Agenda for October 21, 2023

Draft agenda for the GC44 AGM held October 21, 2023.

Pre-Meeting Learning Session: Thursday, October 12, 6:30 p.m. (Eastern) 

1. GCE 08 Ministry Leadership to Meet the Needs of the Church - DLM Recommendations
2. GCE 08 Financial Support for Ministry Personnel Suspended While in a Directed Program
3. GS 21 Renunciation of Former Mission Property in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) 

Meeting 

11:30 Gathering and Orientation 

• Call-in and gathering time
• Welcome and Orientation, online meeting logistics

12:00 Constituting the meeting (15 minutes) 

• Constituting the Meeting
• Territory Acknowledgement
• Equity Team – meeting questions and protocols
• Partner Greetings

12:15 Worship & Elder Time (20 minutes) 

• Opening Worship with Communion (please have bread, juice and a candle at hand) 
• Recognition of John Egger as the last overseas ministry personnel 

12:35 Business Part 1 (25 minutes) 

• GS 18 Opening Procedural 
• GS 19 Consent Proposal 
  • AUD 02 Audit Committee Recommendations
  • GS 20 Affirm Existing Assessment Funding Rates and Principles for 2024
  • GCE 01 Financial Support for Ministry Personnel Suspended While in a Directed Program
• Video: Journey of Anti-racism 

1:00 Business Part 2 (60 minutes) 

• Table Group time 
• TICIF 02 Principle-Based Justice Work 
• GCE 08 Ministry Leadership to Meet the Needs of the Church in the 2020s, Part B Designated Lay Ministry 
• Video: Admission Ministry 

2:00 Break (30 minutes) 

2:30 Reports (30 minutes) 

• Video: Kindred Works
• Question and Answer (time for questions regarding reports received) 
  • General Secretary Report 
  • General Council Executive Report 
  • Strategic Plan Update 
  • Theology and Inter-Church, Inter-Faith Committee Report 
  • Anti-Racism Action Plan Update 
  • Reconciliation and Justice Update 
  • National Indigenous Council Update 
• Video: Mohawk Bible 

3:00 Business Part 3 (10 minutes) 

• GS 21 Renunciation of Former Mission Property in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) 
• NOM 03 Recommendations for Appointment to the General Council Executive 

3:20 Time with the Moderator (20 minutes) 

• Updates from the Moderator 
• Question and Answer 

M and S Moment 

3:40 Closing (20 minutes) 

• Elder 
• Report from Equity Team 
• Closing Procedural Motion 
• Closing prayer 

4:00 Close of Meeting 

Note: All times are approximate