Friday, February 22, 2019

Blog #1 (No, really)


              I am calling this blog #1 because by the time you read it I will be registered (as an “observer”) and will have gotten the final schedule for the Conference. The basic schedule is here:


You will note that tomorrow is a day of prayer and preparation (including, I suspect, a fair amount of caucusing among the various supporters of the various plans). The actual business of the meeting starts Sunday morning with a twenty-minute opening worship service. Then, four hours in the morning, five in the afternoons, till “Final adjournment” on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (I got a little shudder when I saw that terminology.)

This is kind of what it will look like… a shot by Mike Dubose from UN News Service.

 
The bishops will be up on a dias in rows in the front the floor area; a reminder, the bishops have no vote at all. Only the delegates, almost 1000 of them from around the world, will be the deciders.

If you are interested in the “Advance Edition of the Daily Christian Advocate,” which is 240 pages long but will give you the real stuff in terms of organization, rules, and the means by which the bishops will hope to keep the “conferencing holy,” as it were, you can download it here:


              Once the conference starts, there will be live-streaming, of course, at:


              Interestingly, there will be interviews with leaders, delegates, etc, available for watching both live and in archival form. Just hit the tab under the multimedia link.

After each day’s session a “Daily Christian Advocate,” will summarize in journalistic form the happenings of that day. You may find those links at


              In fact, if you go to www.umc.org anytime over the next few days, and click on Special Session of the General Conference, you will find MUCH material to help you see what is happening. Or, he said cynically, not happening.

Friday, 11:09 a.m.

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