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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