Tomorrow sees the start of the URC General Assembly. This year’s venue is nice and close for me! It’s Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh so I get to come home and night and sleep on my own bed which is always a bonus.
Assembly will debate 45 resolutions including a chance on Saturday morning to affirm the existence of the Youth & Children’s Work Training and Development Team, of which I’m a member, and with any luck shorten our job title! The YCWT team (as we’re known) has been reviewed recently and this Assembly will discuss some of the recommendations of that review alongside a proposed ‘Vision for Youth & Children’s Work’ which I really like.
The early part of this week has seen What Do You Think? gather almost 40 young people from around the UK. They come together to get to know each other before the General Assembly, read, study and discuss the reports and explore some of the big issues around the church and the world. The FURY (Fellowship of United Reformed Youth) reps are usually the best prepared of all the delegates and this year is no exception. They take their presence very seriously and I think show the church a great example.
You can download the book of reports from the URC website.
There is free wi-fi at the conference centre so I’ll try to keep you up to date with the highlights but I’m not a member of Assembly so won’t be allowed into the Assembly itself. I, and all the other hangers on, get to watch on the overflow screen.
Maybe I’ll hang out with the Children’s Assembly instead. It’s bound to be much more fun!!!