The trees are adorned with oranges, the block is festooned with banners, the volunteers are stationed throughout and the digital media is robust (#epc2015ga). I only had one question after picking up all my materials at registration. “Where’s the schedule?”
I admit it. I’m old school. I like a printed schedule of events to help me navigate the who, what, when and where of a General Assembly meeting. I like to write people’s names next to particular events to help me keep the appointments I’ve set. The expectation was that I would download it, print it out and bring it with me. I did not. You may have not either.
“You can go online and get it,” the volunteer encouraged me. Well yes, you can, but its not easy to find. So, to make it easy for those of you like me, here is the direct link:
http://epc.org/ga2015/schedule
And to make it even easier….here’s tomorrow through Saturday. Let me know when and where to catch up with you and I’ll pencil it in.
Wednesday, June 24
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (ticket required)
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration Open
8:00–8:45 a.m. Orientation of New Commissioners
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. World Outreach Worker and Staff Meeting (invitation only)
9:00–11:45 a.m. Leadership Institute Plenary Session 1—Speaker: Thom Rainer
“Clarity” (9:00-10:00 a.m.)
“Movement/Q&A” (10:30–11:45 a.m.)
12:00–1:30 p.m. Ticketed Networking Lunches
40 Days for Life
Church Planting
Engaging Muslim Communities for Christ Through Literacy
Missionary Care
Musikgarten
Project Mercy
Reaching Muslims by Teaching English
Student and College Ministries
The Power of Coaching
Transformational Stewardship
1:45–2:45 p.m. Opening Worship
Speaker: David Swanson (Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Orlando)
3:00–5:00 p.m. Business Session 1
5:30–7:00 p.m. Women’s Gathering (dinner included; registration required)
Theme: “Catch and Release the Vision”
Held at First United Methodist Church (across Jackson St. from FPCO)
5:30–7:00 p.m. Moderator’s Dinner (invitation only)
7:30–9:00 p.m. Evening Worship
Speaker: Claude Richard Alexander Jr. (Pastor, The Park Church, Charlotte. N.C.)
9:00–10:00 p.m. Refreshments on the Great Lawn
Thursday, June 25
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (ticket required)
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration Open
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. World Outreach Worker and Staff Meeting (invitation only)
9:00–11:45 a.m. Leadership Institute Plenary Session 2—Speaker: Thom Rainer
“Alignment” (9:00-10:00 a.m.)
“Focus/Q&A” (10:30–11:45 a.m.)
11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Ministry Wives Luncheon (registration required)
For wives whose spouses serve in a staff ministry position or married women missionaries
Speaker: Carla Waterman
Held at the Citrus Club (meet in FPCO Clayton Life Center, walk one block)
12:00–1:30 p.m. Ticketed Networking Lunches
EPC Retirement Plan Q&A
Executive Pastors and Administrators
Leaders of Small Churches
Leadership in Church Educational Ministries
Multi-Site EPC Churches
News from the Larger Presbyterian Family
Student Ministries
Who Was Robert and Why Do We Follow His Rules?
Women Teaching Elders and Candidates
World Outreach Engage 2025
1:45–2:45 p.m. Business Session 2
3:00–5:00 p.m. Standing Committee Meeetings
3:30–5:00 p.m. Women’s REALation Reception
Held at First United Methodist Church (across Jackson St. from FPCO)
5:30–7:00 p.m. Stated Clerk’s Dinner (invitation only)
7:30–9:00 p.m. Evening Worship
Speaker: Phil Linton (Director of World Outreach)
World Outreach Commissioning
Offering for Pakistani Hospitality House Church, High Wycombe, England
9:00–10:00 p.m. Refreshments on the Great Lawn
Friday, June 26
7:00–8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (ticket required)
7:00–8:30 a.m. Reformed Theological Seminary Alumni Breakfast (registration required)
Held at the Minneola Room, Citrus Club (one block from FPCO)
7:00-8:30 a.m. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Alumni Breakfast (registration required)
Held at the Murcott Ballroom, Citrus Club (one block from FPCO)
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration Open
8:30–9:45 a.m. Moderator’s Service of Communion and Prayer
Speaker: Gordon Miller
Offering for Moderator’s Scholarship Fund
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Business Session 3
10:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m. Women’s TESS Talks (lunch included, registration required)
1) Loneliness/Isolation
2) Forgiveness
3) Homosexuality
4) Friendship
Speaker: Marla Delong
Held at the Rosalind Club (Meet in FPCO Clayton Life Center, walk three blocks)
12:00 p.m. New Commissioner Registration Closes
12:00–1:30 p.m. Ticketed Networking Lunches
Church Vitality: Health, Growth, and Getting Your Acts Together
Clerks of Session: Best Practices
College Ministries
EPC Benefits Q&A: Medical and Other Insurance Plans
International Theological Education Network (ITEN)
Ministering to Those with Same-Sex Attraction
Reformed and Missional? The Reformed Faith for Mission
World Outreach Short-Term Mission Network
Young Ministers (Under 40): Making the Most of Early Ministry Years
1:45–5:00 p.m. Business Session 4
7:30–9:00 p.m. Evening Worship
Speaker: Carmen Fowler LaBerge (President, The Presbyterian Layman)
Offering for Medical Benevolence Fund
Saturday, June 27
7:00–8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (ticket required)
8:30–9:45 a.m. Morning Worship
Speaker: Case Thorp (Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Orlando)
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Business Session 5
12:00–1:00 p.m. Ticketed Lunch
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“I admit it. I’m old school. I like a printed schedule of events to help me navigate the who, what, when and where of a General Assembly meeting. I like to write people’s names next to particular events to help me keep the appointments I’ve set. The expectation was that I would download it, print it out and bring it with me. I did not. You may have not either.””
Looks like the 12 year olds are taking over the EPC. No common sense. You nailed it.