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The church, world are invited to stream in!
MAY 24, 2016
The Alma College Pipe Band processed into the Assembly Hall at Opening Worship. —by Michael Whitman
LOUISVILLE
Several thousand people are expected to gather in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, June 18, for the opening worship service of the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
But the congregation could potentially be much larger—with groups of Presbyterians across the country using live stream technology to participate in opening worship from their own church sanctuaries and meeting spaces. The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) is encouraging congregations and mid councils to gather groups in their locations to worship with the assembly via live stream. The live stream player will be in place of the promotional video on the Assembly home page at pcusa.org/ga222 on June 18th.
“This was an idea that came from the committee at one of our meetings,” says COGA Chair Margaret P. Elliott. “The concept is a unified PC(USA) participating in worship from all corners of the country and the world.”
The goal is to help more Presbyterians “feel a part of the assembly, rather than feeling like the assembly is apart from them,” says Tom Hay, director for assembly operations in the Office of the General Assembly.
In recent years, growing numbers of individuals have watched assembly worship and business sessions via live stream on their computers, Hay says. As many as 30,000 computers have been logged on at various times during previous assemblies. There were even people in Israel logged on during the debate on Middle East issues at the 221st General Assembly (2014). Read more…