General Assembly, the event, has come and gone. What we learned and what we have to do in response to the GA is now beginning. If you haven't received notice you will soon about an agreement we made with the Outlook. We have arranged to provide each congregant in the presbytery access to a summary document prepared by the Outlook to be used as a bulletin insert. I encourage you to use it. in addition, the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) has produced a pdf file as a summary about the GA. You can download it from the GA210 website. Again, while these resources are available, they will not work if we don't circulate them.

In addition to te printed documents, Dan Hignight, Ron Brown and I will be in Dallas on Wednesday, July 28, to meet with execs, stated clerks and moderators of all the presbyteries in the synod to discuss and reflect on some of the specific items coming down to our presbyteries from GA. I'm sure we will learn a lot and have much to share.

On a personal note, I will be away from the presbytery from July 30 through August 5. Edith, the girls and I will be on a end-of-summer/pre-college-departure family trip. Our oldest, Katherine, leaves for the University of the Ozarks on August 15, so we're having mixed emotions of joy and fear as she leaves home.

Keep Dan and Kathleen in your prayers. Kathleen fell last week and broke her right arm, requiring surgery last Friday morning. This week they found that there is still a crack in the bone nearer her elbow and below the rod that was inserted.

We said goodbye this month to Melodie Long. Melodie, who has served us well as pastor of Trinity, Jonesville and a variety of presbytery-level jobs, has moved to Sackett Harbor, NY as pastor of the Presbyterian Church there.

I won't post anything next Friday due to my trip, but will be back here on August 6. Don't forget about Pines School on August 7 in El Dorado. Get your registrations in.

'til later....