Report from the Committee on Local Arrangements for the 219th General Assembly

The following is a report submitted to the Presbytery by Sandra Hawley and Manley Olson, the Chairs of the Committee on Local Arrangements for the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to be held in Minneapolis July 3-10, 2010.  The Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area will be the host presbytery for the event.

Report of the Committee on Local Arrangements (COLA) 219th General Assembly

May 13, 2008

The next major activity of COLA will be to have a booth and to make a presentation at the 218th General Assembly in San Jose, June 20-28. We have a great booth location but are looking for help in staffing it. COLA committee members will provide major coverage but since we will be also spending time looking at all aspects of the Assembly we need to find some volunteers to help us in the booth.

We are not asking our elected commissioners; we have both served in that role and know that there is no free time. But we would like to identify other folks who are planning to attend such as family members, alternate commissioners or visitors. If you could give us a few hours of your time we would be grateful.

There will be handouts about the 219th General Assembly and about the Twin Cities area in the booth. We expect that most of the questions would be about the Twin Cities with perhaps a few about the presbytery and its mission. It is not a difficult job but we do need to have the booth staffed while the assembly is in session. We would like folks who could do two hour shifts. If you can help us, please contact Manley. We know that folks will not have any firm ideas about their schedules until they get to San Jose. A that time we will make specific assignments. Thanks for your help. For those who cannot be at San Jose to help us, keep us and out commissioners in your prayers.

Sandy Hawley

Manley Olson, (651) 644-2848  or manleyolson@gmail.com