"Only Presbyterians would form a committee to review committees and report their review to a larger committee"

Today was the first day of real plenary sessions. It didn't go as well as I remember plenary sessions flowing in Richmond. It might have had something to do with the Vice Moderator who ran things for a while. He didn't have much idea of what was going on, and there were ammendments and motions and such flying everywhere. It was a little chaotic and a lot of people got confused. I managed to stay on top of things somehow. Maybe I'm just a master parliamentarian :p We did somehow manage to get all of our scheduled businnes done, though!

I can't say I'm so hopeful for tomorrow. Tomorrow, the Ecclesiology Committee reports tomorrow morning. That means.....the PUP Report... And some very ambitious person scheduled the Church Orders Committee in the afternoon. Yeah...that won't happen. Who knows how long the PUP stuff will take. It will definitely be long, draining, and emotional no matter what happens.

Tonight there was a service celebrating Women's ordination. It was a nice service. There were dancers, and a continously changing painting which I couldn't figure out how it worked. There was also a poem by/read by Ann Weems. And a nice little dramatic reading about women and ordination.

OH! I spoke during plenary today!!! That was very exciting! I was the first to speak during the Speak Out (general announcement-type time) after lunch break. I made an announcement letting people know about/reminding them to use the recycle bins! And people clapped!! Yay! I had a lot of people thank me for it :) :) :)

Tomorrow is a very big day and I am getting up very early so I'm going to get some rest. I'll try to report back as soon as I can on how things are going. We'll need all the prayers we can get tomorrow!! Please, pray for all of us. The PUP Report carries a lot of emotion for many people. Thanks in advance.

Peace of Christ,
Susan



(Peter and Russel are "working hard" ^_^)