General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association)
- General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association)
General Assembly, commonly abbreviated as simply GA, is an annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. It is held in June, in a different city in North America every year. Member congregations (and three associate member organizations) send delegates and conventioneers to participate in the plenary sessions, workshops, district gatherings, and worship services. In recent years, attendance at each General Assembly has reached over 5,500.
Plenary Sessions at General Assembly consist of discussing and voting on Study Action Issues and Statements of Conscience; elections for Board of Trustees, officer and committee positions; and reports from the President, Moderator and other leaders of the UUA.
Actions taken at GA meetings have included the 1984 decision to approve religious blessing of same-sex marriages, making the UUA the first major church to have done so. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E0DB1539F93AA15755C0A962948260 "Unitarians Endorse Homosexual Marriages"] , UPI, "New York Times", 29 June 1984, retrieved on 21 June 2007.]
At the 2007 General Assembly the Unitarian Universalist Association announced the new five year Comprehensive Fundraising Campaign entitled: "Now Is The Time: a Campaign to Grow Our Faith". The campaign funds will support programs that will encourage growth of Unitarian Universalism as a whole. These programs fall under the following categories: Growing Our Numbers, Growing Our Diversity, Growing Our Witness, Growing Our Leadership, and Growing Our Spirit.
Locations
* Planned locations announced [ [http://www.uua.org/events/generalassembly/ "General Assembly: A Meeting of Congregations"] , UUA Website]
References
External links
* [http://www.uua.org/ga/ General Assembly Online]
* [http://www.uua.org/giving/nowis/index.shtml Now Is The Time Campaign Information]
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