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03-July-1996 
 
GA96084 
 
Full YAD participation restored 
 
ALBUQUERQUE--In its first vote on a committee report, the 208th General 
Assembly approved a recommendation from the General Assembly  Procedures 
committee to reverse the action of last year's Assembly and restore full 
annual participation of Youth Advisory Delegates (YADs) from all 
presbyteries. The overture approved in response to eleven similar overtures 
came from the Presbytery of Lehigh. 
 
    Related actions raised the required age for YADs by one year to 17 to 
23 years, instructed the General Assembly Council to provide funding for 
the triennial youth connection since one source of its funding has been 
removed by the YAD action, and requested the Council's youth ministry 
office to clarify the role and objectives of Youth Advisory Delegates as 
well as provide for a higher level of selection standards and training. 
 
    Commissioners approved all recommendations of this committee including 
overtures 101, 103, and 116;  also an OGA report recommendation to transfer 
the Presbyterian chaplains and military personnel funding from per capita 
to mission budget, over a period of three years. Disapproval was 
recommended, and voted, for overture 102. 
 
 Midge Mack 

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