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Full YAD participation restored
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Date
09 Jul 1996 18:31:05
06-July-1996
GA96116
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 11 similar overtures
came from the Presbytery of Lehigh.
Related actions raised the required age for YADs by one year to17 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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