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15-June-1997 
GA97028 
 
                           YADs Plant Tree 
 
                           by Nancy Rodman 
 
SYRACUSE--Led by co-moderators Andrew Buckley, Presbytery of Monmouth, and 
Jennifer Rund, Presbytery of Southeastern Illinois, the Youth Advisory 
Delegates (YADs) to the 209th General Assembly planted a tree as a symbolic 
replacement of the reams of paper used during the Assembly. 
 
     Co-Moderator Buckley told those attending the tree-planting that there 
is a deeper symbolism than the replacement of the trees used to make paper. 
"The branches of the tree represent the presbyteries who have come together 
for this Assembly which is represented by the trunk," he told the audience. 
"The tree's roots represent our faith."  Following his remarks, the 
co-moderators planted the tree and the gathered YADs shoveled soil around 
the tree, completing the traditional ceremony. 

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