General Assembly meets in Scarborough this week

The General Assembly of the United Reformed Church meets in Scarborough from 6 July to 9 July 2012.

Key events and debates include:

Friday 6 July

• The induction and inaugural address of the Revd Dr Michael Jagessar, moderator of General Assembly 2012-2014. Dr Jagessar will be serving alongside Mrs Val Morrison, moderator of General Assembly 2010-2013

Saturday 7 July

• A debate on the registration of Civil Partnerships in United Reformed Church premises
• The Community Project Awards ceremony – including short films of the four prize-winning projects
• A debate on the ethical dilemmas around the use of unmanned drones in warfare
• A celebration of the United Reformed Church on its 40^th anniversary (1972-2012)

 Sunday 8 July

• A walk of witness from St Andrew’s Church, South Cliff, to Scarborough Town Hall, to express solidarity with those affected by the ongoing spending cuts and welfare reforms

 The 2012 Book of Reports is available on the General Assembly website.

The URC communications team will be bringing Assembly news to you

• The news pages of the URC website will cover the major decisions and debates
• The communications team will be posting short, regular, updates on twitter and facebook.To follow General Assembly discussions on twitter please tweet with the #URCGA2012 hashtag, and search for it to follow the discussions
• Photos from Assembly will appear in the General Assembly Flickr photostream
• Assembly will be streamed online (with the exception of the Sunday morning session at St Andrew’s Church)

Journalists wishing to attend any part of the conference should contact Gill Nichol, press and media officer, on 020 7691 9865 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

http://generalassembly.urc.org.uk