Nice To Know (with apologies for funky formatting)

Thursday, July 05, 2012

6 a.m.   Alarm rings.  I groan.

7 a.m.   Coffee and breakfast buffet at First Presbyterian Church.

7:30 a.m.  Head out from First Presbyterian with one-mile prayer walk group.

8:30 a.m.  Business Session 6.

10:30 a.m. I must sleep.  Now.  Mid-Councils debate and decisions will have to proceed

unobserved by me.

11:30 a.m. I’m a little late for worship. 

12:15 p.m. Attend Synod of Alaska-Northwest luncheon.

1:30 p.m.   Business Session 7.

3:50 p.m.   With each passing hour, I realize more how little I know.  At this rate, by the

end of the day, I will know nothing.

4:45 p.m.*   EADs and MADs often agree

                      On matters prone to uncertainty;

                      TSADs and YAADs lead the way

                      No matter the commissioners’ dismay.

5:45 p.m.  Business Session 7 adjourns.  Divestment to follow after dinner.

6:30 p.m.  After a fruit smoothie and bran muffin downtown, I am back in the room to

spend quality time with my computer.  

 

7:30 p.m.   Business Session 8. 

10:30 p.m. Session is not yet over, but I leave, realizing two things:  1. I understand theprocess (Robert’s Rules of Order) much better now; 2. I do not know how I would have voted once the substitute motion became the main motion.  Now, back in my room, it hits me.  Instead of knowing nothing, I know something at least:  I left my sweater in the conference center, and I am not walking all the way back to retrieve it tonight.  It’s awfully nice to be sure about something.

*EAD (Ecumenical Advisory Delegate)

MAD (Missionary Advisory Delegate)

TSAD (Theological Student Advisory Delegate)

YAAD (Young Adult Advisory Delegate)