What is GA? What is COLA?

WHAT IS GA?

General Assembly (GA) is the biennial meeting of the highest governing body in the Presbyterian Church (USA). The 218th General Assembly will take place in San Jose, CA from Saturday, June 21 through Saturday, June 28.

It’s:

• 973 commissioners and advisory delegates
• Hundreds of others (5,000 in all!) from all over the country
• Eight days of deliberations, worship, and decision-making about the mission and ministries of PC (USA)
• A Presbyterian "family reunion"

General Assembly meetings are open: anyone may register and attend the Assembly when it is in general session.

General Assembly is an opportunity for us all to learn more about our denomination and see its decision-making process in action. Many people travel across the country to be part of GA and here it is ... in our backyard!

WHAT IS COLA ?

The Committee on Local Arrangements (COLA) is more than sixty local Presbyterians from churches across the Presbytery of San Jose (46 congregations) working together to lead the hospitality arrangements for the 218th General Assembly. We will be hosting the entire denomination plus an international, ecumenical group of guests... some 5,000 people!!