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National Gathering 2010: Any Body, Everybody, Christ's Body

Schedule At-A-Glance

July 14–17, 2010

Join us in San Diego, CA, for National Gathering 2010 (July 14–17, 2010)! Registration is available for just $119 per person. Find lots more details on our main National Gathering page!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

8:30 am – 8:30 pm Pre-Gathering Border Immersion Experience

Noon - 6:00 pm UCC Coalition Board Meeting

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

9:00 am – 10:30am Pre-Gathering Border Immersion Experience Debriefing

9:00 am - Noon UCC Coalition Board Meeting

Noon - 9:00 pm Check-In & Registration

2:00 - 3:00 pm Choir Rehearsal

3:30 - 4:45 pm Welcome and Opening Worship

4:45 - 5:30 pm Small Groups: Introductions(or Choir Rehearsal)

6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner

7:00 - 9:00 pm Evening Worship and Keynote Address

Creation, Communion and Community
Carolyn Thompson

Thursday, July 15, 2010

8:30 - 9:30 am Small Groups(or Choir Rehearsal)

9:30 am - 9:50am Morning Devotions

9:50am - Noon Plenary Session

Panel: Where Is the LGBT Rights Movement Today?
Panel: Living with Limitations

Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 - 2:20 pm Breakouts

2:20 – 2:40 pm Break

2:40 - 4:00 pm Breakouts

4:00 - 6:00 pm Affinity Groups and Free Time

6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner

7:00 - 9:00 pm Evening Worship

Friday, July 16, 2010

8:30 - 9:30 am Small Groups(or Choir Rehearsal)

9:30 am - 9:50 am Morning Devotions

9:50am - 10:30 am Plenary Session

Panel: Adding Transgender to Your ONA Statement

10:30am - Noon

Coalition Business Meeting

Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 - 2:20 pm Breakouts

2:20 – 2:40 pm Break

2:40 - 4:00 pm Breakouts

4:00 - 4:30 pm 2011 NG Brainstorming

4:30 - 6:00 pm Affinity Groups/Roundtables and Free Time

6:00 - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception (cash bar)

7:00 - 9:30 pm Banquet

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ONA Resolution at General Synod XV
Geoffrey Black, UCC President and General Minister

Saturday, July 17, 2010

8:30 - 9:15 am Small Groups (or Choir Rehearsal)

9:15 – 10:30 am Closing Worship and Communion

10:30 am Depart Hotel for San Diego Pride Parade

National Gathering 2011

Join us June 27-30, 2011, in Tampa, FL!

National Gathering 2010

The Coalition celebrated 25 years of ONA at National Gathering 2010. Participants explored the theme, "Any Body, Everybody, Christ’s Body," July 14–17, 2010, in San Diego, CA.

National Gathering 2009

National Gathering 2009 was held June 22–25, 2009, in Grand Rapids, MI, with the theme "Growing BOLD." These were the days immediately before Synod.

National Gathering 2008

National Gathering 2008 was held June 25–29, 2008 in Dallas, TX, in conjunction with The Fellowship. The theme was "One Tribe, One Table."

National Gathering 2007

National Gathering 2007 was a great success!

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