The first photos are beginning to emerge from the Canada Youth gathering in St. Catharines:
This photo was posted to the Canada Youth Live page at BeingPresbyterian.ca by Rev. Matt Brough via Twitter.
If you’d like to follow the first-hand experiences of Canada Youth attendees, be sure to check out the CY Live page!
Update: There are more great photos emerging on Flickr as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/canadayouth2009/
The 135th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada gets underway this weekend, but due to the recent population boom at my house (we had twins a few weeks ago), I won’t be attending GA in Hamilton.
Of course, I want to follow along as much as possible from home, as I’m sure you all do! Luckily, the staff at the Communications Office will be making regular updates to the website through the PCConnect-Daily newsfeed and on the General Assembly page itself.
Of course one of the best ways to follow and discuss an event like GA from afar is Twitter. If you’re familiar with Twitter and want to keep up with and comment on the Assembly proceedings, the Communications Office has established a hashtag specifically for GA. All Tweets related to GA should contain the hashtag: #pccga09
Even if you’re not a “Twitterer” yourself, you can follow the action on Twitter’s search page: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=pccga09 or a special page we’ve setup here at BeingPresbyterian: Live Coverage
If Facebook is more your thing, you can follow the proceedings through regular updates to the PCConnect Facebook Page.
I look forward to reading the reports from Hamilton and especially your comments on them!
Colin Carmichael
Associate Secretary, Communications (currently on leave)
A while back I realized that the most effective way to talk about being Presbyterian is to actually talk about being Presbyterian! I’m pleased to announce the launch of the BeingPresbyterian Podcast right here at BeingPresbyterian.ca.
In this “inaugural” episode, I chat with Rev. Matt Brough. Matt is the minister at one of The Presbyterian Church in Canada’s newest congregations, Trinity Winnipeg. Matt, a recovering web developer like me, talks with me about the impact of social media (Facebook, blogging, Twitter, etc.) on his ministry.
Update: I forgot to mention that Matt and I also chatted about how ‘cool’ the Presbyterian polity is. Really.
Matt also does a great job of pitching CanadaYouth09 at the end, so be sure to listen all the way through!
theme music for the BeingPresbyterian Podcast written and performed by Derek K. Miller
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