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Wednesday, June 24, through Sunday, June 28,on your computer or phone:
The Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly
Our association's annual General Assembly will be available in part on this website.

Next event: General Session 1, Wednesday, 8:15 pm to 9:30 pm 
Click the red play button below to watch and listen. 
Agenda of General Session 1
  • Call to Order
  • Welcome
  • Libations—honoring those who have come before
  • Introduction: GA Youth / Youth Caucus
  • Introduction: YA@GA—Young Adults at General Assembly
  • Introduction: Chaplains
  • Introduction: Right Relationship Team
  • Introduction: Accessibility
  • Adoption of Rules of Procedure
  • Closing Words​

Music at GA

PictureMusicians at a recent GA. (Photo by Nancy Pierce/UUA)
GA has been a very musical event, with congregational singing and special musical performances always an important part of worship services and interspersed throughout the general sessions. It has not been announced how music will be included in this year's virtual GA. 
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2019 GA choir (Photo by Nancy Pierce/UUA)
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2019 GA band (Photo by Nancy Pierce/UUA)

Wednesday evening, Thursday afternoon through Saturday afternoon, June 24 - 27: General Sessions

PictureDelegates voting at a previous year's general session. (Photo by Nancy Pierce/UUA)
  • These are the sessions during which the business of the Association is conducted, moderated by Mr. Barb Greve and Elandria Williams. The schedule is:
  • 1. Wednesday, 8:15 pm to 9:30 pm
  • 2. Thursday, 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm 
  • 3. Thursday, 4 pm to 5 pm (COIC Report)
  • 4. Friday, 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm
  • 5. Saturday, 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm
  • 6. Saturday, 4 pm to 5 pm
  • Agendas for these meetings are available at https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2020/business

  • The complete schedule is available ​at www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/2020_grid_east.pdf

Thursday, June 25, at 6 pm: Service of the Living Tradition

Picture2018 Service of the Living Tradition (Photo by Nancy Pierce/UUA)
Led by the Ministries and Faith Development Staff Group, this service honors fellowshipped and credentialed religious leaders; remembering those who have died, recognizing those who have completed active service - we expect our former minister, Roger Fritts, to be included among these - and welcoming those who have received fellowship or credentialed status in the past year. The service includes a collection to benefit the Living Tradition Fund. ​

Friday, June 26, at 6 pm: Synergy Bridging Worshp

PictureSynergy Bridging Worship at GA 2017. (Photo by Nancy Pierce/UUA)
  • This is a transformative multigenerational worship. Come be inspired and illuminated at a celebration of treasured worship elements, rites of passage and brilliant contemporary musical performances.​

Sunday, June 28, at 10 am: Sunday worship service

PictureRev. Joan Javier-Duval
Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience will stream live right here. Each year a talented group of choral singers perform at the Sunday Morning Worship for the General Assembly audience. Worship Leader is Rev. Mykal O'Neal Slack and the sermon will be given by Rev. Joan Javier-Duval. The worship service will include a collection for the Tomaquag Museum, an indigenous museum featuring an extensive collection and archive of Southern New England tribal communities. ​
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Rev. Mikal O'Neal Slak

Music 

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2017 Sunday Morning Worship in New Orleans, Louisiana (Photo by Nancy Pierce/UUA)
PictureBenjie Messer, music director at the Sunday morning worship service
For many, singing in the choir is a key part of coming together as UUs at General Assembly. This year, instead of joining voices in person, the choir members will join in a virtual choir! Each singer will record a video of themselves singing, and those individual videos will be edited into one glorious combined video to be premiered during GA’s Sunday Morning worship service. 
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Example of a virtual choir, included as part of our May 24 service, available on our Virtual Church page.