Reflections on General Assembly

I returned from the GA of the Christian Church (DOC) last week and I have had a little time to think about things that took place there.
First I thought Nashville was a great place to hold the GA with a good venue and lots of things to do close to the convention center. The city showed great hospitality towards us and I was impressed overall with the city. It almost makes me want to return sometime to Nashville and spend a few days.
As far as the assembly is concerned it was a good experience for me I went primarily to get information at one of the workshops for some responsibilities I hold in our region but there were a couple of other tracks scheduled for the same time so I was disappointed I could not attend everything I wanted to attend.
Because of a late start we did not arrive in Nashville until the first night session was over and there was not an evening session Sunday night so I only attended two evening sessions and I found the speakers to be on top of their game. In addition there were several times when during the assembly when breaks were taken in the business session for speakers to talk about how we can be involved in making changes needed in our congregations. I thought all of those speakers were excellent. Each one taking a different approach speaking in their area of expertise. I was particularly interested in Soong Chan Rah and Amy Levine in the things they were saying.
One downfall was I have come to the conclusion Disciples do not know how to do Emergent Worship. The night Brian McClaren spoke they advertised worship as emergent but it was at best blended. Needless to say I skipped out after McClaren spoke.
While I enjoyed the assembly I came home with some renewed energy to implement some things in my church and I guess that is their purpose.