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Exhaustion at GA.

So, it's no secret that life at the General Assembly is pretty exhausting.

You got to walk everywhere (not really a big deal). The schedule is packed to the brim with opportunities that you have little chance of making. You have to wake up early and stay up late to see all the folks you want to see. The food wavers between great to terrible. You can't engage in a conversation with someone for five minutes without being interrupted by someone else that you may not have seen for a few years.

It's just plain sensory overload.

I wouldn't mind it if GA toned down a schedule now and then to make things easier for folks.

But it may not be the GA folks who are stuffing the schedule anyway.

I'd propose a restructure of the GA into more of a praxis/info setup. I like the wholeness cafe - it's a great start. Workshops are fine too, because people obviously thirst for info. And some of the general units (like Church Extension) are on the right track with their booths anyway.

Think of it like this - an area where you can demo anything that our units and services have to offer. Want to learn about the new VBS resource from DHM? We are doing it together at 3 PM at Booth X. Want to see what a multicultural bible study might be like? Check out the Global Missions booth at Y at 8 AM and 8 PM each day. Then, you have another area that is just more info oriented - brochures, flyers, reps, and so on just to talk and give out info.

With something like this, we could take a step away from schedule glut and have more open time for folks to experiment and taste and see what is out there. Maybe not the best idea - but it's an idea.