I am a bit shocked: the recommendation to skip GS in 2010 just passed, and with far less of a fight than I expected. I am wondering whether this will pass at the classis level (I don't think it will), and if so, what it will mean. I do not think this is a good idea. It's not expensive enough ($1 per member) for the savings to be worth what we will lose - our annual gathering, where the classes communicate with one another, where we're forced to get together with people who do not live where we live or think the way we think, where we have to be the church in a bigger sense across our differences. I realize we're all worried about finances right now, but in this case, I just don't think the money is worth the change we've proposed. I'd rather pay the extra $1 per member.