The annual meeting will be held in person June 22-24, 2023 at Goshen College, College Mennonite Church. We are also offering the opportunity for folks to join worship live via Goshen College’s livestream at goshen.edu/news/live-stream/ and to join the delegate sessions via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants after they register. Registration is $100/adult and $25/youth delegate. Registration for children K-12 is $15/child, children 0-4 are free. Lodging is available in local hotels and there is some lodging is available on campus for $35/bed/night or $140/apartment/night (sign up when registering).
Register for the 2023 Annual Meeting
Schedule
The Annual Meeting runs from Thursday, June 22 through Saturday, June 24.
Thursday, June 22
- 2:00p – Registration begins at College Mennonite Church in the hall outside the fellowship hall
- 3:00p – Transformation as Sacred Journey with Naomi Wenger in the Newcomer 17
- 5:00p – Pastor Appreciation Dinner in the Koinonia Room. Childcare available.
- 7:30p – Worship at College Mennonite Church in the sanctuary
- Speaker: Matt Pritchard, Associate Conference Minister for Emerging Communities of Faith
- Offering for Anabaptist Disabilities Network
- 9:00p – Ice cream in the fellowship hall
Friday, June 23
- 8:30a – Delegate Sessions
- Welcome
- State of Conference Address
- Congregational Story: Olentangy Wild Church, Emerging Community of Faith
- Review of 2022 Minutes
- Treasurers Report and Presentation of 2023-2024 Spending Plan
- Presentation and Action on 2023-2024 Slate of Nominees
- 9:45a – Break
- 10:15a
- Committee Reports: Ministerial Committee, Missional Church Committee, Camp Friedenswald
- Congregational Story: Moveable Feast, Emerging Community of Faith
- Introduction of St Louis Mennonite Fellowship
- Dwelling in the Word
- Introduction of Guests
- Announcements
- 11:45a – 1:30p – Lunch. A list of local restaruants is available here and in your delegate packet.
- 1:30p – Delegate Session II
- Tending Transformation: Accessibility Resolution
- 3:00p – Break
- 3:30p – Delegate Session III
- Tending Transformation: A Resolution for Repentance and Transformation
- 5:00-7:00p – Dinner on your own. A list of local restaurants is available here and in the delegate packet
- 7:00p – Seminars
- Making Adulthood Transitions Though Ritual and Reflection with Joel Miller
- Discovering God’s Work in your Community: An Interactive Seminar with Matt Pritchard
- Tending Transformation Across Mennonite Ministries with Doug Luginbill
- The Bible and the Book of Creation (that is, the whole earth) for an Intergenerational Audience with Lora Nafziger
Saturday, June 24
- 8:30a – Worship at College Mennonite Church in the sanctuary.
- Speaker: Wanda Stopher, retired pastor
- Offering for Central District Conference
- Communion
- 9:30a – Break
- 10:00a – Delegate Session IV
- Art Auction Announcement
- Tending Transformation: For Justice in the U.S. Criminal Legal System
- Action on the 2023-2024 Spending Plan
- Open Mic
- Closing
- Listening Committee Report
- Evaluations & Committee Nominations
- Closing words from Board President
- Closing Meditation and Songs
Bike, Walk, Run
There is not an organized event for this but if you want to get out and explore the Goshen area, information and maps for various trails are below.
