DELEGATE INFORMATION
Welcome Delegates!
Welcome, Delegates! You are an important group of people within Central District Conference. Acting on behalf of your congregation, you determine major policy issues, evaluate the work of the Board of Directors, and discern the voice of the Spirit in the midst of the conference.
The annual meeting will be held in person June 23-25, 2022 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 $75/adult and $35/youth delegate. Registration for children K-12 is $15/child, children 0-4 are free.
Welcome from the Board President
Discussion Guidelines for Delegates
Schedule
Thursday, June 23
2:00p Registration begins at College Mennonite Church in the hall outside the fellowship hall
3:00p Storytelling as a tool for spiritual transformation with Kay Bontrager-Singer and Brenda Sawatzky Paetkau in the Koinonia Room
5:00p Pastor Appreciation Dinner at Assembly Mennonite Church, 727 New York St. Childcare available.
7:30p Worship at College Mennonite Church in the sanctuary. David Cramer, Keller Park Church, is the speaker. Offering for Natural Helpers Program
9:00p Ice cream and Popcorn in the fellowship hall
Delegate Session Schedule
Friday, June 24
8:30a Delegate Session I
- Welcome
- State of Conference Address
- Congregational Story: Hively Avenue
- Review of 2021 Minutes
- Treasurers Report and Presentation of 2022-2023 Proposed Spending Plan
- Presentation and Action on 2022-2023 Slate of Nominees
9:45a Break
10:15a
- Missional Church Committee Report
- Word from MC USA
- Dwelling in the Word
- Blessings: Trenton Mennonite and Keller Park
- Introduction of Guests
- Announcements
11:45a – 1:30p Lunch on your own. A list of local restaurants is in your delegate packet.
1:30p Delegate Session II
- Term Review of Conference Minister
- Camp Friedenswald Report
- Congregational Story: Southside Fellowwhip
2:00p Storytelling Stations: 2:00-2:20; 2:25-2:45p; 2:50-3:10p; 3:15-3:35p
- Pilgrimage as Spiritual Practice with Jane Roeschley
- The Great Adventure with Bluffton University
- Journey/Amahoro Ministries with Charles Baraka and Lavon Welty
- 65 Years with CDC with Perry Bush and Janeen Bertsche Johnson
3:35p Break
4:00p Worship
5:15-7:00p Dinner on your own. List of local restaurants in delegate packet
- Faith in Place: Ecological Crisis is a Spiritual Crisis with Brian Sauder
- The War in Ukraine: History, Memory and Peace Church Responses with Perry Bush
- Let the Children Come to Me with Lisa Weaver
- Called to be Bad with Mariah Martin
- Natural Helpers with Julia Schmidt
Saturday, June 25
8:30a Worship
9:30a Break
10:15a Delegate Session III
- Congregational Story: Shalom Mennonite Congregation
- Ministerial Committee Report
- Action on the 2022-2023 Proposed Spending Plan
- Everence Resources
- Open Mic
- Constituency Leaders Council Report
- MCC Great Lakes Report
Closing
- Listening Committee Report
- Evaluations & Committee Nominations
- Closing words from Board President
- Closing Meditation and Songs
Action Items
June 26, 2022 Annual Meeting Minutes
2022-2023 Proposed Spending Plan
Finance, Staff and Conference Committee Reports
2021-2022 Income and Expense Report
2021-2022 Income, Expense Visual Report
2021-2022 YTD Congregational Giving
June 1 2021 – May 31 2022 Ministerial Credential Report
Annual Meeting Locations and Board Presidents
Conference Committee Reports
Other Reports
MC USA and Agencies
Mennonite Church USA – English
Mennonite Education Agency (MEA)
Mennonite Health Services (MHS)
Mennonite Mission Network (MMN) English
Mennonite Mission Network (MMN) Spanish
Mennonite Schools and Seminaries Reports
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS)
Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS)
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)
Other Reports
Anabaptist Disabilities Network
Reference Documents
Central District Conference Constitution, By-laws, Policies and Procedures
Central District Conference Polity
Central District Conference Identity Document
Central District Conference Membership Criteria
Central District Conference Healthy Boundaries Training Policy
Central District Conference Code of Ethics for Ministers
Mid-States Preferred Resource Provider Document
Mid-States Statement on Dual Congregation Conference Affiliation
Agreeing and Disagreeing in Love
MC USA Journey Forward Renewed Commitments
Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective Summary
MC USA Criteria for Congregations Changing Conferences
MC USA Transitional Pastor Policy
MC USA Guidelines_for_Biblical_Communal_Discernment
Congregations_TransferringConferences_Leaving MCUSA
Mennonite World Conference Shared Convictions
Central District Conference Resolutions
A Congregational Peace Pledge, A call to intentionally encounter the realities of war
A call to greater inter-racial and cross-cultural engagement