Annual Meeting 2010
June 24-27
Mountain Lake, Minnesota

"Mission at the Center of our Story...Going Where Jesus Intends to Go"

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go.  He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”   –Luke 10-1-2

Some have requested the material Dave presented in the PowerPoint presentations.  Here is a PowerPoint document with this material.  Indicated within the script are where to present Case Study 1, Case Study 2 and Case Study 3. 

Here are the sermons Dave preached.  The first three are downloadable mp3 files.  The fourth is a link to listen online.

Friday morning
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know:  Ways Mennonites Discern What is True

Friday evening
The Farmer's Table:  Hospitality in Three Dimensions

Saturday morning
Building Up the Temple:  Getting Beyond a My Space Culture

Sunday morning
Mission at the Center of Our Story: Going Where Jesus Intends to Go

Delegate Agenda
In preparation for the delegate sessions, delegates are asked to read and discuss the following documents.

Unity Task Group
Letter from Conference Council to the delegates
    regarding the Unity Recommendation
Unity Recommendation
In response to requests by delegates, Moderator Diane Zaerr Brenneman has prepared an explanation of what happened with the Unity Recommendation at Annual Meeting.
Here is our conference's policy on variance, A Mission-Focused Approach to Congregations at Variance.

National Anthem
Mennonites and Allegiance:
    Letter to Delegates from the Outreach & Service Committee
On Mennonite Colleges Playing the National Anthem: A Background
Letter from Goshen College President Jim Brenneman to Central Plains

Conference Structure
New Structure Proposal: Organizational Chart and Commentary
Feedback Form

Speaker

David Boshart is the lead pastor of West Union Mennonite Church.  He holds a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from Andrews University with a concentration in Missional Ecclesiology.  Since 2005, David has been giving leadership to the development of a church planting strategy for Central Plains Mennonite Conference. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA.  David is married to Conference Youth Minister Shana Peachey Boshart, and together they have three adult sons and one granddaughter.

David analyzed four Central Plains church plants for his dissertation, focusing on the habits and beliefs that characterize missional churches.  In his presentations, he will share three core commitments of the church in mission: Biblical discernment, three-dimensional hospitality, and contextual witness.

Photos of Annual Meeting 2010
by Stan Harder

Here are the information and forms you need to register for Annual Meeting.

To register, print the registration form, fill it out and mail it to Central Plains Mennonite Conference, P.O. Box 101, Freeman, SD  57029.

Information Sheet
Read this before you fill out the registration form.

Adult Registration Form

Child Registration Form

Lodging

Schedule

Workshop Descriptions

Youth Delegate Fact Sheet
Please give this to youth who will attend.

If you have questions, please call the office: 605-925-4463.