Annual Meeting 2021
Looking Forward:
The Future of the church in a post-Christian/post-COVID world
June 18, Evening Worship followed by Youth Delegate get-together
June 19, Worship, Delegate Sessions & Workshops
June 20, Conference-wide worship
Speaker, David Fitch
Looking Forward:
The Future of the church in a post-Christian/post-COVID world
June 18, Evening Worship followed by Youth Delegate get-together
June 19, Worship, Delegate Sessions & Workshops
June 20, Conference-wide worship
Speaker, David Fitch
Invitation to CPMC Annual Meeting 2021
Central Plains Mennonite Conference Annual Meeting will take place in a virtual format on June 18 & 19, culminating in a conference-wide worship service on June 20. At our virtual gathering, we will worship, learn and fellowship together as God's people in CPMC! Our theme for this year's gathering will be Looking Forward: The Future of the church in a post-Christian/post-COVID world Worship: We are thrilled to have David Fitch join us as our worship speaker on Saturday and Sunday (he will also lead a workshop on Saturday). David is a professor, church planter, pastor and author. He is the B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary Chicago, IL. He has been involved in numerous church plants and is the founding pastor of Life on the Vine Christian Community, a missional church in the suburbs of Chicago. David and his family are now a part of the Peace of Christ Church, Westmont, a church plant out of Life on the Vine. David writes as a part of Missio Alliance (missioalliance.org), a relational network of missionally-minded churches and leaders that takes a primary interest in encouraging and equipping church planters. He is a neo-Anabaptist and loves introducing people to the non-coercive God we meet in Jesus. David is the author of several books including Faithful Presence, Prodigal Christianity, and The Great Giveaway. The theme for our gathering comes from his latest book, the timely The Church of Us vs. Them: Freedom From a Faith that Feeds on Making Enemies. Together we’ll explore what it means to make space in our lives and in our congregations for those with whom we don’t agree. This topic feels relevant to our lives as brothers and sisters in the church as we live in particularly polarized and politicized times. David has presented seminars at past Mennonite Church USA Conventions and comes highly recommended. We look forward to worshiping with David Fitch this year and with the worship team convened by pastor Chris Becker, of Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Lauderdale, MN. Annual Meeting Worship services are free and open to the public. Workshops: Our workshops this year feature a variety of topics ranging from history, to peacemaking, to immigration. Though each delegate will only have the chance to attend one workshop during the weekend, plans are being made to make the recordings of most workshops available to registered delegates after Annual Meeting. Note: Youth Delegates and Youth Guests are invited to attend a special workshop on Friday night at 8:30 (following worship) in addition to choosing a workshop for Saturday afternoon. Delegate Sessions: In delegate sessions we’ll attend to the business of our conference and participate around tables in experiences that will help to enhance and make real what we’ve learned with David Fitch during worship. Youth Delegates: Each congregation is invited to register one youth delegate to be a voting member of the delegate body (and additional youth as guests, if desired). In addition to having a voice around the tables in our delegate hall, youth will also have a chance to get to know one another and conference leadership during a special youth delegate Zoom on Friday evening. |
Registration Information
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