Gathering 2020 Questions

Leadership

Consider the Leadership within your congregation: Where would you welcome more resourcing for lay leadership development?
In your setting, what does congregational leadership look like in 10 years?

From Canadian Mennonite University

What would a purpose statement for CMU from the church entail, and how might it strengthen the partnership we both seek?
How can MCM, its congregations and its institutions, strengthen their capacity to call pastors - to tap and encourage those gifted for ministry – and support them in training at CMU?
How could a shared vision (developed by MCM, MC Sask, MC Alberta and CMU) to extend graduate level biblical and theological teaching and formation across the Prairies, strengthen our pastors and congregations?

Communications

How should we pay for Canadian Mennonite?
If we would continue inspirational programming, what would that look/sound like?

Mission

Camps with Meaning

How can camps and churches work together to:

re-center the Biblical story and the invitation to deeper relationship in ways that engage and challenge our staff and our campers?
find ways to harness and nurture the energy and growth of camp staff after summer?
reclaim the church’s sense of ownership of camp and seeing camp as an extension of the church?

International Witness

How do changes we see locally affect the ways that we engage international partners?
How do we work at mutually transformative relationships with international partners?

Indigenous-Settler Relations

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