Five recommendations from the Mission Centre Design Team—your feedback needed!

Over the past few months, the Mission Centre Design Team has worked to envision a Mission Centre that will bring together congregations, campgrounds, and programs across Canada. The team includes representatives from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario to ensure that the new Mission Centre reflects the traditions, ministries, and mission taking place both regionally and locally. Their work is rooted in the hopes members across Canada shared through the All Voices discernment process, summarized in the Onward Together statement.

The team was subdivided into five groups under the leadership of Vonda DenBoer (Canada East Mission Centre Co-President) and Shannon McAdam (Canada West Mission Centre Co-President).

​These are the groups and their goals:

• Conferences and Representation Model: Exploring representation models that ensure equitable voting and decision-making at Canada-wide Mission Centre conferences. Clarifying the purpose, frequency, and management of conferences.
  
• Budget & Funding Systems: ​Identifying financial structures and funding models that support ministries at all levels—from local to global—and that ensure transparency and long-term sustainability.
  
• Preserving & Integrating Traditions, Fostering Prayerful and Spiritual Support: Reflecting on ways to honour diverse worship practices and spiritual identities across Canada. Seeking opportunities to build lasting and meaningful relationships across great distances.
  
• Mission Alignment and Planning: Identifying how the new Mission Centre can best support congregations, pastors, and mission endeavours. Clarifying and streamlining ministries to better reflect current capacity and shared purpose.
• Communication and Transparency Processes: Ensuring transparency and diversity in all communications to support mission success across Canada.
  

Each group has drafted a recommendation for all members and friends to review. These are now available on the Mission Centre Design Team page. We invite everyone to read the five documents and share your feedback with the Design Team at [email protected]. Your input will help shape the final recommendations to be presented at reunions, camps, and fall conferences.