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​Delegates, Members, Friends...

Our annual CEM Conference took place on October 23 & 24, an on-line event again this year with special guests Apostle Art Smith, and President of Seventy John Glaser, Wsharing in the theme “Encircled in Joyful Celebration”.

CONFERENCE BOOKLET

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The conference booklet contains the schedule for the weekend, Mission Centre reports, Business Meeting agenda, Special Conference resolutions, budget and financial spreadsheets, minutes from the 2020 conference, and more.

President's Report
CEM PRESIDENT'S REPORT
File Size: 189 kb
File Type: pdf
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Financial Officer's Report
CEM FINANCIAL OFFICER'S REPORT
File Size: 142 kb
File Type: pdf
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budget & finance reports
2020 FINANCIAL STATEMENT
File Size: 230 kb
File Type: pdf
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2021-2022 BUDGET
File Size: 98 kb
File Type: pdf
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CONFERENCE BOOKLET
2021_cem_conference_booklet__final_.pdf
File Size: 3496 kb
File Type: pdf
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​CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Saturday Morning
10:00 am - Gathering/Social Time (ZOOM Housekeeping)
10:15 am  - Pre-Conference Housekeeping
10:30 am - 1st Global Village Session (break-out rooms)
          - Awakening Spirituality with Susan Scott
          - Climate Change Colloquy with Joan Thompson
          - Encounter World Religions with Brian Carwana
             - Healing & Freeing Camp with Becky Grigsby
          - Meditation with pDeb Weaver
          - Prayer Shawl Ministry with Pat Lewis
          - Sionito Group with Bryce Taylor
          - World Accord with David Barth
          - Zerin Corporation with Ron Rowbottom
11:00 am - 2nd Global Village Session (break-out rooms)
          - all sessions same as above
11:30 am - 3rd Global Village Session (break-out rooms)
          - all sessions same as above

Saturday Afternoon
12:00 pm - Social Visiting/Lunch Break
12:30 pm - Pre-Conference Break Time
12:45 pm - Return From Break
12:50 pm - Conference Proceedings
         - President's Welcome
         - Meditation Moment
         - Sacrament of Ordination
         - Polling Review/Tech Check
         - Business Meeting Begins
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Saturday Evening
7:00 pm - All-Ages Family Campfire

Sunday Afternoon
12:00 pm - Beyond The Walls Worship Service
          - with guest speaker John Glaser​
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
For simplification, once again this will be designated a "special conference" to allow a smooth flow of proceedings in a timely manner to facilitate the business of Mission Centre operations. Our agenda will include inspirational, relational and informative interactions in Zoom breakout rooms. More information will follow about our Global Village interactive sessions to discuss topics of great interest. Our theme for the Conference weekend is "Encircled in Joyful Celebration". Joy transcends COVID! Joy radiates as an inner expression visibly shared. Joy is contagious. Joy is kindred. Joy is memorable. Joy is a spiritual practice. This fulness of Joy encircles those gathered. Be expectant. Practice your Joy and come to share Joy!! Pastors will receive their congregational packages for delegate selection from the CEM office. Delegates are required to register and have their own individual device to vote (cell phone, computer or tablet). In advance of the Conference, training sessions will take place to familiarize delegates with our voting platform, Poll Everywhere. We will as is customary host pre-legislative discussions prior to the Conference to review information, motions, and budgets. We look forward to your participation; to seeing your joyful faces, hearing your voices, and engaging together as we are encircled with Spirit in our experience of joy in sacred community. 
 -Kerry Richards,  ​CEM Mission President



Sunday Worship Service on YouTube

Pre-Legislative & Training Sessions
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Two pre-legislative & technology training sessions took place ahead of the conference. A recording is available below. Kerry Richards and Dar Shepherdson provided an overview of the conference day, mission centre updates, the business to be discussed at conference,  and responded to Q&A. Troy Roach ran through best practices and other tips for using ZOOM to connect to the conference, and Poll Everywhere for virtual voting. Though a refresher for some, training will also include info on any changes, updates, and new features. All delegate and ex-officio members are encouraged to attend/view the training..​
pre-legislative recording
training recording

About Poll Everywhere
Using Poll Everywhere allows each vote to be anonymous, while still allowing all votes to be tabulated collectively. Please check out the videos below to see brief examples of how it works.

Introduction to Poll Everywhere - Video 1
Introduction to Poll Everywhere - Video 2
Introduction to Poll Everywhere - Video 3

To get a bit of a head start on your training (and save a little time), you can download the software/app to your device from the links below.

Click here to download for Apple/Android (cell phone/tablet)
Click here to download for desktop/laptop computer

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