The document is a welcome message for the 126th annual meeting of the Central Conference at Zion Covenant Church in Sheboygan, WI on April 27-28, 2012. It expresses a vision for the Central Conference to be the largest, strongest, most vibrant, progressive, and financially sound conference in the Evangelical Covenant Church where change is embraced, churches live out the Great Commission of Christ, and are involved in ministries of compassion, mercy, and justice.

1. Welcome to the
126th Central Conference Annual Meeting
April 27-28, 2012
Zion Covenant Church, Sheboygan, WI

2. LET US IMAGINE:
The Central Conference
is now the largest, strongest, most
vibrant, most progressive and
financially sound conference in the
Evangelical Covenant Church

3. That the Central Conference
where the inevitability
of change has
become something
to be embraced as a
pathway to renewal,
health and
vitality.

5. That the Central
Conference is where
all of its churches
are living out the
Great Commission
of Christ

6. That the Central Conference
is where all of its churches
are organically and
strategically involved in
ministries of compassion,
mercy and justice
and living out the

8. Our churches bare the marks of
being healthy and missional.

9. Our churches are places where
Gifts of the Spirit are alive and well.

10. Our churches are places where God is
believed, present and loved.

11. Our churches know that the Spirit is
not a party symbol but the wind and
fire in each of us.

16. Where each
congregation is in
mission and each
Christian, gifted for ministry.