1	A Vision for the Work of the Fifth Episcopal District 2002 – 2006
2	What is Our Mission? Mission: The mission of the denomination or the episcopal district or the regional conference or the district conference is to assist the member churches in performing their missions, i.e.: Church growth strategies Spiritual growth challenges Cooperative mission and ministry ventures in community and beyond our borders Administrative strategies
3	Strategies to implement the vision: Church Growth Strategies Highlight those churches where church growth is happening, as examples that might enlighten some other churches. Develop a membership recruitment Video that can be used in local churches. Include in all annual conference some training in church growth strategies.
4	Strategies to implement the vision: Spiritual Growth Highlight Bible study in the annual conference and in the local churches Encourage Christian educators to set spiritual development goals for all age groups on all levels of our conferences Celebrate academic achievements and highlight youth and young adult accomplishments Report on and recruit for Miles College, (and other CME-sponsored schools), with special emphasis on recruitment during each annual conference
5	Strategies to implement the vision:Cooperative mission and ministry ventures within and without our borders
6	Strategies to implement the vision: Administrative Strategies Make the best use of our time for meetings: meet beyond the local church when we must—not just to meet—and only as long as the meeting needs to be Annual visits by the presiding bishop in each presiding elder’s district At least two Quarterly Conference visits by the presiding elder in every church during the conference year Emphasize the congregations need to work through the “process” of our system.
7	Strategies to implement the vision: Administrative Strategies Keep before the local congregation’s their role in larger mission Improve our public relations images (1)presence on the web (2)presence of public relations before the annual conference and during (3) some instructions in conference institutes on public relations/communications for local congregations(for future Emphasize the building of services, not merely the building of institutions
8	Long Term Goal Over the next few years, our emphases should include these areas, and they will be highlighted. But each area may not be highlighted as much as other areas each year
9	This Year This year in annual conference, we want to directly highlight some Spiritual growth challenges Mission and ministry suggestions Administrative strategies Indirectly what we do in these areas will also affect our church growth strategies.