1. Conference Core Team Leadership Update
Darlene Alfred

2. What Does the Core Team Do?
The Core Team keeps the Annual conference mission, vision, values and core strategies constantly in the forefront. It spearheads and coordinates long-range planning for the CTC based on the direction given by the Annual Conference and monitors the progress we are making in living into the expectations of the Exodus Project.

3. What Does the Core Team Do?
The Core Team provides critical review, from a big picture perspective, on the alignment of budget, deployment of resources, major policy issues and outcomes of the centers. It creates a culture of accountability against those outcomes and direction laid out by the Annual Conference and makes sure we are faithful to the current Book of Discipline.

4. What Does the Core Team Do?
The Core Team identifies emerging missional needs and recommends deploying resources to meet those needs. It may determine other needed task groups, such as: Annual Conference planning, Personnel oversight and recommendations on changes to the CTC Guiding Principals and Best Practices. It reviews and gives feedback to the Bishop and Executive Directors about any matters they wish to process with the group.

5. Relational Diagram

6. Core Strategies
To energize and equip local congregations to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world through engagement and development of…

7. Core Strategies Wesleyan spirituality and theology
Transformation of local churches
Clergy and Lay leadership
Ministry with the poor
New Churches
Accountability
Extravagant Generosity

8. Consent Calendar Actions
Early Voting (2014 for AC) for General & Jurisdictional Delegations
Hiring of Part-time Fund Developer
2015 Jubilee Membership Year
2014 Budget
2014 Annual Conference location – FUMC Mansfield
2014 Effective date for moving & appointment of July 1

9. Bishop’s Bible Camps

10. Conference Core Team Leadership Update
Darlene Alfred