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Imagine Indiana affirms North Indiana camp expansion
Camping is a strength which certainly will be a part of the future. . .
The Imagine Indiana Planning team affirmed the $16-million capital development plan for its campsites during a Sept. 27 planning session at the Indiana Area office in Indianapolis.
In a statement released by Bishop Mike Coyner, the seven-member team said:
"As a part of its work to bring a plan for the creation of a new Indiana Conference for a vote at the 2007 Sessions of the North and South Indiana Conferences, the Imagine Indiana Planning Team has been receiving many questions about the North Conference effort to meet its identified $16 million in capital development needs for its current camping ministry sites. The Imagine Indiana Planning Team has discussed this issue and offers the following responses:
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Camping and retreat ministries are an important and valuable part of the life of both North and South Indiana Conferences, through which countless persons have come to make discipleship commitments to Jesus and to respond to calls to ministry.
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Any movement toward merger will build upon the strengths of both conferences, and camping is a strength which certainly will be a part of the future of United Methodism in Indiana.
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Any action by either Annual Conference to move forward is affirmed by the Imagine Indiana Planning Team, and so the Team affirms the plans of the North Indiana Conference for the capital development of its camp sites, along with its plans for an endowment fund to care for the long-term upkeep of those sites. The fact that this capital development effort does not include any added debt means that it will strengthen an already strong asset for future ministry, whether that be in the North Indiana Conference alone or in a new Conference for Indiana."
The Imagine Indiana Planning Team and the 14 Discernment groups will meet Nov. 20 at the Indiana Area office in Indianapolis.
Dr. Greg Jones, dean of the Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C., will be the guest consultant for that meeting, helping the groups to theologize about their task.
A continuing discussion of the work of the Imagine Indiana Planning Team is available online at www.inareaumc.org. Click Imagine Indiana in the left column of the Indiana Area Web site home page.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008