Is It Too Late

Formative Capacity: Where, in our conference, is deep Christian formation actually occurring beyond weekly congregational life—and where is it thinning or absent?
Replaceability and Irreversibility: If a particular camp ministry were diminished or closed, what formative practices would truly be replaced—and which would not?
Time Horizon: How do our current decision-making timelines shape the kinds of formation we are able to sustain?
Connectional Experience: How do children, youth, and emerging adults in our conference actually experience the Church as connectional rather than congregational?; What spaces or practices help people encounter the Church as larger than their local setting—and what happens when those spaces are reduced?
Trust, Translation, and Participation: Whose voices carry lived knowledge of these formative spaces, and how are they included in discernment?
Preservation and Faithfulness: How do we distinguish preservation from faithfulness?
Discernment Forward: What story do we hope these decisions will tell ten years from now?