The United Methodist Church
Northern Illinois Conference
e-News
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Greetings!
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Welcome to the NIC e-News. This newsletter will be published every Thursday at 10AM. If you have story submissions or ideas for the e-News, please send them to Matt Kuzma at mkuzma@umcnic.org by 6PM Tuesday. To find upcoming calendar events, please visit the online calendar, linked below in Quick Links. To add calendar items, please contact your district office.
Also, please encourage fellow clergy and members to sign up for the e-News; it's an inexpensive and easy way for us to share important information with people across the conference. To forward to a friend or to subscribe, just click the buttons below. Thank you!
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In Step With the Bishop
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"This weekend, prayer shawls
donated by churches across our connection will wrap the grieving in
warmth and love.
The events of February 14, 2008 on the campus of
Northern Illinois University are still a fresh wound for many. May our
prayers be with the families who have lost a loved one and those
survivors who have loss their innocence."
Bishop Hee-Soo Jung
Upcoming visits:
March 3 (Tuesday) - Aurora District Cluster Visit - Joliet Cluster
March 4 (Wednesday) Chicago
Northwestern District Cluster Visit - Western Suburb Cluster - West Sub
Cluster with gathering at 7 PM Oak Park: Cornerstone
March 11 - DeKalb District Clergy Gathering - Studying the Scriptures with Bishop Jung,10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Ashton UMC
March 13-14 - Conference Urban Convocation
From an email from Pat Arne at Steward UMC:
Hopefully you can all
open this OK. Picture taken with my camera phone, so not the best, but
wanted you to have a record that our Bishop
was at Steward UM Church this morning! A gracious
and warm man who had a wonderful prayer for all of us! Our
District Supt. Larry Hilkemann took the picture for us. :0)
God's blessings on all of
you!
Pat Arne
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Harvest 2020 Event -- Urban Convocation: CASH!
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Join us the weekend of March 13-14 as we study CASH: Congregations
Acting to Stimulate Holistic Economic Justice. Participate in
workshops, worship and a reception for Illinois Area Bishop Gregory Palmer, who will
be the keynote speaker for the convocation.
The event will be
held at First United Methodist Church, 216 E. Highland Avenue, Elgin,
IL. Registration is $30; a block of hotel rooms has been reserved at
the Courtyard Marriott in Elgin.
To register, or for more information,
please call the Elgin NIC Office at 847-931-0710 or email Natarsha Gardner at ngardner@umcnic.org.
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Annual Conference deadline!
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The 170th Northern Illinois Annual Conference is June 6-8 at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL. It will be here before we know it!
From the Annual Conference Committee:
Rev. Lora Zink, Conference Secretary, has set the date for
submission of documents for the 2009 Annual Conference session as 1
March 2009 not later than 5 p.m. Documents must be submitted
electronically as a WORD document.
Documents are to be submitted to Rev. Lora Zink at
lortwin@aol.com, or by USPS at P.O. Box 97 Mount Morris, IL 61054-0097
and to Rev. Daniel Diss at
danielOSL@hotmail.com,
or by USPS at 325 South Stott Street Genoa, IL 60135. It is extremely
important that both Rev. Zink and Rev. Diss receive your documents in
order to complete their work in an efficient and timely manner.
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Called to Serve
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A new feature on our website and in the Reporter: stories from lay people who are making a difference in their community and around the world. Send us your stories!
Olivia McCain, Holy Covenant UMC Green Team
Ryan Dowd, Sugar Grove UMC, Election Protection in Ghana
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Share your photos and stories!
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Add photos of your church events or anything else to our Flickr group! When making the Reporter, we often have space for extra pictures. Add a photo with caption, and you could find your work on the website or Reporter.
Please submit tips, stories, sermons, lyrics and testimonials. Anywhere from 50-700 words is great. Longer pieces are fine, but will probably only run on the web. We especially want to hear stories about new faith communities, revitalizing our church, and working together.
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40 days and 40 nights...
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Forty days from today is March 24. How is your church planning ahead?
March - Women's History Month
March 22 - One Great Hour of Sharing
March 22 - 4th Sunday in Lent
March 29 - 5th Sunday in Lent
If you have tips or tricks for worship planning as we approach Lent and Easter, please share them: mkuzma@umcnic.org.
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Pancake Breakfast of the Week
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Pastor, do I have to give up pancakes for Lent? :)
Mardi Gras Sunday Jazz Service, 9:00 a.m., Feb. 22nd
featuring Exaltation ensemble, followed by Pancake Breakfast at 10:00 a.m.
First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights
1903 E. Euclid Ave.
Arlington Heights
The ASPers -- 30 youth headed to Appalachian Service Project for their 32nd (!) year --
offer this free meal in appreciation for the congregation's continuing support. All are welcome!
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