The United Methodist Church
Northern Illinois Conference
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Welcome to the April 8 NIC eNews. For comments or questions, please email communications@umcnic.org.
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Native American Ministries Sunday
April 18
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By Rev. Michelle Oberwise Lacock mickiol@aol.com Please encourage your leaders and congregations to give generously to the Native American Ministries Sunday offering. The special Sunday is April 18, 2010 but you can give online anytime throughout the year. A portion of these gifts go toward our annual Tipi Camp at Camp Reynoldswood, where Native youth and others have a chance to experience canoeing, archery, and other aspects of the old native ways. The weekend gives Native American youth who now live in an urban setting the opportunity to reconnect with nature. For more information about celebrating this special Sunday in worship, please see the GBOD website. |
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Annual Conference 2010
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EVENT REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
for the latest news and information about the conference.
Please send information for Memorial ServiceIt is our tradition to celebrate the ministries of those Clergy members and Lay Members to Annual Conference who have passed away since our last session together. This Memorial Service will be celebrated on the second evening of Annual Conference. Please review your church records, and if any Clergy or Lay members to the Annual Conference have passed away, please send the following to Natarsha Gardner, ngardner@umcnic.org: Name, Local Church, Date of Death, Dates of service, Picture
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Bethany Methodist Service Guild Event - all are invited
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The Bethany Methodist Service Guild hosts its annual Brunch and Theater Benefit on May 2, 2010 at Drury Lane Oak Brook. The lavish buffet begins at 12:30 p.m., followed by the award-winning Ragtime! at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $90 per person: $45 is tax-deductible. The
Guild proudly supports Bethany's older adult ministry of residential, health and spiritual care for elders in need. This is a wonderful opportunity for fellowship with friends and family - while sharing in older adult ministry in our Conference and community.
Reservations and information: Office of Rev. Stephen Dahl 773/989-1354.
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Harvest 2020 New Faith Community update
Word of Life - Libertyville
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Please pray for the Word of Life Ministry and Rev. Jim Bell. They are planning to hold their first Sunday worship on April 18th at Westlake Christian Academy, 275 S. Lake St (at Route 120) in Grayslake.
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Large grants for ministries that assist immigrants
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The United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race is offering more than $250,000 in grant dollars to congregations or organizations that want to assist or protect immigrants.
The agency is offering several $40,000 grants to one-year projects, beginning January 1, 2011. The deadline for applying is June 15.
"These grants will assist church congregations and non-profit organizations in reaching out to assist those in our community who have suffered the double indignity of being mistreated because they are immigrants and being mistreated because they are racial ethnic immigrants," said Bishop Minerva Carcaņo, vice president of the commission and chair of the United Methodist Task Force on Immigration.
For information, visit http://www.gcorr.org/getinvolved/corractionfund.
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Pancake Breakfast of the Week
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1. Rockford Urban Ministries
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25th Anniversary of Executive Director Stanley Campbell Thursday, April 22, 2010, 6 p.m. pot luck, 7 p.m. program.
Bethany UMC, 8th St. & 3rd Ave., Rockford Rockford Urban Ministries celebrates 25 years of service by its executive director, Stanley Campbell. The festivities will start with Rockford's "largest Vegetarian pot luck supper." I wanted to do something healthy on Earth Day" said Mr. Campbell.
2. Lena
Lena UMC Mother-Daughter-Sister-Friend luncheon & program will be Saturday May 1st at 12:30 p.m. Last names starting with A - M bring salads, N - Z bring casseroles. Table service & beverages will be provided. The program will be "Through the Years with Teddy Bears" by Carol Corp.
If you have a special bear, bring it along and share your story. For reservations call the church office at 815-369-5291.
3. Sugar Grove
The Sugar Grove UMC invites you to a benefit Chili Supper on Saturday April 24th from 4:30 pm to 7 pm at the Sugar Grove Community House, 141 Main Street.
Free will donations will help send the church's pastor, Rev. Steve Good, to Haiti to assist with earthquake relief efforts. Rev. Good speaks Haitian Creole and has participated in many mission trips to this poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. For more info, call the church office at (630) 466-4501 or go to http://www.sgumc.net.
Please send your pancake breakfast or other special meal to communications@umcnic.org with the subject line "Pancakes."
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