| January 13, 2011- In this issue |
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- Days of Note
- Upcoming Conference Events
- Laity Convocation, February 5
- Clergy Tax Seminar
- Memorial Service for Bishop Edsel A. Ammons
- 2011 Annual Conference Document Deadlines
- Bill to abolish the death penalty passed
- Winter Warming - Congress of Reconciling United Methodists
- Conference on Faith and Sexuality
- District Leadership Training Events
- Chicago Northwestern
- Chicago Southern
- Elgin
- Rockford
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January Days of Note
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January 17, Human Relations Day. Learn what this Special Sunday is about. Get Resources to use in your church
January 17, Martin Luther King Birthday observed by NIC. Offices will be closed. Resources at GBOD
Resources at CORR (General Commission on Religion and Race)
January 18-25, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. An ecumenical Prayer Service will be held, Sunday, January 23, at 4:00 PM at St. Gregory the Illuninator Armenian Orthodox Church in Chicago.
Resources from the World Council of Churches
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Upcoming Conference Events - join us!
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February 5, Laity Convocation, Sycamore UMC Save the date! This crucial training event draws hundreds of laypeople as we get ready for another year of ministry. This year, we are thrilled to have Bishop Robert Schnase, author of the book "Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations."
January 27, 2011, Clergy Tax Seminar, Barrington UMC
The UM Foundation will offer a Tax Seminar for Clergy. This is offered each year for clergy.
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Bishop Edsel A. Ammons Memorial Service
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Bishop Edsel A. Ammons, who prior to becoming Bishop served inthe Northern Illinois Conference, died on Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, 2010. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, January 15, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL. Read more... |
2011 Annual Conference Documents and Information
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The deadline for the submission of documents for this year's 2011 annual conference is March 1, 2011 at 5 p.m. There will be no exceptions made for any reason if documents are not submitted by the day and time published. Documents are to be submitted in the Action/Rationale format from the previous two years. Please refer to previous conference documents for examples. Annual Conference legislative documents must be submitted in the following manner: Action/Rationale format, as a WORD document, electronically at NIAC2011documents@rocketmail.com. The rationale section of annual conference legislative documents may not exceed 500 words.
General Conference Petitions will use the same format and have the same requirements as annual conference legislative documents except that the General Conference petitions rationale section may not exceed 50 words. This is a rule developed and published by the General Commission on General Conference.
Rev. Daniel Diss, Chair of Daily Procedure and the Committee on Petitions, will be happy to work with anyone writing legislation or a General Conference petition. If there are questions about Historical Reports, those must be submitted to Rev. Lora Zink, Annual Conference Secretary. Historical Documents are due at 5 p.m. on March 1st as well. The pre-conference packet will be available for downloading by mid-April from the NIC website.
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| Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty PASSED! |
Thank you to all of you who contacted your elected state representatives to ask them to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. By underscoring the concerns we as United Methodists have expressed about the death penalty, you have helped to inform the debate. You have helped to make history. Many of you have given of your time, and so I ask you to make one more contact to end the death penalty in Illinois. Call Governor Pat Quinn at 312-814-2121 and ask him to sign the law.
Read Bishop Jung's statement on the death penalty
Read from the United Methodist Book of Resolutions about capital punishment
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| Winter Warming - Congress of Reconciling United Methodists |
On January 15, 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church.
Northern Illinois Conference Reconciling Task Force invites all those committed to a fully inclusive church to its Winter Warming, a congress of Reconciling United Methodists. Workshops, Pasta Dinner, Worship with Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader Read more...
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| Conference on Faith & Sexuality |
On January 15, 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton is pleased to host a conference on Faith & Sexuality. This conference will explore the role of the Church today amidst the questions and conflicts surrounding homosexuality. We invite all to come and engage in conversation, raise awareness and promote dialogue in an effort to diminish hostility surrounding this issue. Read more...
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Districts offer Leadership Training
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