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May 24, 2012
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Please send emails for the e-news or the Reporter to Anne Marie Gerhardt, Dir. of Communications at communications@umcnic.org. All submissions for e-news must be received, in writing no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday each week.
Deadline for the July Reporter is June 6.
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Communicator's Corner
| Happy Aldersgate Day!
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274 years ago, John Wesley had left a Moravian society meeting where Luther's preface to the Romans had been read. As he walked on Aldersgate Street, he felt his heart strangely warmed by the Spirit. It forever changed him....it created the movement called Methodists...and it changed the world. Here are some of the words he wrote in his journal that day...
I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death - John Wesley
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Memorial Day Weekend
In remembrance of all our men and women who have died serving our country. We pay tribute to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our
freedom.
Click here to find resources for ways to minister to returning veterans and their families
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Join the Twitterverse Conversation
United Methodist Communications counted more than 43,000 tweets with #gc2012!
The hashtag for the Northern Illinois Annual Conference will be #niac12.
If you'll be tweeting, please keep in mind our three simple rules: Do No Harm, Do good, Stay in Love with God.
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Upcoming Events -Click on event for more details
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June Local Church Events
Chicago Youth HIV/AIDS Campaign T-shirt Design Contest May 11-25 2012 Ecumenical Prayer Service for Christian Unity - June 3 Bridges to Community: June 15-16 Understanding the Immigrant Experience in Chicago Bridges to Community: Understanding the Immigrant Experience in Chicago (Two day education/immersion experience) Co-sponsored by Chicago Theological Seminary and UCC Immigration Task Force. Click here for more info.
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Missionaries Itineration
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Missionaries to Zambia,
Betty Tshala and Tshala Mwenga are itinerating in the Northern Illinois Conference from May 21- June 11.
They will be at Hartzell Memorial UMC on Friday, May 25 at 12:00 noon. Come hear about their mission work.
Contact: Emmy Lou John; 630-264-2892; emmyloujohn@yahoo.com for more information.
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UMW Lobby Day
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The Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Women traveled to Springfield, IL on Thursday, May 17, 2012 to fight for an increase in minimum wage and to keep funding for childcare. Read the full story>>
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Annual Conference News
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Online Registration -Click HereThe cost is now $75. All online and mail-in registrations must be complete (to the office by May 28).
Legislation & Agenda
Both legislation and the daily schedule are now available on our website www.umcnic.org/AC2012. Click on Legislation. The agenda is subject to change.
*Submitting Documents at Annual Conference As the 2012 session of Annual Conference approaches, individuals and congregations may still submit documents for consideration this year. These documents, called "at conference documents," may be submitted through a specific process. Click here for the complete instructions.
Commissioning & Ordination Service The Commissioning and Ordination Service will take place on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mega Center, Pheasant Run Resort. Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr., Presiding Bishop of the California-Nevada Annual Conference, will be our preacher and The Chapel Choir (Youth) from First UMC of Downers Grove will provide the special music. Click here for the letter of invitation to participate. Click here for the participation form. DEADLINE to confirm your participation - June 5, 2012
Schedule Blueprint for Wellness Screening Blueprint for Wellness screening is only going to be available at Annual Conference on Thursday, June 7, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. You must have an appointment, so please register by calling Shirley Burkhart at 312-346-9766 x120 to schedule a time.
Display Tables Mail/Fax/email to: Outdoor and Retreat Ministries, 200 Stam Street, Williams Bay, WI. 53191 phone: 262.245.6706 Fax: 262.245.1446. Contact Bruce Nelson by email for more information: bruce@niccamp.org
Youth Session
Youth (Entering Grade 6 through High School) and Youth Leaders are invited to participate in the 2012 Youth Session of Annual Conference on Saturday, June 9 8:45am-1pm. Click here for more information.
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Fill out a Nominations Form
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If you're serving on a Northern Illinois Conference Committee, please fill out the 2012-2016 form today. The Nominations Committee needs everyone to fill out a *new* form - this includes those already serving and will continue on as well as new nominees. The form will help the committees gather the most up to date/correct contact information.
Questions? Please contact the new Nominations Committee Chair, Cerna Rand at nominations@umcnic.org.
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Change the World
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Richard Rice and Ron Johnson from Woodridge UMC collect electronics as part of Saturday's Recycling Extravaganza sponsored by The Woodridge Rotary Club.
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Many churches in the Northern Illinois Conference participated in the United Methodist Church's global movement to Change the World last weekend. People lived church in their communities - going out to serve, and personify the love of Christ. Woodridge UMC participated in the Rotary Club's electronics recycling extravaganza. Marengo UMC sponsored "Support Our Park" planting and cleaning at local park. Other examples, Genoa held a child literacy event and Neighborhood UMC in Maywood held a Stop the Violence conference.
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Nominations Sought for Evangelism Award
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Nominations are currently being sought for the 2012 Denman Evangelism Award. The award is presented annually to a United Methodist Lay and Clergy person in each Annual Conference for outstanding work in Christian Evangelism.
Those eligible for these prestigious awards are persons who are effective in developing true disciples of Jesus Christ!
You can learn more about the award and download nomination forms at
Send the completed form no later than June 1, 2012 to:
Denman Award
PO Box 168
Durand, IL 61024-0168
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Seeds to Succeed - August 11, 2012
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Get involved in this one day conference wide back to school event on August 11, 2012.
If your church would like to organize a service project to benefit a school in your community, fill out a registration form by clicking here and send it to Anne Marie Gerhardt at communications@umcnic.org. Some ideas include; painting or other repairs at a school, gardening, fixing up a playground, cleaning up the park, donating books etc. *First 25 churches to sign up will receive a free media kit which includes a yard sign and five t-shirts. Media kits can be picked up at the Seeds to Succeed display table at Annual Conference.
We will soon post projects on the event website at www.seedstosucceed.org and volunteers will be able to sign up for a project of their choice. Questions contact Anne Marie Gerhardt at 847-931-0710 ext. 14 or communications@umcnic.org. Bring a Backpack
Bring new, sturdy, gender neutral backpacks to the Seeds to Succeed display table at Annual Conference. We will distribute the donated backpacks at the Conference-wide Back to School event on August 11, 2012. |
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Early Response Team Training
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June 1 from 8:30-5:00pm at First UMC Glen Ellyn, 424 Forrest, Glen Ellyn or June 2 at Cornerstone UMC, 41W170 Russell Rd., Elgin
Classes are taught by "authorized" UMCOR trainers, and team members are given ID badges as evidence of training. UMCOR Staff will teach us the why, when and how of responding to disasters in our local communities as well as elsewhere in the US and globally.
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 20. Click here for the registration form COST: $35.00 includes: notebook, lunch, t-shirt, and Safe Sanctuary background check. Contact Bruce Nelson at bruce@niccamp.org or 1-800-642-2267 for more information.
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Peace with Justice Sunday - June 3
|  Congratulations to United Voices For Children (UVC) for receiving a 2012 Peace with Justice grant for their Child Advocacy Network. Read about it here and begin planning your Peace with Justice Sunday Special Offering.
Peace with Justice Sunday is June 3. Click here for more resources to begin planning your special Sunday offering. The annual conference keeps 50% of the receipts for Peace with Justice ministries in the conference. ( click here to see which NIC churches and organizations received grants this year.)The remaining 50% is used for Peace with Justice ministries related to the General Board of Church & Society. |
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Action Alert: Stop Prison Privatization
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Bishop Hee-Soo Jung and NIC delegates participated in a rally at General Conference to stop prison privatization.
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The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) wants to come to Illinois. The nation's largest private prison operator wants to build a 800-bed immigration detention center in Crete, just south of Chicago. The Illinois General Assembly is now considering SB 1064, which would block CCA from building the Crete center and other private detention facilities. SB 1064 passed the Illinois Senate on a bipartisan vote on March 28. Now we need the House to join their colleagues in standing up to dangerous private prisons like Crete. Take Action Now! Click here.
-Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
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