Events and Resources for LCMS Churches and Church Workers in Northern Illinois - September 1, 2015
Pastoral Conferences
  • South Region Pastoral Conference - The 2015 South Region Pastors Conference is scheduled for Monday evening through Wednesday noon, September 28-30, at Starved Rock Lodge & Conference Center, Utica, Illinois. Print registration materials  Updated 8/10/2015
  • East Region Pastoral Conference - The 2015 East Region Pastors Conference is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, October 6-7, at the DeKoven Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin. Print registration materials
  • North and West Region Pastoral Conference - The 2015 North and West Region Pastors Conference is scheduled for Tuesday through Wednesday (morning), October 13-14, at Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva Street, Delavan, Wisconsin. Print registration materials
  • General Pastoral Conference - The 2016 General Pastors Conference is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3-4, 2016, at the Holiday Inn & William Tell Chicago SW, 6201 Joliet Road, Countryside. Information will be forthcoming.
Watch our website ni.lcms.org/notice/fall-pastoral-conferences for updated registration information and materials. Contact your region's registrar for additional information. 
Northern Illinois District Retired Workers Luncheon
Invitations have been mailed for the Retired Workers Luncheon, Thursday, September 17, 11 a.m., to be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 405 Rush Street, Roselle. Email Ronda Wilmot or Judy Wolf if you will be attending.
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Artist Series
Plans have been announced for the 2015/2016 Artist Series at St. John's Lutheran Church, 215 S. Lincoln, Lombard. Kicking off the season on September 20 at 3 p.m. will be Story Jam, a wonderfully hilarious interactive show for the young and the young at heart. Using child volunteers and input from the audience, a pair of energetic presenters will portray the Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales. An informal reception with refreshments will follow. Admission to all events is free; a free-will offering will be received, and the public is most cordially invited.
Specialized Pastoral Ministry Event
LCMS Specialized Pastoral Ministry (SPM) is hosting an educational event Tuesday through Thursday, September 22-24, at the Retreat and Conference Center at Bon Secours, 1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, Maryland. Joel Biermann will be presenting on "Specialized Pastoral Ministry in the Realm of the Left Hand." For information and to register visit lcms.org/spm. 
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Tenth Year Anniversary and Fiesta
You are invited to attend San Pablo's 10th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Benefit Banquet Saturday, October 10, 5 p.m. at Iglesia Evangelica Luterana San Pablo, 555 E. Benton Street, Aurora. Please RSVP by September 20 to 630-820-3450. Print invitation
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New Starts...New Believers Benefit Dinner
"In His season . . . seizing any opportunity to bless" Galatians 6:9-10. The annual New Starts...New Believers Benefit Dinner for our work together in local missions through the LCMS Northern Illinois District will be held Sunday, November 15, at the Marriott Hotel, Burr Ridge, 5:00 p.m. cash bar, 5:30 p.m. dinner. Adults only. Please respond to the NID president's office, ronda.wilmot@ni.lcms.org.
Wheat Ridge
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Position Available - Assistant Director of Programs
Wheat Ridge Ministries is seeking to hire an Assistant Director of Programs. The Assistant Director of Programs is a key member of the WRM team, working closely with other members of the WRM staff to ensure that communications, development and program activities are integrated. For complete information and position description, visit wheatridge.org/employment.
Young Investors (Y.I.) Club
Does your child know how to manage money?
A Look at the Y.I. Club
A Look at the Y.I. Club

If you have questions about the Lutheran Church Extension Fund of the Northern Illinois District, please email Sue Green or call 708-223-3117. View lcef.org . For loans and investments, check LCEF's Septemer 2015 rates. 
RESOURCES* - In Touch with a Changing World
*The following resources are for information and not intended to endorse any idea or practice. Hopefully they will help us understand more of what is going on around us. NID Rostered Church Workers are invited to submit articles or resources for consideration.
Keeping Your Balance
One of the principles used in training is the "Balance Principle." It states that the church planter's spiritual life, family life, and ministry life must be in biblical balance. As the business and busyness of church life kicks in this season, it's healthy for planters, pastors, and mission leaders to take inventory of their personal balance. How do you do it all without burning out? Print article
From Center for US Missions
Can Congregations Minister To Young Adults?
Most young adults are not hostile to organized religion, but the majority of them are unaffiliated and many describe church as irrelevant to their lives. Still, a broad range of faith groups have found ways to minister to this important demographic. Print article
From Parish Paper
Desperation is Not a Fundraising Strategy
Communication that is saturated with desperation doesn't motivate donors to give generously. But nonprofits [churches] talk a lot about their own needs in fundraising appeals - and that might stem from worry. However, acting out of worry and desperation won't motivate donors. Instead of telling people about your needs, work on connecting them with your cause.
Advice for nonprofits from "Achieve"
FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE
Church Workers:
All rostered and non-rostered church workers are asked to please update their NID contact information when there is a change of email, address, phone, etc., or if new in the district. 

Rostered workers need to do contact updates in three places:
1. District Office
2. Online on your SET or LEIF profile
3. Online on your LCMS Rosters and Statistics profile

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