Native American Ministries Sunday - April 14
 This special offering benefits Native American outreach within annual conferences and across the United States and provides seminary scholarships for Native Americans. If you would like more information and a list of specific resources for your planning, please contact Adrienne Trevathan, chair of the Committee on Native American Ministries at adrienne.trevathan@gmail.com or visit umcgiving.org. Offerings on Native American Ministries Sunday may be given to the Native American Ministries Sunday offering, or to the Rainbow Covenant: Native American Ministry of Presence (Advance number 50000125) at any time. Your support enables our ministry of presence and education in the conference.
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Interfaith Dinner - April 25
How do we fulfill our obligation to our neighbors?
Working together to end urban violence.
6:30pm - 9:30pm
232 S. York Rd., Elmhurst
This event brings together clergy, laity, and Muslims and Christians for dialogue. Sponsored by CCUIC of Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Church & Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Speakers:
- Chris Patterson, Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (NRI) Program manager with one of the lead agencies -Organization of the North East (ONE)
- Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah -
She currently serves as principal of CMECCA School in South Holland and has worked tirelessly on several initiatives on violence intervention, including the "Stop the Violence and Respect the Peace" campaign
Please RSVP by April 22 to: Lena Kasi Touleimat at ltouleimat@ciogc.org or call 630-975-9459
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Apply for a Creative Ministries Grant
The Northern Illinois Conference Program Council is accepting applications for Creative Ministries Grants to help fund new ministry projects in 2013.
The application forms (pdf and doc) are available on the NIC website, www.umcnic.org under "Resources" and "Grants" or by clicking here.
All applications must be submitted on or before May 1, 2013. For more information contact: Rev. Christopher Pierson at cpierson@umcnic.org or 847-931-0710 ext. 15.
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Annual Conference Registration Open
 June 5-8, 2013 Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL It is recommended that you read the tips before you registerTo register online click here- open through midnight May 17. Cost: $61 through May 6 which includes a light working dinner during the opening plenary. On May 7 the cost increases to $80. If you need a paper mail-in registration form, contact your district administrator or registrar Kara Berg at acregistrar@umcnic.org or leave a message at 847-931-0710 ext. 19. For Annual Conference information and updates visit www.umcnic.org/AC2013.
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 Kits Challenge Update
Help us make 1000 health/hygiene kits at Annual Conference! Check out the specific items each district is challenged to bring by downloading this flyer. Please let Rev. Michael Mann ( mmann@umcnic.org) know what your congregation plans to bring to Annual Conference, so we can update the challenge each week. This week's highlight - ELGIN just nudged past DeKalb.
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Bishop's Appeal
 Looking for ideas on ways to start fundraising for the Annual Conference Bishop's Appeal Offering? Click here to learn more how your church can get involved. This year's collective offering is designated to the Harvest 2020 campaign. Click here for worship resources, bulletin inserts and more.
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Blueprint for Wellness screenings
Participants and spouses covered by Health Flex active or Medicare companion plan through the Northern Illinois Conference are eligible. This is generally Conference Clergy and Staff.
Pre-Registration is required for screening,
This can be done either by phone 1-866-908-9440
(FYI participants should identify themselves as being with Health Flex or the United Methodist Church)
or online at www.gboph.org; log into the "HealthFlex/ WebMD website and click Quest Diagnostics Blueprint for Wellness" under Get Started (it's in the left column) A snack will be provided following the test.
If you have any other questions please contact Ria Hatzidakis RHatzidakis@umcnic.org or 312-346-9766 ext. 735.
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