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COMMUNICATOR'S
CORNER
Aurora Shalom Ministries closes its doors... read more.
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Different Drummers: Northbrook UMC teens talk about MLK Day of Service
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SCHOLARSHIPS
2014 Scholarships for undergraduates are available through the Northern Illinois Conference.
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Mentor Training -
Feb. 19
All clergy currently serving as candidacy mentors or who wish to serve must attend a quadrennial training in order to officially be registered as candidacy mentors.
Click here for more information.
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Outdoor Retreat Ministries News
Register for Spring Confirmation Retreats at Reynoldswood and Wesley Woods this April!
Not too early to start thinking of Summer Camp either!
Click herefor info and registration.
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New Site, New Look
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After 6 months of planning, researching, designing and developing, we are excited to officially launch the new NIC website.
 It's the same url address, www.umcnic.org, just a different look with easier to navigate fields and user-friendly tools. We hope you'll take some time to browse the new features and be able to find what your looking for with ease, whether it be a ministry, news article, form or calendar event. We're working to highlight all the ways we strive to be vital Christians and vital churches together changing communities. What's great is the site is mobile friendly! Check us out on your smartphone!
You may also notice our new NIC logo which shows our conference's wonderful diversity from urban to rural and all those in between. This is available to download from the site for use in conference promotional materials. Click here. A special thanks to our developer Matt Carlisle of Big Heart Creative, NIC Media Resources Dir. Susan Gieseler, Associate Dir. of Congregational Development and Redevelopment Caleb Murphree and Communication's intern Michael Vollmer whose hard work helped to make the website come together.
We welcome your feedback and contributions. If you have a conference calendar item, news article or just a really cool photo of your church happenings, send them our way at communications@umcnic.org. Happy browsing! ~Anne Marie Gerhardt, Dir. of Communications
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Welcome to the new UMC.org
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The denomination's official website, has gotten a makeover!
The United Methodist Church launched its new digital home on Feb. 12. Check it out at UMC.org.
The redesign is aimed to ease access to the stories and resources of United Methodism.
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INM Progress Report
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 Our conference goal is to raise $1 million dollars in pledges and cash by April 25, 2014 and we are well on our way.
To Date we have raised over $58,000 in cash donations AND $42,000 in fundraising goals set by 14 Churches for a total of $100,000
Churches that have sent in goal forms:
Aurora : Faith - Orland Park, First -West Chicago, Millington; Dekalb: Morrison, Reynolds/Ashton, Steward, Sycamore, Elgin: First West Dundee, Living Faith-Waukegan; Rockford: Hanover; Chicago Southern: Morgan Park, Union Ave, Wesley UMC; Chicago NW- None
Free Web Training
Over 100 people have attended Imagine No Malaria district trainings in person or online, and you can be part of that growing movement.
Wednesday Feb 19 at 11 am- noon
Thursday, Feb 20 at 7 pm- 8pm at a computer near you.
These trainings will give you ideas about how to start a campaign in your community, and equip you to be an advocate for Imagine No Malaria.
Imagine No Malaria speaker training
March 10 at 7 pm, March 20 at 7 pm OR March 26 at 11 am
Join this web training to be part of building a team of ambassadors (speakers) who would like to give a presentation to their own church, or churches in their district. Join us to learn more about INM, and how you can help the conference engage new people and eradicate death caused by malaria.
(web training will be cancelled without 5 people registered)
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UMM Annual Meeting
Join us at Sycamore UMC, 160 Johnson Ave., Sycamore, IL, February 15 starting at 8 am with breakfast served at 8:30 am. Our annual business meeting, will begin at 9am. The communion worship service will start at 9:30am with Pastor Jennifer Wilson speaking about Fight (For What You Believe In). Please contact Lowell Akers 1lakers@comcast.net or 815-761-6886 with questions. Download the flyer.
Trustee Training
Church Trustees are invited to
"Realistic Building Practices" Training
February 22, 2014, 8:30am-3:00pm
Barrington UMC
98 Algonquin Rd., Barrington
"Realistic Building Practices" is not only for all District Committees on Church Location and Building and District Strategy Teams - all Church Trustees are welcome to attend! We all have hard decisions to make about building deterioration, congregation "fit," risk management, and "green" strategies. Realistic Building Practices will empower you to address these challenges and more. To register, contact your District's Administrative Assistant as soon as possible!
Spanish as a Second Language - Registration Open  Register today for the Spring session of Spanish as a Second Language. Scheduled in 21 sites and every district, this program introduces participants to 100 words of introductory Spanish common to a worship setting. Together, let's answer Quíen es mi vecino? (Who is my neighbor?) On-line registration click here. For questions, e-mail ssl@umcnic.org.
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Lallene J. Rector
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Inaugural Celebration for new Garrett President - Feb 28 & Mar 1
The inaugural celebration of Lallene J. Rector as president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary will take place February 28 and March 1, with the inaugural ceremony set for Saturday, March 1. A variety of events, including a panel discussion, concert and a worship service, will be held during the two day period. Click here for info and to RSVP.
Inaugural Celebration Choir
- Calling for Singers
This is an invitation for your choir to participate with the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Celebration Choir during the Inauguration Ceremony of our newly elected president, Dr. Lallene Rector. The celebration will be held at First United Methodist Church in Evanston on March 1 at 2:00 pm. The choir will sing one selection entitled "Order My Steps". Rehearsal will take place on Tuesday, February 25 at First UMC from 6:45 to 7:30 pm. Call time on March 1 is 12:30 pm. (Attire: Black) You may register your participation at: cynthia.wilson@garrett.edu .
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