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COMMUNICATOR'S
Job Listing: NIC Dir. of
Personnel and Benefits
The Director of Personnel and Benefits oversees and administers the Northern Illinois Conference employee benefit programs for staff, and for active and retired clergy members, working closely with the Benefits Administrator, Human Resources Director and the Conference Treasurer.
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Annual Conference DVD
Looking for the Historical DVD shown during the Opening Worship at AC? It's available to download online at vimeo.com/98653062. Copies are also available in the NIC Media Resource Center.Contact Susan Gieseler at sgieseler@umcnic.org or 847-931-0710 ext. 17.
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New Imagine No Malaria Website
ImagineNoMalaria.org launched this week and highlights last month's insecticide-treated bed net distribution in Sierra Leone
Trained volunteers provided nearly 400,000 nets and education about the preventable disease in the Bo District.
With easy navigation, the new website offers visitors a visual introduction to malaria, which claims a life every 60 seconds, and the importance of Imagine No Malaria in beating this disease through prevention, communication, trained health workers and facilities, grassroots education.
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Have you seen the new UMC Handbook?
The new United Methodist Handbook is now available in an easy-to-read and share digital format.
The Handbook is among the best resources for laity providing leadership, people new to The United Methodist Church and clergy who occasionally get stumped by a question.
It includes:
* United Methodist teachings,
* church structure and organization,
* denominational initiatives,
* what it means to be a worldwide church,
* connectional giving information,
* a glossary of United Methodist terms ... and much more.
You can also download the Handbook for off-line reading, print pages for new member classes, leader training and other events and send it to others.
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Happy 4th of July!!! July 3, 2014
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Bishop Ruling on Marriage Equality Doc. 700.08
 From the floor of Annual Conference on June 9, the Rev. Scott Field requested a decision of law regarding approved Document 700.08, "In Support of Marriage Equality".
On June 10, Bishop Dyck received Rev. Field's written and signed request asking, in essence, if the document permits churches in the NIC to disobey disciplinary provisions that prohibit United Methodist Clergy from conducting same-sex wedding ceremonies. Click here to read full request.
Bishop Dyck issued her ruling stating: "Doc. 700.08 has four sections with areas of concern but overall, it is an aspirational statement and non-binding or specifically prescriptive. It doesn't cite any specific Disciplinary statement in relation to any specific action. It's an historical and aspirational statement without prescriptive force which does not specifically negate, ignore or violate provisions of the Discipline. Read the full text of the Bishop's ruling.
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Come out to UMW's Summer Mission u
One Day Sampler
July 12 - 8am- 4pm
Overview of the 3 studies: How Is It With Your Soul?, The Roma of Europe, and The Church and People with Disabilities.
Location: First UMC, 232 S. York Rd., Elmhurst
NIC UMW Mission U Weekend
July 17-20
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
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Spanish as a Second Language
 Nearly 50 people participated and volunteered for Dia De Amistad - Spanish Camp on Sat., June 28 at Barrington UMC.
"Padre Nuestro - What a fun way to learn to pray and sing and talk in Spanish! I truly had a blast at 'Un Dias de Amistad'!! Special thanks to those who put this together!!" ~ Rev. Young-Mee Park, DeKalb District Superintendent. Check out a video wrap up below...  | | Spanish as a Second Language -Dia de Amistad |
Bishop Dyck also announced at the event that the SSL curriculum will be published by Cokesbury this fall! Click here for more info.Applications are now being accepted for host sites for the fall six-week sessions. If your church is interested, visit www.umcnic.org/ssl for information. Classes will start Oct. 1. Participant registration and training will start in late August/early September.
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Safe Sanctuaries Training now online
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 Online training for Safe Sanctuaries is now available through "Safe Gatherings", a United Methodist affiliated organization based out of Kansas, to help churches and their congregants meet this responsibility through a comprehensive and consistent online training process.
The links below will take you to the Safe Gatherings website that is separate from UMCNIC.org. If you wish to participate in this training, first you need to register by clicking here.
Once you are registered click here to Login to Safe Gatherings to continue your training.
Please contact Natarsha Gardner at the Conference office with any questions (ngardner@umcnic.org or 847-931-0710, ext. 14).
This training will also soon be available in Spanish.
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Soul Repair: Recovering from moral injury after war
Saturday, July 5 from 9am-1pm at Barrington UMC, 98 Algonquin Rd., Barrington. Learn how your faith community can better serve your military and veteran families, as they recover from more than a decade at war at this one day seminar hosted by ChildServ, Children's Home + Aid, Military Outreach U.S.A., Adler School of Professional Psychology and the NIC Elgin District. Guest Speaker: Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock. Event is free and open to the public. Click here for more details and to register.
Aug. 10 is the deadline to apply for an Ethnic Local Church Grant from the United Methodist General Board of Church & Society (GBCS). The grants are to strengthen ethnic minority local churches through education, advocacy or leadership development as they engage in social justice. Click here for info. Grant applications requiring the signatures of cabinet, staff and officers of the Northern Illinois conference must be submitted to those persons no less than seven calendar days prior to the application deadline.
11th Annual Stewardship Conference Registration Open
Bounty: 10 Ways to Increase Giving in Your Local Church with Kristine Miller and Scott McKenzie at Barrington United Methodist Church, Barrington, IL, Saturday, August 23 - 9 am - 2:30 pm. Registration and Light Breakfast beginning 8 am. Click here to download the flyer. Click here to register.
Called to Be, Called to BElieve, Called to BE Leaders Conference
A Vocational Discernment Conference for Young Adults, July 18-20, 2014.
The "Called to BE" leadership conference at North Central College will help high school and college students to consider their vocational calling to serve God and to prepare for the future. Participants will meet young adults living into their vocations in their churches and communities. Click here for more information and click here for the registration form.
New Downloadable 3-Session Bible Study on Gun Violence
The United Methodist General Board of Church & Society (GBCS) has developed a three-session Bible study about the use of guns in committing violence. The study, "Kingdom Dreams, Violent Realities," uses Micah 4:1-4 as its scriptural foundation. Click here for more information.
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