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Communicator's Corner
Program Calendars
Save 20% off all 2015 United Methodist Program Calendars through Dec. 31.
Camp News
Registration Opened Dec. 8 for Summer Camp 2015!
Check out the Dec/Jan Reporter pages 5-8 for a special Camps insert with all the listings for Reynoldswood and Wesley Woods.
Or click here to check it out online.
Imagine No Malaria This Advent
The Advent season can be enhanced with Imagine No Malaria 2014 worship resources.
Sympathy Notices
For death notifications of current lay members to annual conference, please click here for the policy from the Board of Laity.
Order your 2015 InterFaith Calendar Today 
The Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago's full-color, twelve-month, wall calendar is produced with the cooperative effort of 17 Religious Communities.Visit www.crlm.org to order.
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Sanctuary People's Resource Center Promo
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Watch or set your DVR
for the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries' Sanctuary documentary
POVERTY IN THE SUBURBS
Produced by Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries
and Tim Frakes Productions
Airing Sunday, December 28 from 11:30 to noon
ABC Television, Channel 7.
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Ferguson United Methodist Pastor to speak at MLK Day Celebration
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Save the date: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 at 5pm.
Location: St. Mark United Methodist Church in Chicago
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Rev. Johnson, who is also a father of a teenage son, has been leading the way working to bring peace in the community following the shooting death of Michael Brown. He and other area UM pastors have led prayer vigils, helped with cleanup, met with community leaders and comforted protesters.
"The ultimate concern is this: under no pretense does someone deserve to lose their life, and in this case to have innocence stripped," said Johnson in a recent UMNS article. "Innocence is not defined by court law but by the fact all life is sacred. In our faith tradition, that is enough to stand on." |
Save the Date: Winter Warming Jan. 17
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 Saturday, January 17, 2015 2:00 - 8:00 pm First UMC Elmhurst 232 S. York Rd. Elmhurst, IL Cost: $15 for Adult $10 for Youth Schedule includes:
- Ferguson Forum: Faith and Confronting Justice - led by Rev. Dr. Pamela R. Lightsey
- Workshops
- Dinner
- Worship with Bishop Sally Dyck preaching
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2014 Apportionment Giving Update
By: Merrie Bunt
As of November 30, a total of 341 congregations, including 3 New Faith Communities, have contributed over $4.5 million through Apportionments and another $528,000 in second-mile, designated giving.
We are so grateful for every congregation's faithful generosity. Apportionment giving TRULY helps sustain the transformational ministries of the NIC and is a blessing to each and every community impacted by our work.
The postmark deadline for all 2014 contributions is January 10, 2015. To avoid delays in processing, we request checks be made payable to Northern Illinois Conference and mailed to P.O. Box 66883 Chicago, IL 60666-6883. We celebrate with those churches which have already contributed 100% of their Apportionments. Click here for the list.
Click here for information on the 2015 Apportionment Appeals Process from CCFA.
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Advent Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Season
| |  Have you been taking the daily Advent Quiz? UMC.org is hoping to make it both enlightening and entertaining! See how much you know about the traditions and symbols of the season by clicking on the daily questions here.
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NIC Church & Society Grants - Deadline Dec. 30, 2014
The Board of Church and Society administers two different grant programs. Emerging Ministries Grants are given to new programs which support one of four areas: Economic Justice, Reducing Community Violence, Environmental Improvement, and Immigration. Peace with Justice Grants are awarded to projects that focus on violence, suicide prevention, or domestic violence for example. The same application is used to apply to both programs. All applications are due December 30, 2014. To apply visit www.umcnic.org/grants to download the application.
Order of Elders Gathering - Jan. 13, 2015
Join the Order of Elders for Covenant Conversations with Bishop Sally Dyck. 9 am - 2:00 pm at Barrington UMC, 98 Algonquin Rd., Barrington, IL. RSVP at nicorderofelders@gmail.com. Continental breakfast and lunch provided Please note any dietary restrictions when responding. Questions may be directed to Dennis Langdon @ (312) 402-7577. We, among other things, as Elders are called... "to take a responsible place in the government of the Church" Together, with our Bishop, we can meet its challenges.
Next Listening session at Midwest SOARRING Foundation, 1 Hickory Lane Westchester, IL. Time TBD.
United Methodist Foundation Grants Awarded
The United Methodist Foundation Board of Directors approved grants for 19 ministries in the Northern Illinois Conference which include arts programs, youth mentoring, prison outreach, after-school tutoring and heaters for a homeless ministry. Click here to read more about the grantees. If you would like to hear inspiring stories of lives touched by God's grace and human hands, please consider attending the Grants Reception scheduled for January 14. Contact Janet Boryk at jboryk@umcnic.org for details.
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