Joy and Lament: Statement from Queer Clergy Caucus
The Northern Illinois Queer Clergy Caucus celebrate the gains made at General Conference and call United Methodists to an affirming, not just neutral, stance.
Schedule:
8:30 am - Registration (light refreshments)
9 am - Session 1: What Depression Is and Isn't
10:20-10:40 - Break
10:45-11:45 am - Session 2: How to Recognize Depression/What Steps Can Be Taken
About the Speaker:
Dr. Martha Crotts is a practicing Board Certified psychiatrist with a specialization in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as adult psychiatry. Dr. Crotts graduated from Southern Il University Medical School, interned and completed residency at the University of Arkansas College of Medicine and completed a fellowship in psychiatry at the University of Chicago.
Over the 27+ years of Dr. Crotts career, she has written numerous articles, been Clinical Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois School of Medicine-Rockford; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Medical Director of Substance Abuse Treatment Program, and Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry Services, Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford, Illinois.
Dr. Crotts currently has a flourishing private practice in Rockford, IL.
The Northern Illinois Queer Clergy Caucus celebrate the gains made at General Conference and call United Methodists to an affirming, not just neutral, stance.
Bishop Dan Schwerin's State of the Church Address, Annual Conference 2024. "We don’t have 330 churches. We have 330 experiments. We are missional incubators."
Rev. Dr. Lynn Everitt Longenbaugh, a retired member of Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on June 6, 2024.
Rev. Dennis M. Oglesby Jr., a member of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2024.