HEAL Well Plans Earth Day Event and More
Northern Illinois Conference’s HEAL (Helping Everyone Access Life) Well ministry has planned an Earth Day event for all ages on April 26, 10:30 a.m., at Olivet UMC in Chicago.
Location: Cornerstone UMC (41W170 Russell Rd, Elgin, IL 60124)
Who:
Church Administrators & Office Staff; Pastors; SPRC, Finance & Trustee chairs; Membership secretaries
What:
Church Conference 101~ Getting Ready for your Church Conference
To help your church get ready, our 3 Regional Administrative Assistants will lead a hands-on Church Conference workshop in each of the regional areas in August. Church Administrators, office staff, pastors and key church leaders will benefit by attending.
How it pertains to our jobs: will answer the following…
- What is a Church Conference (CC) and why is it important?
- What is my role/what am I responsible for?
- Where do I find the information I will need?
- Who in my church is responsible for completing reports?
- How do I organize for the CC?
- What is our timeline – when are reports due?
- How do other churches get ready? (best practices/getting ideas from others)
When/Where: choose any of the following…
Tuesday, August 21 - Aurora/Elgin
Cornerstone UMC (41W170 Russell Rd, Elgin, IL 60124)
Questions, contact Natarsha Gardner, ngardner@umcnic.org; 847-931-0710 ext. 11
Wednesday, August 22 – Rockford/DeKalb
Rochelle UMC (709 Fourth Ave, Rochelle IL 61068)
Questions, contact Betsy Smith, bsmith@umcnic.org; 815-561-8285
Wednesday, August 29 - Chicago Northwestern/Chicago Southern
Olivet UMC (147 S Keeler Ave, Chicago, IL 60624)
Questions, contact Debbie Rogers, drogers@umcnic.org; 630-465-2941
Workshop Schedule:
9:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:30 am Workshop: Getting Ready for your Church Conference
12 noon Dismissal
Workshop fee: $15 at the door – cash or check (payable to NIC PAUMCS) at the door