Skip to Main Content

Lake South Leadership Training 2024

Location: Oak Lawn: First UMC (10000 Central Avenue, Oak Lawn, Il.) 

 

Lake South Leadership Training 2024

Saturday, January 20
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Oak Lawn: First UMC (10000 Central Avenue, Oak Lawn, Il.) 

Registration Fee: $10 lunch included (Ages 36+) Under 35: Free

Children, Youth and Young Adults Receive Gift Cards for Participating!

Online Registration 

Schedule:

  • 9:00 a.m. Registration, Refreshments
  • 9:30 a.m. Plenary –Plan, Pray, Go
  • 10:30 a.m. Morning Workshops
  • 12:00 p.m. Lunch
  • 1:15 p.m. Afternoon Workshops
  • 2:45 p.m. Wrap Up

Classes:Pick one topic per session

  • Morning Workshops (10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
    • Colors, Crafts and Creativity (Children Ages 0-11) led by Trinida Langdon, Morgan Park UMC
    • Movement, Music and More (Youth Ages 12-18) led by Lazette Saunders, Gorham UMC
    • Vital Congregations/Effective Pastors led by Rev. Jim Bell, Belvidere: First UMC
    • Intentional Discipleship Systems led by Rev. Caleb Hong, Rockford: Christ UMC
    • Hearing the Call to Ministry led by Rev. Beverly Dukes, Lombard: First UMC/ Maywood: Neighborhood UMC
    • Visiting and Care Ministries led by Dr. Michelle Taylor Sanders, Retired Elder
  • Afternoon Workshops (1:15 - 2:45 p.m.)
    • Colors, Crafts and Creativity (Children Ages 0-11) led by Trinida Langdon, Morgan Park UMC
    • Movements, Music and More (Youth Ages 12 – 18) led by Lazette Saunders, Gorham UMC
    • Rap, Rhythm & Rhymes (Young Adults 19-35) led by Rev. Dr. Jacques Conway, Orland Park: Faith UMC
    • Finance Committee led by Barbara Sutton, CCFA, Maple Park UMC
    • Staff Parish Relations Committee led by Rev. Dennis Langdon, Morgan Park/Chicago: Trinity UMC
    • Trustees led by Bob Wood, Lansing: First UMC
    • Lay Servant Ministries led by Dr. Irma Clark, Lake South District Lay Academy Director; Hartzell Memorial
    • Lay Leaders led by Eugene Williams, Conference Lay Leader; South Shore UMC

Questions? Contact Dr. Audrea F. Nanabray, ananabray@umcnic.org

Online Registration 

Download the Flyer

Download a bulletin sized flyer

News & Announcements

Clearingtreeroof22024cr

Disaster Response Team ‘Lumberjacks’ Helped Clear Hurricane-Hit Town

More people of Valdosta, GA, can repair their homes after Northern Illinois Conference’s early response volunteers removed fallen trees in that area.

Immigrantgrantrecipsdetail

Immigrants and Refugee Ministries Grants Boost Hope

New neighbors in Northern Illinois who came from other lands are experiencing God’s love through God’s people, thanks to the 14 churches and organizations that received confe…

24 Town And Rural Discussion 1

Keagy Grants grow rural churches’ ministries with their neighbors

Representatives from 27 churches met on Nov. 2 at Grace United Methodist Church in Dixon to celebrate 31 grant-supported projects impacting local communities.…

Bekindtooneanothersignsm

Pastoral Letter from Bishop Schwerin: Seek God, Nonviolence, and the Welfare of the Whole

Bishop Schwerin asks Northern Illinois United Methodists to turn to their faith communities and our means of grace: worship, prayer, com…

Print