Location: Grace UMC in Naperville, 300 E. Gartner Road

Saturday, January 18
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Grace UMC in Naperville, 300 E. Gartner Rd.

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Cost

• $15 per person (incluldes lunch)
• Total of $60 per Church (4+ people)*
  *Register each person under the church member option entering in their information and workshop choices.

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Schedule:

• 8:30 - Gathering and Refreshments
• 9:00 - Welcome and Worship, featuring Rev. Lisa Kruse-Safford,  First UMC Crystal Lake
• 10:15 - Workshop 1
• 11:30 - Lunch
• 12:15 - Workshop 2
• 1:45 - Workshop 3
• 3:10 - Closing Gathering and Prayer

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Classes:

Choose one class per workshop - some offered multiple times. See descriptions below.

Workshop 1:

• Asset Management
• Children and Youth Mental Health
• Common Sense Gun Safety
• Simplified Accountable Structure (One Board)
• Staff-Parish Relations Committee Tool Kit - offered twice
• Stewardship and Budgeting - offered twice

Workshop 2:

• Building Connections - offered twice
• Building and Resourcing a Communication Plan for Your Church - offered twice
• Staff-Parish Relations Committee ToolKit - offered twice
• Stewardship and Budgeting - offered twice
•  Vital Congregations: The “E” Word (evangelism) - offered twice

Workshop 3:

• Building Connections - offered twice
• Building and Resourcing a Communication Plan for Your Church - offered twice
• Creation Care as a Spiritual Practice
• Anti-Racism as a Disciple of Jesus
• Vital Congregations: The “E” Word (evangelism) - offered twice

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Class Descriptions (Alphabetical Order)

1. Anti-Racism as a Disciple of Jesus:  Learning Cultural Humility and Anti-Racism for our Every Day Living
   Nadia Kanhai, co-chair of Conference Committee on Race and Religion
   Offered Workshop 3
2. Asset Management: Making a Plan Before Your Boiler Breaks
   Ron Donovan and Rev. Rob Hamilton, United Methodist Church of Geneva
   Offered Workshop 1
3. Building and Resourcing a Communication Plan for Your Church
   Rev. Scott Himel, Pastor, First UMC in Park Ridge
   Offered Workshop 2 & 3
4. Building Connections: How best to build cooperative ministries to meet the needs of the community
   Rev. Violet Johnicker, Pastor, Brooke Road UMC in Rockford
   Offered Workshop 2 & 3
5.  Children and Youth Mental Health
   Meghan Hamilton, Mental Health Practitioner
   Offered Workshop 1
6. Common Sense Gun Safety
   Rev. Elizabeth Bowes, Deacon and Organizing Manager,  Everytown for Gun Safety
   Offered Workshop 1
7. Creation Care as a Spiritual Practice
   NIC Net Zero Team
   Offered Workshop 3
8.  Simplified Accountable Structure (One Board): Creating Momentum Through Effective Leadership Structures (Is the One Board/Simplified Accountable Structure Right For Your Church?)
   Rev. Dr. Jaye Johnson, Superintendent of Congregational Excellence and New Communities of Faith, Iowa Conference UMC
   Offered Workshop 1
9. Staff-Parish Relations Committee Tool Kit (including training for cross-cultural/cross-racial appointments)
   Rev. Danita R. Anderson, NIC Assistant to the Bishop
   Offered Workshop 1 & 2
10. Stewardship and Budgeting: Learn about Apportionments and Budgeting
    Elaine Moy, NIC Treasurer
    Offered Workshop 1 & 2
11.  Vital Congregations: The “E” Word (evangelism)  (Or How to Make Your Backpack Smell Like Coffee)
    Rev. Christian Coon,  NIC Dir of Cong. Dev., Rev. Jonah Boutell, pastor of Prince of Peace UMC Elk Grove, and Rev. Hyujae Lee,  Pastor of Woodstock UMC
    Offered Workshop 2 & 3