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.
Dec. 20 event Cancelled
Shift: Helping Congregations Back Into The Game of Effective Ministry by Phil Maynard
Worship: Event to Lifestyle
Are you doing things the same old way and getting the same old results? This training sponsored by the NIC Office of Congregational Development and Redevelopment on December 20 from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm will explore 5 key shifts congregations can make to become vital, effective, and fruitful. Discover the tools and methods to move your congregation into healthy church systems that create a new way of doing life together. Learn how to make the shifts from:
· Fellowship to Hospitality
· Worship as an event to Worship as a Lifestyle
· Membership to Discipleship
· Serve Us to Service
· Survival Mentality to Generosity
Imagine the possibilities for your congregation
Registration Fee: $20 (lunch and workbook, per workshop)
Registration open soon.
Questions contact: Laura Lopez
312-346-9766 Ext. 724
Email: llopez@umcnic.org
Sponsored by the NIC Office of Congregational Development and Redevelopment
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.