The Northern Illinois Conference laity invite you to embrace 2025 with renewed hope and faith in Jesus Christ, whose grace is sufficient for all challenges. Highlighting the theme “A Renewed Hope—Episode MMXXV: May God’s Grace Be with You,” Laity Convocation will take place on Feb. 8 at New Lenox UMC, incorporating a creative Star Wars perspective of good versus evil.
Read MoreEugene Williams, reflects on “The Rabbi’s Gift” and its message of radical grace. He urges members to treat one another as the Messiah, fostering a culture of respect and hope.
Read MoreEugene Williams, Conference Co-Lay Leader, encourages us to embrace a season of transformation with an attitude of abundance. Despite challenges like disaffiliation and declining membership, our mission to love all people and make disciples remains unchanged. Let us walk together in faith, reflecting God’s unconditional love and commitment.
Read MoreObserving a Wesleyan spiritual practice rather rallying around a slogan, members of the 2024 session of the Northern Illinois Conference of met from June 16 to 18 in Schaumburg to yield to God as they recognized ministry milestones, worshiped, and voted on policies and resolutions.
Read More"For us, the only constant is change itself," says Eugene Williams, Northern Illinois Conference co-lay leader. "The world is ever-changing, but God is still the same. So let us continue to embrace this season of experimentation and possibilities with hope and with love. Let us seek opportunities for new growth to go forward with love to meet each other wherever we may be found."
Read MoreToni Lucas, a certified lay minister, experienced her work with the Northern Illinois Conference Anti-Racism Task Force as "an eye-opener for this elderly Caucasian country girl." She adds that for her, it was "a shock it has been to learn that racism is built into the American life. . . . Thank you, Northern Illinois Conference, for the opportunity to learn and grow."
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