As we approach our virtual annual conference sessions and worship, I encourage you to be sure and attend the pre-conference briefings this week if you are a registered delegate. It is essential that you have read and been briefed on the legislation with the opportunity to ask questions during these briefings.
Read MoreNIC Director of Benefits and Human Resources Woody Bedell passed away Nov. 1, 2020, at age 70 after a courageous eight-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. Woody joined the NIC staff in March 2015 bringing extensive experience in wellness and benefits services.
Read MoreWe keep saying that we are in unprecedented times. But the fact of the matter is we are in a time of great change. Everything has changed and we know that more will yet change. And change is strange!
Read MoreTwo churches in Elgin, Welsey UMC and Epworth UMC, combined congregations on May 31, 2020, and formed Journey of Hope UMC—just five months after merger talks began and despite a worldwide pandemic.
Read MoreLast Christmastime, Ken and I were visiting my mother. Early one morning, we walked a path along a ridge that overlooks the town near where I grew up. Overnight there had been a light snow and no one had walked on the path…except there were a ton of animal tracks: big ones and very small ones.
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