The Current Week in Review
June 18, 2021
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Time to order your Journal-Yearbook
Now that the 2021 Annual Conference is over, it is time for lay and clergy members of the Annual Conference to order their Journal-Yearbook.
Lay Members to Annual Conference and Clergy Members are entitled to receive one free copy of the Journal-Yearbook. Extra copies may be purchased at a cost of $12 for a printed journal or $4 for a CD that can is searchable on the computer. Upon publication, the Journal-Yearbook is also posted on the Conference website.
By default, persons receive a CD as their free choice. However, you may request that your free copy by clicking the link below and completing the order form.
Persons wishing additional copies may also place their orders and may either pay for them by credit card upon submitting their order or mail a check, payable to IGRC to: Journal Committee, P. O. Box 19207, Springfield, IL 62794-9207.
Please understand that if you DO NOT place an order by July 15, you will receive a free copy of the Journal Yearbook in CD form rather than in printed form, unless you have opted out of receiving the Journal in the past in which case you will receive neither.
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Summary report of Annual Conference
A summary report, suitable for use in church newsletters and reporting to your local congregations following Annual Conference is now available online. Congregations are free to use it or reprint it without seeking permission.
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Commissioning and Ordination Services
The Annual Commissioning of provisional clergy members and the Ordination of clergy voted into full connection will be Saturday, June 19, at Champaign Faith UMC.
Bishop Frank J. Beard will preside and lay hands on one provisional deacon and seven provisional elders at the 11 a.m. commissioning service, and three full deacons and one full elder at the 2 p.m. ordination service.
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Special offerings can still be given
There is still time to make your offering for one or more of the special offerings at the 2021 Annual Conference.
An online giving portal has been created at: www.igrc.org/ac2021specialofferings to accept individual and church payments. Churches may also remit offerings collected when remitting their monthly apportionment payments.
The three special offerings are:
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Our Conference, Our Kids -- A $2.5 million campaign to provide funding for the spiritual life programs at The Baby Fold, Chaddock, Cunningham Children's Home, Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House and Spero Family Services (formerly the United Methodist Children's Home) was approved by the 2016 Annual Conference and launched in 2017.
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Tom Brown Scholarship, Wiley College -- The Tom Brown Scholarship is one which assists a student of Wiley College, one of the 11 historical Black Colleges. Beginning in 1987, the former Central Illinois conference, named a scholarship in memory of the Rev. Tom Brown, a long-time supporter of the Marshall, Texas-based school. Rev. Brown was often the one who stood at the microphone after the presentation by the visiting Black College intern and would move that the annual conference session take up a special offering for Wiley College. Rev. Brown’s daughter, Sharon Brown, is the director of Kumler Outreach Ministries in Springfield.
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Ordinands' Trip -- An offering will also be taken for the Ordinands' Trip in 2021. This trip, which will include the Classes of 2020 and 2021, is used to form spiritual leaders at the beginning of their ministry. The Holy Land Trip is scheduled for Feb, 21 to March 2, 2022. The trip is also open to others. Click the button below to obtain a brochure.
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IGRC recruiting a Director of Ministerial Excellence
The Illinois Great River Conference United Methodist Church is currently recruiting for the position of Director of Ministerial Excellence.
The deadline for receiving applications is June 25, 2021.
GCFA is working with the Illinois Great River Conference to recruit for this position.
If you know of someone who might be interested, please have them email their resume and cover letter to Human Resources via email at jobs@gcfa.org.
If you have any questions about the open position, please contact Tarji Beatty, HR Generalist at 615-369-2313.
The Illinois Great River Conference is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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3 unique gifts of the rural church
Allen Stanton says rural churches are uniquely positioned to be agents of change within their communities. Most are trusted long-term community stakeholders, and on any given Sunday people from a wide range of occupations and life circumstances are sitting in their pews.
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Connecting with people through prayer
A simple question changed the Rev. Jacqui King’s entire approach to prayer.
It started one morning when the United Methodist pastor was in line at a busy counter outside Nashville International Airport. The man checking in bags was smiling and polite, but King could tell something was bothering him.
She looked at the man’s nametag and was about to silently pray for him. But then, she said, the Holy Spirit nudged her to do something outside her comfort zone.
When she stepped up to the counter, she found herself asking: “Daniel, how can I pray for you?”
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United Methodist Center Contact Information |
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USPS (U.S. Postal Service)
P.O. Box 19207, Springfield, IL 62794-9207
Office Phone: 217-529-2040
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UPS and FedEx deliveries only use the street address:
United Methodist Center
5900 S. 2nd Street
Springfield, IL 62711
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