Equip, Learn, Lead: NIC Lay Academies
Lay Academies provide valuable opportunities for laity to grow as leaders in their churches and communities. Academies are held in each district, a few times a year, offering convenient ac…
Acts 14:23 - And when they had ordained them elders in every church and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Acts 13:3 - Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Fri., October 1, 2021, 6 am - 5 pm via Zoom
All are invited to join anytime during the day to pray for the Conference's three Task Forces and the Ordination and Commissioning Class of 2021.
Prayer leaders will be hourly (see list below).
Several churches will be open for prayer (see list below).
When we pray, we join an ongoing conversation that began with the Divine Word who spoke all things into existence and continues to breathe re-creation and transformation into our lives. When we fast, we pray in solidarity with the hungry and our attention is focused on the One who wills that all those who hunger should be fed, who has provided in abundance; and we sharpen our appetite for the things of heaven.
Prayer Leaders:
6a - Jarrod Severing, ARTF
7a - G. Morris Jarkloh, Discipleship IDS Resource Team
8a - Karen Bonnell, DTF
9a - Seamus Enright, DTF
10a - Jeremiah Thompson, ARTF
11a - Matthew Krings, ARTF
12a - Scort Christy, Lake North
1p - Rich Rubietta, Conference Circuit Rider
2p - Jeremiah Lee, ARTF
3p - Audrea Nanabray
4p - Sharon Rice
Churches Open for Prayer:
Lake North |
Brittany Isaac, District Superintendent |
Church: First: Arlington Heights |
Address: 1903 E. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights |
Pastor: Rev. Melissa Earley |
Hours: 9:30-11:30a |
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Lake South |
Jacques Conway, District Superintendent |
Church: St. Mark |
Address: 8441 S. St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago |
Pastor: Rev. P. Devon Brown |
Hours: 11a-1p |
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Prairie Central |
Rev. Jeffry Bross, District Superintendent |
Church: First UMC: Elgin |
Address: 216 E. Highland Ave. Elgin, IL |
Pastor: Rev. Felicia LaBoy |
Hours: 3-5p |
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Prairie North |
Fabiola Grandon-Mayer, District Superintendent |
Church: Rockford: Grace |
Address: 3555 McFarland Rd., Rockford |
Pastor: Rev. Pam Rossmiller |
Hours: 7:30-9:30a |
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Prairie South |
Rev. Brian Gilbert, District Superintendent |
Church: Paw Paw (Lee County) |
Address: 370 Wiley Ave., Paw Paw, IL |
Pastor: Rev. Dana Cox |
Hours: 8a-10a |
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