2027 NIC Youth Retreat: Love Does!
Youth from five NIC churches gathered in September for the 2026 Fall Youth Retreat, themed “Love Does!” Through worship, small-group discussions, outdoor activities and time together, partici…
Date: Jan. 21
Time: 7 p.m.
This special session of the North Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church is for the sole purpose of approving new episcopal areas for episcopal assignments to be effective Sept. 1.
Delegates will consider forming two new episcopal areas: (1) Northern Illinois and Wisconsin; and (2) East Ohio and West Ohio.
If approved, there would be seven episcopal areas in the North Central Jurisdiction to which bishops would be assigned at the regular session of the jurisdictional conference meeting on July 10-13 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Names for the new areas will be approved at the July conference.
Youth from five NIC churches gathered in September for the 2026 Fall Youth Retreat, themed “Love Does!” Through worship, small-group discussions, outdoor activities and time together, partici…
Judith Jean Michel will join the Northern Illinois Conference on Nov. 4 as Executive Administrative Assistant to the Bishop and the Assistant to the Bishop. With more than 10…
The NIC Committee on Accessibility welcomed approximately 30 church leaders from 13 congregations to its inaugural Disability Education Summit on Sept. 26 at Bethany…
Rev. Martin Deppe, a retired member of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2026.