In Sympathy: Mr. Vi Tran
Mr. Vi Tran, spouse of Rev. Brian Gilbert of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at the age of 37.
Location: First United Methodist Church of Oak Park, 324 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302
Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Northern Ilinois Conference of the United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Foundation of the Northern Illinois Conference present:
Notes of Rest for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Presented by Julian Davis Reid
Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 4:00 pm
at First UMC of Oak Park
324 N Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Join us in highlighting how rest can fuel and re-charge Dr. King's dream of the Beloved Community and the quest for justice. Reflections will be set to music.
Event is open to the public.
A freewill offering to be taken to benefit World Relief- Chicagoland.
Julian Davis Reid
Notes of Rest is a contemplative retreat that places meditations from a passage of the Bible on a bed of music, cultivating stillness, introspection, and creativity in communities so that all may rest.
Julian Davis Reid is an artist-theologian who uses words and music to invite us into the restful life we were created to experience. He is a founding member of the jazz-fusion group The JuJu Exchange and hosts spiritual retreats called Notes of Rest. Julian has spoken throughout the country and around the world, and he has released three studio albums. He earned his M. Div. at Candler School of Theology at Emory University and his B.A. in philosophy at Yale University.
For more on Julian and samples of his work, click here.