Nominations open for 2025 UVC Annual Child Advocate Awards
United Voices for Children (UVC) is inviting nominations for its three annual awards. These UVC Awards honor extraordinary volunteer service or advocacy efforts on beh…
Feb. 15-16, First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St., Evanston
Feb. 15, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Rev. Beth Stroud, assistant professor of history at Methodist Theological Seminary in Ohio, whose clergy orders were reinstated last year—20 years after a church trial removed her orders.
Activities: other speakers, lunch, workshops, and a panel to discuss "What's Next for Our Congregations Post-General Conference and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections."
Feb. 16: Celebration of First UMC's 11th Anniversary as a Reconciling Congregation
9:15 a.m.: Dialogue time
10:30 a.m.: Anniversary Worship Service; Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, preaching.
Event purposes:
United Voices for Children (UVC) is inviting nominations for its three annual awards. These UVC Awards honor extraordinary volunteer service or advocacy efforts on beh…
To support efforts to relieve damage caused by catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the Independence Day weekend, individuals may donate through their church to UMCOR U.S. D…
Mrs. Erma Bryan, the surviving spouse of deceased member Rev. Bill Bryan of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
On Pentecost Sunday, 14 United Methodist churches from the Prairie North District gathered at Freeport’s historic Oakdale Tabernacle for a powerful worship celebration filled wit…