General Conference 2020 (2024) Updates
The UMC General Conference (postponed from 2020) came to order on the morning of April 23. Follow daily reports focusing on topics of interest to Northern Illinois Conference readers.
Location: Freeport: Faith 1440 S. Walnut, Freeport
Schedule:
8:00 am - 8:30 am check-in
8:30 am - 9:45 am workshops - session 1
10:00 am - 11:00 am plenary with Bishop Dyck
11:15 am - 12:30 pm workshops - session 2
Everyone is encouraged to register for two sessions offered during each workshop session
- STAFF-PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE (for committee members and pastors)
- PROPERTY INSURANCE & ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPAREDNESS (for trustees and pastors)
- GOING GREEN IN YOUR CHURCH (for trustees and all ecologically-minded people)
- YOUR CHURCH’S FINANCIAL FUTURE (for finance and trustee committees)
- STATISTICAL REPORTS/APPORTIONMENTS (for church administrators, pastors, and finance)
- MINISTRY WITH THE VULNERABLE (for women, men, study groups, pastors)
These two are offered only once each, at different sessions:
- YOUTH LEADER ROUNDTABLE (at 1st workshop slot only) & MISSIONS (at 2nd workshop slot only)
Register by January 26
For more information, call: 815-561-8285