A Scripture and a Prayer for the Church After a Shooting Death
Bishop Dan Schwerin offers a prayer and meditation on scripture following the news that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man leaving the…
The 2018 Annual Conference will gather for another year June 3-5 at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ill. This year’s theme is “Navigating Uncharted Waters” with a focus on Romans 5:3b-4 – “trouble produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” Bishop Sally Dyck says the theme will help us focus on how we anticipate the unknowns in life, our ministries, and communities.
“As we navigate the many changes in our world and church, we remember those words of St. Paul in Romans 5 who encourages us to grow in faith and move toward hope together as we face unfamiliar and uncertain times,” said Bishop Dyck.
Your Annual Conference committee began working shortly after the close of last year’s conference, reflecting on your evaluations. While details are still being worked out, here are some broad stroke plans for you as you begin to plan to attend:
A few reminders:
If you are interested in ushering, greeting or volunteering during plenaries and worship services, please email Alka Lyall at pastoralkalyall@gmail.com.
Your Annual Conference committee is always in need of your prayerful support as we continue to strive to make your experience at Annual Conference session informative and inspiring but also comfortable.
*All documents must be in the Action/Rationale format with a maximum of 500 words for the rationale, be submitted as a WORD document and editable. At-conference documents must be submitted to her BEFORE the start of the annual conference. The author must submit both a printed version and on a flash drive or similar USB storage device (device may or may not be returned), and the author must bring 1,000 copies to the annual conference session for distribution.
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