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2017 Annual Conference awards

Posted: June 8 2017 at 12:00 AM

Rainbow Covenant Advances for 2016

The Philip Otterbein Award – Highest Amount Given

  • Barrington United Methodist Church
     

The John Wesley Award – Highest Per Capita Giving

  • Redeemer of Calvary/El Redentor del Calvario UMC
     

One Matters: Discipleship Ministries Award

  • Aurora District: Orland Park: Faith United Methodist Church
  • Chicago Northwestern District: Skokie: Jesus-Love Korean New Faith Community
  • Chicago Southern District: Oak Lawn: First United Methodist Church
  • DeKalb District: Morrison United Methodist Church
  • Elgin District: Elmhurst Faith Evangelical United Methodist Church
  • Rockford District: Roscoe United Methodist Church
     

United Voices for Children: Bishop Jesse R. DeWitt Award

  • Lorena Coy, First UMC Arlington Heights
  • Rev. Dr. William Lenters, Chaplain at Rosecrance
     

Bishop’s 2017 Ecumenical and Interreligious Award

  • First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple

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