2025 NIC Conference Wrap-Up
About 700 clergy and lay members of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference met in session from June 9 to 11, 2025, in Schaumburg, Ill., to explore the theme “Grace is Sufficient” as they worshiped,…
Kathryn (Kathy) A. Welk, lay member of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference, passed away July 4, 2019, at the age of 60. Kathy was a member of Court Street United Methodist Church in Rockford and had been a lay member since 2016. She was also a member of the United Methodist Women locally and served as an officer for the Rockford District of the Northern Illinois Conference UMW.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2019, at 11:00 am at Court Street United Methodist Church, 215 N. Court St., Rockford, IL 61103 with visitation from 10:00 am until time of the service.
Messages of condolences may be sent to her husband:
Tim Welk
1021 Mayfair Court
Rockford, IL 61107
About 700 clergy and lay members of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference met in session from June 9 to 11, 2025, in Schaumburg, Ill., to explore the theme “Grace is Sufficient” as they worshiped,…
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